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Reed says no to V.P.
Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, mentioned as a vice presidential possibility after accompanying Barack Obama to Afghanistan and Iraq, seemed to close the door...
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

'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)

Flash flooding forces evacuation of Boy Scout camp

More than 150 Boy Scouts and their leaders are spending the night in a school after flash flooding washed out a dirt road at their camp, forcing its evacuation. (AP, 7/24/08)

Feds: N.H. and Vt. mail delivery faster than ever

Federal postal authorities say they're delivering mail in New Hampshire and Vermont faster than ever. (AP, 7/24/08)

Tabernacle stolen at Graniteville church

Vandals broke into a Catholic church, knocking over a row of lit candles and making off with religious artifacts, authorities said Thursday. (AP, 7/24/08)

Voice of Bart Simpson plays Friday at Middlebury

The woman who gives voice to Bart Simpson figures she got lucky -- twice. Nancy Cartwright, 50, who does the vocal work for the wisecracking boy on "The Simpsons," planned to audition for the role of little sister Lisa Simpson, but changed her mind and tried out for Bart. (AP, 7/24/08)

Kids run off to join the circus (for the summer)

Fourteen-year-old Thula Martin knows exactly what she'll say if her teacher asks the class what they did this summer: "I ran away and joined the circus." (AP, 7/24/08)

Officials warn of debris from bridge collapse

Vermont state officials are warning canoeists, kayakers and others to avoid a stretch of the Winooski River below where a bridge undergoing reconstruction fell into the river this week. (AP, 7/24/08)

Jessica's Law plan draws support

Efforts to get a Jessica's Law passed in Vermont calling for a mandatory 25-year minimum sentence for some sex offenders are drawing widespread support, with thousands of residents signing petitions in support. (AP, 7/24/08)

Vermont Historical Society chief leaving

The head of the Vermont Historical Society is stepping down after five years on the job. (AP, 7/24/08)

Challenge to Barre ordinance expected

The first Vermont municipality to pass an ordinance restricting where sex offenders may live within its borders is expected to draw a legal challenge. (AP, 7/24/08)