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Concord - Updated, 3:49 p.m. The bill, amended on the Senate floor, draws a distinction between civil and religious marriage, and says that any two individuals have a right to join together in a civil marriage.

►Panel: No to marriage, 'bathroom' bills (53)
►Lynch's view: Traditional marriage is best (100)

CONCORD - Updated, 3:26 p.m. The state Senate has voted to put off action on bills that would get rid of capital punishment, and mandate that all adults use seat belts.

Concord - Updated, 1:50 p.m. “We do expect to find cases at some point,” the state’s chief epidemiologist said this afternoon.

►Swine flu confirmed in Lowell, Mass. (4)
►AP Video: Toddler in Houston is first U.S. swine flu fatality

Carol Robinson was working at the Epping McDonald's yesterday morning when a group of senior citizens came in for breakfast. They were scared.

►NH tourism officials keeping a watchful eye
►Schools put on flu vigil
►NH Dept. of Health Web site
►World Health Organization
►Centers for Disease Control Web site

GREEN'S GRANT - More than three days after he set off on an ambitious hike over the Presidential Range, a sun-burned teenager greeted his parents yesterday afternoon with a big hug at the base of Mount Washington.

►Watch a slide show/video of yesterday's reunion by Lorna Colquhoun and Cheryl Senter
►Map: The summits that Mason tried to reach on Saturday

BUTLER

FREMONT - It was all about being in the right place at the right time. Last June, Fremont Fire Chief Richard Butler happened to be on Route 101 doing his other job when he got the call.

MANCHESTER - A West Side man facing an arson charge for allegedly setting fire to neighbor's boat is being held on $15,000 cash bail.

Concord - Updated, 12:16 p.m. Those who fought the bill said it would open women’s bathrooms to predators who could raise a defense in court that they were sexually confused.