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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:08:06 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Analysis: EPA Decision On Lake Champlain</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87487/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The EPA's decision to re-evaluate the Lake Champlain cleanup goals may be part of wider effort to enforce the Clean Water Act.
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Anatomy Of A Hip Replacement</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87484/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Mitch Wertlieb desribes his hip replacement surgery.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87484/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Banning Hospital Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48158/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Legislators are considering prohibiting Vermont's hospitals from spending money on advertising and marketing - an idea that's getting mixed reviews from the hospitals.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48158/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Sugaring</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48125/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[From news articles and commentaries, to Vermont Edition and even a documentary, VPR follows the sounds, traditions, and industry of maple sugaring in Vermont.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48125/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Medical Training Program Gets $1.7 million</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87424/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Senator
Patrick Leahy has helped Fletcher Allen hospital get $1.7 million to pay for advanced medical simulations. The money has helped train National Guard medics for
their service in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:34:13 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Health Center To Hold Free Clinic</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87423/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[



Senator
Bernie Sanders wants you to go to the doctor. Sanders
appeared at the Community Health Center in Burlington to promote a free clinic that organizers hope will
see 100 patients on Sunday. 

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	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:04:51 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>The Weather Outlook for 2010</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87418/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mark Breen, senior meteorologist from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium and Andy Nash, chief meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Burlington talk with VPR's Jane Lindholm about the weather outlook for the next few months.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87418/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:45 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The Weather Show!</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48092/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We pepper meterologists Mark Breen and Andy Nash with our weather questions!&nbsp; And reporter Candace Page tells us about the chemicals on our lawn.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48092/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Long Island Sound Clean-up Reaches Into Vermont</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87413/</link>
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Too much nitrogen in
the waters of the Long Island Sound has led to &quot;dead zones&quot; where fish and shellfish can't survive. Now
the federal agency is asking sewage treatment plants nearly 200 miles away in Vermont to help reduce pollutants that are hurting the sound.

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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:06 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Peter Welch On The Health Care Bill's Prospects</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87408/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Congressman Peter Welch discusses the prospects for a health care bill with VPR's Bob Kinzel.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87408/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:38:55 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Product Stewardship: How To Create Less Trash</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48079/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We tackle the question of what role manufacturers, consumers and government should play in reducing the amount of trash we create when we throw out packaging or old products. 
Also, a proposed Rail Spur in Middlebury would accommodate
the OMYA Corporation's freight needs. And, celebrating the election of Madeleine Kunin 25 years ago.
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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Rutland Votes In Favor Of Term Limits</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87373/</link>
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Rutland City officials are celebrating the fact that both the city
and school budgets passed.&nbsp; But some of those officials may be less pleased by
something else that passed - term limits.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87373/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:04:13 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>The Differences In Male And Female Brains</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87350/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Dr. Cindy Forehand, a UVM professor of anatomy and neurobiology discusses the differences between male and female brains with VPR's Jane Lindholm. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87350/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:53:34 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>What's The Difference Between Male And Female Brains?</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48062/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[UVM's Dr. Cindy Forehand discusses the similarities and differences between men's and women's brains.&nbsp; Also, a look at the changing role of the Vermont National Guard, and we hear the sounds of Snocross.
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	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Health Commissioner Recommends H1N1 Vaccinations</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87304/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont Health Commissioner Wendy Davis about the availability of H1N1 vaccinations in Vermont and why it's still important to get one.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87304/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>"Non-Nutritional" Food Tax Sparks Debate</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87303/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with UVM nutrition professor Rachel Johnson about how our attitudes and understanding of nutrition are changing, and what incentives or penalties could help us make wiser decisions.  
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87303/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:47:23 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Nutrition Taxes And Labeling</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48035/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Should we tax junk food and soda?&nbsp; Should menus have calorie counts?&nbsp; We talk with UVM nutritionist Rachel Johnson about food and nutrition issues.&nbsp; Also, an update on the H1N1 virus, and a group of singing librarians!
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48035/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>NRC Confirms 2005 Tritium Leak At Vermont Yankee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87279/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Officials with the
federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission have confirmed that the Vermont Yankee
nuclear plant had a leak of radioactive tritium 5 years ago.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87279/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Barre Midwife Headed To Haiti</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87249/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
We spoke with Vermont midwife Katherine Bramhall several years ago, after a natural
disaster-the tsunami that ravaged Bali in December of
2004.  Katherine Bramhall explains why a birthing clinic is so important in a place
like Haiti that's thrown into sudden and unexpected chaos.

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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:50:09 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Activists Say Local Approach Needed For Climate Change</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87196/</link>
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Many
environmental activists roll their eyes when they talk about what didn't happen
at the recent climate summit in Copenhagen.&nbsp;&nbsp; VPR's
Nina Keck just returned from northern Europe, where she
attended a forum on the economic impact of climate change.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:50:23 -0500</pubDate>
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