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5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 24
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1. Your weather report: Today will be partly cloudy with a high of 87 degrees. Tonight will be clear with an overnight low of 60 degrees. Expect some cloud cover tomorrow as temperatures cool a bit.
2. Gas prices up. WMUR reports that the price of gas has risen more than 7 cents a gallon in the past week.
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3. Patch Fact: The busiest organization in the world is the Pentagon, which has 34,500 phone lines and receives 1 million calls a day. It received more than 1.5 million phone calls on the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
4. Vote for the best! Our summer-styled Readers' Choice voting has begun, with nominations from our readers. Make your choice in categories like , , and .
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5. Congrats! Nicholas Sumski, a resident of Amherst, NH and a member of the class of 2012, has been named to the Dean's List at Providence College for the Spring 2012 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credits.
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