A woman found battered with a rolling pin at her Hampshire home was killed in a prolonged attack involving elements of torture, a coroner says.

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Rolling pin killing ‘unlawful’

All nine states — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin — voted for President Obama in 2008 but have since seen big Republican gains.

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9 Swing States, Critical to Presidential Race, Are Mixed Lot

Chinook helicopter crews based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire have been playing a vital role in the conflict in Afghanistan.

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VIDEO: Chinooks at work in Afghanistan

Chinook helicopter crews based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire have been playing a vital role in the conflict in Afghanistan.

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VIDEO: Chinooks at work in Afghanistan

A skipper and his crewman were rescued from a fishing trawler just seconds before it sank off the Hampshire coast.

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VIDEO: Pair rescued from sinking trawler

The possibility a six-year old girl died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning at a Hampshire campsite is being investigated by police.

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Barbecue probe for campsite death

Americans tuned out New Hampshire primary results.

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Few Watch Election Returns

Attempts to frame New Hampshire pollsters for breaking the law.

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O’Keefe May Face Voter Fraud Charges

As Mitt Romney and the GOP’s merry band of private-equity foes take their delicious war over “good” vs. “bad” capitalism to South Carolina, don’t expect Romney’s triumphalist New Hampshire victory speech to shut his rivals down. With the slugfest heading south, the real shocker is that Romney’s chipper “I like being able to fire people” line — which will now become permanent background noise in our world, like the hum of the air conditioning — is actually much worse in context than it was when taken out. Read full article > >

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Romney revives the Big Republican Lie

While New Hampshire is known for defying expectations, the primary has evolved into a race for second and perhaps fourth.

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FiveThirtyEight: New Hampshire Primary Overview and Forecast

HUDSON, N.H. — An assault on Mitt Romney’s business career intensified Monday after the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination made an ­off-the-cuff comment that his opponents say shows he was a corporate predator who sought profits at the expense of workers. At a breakfast of business leaders in Nashua, N.H., Romney said , “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” The former Massachusetts governor was referring to health insurers that don’t provide adequate care, but on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, his opponents nevertheless feasted upon the apparently unscripted remark by a habitually cautious candidate. Read full article > >

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Romney comes under attack as New Hampshire primary looms

KEENE, N.H. This is not, in all likelihood, Jon Huntsman’s break-out moment . Even if the former Utah governor manages to exceed expectations — which would amount to coming in second to Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary — his path ahead is unclear. Huntsman has invested months and months of slogging from house party to diner to town hall meeting in this state, but he has little in the way of infrastructure to propel him in South Carolina and beyond. More PostOpinions Cohen: Romney’s aw-shucks rhetoric Gerson: Mitt the improbable Milbank: Romney’s money problem Read full article > >

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Jon Huntsman, chameleon on the stump

Front-runner Mitt Romney is accused of “pious baloney” in the last Republican presidential contenders’ debate ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

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Romney under fire ahead of poll

The Republican candidates for president have gathered again Sunday morning for the second of two back-to-back debates leading up to the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

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The Caucus: New Hampshire Debate Live Blog (Sunday)

Fresh from a victory in Iowa and enjoying a lead in the polls, Mitt Romney is nevertheless facing history that suggests New Hampshire is not a done deal.

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Political Memo: Front-Runner Role Could Thwart Romney in New Hampshire