Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
New Hampshire polls are showing varied levels of support for the Democratic presidential candidates and some analysts say the numbers are too volatile to rely on; the Vermont emergency management office is making five more HAZMAT trailers available to local fire departments; Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, will be given a private service in the spring, according to his family.
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