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Fiscal cliff threatens federal aid for home heat
Poor and elderly Americans who rely on aid from the federal government to heat their homes stand to get less help this year if Congress and the White ...
Column: Van Persie makes millions seem cheap
Actor Tom Cruise was in the crowd, but Robin van Persie was the top gun. He supplied the Hollywood ending on a day of thunder for English soccer ...
Gypsies take curious route through US to asylum
A minivan with California license plates and a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec in October, heading north in a ...
Alaska suspect linked to Vermont killing, 5 others
Israel Keyes, in jail for the killing of an Alaska barista, gradually began confessing to investigators that he had killed others: a couple in ...
Man in barista death linked to 7 other killings
A man charged in the death of an Alaska barista was found dead in his jail cell Sunday, and authorities announced hours later that investigators have ...
Green Mountain Coffee names Coke exec as new CEO
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has picked a new CEO, Coca-Cola executive Brian Kelley, as the coffee company deals with slowing sales growth.
Republicans try to pick up more governors' offices
North Carolina voters elected their first Republican governor in two decades Tuesday as the GOP sought to broaden its hold on governor's mansions ...
Squirrel population boom frustrates fruit growers
Don't let the bright eyes and bushy tails fool you. These squirrels are up to no good. Last year's mild winter and a bumper crop of nuts have caused ...
Some in Vt. not sweet on standard syrup grading
In a state that has a long history of maple syrup production and fiercely protects the purity of its brand, Vermont producers are proud of their ...
Romney seeks extended deadline for overseas voters
Working to broaden his popularity among military veterans, Republican Mitt Romney's campaign has sent letters to election officials in Wisconsin, ...
Americana revisited: Rockwell's models reuniting
Don Trachte's cowlick has been tamed. Mary Hall is no longer a towhead. Butch Corbett is still thin, but not the beanpole he once was. And Tom ...
Vt. man accused of crushing cruisers charged again
A Vermont man charged with driving a tractor over seven police vehicles and crushing them is facing another charge. The Orleans County court says ...
Column: Arsenal, the real deal without Van Persie
Sshhh! Don't say this too loudly, but early signs point to Arsenal being a genuine Premier League title contender. Gervinho, the forward so mediocre ...
More states challenge US anti-gay marriage law
Vermont's attorney general says the state is the latest to ask an appeals court to rule that the federal law defining marriage as between a man and ...
Romney sequestered in Vermont for debate prep
Obama-Biden signs dot the back roads of Vermont, a state that has voted for a Democratic president since 1988. One of the shops in the nearby town of ...
Celebration and mourning in Vt. a year after Irene
At the Bethany United Church on Randolph's Main Street the church bell rang at 7 p.m. to commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Irene, while ...
Irene's biggest mystery: Where is Marble Arvidson?
It hadn't yet begun raining when a teenager named Marble Arvidson pinned a note to the door of his bedroom in a foster home, saying he'd be back in ...
After the rain: Irene's lessons to the East Coast
Antonia Schreiber is taking no chances on the next big storm. The remnants of Hurricane Irene turned the 200-year-old building that housed her ...
Farmers grappling with Irene even a year later
A year after Hurricane Irene swept away topsoil and crops and replaced them with rocks and contaminants, farmers from North Carolina to Vermont are ...
Group: Vt. conviction boosts gay parents' rights
The conviction of a Virginia pastor on charges he helped a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her child with her former lesbian ...
Va. pastor guilty in same-sex union custody case
A pastor from Virginia was convicted Tuesday of helping a woman flee the country three years ago, when she was on the brink of having to turn custody ...
Defense: Pastor thought mom OK to leave US
A Mennonite pastor worked with a number of other people to help a woman flee the country with her 7-year-old daughter and live in Central America ...
$50K bail for Vt. man accused of crushing cop cars
A Vermont man who authorities said used a large farm tractor like a monster truck and drove over seven police vehicles, then tried to run over two ...