Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Members of a legislative oversight committee got some grim news this morning about a growing shortfall in state health care funds; a top Homeland Security official says tighter election season security should not mean more delays on the U.S.-Canadian border; researcher and activist Patricia Siplon of Saint Michael’s College discuss the World AIDS Conference in Thailand.
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