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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money.

Jeremy Dodge doesn't want to leave his childhood home in East Montpelier. But his days on Foster Road are numbered.

Search and rescue efforts are taking place all over the devastated suburban community.

Gov. Peter Shumlin signs the end-of-life bill at the statehouse in Montpelier on Monday, May 20, 2013.

Vermont boasts 52 parks around the state with a variety of options for camping and day use.

Vermont is now the fourth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide after Gov.

This bill makes Vermont the fourth state in the US to approve the practice. The Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act , was passed [JURIST report] by the legislature earlier this month.

The 2013 Legislative Session ended on Tuesday, May 14 at 10:25 p.m. This culminated a full session of work with many accomplishments, the first and foremost being passage of a balanced budget without raising taxes.

After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives.

The law, which allows physicians to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients, took effect Monday when it was signed by Gov.

Students and faculty alike shared a day of gratitude with the governor, who spoke to this year's Marlboro College graduates.

Vermont's new aid-in-dying law, which allows doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it, is set to take effect as soon as Gov.

On May 13, the Vermont state legislature passed a bill that legalizes physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients whose suffering has become unbearable but who are capable of making an informed consent on their own behalf.

When Windham County's state lawmakers returned home Wednesday, they brought along a mix of satisfaction and disappointment about the just-ended 2013 legislative session.

Several Vermont hospitals are saying they'll to put off implementing the state's new aid-in-dying law, at least for now.

Mark Lyman lives and breathes the Statute of Limitations in New York. Both as an advocate for people who have been sexually abused and as a victim himself.

Vermont is about to become the third US state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide.

Even though she has not had cell phone service for almost a month, Libby McCawley was still checking her phone every morning to see if it worked.

Relief is in the works for drivers fed up with trying to find a spot at the Richmond park and ride.

For the first three years after its passage, the legislation will model Oregon's Death with Dignity Act [official materials] by including safeguards [AP report] which require, among other things, that the patient be competent and assert on three separate occasions the desire to receive a lethal dose of medication.