Here are the top stories at noon:
Gov. Jim Douglas says he wants heavy trucks to be able to use the Interstate 89 bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire; IBM is reducing pay for some of its shift workers at its semiconductor plant in Essex Junction; AIDS advocates say they hope the more accurate statistics will mean the federal government will do a better job of addressing the pandemic in the next year; Northeastern governors are asking President Bush to release $120 million in contingency funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; The man who modeled for one of artist Norman Rockwell’s iconic Boy Scout paintings during World War II, has died. He was 82.