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Scientist Edwin Lyman Explains Tritium

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But just how worried should people be about the discovery of tritium at Vermont Yankee? To get to the science behind the headlines regarding tritium we got in touch with Doctor Edwin Lyman, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington.
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CarShare Vermont’s First Year A Success

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Drive less, share more. That was the goal of a fledgling non-profit called CarShare Vermont when we spoke with its Executive Director almost two years ago. Now we’re back with Annie Bourdon to gauge the success of her efforts to bring non-profit car sharing to Vermont.
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Leahy Says Health Care Bill Is Step-Forward

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The first hurdle for reforming health care was cleared in the senate today, with lawmakers gathering for procedural voting in the nation’s Capitol at one in the morning. Vermont’s senior Senator Patrick Leahy pushed for a $250 million increase Medicaid funds for Vermont. He joined VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb this morning to talk about the vote. 
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Interview: George Terwilliger on habeas corpus

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Monday at the University of Vermont that dilemma will be explored in depth with multiple presentations by nationally recognized legal experts, and a panel discussion: "The Constitutional Rights of the Individual During Times of War versus National Security Needs of the Nation." One of the panelists is familiar to Vermonters, George Terwilliger was Vermont’s chief federal prosecutor as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont.
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Interview: Sen. Barack Obama on Vermont’s primary

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A winner of 11 presidential primaries in a row, Senator Barack Obama hopes Vermont will play a role in keeping that winning streak intact in tomorrow’s Democratic primary voting. The Illinois Senator spoke with us from the campaign trail yesterday by cell phone, and VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb had a chance to ask him about a number of issues of concern to Vermonters.