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Browning Man Gets Life Sentence For Rape

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:27:34 +0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A 49-year-old Browning man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman last year.

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Intoxicated Transient Stabs Self in Billings

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:02 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Police in Billings say an intoxicated transient stabbed himself in the chest several times in front of law enforcement officers trying to take him into custody after officers with the U.S. Marshals Service removed him from the federal courthouse.

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Sheriff Investigating Horse Strangulation Death

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:18:19 +0000

STEVENSVILLE, Mont. (AP) — The Ravalli County sheriff's office is investigating after a horse was strangled to death in its corral northeast of Stevensville over the weekend.

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EPA Nominates Missoula Mill Site for Superfund Status on National Priorities List

Jon King — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:54 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that Missoula's former Smurfit-Stone mill site be listed as a priority for Superfund status.

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Group Argues That Freedom of Speech is Under Assault by University of Montana Sexual Assault Agreement

Jon King — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:53:26 +0000

The recent agreement between the University of Montana and the Department of Justice on the issue of sexual assault investigations, has come under fire by a free speech advocacy group that argues that the agreement puts student rights in jeopardy

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Montana Gas Prices Skyrocket as Memorial Day Approaches, Dakotas See Record Highs

Jon King — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:26 +0000

With just a week to go till Memorial day, gas prices are skyrocketing in Montana at a rate not seen for many months.

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UPDATE – Details From Police Chief After Child Found Safe Due to Amber Alert in Polson [AUDIO]

Jon King — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:57 +0000

An amber alert has been issued for a young, two-year-old girl from Polson.

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Bozeman Woman Dies of Hantavirus

Associated Press — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:38:27 +0000

State health officials say a 20-year-old Bozeman woman recently died of hantavirus while a Carbon County man in his 40s has been diagnosed with the disease.

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Steve Daines Explains Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act, Talks About Twitter

Jon King — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:02 +0000

On May 16, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the 37th time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Michele Bachmann Runs Campaign Ad With Quote From Max Baucus

Jon King — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:33:35 +0000

Michele Bachmann is quoting Montana Senior Senator Max Baucus in a campaign ad already running in Minnesota.

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Read Max Baucus' Request for the Internal Revenue Service to Investigate Tax-Exempt Political Groups

Jon King — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:11:46 +0000

Max Baucus' letter of request asking for the IRS to investigate tax-exempt political groups.

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Department of Justice Says Missoula Showed "Reliance on Gender Based Stereotypes" In Sexual Assault Response, Reaches Settlement With City of Missoula

Jon King — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:28:05 +0000

Today, May 15, representatives of the Department of Justice, the city of Missoula and the Missoula police department met to disclose a comprehensive agreement over the response to sexual assault in Missoula.

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Fire South of Philipsburg Forces Evacuations

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:05:49 +0000

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A 200-acre fire driven by "horrific winds" forced the evacuation of residences in a forested area about four miles southeast of Philipsburg.

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Warning to Be Cautious When Donating to Assist Cleveland Kidnap Victims From Better Business Bureau [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:11 +0000

Whenever a tragedy like the ordeal of the three women who were kidnapped and sexually assaulted for over a decade in Cleveland, Ohio receives national media attention, generous people want to help the victims financially.

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Max Baucus Wants Ideas for Tax Reform, New Website Accepting Submissions Now

Jon King — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:17:57 +0000

Is paying taxes to taxing? Maybe you have a better way to do things? Now there's a place for you to voice your complaints and ideas.

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Astronomer Wins UM Award for 'Teaching Across the Curriculum'

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:51 +0000

If you've been to the Blue Mountain Observatory recently, you might've met Nate McCrady, a University of Montana assistant astronomy professor.

According to a UM news release, McCrady has won the first University of Montana College of Arts and Sciences Award for Teaching Across the Cucciculum

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Medical Center Ordered to Pay 60,000 Dollars for Wrong Cancer Diagnosis of Montana Man

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:33:39 +0000

A judge in Montana has ordered the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to pay nearly $60,000 to a Winston man who was wrongly diagnosed with brain cancer and told he had just a few months to live

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Deficiencies in Policy, Training, and Practice Found in The University of Montana Sexual Assault Investigation by the Department of Justice

Jon King — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:15:42 +0000

The Department of Justice finally revealed what it found during its more than year-long sexual assault investigation into The University of Montana.

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Why Does Montana Have a High Suicide Rate?

Jon King — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:07:52 +0000

Montana has nearly twice the suicide rate of the rest of America. Why? What can Montanans do to end this tragic trend?

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Former Montana Legislator Arraigned on Theft, Fraud and Money Laundering After Caught Stealing Stimulus Funds

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:38:11 +0000

Federal prosecutors say a Chippewa Cree tribal leader and a former Montana legislator used a shell company to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid into their own pockets.

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