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VPR Evening News October 10th, 2008
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Peter Welch supports government role in economic recovery; Intervale compost battle is over; Vermont woman at center of Supreme Court case; NRC scolding Vermont Yankee for inadequate cooling tower fix; Former slave honored in Poultney; and commentator Ruth Page on one of her favorite wildflowers.VPR News
Vermont consumer rights case goes to Supreme Court
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A Vermont woman is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could determine the rights of consumers to sue over dangerous products. The woman is Diana Levine, a musician who lost her right arm because of a medical disaster. VPR’s John Dillon has the story that leads from the back roads of Marshfield to the marble halls of the Supreme Court.VPR News
Supreme Court to hear Vermont case
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The U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear a Vermont prosecutor’s appeal in the case of a domestic assault suspect whose conviction was thrown out because it took a court three years to hear his case.VPR News
Vt. woman at center of major U.S. Supreme Court case
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A Vermont musician is at the center of a case that is to be decided soon by the U.S. Supreme Court in which drug companies are seeking federal protection from product liability lawsuits in state courts.VPR News
Leahy lauds Supreme Court gun ruling
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is applauding a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the District of Columbia’s tough restrictions on gun ownership.VPR News