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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 03:18 am

Vermont News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | Burlington Free Press

State panel barred from nuke inspection

The state Department of Public Service has declined to let members of a panel created by the Legislature to do a special audit of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant join an inspection of the plant set for Monday, ...

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Vermont Government

Fri Jul 18, 2008

The Brattleboro Reformer

A Vermont tragedy

There's a thin line between legitimate concern and political grandstanding, but we think we are seeing that line crossed in the wake of the violent death of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Vermont Government

WPTZ

Crown Point Dig Wraps Up First Week

Archaeologists are wrapping up the first week of a two-week excavation at an upstate historic site that was considered one of the most strategic military outposts in North America.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Anthropology

BurlingtonFreePress.com

Civil rights panel hears stories of racial profiling

MONTPELIER - An African-American graduate student was stopped by police 13 times during his one year in Vermont, twice on his first day in the state, the state advisory panel to the U.S. Commission on Civil ...

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Related Topix: Montpelier, VT, Chittenden County, VT, University of Vermont, Winooski, VT

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Rutland Herald

Governor calls weekend tax holiday a success

Gov. James Douglas declared last week's sales tax holiday a success on Tuesday and opened the door to making the two-day retail push an annual Vermont tradition.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Barre, VT

Rutland Herald

Yankee fixes leak, increases power

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was back at 50 percent power late Wednesday afternoon, five days after one of its cooling towers sprung a significant leak forcing the reactor to reduce power.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Vermont Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Bernard Sanders

Burlington Free Press

Editorial: Problem must be clear before enacting fixes

When tragedy strikes, the natural human response is to help, try to do something to make things better.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Opinion

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Congress overrides Medicare cuts

President George Bush vetoed federal legislation Tuesday that would have prevented cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, but within hours both the U.S. House and Senate overrode that veto.

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, Vermont Government, Medicare, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

WNNE

Feds Visit, State Complains About Vermont Yankee Mishap

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant remains at less than half its normal power output as state and federal regulators zero in on the cause of a new round of problems with the plant's cooling towers.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Burlington Free Press

Parts of northwest Vermont under flash flood warning

A flash flood warning has been issued for parts of northwest Vermont, including the potential for heavy flooding around Bakersfield and Montgomery in Franklin County.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VT, Weather, Bakersfield, VT, Orleans, VT, Franklin, VT

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Boston.com

Vermont sells frozen cow embryos to Argentina

Vermont dairy farmers have a new market for their cows: Argentina. The state recently sold 50 frozen Holstein embryos to the South American country.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, South Burlington, VT, Burlington Metro

Free Republic

Lt. Gov. Dubie urges special session for sex offender crackdown

Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie endorsed a slate of reforms to the state's sex offender laws Monday morning and called on Gov.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

GISCafe

Growing Technology Company URMC Announces New Company Headquarters and Relocation to Stowe, Vermont

July 14, 2008 - URMC announced today that it has moved its headquarters, including all operations, administrative and executive positions to Stowe, VT, effective July 14, 2008.

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Related Topix: Stowe, VT, Vermont Government

Mon Jul 14, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Pollina Proposes Vermont Credit Card

Anthony Pollina says Vermont can raise revenue without raising taxes. Monday morning, the Progressive candidate for Governor announced a plan for a Vermont Credit Card.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Dubie Blasts State Sex Laws In Wake Of Bennett Slaying

Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie says Vermont must crack down on sex offenders, and he's calling on the Legislature to convene in a special session next month to pass new laws that increase prison terms.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Sun Jul 13, 2008

PSoTD

Vermont Seems More Like a "Show Me" State...

At least in the area of faith... Are Vermonters heathens? Not exactly, but they are less religious than people in most other states, according to a national poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public ...

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Rutland Herald

Tower problems plague Yankee

Problems with broken wooden timbers continue to plague Vermont Yankee's cooling towers, as Entergy Nuclear was forced Friday to cut power production in half.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Vermont Government

Sat Jul 12, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Evaluating Vermont's First Amber Alert

It's construction season in Vermont-- and if you didn't know it-- all you'd have to do is read the electronic billboards... billboards that should have been displaying an Amber Alert when Brooke Bennett went ...

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Rutland Herald

State awards coveted moose permits

More than 1,200 lucky hunters have won the right to prowl the Vermont wilderness in search of a trophy moose this fall, including at least five veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Vermont Tubbs' new N.H. owners speak -- sort of

The new owners of Vermont Tubbs broke their silence Friday with a press release that still left several questions unanswered.

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Related Topix: Whitefield, NH, Vermont Government

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