Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
New York and Vermont are launching a first-in-the-nation pilot program in which patrol officers can receive almost instant information on terrorism alerts as they go about their ordinary duties; the Canadian government gives the Champlain Award to Governor Jim Douglas excellence in enhancing international relations; Howard Dean speaks out against President Bush’s speech on Iraq; state tourism officials respond to Vermont’s listing as an endangered historic place; a Manchester innkeeper is offering a free tank of gas to guests.
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