Human Interest

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FILE - In this May 26, 2016 file photo, Nathaniel Kibby is escorted from Belknap County Superior Court after pleading guilty and being sentenced 45-90 years in prison for kidnapping, rape, criminal threatening and witness tampering in Laconia, N.H. Kibby's sentencing was among the state's top stories for 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Republican Chris Sununu cheers as early results show him in the lead over Democrat Colin Van Ostern in the race for New Hampshire's governor in Concord, N.H. Sununu's victory was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, Gov. Maggie Hassan waves to supporters during an election night rally in Manchester, N.H. Hassan's victory was one of the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts as former President Bill Clinton smiles at her New Hampshire presidential primary campaign rally in Hooksett, N.H. Clinton lost the primary, but won the nomination and the state's four Electoral College votes. The election was one of the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he signs autographs during a campaign event at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. Trump broke with campaign tradition and held rallies over house parties to win the New Hampshire primary, one of the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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The Old Gray Lady questions Christianity. (Associated Press/File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, the future USS Zumwalt heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The nation's biggest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer joined the Navy fleet in 2016, one of the state's top stories of the year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, the Wassataquoik Stream flows through Township 3, Range 8, Maine, on land owned by environmentalist Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burts Bees. President Barack Obama's Aug. 24, 2016 declaration of a new national monument on 87,000 acres donated by Quimby was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2016 file photo, Lorry Fleming, center, of Bath, Maine, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, shouts at Donald Trump supporter Tom Thompson, left, of Topsham, Maine, outside the State House in Augusta, Maine, where the electoral college was meeting to elect the president. The split of Maine's presidential electoral votes for the first time was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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In this Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, former U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Begin smokes medical marijuana at his home in Belfast, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands with doctor Yelizaveta Glinka after giving her a state award at the award presentation ceremony for charity and human rights achievements in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. Glinka, widely known for her charity efforts, was among those on board the Tu-154 plane. Her foundation said she was accompanying a shipment of medicines for a Syrian hospital. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Hawaii quarterback Dru Brown, left, is presented with the Mountain West Conference Most Valuable Player award by Hugh Yoshida, former Hawaii athletic director, after the Hawaii Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Honolulu. Hawaii defeated Middle Tennessee 52-35. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich thanks the fans for their support after Hawaii defeated Middle Tennessee 52-35 in the Hawaii Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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Hawaii quarterback Dru Brown (19) chases down a snap that flew over his head while playing against Middle Tennessee during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at the Hawaii Bowl, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)