Midday Newscast: November 16, 2007

Senator Patrick Leahy has won a battle in Washington on a bill that will govern surveillance activities by law-enforcement authorities; officials in Vermont’s court diversion organizations say the programs are an important way of dealing with people who’ve committed a crime for the first time; the snow storms in the mountains couldn’t come at a better time for Vermont’s ski resort operators; Vermont is helping the federal government prepare for the holidays.