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Dunsmore: North Korean Threat
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Tensions continue in Asia as North Korea responds angrily to new United Nations sanctions and the latest U.S./South Korean military exercises, with threats to attack South Korea – and America – with nuclear missiles. Barrie Dunsmore offers his analysis.VPR News
Study: States Can Learn From Vermont’s Health Care Reform
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One of the country’s top medical journals is touting Vermont’s health care reform effort as an example for the rest of the nation. A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine says other states can learn some lessons from Vermont in rolling out health exchanges that are essential to the federal Affordable Care Act.VPR News
Newscast: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 5:50 p.m.
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Newscast: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 5:50 p.m.VPR News
Expert: Lyme Disease Just One Part Of Tick-Borne Epidemic
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Patients living with Lyme disease crowded the Statehouse on Wednesday to tell their stories about years of misdiagnosis and chronic pain. The patients and their advocates want legislation to protect doctors if they prescribe long-term antibiotic treatment contrary to current medical standards.Commentary Series
Gilbert: What JFK Jr. Taught Me
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Peter Gilbert recalls something a former student said now fifteen years ago and explains how, finally, he came to understand its wisdom.VPR News
Arkansas Oil Spill Raises Concerns About NEK Pipeline
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An oil spill in Arkansas may add urgency to Vermont legislation that would regulate oil pipelines. Environmentalists point to similarities between the pipeline in Arkansas that ruptured and one in northern Vermont that could be used to ship tar sands oil.VPR News
Vt. Senate Committee Considers Scaling Back Gas Tax
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The Senate Transportation committee is set to make a key change in the gas tax bill that was adopted by the House several weeks ago. Lawmakers are eyeing the gas tax as a way to raise new revenue to allow the state to take full advantage of all federal matching money that’s available.VPR News
