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Leahy Implores Senate To Vote On Guns

By Bob Kinzel | April 11, 2013

Senator Patrick Leahy says he’s pleased that the debate over gun control legislation will proceed in the U.S. Senate over the next few weeks. An effort to filibuster the legislation was defeated on Thursday.

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Discover Jazz Announces 2013 Lineup

By Neal Charnoff | April 11, 2013

The lineup for the 30th Annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival includes Branford Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin and John Scofield.

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Handing Down The Art Of Stonecutting

By Steve Zind, Ric Cengeri | April 11, 2013

Stonecutter Master George Kurjanowicz, teaches the art of stonecutting at the Vermont Folklife Center’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

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Discovering Poetry In The Lines Of A Good Novel

By Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri | April 11, 2013

James Moore, a Winooski playwright, speaks about Pulitzer Remix, which features 85 artists making poetry from all 85 Pulitzer Prize winning works of fiction.

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CEOs Of Foreign Companies Bound For NEK Visit Region

By Charlotte Albright | April 11, 2013

The CEOs of the two foreign companies that promise to bring more than 600 new jobs to Newport visited the future site of their operations Thursday in the lakefront building formerly occupied by Bogner ski wear.

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Vote Planned On N. Bennington Independent School

By VPR | April 11, 2013

A school board is scheduled to vote on whether to close a public elementary school in North Bennington, which would be re-opened as an independent school.

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Taibbi To Discuss Wall Street With Bernie Sanders

By Mitch Wertlieb, Melody Bodette | April 11, 2013

Journalist Matt Taibbi has delved further than most into the debris left behind the financial meltdown on Wall Street in 2008, and he’s not shy about reporting what he’s seen.