Midday Newscast: October 15, 2008

A restaurant in downtown Barre was badly damaged by fire this morning; advocates say the state should spend more money on child care subsidies to help parents who have to work; the Vermont Historical Society says a new set of Civil War letters has been added to its collections; a federal judge says a group of skiers can join together to sue the Killington resort over a plan to eliminate what they thought were lifetime ski passes.