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Vermont news

Work begins on new bus facility

Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff helped break ground Saturday for an expanded maintenance and administrative center for Advance Transit buses that serve Vermont and New Hampshire. (AP, 3:58 p.m.)

Authorities investigate St. J fire

Authorities continue investigating the cause of six-alarm fire that displaced nine families and heavily damaged a downtown block of St. Johnsbury. (AP, 3:08 p.m.)

Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the day drawing of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: DAY DRAWING (AP, 1:28 p.m.)

Say 'cheese.' VT forests celebrate centennial

Vermont's parks department is celebrating a centennial anniversary by inviting Vermonters to shoot pictures of people enjoying the woods. (AP, 8:38 a.m.)

Welch looks to increase dairy payments

Rep. Peter Welch wants to increase payments to dairy farmers by tying federal subsidies to the consumer price index. (AP, 8:38 a.m.)

Twinfield students push for safer Route 2

A group of students from Twinfield Union School in Planfield, Vt., hopes to slow drivers down on a stretch of U.S. Route 2 where one of their classmates died last month. (AP, 8:28 a.m.)

2.5-hour parade part of Champlain celebrations

Burlington is preparing for the Champlain 400 Parade, featuring 1,500 participants from several countries. Event organizers say Saturday afternoon's parade is modeled after a French dancing and choreography event that is the largest dance parade in Europe. (AP, 5:08 a.m.)

Tri-State Weekly Grand

The four numbers drawn Friday in the Tri-State Weekly Grand lottery in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were 10, 16, 31 and 35, and the Lucky Ball number was 25. (AP, 7/10/09)

AP Source: AIG consults administration on bonuses

American International Group Inc. is consulting with the federal government about its plans to pay millions of dollars in retention incentives and bonuses, a person familiar with the situation said. (AP Business Writer, 7/10/09)

White nose syndrome obliterates NH bat colony

A disease that is killing bats in the eastern United States has all but obliterated a colony of bats in Peterborough, N.H. (AP, 7/10/09)

Rain washes away tourism dollars in Northeast

Relentless rain and cool weather since early June have sent visitors scrambling home and washed away millions of tourism dollars across the Northeast. But the first 80-degree readings this month gave a glimmer of hope Friday that summer can be salvaged. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)

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, 7/10/09)

FairPoint reports progress in northern New England

Troubled phone company FairPoint Communications says it has fixed some billing and customer service problems in northern New England in recent months but has more to do in some other areas. (AP, 7/10/09)

Canada's unemployment rate rises to 11-year high

Canada showed signs that the recession may be easing as there were fewer-than-expected job losses in June, even though the country's unemployment rate climbed to an 11-year high of 8.6 percent. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)

NNE states receiving over $16M for homeless

Northern New England states are receiving a total of over $16 million in federal stimulus money to fight homelessness. (AP, 7/10/09)

1,230 of over 14,000 applicants get permits

Vermont wildlife officials say the state's annual lottery for choosing who gets moose hunting permits randomly picked 1,230 winners out of more than 14,000 applicants. (AP, 7/10/09)

Vt Police: 17-year-old accused of road rage

Police say a 17-year-old Derby, Vt., youth, driving his father's car, repeatedly rammed and cut off another driver in a dispute about money. (AP, 7/10/09)

Fire damages historic downtown block in Vt. town

A least eight families were displaced Friday by a six-alarm fire that swept through an historic downtown block of St. Johnsbury and injured four firefighters. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)

Douglas to unveil statue that is gift from Quebec

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas is going to unveil a statue on the Lake Champlain waterfront in Burlington on Friday that is a gift to the state from the province of Quebec. (AP, 7/10/09)

Out of staters outnumber VTers at UVM by 3-1

The percentage of out of state students enrolled at the University of Vermont is continuing to increase. (AP, 7/10/09)

Vt. judiciary workers to take 12 unpaid days off

The Vermont Supreme Court says it has told all judiciary employees in the state to take 12 unpaid days off before June 2010, the end of the 2010 fiscal year. (AP, 7/10/09)

Eagle Times of Claremont, NH, closing Friday

The Eagle Times newspaper in Claremont, N.H., is filing for bankruptcy and shutting down. Publisher Harvey Hill sent an e-mail to staffers Thursday saying Friday's edition of the paper will be its last. (AP, 7/9/09)