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Charging For Online News Access
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Praveen Kopalle, a professor of marketing at the Tuck School of Business, discusses the move to charge for online access to newspapers.VPR News
Essex High School Students Featured On MTV
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If you tune into MTV sometime this week, just might catch a glimpse of a group of kids from Essex High School. The music network held a contest for a national campaign to get teenagers to have fun without alcohol and drugs and the school’s video was one of four in the country chosen.VPR News
Update: State’s Transition To Electronic Health Records
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm gets an update on the effectiveness of electronic medical records that have been incorporated in many hospitals and medical facilities from Dr. David Cochran, the president and CEO of Vermont Information Technology LeadersVPR News
Using Film To Teach Medicine And Save Lives
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Deb Van Dyke has traveled to some of the most volatile parts of the world providing medical care through Doctors Without Borders. Now, she’s working on short films about public health issues that will be accessible educational tools for people in developing countries.VPR News
Vt. Lawmakers Continue To Weigh Options After Vermont Yankee Decision
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The Vermont Legislature wanted to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant plant in March, when its current license expires. But U.S. District Judge Garvan Murtha ruled that the Legislature does not have that authority.VPR News
Newport Experiences Economic Expansion
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Patricia Sears of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation discusses the economic developments underway in the Northeast Kingdom city.VPR News
Smith: State Workers Should Return To Waterbury
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In the months since Tropical Storm Irene, people have been weighing in on the future of the flooded state office complex in Waterbury, and where state workers should be located. House Speaker Shap Smith says that he would like to see a substantial number of state employees stay in Waterbury.VPR News
Couple Weighs Options After Deportation Order
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For Frances Herbert and Takako Ueda, Jan. 1 did not just mark the start of a new year. It was also the first day Ueda was officially defying a deportation order that required her to return to her native Japan by Dec. 31. The lesbian couple is now working with a team of lawyers to find a way for Ueda to remain in the U.S. legally.VPR News
