Topic: Vermont

By Connor Simpson

Dec 27, 2012

Man Gets DUI for Driving Drunk onto an Alcoholics Anonymous Founder's Lawn

Drinking and driving is depressingly common around the holiday season, but if you're going to do it, maybe you should avoid getting busted for parking on the front lawn of the Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder's house. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 27, 2012

Trimming the Times

Drug Trafficking, Vermont on Twitter, and India's Oprah

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 3, 2012

Ad Watch

Campaign Ads Aimed at Nerds

The general election has begun! And so has the onslaught of campaign ads. Which ones succeed? Which fail? In Ad Watch, we review them as they come out. Today: Karl Rove makes a joke about Obama's new slogan, a Vermont candidate jokes about a 1984 ad, and Mitt Romney saves a teen.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 30, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Koalas Are Endangered; A Flood of Invasive Species

The Associated Press on invasive species and flooding, The Guardian on wind turbines, NPR on Indonesia's mangroves, the BBC on koalas, and The New York Times on silo trees, 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 9, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Getting the Arab Spring Greener; Being Burned by a Heat Wave

Thomas Friedman on the other Arab Spring, NPR on the warm winter, The Daily Climate on fires in the Amazon, Scientific American on a cleaner rickshaw, and Reuters on sick polar bears

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 6, 2012

Romney Wins Ohio, Splits Super Tuesday with Santorum

Mitt Romney is feeling so good about the 10 states voting today that he and his wife are flying home to Boston. We'll be liveblogging the returns as soon as results start coming in.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 6, 2011

Stat of the Day

Vermont Repaired 500 Miles of Hurricane-Damaged Roads in Only 3 Months

Hurricane Irene struck the Northeastern U.S. some three months ago and cost the state of Vermont between $175 and $250 million -- but you wouldn't know it from driving through the state today.

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By Ted Mann

Sep 17, 2011

Phish Flood Aid Cracks $1 Million

The Vermont natives and jam band heroes raise money for Hurricane Irene flood victims

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By John Hudson

Sep 1, 2011

Irene Flood Waters Recede

Towns begin the cleanup process as estimates indicate damages of more than $7 billion

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 26, 2011

Vermont Becomes First State to Enact Single-Payer Health Care

The law signed by Gov. Peter Shumlin will extend coverage to all 620,000 Vermonters

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