CONCORD — New England unemployment rates remained essentially unchanged for February, with New Hampshire and Vermont retaining high rankings and Rhode Island still in the cellar with the second highest unemployment rate in the nation. More...

CONCORD — Dartmouth College is spending the next five years helping China improve its health care system through a partnership that officials say could pay off at home as well. More...

MOULTONBOROUGH — Before all that history the Moultonborough boys basketball team made this winter, before any of it was possible, there was a pivotal maturation in Marcus Swedberg. More...

MOULTONBOROUGH — The Moultonborough girls tennis team ran its record to 2-0 Friday, beating Conant, 6-3, at home in a Division III match. The Panthers took four of the six singles matches are were competitive in the two they lost. More...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Before there was Tiger, Rory, Sergio or Phil, a smooth-swinging guy named Freddie used to make ‘em go crazy at the Masters. He can still make it interesting. More...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Jeff and Dianne Moulton announce the engagement of their daughter, Kate Moulton of East Northport, N.Y., to Joe Marcel, also of East Northport. More...

PLYMOUTH — PSU marketing students earned three prestigious awards after competing in the American Marketing Association's 34rd annual International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans March 22-24. More...

SENATOR JEANIE Forrester visited Lakeland School in Meredith on Thursday, March 29 to recognize Anna Ellis's amazing achievement at the New Hampshire State Spelling Bee. More...

WASHINGTON — U.S. builders trimmed activity for a second straight month in February, pushing construction spending down by the largest amount in seven months. More...

NEW YORK — The recession and its hangover may have turned bill-paying habits upside down. Cash-strapped Americans are paying off their car loans before they pay credit card bills and make mortgage payments, a study finds. More...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Frank Verna pulls up to a battered, fourunit apartment building at lunch hour, he's just over a mile as the seagull flies from the gated, oceanfront palaces of South Florida's wealthiest. More...

Napoleon Bonaparte, surely the most famous resident of the Mediterranean isle of Elba, said, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” At the bridge table, it is an art to give your opponent a chance to make a mistake. More...

Dear Readers: Did you know that there is a difference between DEODORANT SOAP AND ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP? According to my friends at the American Cleaning Institute (www.cleaninginstitute.org), deodorant soap is designed to get rid of odors on the body. More...

Sunday, April 8, 2012 Celebrities born on this day: Taylor Kitsch, 31; Patricia Arquette, 44; Robin Wright, 46; John Schneider, 52. More...