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Nashua man uses forklift in crime, police say

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:16:00 EST

NASHUA – A smash and grab, this was not. Rather, police say a Nashua man needed a forklift and a pickup truck with excellent suspension to remove his loot from the Hollis Line Machine Shop early this morning. Shawn Carmen, 32, of 17 Skyline Drive, was arrested when Nashua police showed up at his place and found three large, metal GT Solar discs. Hollis police had just received a report that the discs – valued at $7,500 -- had been stolen from the shop on South Merrimack Road.

Police: Milford woman shoplifted, forged, lied

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST

NASHUA – A Milford woman charged with committing various thefts and frauds also lied to law enforcement about who she was, police said. Jessica Lantagne, 34, of 344 Elm St., Milford, allegedly shoplifted $59 worth of merchandise this past Saturday from Hannaford supermarket on Coliseum Avenue, said Nashua Lt. George McCarthy this afternoon.

NH hopes out-of-staters will stay and shop

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:46:01 EST

CONCORD (AP) — New Hampshire hotels and inns hope out-of-staters will stay as well as shop this holiday season. Lodging properties around the state are promoting tax-free shopping with deals that include everything from shuttles to the mall to gift wrapping supplies. Year-round “shop and stay” packages are common across the country, but New Hampshire is the only state in New England without a sales tax. Hotel operators hope out-of-staters planning to cross borders to shop on “Black Friday” will consider arriving a night early or sticking around for the weekend.

FairPoint losses top $100 million this year

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:10:00 EST

CONCORD (AP) — Bankrupt FairPoint Communications lost $77 million in the third quarter. The loss in the quarter that ended Sept. 30 came on revenues of $268.3 million.

Burglar snags $1,000 from Pelham store

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:00 EST

PELHAM – Police are looking for a burglar who broke into a Pelham store this morning and fled with $1,000. Officers responded to the R&B Superette on Bridge Street just after 6:30 a.m., when a clerk reported arriving at the store, disengaging the alarm and hearing a loud crash inside, according to a press release.

Merrimack police seeking burglar

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:16:00 EST

MERRIMACK – Police are investigating a burglary that occurred last week on Hampstead Road during daytime hours. Investigators were called to 25 Hampstead Road when the homeowner arrived there to discover someone had forced their way in and taken personal belongings, Merrimack police said in a press release. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the department’s criminal investigations bureau at 424-3774. Anonymous calls can be made through the Merrimack Crime Line at 424-2424.

Mild, rainy day

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:46:00 EST

Expect mild temperatures today with periods of rain. The Weather Channel predicts a high temperature of 50 degrees with intermittent rain showers. The chance of rain is 50 percent. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low of 33 degrees.

Employee of NH stadium firm sentenced for theft

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:46:00 EST

CONCORD (AP) — Federal authorities in New Hampshire say a former employee of the company that built the minor league baseball stadium in Manchester has been sentenced to 30 months in prison following his conviction for wire fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 42-year-old Kurt Sanborn of Dracut, Mass.

Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:45 EST

JERUSALEM – Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years. The exchange could boost Hamas at the expense of its key rival, Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in part because one of the prisoners to be freed is Marwan Barghouti, his main challenger. Officials on both sides cautioned against exaggerated optimism that a deal is about to be concluded. Even so, conditions for a deal appear to be ripening on both sides.

Lung bypass used for worst H1N1 cases

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:56 EST

WASHINGTON – A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients in the U.S. and other countries by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest. It is a risky approach using equipment that only certain specialized hospitals have.

On health care, Dems say failure is not an option

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:50 EST

WASHINGTON – Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands. “We’re not going to not pass a bill,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

Medical marijuana finds outlet in cafe

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:32 EST

PORTLAND, Oregon – At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a “vaporizer” – a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry. It’s all perfectly legal and, for cancer patient Albert Santistevan, it’s about time. “It’s a very positive atmosphere.

Woman to fight insurer action over Facebook photos

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:25 EST

MONTREAL – A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company’s decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party. Nathalie Blanchard said Monday that she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits until payments dried up this fall. When Blanchard called her insurance provider, Manulife, to find out why, she says she was told the Facebook photos showed she was able to work. “If you have insurance, be careful.

Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:21 EST

BRUSSELS – For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. The car-crash victim had been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state but appears to have been conscious the whole time. An expert using a specialized type of brain scan that was not available in the 1980s finally realized it, and unlocked Houben’s mind again. The 46-year-old Houben is now communicating with one finger and a special touchscreen on his wheelchair.

Feds find ‘possible’ link between drywall, health effects

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:11 EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The federal government said Monday that it has found a “strong association” between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the past year. In its second report on the potentially defective building materials, the U.S.

Teen was shot, wounded while in car

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:43:00 EST

Police say a teenager from Hinsdale was shot while riding in a car on Route 101 in Milford last week, after which the gun was apparently thrown from the car. Christopher Young, 18, was taken to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough on Wednesday, Nov. 18, after a bullet entered his right thigh and traveled into his lower torso, according to a Milford Police Department press release. The shooting was not disclosed to police until Saturday.

Wildfire makes menacing advance near Los Angeles

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:04:30 EST

LOS ANGELES – A deadly wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry forest around Los Angeles made another menacing advance Monday, surging toward thousands of suburban homes and a vital mountaintop broadcasting complex while trapping five people inside a smoky canyon. Fire crews battling the blaze in the Angeles National Forest tried desperately to beat back the flames and prayed for weather conditions to ease. The fire was the largest of at least eight burning across California after days of triple-digit temperatures and low humidity. The flames scorched 164 square miles of brush and threatened more than 12,000 homes, but the lack of wind kept them from driving explosively into the hearts of the dense suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.