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Brian Poznanski, a 20-year-old state representative from New Hampshire, was arrested this weekend at an underage drinking party. Poznanski is also an Eagle scout and the vice president of his junior class at St. Anselm’s College. Fox25 got reaction from Nashua residents. Dan Hogan said this proves why we can't vote for young people. Right. Some mature politicians could clean up the mess made by whippersnappers like Poznanski. Robin Portello of said there are no second chances in politics. Really? Has she heard of Joe Biden? Bostonist has one question: Is Poznanski's middle initial "W"? All charges alleged until proven under law.

-- 25 year-old Joseph Cousin was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after being convicted of killing Trina Persad in 2002. At his sentencing hearing, Cousin maintained his innocence, claiming "I can look at Trina’s picture every single day and know that I am not the one who took her life." [Herald]

A New Hampshire sportswriter was also allegedly a pimp. We mean a real pimp.

The baby cut from a slain mother's womb was found alive in New Hampshire Wednesday night. The baby was reportedly in "fairly good health" and is being evaluated in a hospital. Darlene Haynes, a 23-year-old from Worcester, was 8 months pregnant when she was found dead in her apartment on Monday. A man and a woman were with the baby when the child was found. According to WCVB, the woman was arrested and charged with kidnapping may face murder charges when she is returned to Massachusetts. All charges alleged until proven under law.

New Hampshire might lay off 750 workers after Labor Day, reports WBZ. The Live Free or Die State, which doesn't levy a sales or individual income tax, is in a budgetary crisis, and the word of the layoffs comes after a disagreement between the State Employees Association and Governor John Lynch over unpaid furloughs. [reports WBZ}

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, only 67% of Bay Staters are likely to use seatbelts. Only, New Hampshire has a lower belt-usage rate, not to mention no mandatory seat belt law at all. Despite a rash of accidents and a crash-filled holiday weekend, lots of residents don't bother with seat belts. The Globe compiled some great excuses, too, like "they scratch you" or you only need them on highways or "Police should not be able to tell me whether to wear a seat belt." The Globe also discussed Beatriz Fuentes whose daughter, Natalie DeLeon, was not wearing a seat belt when she was killed in 2006 car accident.

• Governor Deval Patrick may have signed a bill to eliminate the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority but the Pike might cost us even more. [Boston Herald]

New Hampshire legalized gay marriage earlier today, becoming the sixth state in the union to do so and leaving Rhode Island as the only backwards New England state. It remains unclear whether New Hampshire is just doing this as another crazy libertarian protest of government intervention in our lives, but regardless of the reason, we're for it. And we hope Rhode Island gets on the gay marriage express soon.

Public displays of affection are commonplace enough, but what about public displays of marijuana? According to the Globe, these—along with unlicensed manicures—are the weapons of choice in anti-government Granite staters' fight against the man. Known as Free Staters (part of the Free State Project), these libertarian-minded folks oppose government regulations by subverting them in smi-harmless ways, with puppets (unlicensed puppet shows), nail polish, and plants (putting 'em in public spaces). Free Staters have also filmed legal proceedings; we've had our own run-ins with legal opposition to filming. These seem like some harmless ways to make a statement, but will such adorable resistance have any effect?

Live free or die... in a mud hut? Justice David Souter, who'll be stepping down from the Supreme Court in June, is planning a return to his roots in New Hampshire. Though he was born in Massachusetts and attended Harvard, Souter lived in New Hampshire for many years and will now call it home. The New York Times calls his house in Weare, near Concord, "only slightly more seductive than a mud hut," and characterizes Weare as a place where people socialize at the dump. Charitable, Times, real charitable.

New Hampshire has issued its first death sentence in 50 years, to a man who shot a cop two years ago. Michael Addison, now 28, shot Manchester police officer Michael Briggs in the head after the officer ordered him and a friend to stop. Addison was a suspect in two armed robberies and a shooting at the time. Defense and prosecution argued over whether the shooting was reckless and sudden, or planned and intentional. Prosecution also argued that, since Addison was already sentenced to decades in prison for other crimes, not choosing the death penalty would have made it look like Addison received no reprimand for shooting Briggs. New Hampshire has not executed an inmate since 1939 (a 1959 death sentence was later overtuned by the Supreme Court). For "fun," check out this death penalty information by state, and see how fast the numbers rise as you go south.

We’d just like to remind you of how lucky you are to be living in New England. Why, you ask? If it’s not the weather, the traffic, or the football team, whatever could it be? Well, the beer, naturally. For whatever reason—possibly the weather and the traffic—New England has a high concentration of amazing breweries and brew pubs. You can hardly finish a drunken stagger without falling over one.

The battle over global warming is escalating and it's being fought all over the cultural map, most recently in a three state struggle for the "right to dry."

-- Four Salem High School students have pleaded not guilty to charges that they raped a teen girl in a Lynn home late Friday night. The four boys, three 17 year-olds and one 18 year-old, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated rape. The alleged victim reported the incident to police Saturday morning. [Globe; Herald]

--A 9-year-old was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester overnight. [WBZ]

--Two months since reopening after a five year hiatus and one million dollars of renovations, the Golden Banana strip club's future is in jeopardy after a man was shot in its parking lot last night. He was hit in the shoulder and is expected to survive. The club, however, was closed for code violations in 2003, and could face penalties from Peabody officials who were already leery about the establishment being reopened. [Boston Herald]

within the Romney campaign got some good news after Super Tuesday. DA Dan Conley announced that he won't press charges against former Romney aide Jay Garrity.

The Savant Project has an unwieldy name for a bistro, and, riding the 39 bus on our way to Brigham Circle, Bostonist kept thinking of idiots. But the name sticks with you, as does the interior of the place, once you've gotten a glimpse. Small, in the way urban restaurants have to be, it had a scattering of tables in the front, under the glow of gold tin walls. The bar lay just past the entrance, fronted by a narrow hallway. And Tuesday night that hallway was packed with patrons.

--An MBTA bus driver lost control of his bus this morning in Revere. The driver suffered from an unspecified ailment and went to the hospital, along with two passengers. [Boston Globe, Boston Herald]

--A man died this morning after being stabbed in Savin Hill. [Boston Globe]

Political junkies have divided the last few months between obsessing over Iowa and New Hampshire and complaining about how much energy is wasted obsessing over Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states, the argument goes, are too white and too small and too rural to represent the country at large. But, while true, it always seems dismissive and elitist (possibly because we're writing this on a iPhone while stopped at a light in a Prius Zipcar.)

When it comes to the battle of Boston's daily papers, we didn't think that the Metro was in trouble. Sure, the daily papers aren't meaty, but they help while wile away the time on a subway ride. Boston NOW has also had some problems with getting the little things right, such as an unfortunate boo-boo on its front page after the New Hampshire primaries.

• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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