Midday Newscast June 3, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency has some harsh words for Vermont’s efforts to clean up the phosphorus that flows into Lake Champlain; more…

Midday Newscast May 29, 2008

Progressive Anthony Pollina will hold a rally within the hour and says he will disclose his political plans then; the wife of a Dartmouth College professor has been sentenced to six years in prison for bilking her former California church out of $320,000; more…
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Vermont’s Budget

Governor Jim Douglas says lawmakers used every penny in the cookie jar in crafting this year’s budget. We talk with Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Bartlett and Finance Commissioner Jim Reardon about what they forecast for next year’s budget. Also, an upcoming conference at Dartmouth looks to uncover the "Human Algorithm." And we continue our series of My Vermont essays.

Police: Deathbed confession in mystery of missing cannon

Some Dartmouth College students could help solve a 40-year-old mystery about what happened to a World War I cannon missing from the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Police say a man on his deathbed confessed to taking it. He says it’s buried under the Dartmouth College football field.