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VPR Evening Newscast, July 7, 2008
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VT delegation hop to double low heating assistance money; VSAC loans for college students are going down. U.S. Border Patrol officer fired shots in a scuffle in the woods at the Derby Line; Aabama authorities file child pornography charges against Brooke Bennett’s former stepfather; commentator Philip Baruth on life, art and the Pixar film WALL-E.VPR News
Good thoughts about the heat
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Record high temperatures in the Northeast this week have people turning on air conditioners, breaking out the bathing suits and looking for a cool place to escape the heat. But VPR’s Tim Johnson says that after this past winter, it can’t get hot enough.VPR News
Martha Tormey on her personal reality television show
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Many prime time television shows are returning to the air this week with new episodes. And Burlington comic Martha Tormey is pretty happy about it. She explains how imagining a TV show about her life gets her through boring moments.VPR News
Potholes inspire poetry
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the Herald of Randolph recently invited readers to submit poems about potholes. This week’s Herald contains a selection of odes written to the bane of Vermont drivers. Here are just a few:VPR News
Ode to a Pothole
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All this week, VPR has been reporting on the state of Vermont’s roads after one of the worst winters. Today, commentator, storyteller and contractor Willem Lange is here with the lighter side.VPR News
Nasty flu a popular topic of conversation
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VPR’s Tim Johnson has found out his recent flu bug is a popular conversation starter and he wants to know who gave it to him.VPR News
Vermont Women: Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer
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Today, commentator Cyndy Bittinger tells how one of the best books about farm life in Vermont in the 1940s came to be written by a German refugee.VPR News
Martha Tormey on Lane Changing Anxiety Disorder
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The way Martha Tormey sees it, how we drive says something about who we are – and there’s a particular driving habit that clearly gets on the Vermont comedian’s nerves.VPR News