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Want to be Sarah Palin at the Halloween party? It'll cost you $34.99 at iParty in Newington. Meanwhile, masks of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his Republican opponent, John McCain, have been described as decent sellers at Spirit Halloween in Salem. Bottom line: it's cool to be a candidate.
DIXVILLE - While the big guys chatted and exchanged stories from the various campaigns, MacLellan, 14, practiced an introduction to the night's activities that will make its way onto a DVD about New Hampshire's presidential primary process, geared toward youngsters in the state as a way to learn about it.
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Overview: NH's vote grabs a national spotlight
NH's crucial and cherished role
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1968: McCarthy stuns the President
1976: A national stage for Carter
1988: 'Thank you, New Hampshire'
1992: A rebuke — and the end of a record
1996: Another front-runner buried
President-elect Obama plans to name Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his secretary of State shortly after Thanksgiving, two senior Obama aides said. Click on the headline for more from the Union Leader's news partner, politico.com.
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CONCORD - Updated, 2:34 p.m. Gov. John Lynch will ask lawmakers to cut only $50 million to $60 million from the state budget now, leaving $95 million to do early next year.
Washington, D.C. - Updated, 4:58 p.m. Eric Holder, a high-ranking Clinton Administration official, is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general..
BARNSTEAD - NH chefs who served the nation's chief executive say a change of administrations means a challenge for presidential cooks.
CHICAGO - Updated, 11:35 a.m. President-elect Barack Obama will meet Monday with John McCain in talks that Obama’s transition office said would focus on ways they can cooperate on an array of troublesome issues facing the country.
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to use his executive powers when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling.
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