Top stories at the noon hour:
About 80 Vermont National Guard engineers have completed their training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin and are headed to Iraq within the next few days; the developer of a Wal-Mart store says the project would have a minor impact on Saint Albans; drivers are warned to be cautious on moose on the roads; Burlington says its lead abatement program is in jeopardy; a teddy bear is blamed for the deaths of 2,500 trout at a New Hampshire fishery.