Top news stories of 2008 in Vermont (The Burlington Free Press)

Girl's slaying ranked Vermont's top story of 2008

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Tragedy tops 2008 in Vt. (Bennington Banner)

Tragedy tops 2008 in Vt.

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Tragedy tops 2008 in Vt. (Bennington Banner)

Saturday, December 27 Girl's slaying ranked Vermont's top story of 2008 MONTPELIER — Gas prices soared. The economy faltered. Gov. Jim Douglas cruised to re-election. Phish decided to reunite. Burton Snowboards got heat. But the biggest story in Vermont in 2008 was the tragic death of a young girl, and its disturbing aftermath: The killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett was voted the

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Girl's slaying ranked Vermont's top story of 2008 (Boston Globe)

Gas prices soared. The economy faltered. Gov. Jim Douglas cruised to re-election. Phish decided to reunite. Burton Snowboards got heat.

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Rutland Region Year in Review (Rutland Herald)

Drug-related shooting leads to public outcry ...

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Final Days! Value City Department Stores Liquidating All Fixtures & Furnishings! Everything Must Go! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

The Value City Discount Department stores will soon be just a memory. The company, founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein in Columbus, Ohio and known for selling a variety of apparel, jewelry and home goods at prices below the manufacturers suggested retails, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York in October.

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Lionel model trains get back on track (The Star-Ledger)

Jersey guy helps engineer comeback of classic locomotive toys

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Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Cloning Software Unveiled (InformationWeek)

Sprite Clone 6.5 enables IT departments to mass deploy various performance improvements across multiple users; as many as 300 devices in an hour.

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