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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:37:43 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Statehouse Schedule</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87525/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Here are the House and Senate calendars for March 23.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senate Approves Earlier Primary Election</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87524/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers
want to hold the state's primary election three weeks earlier than 
scheduled.
The Vermont Senate approved that bill today. But Governor Jim Douglas may veto the bill.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87524/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Green Mountain Film Festival Expands Its Offerings</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87523/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The 13th
annual Green Mountain Film Festival kicks off tonight in Montpelier. VPR's Neal Charnoff speaks with Executive Director Donald Rae for a preview of this year's events.
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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>VPR's Ross Sneyd On The Week's Top News Stories</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87521/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Reporter Ross Sneyd joins VPR's Bob Kinzel to discuss the week's top news stories.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87521/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Shap Smith Discusses The State Budget</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87520/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Shap Smith discusses the big issues moving through the Legislature with VPR's Bob Kinzel.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87520/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Voices In The Week's News</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87519/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The state was at odds with the EPA and Rutland aldermen losing confidence in their police chief were among the top stories this week.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87519/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Statehouse Schedule</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87514/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Here are the House and Senate calendars for Friday, March 19.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87514/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Two Dozen Arrested in Drug Sweep</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87517/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A
law enforcement sweep in the Connecticut River Valley has resulted in the arrest of two dozen people on
drug charges.

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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:34:54 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>House Passes Housing Data Base Bill</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87516/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
After
nearly 4 hours of debate, and numerous roll call votes, the House has given its
approval to a bill that creates a statewide data base for all rental units in Vermont and it establishes minimum safety standards for these
units.


&nbsp;

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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:34:20 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Menu Calorie Count Bill Passes Senate</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87515/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Menus
at fast food and chain restaurants will look very different under a bill passed
by the Vermont Senate. Backers of the proposal hope it will encourage
Vermonters to be more aware of the caloric value of the foods they eat.

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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:04:31 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>$8.5 Million Jobs Bill Advances</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87518/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
An $8.5 million jobs bill has advanced in the Vermont House.

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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:55:48 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Welch Will Vote 'Yes' On Health Care Vote</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87513/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Congressman
Peter Welch says he'll support the health care reform bill when it comes
up for
a vote in the U.S. House this weekend because it will help provide 
coverage to
millions of uninsured Americans. 

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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Of "The Hemingses of Monticello" To Speak In Bennington</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87512/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Law professor and historian
Annette Gordon-Reed has written extensively about the intimate 
relationship
between Thomas Jefferson and one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. 


Gordon-Reed will be in Bennington on Friday for a talk sponsored by Southern Vermont College on &quot;Rethinking History&quot;. 


&nbsp;

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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Vermonter Celebrates Iranian New Year</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87511/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Saturday marks the beginning of the Persian New Year.&nbsp; VPR's Steve Zind visits with one Iranian Vermonter who celebrates in a traditional way.
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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Bill Further Regulates Slaughterhouses</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87510/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Sen. Harold Giard about a bill introduced a bill that would add a new layer of inspection to the current rules on operating slaughterhouses.
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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Statehouse Schedule</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87500/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Here are the House and Senate calendars for Thursday, March 18.
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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Professor Says Niqab Case Part Of Larger Culture Battle</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87509/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
In Montreal, a woman from Egypt has been expelled from her French language class for
refusing to take off her niqab-an opaque veil that covers all of the woman's face
except for her eyes.

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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:06 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senate Approves Abenaki Recognition</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87501/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
Vermont Senate has unanimously approved legislation that's designed to expand
state recognition to various Bands of the Abenaki Indian tribe. Supporters
of the bill say it will allow the Bands to take full advantage of a variety of
federal programs. 

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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:34:34 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NH Legislative Committee Proposes $47 million In Cuts</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87503/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A committee of the New 
Hampshire Legislature has recommended $47 million in cuts to social 
services, the courts, the environment and prisons.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87503/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:56 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NH House Says More Study Needed On Tax Repeal</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87504/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New Hampshire's House has 
voted to further study a bill that would repeal an unpopular business 
tax.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87504/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:32 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>National Guard Brigade In Place In Afghanistan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87506/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[About 1,500 members of the 
Vermont Army National Guard are now at their bases in Afghanistan and 
most have begun carrying out their on-the-ground missions.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87506/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:29 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Brighton Woman Sues To Block Airport Vote</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87508/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A Brighton woman has
filed a lawsuit over a Town Meeting Day vote in favor of selling a small
airport to a developer.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87508/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:22 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NH Senate OKs Elements Of Lynch Employment Plan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87502/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The New Hampshire state 
Senate has approved elements of the governor's jobs initiative, known as
New Hampshire Working.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87502/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:19 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Craftsbury Student Wins Vermont Spelling Bee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87505/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A Craftsbury student has won 
Vermont's statewide spelling bee with the correct spelling of 
ornithoscopy.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87505/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:18 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>House Advances Foreclosure Mediation Bill</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87507/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont House appears poised to pass
legislation calling for mediation to avoid home foreclosures.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87507/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:06:10 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Supreme Court Hears Rooney's Request For New Trial</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87499/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A lawyer for convicted murderer Brian Rooney told the Vermont Supreme 
Court today that Rooney should
receive a new trial.&nbsp; Rooney
was convicted in the 2006 murder of 21 year old University of Vermont 
student Michelle Gardner-Quinn.&nbsp;
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87499/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -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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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87487/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Study Says Small Businesses Boost Vermont Economy</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87493/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The idea that Vermont's
business climate is not conducive to creating and keeping jobs is one that's
heard in some political circles around the state. That contention is one that Burlington's Peace and Justice Center wanted to investigate. 

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87493/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:50:06 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Derby Line Backs Arrested Village Trustee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87490/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Many residents in the Canadian border town of Derby Line are rallying behind a village trustee wrangling with the US Border patrol.&nbsp; Roland &quot;Buzzy&quot; Roy has become a symbol of what some say is an increasingly heavy-handed approach to border protection.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87490/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:34:51 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Rutland Residents Raise Questions About Police Commission</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87491/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Rutland
City Police Chief Anthony Bossi continues to come under fire following
revelations that several officers have been investigated for allegedly viewing
pornography while on duty.&nbsp;&nbsp; Rutland
City Aldermen say they've lost confidence in the police chief and have some
serious concerns about the governing body that oversees him.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87491/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:34:15 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senate Advances Prison Population Reduction Measure</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87492/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
Senate has advanced a bill that's designed to reduce the prison population and
save the state money.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87492/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:04:05 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Troopers Give Up Pay Supplements</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87496/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermont state troopers are 
giving up some pay supplements in exchange for a study that could boost 
their pay in the long run.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87496/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:06:44 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Burton Shutting Down Vermont Manufacturing Facility</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87494/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Burton
Snowboards says it's closing down its manufacturing facility, where 43 people
work.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87494/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:06:40 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Education Department's Failing Schools List Incorrect</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87498/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Department of 
Education is apologizing for putting two schools on the list of 
&quot;persistently low achieving schools&quot; that shouldn't have been included 
on that list.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87498/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:06:38 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Dartmouth Alumni To Appeal To NH Supreme Court</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87495/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Seven Dartmouth College 
alumni whose lawsuit over the makeup of the school's board of trustees 
was dismissed plan to appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87495/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Senators Move To Curb Credit Card Fees To Stores</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87497/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermont Senate leaders want 
to do something Congress failed to: crack down on high fees and others 
costs imposed on small merchants by credit card companies.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87497/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:06:02 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Rutland Aldermen Lose Confidence In Police Chief</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87489/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Rutland aldermen say they've lost confidence in the city's
police chief and the five-member commission that oversees him.&nbsp; Chief Anthony Bossi has come under fire for the way he's
handled a criminal investigation of one of his officers.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87489/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>ACLU Questions Police Use Of Cell Technology</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87488/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Cell phone technology can be used by authorities to track where people are. And
the American Civil Liberties Union wants to know whether law enforcement uses
the technology in Vermont.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87488/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>"The Town That Food Saved"</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87485/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks to Ben Hewitt, author of &quot;The Town that Food Saved&quot; about the localvore movement in Hardwick, Vermont.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87485/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Combat Paper</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87486/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VRP's Steve Zind reports on the Combat Paper Project
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87486/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Statehouse Schedule</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87467/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Here are the House and Senate calendars for Tuesday, March 16.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87467/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Legislature Considers Ban On Hospital Advertising</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87477/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
legislature is considering a ban on hospital advertising as one way to control
health care costs.&nbsp; 

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87477/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:34:46 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Entergy Spin Off Could Go Forward Without Yankee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87476/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The
Entergy Corporation says it could go-ahead with a planned corporate spin off
even if Vermont Yankee is not part of the deal. Entergy
needs approval from regulators in New York and Vermont to transfer ownership of six nuclear plants into a
new company called Enexus.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87476/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:34:48 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Proposal Would Use Lottery To Help Veterans Programs</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87482/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont Legislature is considering a bill
that would create special lottery games to help fund organizations that help
the state's veterans.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87482/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:58 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>UVM Women To Play Wisconsin In NCAA</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87481/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The University of Vermont women's basketball team will play Wisconsin in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87481/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:56 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Air Force To Hold Hearing On New Jet Proposal</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87483/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The U.S. Air Force is planning to hold a
hearing next month in South
Burlington to discuss the
possible basing of its next generation fighter at the Burlington International Airport.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87483/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:47 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>VT To Participate In Pilot School Supper Program</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87480/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
The Vermont
Department of Education says the state has been chosen to be part of a pilot
program that will provide supper for some children in after school programs.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87480/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:39 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>NH Jobless Rate Ticked Up In February</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87478/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Initial figures show the unemployment rate in
New Hampshire was slightly higher last month than the one before.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87478/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Home Prices Down, But Condos Up In Chittenden County</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87479/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Real estate professionals in Vermont's
largest county say home prices have dropped in the last year, but the lower
prices now appear to be stimulating more sales.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87479/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:04 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Lake Champlain Clean Up Stirs Feud With EPA</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87475/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Governor Jim Douglas and the US Environmental Protection Agency are feuding
over the future of Lake
Champlain.
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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