Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The Vermont Legislature reconvenes in Montpelier on Tuesday; the House Appropriations Committee is getting a jump start on the official start of the session by meeting on Monday on the supplemental appropriations bill; Vermont Yankee officials and members of the state police Homeland Security Unit say a series of security lapses reported in a 2002 audit have been corrected; on the presidential campaign trail, Howard Dean makes appearances in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
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