Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.
Senator Patrick Leahy has ruled that President Bush wasn’t involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter, and that means his aides can’t claim executive privilege as a reason for their refusal to testify about the matter to a Senate committee; in a new report, environmental groups give Vermont poor grades for progress in fighting climate change; and ratepayers of Vermont’s publicly owned utilities will save about $3.8 million a year under a new contract with the New York Power Authority.
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