Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
The jury spent six and a half hours deliberating yesterday, and in the end they found 37-year old Brian Rooney guilty of raping and murdering UVM student Michelle Gardner Quinn; Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss says he appreciates the good detective work that led to the conviction of Brian Rooney; Gas prices have shot past the $4-a-gallon mark in parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, just days before Memorial Day weekend that marks the unofficial start of the summer tourism season in New England.