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Haunted by costly degrees and insurmountable student debt, American college students now spend more time working paid jobs than in lectures, the library or studying at home.

White House, Kavanaugh deny magazine's account of sexual misconduct by a second accuser

MOVING A DEAD whale is an unusual challenge. After last week's news coverage about the minke whale in Rye, the New England Aquarium, one of the oldest marine animal rescue organizations in the world, wanted to add some additional perspective.

A small business that uses software to broker rare coin and stamp sales on eBay is worried the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair may put him out of business if Congress doesn't pass a fix.

To the Editor: The natural gas disaster that struck Massachusetts was a mere 30 miles south of Liberty Utilities' proposed Granite Bridge Pipeline. Nearly simultaneously, dozens of homes exploded with 60 to 90 fires erupting in the communities of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. More than 8,000 people were evacuated from their homes.

Bank of New Hampshire promoted William 'Bill' Zafirson to executive vice president-chief retail lending officer.

MEREDITH mdash Noahrsquos Ark toys have a long tradition in American culture and were among the most popular childrenrsquos playthings of the 19th century in Europe and the U.S. Nearly every Victorian family of means had one and generations of children were endeared by the story of a man, a boat and...

To the Editor: I received the excuse from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen explaining why she is voting against Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. It demonstrates an inability to think for herself.

Be careful what you wish for. Our age of technology is a blessing, but it comes complete with its own set of speed bumps in the electronic super highway.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Granite State College will host its 'Fall into the City ' The Annual Celebration of OLLI' from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Falls Event Center, 21 Front St.

WE LEAD OFF this week's column with an important reminder that the Hillside Middle School Builders Club is sponsoring the Luke Capistran 5K on Saturday 10 a.m. at Manchester's Derryfield Park.

Gwendolyn DaSilva rises at 5 a.m. to teach English to Chinese children from a small office just off her kitchen in Colombia. Through an online teaching portal, she gives one-hour private lessons for about four hours to children ages 5 to 12, and then she walks to a coffee shop to spend most of the day blogging about Medellin and travel.

Question: I have a student visa and I am working in Optional Practical Training OPT after receiving my master's degree. I would like to apply for a STEM extension, but my master's degree is not a STEM degree. I think my bachelor's degree in economics is a STEM degree, but my undergraduate school is saying that that my degree's Classification of...

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a video fails to tell the whole story.

'GUESS WHO'S perpetuating all of these kinds of actions?' Sen. Mazie Hirono explained, boiling down the Senate Democrats' position on Brett Kavanaugh. 'It's the men in this country. I just want to say to the men in this country, just shut up. And step up. Do the right thing for a change.'

The 'Live Free or Die' state of New Hampshire is also the 'Live Sales-Tax Free' state, one of only five that do not collect any tax on retail purchases. And despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June allowing states to collect sales taxes when their residents buy online, some of New Hampshire's online retailers don't want...

Touch a horseshoe crab, map the ocean floor and drive a remotely operated vehicle at the University of New Hampshire's Ocean Discovery Day on Saturday.

To the Editor: Miriam Cahill-Yeaton is running for state representative of Merrimack District 21 EpsomPittsfield. I have known Miriam for several years and find her resume to be topnotch: retired U.S. Air Force officer, registered nurse for 40 years, nurse practitioner for 18 years, American Legion Post 112 officer, and Epsom Public Library...

THE KNOCK on moose is that they are supposedly dumb. It is said that their brain is very small. When they are standing in the middle of the road on a dark night, their little brain signals to them that, whatever the object may be that is barreling toward them at a high speed, they are bigger and thus they aren't moving. This is why moose almost...

Jeff Woodburn will have his day in court, a month after voters must decide whether to send him back to the state Senate.