03/31/07 - NEW CASTLE -- Since he can't say who bought it or where exactly it will end up, artist Walter Liff is affectionately calling his latest creation "Catch of the Day on the Cocheco" -- which gives at least a hint of its future location.

03/31/07 - CONCORD -- More than half of New Hampshire's women have been abused in their lifetimes and almost one-fifth say they've been raped, according to survey results released Friday.

03/31/07 - STRATHAM -- Town Meeting voters, by more than 2-to-1, have approved a warrant article that appropriated $2 million toward the cost of a new fire station on the corner of Winnicut Road and Portsmouth Avenue.

03/31/07 - RYE -- The New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear an interesting case on Tuesday as one town board takes another to court.

03/31/07 - PORTSMOUTH -- Dr. Terry Bennett, the controversial and opinionated Rochester physician who has traveled the world practicing medicine -- including a stint as physician to the Saudi royal family -- does not have high hopes that a fix can be found for the country's broken health care system.

03/31/07 - PORTSMOUTH -- More than 150 passengers aboard a plane that left Pease International Airport Thursday afternoon are safe after a landing gear malfunction caused the aircraft to make an emergency landing at Orlando-Sanford International Airport in Florida.

03/31/07 - PORTSMOUTH -- After devoting the better part of two years to exploring the potential of expanded local cable channels, the city's Cable Commission didn't think getting the City Council to include funding in the capital improvement plan would be an obstacle.

03/31/07 - PORTSMOUTH -- U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., accepted an invitation on Friday morning from Community Campus' Stepping Stones program to listen to members' concerns regarding government funding. She promised to take the stories she heard and relay them to Congress, in hopes of obtaining more funding for the disabled populace and the programs they utilize.

03/31/07 - PORTSMOUTH -- Some local Marine reservists may be involuntarily deployed back to Iraq early next year.

03/31/07 - EXETER -- The Exeter Fire Department responded to the Exeter Bowling Lanes Friday morning for a report of smoke in the building.

03/31/07 - CONCORD -- Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday criticized the Bush administration for outsourcing teaching to private tutoring companies, arguing that many firms have close ties to Republicans.

03/31/07 - Former Sen. John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, will hold a town hall-style forum at the University of New Hampshire on Monday.

03/31/07 - YORK, Maine -- Twenty-five years ago, when school and community members started up Yorkwise -- a group targeted at curbing drug and alcohol abuse among teenagers -- it was the only such organization in town.

03/31/07 - YORK, Maine -- It was a black night outside the York Public Library, but on the inside the talk was all green.

03/31/07 - For seniors 70 and above, getting older has the potential to be viewed as a celebratory milestone. Retirement can be a hiatus from the working world and allow for a relaxing and self-indulgent lifestyle.

03/31/07 - From our readers: Nikki Kinsella has never been to Miami. But her dream is to someday trade New England's chilly weather to open a beauty salon in the sunny Florida city.