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Vermont news

Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the day drawing of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: DAY DRAWING (AP, 1:29 p.m.)

Senate confirms Vt. federal judge nominee

The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Vermont state Judge Christina Reiss to become the state's next federal judge. (AP, 12:49 p.m.)

Vt. congressman has food bank visit Monday

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will start Thanksgiving week with a visit to a food bank in Barre. (AP, 10:09 a.m.)

Green Mountain tech school wins annual cook-off

The results are in, hot from the oven: Green Mountain Technical and Career Center, of Hyde Park, has captured top honors in an annual cooking contest in Vermont's capital, for the second year in a row. (AP, 9:39 a.m.)

Vermont man charged with sexual assault

A 49-year-old Cabot man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile boy over the past four years. (AP, 9:09 a.m.)

Vermont man killed in ATV accident

Police say a 53-year-old Vermont man was killed and a juvenile girl was injured when they were ejected from an all-terrain vehicle that went out of control, crashed into an embankment and flipped over. (AP, 8:39 a.m.)

Vt. man who struck deer hit by 2 cars in NH

New Hampshire state police say a man who hit a large deer with his vehicle on a highway tried to warn oncoming traffic about the crash before he was struck by two cars and seriously injured. (AP, 7:09 a.m.)

One Jackpot Winner

One of the tickets sold in Oklahoma for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: (AP, 12:29 a.m.)

Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers

Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown. (Associated Press Writer, 12:09 a.m.)

Megabucks Plus

Here are the winning numbers selected in Saturday's Tri-State Megabucks Plus lottery drawing: 16-28-29-36-39 Megaball 6 (AP, 11/21/09)

A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US

Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war. (AP National Writer, 11/21/09)

Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in both drawings of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: EVENING DRAWING (AP, 11/21/09)

Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers

Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)

Ben & Jerry's names new flavor after Hannah Teter

Ben & Jerry's has named its newest ice cream flavor after Vermont native and champion snowboarder Hannah Teter. (AP, 11/21/09)

Vt. church to sell Tiffany window to help homeless

Here's a twist on the old saying, "When a door closes, a window opens." A Brattleboro, Vt., a church is removing a historic stained glass window, so it can open its doors to the homeless. (AP, 11/21/09)

Passenger train ridership inches up in Vt.

Vermont's passenger trains are seeing a slightly positive trend in ridership despite the economic downturn. (AP, 11/21/09)

Trespassers warned to stay out of Vt. firing range

The Vermont National Guard wants hunters and other civilians to stay off its firing range. (AP, 11/21/09)

3 Vermont ski areas postpone opening day

Mother Nature has postponed opening day for some Vermont ski areas. Stowe, Sugarbush and Okemo Mountain Resort had planned to open Saturday but have pushed back the date because warm weather has hindered snowmaking. (AP, 11/21/09)

Tri-State Weekly Grand

The four numbers drawn Friday in the Tri-State Weekly Grand lottery in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were 4, 5, 13 and 33, and the Lucky Ball number was 11. (AP, 11/20/09)

AP names New England news editor in restructuring

The Associated Press has named Karen Testa, currently the news editor for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as New England news editor as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports. (AP, 11/20/09)

Feds: 5 Vt. dairy farms targeted over workers

Federal immigration officials say five Vermont dairy farms are being asked to provide records proving their workers are legal. But the names of the farms aren't being released. (Associated Press Writer, 11/20/09)

Vermont auditor speaks out on DUI, debt problems

Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon said Friday that he will plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, and apologized to Vermonters for his actions. (Associated Press Writer, 11/20/09)

Vt. unemployment drops .2 percent in October

The state says Vermont's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of one percent in October to 6.5 percent of the work force. (AP, 11/20/09)