Associated Press

Authorities are scaling back the search for a University of Montana student reported missing from a private river trip in Grand Canyon National Park.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second inauguration is going to be smaller than his historic first swearing-in, but still full of glamour and pomp.

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The Great Falls fire marshal is charged with negligent endangerment after an investigation found he was pushing an intoxicated bar patron home in a chair with casters on it when the man was thrown from the chair and landed face-first on the sidewalk, causing a fatal head injury.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have held up a shipment of 18 human heads sent from Rome and bound for a facility in the U.S. where they would be used in anatomical research.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Republican legislator is proposing to repeal the 2005 Montana law that allows voters to register on Election Day.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer has left the pending request for clemency from a Canadian citizen on death row for new Gov. Steve Bullock.

Schweitzer left office Monday without taking any action on the case. The former governor told The Associated Press that his replacement has all the paperwork necessary to evaluate the case.

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 24-year-old Hardin man involved in a fatal drunken driving crash while fleeing from authorities has been sentenced to five years in prison for vehicular homicide.

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Three Blackfeet tribal leaders have been indicted on charges they held illegal big-game hunts on the northwestern Montana reservation for country music stars including Josh Thompson and Justin Moore.

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana police say a burglary suspect who was shot and died after stealing a patrol car and striking an officer was hit once in the torso as he drove away.

Police Chief Rich St

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer's last official duty was to introduce his successor, Steve Bullock.

Schweitzer's brief introductory speech at Monday's swearing-in ceremony was perhaps one of his shortest

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