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NEWS ABOUT: Vermont

Vermont stories: 48 news summaries

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Green Mountain State Is in the Pink

Preventive medicine helps Vt. wrest 'healthiest state' crown from Minn.

Nov 5, 07 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Vermont is the nation's healthiest state, beating out Minnesota, which has topped the list for the past 4 years. The ranking system takes into 20 factors, such as infant mortality, obesity, and even high school graduation rates, USA Today reports. Mississippi was ranked the country's unhealthiest state, one notch below... More »

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health • Vermont • Minnesota • Mississippi

Auto-Emission Ruling Boosts States' Rights

Federal judge rules against carmakers on standards for greenhouse gases

Sep 13, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont can set its own greenhouse emissions standards to curb gases that contribute to global warming, a federal judge ruled yesterday in a decision that boosts states’ rights. Automakers sued the state after it adopted standards originally made law in California, saying the regulations were impractical and would upend the... More »

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environment • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Clean Air Act • Vermont • Environmental Protection Agency • auto industry • trucks • carbon emissions • cars

Leahy to Act in Batman Flick

He won't be in tights

Aug 20, 07 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, a long-time Batman aficionado, will play a role in the upcoming Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." And while President Bush and some members of the GOP may think he has the title role, he plays only a small part as a "distinguished gentleman.... More »

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Vermont • Patrick Leahy • Batman • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • senator • movies

Springfield, Vt., Takes 'Simpsons' Honors

Beats out 13 other Springfields to host  movie premiere July 21

Jul 10, 07 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Springfield, Vt., edged out 13 other Springfields to win the right to host the July 21 premiere of The Simpsons movie—set, of course, in Springfield. Voters in an online poll chose the video homage by the team from the Green Mountain State, a spoof of the show's opening sequence. More »

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film • Vermont • contest • video • The Simpsons • The Simpsons Movie • USA Today • Green Mountain State • movie premiere • Springfield • Springfield, VT • Vermont Film Commission • movies

America's Top Ten Diners

Don't look too far west of the Mississippi for any of them

Jun 17, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. AVALON DINER, Houston, TX
  2. BECKY'S DINER, Portland, ME
  3. BLUE BENN DINER, Bennington, VT
  4. CONNELLY'S GOODY GOODY DINER, St. Louis, MO
  5. DUTCH KITCHEN, Frackville, PA
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food • travel • Texas • Vermont • list • Pennsylvania • America • Maine • diner • Missouri

Woman Dogged by Staring Charge Gets Arf

Prosecutor cites difficulty of calling police K9 to testify

Jun 8, 07 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Vermont woman charged with cruelty to animals after she stared at a police dog "in a taunting/harassing manner" is free to make faces at any animal that crosses her path. The county prosecutor dropped the charges after finding a big hole in his case: The alleged victim was... More »

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weird • crime • Vermont • trial • animal rights • animal

Museum Bids to Turn
eBay to Art

Vermont museum gives celebs $1000 to blow online, then curates finds

May 29, 07 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ebay as high culture? The Shelburne Museum in Vermont is showcasing the online auction winnings of celebs such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bianca Jagger, and John Lurie, in an exhibition titled "Got eBay? Celebrity Collections Created Online." Museum director Stephen Jost gave a group of big names $1000 each... More »

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art museum • contemporary art • eBay • art • museum • Bianca Jagger • John Lurie • Jerry Seinfeld • Shelburne Museum • Vermont • online auction

Vermonters Vote to Impeach President

Over 35 towns pass resolutions charging Bush with lawbreaking

Mar 8, 07 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Vermont, the state with civil unions, Ben and Jerry's, and a socialist senator, has taken the "think globally, act locally" motto to heart with a call for President Bush's impeachment—town by town. In a series of local meetings initiated by activists, residents introduced a resolution charging the administration... More »

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Bush administration • Vermont • Bush impeachment • impeachment • Liberal • George W. Bush

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