US Attorney Jane Young Says She Is Resigning; Is NH AG A Possibility?

Editor’s Note: Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday US Attorney Jane Young said she is resigning in a news release detailing her accomplishments in the office, but didn’t say what her plans are for the future. Also Thursday, an email from InDepthNH.org to Gov.-Elect Kelly Ayotte’s press office asking if she plans to replace Attorney General John Formella with Young received no response.

Op-Ed: A Scarcity Perspective

There are ten cookies on a plate. Good ones, not Oreo double stuff. The rich guy in charge takes nine of the cookies and gives them to his friends. He then tells you, “Look out, that guy in the shadows over there is trying to take your cookie.”

‘The Candy Man Can’ In Hampstead

In these parts, the candy man who can is Robert “Chocolate Bob” Newsteder, who with his partner, Barbara Finch, runs My Favorite Chocolate, a tiny store and chocolate factory that smells like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter all wrapped into one.

Five Words in a Line

Some friends and I, with too much time on our hands, have long been collecting examples of such expressions, which we call “autonyms.”