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April 2008
- Bison on Comeback Trail
  
  LiveScience | Apr 30, 08 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Once facing extinction in North America, bison are well on their way to a stunning comeback, LiveScience reports. After commercial hunting and habitat loss reduced their population to less than 1,100, the estimated bison population is approaching 500,000—thanks in large part to conservation efforts started more than a century ago by the American Bison Society and the Bronx Zoo. More »
March 2008
- Obama Wins 7 Delegates in Wyo.
  
  Washington Post | Mar 8, 08 5:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama easily won the Wyoming caucuses today and added 7 delegates to his tally, Chris Cillizza reports in his Washington Post blog. Obama won 61% of the vote and Hillary Clinton won 38%, scoring 5 delegates. Obama campaign chief David Plouffe called the victory "a very important win" while Clinton's camp depicted the result as a surprisingly good "near split in delegates." More »
- Wyoming Democrats in the Spotlight
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 8, 08 9:21 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - This is what the 2008 presidential election has come to: even the least populous state in the Union gets to be the center of the political universe for its 15 minutes. Wyoming Democrats caucus today after being wooed as never before, the Los Angeles Times reports. And the Dems—all 59,130 of them—are thrilled with the up-close-and-personal treatment by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. More »
February 2008
- Protections End for Gray Wolf
  
  National Geographic | Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
January 2008
- Romney Wins in Wyoming
  
  Reuters | Jan 5, 08 4:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney won the Wyoming Republican caucuses today by netting eight of the state's twelve delegates, Reuters reports. Fred Thompson racked up three delegates and California Rep. Duncan Hunter won one. "This is just the beginning," Romney said. "The people of Wyoming took the first step towards bringing true conservative change to Washington." More »
- This Week's Other Caucus
  
  Associated Press | Jan 3, 08 8:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With all eyes focused on Iowa, another state is gearing up for its own caucus: Wyoming, whose Republican Party will choose delegates this Saturday. Only three candidates have bothered to visit Dick Cheney's home state ahead of the poll, and none are planning to show up between now and Saturday except back-of-the-pack Duncan Hunter, who's floated a possible appearance. "Candidates are where the media are," one professor told the AP. More »
December 2007
- Lakotas Secede From Union
  
  Rapid City Journal (SD) | Dec 21, 07 1:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Some Lakota tribesman, led by veteran American Indian activist Russell Means, have declared a sovereign nation within US borders. “We are now a free country and independent of the United States,” Means told the Rapid City Journal yesterday, adding, "This is all completely legal." The group informed the State Department of its “unilateral withdrawal” earlier this week. More »
November 2007
- Feds Reverse 7 Wildlife Decisions
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 28, 07 9:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Fish and Wildlife Service reversed seven decisions that watered down protections for endangered species, saying they were “improperly influenced” by a Bush appointee with no formal training in natural sciences, the Los Angeles Times reports. The appointee, Julie MacDonald, "should never have been allowed near the endangered species program," a congressional critic said. More »
- GOP Penalizes 5 Early Primary States
  
  Associated Press | Nov 8, 07 10:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Republican party leaders voted today to punish five states for holding their primaries too early, the AP reports. New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, and Wyoming will lose half their delegates to next summer’s national convention because they plan to stage primaries before Feb. 5. Iowa gets off on a technicality. None of the states will change their dates because of the RNC's punishment. More »
October 2007
- West's Water Woes May Be Permanent
  
  New York Times | Oct 21, 07 3:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Officials out West are worried about water, the New York Times reports, and not just for the short-term. In what the Times calls the " other water problem" caused by global warming, snowcaps that feed the the Colorado River—which quenches the thirst of 30 million people in seven states—are at their lowest levels in 20 years. The "most optimistic" climate models suggest that 30% to 70% will be gone the second half of this century. More »
- Dissing Cousins: Cheney & Obama Are Kin!
  
  Associated Press | Oct 17, 07 3:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama have an unlikely bond. They are eighth cousins, according to Cheney's wife, Lynne. She discovered the two share a common 17th Century ancestor in French Huguenot Mareen Duvall, whose son married the granddaughter of a Richard Cheney in Maryland in the 1650s, she told MSNBC. More »
September 2007
- Hunters Take Aim in Wyoming
  
  Reuters | Sep 15, 07 4:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hunters take aim at a symbol of the American West today, as Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge opens the first buffalo season in almost a decade. Officials say they need to lower the population from 1,200 to 500 because of overgrazing and disease. But killing the once-endangered species has animal groups and locals up in arms, Reuters reports. More »
June 2007
- Sen. Craig Thomas Dies of Leukemia
  
  Associated Press | Jun 5, 07 5:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Craig Thomas, GOP Senator from Wyoming, died yesterday of leukemia at age 74. The popular conservative congressman began his Senate career in 1994; he was in the hospital when he was reelected by 70% of the vote last year, and announced his diagnosis shortly afterward. More »