Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A federal appeals court blocks plans to log a section of the Green Mountain National Forest; a nuclear power plant security bill sails through a Senate committee; Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders expects Democrats won’t run a serious candidate against him in the 2006 U.S. Senate race; Internet sales of Vermont hunting, fishing and trapping licenses are being labeled a success; heavy rains washed out many roads east of Lebanon, NH last night.
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