Midday Newscast: December 5, 2007

Vermont’s congressional delegation is working against some long odds to increase federal home heating assistance; a Montpelier man who served as Vermont state auditor in the mid-1960s died last night, along with his wife, in a fire at their home; some environmental activists say bad snow and rain storms could be the result of global warming; nudity is in the news in Brattleboro again.