APNewsBreak: Wife of soldier suspected in slayings says war in Iraq changed her husband

APNewsBreak: Wife: Slaying suspect changed in Iraq

Fort Drum soldier accused in deaths of 2 fellow servicemen is bound for NY from Ohio

Soldier accused in deaths of 2 others bound for NY

Hearing held for NY soldier charged in deaths of 2 fellow servicemen near NY’s Fort Drum

Hearing held for NY soldier in deaths of 2 others

NH man snares a rare, cobalt-blue lobster, donates crustacean to science center

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — At first, New Hampshire lobsterman Bill Marconi thought he had caught a shiny blue beer can in his trap. It turns out it was a rare, cobalt-blue lobster. The 52-year-old lobsterman was out hauling 400 traps with his son Wednesday when he snared the 1½-pound lobster in between his dock and the Isle of Shoals, about six miles off the coast.

Before friendly town hall, Obama takes on health care critics, says they create boogeymen

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Braced for a fight he never got, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”

Obama goes on offensive in support of health care plan, saying critics using ’scare tactics’

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Braced for a fight he never got, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”

What protests? Obama town hall lacks outbursts from critics that lawmakers have seen elsewhere

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — So much for those spontaneous outbursts that have dogged lawmakers home on August recess.

Before friendly town hall, Obama takes on outside health critics, says they create boogeymen

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Hoping to blunt the momentum of critics, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging the country not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”

Obama tries to reassure seniors worried about Medicare cuts in health care overhaul

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — President Barack Obama is seeking to reassure the nation’s seniors that health care overhaul won’t mean cuts in Medicare.

Obama says health overhaul would not set up “death panels” to rule on care for seniors

PORTSMOUTH, N.H — President Barack Obama is seeking to put to rest claims that the health care overhaul he seeks would set up “death panels” to rule on life-sustaining care for ailing seniors.

Obama flays insurance companies, seeking support for health care overhaul

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Hoping to blunt the momentum of critics, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan, urging the country not to listen to those who seek to “scare and mislead the American people.”

Obama defends government’s ability to run health care plan, cites Medicare program

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — President Barack Obama says Americans wary of a government-run health care plan should look no further than Medicare.

As tempers flare nationwide, Obama pitches health care plan at New Hampshire town hall

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Trying to put new energy behind his health care plan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday took direct aim at the health insurance industry, promising Americans that “meddling” bureaucrats should not be determining anyone’s care.

Obama says he doesn’t want bureaucratic meddling in health care decisions

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — President Barack Obama is defending his health care overhaul against criticism that it would be a government takeover.

NH man charged after saying his infant son was behind the wheel in hit-and-run accident

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Police in Portsmouth, N.H., said a man has been charged with lying about his involved in a hit-and-run accident by telling them his son was driving the vehicle. Problem is, the man’s son is an infant. A police officer questioned the man about who “normally” drives the car and was told by the man that his 19-year-old son drives the vehicle, but wasn’t home, Foster’s Daily Democrat reported. The man told police he would have his son contact them.

2 sailors from nuclear submarine are held in brutal attack on New Hampshire street

CONCORD, N.H. — Two nuclear submarine sailors, including one assigned to help crewmates stay out of trouble, are accused of brutally beating a man, leaving him near death on a Portsmouth street and then trying to orchestrate a cover-up.

NH man arrested for the 153rd time, this time after he was accused of punching someone in face

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A man has been arrested for the 153rd time, this time after he was accused of punching someone in the face over the weekend. Paul Baldwin, 49, told a judge Monday he plans to plead guilty to the assault, along with trespassing and alcohol charges. He said he’s had a long battle with alcohol and was trying to correct the problem during his most recent one-year jail term, which ended last week.

NH man is arrested 153rd time for punch, has criminal record prosecutor calls too long to read

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A New Hampshire man has been arrested for the 153rd time, this time after he was accused of punching someone in the face over the weekend.

Man banned from NH Dunkin Donuts after getting suspended sentence for stealing a bag of coffee

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A Portsmouth, N.H., man was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence for stealing an $8.29 bag of coffee — and he’s been banned from all the Dunkin’ Donuts in town. Matthew Anderson, 20, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor count of shoplifting. He admitted going into a Dunkin’ Donuts, placing two bags of coffee under his shirt, and leaving one behind after an employee confronted him, The Portsmouth Herald reported.