Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Dartmouth Political Scientist Linda Fowler says New Hampshire is in play as a Presidential battleground state; Howard Dean’s Democracy for America is being asked for financial help by twelve Kentucky office-seekers; Dean and Senator Patrick Leahy will both address the Democratic National Convention; attendance down at Vermont state parks and campgrounds; Manchester’s Race for the Cure sets attendance records.
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