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New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses. It uses lye, 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders that are similar to pressure cookers. Mass. hiker killed by falling rock in N.H.
- A Massachusetts woman is dead after a boulder falls on her while she's out hiking in New Hampshire with her family.Lt. Todd Bogardus of New Hampshire Fish and Game says 28-year-old Shu Qin of Wellesley, Mass., was hiking on the Falling Waters Trail in Franconia. 4 more jurors chosen in LaBarre case
- Another four jurors have been selected in the insanity trial of Sheila LaBarre.Fourteen have now been selected. NH Senate gives preliminary OK to global warming initiative
- New Hampshire's Senate has given preliminary approval to entering a 10-state regional effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions to preserve the state's climate and way of life.The Senate voted 16-8 Thursday to ask its Finance Committee to review a bill that implements the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative known as RGGI. N.H. may delay proposed 25 cent cigarette tax hike
- House budget writers proposed delaying a potential 25 cent cigarette tax hike Thursday to see if a pending tax hike in neighboring Massachusetts will drive smokers to New Hampshire despite high gas prices.If New Hampshire doesn't get $50 million from cigarette sales between July 1 and Oct. 1, the state's $1.08 tax will go up a quarter. N.H. delays 25 cent cigarette tax hike
- House budget writers propose delaying a 25 cent cigarette tax hike to see if a pending tax hike in neighboring Massachusetts will drive smokers to New Hampshire despite high gas prices.If New Hampshire doesn't get $50 million from cigarette sales between July 1 and Oct. 1, the state's $1.08 tax will go up a quarter. Once-missing NH candidate agrees to electronic monitoring
- A former congressional candidate who was convicted of faking his own disappearance during the campaign will be released from jail but be subject to electronic monitoring for violating his bail conditions, his attorney said Wednesday.Gary Dodds has been behind bars since Tuesday, when he was arrested after his wife reported that he had moved out of their home in Rye, been acting erratically and threw her to the floor during an argument. Ex-N.H. candidate convicted for fake disappearance arrested
- A former congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance after a car crash two years ago was arrested Tuesday after his wife reported that he threw her to the floor.Bail was revoked for Gary Dodds, who was considered a fugitive on Tuesday until police arrested him near an apartment building he owns in Portsmouth, said Assistant Strafford County Attorney Thomas Velardi. Convicted ex-congressional candidate arrested in NH
- A former congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance is under arrest in New Hampshire for allegedly violating his bail conditions.Strafford County Attorney Thomas Velardi says Gary Dodds was arrested Tuesday morning near the apartment building he owns in Portsmouth. Witnesses say Sox-Yankees spat preceded N.H. killing
- A Yankees fan who got into a Red Sox-Yankees argument outside a bar aimed her car at a group of people to scare them and didn't brake, hitting and killing a man, authorities and witnesses said.Ivonne Hernandez was arraigned Monday on reckless second-degree murder and drunken driving charges and was held without bail. She did not enter a plea. |
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