Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Federal regulators say it’s unlikely they’ll have an answer today on the state’s request for an independent engineering assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant; Congressman Bernie Sanders told reporters in Burlington this morning that senior centers in Vermont are underfunded; New Hampshire cracks down on highway driving violations; a man suspected in a string of area burglaries has been arrested in Florida; researchers at the University of Vermont are participating in an effort to develop a new vaccine for anthrax.
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