Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
For the second week in a row, heavy snows hit Vermont, but this time early warning and cancellations have limited the traffic; Howard Dean is outlining a new post-Saddam foreign policy, after the capture of the former Iraqi leader; homeland security summit meeting that starts in less than an hour in South Burlington; Mississquoi Valley Union School District is the only school district without a budget in the state – voters go to the polls Friday.
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