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  • June 2008

    • Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

      newser  |  Reznet News  |  Jun 17, 08 2:26 AM CDT

      Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

      Higher gas prices are forcing Native American tribal governments to cut back on transportation services, reports Reznet News. The Rosebud Sioux tribe provides its police, education and social services departments with transportation, as well as rides for the elderly and trips to medical appointments. But with coffers running on empty, the South Dakota tribe is changing its driving practices, reallocating funding—and may be forced to shelve programs entirely. More »

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      gas prices  • Arizona  • New Mexico  • Montana  • transportation  • South Dakota  • Native Americans  • tribes

    • Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 8, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      Barack Obama’s campaign will hit GOP-dominated states as the candidate looks toward November, starting tomorrow with North Carolina, the New York Times reports. Obama hopes he can turn those states blue with the help of get-out-the-vote operations launched during the primaries—and aims to use his financial heft to compete in states that haven't voted Democratic in decades. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Georgia  • North Carolina  • Alaska  • Missouri  • campaign trail  • political advertising  • Montana  • Patti Solis Doyle  • red state  • blue states

    • Five Things to Watch in Montana ...

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 3, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Five Things to Watch in Montana ...

      Montana is shaping up to be a slam dunk for Barack Obama and a chance to head into the general election with some momentum, according to recent polls. But a surprise win by Hillary Clinton could give her the credibility she needs to sway superdelegates, writes Politico . Five things to watch: East vs. West: Clinton may be edging Obama out in the more rural east, and “if she starts cutting into his margins in the western part of the state, it could be closer,” says a pollster. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • election 2008  • primary  • Montana

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Protections End for Gray Wolf

      newser  |  National Geographic  |  Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST

      Protections End for Gray Wolf

      The gray wolf has been taken off the endangered species list in a multi-state area of the northern Rocky Mountains, National Geographic reports. "The wolves are back," said an official of the Department of the Interior. Just 66 of the animals were reintroduced to the region in 1996 and there are over 1,500 today. Environmental groups say it's too soon to take away the wolves' protection and believe many will soon be killed by hunters. More »

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      endangered species  • conservation  • Idaho  • wildlife  • Montana  • Wyoming  • Endangered Species Act  • Rocky Mountains  • gray wolf

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Off-Roaders, Greenies Spar Over Western Lands

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 30, 07 4:36 PM CST

      Off-Roaders, Greenies Spar Over Western Lands

      Outdoor enthusiasts are bickering with the feds and each other over the use of federally owned lands in Colorado, Utah, and Montana, the New York Times reports. Off-roading fans of motorcycles, pick-ups, and ATVs are butting heads with quieter explorers who hike or ride horseback and want to preserve the landscape—and the federal government is caught in the middle. More »

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      environment  • Utah  • Colorado  • Montana  • motorcycle  • hiking  • ATV

    • 3,000 Say Goodbye to Knievel

      newser  |  New West  |  Dec 10, 07 5:27 PM CST

      3,000 Say Goodbye to Knievel

      Thousands of mourners, including actor Matthew McConaughey and boxing champ Joe Frazier, gathered today to bid farewell to Evel Knievel, New West reports. The ceremony took place in the famed daredevil’s hometown, Butte, Mont., which marked the arrival of his coffin last night with a 3-minute salvo of fireworks. Knievel died Friday at 69. More »

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      obituary  • Montana  • Evel Knievel

  • November 2007

    • Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists

      newser  |  Wired  |  Nov 2, 07 5:36 AM CDT

      Soccer Mom Tracks Terrorists

      A suburban Montana mom led US forces to Taliban cells in Afghanistan, found a renegade Stinger missile merchant in Pakistan, and identified a ring of suicide bombers. She also nabbed two domestic terrorists—all from her home computer. Shannen Rossmiller is an amateur Internet sleuth who poses as an al-Qaeda operative to chat up and track jihadists on the web, reports Wired . More »

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      Internet  • FBI  • War on Terror  • counterterrorism  • jihad  • Montana

  • September 2007

    • Montana's Top 10 Dramatic Spots

      newser  |  Billings Gazette  |  Sep 17, 07 2:07 AM CDT

      Montana's Top 10 Dramatic Spots

      It wasn't a scientific survey.  But the results were dramatic.  The Billings Gazette selected a few Montanans ranging from authors to fly fishermen to geologists to pick the most dramatic natural sites in this most  dramatic state. Here's what they came up with: Beartooth Mountains Missouri River Breaks Glacier National Park More »

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      Montana  • national park  • Rocky Mountains  • Yellowstone

  • August 2007

    • Cancer Cures Hiding in Poisonous Lake

      newser  |  Wired  |  Aug 28, 07 6:47 PM CDT

      Cancer Cures Hiding in Poisonous Lake

      Two scientists may be fishing cancer cures out of an abandoned, poisonous lake, Wired reports. Don and Andrea Stierle are finding microbes in the green goup of an old Montana pit lake that don’t exist anywhere else – and happen to make compounds that inhibit a lung cancer and an ovarian cancer. So far Big Pharma hasn’t taken enough notice to fund a full investigation of the underwater slime.  More »

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      cancer  • science  • cancer research  • lung cancer  • Montana  • poison  • ovarian cancer  • lake  • microbe

    • Fire-Ravaged Montana's Burning

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 07 7:32 PM CDT

      Fire-Ravaged Montana's Burning

      After over a month of wildfires throughout Montana, a fire that started Friday near Missoula prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency. No homes have burned, but 200 were evacuated and a 30-mile stretch of highway was closed. The state fire information officer estimated containment at 0%, " only because there isn't a lower number." More »

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      California  • Michigan  • New Jersey  • wildfires  • Montana

    • Montana's Terror Economy

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 5, 07 5:05 PM CDT

      Montana's Terror Economy

      Out-migration has devastated the small towns of Montana, novelist Deirdre McNamer writes in an op-ed in today's Times . Salvation has come in the improbable form of Operation Noble Mustang. The US government program uses prisoners to train wild horses from federal land holdings for use by border guards patrolling for smugglers and terrorists coming from Canada. More »

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      US economy  • terrorism  • homeland security  • horse  • Montana  • migration

  • May 2007

    • Bride and Groom Need Not Attend

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  May 14, 07 3:40 PM CDT

      Bride and Groom Need Not Attend

      Who says you need to be present at your own wedding? In Montana, where a World War II–era law allows "proxies" to stand in for the bride and groom, hundreds of couples from as far away as China are sending substitutes to the altar—or in this case, bench—the Chicago Tribune reports. Stand-ins charge $50 to say "I do" before the judge. More »

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      marriage  • wedding  • family  • Montana

  • April 2007

    • Travel to Big Sky Is Killing It

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 29, 07 8:58 AM CDT

      Travel to Big Sky Is Killing It

      Big Sky Country is under siege from the carbon spewed by the planes and cars we use to get there, says Montanan Deirdre McNamer. She remembers the days (the 1950s) when it was not politically incorrect to throw litter into the vastness of the high prairie that she thought could never be affected by the humans it dwarfed. More »

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      global warming  • environment  • carbon emissions  • carbon dioxide  • Montana

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