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Morning Newscast: April 25, 2008

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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Inspired by a Swanton teenager’s death last year, the Vermont House has approved a much tougher approach to drunken driving; The House has approved legislation that supporters say strengthens Vermont’s mental health parity law; Douglas plans to pick up trash along Interstate 89 today as part of State Employee Green-Up Day…
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VPR Evening News April 24, 2008

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Here are tonight’s top stories: The Vermont House has approved legislation that backers hope will reduce drunken driving in Vermont; A quick-fix road repair program that Governor Jim Douglas called "Operation Smooth Ride" has run into some bumps in the Legislature; Governor Jim Douglas says Vermonters could pay higher electric rates because of a bill that requires Vermont Yankee to show it has enough money to decommission the plant; A bird’s eye view of the Governor’s weekly press conference…  
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Morning Newscast: April 15, 2008

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Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: A repeat drunk driver who killed a teenager in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 89 last year is going to prison; one year ago, a ferocious wind storm blew through Rutland, felling about 2,000 trees with winds of more than 60 miles per hour; Vermont’s maple sugarmakers say they’re having a good year;  Lyndon State College officials are planning a new student center and academic building…