Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Senator Patrick Leahy and others launch a new initiative on health insurance for members of the National Guard; Springfield mourns the loss of a 10-year-old boy killed in a skiing accident in Ludlow; school guidance counselors say the key coping with a tragic death is to help kids talk about it; the New Hampshire House of Representatives has called off its business for Thursday in anticipation of a storm that may dump 18 inches of snow on parts of that state.
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