MANCHESTER - Updated, 9:20 a.m. Residents of an east Manchester neighborhood woke this morning to the sounds of sirens for the second time in two days, this time a recently vacated home across the street from an abandoned apartment building struck by arson on Wednesday.

SALEM - Live racing is no more at The Rock, the legendary track where Seabiscuit and War Emblem once ran.

McKAY

FRANCONIA - Nearly three years after the deadly confrontation that killed one of their police officers, townspeople remain divided on whether to honor Cpl. Bruce McKay.

> No memorial road now for McKay: By wide majority, House says wait a year (17)
> Franconia releases McKay's use of force record (12)

CONCORD - Attorney General Michael Delaney and members of the Executive Council yesterday criticized Liquor Commission Enforcement Chief Eddie Edwards for his public statements about a high-profile criminal investigation.

MANCHESTER - The Attorney General's Office and Amherst Police have announced an investigation into the death of an Amherst man who died at the Elliot Hospital yesterday.

As valuable as anything in the transaction was Daniel Webster's regional accreditation, which is normally associated with the traditional academic culture. An investor said the for-profit ITT Educational Services Inc. could see its $3.8 billion market value grow by 26 percent.

Doris Haddock of Dublin did as so many other Granite Staters do in their 20s or 30s; she became a political activist.

MANCHESTER - The juggernaut teams from Jaffrey completed their runs through the Class M basketball tournaments