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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Billings</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Former Mont. senator Burns&#8217; condition upgraded to serious at DC hospital following stroke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Burns&#8217; condition upgraded to serious after stroke

BILLINGS, Mont. — Doctors for former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns have upgraded his condition from critical to serious as he recovers from a stroke he suffered last week.
A spokeswoman for Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. says three-term Republican senator&#8217;s condition was upgraded Monday morning. He was hospitalized last ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-mont-senator-burns-condition-upgraded-to-serious-at-dc-hospital-following-stroke-243884/">Former Mont. senator Burns&#8217; condition upgraded to serious at DC hospital following stroke</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Historians seek to recognize century-old farms as pressures mount for Montana agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Mont. historians seek to recognize 100-year farms

BILLINGS, Mont. — As employment pressures and the lure of faraway opportunities split up agricultural families, many farms and ranches are being consolidated, sliced into subdivisions or converted into oversized estates.
So the Montana Historical Society has started a drive to identify families that have farmed or ranched the same .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/historians-seek-to-recognize-century-old-farms-as-pressures-mount-for-montana-agriculture-238034/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Historians seek to recognize century-old farms as pressures mount for Montana agriculture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Changes considered for Upper Missouri dams in bid to boost recovery of sturgeon, cottonwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Changes on Upper Missouri could boost fish, trees
BILLINGS, Mont. — More than 90 years after dams started to choke off the Upper Missouri River, government officials are drafting a plan to restore the river&#8217;s natural flow to boost its endangered fish and ailing stands of cottonwood trees.
The river courses for almost 150 miles ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/changes-considered-for-upper-missouri-dams-in-bid-to-boost-recovery-of-sturgeon-cottonwood-237843/">Read more : Changes considered for Upper Missouri dams in bid to boost recovery of sturgeon, cottonwood</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal regulators approve $161 million loan for Montana-Canada transmission line</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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$161M loan for Montana transmission line approved

BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal regulators have signed off on a $161 million loan to a Canadian company that&#8217;s building a 214-mile power transmission line between Alberta and Montana.
Construction began earlier this month on the 230-kilovolt Montana-Alberta Tie Line, which will run between Great Falls and Lethbridge Alberta.
On Thursday, the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-regulators-approve-161-million-loan-for-montana-canada-transmission-line-232999/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge says Yellowstone-area grizzly bears must stay on threatened list</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list

BILLINGS, Mont. — A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to reverse an earlier court ruling.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service two years ago said grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-says-yellowstone-area-grizzly-bears-must-stay-on-threatened-list-232809/">Read more : Federal judge says Yellowstone-area grizzly bears must stay on threatened list</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest MT logging projects challenged; enviros say grizzly bears could be harmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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MT logging projects challenged over bears
BILLINGS, Mont. — An environmental group is seeking to stop three logging projects on several thousand acres in northwest Montana, arguing that the timber sales would harm the area&#8217;s fledgling grizzly bear population.

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the projects in the Kootenai ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/northwest-mt-logging-projects-challenged-enviros-say-grizzly-bears-could-be-harmed-231920/">Northwest MT logging projects challenged; enviros say grizzly bears could be harmed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arch makes deal for vast SE Mont. coal tracts, putting pressure on state to lease its reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Arch signs deal for southeast Montana coal tracts

BILLINGS, Mont. — Arch Coal Inc. has signed a lease agreement to mine the vast Otter Creek coal field in southeastern Montana — ramping up pressure on Gov. Brian Schweitzer and other state officials to lease adjacent coal tracts controlled by the state.
If developed, the 731 million tons .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arch-makes-deal-for-vast-se-mont-coal-tracts-putting-pressure-on-state-to-lease-its-reserves-228794/">Arch makes deal for vast SE Mont. coal tracts, putting pressure on state to lease its reserves</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Libby official wants EPA to pay for city buildings demolished during asbestos cleanup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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Libby official: EPA must pay for lost buildings

BILLINGS, Mont. — A city councilman in Libby said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings.
The city-owned buildings included an export plant for asbestos-laden vermiculite that was shipped from the site across the country by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/libby-official-wants-epa-to-pay-for-city-buildings-demolished-during-asbestos-cleanup-228290/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Libby official wants EPA to pay for city buildings demolished during asbestos cleanup</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yellowstone bison could go to Ted Turner&#8217;s Montana ranch after other options fall through</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Yellowstone bison could go to Turner&#8217;s Mont. ranch

BILLINGS, Mont. — Dozens of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park would be relocated to a Montana ranch owned by billionaire Ted Turner, according to a recommendation announced Tuesday.
The animals were spared from a slaughter program intended to protect Montana&#8217;s cattle industry from a disease carried by many ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yellowstone-bison-could-go-to-ted-turners-montana-ranch-after-other-options-fall-through-224827/">Yellowstone bison could go to Ted Turner&#8217;s Montana ranch after other options fall through</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal officials say changes to bureaucracy for Indian tribe acknowledgment will take time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Feds pledge overhaul of tribal recognition system

BILLINGS, Mont. — With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.
Federal recognition renders tribes eligible for economic assistance, land, housing grants and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-officials-say-changes-to-bureaucracy-for-indian-tribe-acknowledgment-will-take-time-218311/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Federal officials say changes to bureaucracy for Indian tribe acknowledgment will take time</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana issues 1st industrial hemp-growing state license to Bozeman woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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1st Mont. license to grow hemp issued to woman

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana this month issued its first license for an industrial hemp-growing operation to a woman who said she wants to develop a domestic market for the plant despite federal law barring its cultivation.
Laura Murphy, of Bozeman, was the first to apply for the two-year .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-issues-1st-industrial-hemp-growing-state-license-to-bozeman-woman-209621/">Montana issues 1st industrial hemp-growing state license to Bozeman woman</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau of Indian Affairs won&#8217;t give federal recognition to Montana&#8217;s Little Shell Tribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Indian Affairs won&#8217;t recognize Little Shell Tribe

BILLINGS, Mont. — After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana&#8217;s Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together through more than a century of poverty and dislocation.
The tribe&#8217;s long campaign for acknowledgment now turns ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bureau-of-indian-affairs-wont-give-federal-recognition-to-montanas-little-shell-tribe-208624/" title="Bureau of Indian Affairs won&#8217;t give federal recognition to Montana&#8217;s Little Shell Tribe">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif con man whose Mont. jail plan fizzled says he intends to build military training center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A convicted con artist from California who roiled a southeastern Montana community with his unlikely bid to take over its empty jail said he intends to return to the state and pursue a military training center.

Michael Hilton, 55, is the lead figure of Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force. The company struck .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-con-man-whose-mont-jail-plan-fizzled-says-he-intends-to-build-military-training-center-198409/" title="Calif con man whose Mont. jail plan fizzled says he intends to build military training center">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif con man says he still has plans for military training center in MT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A convicted con artist from California who roiled a southeastern Montana community with his unlikely bid to take over its empty jail said he intends to return to the state and pursue a military training center.

Michael Hilton, 55, is the lead figure of Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force. The company struck  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-con-man-says-he-still-has-plans-for-military-training-center-in-mt-198387/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rising metal prices help Montana mining company weather loss of General Motors as a customer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana mining company that warned of possible layoffs after General Motors Co. canceled a major contract says higher platinum and palladium prices have made up for the lost business.

Stillwater Mining Co. said Wednesday that precious metal prices have climbed considerably since hitting bottom last year. The company says that &#8220;almost entirely ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rising-metal-prices-help-montana-mining-company-weather-loss-of-general-motors-as-a-customer-196436/" title="Rising metal prices help Montana mining company weather loss of General Motors as a customer">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana keeps wolf quota at 75 but closes area near Yellowstone after 9 animals killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana wildlife commissioners shut down gray wolf hunting Tuesday in backcountry adjacent to Yellowstone National Park after nine of the predators were killed there in recent weeks.

Commissioners, however, kept the statewide kill quota at 75, repeating their belief that the planned harvest would not hurt the overall population of the animals that .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-keeps-wolf-quota-at-75-but-closes-area-near-yellowstone-after-9-animals-killed-195315/">Montana keeps wolf quota at 75 but closes area near Yellowstone after 9 animals killed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wolf quota could change in Montana after 9 shot near Yellowstone; Idaho reports 37 kills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife officials in Montana will consider changes to the state&#8217;s inaugural wolf hunt after nine of the predators were shot in just three weeks along the border of Yellowstone National Park.

More than 1,300 gray wolves were removed from the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana this spring following a costly federal ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wolf-quota-could-change-in-montana-after-9-shot-near-yellowstone-idaho-reports-37-kills-194137/" title="Wolf quota could change in Montana after 9 shot near Yellowstone; Idaho reports 37 kills">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man found dead in Montana garbage truck, may have been sleeping in garbage bin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana police say a man who may have been using a large garbage bin as shelter from the cold was apparently crushed when the bin was emptied.

The man&#8217;s body was found in a city waste truck at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
Billings police Sgt. Jay Berry says the victim was found &#8220;partially in a .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-found-dead-in-montana-garbage-truck-may-have-been-sleeping-in-garbage-bin-193814/">Man found dead in Montana garbage truck, may have been sleeping in garbage bin</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. company run by ex-con drops plan to take over jail, run police force in Montana city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — An obscure California company run by an ex-convict with a history of fraud has dropped its effort to take over a beleaguered Montana jail, days after state officials launched an investigation.

The project has been dogged by a series of damaging revelations about the company, American Police Force, ever since officials in the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-company-run-by-ex-con-drops-plan-to-take-over-jail-run-police-force-in-montana-city-192052/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Calif. company run by ex-con drops plan to take over jail, run police force in Montana city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds say ruling that put bears back on threatened list actually puts them in greater danger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials say a court ruling that returned Yellowstone grizzly bears to the threatened species list has unexpectedly put the animals at increased risk.

In September, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled that about 600 grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park remain in danger of extinction due to climate change, shootings and .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/feds-say-ruling-that-put-bears-back-on-threatened-list-actually-puts-them-in-greater-danger-190900/">Feds say ruling that put bears back on threatened list actually puts them in greater danger</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Service veteran named as Montana jail operator had 2004 theft conviction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Secret Service agent named as the would-be operator of a Montana jail and law enforcement training center served 14 months in prison for stealing money from the government.

Michael Cohen was a supervisor with the Secret Service before his 2004 conviction on charges of stealing $2,800 from the agency. Now a ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/secret-service-veteran-named-as-montana-jail-operator-had-2004-theft-conviction-189820/">Secret Service veteran named as Montana jail operator had 2004 theft conviction</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana attorney general launches investigation of jail deal with Calif company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana&#8217;s attorney general launched an investigation Thursday into a California company that wants to take over an empty jail in the rural city of Hardin, following revelations that the company&#8217;s lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.

Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-attorney-general-launches-investigation-of-jail-deal-with-calif-company-184626/" title="Montana attorney general launches investigation of jail deal with Calif company">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana AG launches investigation of jail deal with Calif. entrepreneur who has checkered past</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana&#8217;s attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company&#8217;s plan to take over the city of Hardin&#8217;s $27 million jail, following revelations that the company&#8217;s lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.

Michael Hilton, who formed Santa Ana, Calif.-based American Police Force in March, came to Hardin .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-ag-launches-investigation-of-jail-deal-with-calif-entrepreneur-who-has-checkered-past-184573/" title="Montana AG launches investigation of jail deal with Calif. entrepreneur who has checkered past">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>California entrepreneur promising to revitalize rural Montana town has checkered past</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Michael Hilton showed up in Hardin, Mont., last week, presenting himself as an economic savior, the man who would take over the town&#8217;s $27 million jail — empty since it was built as a development project in 2007 — and provide 200 new jobs in the process.

He wore a military-style uniform, and .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/california-entrepreneur-promising-to-revitalize-rural-montana-town-has-checkered-past-183610/">California entrepreneur promising to revitalize rural Montana town has checkered past</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CA entrepreneur promising to revitalize rural MT town has checkered past</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Michael Hilton showed up in Hardin, Mont., last week, presenting himself as an economic savior, the man who would take over the town&#8217;s $27 million jail — empty since it was built as a development project in 2007 — and provide 200 new jobs in the process.

He wore a military-style uniform, and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ca-entrepreneur-promising-to-revitalize-rural-mt-town-has-checkered-past-183327/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: CA entrepreneur promising to revitalize rural MT town has checkered past</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shovelnose sturgeon proposed for federal protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federal protection for the shovelnose sturgeon to help protect the endangered pallid sturgeon.

The agency says anglers accidentally harvest the pallid sturgeon when they&#8217;re seeking the more plentiful shovelnose sturgeon, which is valued for its roe, sold as caviar.
Fewer than 40 commercial harvesters are expected .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shovelnose-sturgeon-proposed-for-federal-protection-180876/">Shovelnose sturgeon proposed for federal protection</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors say Montana man shot and paralyzed his neighbor in dispute over barking pit bull</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Prosecutors say a Montana man shot and paralyzed a neighbor who complained about his pit bull puppy&#8217;s barking.

David J. Orr, of Billings, Mont., was charged Thursday with felony aggravated assault.
Police say 52-year-old Sean Stark was shot in the abdomen Aug. 17 at an apartment complex where Orr also lived.
Prosecutors say Stark told ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-say-montana-man-shot-and-paralyzed-his-neighbor-in-dispute-over-barking-pit-bull-178287/">Prosecutors say Montana man shot and paralyzed his neighbor in dispute over barking pit bull</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds again delay Montana tribe&#8217;s recognition request; application pending since 1978</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — The Department of Interior has again delayed its long-stalled decision on whether a landless Montana Indian tribe deserves federal recognition.

The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians date their quest for recognition to the 1860s, when a small band of American Indians led by Chief Little Shell was cut out of a treaty ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/feds-again-delay-montana-tribes-recognition-request-application-pending-since-1978-175854/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Feds again delay Montana tribe&#8217;s recognition request; application pending since 1978</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Citing climate change, federal judge says grizzlies still threatened</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday.

The ruling highlighted climate change&#8217;s devastation to whitebark pine forests, which produce nuts that some grizzlies rely upon ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/citing-climate-change-federal-judge-says-grizzlies-still-threatened-174434/" title="Citing climate change, federal judge says grizzlies still threatened">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP ENTERPRISE: Questions emerge about company promising to bring inmates to small Montana town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — The Two Rivers Detention Center was promoted as the largest economic development project in decades in the small town of Hardin when the jail was built two years ago. But it has been vacant ever since.

City officials have searched from Vermont to Alaska for inmate contracts to fill the jail, only to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-questions-emerge-about-company-promising-to-bring-inmates-to-small-montana-town-166963/" title="AP ENTERPRISE: Questions emerge about company promising to bring inmates to small Montana town">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US judge raises questions about removal of gray wolves from endangered list in Idaho, Montana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Hunters can keep stalking gray wolves for now in the Northern Rockies, but the killing may be short-lived after a federal judge found problems with the recent removal of the animal from the endangered species list.

In a ruling late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy denied a request by environmentalists and animal ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-judge-raises-questions-about-removal-of-gray-wolves-from-endangered-list-in-idaho-montana-164079/">US judge raises questions about removal of gray wolves from endangered list in Idaho, Montana</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge says gray wolf hunts OK in Idaho, Montana</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge said gray wolf hunts can go on for the first time in decades in the Northern Rockies, just months after the animals were removed from the endangered species list.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy denied a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the hunts in Idaho and .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-says-gray-wolf-hunts-ok-in-idaho-montana-163887/" title="Federal judge says gray wolf hunts OK in Idaho, Montana">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge rules in favor of controversial wolf hunts in Montana, Idaho</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge said Wednesday that gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies can go on, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first organized wolf hunts in decades in Idaho and Montana.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said plans to kill about 20 percent of the two .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-controversial-wolf-hunts-in-montana-idaho-163748/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Federal judge rules in favor of controversial wolf hunts in Montana, Idaho</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wild horse roundup captures 131 mustangs from Montana range</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials say they will complete a wild horse roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border within the next few days.

As of Monday night, Bureau of Land Management contractors had gathered 131 wild horses as part of the agency&#8217;s effort to reduce the size of the herd in the Pryor Mountain National Wild Horse ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wild-horse-roundup-captures-131-mustangs-from-montana-range-162754/" title="Wild horse roundup captures 131 mustangs from Montana range">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wild horse roundup in Montona, Wyoming to start Thursday after judge denies effort to block it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge has rejected a request to halt a roundup of about 190 wild horses in the Pryor Mountains along the Montana-Wyoming border.

The roundup had been delayed since Monday as U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan considered an injunction sought by two Colorado-based advocacy groups.
Sullivan denied the request Wednesday. The Bureau of .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wild-horse-roundup-in-montona-wyoming-to-start-thursday-after-judge-denies-effort-to-block-it-157844/">Wild horse roundup in Montona, Wyoming to start Thursday after judge denies effort to block it</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Attorneys, others seek more than $10 million in fees from exclusive Montana club&#8217;s bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Attorneys and others involved in bankruptcy proceedings for Montana&#8217;s ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club have requested more than $10 million in fees and expenses — including some charges billed at more than $900 an hour.

More than half the fees were racked up by the dozens of lawyers, accountants and consultants hired under former club ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorneys-others-seek-more-than-10-million-in-fees-from-exclusive-montana-clubs-bankruptcy-151352/">Attorneys, others seek more than $10 million in fees from exclusive Montana club&#8217;s bankruptcy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mont. governor says General Motors will return to bargaining table with Stillwater Mining Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — General Motors Co. has agreed under political pressure to hold talks with a Montana mining company recently dropped as a supplier, but the automaker made no promises that a new deal could be forged.

GM canceled its precious metals contract with Columbus-based Stillwater Mining Co. last month as part of a government-backed bankruptcy ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mont-governor-says-general-motors-will-return-to-bargaining-table-with-stillwater-mining-co-132738/">Mont. governor says General Motors will return to bargaining table with Stillwater Mining Co.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Crow war chief to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for his scholarship, war exploits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A 95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint beneath his World War II uniform and later emerged as an acclaimed Native American historian will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next month.

Joe Medicine Crow will receive the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor from President Obama on Aug. 12, along with .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/crow-war-chief-to-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom-for-his-scholarship-war-exploits-125575/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Crow war chief to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for his scholarship, war exploits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian company acquiring Crow&#8217;s coal-to-liquids partner, Australian execs retain control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A Canadian company is acquiring the Australian energy firm that has proposed a $7.4 billion coal-to-liquids plant on Montana&#8217;s Crow Indian Reservation.

The Australian Energy Co. last year signed an agreement with Crow leaders to develop an estimated 900-million-ton coal reserve on the reservation.
Now Vancouver-based Terra Nova Minerals Inc. is putting up an .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-company-acquiring-crows-coal-to-liquids-partner-australian-execs-retain-control-123535/" title="Canadian company acquiring Crow&#8217;s coal-to-liquids partner, Australian execs retain control">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman wants hearing on GM&#8217;s cancellation of metals contract with Montana mining company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana congressman wants a hearing into General Motors Co.&#8217;s continued use of foreign precious metals suppliers after canceling a contract with a Montana company.

GM last week dropped Stillwater Mining Co. of Columbus as a supplier, saying that as it makes fewer cars it needs less precious metal. The automaker is keeping ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/congressman-wants-hearing-on-gms-cancellation-of-metals-contract-with-montana-mining-company-123213/">Congressman wants hearing on GM&#8217;s cancellation of metals contract with Montana mining company</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wyo. asks judge to make Yellowstone let in more snowmobiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — The state of Wyoming on Friday asked a federal judge to force Yellowstone National Park to allow up to 740 snowmobiles daily during winter — more than twice what the Obama administration wants.

The administration said Thursday it wants to cut the number of the machines to 318 daily and require all riders ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wyo-asks-judge-to-make-yellowstone-let-in-more-snowmobiles-120171/">Wyo. asks judge to make Yellowstone let in more snowmobiles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Dept. proposes cutting Yellowstone snowmobile cap by more than half for next 2 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — The number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park would be cut by more than half under an Obama administration proposal announced Thursday that marked yet another policy swing on an issue that&#8217;s been unresolved for more than a decade.

The proposal would allow 318 snowmobiles and 78 multi-passenger snowcoaches daily for the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/interior-dept-proposes-cutting-yellowstone-snowmobile-cap-by-more-than-half-for-next-2-years-118872/">Read : Interior Dept. proposes cutting Yellowstone snowmobile cap by more than half for next 2 years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge says GM can drop Montana mine in favor of foreign suppliers for precious metals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge granted General Motors Co. permission Wednesday to cut ties with a Montana precious metals supplier so it can instead use cheaper foreign suppliers.

The cancellation of the Stillwater Mining Co. contract was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in New York following a hearing. No appeal was planned, ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-says-gm-can-drop-montana-mine-in-favor-of-foreign-suppliers-for-precious-metals-117501/">Judge says GM can drop Montana mine in favor of foreign suppliers for precious metals</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>General Motors drops Montana mine in favor of foreign suppliers for precious metals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge has granted General Motors&#8217; request to drop its precious metals contract with a Montana mining company so it can use foreign suppliers instead.

Stillwater Mining Co. attorney Garry Graber says the cancellation was approved Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York.
For the last decade, Stillwater has supplied palladium .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-motors-drops-montana-mine-in-favor-of-foreign-suppliers-for-precious-metals-117478/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana resort for elite climbs out bankruptcy, goes to Boston investor for $115 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana&#8217;s ultra-posh Yellowstone Club is in new hands, following a $115 million deal that the new owner hopes will close the door on the resort&#8217;s highly publicized descent into bankruptcy.

The millionaires-only club was facing liquidation eight months ago. It&#8217;s been a victim of its prior owners&#8217; excesses and the broader economic downturn ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-resort-for-elite-climbs-out-bankruptcy-goes-to-boston-investor-for-115-million-112982/">Montana resort for elite climbs out bankruptcy, goes to Boston investor for $115 million</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stillwater Mining asks court to enforce GM precious metals contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Stillwater Mining Co. is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to reverse a move by General Motors to cancel its precious metals contracts with the Montana company.

GM is attempting to shed the Stillwater contract as a part of a government-backed restructuring plan meant to revive the ailing carmaker. Stillwater&#8217;s two Montana mines supply  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stillwater-mining-asks-court-to-enforce-gm-precious-metals-contract-112873/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man vs. wild: Colo. camper uses chain saw to fend off attacking mountain lion in Wyoming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A Colorado man used a chain saw to fight off a mountain lion that attacked him during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.

The adult male lion, described as emaciated and showing other signs of starvation, was later killed by wildlife officials after it attacked a dog .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-vs-wild-colo-camper-uses-chain-saw-to-fend-off-attacking-mountain-lion-in-wyoming-112378/">Source article &nbsp;: Man vs. wild: Colo. camper uses chain saw to fend off attacking mountain lion in Wyoming</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Colo. man fends off attacking mountain lion at Wyoming campsite with chain saw</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/colo-man-fends-off-attacking-mountain-lion-at-wyoming-campsite-with-chain-saw-112216/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Wielding his chain saw as a weapon, a Colorado man says he fought off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.

Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colo-man-fends-off-attacking-mountain-lion-at-wyoming-campsite-with-chain-saw-112216/" title="Colo. man fends off attacking mountain lion at Wyoming campsite with chain saw">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-NFL running back Travis Henry gets 3 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former NFL player Travis Henry to three years in prison for financing a drug ring that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana.

Henry, 30, of Frostproof, Fla., was arrested by federal drug agents last October — just a few months after the running back&#8217;s release from the Denver .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-nfl-running-back-travis-henry-gets-3-years-in-federal-prison-for-cocaine-trafficking-110669/">Ex-NFL running back Travis Henry gets 3 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana gov blasts General Motors&#8217; plan to get platinum for catalytic converters from overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution.

By failing to shield the platinum and palladium mines, the Democrat said Friday that the administration had ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montana-gov-blasts-general-motors-plan-to-get-platinum-for-catalytic-converters-from-overseas-106000/" title="Montana gov blasts General Motors&#8217; plan to get platinum for catalytic converters from overseas">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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