Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
A delegation of trade union leaders from Iraq arrives in Vermont tomorrow; four retail chain stores in the Northeast Kingdom have been fined for pricing violations; more rain means more transportation problems for Essex County in the Adirondacks, which is already dealing with flood damage from earlier downpours; this week the buzz on Capitol Hill was Congressman Bernie Sanders’ successful effort in the House to repeal portions of the USA Patriot Act.
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