Newscast: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 8:35 a.m.

The US Senate race between independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Republican challenger John MacGovern is lopsided in terms of name-recognition and campaign finances. But you wouldn’t know that from the fiery tone of their debate, as VPR’s Patti Daniels reports. The Dalai Lama is taking an extremely long view when it comes to climate change. Burlington-based Carbon Harvest has furloughed six of its 11 workers in Brattleboro but denies rumors it is closing. Vermont State Police say a lost hunter who spent the night in the woods has been found by search crews in Danville. The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says no investigation is warranted into anonymous allegations that Dartmouth College trustees mismanaged the college’s endowment.