Obama’s bipartisanship promise proves easier said than done in first monthsWASHINGTON — Barack Obama swept into office with a lofty promise to bridge the capital’s fierce partisan divide. NH police arrest college students on hazing charges, say frat pledges branded with hot bayonetHENNIKER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say two college students have been arrested over a pledging ceremony where fraternity initiates were burned with a hot World War II-era bayonet. Obituaries in the news
Obituaries in the news William Avery White House communications director leaving to become Commerce chief of staffWASHINGTON — White House communications director Ellen Moran is stepping down to be chief of staff to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, becoming the first senior adviser to President Barack Obama to leave the West Wing. Officer finds NH woman passed out at a traffic light, with one foot still on brakeMANCHESTER, N.H. — The car, stopped at a traffic light in Manchester, N.H., didn’t move when the light turned green. So a police officer checked it out and found the driver asleep at the wheel, with one foot still on the brake. The 22-year-old driver eventually woke up and was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. |