Weekly N.H. papers back Clinton

MANCHESTER (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the backing of four more weekly newspapers in New Hampshire.

The Cabinet Press, which includes four weekly papers that cover nine southern New Hampshire towns, on Thursday said the New York senator excels in all the areas its editorial board believes are important, including health care, national defense, the Iraq war and abortion rights.

"Hillary Clinton is a tough, smart, courageous, compassionate and sometimes blunt senator who will be a good president in a time that requires the kind of backbone she possesses," the editorial board wrote.

Clinton previously was endorsed by Salmon Press, a group of 11 weekly papers, and two daily newspapers: Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover and the Keene Sentinel.