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         <title><![CDATA[News in Brief]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Officer resigns over child porn charges



ADAMS, Mass. -- In the wake of a child pornography charge that has shaken the Police Department and this small town, Officer Alan Vigiard has resigned and a former officer, Thomas Cook, has been hired to replace him.



The 45-year-old Vigiard&rsquo;s resignation came to light during Wednesday&rsquo;s Selectmen&rsquo;s meeting, when Town Administrator]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Critics renew campaign against relicensing]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13828630?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON (AP) -- Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state&rsquo;s most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Thursday in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Woman gets plea bargain for thefts]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BRATTLEBORO -- Pamela Johnson, 45, of Brattleboro, who has robbed several Brattleboro businesses since late 2008, took a plea agreement in Windham District Court Tuesday and will spend 72 hours in prison and 59 days on a pre-approved work crew furlough.



As part of the agreement, Johnson pleaded guilty to the following crimes:



Johnson took a DVD player worth $80 and a Kitchen Aid worth $68]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;JAIME CONE&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:27 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont treasurer urges changes to state employee and teacher retirement expenses]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BRATTLEBORO -- State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding is recommending several modifications to the state employee and teacher retirement expenses in order to ease the escalating budgetary issues in Montpelier, but not without a fight from Vermont&rsquo;s largest unions. 



Spaulding, a Democrat, serves as chairman of the Commission on the Design and Funding of Retirement and Retiree Health Benefit Plans.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;CHRIS GAROFOLO&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Victims can view property]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13819935?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[LENOX -- The Lenox Police Department will be hosting a viewing Thursday of all of the evidence seized in the recent arrest of 28-year-old Stefan E. Veremko.



The department has hundreds of pieces of evidence seized from Veremko&rsquo;s apartment in Pittsfield and his vehicle. Each of these items is suspected to be stolen from residential breaks in the Berkshire County, Southern Vermont and]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;The Berkshire Eagle &lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jury acquits cop who killed dog]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13811399?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[HYDE PARK (AP) -- A Vermont jury has acquitted a police officer charged with animal cruelty for fatally shooting a neighbor&rsquo;s dog.



The jury in Vermont District Court in Hyde Park began deliberating Tuesday afternoon after Michael Wootton described the April 30 dog fight that preceded the shooting.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:28 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[N.Y. man attacked by buck while tossing firewood]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13811396?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[MOIRA, N.Y. (AP) -- A northern New York man is recovering after being attacked by a 10-point buck while he was loading firewood.



Authorities said Gerald Dabiew, 56, was cut and bruised from head to toe by the buck outside his house in Moira, 200 miles north of Albany.



"He got me down on the ground, and it was then I knew that he really wanted to kill me," Dabiew told The Watertown Daily]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:26 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Williams professor suspended over fraud]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13803442?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A visiting professor at Williams College was suspended last week after pleading guilty to charges of fraud in federal court.



Ernest B. Moore, who taught political science under the name of Bernard Moore at the college, pleaded guilty to one count of studentaid fraud, one count of bank fraud, and one count of Social Security fraud in federal court in Washington, D.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;MEGHAN FOLEY&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:02:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ticonderoga Ferry to provide service through December]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13795965?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER (AP) -- The Ticonderoga Ferry across Lake Champlain will provide service through December, weather permitting, under an agreement reached with Vermont and New York transportation officials.



The deal announced Saturday keeps the ferry open and running seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:05:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont News in Brief]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13785166?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Burlington telecom   gets new financing



BURLINGTON (AP) -- Top officials in Vermont&rsquo;s largest city say they&rsquo;ve found new financing for Burlington Telecom, possibly cooling heated debate over the way the city&rsquo;s phone, cable and Internet service has been financed.



Mayor Bob Kiss and the city&rsquo;s chief administrative officer, Jonathan Leopold, announced Friday that a]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:12:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Memorial design set]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13767382?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[RANDOLPH (AP) -- Vermont has paid a bigger price than any other state in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.



Now, the families of military members killed in the conflicts are planning a memorial to them, to be built at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph.



Fundraising is under way in hopes of collecting $350,000 to finance the memorial and start construction next summer,]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:08:04 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont Briefs]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13767381?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cops find suspect&rsquo;s gun in police shooting



RUTLAND (AP) -- Police say they have found a handgun believed to have been carried by a man who shot at a Rutland police officer during a foot chase.



The loaded .45 caliber handgun was found in a pool of water where 22-year-old Tyshawn Plowden fled Sunday after police say he fired a shot at Officer Frank Post, who then returned fire.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:08:03 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police: N.Y. school gunman upset over GI treatment]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13767372?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A 42-year-old man upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Harvard pays tribute to Medal of Honor winners]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/state/ci_13767368?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard University&rsquo;s reputation for academic excellence took a back seat to the battlefield bravery of its alumni as the Ivy League institution on Veterans Day honored 16 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the most from any university other than the military service academies.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:45 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rutland shooting incident eyed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[RUTLAND (AP) -- Vermont State Police detectives are investigating a shooting incident involving a Rutland City Police officer who says he fired at a fleeing suspect.



No one was hurt in the Sunday night incident. 



It took place as Officer Frank Post and his police dog chased 22-year-old suspect Tyshawn Plowden of New York City.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:08:39 EST]]></pubDate>
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