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Montana stories: 37 news summaries

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 Beer Gets Boozier 

States allow drinks up to 16% alcohol to be called beers

Nov 4, 09 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - States are raising caps on the alcohol content of beer, setting limits as high as 16% by volume in moves to appease the microbrew industry. Alabama and West Virginia raised their limits this year, while Vermont and Montana adjusted theirs last year; and lobbying is under way in Iowa and... More »

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Iowa • alcohol • Montana • Vermont • beer • Mississippi

kate sheppard

 Let's Hope 
 Baucus Doesn't 
 'Gum Up' 
 Climate Bill 

He's already trying to water down

Oct 29, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that his committee is done with health care reform, Max Baucus has time to turn his attention to the climate bill. As a member of Barbara Boxer's environmental panel, "his ability to gum up the works is significant," writes Kate Sheppard . Essentially, he may do to the... More »

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Congress • Montana • Max Baucus • Barbara Boxer • climate change legislation • compromise • Senate Committee on Environment • Environment and Public Works • bipartisan

 Montana May Be 1st 
 to Make Suicide a Right 

If affirmed, state would be first to guarantee right constitutionally

Sep 1, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Montana Supreme Court tomorrow will take up the issue of—and likely affirm the right to—assisted suicide, the New York Times reports. The case is being brought on behalf of Robert Baxter, who died last year from leukemia after fighting for the right to end his own... More »

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Montana • privacy • assisted suicide • constitution • constitutionality • Montana Supreme Court • Robert Baxter

(Newser) - President Obama was plainly itching for the chance to confront health reform critics at his town hall event in Montana yesterday but he was let down by a friendly audience that failed to ask enough tough questions, Michael D. Shear writes in the Washington Post. The president was only... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Montana • health care reform • town hall meeting • President Obama

 Obama Denounces 
 Media's Focus on 
 Health Care Protests 

'TV loves a ruckus,' he says

Aug 14, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama today denounced the media's emphasis on angry protesters at health care town halls, the AP reports. "TV loves a ruckus," he said. Trying to sell his overhaul plan amid an increasingly noisy and partisan debate, Obama told a crowd of about 1,300 in Montana: "... More »

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Barack Obama • media • Montana • health care reform • town hall meeting • President Obama

(Newser) - Looking to vacation in a spot that inspired your favorite novel? USA Today asks travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley about the best hotels to connect physically with the literature.
  • The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Mont.: "The Blackfoot River, which runs through this 37,000-acre ranch,
... More »

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entertainment • travel • New York City • Montana • literature • Paris • hotel • Key West • Edith Wharton • Simone de Beauvoir • Ernest Hemingway • Jay-ZTV • Oscar Wilde • Herman Melville • Gertrude Stein • Norman Maclean • Lennox, Mass.

Mont. City Wants Facebook Password From Job-Seekers

Mont. city requires applicants to give access to social networking accounts

Jun 20, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Job applicants for the city of Bozeman, Mont., had better be prepared to submit their passwords for social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. A miffed applicant emailed Montana's News Station about the practice, which City Attorney Greg Sullivan quickly defended. "We do those types of investigations to... More »

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social networking • Montana • privacy • Facebook • unemployment • Twitter • job application

ANALYSIS

Flights at Calif., Fla. Airports Most Likely to Hit Birds

Sacramento has
highest US strike rate

Apr 27, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Airplanes using airports in Sacramento, Calif., Kansas City, Mo., and Denver are the most likely to hit birds while landing or taking off. NPR used the Federal Aviation Administration’s recently released bird-strike data to calculate airports’ “strike rate”—the percentage of planes that collided with birds relative... More »

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FAA • Kansas City • Montana • JFK Airport • Sacramento • Memphis • bird strike

(Newser) - A new wrinkle has emerged in the investigation of the plane crash that killed 14 people in Montana Sunday, ABC News reports. Just two weeks ago, the FAA issued a directive ordering operators of the Pilatus PC-12 model to check for a potential problem with a control mechanism. The directive... More »

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FAA • Montana • plane crash • Butte • Federal Aviation Administration • Pilatus

(AP) - Speculation over what caused the crash of a single-engine plane into a Montana cemetery shifted today to possible ice on the wings after it became less likely that overloading was to blame. While descending yesterday in preparation for landing at the Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, Mont., the turboprop plane... More »

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FAA • Montana • plane crash • NTSB

(AP) - Three California families headed to a retreat for the ultrarich were among the 14 victims of a plane crash in Montana. The three families, with seven children all 9 or younger, made up the 13 passengers; also dead in the crash was the pilot. The families were traveling to the... More »

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families • Montana • children • plane crash • Yellowstone • skiing • ski resort

 Mont. Plane 
 Didn't Report  
 Trouble: NTSB 

All passengers died when turboprop plane crashed in Butte

Mar 23, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(AP) - The plane that crashed yesterday in Montana, killing all 14 aboard, gave no indication to air traffic controllers that the aircraft was experiencing difficulty when the pilot asked to divert to an airport in Butte, a federal safety official said today. There was "no indication of any trouble when... More »

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Montana • death • plane crash • Butte • air traffic control • National Air Traffic Controllers Association • malfunction

 Cold Blast Envelops US 

Arctic air spreads from Montana to New York

Jan 14, 09 10:24 AM CST
(AP) - Arctic air extended its grip on the US today, with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast. It was so cold in northern Minnesota—38 below zero at International Falls, with the wind chill during the night estimated at 50 below—that... More »

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New York • Montana • Minnesota • winter • snow • wind • cold

 Ravenous Beetles 
 Decimate West's Pines 

Harsh winter sole hope for containing insect that has affected millions of acres—and is moving east

Nov 18, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Peanut-sized bark beetles have drilled into and killed millions of acres of green pines from New Mexico to British Columbia, threatening the Rockies’ iconic lodgepoles with extinction, reports the New York Times. With only costly and temporary fixes available, preservationists are hoping for an atypically frigid winter to contain the... More »

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environment • Montana • insects • Colorado • environmental damage • beetle • pine trees

governors races

 Dems Gain a State With Nixon Win in Missouri

They take 7 of 11 governor contests

Nov 5, 08 1:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats captured a Republican governor's seat last in Missouri, where state Attorney General Jay Nixon defeated Rep. Kenny Hulshof, AP reports. And in the night's closest races, Democrats Bev Purdue won in North Carolina and Christine Gregoire beat her opponent in Washington. With all 11 races in, Democrats now control... More »

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New Hampshire • Montana • Vermont • North Carolina • Indiana • Utah • Washington state • North Dakota • Missouri • Delaware • West Virginia • Election 2008 • gubernatorial races

 Governors Face Tight Races 

Eleven states in play, four are close

Nov 4, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Eleven states are choosing governors in a number of tight races today, with both Democrats and Republicans already crowing about victory. The closest contests are in Washington and North Carolina, reports MarketWatch. Neither state has elected a Republican in 20 years, but polls show candidates are neck-and-neck in both states.... More »

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New Hampshire • Montana • Vermont • North Carolina • Washington • Indiana • Utah • Missouri • Delaware • West Virginia • Republican Governors Association • Election 2008 • gubernatorial races • Democratic Governors Association

 Obama Pulls 
 Ahead in Montana 

Poll shows first-time lead for Democrat

Oct 24, 08 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time, Barack Obama is leading John McCain in Montana, 44% to 40%, a poll suggests. Obama is seen as stronger on the economy by 48% to McCain’s 42%, though voters prefer McCain on foreign policy, 52% to 42%. Obama’s overall lead is within the MSU-Billings... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Montana • poll • Ron Paul • Ralph Nader • Bob Barr

Candidates Go Hunting (Not Each Other) in Field & Stream

McCain, Obama declare their love for the outdoors in nature mag

Sep 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain will talk fishing and hunting in the October issue of Field & Stream magazine. (Coincidentally or not, the cover feature implores readers to “Find Your Bull,” the Swamp notes.) In the interview, both candidates profess to be big fans of the outdoors,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Arizona • Montana • fishing • nature • hunting • outdoors • Field & Stream

Unlikely GOP Candidate Runs for Montana Senate Seat

85-year-old wants a British-style parliament

Aug 12, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Montana senator Max Baucus looks certain to win reelection this November, writes the New York Times, but his Republican challenger is gaining some attention for his unorthodox proposals. Bob Kelleher, 85, wants to nationalize oil companies, end the Iraq war to fund cancer research—and, most shockingly, eliminate the separation... More »

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Montana • Republican Party • Butte • Republican candidate • Max Baucus • Bob Kelleher

Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

Social service delivery, rides for elderly hit by skyrocketing prices

Jun 17, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

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