New Hampshire (US), Jan 27 : A retired schoolteacher, who cherished becoming a college graduate till her 100th birthday, died just a day after realising her life-long dream.

Harriet Richardson Ames, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan 2, earned a bachelor's degree just a day before she died in New Hampshire Saturday.

Harriet's health was failing, and she was under hospice care, Press TV reported Wednesday.

"Harriet was so moved that she started to cry," said Norma Walker, coordinator of the Keene State College Golden Circle Society, New Hampshire, who delivered a certificate to Ames last week.

"If I die tomorrow, I'll know I'll die happy, because my degree's in the works," Walker recalled Harriet as saying.

The nation’s deepening economic problems, having taken their toll on McCain’s candidacy, have recently led to his campaign increasingly focusing questions about Obama’s character and background. With a little more than a fortnight to the presidential election, McCain campaign has resorted to automated phone calls that link Barack Obama to the 1960s radical, William Ayers.

Zogby Interactive’s latest Obama vs McCain opinion polls show that Obama leads in Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, while McCain leads in Indiana and Ohio

Alaska Governor and Republican VP candidate, Sarah Palin, rallying in the battleground state of New Hampshire, said Wednesday that she feels a kinship with the moose-hunting, tax-hating voters of the state. She said New Hampshire shares much in common with her home state, and even wished she could share the motto “Live free or die.”

John McCain is trailing Barack Obama in the presidential race, in Nevada and New Hampshire — that’s what the recent Obama vs McCain Nevada, New Hampshire polls say. The polls show that Obama is having significant lead over McCain.

The women voters in New Hampshire are both full of praise and criticism for the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. In fact, Palin is under intense scrutiny for her experience, or lack of it; preparedness; and the interviews aired nationally.

Compared to 2007, people from New England states except Vermont had fewer poor air quality days and as a result, they breathed easier this summer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says summer 2008 had 28-days as compared to 53-days when ozone monitors recorded concentrations above health standards.

Five of the region’s six states had fewer poor air quality days between April and September compared to the same period last year.

It appears from the recent Obama McCain New Hampshire pre-election opinion polls that Barack Obama and John McCain are going pretty close - going almost neck and neck in the presidential race in New Hampshire.

Out of three opinion polls conducted uptill now, Obama has 1 % point lead over McCain in two polls, and McCain, on the other hand according to Zogby Interactive poll, has 4 % points’ lead over Obama. So, statistically they are pretty close.

A recent poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire shows that John McCain and Barack Obama are statistically running neck-to-neck in New Hampshire.

Barack Obama has 46 percent of the votes, 3 percent more than John McCain who has 43 percent of the votes. 8 percent remain undecided.  

McCain seems to be popular among conservatives, older voters and those living near Massachusetts, while Obama has the votes of liberals, younger voters and those living along the seacoast.

For the first time, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Barack Obama and his former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigned together today.

On Thursday, Michelle Obama campaigned, in New Hampshire, together with former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen who is now running for the U.S. senate.

In her campaign, Obama eulogized Hillary Rodham Clinton’s works saying that Clinton is responsible for bringing the concerns of working families in U.S. to the forefront.

“We are closer to this America than ever before, and that's because of an extraordinary woman who's not in this room but she's traveling with my husband tomorrow, and that woman is Hillary Clinton,” she said.

Exeter, NH: It was homecoming of the Republican Odysseus, Sen. John McCain, who returned from his victorious Odyssey, to the state, where he started his 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns.

Barack Obama couldn’t repeat the magic of Iowa caucus in New Hampshire. Obama was leading in New Hampshire as per estimates of most of the polls and surveys. New Hampshire voters surprised everyone by voting in favor of Senator Hillary Clinton.

Voters in New Hampshire have surprised the nation, media and survey companies. Hillary Clinton has been declared as winner in N.H. primaries. Now, the political battle has become more interesting. The victory in New Hampshire primaries was much needed for Hillary Clinton.

Voters in New Hampshire are gathering outside polling stations in large numbers. Being the first state to hold US presidential primary, all eyes are set on New Hampshire. The verdict of people of New Hampshire will be very important in the final decision of US presidential nominee.