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  • Feud turned deadly in N.H. ( cousin of famed skier Bode Miller )

    05/13/2007 6:12:10 AM PDT · by george76 · 148 replies · 4,430+ views
    boston globe ^ | May 13, 2007 | Michael Levenson and John M Guilfoil
    New Hampshire authorities said yesterday that they will not press charges against a former Marine who stepped into a deadly shooting and killed a 24-year-old high school dropout who had moments earlier fatally shot a police officer. The former Marine, Gregory W. Floyd, 49, was driving with his son along Route 116 in Franconia on Friday night when he saw Liko Kenney, 24, shoot Franconia Police Corporal Bruce McKay, 48, four times in the torso. After Kenney drove his Toyota Celica over McKay as the officer lay on the ground, Floyd grabbed the officer's service weapon and shot and killed...
  • Most of N.H.'s Old Man of Mountain Falls

    05/03/2003 10:05:15 AM PDT · by jmc813 · 71 replies · 471+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 5-3-03 | unknown
    The Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire's natural stone profile that looks like a gnarled human face, fell from its mountainside overnight, a state official said Saturday. AP Photo   Don Bliss, the state's director of emergency management, said there were no injuries. A Franconia emergency dispatcher also confirmed that the rock profile had fallen. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the damage, but Amy Bahr, president of the Franconia Heritage Museum, said she has long been aware that the natural profile could slide. There had been several efforts over the years to stabilize it. "I knew it...