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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 2004
Page
1
Militants with explosives stormed Middle School No. 1 in Beslan near Chechnya, taking hundreds of hostages including many children. Casualty reports varied. at least two confirmed dead, officials later cited 16 dead and 13 wounded as security forces encircled the building and negotiations began.
United Way of the Greater Seacoast releases a priorities survey showing affordable housing and health care as top resident concerns in Seacoast New Hampshire and southern Maine. The group aims for a 2004 fundraising goal of 4.5 million to support 71 nonprofits across 45 communities.
Vice President Dick Cheney launched a sharp assault on Senator John Kerry saying he has built a career on flip flopping. The Republican convention floor heard Cheney call Kerry weak and wobbly while highlighting his opposition to Bush.
Matthew Dowd chief strategist for the Bush Cheney 2004 campaign argues that independent voters in southern New Hampshire counties could determine the November outcome. He notes New Hampshire eight electoral votes and warns a close race hinges on swing voters and demographic shifts in a state once reliably Republican.
On a New York street corner Maureen Shea recalls joining the War Resisters League protest begun at Ground Zero. Police blocked the planned route to Madison Square Garden and about 20 protesters lay down, were handcuffed, and arrested.
Governor Benson and State Treasurer Ablewich met with rating firms in New York to push for a review of New Hampshire credit. They cited a fiscal year surplus and a growing rainy day fund as reasons for optimism while noting past downgrades and rising borrowing costs.
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