Newscast: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:34 a.m.

The Shumlin Administration has taken the first step in designing specific health care benefit packages that will be available in Vermont through the new marketplace exchange beginning in 2014. Consumers will have a range of options – with different deductible levels, co-payment requirements and caps on out-of-pocket expenses. Secretary of State Jim Condos is urging Vermonters to cast their ballots in next week’s primary election. A Vermont State Police investigator says the cause of the fire that destroyed a Jamaica convenience store is undetermined, but not suspicious. Police say an 84-year old man from Enosburgh suffered a broken nose when two men broke into his home Monday night.