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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW APRIL 11-18, 2012 COMPILED BY CATHY RESMER & TYLER MACHADO
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In the same week, a popular soccer coach scored a fourth DUI and Vermont’s “Teacher of the Year” was charged with shoplifting. Teach your children?
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Vermont’s physician-assisted suicide bill took a strange turn — it got attached to a tanning bill — before legislators bludgeoned it to death in the Senate. No mercy. TIM NEWCOMB
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The Burlington Free Press was a Pulitzer finalist for its editorials on open government, but the judges didn’t pick a winner in that category. FOIA request for their score sheets?
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Team Canada outscored the U.S. in overtime to win the Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship. Heartbreaking, eh? FACING FACTS COMPILED BY PAULA ROUTLY
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4. “Are Drug-Stealing Nurses Punished More Than Doctors?” by Ken Picard. Local nurses say there’s a double standard in the way the state prosecutes illegal prescription drug cases. 5. Fair Game: “Legislating Under the Influence?” by Andy Bromage. Vermont lawmakers are leading the charge against the Citizens United ruling... but money in state politics is another story.
tweet of the week: @weatherchannel NOAA announced today that “Irene” has been retired from the list of hurricane names used in 2011. It will be replaced with “Irma” in 2017. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @SEVEN_DAYS OUR TWEEPLE: SEVENDAYSVT.COM/TWITTER
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3. “Weinberger’s World: Who’s Advising Burlington’s New Mayor?” by Andy Bromage and Paul Heintz. Meet Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s inner circle.
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2. “Mos Deaf” by Dan Bolles. Finnish rapper Signmark doesn’t let being deaf stop him from seeking hip-hop stardom.
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1. “Utterly Mark” by Ken Picard. A Vermonter with autism makes his inner voice heard through film.
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That’s the estimated number of participants in the “World’s Largest Cowbell Ensemble” led by Phish drummer Jon Fishman in Burlington on Saturday. The ensemble was organized by Ben & Jerry’s to raise money for Tropical Storm Irene relief efforts.
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ov. Peter Shumlin’’s backyard encounter with four bears made national news last week. On Thursday, the gov told the editorial board of the Valley News that he had woken up the night before in his rented Montpelier home to find four bears snacking at his bird feeders. He went outside to scare them away, but apparently one of them was a mama bear, and she wasn’t scared — she was mad. The bear chased the gov, who barely made it inside. He later admitted that he was naked during this episode. “Real Vermont boys don’t wear pajamas,” he quipped. The story quickly went viral, as media outlets from Politico to the Huffington Post to Time magazine picked it up, and thousands of Vermonters shared it via social media. Our naked governor was chased by bears in the state capital! LOL! Deputy web editor Tyler Machado, who posted a link to WCAX’s incident report on the Seven Days Facebook page, called it “the most Vermont-y story ever.” Many couldn’t help comparing Shumlin to Newark mayor Corey Booker, who ran into a burning building last Thursday and rescued his neighbor. Meanwhile, the Department of Fish and Wildlife used the opportunity to remind everyone to put away their bird feeders until next winter. And Gov. Shumlin got a respite from talking about public outrage over the Green Mountain Power merger with Central Vermont Public Service (see story, page 14). It was a win for all involved. Except maybe the hungry bears.
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