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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:48:29 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Mount Holly church won't be rebuilt after fire</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80548/</link>
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Vermont's
Catholic diocese isn't going to rebuild St. Mary's Church in Mount Holly, which was destroyed by fire in December. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:04:34 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Interview: Richard Feldman, former gun lobbyist on his new book</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80549/</link>
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Richard Feldman is a former police officer, regional political director for the NRA, and attorney who received his degree from Vermont Law School in South Royalton.


He speaks with VPR's Mitch Wertlieb about his new book &quot;Ricochet:
Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist.&rdquo;

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:49:16 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Morning Newscast: May 15, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80547/</link>
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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:

Vermont's
congressional delegation says the federal farm bill passed by the U.S. House is
good news for Vermont; Officials at
several Vermont electric utilities say more people are falling behind
on their bills; Progressive Anthony Pollina says he hoped he'd have a clear shot at defeating
Governor Jim Douglas this fall...
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:40:49 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Utilities say late payments increasing</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80545/</link>
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Officials at
several Vermont electric utilities say more people are falling behind
on their bills. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:34:53 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Pollina says Symington will change dynamics of gubernatorial race</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80544/</link>
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Progressive
Anthony Pollina says he hoped he'd have a clear shot at defeating Governor Jim
Douglas this fall. But
Democrat Gaye Symington got into the race earlier this week. And Pollina says
that will change the dynamics of the campaign.


VPR's
Jane Lindholm reports.

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:34:23 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Protesters decry use of pigs to train surgeons</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80546/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
A handful of
people say the University of Vermont Medical school is wrong to use live pigs to help train
surgeons to deal with traumatic injuries. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:34:13 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>N.H. House rejects school funding proposal</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80543/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
After dozens of
failed attempts in 10 years, the New Hampshire House kept its record intact on
Wednesday, rejecting a proposed constitutional amendment to let the state give
the most school aid to needier communities. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:11:42 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Diocese will appeal $8.7 million verdict</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80542/</link>
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Lawyers
for Vermont's Roman Catholic Church say they'll appeal an $8.7 million verdict.


On Tuesday, a Chittenden Superior Court jury found in favor of a Colorado man who says he was repeatedly abused by a priest in
a Burlington church in the 1970s.

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:04:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Police trying to determine cause of barn fire</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80540/</link>
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Vermont State
Police fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a barn fire that
killed more than 100 dairy cows in Swanton Wednesday morning. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:36:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>N.H. House delays proposed 25-cent cigarette tax hike</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80541/</link>
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New Hampshire is hoping to shore up its sagging budget by attracting smokers from
other states to buy cigarettes at relatively bargain prices. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:36:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Leahy says Vermont a big winner in farm bill</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80537/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Vermont's
congressional delegation says the federal farm bill passed by the U.S. House is
good news for Vermont. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:06:29 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Rutland wants to know if residents want flouride</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80538/</link>
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Rutland officials want to know if city residents are willing
to pay to continue adding fluoride to the public water system. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:06:17 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Ex-consultant says no White House link in GOP phone jamming during 2002 NH election</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80539/</link>
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A former
Republican consultant who served three months in prison for his role in the
Election Day 2002 phone-jamming operation against New Hampshire Democrats says
he knows of no connection between the White House and the plot. 

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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:06:01 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VPR Evening News May 14th, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80536/</link>
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A Quebec
company wants to expand a large-scale Franklin
County egg farm that in the past
has drawn complaints from neighbors; Lawyers for Vermont&rsquo;s
Roman Catholic Church say they&rsquo;ll appeal an 8.7 million dollar judgement; An
upcoming trial will be challenging for Rutland
jurors; and commentator Deborah Luskin on traveling when your plane is
grounded.&nbsp; 

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:10:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jury selection is complete for Rooney trial in Rutland</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80535/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In
Rutland this week,
12 jurors will begin to hear the case of Brian Rooney, who is charged with raping and
murdering UVM student Michelle
Gardner-Quinn in 2006.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Former home of Robert Frost now a museum</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80534/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Susan Keese pays a visit to a historic home of poet Robert Frost.&nbsp; It is the home where Frost wrote his best work.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:51:19 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VT Edition: A visit to the E.L. Trudeau historic laboratory</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80533/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[E. L. Trudeau is being honored with a special postage stamp,
part of the &quot;Distinguished Americans&quot; series. 
VPR's Jane Lindholm recently visited the historic laboratory in Saranac
Lake where Trudeau pursued his
pioneering research on tuberculosis.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:38:25 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VT Edition: Anthony Pollina on his gubernatorial campaign</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80532/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Anthony Pollina about his gubernatorial campaign,
why he wants the job and why he believes his background as an organizer
qualifies him to do it.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:31:10 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Midday Newscast  May 14, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80531/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Lawyers for Vermont's Roman Catholic Church say they'll appeal
an $8.7 million verdict; a jury has been seated for the trial of Brian Rooney,
accused of raping and murdering a UVM student;
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:21:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>State might invest pension fund in Vermont economy</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80529/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
The state of Vermont is considering investing a portion of its
multibillion dollar pension fund in businesses that promise to strengthen the
state's economy. 

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:04:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Welch’s gas price reduction plan passes House</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80530/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
The
House voted overwhelmingly in favor of Congressman Peter Welch's plan to
suspend shipments to the national strategic petroleum reserve.&nbsp; 

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:04:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Interview: Alex Wolff on the Frost Heaves move to the PBL</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80528/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
The Vermont Frost Heaves are moving on. The state's only professional basketball team isn't leaving Vermont for greener pastures, but is switching leagues, moving from the long-established American Basketball Association to the fledgling PBL, Premier Basketball League.


VPR's Mitch Wertlieb speaks with General Manager Alex Wolff. 

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:49:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Morning Newscast: May 14, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80527/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:&nbsp;


Vermont
has seen an increase of 172 home foreclosures in Vermont over this time last year. That's prompting state
officials are urging people facing foreclosure to seek help before it becomes a
crisis. A Quebec company wants to expand a large-scale Franklin County egg farm that in the past has drawn complaints from
neighbors. 
A House panel is
probing the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming plot by GOP operatives against
New Hampshire Democrats.

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:40:58 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Egg farm expansion first under review by new state law</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80526/</link>
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A Quebec company wants to expand a large-scale Franklin County egg farm that in the past has drawn complaints from
neighbors.


The
state denied a similar expansion plan six years ago.


VPR's
John Dillon reports.

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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:34:58 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Bankers urge Vermonters facing foreclosure to seek help</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80525/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Vermont
has seen an increase of 172 home foreclosures in Vermont over this time last year. That's prompting state
officials are urging people facing foreclosure to seek help before it becomes a
crisis. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80525/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:34:13 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Special paving program under way</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80523/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Road crews will be
out on Route 2A in Colchester today laying down the first pavement under this
spring's special supplemental Vermont state paving program. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80523/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:41 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Lowe's could be coming to Essex</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80524/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
A new Lowe's Home
Improvement store could be coming to Essex. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80524/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:04 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Hodes to testify before House panel on phone jamming</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80522/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
A House panel is
probing the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming plot by GOP operatives against
New Hampshire Democrats. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80522/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:34:37 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Democratic Party leader leaves to run Symington campaign</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80521/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Just
days after announcing she's running for governor, Gaye Symington has a campaign
manager.

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80521/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:34:29 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Former Fish and Wildlife member fined for breaking hunting laws</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80520/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
A former member of
the Vermont Fish and Wildlife board is being fined $200 for baiting deer last
November. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80520/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:06:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Former ambassador will not run for governor</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80518/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Former diplomat
Peter Galbraith says he will not run for governor of Vermont. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80518/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:06:37 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>N.H. House votes on school funding amendment</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80519/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Governor John
Lynch is hoping the 34th attempt by New Hampshire lawmakers to pass a school
funding amendment will be successful. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80519/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:06:13 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jury awards former Catholic altar boy $8.7 million</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80516/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
A jury has awarded $8.7 million
to a former altar boy who sued the Catholic Church over sexual abuse he
says he suffered at the hands of a priest. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80516/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:34 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VPR Evening News May 13th, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80517/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Congressman Peter Welch&rsquo;s plan to suspend shipments to the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve is generating strong support in Congress; A jury
has awarded 8.7 million dollars to a former altar boy who sued the Catholic
Church over sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of a priest; A former
member of the Vermont fish and Wildlife board is being fined 200 dollars for
baiting deer; Many areas in Vermont had record-setting snowfall this winter;
and commentator Olin Robison on the end of a cold war monument. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80517/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Vermont ski areas say they had about 4.1 million skier visits this winter</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80515/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Many
areas in Vermont had record-setting snowfall this winter, and the
state's ski resorts welcomed it.


They
had a steady stream of skiers and snowboarders who took advantage of the
weather. But they didn't end up breaking any records.

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:57:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Welch's proposal to suspend shipments to petroleum reserve gains support</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80514/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Congressman Peter Welch's plan to suspend shipments to the
national Strategic Petroleum Reserve is generating strong support in Congress.

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to back the plan and the
U.S House is set to consider it.

Supporters of the bill say the legislation could
help reduce the cost of gasoline by between 5 and 20 cents a gallon.

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:48:03 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VPR's Walter Parker on the legacy of Ernest Stires</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80513/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Vermont lost one of its best-loved musicians last week.
Ernest Stires was a composer and jazz pianist, and a mentor to younger
musicians. He died unexpectedly at his home in Cornwall at the age of 82. 
Jane Lindholm talked about his legacy with VPR's own classical host
Walter Parker.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80513/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:59:18 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VT Edition Interview: David Goodman on "Standing Up To The Madness"</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80512/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[David Goodman is an author
who lives in Waterbury Center.  He and his
sister Amy, who hosts the radio &amp; TV show Democracy Now! have written a new book called &quot;Standing Up to the
Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.&quot;  In it, they don't pull any punches in their opinion of the the
Bush administration and its policies.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80512/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:45:39 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VT Edition:  Beth Kennett &amp; Ralph McNall on today's dairy economy</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80511/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Beth Kennett and Ralph McNall speak with VPR's Jane Lindholm about
how Vermont's dairy farms are
faring in today's economy.
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80511/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:37:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Midday Newscast May 13, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80510/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[At least one Vermont ski resort says this winter was the
best ever; Vermont's Fish and Wildlife Department is drafting new policies that
will guide management of the state's four big game species; 
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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80510/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:21:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Price Chopper recalls meat</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80508/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Price Chopper
supermarkets is recalling pre-packaged hamburgers that might contain small bits
of hard plastic. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80508/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:04:15 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Morning Newscast: May 13, 2008</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80509/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:


A jury in Burlington is expected today to begin deliberating a priest sex
abuse case against the Diocese of Burlington. Vermont's Fish and Wildlife Department says the health of the
state's big-game species is generally good. Biologists
say they want that to continue. So they're drafting new policies that will
guide wildlife management for the next decade...

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:40:15 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Public input sought for wildlife management plans</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80507/</link>
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Vermont's Fish and Wildlife Department says the health of the
state's big-game species is generally good. Biologists
say they want that to continue. So they're drafting new policies that will
guide wildlife management for the next decade.


VPR's
Ross Sneyd reports.

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:34:17 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Smugglers Notch road reopens</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80506/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
The Vermont
Transportation Agency is announcing the arrival of spring. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80506/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:04:52 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jury selection starts today for trial in UVM senior's death</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80505/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
Jury selection
gets under way today in Rutland
for the trial of the man accused in 2006 slaying of University of Vermont senior Michelle Gardner-Quinn. 

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:04:32 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>N.H. teachers' union to urge "no" vote on school funding amendment</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80504/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[
New Hampshire's largest teacher's union is holding a news conference this morning to
discuss its opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment on school
funding. 

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        <guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80504/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:34:08 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Fallen N.H. police officer one of 42 honored</title>
        <link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/80503/</link>
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Franconia Police
Chief Mark Montminy says an annual memorial service to honor fallen New
Hampshire officers helps with the healing but also brings back sadness over
Cpl. Bruce McKay's death last May. 

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:43 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Northern New England ski areas say 2007-08 season a record</title>
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Ski areas across Northern England are declaring the just finished ski season the best
they've had in years, perhaps ever. 

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:24 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Jury deliberations scheduled today in Burlington trial</title>
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A jury in Burlington is expected today to begin deliberating a priest sex
abuse case against the Diocese of Burlington. 

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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:14 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>VPR Evening News May 12th, 2008</title>
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House Speaker Gaye Symington announces she will run as a
Democratic candidate for Governor; A judge says jury deliberations will begin
tomorrow in the case of a former altar boy suing the Diocese of Burlington in a
priest sex case; Business picks up at discount food stores; and commentator
Bill Mares on his slightly eccentric Book Club.

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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:17 -0400</pubDate>
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