Top stories developing across the listening region at the noon hour:
In the Senate chamber, Democrat Cheryl Rivers is announcing that she will run for lieutenant governor this year; a jury has awarded two Department of Corrections employees more than $100,000 for a workplace accident four years ago; the FBI reportedly has interviewed a scientist in connection with the deadly anthrax attacks in 2001; Howard Dean will fly back to Vermont Tuesday night after betting virtually all his chips on a win in Wisconsin.
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