Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Governor Jim Douglas holds his weekly news conference in Montpelier; some opponents of a plan to merge the Village and Town of Waterbury petition for a revote; Congressman Bernie Sanders says it’s possible that President Bush may try to bring back a military draft; the public gets a chance later this month to hear the results of an engineering assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant; a Mendon midwife whose license was suspended by the state has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a child who died; a Dartmouth students competes against Jeopardy Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings.
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