Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
The penalty phase in the death penalty trial of Donald Fell continues in federal court in Burlington; a new Vermont law allows individuals to freeze their credit reports; a Bennington College student could reach a financial settlement with the school over injuries she sustained when she and another student fell through a dance studio window in March; Mount Anthony Union High School and Middle School in Bennington receives a $30,000 state grant for health and counseling services.
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