Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders says the federal government should pursue more accountability for its war spending, and he’s recommending the establishment of an independent commission to do so; Mount Snow is giving up on a $10 million plan to build an elaborate snowmaking system using water from Somerset Reservoir and instead will build a snowmaking pond fed by the Deerfield River, officials said; and the Rutland farmers’ market goes year-round.