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McCain rips Obama on cancelled troop visit
The John McCain and Barack Obama campaigns continued their back-and-forth today over Obama's cancelled visit to wounded soldiers in Germany. Obama said he did not...
Globe West Updates
Franklin school officials: Let's try to save late bus service
Even though Franklin voters turned down a $2.8 million override last month, Franklin school officials say they still may be able to salvage late bus...
Override Central
Layoffs hit Freetown
About 15 town employees in Freetown, including five teachers and two patrolmen, are looking for new jobs after the resounding defeat of a Proposition 2...
White Coat Notes
State seeks two-week extension of Medicaid waiver
By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff The state requested another two-week extension today of its Medicaid waiver to keep its landmark health care law running as...

Vermont news

Jessica's Law supporters rally in St. Albans

About 30 people turned out Saturday for a rally to demand that Vermont adopt tougher penalties for child sex offenders, one month after the state saw its first-ever AMBER alert issued for a 12-year-old Braintree girl later found dead. (AP, 4:26 p.m.)

High water delays river cleanup

High water caused by recent heavy rains is prompting a local company to put off its volunteer effort to clean up the Winooski River. (AP, 10:17 a.m.)

E. coli warnings rarely seen on private property

State officials are quick to close down public swimming areas when they show high levels of bacteria, but they caution that swimming holes on private properties often carry the same risk and are rarely posted with warning signs. (AP, 10:05 a.m.)

Flood damage seen around $400,000

A Vermont state official says recent heavy rains and flooding in the state have caused damage -- mainly to local roads -- that could reach the $400,000 mark. (AP, 9:53 a.m.)

Residents complain about firing range

Most residents say they were used to the mortar and artillery rounds booming out from the Vermont Army National Guard's Ethan Allen Firing Range. But the addition of a small-arms firing facility has some up in arms. (AP, 9:28 a.m.)

Police said incompetent in cash seizure

An expert witness has told jurors in a civil suit that the seizure of $5,200 from an African-American minister by South Burlington police did not constitute "competent" police work. (AP, 8:38 a.m.)

Man arrested in catalytic converter thefts

A 23-year-old Franklin man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he has been stealing catalytic converters from vehicles in the area. (AP, 8:34 a.m.)

'Sound of Music' daughter returns to Austria

Seventy years after fleeing the Nazis, a woman whose family was immortalized in "The Sound of Music" has returned to Austria to visit her former home. (AP, 7/25/08)

State: Yankee released more radiation in 2007

The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant emitted higher levels of radiation in 2007 than in previous years, an expected result of its boosted power output, but the amount remained below the state's limits to protect public health, according to a Vermont Department of Health report issued Friday. (AP, 7/25/08)

NY biker injured in collision with bull moose

An upstate man is recovering after his motorcycle ran into a moose on a section of the Thruway in eastern New York. (AP, 7/25/08)

Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in both drawings of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: EVENING DRAWING (AP, 7/25/08)

Diocese settles suit with ex-altar boy

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has agreed to settle a suit brought by a former Montpelier altar boy who says he was molested by a parish priest in the 1970s. (AP, 7/25/08)