Midday Newscast: November 14, 2007

Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon could be called to active duty next year as part of his reserve service with the Navy Seabees; opponents of FairPoint Communications’ plan to buy Verizon’s landlines in northern New England delivered more than 2,600 postcards urging Governor Jim Douglas to oppose the sale;  A new home is opening for cancer patients receiving treatments at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington; a subsidiary of the National Life Group in Montpelier is buying a mutual fund business that concentrates on socially responsible investing.