MANCHESTER - A Lawrence, Mass., man was arrested last night on I-93 after leading police on a chase that ended in a crash in Massachusetts.

MANCHESTER - Downtown Manchester landmark is being refurbished and will serve customers again.

Here's a thought: The 70 percent of Americans who oppose what amounts to an Islamic Niketown two blocks from ground zero are the real victims of a climate of hate, and the much-ballyhooed anti-Muslim backlash is mostly a myth.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Sam Bradford, the top pick in the NFL draft, threw for two touchdowns as the St. Louis Rams beat the New England Patriots 36-35 on Josh Brown's 37-yard field goal on the last play Thursday night.

MANCHESTER - Police said they received numerous calls around 5:30 p.m. about a pickup truck that entered the highway at the Macy's interchange and was driving north in the southbound lanes. Kenneth Seaburg of Bedford was charged with drunken driving and felony reckless conduct.

CONCORD - Former Jaffrey Police Chief Martin Dunn, who claimed job-related stress made him so ill that he had to retire after just four years, will get another bite at the apple of accidental disability retirement benefits through the New Hampshire Retirement System.

PORTSMOUTH - It has been 20 years since the Blue Angels performed in New Hampshire, and as long since an air show of this magnitude has come to the Seacoast.

ALTON - George Brunstad, who also is the oldest person ever to swim across the English Channel, swam ashore at the Alton town beach yesterday evening, becoming the oldest person ever to complete the 22-mile swim of Lake Winnipesaukee.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A New Hampshire couple who witnessed a whale kill a trainer at SeaWorld is suing the Orlando theme park, saying their 10-year-old son suffered emotional distress from what he saw.

MANCHESTER - After two decades of sky-high expansion, the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is headed for a long-term holding pattern, officials said last night.

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SANBORNTON - A local man on the run from police was nabbed recently, thanks in part to a boater who used a pontoon boat to ferry authorities to a hiding place along the shores of Lake Winnisquam, the U.S. Marshal Service said yesterday.

Efforts to support the injured football player's recovery from a devastating neck injury continues gaining momentum throughout the Granite State.

Last spring, Scott Sicko made national news when he turned down a contract offer to play in the NFL so he could pursue his master's degree. A lot has changed since then.

Jokin' Joe Biden came to Manchester yesterday to educate us all about the Obama administration's weatherization program.

You know Erica Blizzard. She's the Laconia party girl from Lifestyles of the Rich and the Reckless, the one with a need for speed who got drunk, smashed a $500,000 trophy boat into an island on Lake Winnipesaukee at 2:30 a.m., killed her best friend and got off easy. The real Erica Blizzard sitting across from me is no careless debutant, and her actual sentence is far more complicated and painful than the one handed down by a Belknap County judge.

MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Fisher Cats can taste the Eastern League playoffs following a 6-3 comeback win over Portland on Thursday night. On Friday night, the Fisher Cats can clinch outright their first playoff spot since 2004.

MANCHESTER - Hiring activity in New Hampshire remained relatively stagnant from June to July, but new claims for unemployment continued to fall, state statistics show.