Pam Smart Denied Parole

A 51-year-old woman who manipulated a teenage lover to kill her husband in 1990 was denied a parole hearing Wednesday.

The New Hampshire Executive Council voted 4-0 with one abstention to deny the hearing for Pamela Smart, according to the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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War on Plastic Bags Hits Granite Wall:New Hampshire Senate Kills Anti-Plastic Straws, Anti-Plastic Bags Bills

Matthew McDonald

The New Hampshire Senate has rejected bills aimed at plastic straws and plastic bags.

Democrats who control the chamber decided to abandon the measures Wednesday after debate on floor, according to The Concord Monitor.

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