Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Members of the Vermont Legislature return to Montpelier to deal with a veto by Governor Jim Douglas; Vermont will move forward with a program to kill lamprey in Lake Champlain Howard Dean calls the national media a failing institution; a coalition of environmental groups says Vermont needs to do more to reduce air pollution that contributes to climate change; a Rutland man faces felony assault charges for an incident at a war protest; more….