Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Fletcher Allen Health Care may sue former executives involved in a scandal over the hospital’s expansion project; Governor Jim Douglas has spent the morning in Boston with the five other New England governors attending a regional anti-drug summit with U.S. drug czar John Walters; businessman Joseph Famolare has proposed making 1,000 acres of land in Brattleboro a foreign trade zone; lackluster leaves impact tourism and business.
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