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Midday Newscast: August 29, 2008

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Howard Dean helps to close the Democratic National Convention in Denver; Vermont State Police to work with three other states this weekend to go after drunk drivers; Students head back to Vermont’s colleges and universities; A New York State Trooper was shot in the hand during a struggle last night in the Adirondacks.
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House approves tougher drunken driving rules

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Inspired by a Swanton teenager’s death last year, the Vermont House has approved a much tougher approach to drunken driving. The owner of a car could be held responsible if he let an impaired driver use it. VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports.
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Midday Newscast April 15, 2008

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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s going to push this afternoon for more oversight of contractors working overseas for the U.S. government; the maple sugaring season is slowing down around the state, and in some places it’s already over; more…
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Family of teenager killed in drunken-driving crash want DUI penalties stiffened

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Several hundred people traveled to the Statehouse yesterday and asked lawmakers to crack down on repeat drunk drivers. The group was motivated by the death of a Swanton teenager last November. The student was killed by a car that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 89. The driver was a repeat DUI offender, and he’s been charged with being drunk in this case.