Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
A list of nearly $40 million in budget cuts was presented to key lawmakers and the Douglas Administration. The group needs to select $25 million in reductions from the list in the next few days. Federal policymakers are hoping that consumers cut short the national recession by quickly spending their economic stimulus checks. Judge William Sessions of the U.S. District Court for Vermont has ruled that agents acted illegally when they seized evidence during their search of a Braintree home.