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         <title><![CDATA[Judiciary savings report draws ire from Sears]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- A committee tasked with finding savings within the state's Judiciary approved a draft report Friday outlining $2.4 million in savings for property taxpayers and the state's general fund.



The report calls for some major changes, including reducing the number of Probate courts from 14 to five, and stripping assistant judges of their judicial functions.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:08:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[For heroes, bloodbath could have been worse]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.



A loud, popping noise. Moans. The sudden, urgent shout of "Gun!"



Smith poked his head over the cubicle's partition and saw an extraordinary sight: An Army officer with two guns, firing into the crowded room.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:06:44 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Soldiers look for answers in shooting]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[FORT HOOD, Texas -- As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>MIKE BAKER</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:06:25 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Christmas pleads guilty - Shaftsbury man admits to second-degree murder, sex charges]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- A Shaftsbury man pleaded guilty Friday to shooting his former brother-in-law to death and to molesting children -- charges that would likely result in him serving 30 years to life in prison. 



More than a dozen police officers filled Bennington District Court as Michael Christmas, 41, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and three counts of aggravated sexual assault on victims]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:42:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Several reject vaccine despite shot shortage]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER -- Several people walked away from an H1N1 flu clinic in Manchester Thursday because they didn&rsquo;t want toreceivethe swine flu vaccine via nasal spray, stateHealth CommissionerDr. Wendy Davis said.



"It&rsquo;sunfortunate, because it&rsquo;s oursensethat some of the people that turned it down couldhave received it and been immunized," Davis said Friday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:00:47 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspect]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist suspected of carrying a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats, law enforcement officials said Thursday.



The postings appeared to have been made by Maj.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:50:45 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Soldier kills 13 in Ft. Hood attack]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 13 other people and left 31 wounded.



Authorities said immediately after the shootings that they had killed the suspected shooter, but later in the evening they recanted and said that he was alive and in stable condition at a]]></description>
         <dc:creator>APRIL CASTRO</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:50:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[46 county residents in Guard unit shipping out  ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Bennington County is sending 46 men and women to the war in Afghanistan, according to numbers released this week by the Vermont National Guard.



Task Force Phoenix



Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow said he released the number of Vermont soldiers by town because of numerous press inquiries. The names of soldiers will not be released by the guard, however, so the soldiers' privacy and]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:46:03 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shaftsbury to decide on merger consultant]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- The Shaftsbury School District Board will decide soon exactly how committed it is to looking into a merger with North Bennington.



After both school boards met Wednesday, the Shaftsbury board decided that at its Nov. 10 meeting, members will vote whether to invest money into the idea and hire a consultant to study the financial and educational impacts of a merger.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:20:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rainwalker case reaches second year]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[GREENWICH, N.Y. -- Sunday marked the second anniversary of the day Jaliek Rainwalker, then 12, was reported missing. 



Greenwich/Cambridge Police Chief George Bell said Thursday that, while the search was scaled back some time ago, leads still come in and are followed up on. "Things like the two-year anniversary, we get a little activity," he said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:19:44 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MILAN (AP) -- An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA&rsquo;s extraordinary renditions program.



Human rights groups hailed the decision and pressed President Barack Obama to repudiate the Bush administration&rsquo;s]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:06:37 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.S. troops fight 4-hour battle at Afghan village]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[QATAR KALA, Afghanistan (AP) -- The villagers said they just wanted to be left alone. They claimed they had asked the Taliban to stay away, and wished the Americans would do the same.



But now the Americans were back, determined to stop the Taliban from passing through the village to attack U.S. targets.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:06:33 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sears working on fetal homicide law]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- A Bennington lawmaker is working to draft a bill that would combine laws from at least two other states to criminalize the killing of the unborn in Vermont.



Merging state laws



Bennington County Sen. Dick Sears, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he has begun work on merging laws in Maine and Illinois to address the untimely death of fetuses, while]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:06:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Middle schoolers learn farming importance]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Students at Mount Anthony Union Middle School had a chance to talk with local farmers and food producers Wednesday to get a better understanding of how food is produced locally and the effect local agriculture has on the community.



"I hope the kids begin to understand it&rsquo;s vital to the community to support farmers," science teacher Allison Brigham said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:06:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dunne throws hat into gubernatorial ring]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Former Windsor County state Sen. Matt Dunne entered the Democratic primary for the 2010 gubernatorial race Tuesday, joining three other candidates who had already declared their intentions.



Served in Vt. House



Dunne, 39, of Hartland, served eight years in the Vermont House and was elected to two terms in the state Senate before challenging Republican Lt.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:12:21 EST]]></pubDate>
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