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om Brokaw to receive honorary degree from MSU BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University will award former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw an honorary degree next month. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the journalist and author plans to deliver a speech on Feb. 28 when university president Waded Cruzado presents him with the degree. Brokaw anchored NBC's Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He has also written five books, won 12 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award and the Congressional Medal o...
Egypt military promises no force against protests HAMZA HENDAWI MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands" ahead of a demonstration in which organizers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The military statement was the strongest sign yet that the army was willing to let the week-old protests continue and even grow as long as they r...
Senate says to criminalizing killing a fetus The Associated Press HELENA — The Senate is endorsing a bill making it illegal to kill an unborn child except in cases of medical procedures. Republican supporters argued safeguards in the bill protect a woman from being charged in some way for the death of her own unborn child and say it has nothing to do with abortion — although the measure is backed by abortion opponents. The measure was endorsed Wednesday by the Senate 28-20. It has already cleared the House. Opponents arg...
Senate revives, endorses veteran jobs bill HELENA — A Helena Democrat's bill to help military veterans get jobs is getting a second chance in the Senate. Sen. Mary Caferro's Senate Bill 359 would set up a program to give loans to veterans and their spouses for short-term job training. At least half of the loan would have to be paid back by the veteran and the rest by the employer. Caferro says the measure is targeted at veterans who do not have time to go to a two- or four-year school. The bill originally called for giving t...
Firm: Jose Canseco's twin showed up for match FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A celebrity boxing firm claims that former baseball player Jose Canseco had his twin brother show up in his place for a boxing event in Hollywood. El Nuevo Herald reported Monday that Conseco did not show up for a fight on Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. A representative from Celebrity Boxing told the Spanish language newspaper that the switch was discovered when Ozzie Canseco took off his shirt and didn't have his brother's t...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A cancer patient whose court-ordered hysterectomy was halted by the Montana Supreme Court earlier this month after the woman objected based on her religious beliefs and that she wanted children has decided to undergo the procedure. A motion filed Thursday in Missoula County District Court states the 46-year-old woman believes the medical treatment recommended is in her best interests. Justices on March 1 delayed a lower court's order that the woman undergo a hysterectomy to give her time to appeal a f...
Winter storm wallops East with snow, rain, gusts ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Another severe storm walloped the East on Friday, delaying flights, closing scores of schools and leading to at least one death. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for much of upstate New York. Forecasters said areas outside Albany could get 12 to 16 inches. As much as 8 inches of snow fell in Albany by noon Friday. In a suburb of Rochester, a 34-year-old woman died Friday afternoon after she was hit by a Pittsford plow truck b...
Family wins $1.7M medical negligence case The Associated Press BILLINGS— A jury has awarded a Billings woman and her four children $1.7 million in a medical malpractice case. Amy Heidt filed a lawsuit against Billings Clinic and Dr. Faranak Argani over the 2005 death of her husband, Gerry Heidt. Heidt's attorneys argued that Argani misdiagnosed chest pain Gerry Heidt was having as a torn muscle, rather than pain caused by a leaky heart valve. The lawsuit says Argani should have referred Heidt to a heart specialist. Amy H...
House says yes to criminalizing killing a fetus HELENA — The state House overwhelmingly approved a bill making it illegal to kill an unborn child except in cases of medical procedures. Supporters say there are enough safeguards in the bill to protect a woman from being charged in some way for the death of her own unborn child. They say the bill has nothing to do with abortion and opponents failed in an attempt to have the bill specifically exempt abortion by name. Opponents argued it could be used in unforeseen ways as a b...
HELENA — House Republicans continued their push for full repeal of Montana's medical marijuana law fist put in place by voters in 2004. House Speaker Mike Milburn is personally making repeal of the law a priority. He argues the multimillion dollar marijuana industry and rampant proliferation of the pot has gone far beyond what voters envisioned. Reps. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, and Wendy Warburton, R-Havre, voted to repeal the law. Rep. Tony Belcourt, D-Box Elder, voted against it. Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, v...
Missoula judge reduces teen's sentence MISSOULA (AP) — A judge has thrown out a plea agreement that called for prison time for a 19-year-old Native American on a criminal endangerment charge, saying he should receive a deferred sentence like a former state senator did last month for a similar offense. "The state of Montana needs to treat defendants more or less equally and not give old, rich guys breaks and with young, poor Indians, whack 'em," District Judge Dusty Deschamps said Tuesday. Missoula County prosecutors had r...
Census data shows double-digit growth in MT cities The Associated Press HELENA — The U.S. Census Bureau has released data from the 2010 census that shows double-digit population growth in some of Montana's largest cities. Billings, the state's largest city at 104,170 people, grew nearly 16 percent since the 2000 census. Missoula, the second-largest city at 66,788 people, grew more than 17 percent. But Bozeman grew at the fastest rate, expanding 35.5 percent over 10 years to 37,280 people. Great Falls with a population of 5...
Mom accused of hosting underage drinking party The Associated Press MISSOULA— A 38-year-old Frenchtown mother accused of hosting an underage drinking party has pleaded not guilty to six misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of children. Angela Marie Merritt was arrested Thursday night and appeared in Missoula County Justice Court on Friday. The Missoula County Sheriff's office says up to 15 underage students gathered at Merritt's house Thursday afternoon, 13 of whom were issued citations for being a minor in p...
Lawmakers considers spear hunting bill The Associated Press HELENA — A Thompson Falls lawmaker wants Montanans to have the option of hunting with a hand-thrown spear. The Independent Record reports the Senate Fish and Game Committee discussed Republican Sen. Greg Hinkle's bill on Tuesday, and nearly voted to approve it. However, they decided the bill needed to clarify the hunting season in which the practice would be allowed. The committee is expected to consider the bill again on Thursday. Hinkle says about a dozen other s...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," ''Serpico," ''Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews This Jan. 31, 2006 picture shows director Sidney Lumet during an interview in his New York office where he discussed the current state of TV news, the focus of his 1976 film, "Network." Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died the family said S...
Elton John playing Billings in April The Associated Press BILLINGS — MetraPark is reopening Rimrock Auto Arena with a bang — an Elton John concert on April 10. John's concert will be the first in the arena since it was devastated by a tornado last June. Tickets to John's "Greatest Hits Live" concert cost $29, $79 and $129 and go on sale Saturday. Numbered wristbands are available starting Wednesday. On Saturday, a random wristband number will be drawn and the person with that wristband will be the first in line to pur...
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File In This Feb.14, 2011 file photo a group of bison graze, just inside Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner. BILLINGS — Several hundred Yellowstone bison have been hazed back into the national park after spending the winter grazing in southwest Montana. Steve Merritt with the Montana Department of Livestock said Monday the animals are expected to stay inside the park as livestock return to the area. The bison were hazed from the West Yellowstone area by a state-contracted helicopter and g...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away the latest attempt by actor Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges overturned. The high court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Snipes, convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns. Snipes started a three-year term in a federal minimum security prison in December. He has appeared in dozens of films, from "White Men Can't Jump" and "Demolition Man" in the early 1990s to the blockbuster Blade t...
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — Idaho law enforcement officials statewide have a simple message for medical marijuana users with valid permits from neighboring states: Don't expect any legal leniency if caught with the drug in the Gem State. Idaho is not a medical marijuana state, but is bordered by states like Washington, Oregon and Montana with medical marijuana laws on the books. Idaho also does not recognize the legal rights those states give to patients to buy and possess small amounts for health reasons. While arrests of out-of-st...
GREAT FALLS — A jury has deadlocked for a second time in the trial of a Vaughn man accused of shooting his friend to death in the summer of 2009. On Thursday afternoon, seven jurors declared Clay Dunbar not guilty and five said he was guilty of deliberate homicide in the June 9, 2009, death of 45-year-old Kenneth Peterson after a fight at Dunbar's house. Cascade County Attorney John Parker filed a motion to dismiss the case a few hours after the jurors' announcement. Prosecutors said Dunbar fired a shotgun as Peterson k...
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday. NEW YORK — President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at the World Trade Center site in New York, marking Osama bin Laden's death where his al-Qaida followers inflicted the greatest damage. The president closed his eyes and clasped his hands at the outdoor memorial where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once dominated the Manhattan skyline. He shook hands wit...
More animal abuse charges filed against Leachman BILLINGS — Two more misdemeanor counts of animal abuse have been filed against a Billings man who authorities say left some 700 horses without food at a ranch east of Billings. The Billings Gazette reports that Yellowstone Count Attorney Scott Twito filed the charges Wednesday against James H. Leachman following the death of two more horses at the ranch earlier this month. Leachman was supposed to remove the horses last July when his business, Leachman Cattle Co., lost the r...
Bill would create paramilitary group in Montana STEPHEN DOCKERY, The Associated Press HELENA — A Republican legislator from Havre wants to create an armed paramilitary group made up of volunteers called the home guard. House Bill 278 sponsored by Rep. Wendy Warburton would allow citizens to organize military-like companies that would answer to the governor and sheriffs during emergencies. Warburton says the home guard would provide fast response services not available during emergencies in the past. The House State Administra...
Liberty County man dies of hypothermia Liberty County officials say a 43-year-old farm cook died of hypothermia after the car he was driving got stuck in the snow and he sought shelter in an unheated tool shed. Undersheriff and Coroner Doug Riggin tells the Great Falls Tribune that Martin Harold Lane died sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning on a farm south of Chester. Riggin says Lane left the bunkhouse sometime Sunday afternoon and got his Cadillac stuck in the snow about 350 feet away. Riggin says he left...
Mayor cancels meeting for basketball championship BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — It's been 13 years since Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss' favorite team made it to the Final Four. So he's not taking any chances if the Kentucky Wildcats advance to Monday's championship game. Krauss has canceled Monday's city commission meeting on the chance that Kentucky will be playing for the NCAA men's basketball championship that night. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the commission's agenda had included a review of its goals for next year and c...
