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            <title>STATE BRIEFS ~</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:27:25 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Great Falls Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HAVRE — Authorities discovered the body of a 23-year-old area woman in Beaver Creek Park south of Havre late last week. Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom Monday said the death was an apparent suicide. He said ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Great Falls Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com:80/article/20100824/DC5/8240343">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Welfare Ranchers, Wolves, and the Externalization of Costs</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:05:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Newwest.net</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  We continuously hear the livestock industry talking about “problem” wolves—those animals that attack untended livestock. Yet the real issue is “problem ranchers” who externalize one of the costs of doing ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Newwest.net&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.newwest.net:80/topic/article/welfare_ranchers_wolves_and_the_externalization_of_costs/C564/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Hungry Yellowstone grizzlies raise concerns</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:15:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Rapid City Journal</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BILLINGS, Mont. -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists report ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Rapid City Journal&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com:80/news/article_741774da-af7b-11df-abcb-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Reader Poll</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:08:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Flathead Beacon</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Speak4Yoself said: "Does the term “experimental population” ring any bells with anyone? Thats the ruse that was used to get them wolves out of Canada and into… Whitefish Rejects Expanded Retail on Highway 93 (14 ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Flathead Beacon&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.flatheadbeacon.com:80/articles/article/should_federal_funds_be_provided_for_embryonic_stem_cell_research/19236/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>FWP criticizes Yellowstone Club after bear killed at resort</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:41:05 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BOZEMAN - The ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club is being criticized after an employee accidentally shot and killed a mother black bear on resort grounds earlier this month. Pat Flowers, director of Montana Fish, Wildlife ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_8d770914-af7a-11df-8eb1-001cc4c002e0.html?oCampaign=h">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>FWP criticizes Yellowstone Club after bear killed</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KFBB NewsChannel 5</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Pat Flowers is director of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Region 3. He sent a letter to the club's general manager last week saying the resort has a pattern of taking wildlife management into its own hands ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KFBB NewsChannel 5&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kfbb.com:80/news/state/101368399.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Bear death at Yellowstone Club riles FWP officials</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Bozeman Daily Chronicle</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Earlier this month, a Yellowstone Club employee shot and killed a mother black bear on club grounds, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The employee, security guard Shane Barstad, was ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Bozeman Daily Chronicle&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com:80/news/article_9ac10a74-af12-11df-a291-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Elk enjoy field along West Reserve Drive</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:26:07 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Daily Interlake</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  A group of three elk that wandered into fields along West Reserve Drive north of Kalispell caused a stir on Monday and plenty of calls to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “We’ve been getting a lot of ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Daily Interlake&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.dailyinterlake.com:80/news/local_montana/article_16f3420a-af23-11df-b18f-001cc4c03286.html?photo=1">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Robert W. (Bob) Howard, 71</title>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Coeur d&#39;Alene Press</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Robert W. (Bob) Howard went to be with our Lord and Savior on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, after a one-year battle with cancer. Bob was a lifetime resident of Kootenai County. Born on Oct. 10, 1938, to William S ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Coeur d'Alene Press&nbsp</i><a href="http://cdapress.com:80/records/obituaries/article_3fe5b1da-5cce-5924-bff0-3908f6667333.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Hungry Yellowstone grizzlies raise concern</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:45:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Star-Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  A grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park in this May 2009 file photo. Wildlife officials are warning people that Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be hungry this fall becauset a key ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Star-Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://trib.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_e238f6a9-bc8c-5276-b2e4-54985df9528f.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Donald Woodbury &#39;Musty&#39; Miller</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Dickinson Press &amp; Advertiser</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Donald Woodbury Miller (Musty), age 94, of Beach, passed away on Friday, Aug. 20, in Wibaux, Mont. Funeral services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, in the chapel of the Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home in Beach ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Dickinson Press & Advertiser&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.thedickinsonpress.com:80/event/obituary/id/39010/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Mail-order catalogs bring back memories</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Charleston Daily Mail</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  His on-again, off-again partner, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, came on the scene when he answered an ad for a watch repairman. An 1891 catalog had 32 pages, comprising 24 of watches and eight of jewelry and sewing machines. Just ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Charleston Daily Mail&nbsp</i><a href="http://dailymail.com:80/foodandliving/OnRetirement/201008230656?page=2&build=cache">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Coming of age in ‘Last Song,’ “Cemetery Junction’</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>VillageSoup Belfast</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The Last Song (Touchstone, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG, 107 min.). The charisma of the lead actors overcomes an at-times by-the-numbers script, even if the screenplay were co-written by source novelist Nicholas Sparks ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>VillageSoup Belfast&nbsp</i><a href="http://knox.villagesoup.com:80/blog/blogpost/coming-of-age-in-last-song-cemetery-junction/346996">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Spike Lee tells about post-Katrina woes, triumphs</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Houma Courier</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  When: 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Even Spike Lee thought so. The acclaimed filmmaker was in New Orleans making “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,” HBO’s two-part, four-hour documentary about New Orleans ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Houma Courier&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.houmatoday.com:80/article/20100823/ENTERTAINMENT/100829808/0/APA&tc=omni">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>PPL Lowers Level of Rainbow Dam Reservoir</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KFBB NewsChannel 5</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Boaters wishing to fish and recreate in the Rainbow Reservoir will have to wait until next summer. The water level in the reservoir is being lowered today, closing boat access. PPL Montana is lowering the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KFBB NewsChannel 5&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kfbb.com:80/news/local/PPL-Lowers-Level-of-Rainbow-Dam-Reservoir-101345849.html?sitemap=rss">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Donald Henry Wolff Jr.</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Cody Enterprise</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Donald Henry Wolff Jr., 53, of Red Lodge died suddenly Aug. 17, 2010. He was born Jan. 22, 1957, in Houston, Texas. His parents Donald, Sr., and Lorraine Wolff then moved to Redwood City, Calif. Here the seeds ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Cody Enterprise&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.codyenterprise.com:80/news/obituaries/article_31d08068-aefd-11df-ba5d-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Pneumonia Confirmed in Anaconda Bighorn Sheep</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  MALTA, Mont. - -(Ammoland.com)- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) announced today that pneumonia was confirmed in a sixth bighorn sheep population in west central Montana. The latest occurrence of the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>AmmoLand.com - Shooting Sports News&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.ammoland.com:80/2010/08/23/pneumonia-confirmed-in-anaconda-bighorn-sheep/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Creek First Aid</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Lewistown News-Argus</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  “It was a very sad, sad day,” said long-time resident and businessman Don Pfau, as he reflected back to a time in the early 1960s, “when they put the cat in Big Spring Creek to straighten it.” Pfau was ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Lewistown News-Argus&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.lewistownnews.com:80/articles/2010/08/23/news/doc4c72dc41df5c5183739957.txt">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Pneumonia confirmed in bighorn sheep herd</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  MISSOULA — State wildlife officials say pneumonia has been confirmed in a herd of about 300 bighorn sheep west of Anaconda. Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Ray Vinkey collected samples from four members of the Lost ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_0ca7c5d6-aef7-11df-a728-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Maxwell: In Big Sky Country, man and animal strike a balance</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>ScrippsNews</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  SHERIDAN, Mont. - I enjoy travel more than anything else. As a natural-born vagabond who happens to be a journalist, I see travel as an act of discovery. I love waking up in strange places knowing nothing, or next to ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>ScrippsNews&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.scrippsnews.com:80/node/56033">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana will appeal wolf ruling</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>ESPN.com</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Montana's top wildlife official confirmed today that his agency will appeal the recent district court ruling that returned the region's recovered wolves to the federal endangered species list. Joe Maurier ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>ESPN.com&nbsp</i><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com:80/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=5490035">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Sturgeon, paddlefish scientists from North America to meet Aug. 31-Sept. 2 in Mo</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Genetic Engineering News</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BOZEMAN, Mont. - More than 120 sturgeon and paddlefish scientists and enthusiasts from throughout North America will gather Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 in Bozeman and at Chico Hot Springs in Montana. This will be the third ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Genetic Engineering News&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.genengnews.com:80/industry-updates/sturgeon-paddlefish-scientists-from-north-america-to-meet-aug-31-sept-2-in-mo">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Spread of Bighorn Sheep Pneumonia Continues</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Newwest.net</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The deadly spread of pneumonia in Montana’s bighorn sheep population picked up momentum west of Anaconda, where a hunter alerted Fish, Wildlife & Parks of possible disease in the Lost Creek population. Biologists ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Newwest.net&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.newwest.net:80/topic/article/spread_of_bighorn_sheep_pneumonia_continues/C41/L41/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Carleton Grange Pub closing, owner blames St. Francis road project</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:41:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Aug. 23, 2010 11:02 a.m. | The owners of Carleton Grange Pub say the St. Francis restaurant and tavern will close after Sept. 5, and they're blaming city officials for approving road improvements that are ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.jsonline.com:80/newswatch/101305589.html?newsWatchDate=8-18-2010">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Sentencing of former Koss executive Sachdeva postponed to November</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Aug. 23, 2010 11:30 a.m. | Sentencing for former Koss Corp. executive Sujata Sachdeva for embezzling about $34 million has been postponed until 2:30 p.m. November 18 in Federal Court in Milwaukee. The new date ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.jsonline.com:80/newswatch/101307509.html?newsWatchDate=8-18-2010">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>O&#39;Donnell garage to remain closed rest of the year</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:19:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Aug. 23, 2010 11:18 a.m. | The O'Donnell Park garage will remained closed at least through the end of the year, while the fate of the structure remains under review, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.jsonline.com:80/newswatch/101306704.html?newsWatchDate=8-18-2010">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>What ever happened to Verde otters?</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>verdenews</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The otters found the Verde River in the 19th century were reportedly longer in length and lighter in color than the Louisiana bred eastern river otters introduced to the river in 1981 by Arizona Game and fish. But ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>verdenews&nbsp</i><a href="http://verdenews.com:80/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=37921">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>SILVER LINING Silverbrook Estates is bright spot in housing market</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:59:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Daily Interlake</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The relatively weak housing market across the United States hasn’t halted development at Silverbrook Estates north of Kalispell. Developer and project manager Howard Mann said the 325-acre development ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Daily Interlake&nbsp</i><a href="http://dailyinterlake.com:80/news/local_montana/article_fc54808c-ae58-11df-929a-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Women&#39;s only adventures becoming a popular option</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:02:03 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>GADLING</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  As we reported recently, the adventure travel market has grown into an $89 billion industry . With that kind of money being tossed around, it is only natural for the travel options to diversify and one of the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>GADLING&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.gadling.com:80/2010/08/23/womens-only-adventures/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Fires burning 26,000 acres</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Great Falls Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  A wildland fire has grown quickly in the last 48 hours in an area of both public and private lands in Central Montana, but crews are hopeful they're getting a handle on things. The Raven Rat Patch fire is ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Great Falls Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com:80/article/20100823/NEWS01/8230306/Fires+burning+26+000+acres">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Top Fly Fishing Websites</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Associated Content</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  This is Fly is an online magazine, available for free, focused on fly fishing around the world. It is one of the most trendy fishing magazine, a bit too much for some anglers tastes, but offers something truly ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Associated Content&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com:80/article/5686058/top_fly_fishing_websites_pg2.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Robert ”Bob“ ”Tip“ P. Oppelt Sr., 81,</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Delaware County Daily Times</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Robert ”Bob“ ”Tip“ P. Oppelt Sr., 81, of West Grove, a former Aston resident, died Aug. 21 at home following a brief illness. Born in Mountainhome, Monroe County, he was a 1946 graduate of Barrett ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Delaware County Daily Times&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.delcotimes.com:80/articles/2010/08/23/obituaries/doc4c71d28f43d30933769184.txt">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>State apologizes for mistreatment of Italian residents during WWII</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Los Angeles Times</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  When Mike Maiorana was a boy during World War II , his family was like a lot of others in his Monterey neighborhood. In 1942, his mother was declared an "enemy alien," along with 600,000 other Italians and ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Los Angeles Times&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.latimes.com:80/news/local/la-me-italians-20100823,0,2551162.story">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Grizzlies prowl closer for food</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:37:12 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Fort Wayne Journal Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BILLINGS, Mont. – Yellowstone’s grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area’s deadliest on record. Scientists ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Fort Wayne Journal Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.journalgazette.net:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100823/NEWS12/308239955">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>500 miles for fitness -- and kids</title>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Indianapolis Star</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Every summer in the off season for the Pacers, I try to use my time off to do something different. Last summer, I worked part time in a coffee shop to raise money for a scholarship fund. I went piranha fishing ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Indianapolis Star&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.indystar.com:80/article/20100822/LIVING01/8220331/1007/LIVING/Mark-Boyle-walking-500-miles-for-fitness-and-kids">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>James ‘Eddie’ Edward Sparing Sr.</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Independent Record</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Eddie Sparing died of natural causes at home in Helena, Aug. 20, 2010, with his loving wife at his side. He was 82 years of age. Eddie was born April 15, 1928, in Helena. He was the fourth of five sons born to ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Independent Record&nbsp</i><a href="http://helenair.com:80/news/local/obituaries/article_1fb5ca5e-ae68-11df-8a05-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Research IDs lands along Yellowstone River that may be public</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Ten tracts of land along the Yellowstone River between Laurel and Billings have been identified as possible public lands in a study completed by a coalition of conservation and access groups. One tract is a portion of ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/news/local/article_b1b86040-ae79-11df-8457-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana has new website to assist hunters</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Bozeman Daily Chronicle</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The state has launched a new website to help hunters answer their "who, what, where, when and how" questions about hunting in Montana. The website, which also helps Montana's librarians field requests from ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Bozeman Daily Chronicle&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com:80/news/article_e1908bec-ae4e-11df-85ae-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Grand Forks Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  "We don't know if it was one bear, two bears, a black bear or grizzly bear," Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim said. "Obviously, the bear's gone now. Will it come back tonight? That's the question 
                            <br/><br /><i>Grand Forks Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com:80/event/tag/tag/yellowstone%20national%20park/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Watch out for Yellowstone bears — they&#39;re hungry</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Grand Forks Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth, Wyo., in Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Grand Forks Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com:80/event/article/id/172959/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Paul Martin Hansen, 67</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Montana Standard</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Vietnam veteran, longtime business owner and member of the Butte High School Silver B’s, Paul Martin Hansen, 67, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2010, of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Marie (Sullivan) Hansen ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Montana Standard&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.mtstandard.com:80/news/local/obituaries/article_4d786d22-ada8-11df-980b-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Jelly fish stop try by woman to swim Monterey Bay</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:30:26 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>San Luis Obispo Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Jelly fish have stopped an attempt by a Pleasanton woman to swim nearly 23 miles across Monterey Bay. Patti Bauernfeind had hoped to become only the second person to make the swim across the bay when she ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>San Luis Obispo Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com:80/2010/08/22/1259627/jelly-fish-stop-try-by-woman-to.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Heart of Lehi&#39;s Main Street</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:54:39 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Daily Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Since 1956 when President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System — sending freeways crisscrossing the United States like spaghetti in a giant bowl, diverting major traffic around small town businesses ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Daily Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com:80/article_49706346-ae3f-11df-b73f-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>MSU/Crow project confirms contaminated water on reservation</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:04:32 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Bozeman Daily Chronicle</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Two Montana State University graduate students have confirmed contamination of surface and groundwater used as a source for drinking water on the Crow Reservation, something that residents had suspected. Mari ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Bozeman Daily Chronicle&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com:80/news/article_e938d92c-ae39-11df-903a-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Be warned: Grizzlies will be hungry</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:58:25 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Charleston Daily Mail</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Government scientists said the two fatal maulings came too early in the year for whitebark pine to have played a role. Bears typically don't start gorging themselves on the troves of pine nuts that are stashed by ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Charleston Daily Mail&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.dailymail.com:80/News/NationandWorld/201008220210?page=2&build=cache">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>AP Exclusive: Japanese mayor defends dolphin hunts</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:58:25 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Fresno Bee</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  South Korea arrests activist after trip to NKorea Authorities arrested a South Korean religious activist Friday as he returned home across the heavily fortified border after an illegal trip to North Korea. U.N ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Fresno Bee&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.fresnobee.com:80/2010/08/22/2049845/ap-exclusive-japanese-mayor-defends.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Yellowstone&#39;s grizzly bears are hungry and dangerous</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:44:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Missoulian</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth, Wyo., in Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Missoulian&nbsp</i><a href="http://missoulian.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_0a9e37b0-ae1c-11df-9892-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Bears on the move in Yellowstone region, putting at risk hunters, hikers and ...</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Minneapolis Star Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BILLINGS, Mont. - Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Minneapolis Star Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.startribune.com:80/lifestyle/travel/101256209.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lake Trout Netting Program to Begin at Swan Lake</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Flathead Beacon</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  State and federal wildlife officials plan to start netting invasive lake trout from Swan Lake in northwestern Montana so that native bull trout can survive. The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Flathead Beacon&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.flatheadbeacon.com:80/articles/article/lake_trout_netting_program_to_begin_at_swan_lake/19211/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Hungry This Year, Could Attack Humans In Search For Fo</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Huffingtonpost.com</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists report ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Huffingtonpost.com&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com:80/users/logout/?referer=%2F2010%2F08%2F22%2Fyellowstone-grizzly-bears-hungry_n_690445.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>RVing 101: RV weekly round-up (August 15-21, 2010) Part 2</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Examiner</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Due to the continuing high volume of news stories, this weekend’s RV weekly round-up is being posted in three parts. To read Part 1, click here . To read the mid-week edition Part 1, click here ; Part 2, click here ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Examiner&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.examiner.com:80/rv-travel-in-calgary/rving-101-rv-weekly-round-up-august-15-21-2010-part-2">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Watch out for Yellowstone bears _ they&#39;re hungry</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:49:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record. Scientists report that a ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.stltoday.com:80/news/us/article_8786027b-929d-5fb3-a3c0-6047459802fa.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Prep tennis: Roncalli swept by Appleton Xavier, Green Bay Notre Dame, University</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Herald Times Reporter</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  MANITOWOC — Hosting three of the strongest tennis schools in the state at Lincoln Park in Manitowoc on Saturday, the Roncalli girls tennis team was swept in all three duals, earning only three victories in ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Herald Times Reporter&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.htrnews.com:80/article/20100822/MAN020508/100821051/Prep-tennis-Roncalli-swept-by-Appleton-Xavier-Green-Bay-Notr">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Kimberly Papermakers, Kaukauna Ghosts girls&#39; tennis coaches search for right fit</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:25:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Post-Crescent</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  It applies not only to shopping for shoes, but to tennis as well. After Saturday's Kimberly Invitational at Kimberly and Kaukauna high schools, Kimberly coach Robert Henshaw and Kaukauna coach Brian Sanderfoot ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Post-Crescent&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.postcrescent.com:80/article/20100822/APC020508/8220556/Prep-tennis-coaches-search-for-right-fit-early-in-season">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>State has new website to assist hunters</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Bozeman Daily Chronicle</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The state has launched a new website to help hunters answer their "who, what, where, when and how" questions about hunting in Montana. The website, which also helps Montana's librarians field requests from ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Bozeman Daily Chronicle&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com:80/news/article_0275cd1c-ad88-11df-8125-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil future</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Fresno Bee</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. Potentially in the path of this unstoppable giant are oil ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Fresno Bee&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.fresnobee.com:80/2010/08/22/2049576/arctic-villages-stop-seismic-tests.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil future</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>San Luis Obispo Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>San Luis Obispo Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com:80/2010/08/22/1259172/arctic-villages-stop-seismic-tests.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Star-Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA, Mont. -- Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Star-Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://trib.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_c9eea105-bee2-503d-93e5-cfb220abb8f5.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Heyburn left thorny legacy on natural resources</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>The Spokesman-Review</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  History doesn’t shed a kindly light on U.S. Sen. Weldon Heyburn, a Wallace mining attorney and strident foe of the newly formed Forest Service. An irascible man, Heyburn once stopped an orchestra in mid ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>The Spokesman-Review&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.spokesman.com:80/stories/2010/aug/22/heyburn-left-thorny-legacy-natural-resources/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Regional fiction</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Denver Post</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Set in Pale Butte, N.D., "The Last Ghost Dancer" is an old man's recollection told from the future with messages telling us not only are we aware of only a fraction of what we see, but that doubt will continue ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Denver Post&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.denverpost.com:80/books/ci_15831833">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Paul Martin Hansen, 69</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Montana Standard</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Vietnam veteran, longtime business owner and member of the Butte High School Silver B’s, Paul Martin Hansen, 69, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2010, of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Marie (Sullivan) Hansen ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Montana Standard&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.mtstandard.com:80/news/local/obituaries/article_4d786d22-ada8-11df-980b-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Montana Standard</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  KALISPELL (AP) — State and federal wildlife officials plan to start netting invasive lake trout from Swan Lake in northwestern Montana so that native bull trout can survive. The three-week netting program by ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Montana Standard&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.mtstandard.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_d86e0454-ada9-11df-814f-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana, wolf hunt advocates form coalition</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA, Mont. -- Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.stltoday.com:80/lifestyles/pets/article_aab2644c-acd2-11df-939b-00127992bc8b.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Visitors welcome</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Minot Daily News</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Based on the early demand for housing, Norsk Hstfest is going to pack them in this year. To accommodate visitors, the Hstfest office is seeking more people to open their homes to guests. Last year, the Hstfest ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Minot Daily News&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.minotdailynews.com:80/page/content.detail/id/542211.html?nav=5010">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Watch out for Yellowstone bears _ they&#39;re hungry</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Arizona Daily Star</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  JAMES PEACO FILE - In this June 7, 2005 file photo released by Yellowstone National Park a grizzly bear moves through the brush in the park in Wyoming. Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Arizona Daily Star&nbsp</i><a href="http://azstarnet.com:80/news/science/article_f6a5e1f5-a72a-58b4-9653-e7dc3c7c6fce.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Yellowstone Club guard to be charged for killing black bear sow</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Missoulian</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  BUTTE - Charges are pending against a security officer at the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks plans to cite Shane ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Missoulian&nbsp</i><a href="http://missoulian.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_d23ef714-ad63-11df-b04a-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KFBB NewsChannel 5</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks begins Monday and runs through Sept. 10. Anglers discovered lake trout in Swan Lake in ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KFBB NewsChannel 5&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kfbb.com:80/news/state/101231719.html?sitemap=rss">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lake trout netting program to begin at Swan Lake</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KULR8</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The three-week netting program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks begins Monday and runs through Sept. 10. Anglers discovered lake trout in Swan Lake in ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KULR8&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kulr8.com:80/news/state/101228709.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>&#39;No drama Obama&#39; needs strong second act</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Standard Speaker</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  The Obama administration is a welcome change from the Bush-Cheney years. Against severe Republican opposition, President Obama has kept campaign promises to reform health care, curb Wall Street excesses ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Standard Speaker&nbsp</i><a href="http://standardspeaker.com:80/no-drama-obama-needs-strong-second-act-1.962940">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana, Wolf Hunt Advocates Form Coalition</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Flathead Beacon</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA – Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional action ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Flathead Beacon&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.flatheadbeacon.com:80/articles/article/montana_wolf_hunt_advocates_form_coalition/19206/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lawrence Wayne ‘Larry’ Williams</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Lawrence Wayne “Larry” Williams passed away at the age of 67 on Aug. 16, 2010, at 11:30 p.m. after a long struggle with cancer. He was the only son of LaVerna Woodrow Bybee and Charles C. Williams and was ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_526d342a-acc2-11df-abe5-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Sisters on the Fly hold Trailer Trash Bash in Lewiston</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:42:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Record Searchlight</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Travel trailers, fishing and fun — they all go together for the women in the Sisters on the Fly. Started by a pair of true sisters in Montana in 1998, the ladies-only club now has 1,400 members nationwide ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Record Searchlight&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.redding.com:80/news/2010/aug/20/no-men-no-kids-no-dogs/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Anniversary - Hibbs</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:12:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Corvallis Gazette-Times</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Gene and Molly Hibbs of Dallas will soon celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Molly Henry and Gene Hibbs were married Nov. 21, 1950, at Falls City Church in Falls City. The Rev. Royer officiated. The ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Corvallis Gazette-Times&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com:80/news/local/people/article_5cc3c004-acfb-11df-b3fc-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Vandals hit Lone Pine</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:22:31 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Daily Interlake</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information about vandalism that recently occurred at Lone Pine State Park west of Kalispell. Sometime between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning this week, two ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Daily Interlake&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.dailyinterlake.com:80/news/local_montana/article_1c8ab636-acd9-11df-bec9-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Neighbors: Home where bear attacked Ohioan a &#39;zoo&#39;</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Tri-City Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio Neighbors of a man who kept a menagerie of wolves, tigers and bears - including one that attacked and killed its 24-year-old caretaker - often complained about the roars and howls coming ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Tri-City Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com:80/2010/08/20/1136841/bear-whose-ohio-owner-exhibited.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Hunters, ranchers pack meeting</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:32:25 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Montana Standard</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA — Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge’s ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Montana Standard&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.mtstandard.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_d4ef045e-acf5-11df-9361-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Great Burn Wilderness remains subject of debate</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>The Spokesman-Review</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  In the backcountry south of Superior, Mont., Upper Siamese Lake snugs against the Idaho border in the Lolo National Forest along the Stateline Trail. The lake is within an area proposed for designation as the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>The Spokesman-Review&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.spokesman.com:80/stories/2010/aug/21/great-burn-wilderness-remains-subject-debate/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Security officer facing allegations he shot bear</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:03:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Montana Standard</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Charges are pending against a security officer with the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow, who had at least two cubs, earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Montana Standard&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.mtstandard.com:80/news/local/article_bd39da2a-acee-11df-9d8c-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Groups form coalition on wolf issue</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:20:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Independent Record</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Representatives of livestock producers, outfitters, hunters and wildlife enthusiasts promised Friday to present a united front with the state of Montana as it moves forward as quickly as possible, on multiple pathways ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Independent Record&nbsp</i><a href="http://helenair.com:80/news/article_ed09bea8-ace6-11df-8b11-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>No men, no kids, no dogs</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Record Searchlight</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Weekend host Katie Quinn (left) hugs fellow club member Ann Winters. “I was just really glad to see Katie and to see her place,” Winters said. “I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Record Searchlight&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.redding.com:80/news/2010/aug/20/no-men-no-kids-no-dogs/">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>John D. ‘JD’ Taylor</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Altoona Mirror</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  John D. "JD" Taylor, 59, Tipton, died Wednesday afternoon at Altoona Regional Health System, Altoona Hospital Campus. He was born in Altoona, son of the late Max R. and Vernadine (Smith) Taylor. He married Amy I. Mogle ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Altoona Mirror&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.altoonamirror.com:80/page/content.detail/id/541510/John-D---JD--Taylor.html?nav=743">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>The remarkable comeback of the wolf</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:54:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Rock Hill Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  From the moment it was first reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park nearly 15 years ago, the gray wolf has been the subject of continual litigation. Last week's ruling by a federal district court ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Rock Hill Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.heraldonline.com:80/2010/08/21/2396210/the-remarkable-comeback-of-the.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>A range of different perspectives from a Montana fire lookout</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:40:37 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Boston Globe</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  WERNER PEAK, Mont. — Getting above it all, staying at a historic fire lookout perched at 6,960 feet on the spine of this mountain, is a fine way to snuff the stresses of life. A few weeks back, I called the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Boston Globe&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.boston.com:80/travel/articles/2010/08/22/a_range_of_different_perspectives_from_a_montana_fire_lookout">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana FWP, wolf hunt advocates form coalition to bypass Molloy ruling</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Missoulian</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA - Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional action ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Missoulian&nbsp</i><a href="http://missoulian.com:80/news/local/article_fff77586-aca6-11df-b19b-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Book review: &#39;Still Missing,&#39; &#39;Murderess Row&#39; and &#39;Jack Blank and the Imagine Na</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:11:59 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Petoskey News-Review</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  I have had the opportunity to live in several incredible cities and towns throughout my life so far. After moving to a small, mountainous Montana town to work at a fly-fishing lodge, I found myself in the middle of ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Petoskey News-Review&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.petoskeynews.com:80/columns/article_5a978304-ac71-11df-a58d-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Mont. seeks wolf coalition with ranchers, hunters</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KREM</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are planning to meet with ranchers, hunters and other groups about joining forces after a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves. Wildlife officials ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KREM&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.krem.com:80/news/local/101092854.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana FWP, wolf hunt advocates form coalition to bypass protection ruling</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:06:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Missoulian</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA - Montana officials, ranchers, and hunters frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional action ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Missoulian&nbsp</i><a href="http://missoulian.com:80/news/state-and-regional/article_fff77586-aca6-11df-b19b-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:59:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KFBB NewsChannel 5</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KFBB NewsChannel 5&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kfbb.com:80/news/state/101191029.html?sitemap=rss">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Federal agency cuts ties with Lee Metcalf refuge volunteers</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HAMILTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the protection of the southwestern ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/lifestyles/recreation/article_36cd0b8a-aca1-11df-8fc2-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:23:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Great Falls Tribune</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HAMILTON (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the protection of ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Great Falls Tribune&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com:80/article/20100820/NEWS01/100820025/Federal-agency-cuts-ties-with-refuge-volunteers">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Ohio bear owner: I&#39;m only witness to fatal attack</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:09:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Tri-City Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio The owner of a bear that fatally mauled a caretaker in Ohio has spoken to reporters outside his animal compound and says he was the only person who witnessed the attack. But Sam Mazzola ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Tri-City Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com:80/2010/08/20/1136841/bear-whose-ohio-owner-exhibited.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Federal agency cuts ties with refuge volunteers</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:55:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>KULR8</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has terminated its relationship with the Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteer group was formed to assist in the ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>KULR8&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.kulr8.com:80/news/state/101187139.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>SINGIN’ THE BEAR COUNTRY BLUES</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Belgrade News</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  It may come as no surprise to local residents, but this summer has been a busy year for bear-and-human encounters in the Big Sky area, according to Kevin Frey, regional bear manager for the Montana Department of Fish ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Belgrade News&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.belgrade-news.com:80/news/article_940e1748-ac6b-11df-a04d-001cc4c002e0.html?photo=1">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Lotterman: Red River water project and subsequent legal case is messy</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Idaho Statesman</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  A proposed flood diversion channel for the Red River of the North that divides North Dakota and Minnesota would reduce periodic flood damage in two cities, Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., but might increase ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Idaho Statesman&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com:80/2010/08/20/1309486/lotterman-red-river-water-project.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Ohio bear kills caretaker; owner had convictions</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Tri-City Herald</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio A bear fatally mauled its caretaker at the home of a man who accumulated dozens of dangerous, exotic animals despite past convictions and losing his license after animal rights activists ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Tri-City Herald&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com:80/2010/08/20/1136841/bear-whose-ohio-owner-exhibited.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Havre Daily News</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Montana’s U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are asking the Department of the Interior to call the players in three states to the table to discuss how to manage gray wolf populations. Tester and Baucus ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Havre Daily News&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.havredailynews.com:80/cms/news/local_headlines/story-186969.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Fish and Wildlife Service severs ties with Friends of Lee Metcalf Refuge</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Missoulian</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  STEVENSVILLE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to cut ties with the 150-member Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Refuge organization. On Wednesday, members of the Friends group expressed shock and dismay ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Missoulian&nbsp</i><a href="http://missoulian.com:80/news/local/article_b5591316-ac08-11df-8d36-001cc4c03286.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Montana FWP and wolf hunt advocates form coalition</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Billings Gazette</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  HELENA — Montana officials, ranchers, hunters and others frustrated by a federal judge's ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for wolves say it may be time to bypass the courts with congressional ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Billings Gazette&nbsp</i><a href="http://billingsgazette.com:80/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_2b3ab20a-ac8c-11df-960f-001cc4c002e0.html">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <title>Applegate is director of Sonora Area Foundation</title>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <source>Union Democrat</source>
            <description><![CDATA[  Greg Applegate, who this week left his job as Sonora’s city administrator, will take over as executive director of the Sonora Area Foundation, the organization declared Thursday. Applegate, whose last official day with ... 
                            <br/><br /><i>Union Democrat&nbsp</i><a href="http://www.uniondemocrat.com:80/20100820100890/News/Local-News/Applegate-is-director-of-Sonora-Area-Foundation">read more...</a>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[  This week, we’ve got more drum-banging on wolves and America’s grocery crisis. The good news is that more people than ever before are joining the critter jams in Yellowstone. By hell or high country, wolves will be ... 
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