Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour: Governor Jim Douglas announces that Wal-Mart will bring 400 jobs to Franklin County; the Public Service Board will allow an anti-nuclear group to test soil removed from the Vermont Yankee site to see if it’s contaminated; the Red Cross hopes a blood drive in Rutland will help the state’s blood supply; Howard Dean faces a deadline today to respond to a lawsuit that seeks to open his gubernatorial records.
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