Thursday May 23, 2013 MONTPELIER (AP) -- A Vermont state trooper was justified in the use of deadly force when he shot and injured a man in a Danville school bus last year, the county prosecutor and Vermont attorney general’s office said Wednesday. William Mahoney of St. Johnsbury was shot once by the trooper on Sept.   Full Story

Thursday May 23, 2013 ST. ALBANS (AP) -- A lawsuit filed by the former leader of an Indian tribe in Vermont is on hold until her pending criminal case is resolved. April St. Francis Merrill, former chief of the Abenaki Missisquoi tribe, was accused last year of stealing $35,000 through ATM withdrawals, grocery and flower purchases and the installation of a deck.   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 Teen pleads guilty in fatal crash COLCHESTER -- A St. Albans, Vt., teenager has changed his plea to guilty in a fiery drunken driving crash that killed his passenger. Seventeen-year-old James Companion pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of driving under the influence with death resulting.   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 BURLINGTON (AP) -- An engineering dean at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will become the next provost and senior vice president at the University of Vermont, the school announced. David V. Rosowsky, 49, is currently the dean of engineering at RPI in Troy, N.Y., where he oversees 160 faculty members, more than 100 staffers, about 3,000 undergraduates and 700   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 BOSTON (AP) -- The race to succeed retiring Mayor Thomas Menino could feature the largest field of candidates in a generation. Seventeen mayoral hopefuls submitted nomination papers by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline, according to city election officials, who must now certify the signatures.   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Carrying American flags and signs supporting the Second Amendment, more than 200 people gathered at New York’s state capitol building in Albany on Tuesday to press for repeal of the state’s tough new gun law. A coalition of conservative groups delivered 400,000 signed postcards to members of the Assembly calling on them to roll   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A jarring investigation of a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly was criticized Tuesday for appearing to stop at an already disgraced rank-and-file member, rather than powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver who had brokered a secret settlement with the accusers.   Full Story

Wednesday May 22, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and St. Regis Mohawk tribal leaders signed an agreement Tuesday to ensure the Mohawks keep their exclusive casino territory in northern New York while paying the state $30 million in gambling proceeds that have been withheld. The accord also opens the door to negotiations with the state and counties over Mohawk land claims   Full Story

Tuesday May 21, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) -- A spate of attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of celebration. In the wake of last weekend’s deadly shooting on a street in Greenwich Village, officials said Monday that police would   Full Story

Tuesday May 21, 2013 MORRISTOWN (AP) -- A woman who wanted to get back at her neighbors for allegedly turning her in the state welfare officials has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to their trailer while they were in it, Morristown police said. Leola Bell, 35, and a friend, Tina Cole, 40, pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempted first-degree murder and   Full Story

Tuesday May 21, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A whitewater rafting company forced to halt tours after a customer drowned last year can resume guided trips in the Adirondacks with some restrictions, a judge ruled. Judge Richard Giardino ordered Hudson River Rafting Co. of North Creek to pay $12,000 in civil penalties for 10 documented instances where employees were ticketed for guiding rafts   Full Story

Monday May 20, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Steve Butz had heard the local lore about "Indian Ovens" for years, but it wasn’t until this past winter that he hiked to a ridge near the Vermont state line to examine the unusual geologic formation stained black by soot from fires of uncertain origin and purpose.   Full Story

Monday May 20, 2013 RUTLAND (AP) -- A Vermont company that makes hard cider is suing a Vermont coffee company for trademark infringement over the use of the word "woodchuck." Vermont Hard Cider Co. filed a complaint against Woodchuck Coffee Roasters in U.S. District Court last week seeking an unspecified financial award and an injunction preventing further trademark infringement over   Full Story

Saturday May 18, 2013 DAVE GRAM Associated Press MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man with multiple drunken driving convictions can sue the state's largest hospital for drawing his blood at the request of police. But the court said it's up to the Legislature to consider whether state law governing when drunken driving evidence can be   Full Story

Saturday May 18, 2013 Judge rejects defense bid to photograph Tsarnaev BOSTON (AP) -- The attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cannot take their own periodic photos of him, a judge ruled Friday, denying the request pertaining to "his evolving mental and physical state" and whether his statements to authorities after his arrest were made voluntarily.   Full Story