VPR Evening News November 2nd, 2007

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy will oppose the nomination of Michael
Mukasey to be the next Attorney General; Democratic National Committee
chairman Howard Dean would like to see a system of rotating regional
primaries; There was a wave of violence in Rutland and Bennington counties
over the past day; The police chief in Brattleboro has been fired; Authorities report a fatal fire in Newfane; Leaders from a variety of fields believe education is a key way to expand Vermont’s growing environmental economy; and commentator Jeff Shields remembers federal Judge James Oakes of Brattleboro.