http://www.mail.com/locations/16230-montana.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/16230-montana.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093358-ap-newsbreak-judge-laments-mans-return-to-prison.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge said he fears he's done a "soul-wrenching injustice" to a man he freed from prison after more than 27 years, only to see him ordered back behind bars by a higher court. Retired state District Judge E. Wayne Phillips told The Associated Press Friday he was troubled he "got it wrong" when he granted a retrial for Barry... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:26:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093358-ap-newsbreak-judge-laments-mans-return-to-prison.html 2013-05-17T23:26:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087796-mont-man-custody-release-1979-slaying.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate entered what could be its final stage this week, when the Montana Supreme Court ordered him back to prison and took away his brief taste of normal life. But from the time he confessed to out-of-state police four years after the n... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087796-mont-man-custody-release-1979-slaying.html 2013-05-16T20:00:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2074512-deal-reached-mont-university-sex-assault-probe.html MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials reached agreements with the University of Montana after a yearlong investigation into mishandled sexual assault reports on campus that require the university to revise its policies and adequately respond to allegations, federal officials said Thursday. Investigators heard from women who were assaulted then unfairly... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:47:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2074512-deal-reached-mont-university-sex-assault-probe.html 2013-05-09T19:47:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072142-scratch-and-sniff-cards-prompt-natural-gas-scare.html GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Those scratch-and-sniff cards the energy company sends to customers to teach them to recognize the artificial smell added to natural gas? Turns out they work pretty well. Energy West general manager Nick Bohr tells the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/18u3gYG ) that workers recently discarded several boxes of expired scratc... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:14:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072142-scratch-and-sniff-cards-prompt-natural-gas-scare.html 2013-05-08T19:14:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2054902-montana-company-faces-fines-fatal-bear-mauling.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The death of a Montana animal trainer mauled by a pair of 500-pound captive brown bears could have been prevented if standard safety practices had been followed, federal authorities said Tuesday, as state officials revealed that the private menagerie where the death occurred has seen numerous animal escapes. Benjamin Cloutier, 24, w... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:53:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2054902-montana-company-faces-fines-fatal-bear-mauling.html 2013-04-30T23:53:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054708-usgs-74b-barrels-oil-nd-mont.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Government data released Tuesday show that 7.4 billion barrels of oil could be recovered from two massive shale formations spanning parts of the Dakotas and Montana, nearly double the amount previously estimated for the region. The new number from the U.S. Geological Survey is based on data largely from oil company and state drilling... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:28:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054708-usgs-74b-barrels-oil-nd-mont.html 2013-04-30T21:28:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047300-draft-rule-ends-protections-gray-wolves.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press contends the roughly 6... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:47:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047300-draft-rule-ends-protections-gray-wolves.html 2013-04-26T22:47:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2046676-therapy-dogs-help-mont-students-with-test-stress.html BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — At Montana State University, final exams stress is going to the dogs. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/11pDoHV ) Intermountain Therapy Animals is bringing dogs to campus this week and next to help students take a break from the stress of studying for and taking semester exams. Jacqueline Frank is... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:50:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2046676-therapy-dogs-help-mont-students-with-test-stress.html 2013-04-26T16:50:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040992-baucus-exit-free-for-all-mont-senate.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus' surprise announcement that he won't run for a seventh term could mean a free-for-all for a Senate seat that has not been open since 1978, with a popular Democratic ex-governor and a freshman Republican congressman already showing interest. Republicans said the open Montana seat helps their chances to gain six sea... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:34:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040992-baucus-exit-free-for-all-mont-senate.html 2013-04-24T07:34:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039044-montana-democrat-baucus-rules-7th-senate-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous power and notable independence, producing both collaboration and conflict with fellow Democrats on major tax and health care legislation. "I don't want to die here with my boots on. There is life bey... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:15:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039044-montana-democrat-baucus-rules-7th-senate-term.html 2013-04-23T22:15:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2036680-mont-man-reunited-with-bird-lost-divorce.html BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor picked up the 25-year-old bird he calls "Love Love" at Montana's Parrot & Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Butte on Sunday. Taylor said his wife sold the bird after a nasty divorce. "I've been k... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:18:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2036680-mont-man-reunited-with-bird-lost-divorce.html 2013-04-23T00:18:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html BOX ELDER, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials temporarily stopped funding a $361 million water pipeline for a Native American reservation in Montana after learning that millions of project dollars were missing and a Chippewa Cree leader in charge of the project steered federal dollars to a company he owns. The tribe has since replaced the missing money, but f... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:51:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html 2013-04-21T16:51:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032526-records-men-accused-fatal-mont-fire-lit-apron.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana mobile home fire that left four people dead began when two men lit an apron on fire in the kitchen while the victims slept following a party, according to court documents filed Friday. Preliminary autopsy results showed all four victims died of smoke inhalation, authorities said. Three bodies were found in bedrooms and one... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032526-records-men-accused-fatal-mont-fire-lit-apron.html 2013-04-20T00:00:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2031620-gun-votes-carry-big-risks-dems-rural.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers. The four Democrats who voted against broader background checks are from largely rural states that voted heavily against President Barack Obama last fall. Three of... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:29:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2031620-gun-votes-carry-big-risks-dems-rural.html 2013-04-19T18:29:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA's Office of Inspector General said in a report that the studies are necessary to deter... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:28:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html 2013-04-18T22:28:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2028698-montana-gov-to-sign-bill-decriminalizing-gay-sex.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will sign into law a bill that decriminalizes gay sex, 16 years after the state supreme court ruled the law unconstitutional. The bill's passage received an emotional response from gay-rights activists, who have struggled for 20 years to remove the obsolete law. The bill received the Senate's endorsement ear... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:38:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2028698-montana-gov-to-sign-bill-decriminalizing-gay-sex.html 2013-04-18T16:38:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia woman makes a point to get out and go jogging. A Texas mom stays in and snuggles her toddler a little closer. A nurse from Massachusetts looks over her shoulder more often while touring D.C. Strains of defiance, tenderness and wariness are interwoven as Americans are forced to do some post-9-11 rebalancing in the aftermath of ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:12:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026664-defiance-tenderness-wariness-wake-boston.html 2013-04-17T21:12:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama's heal... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:17:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html 2013-04-17T20:17:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017860-amid-investigation-coal-exports-record-levels.html DECKER, Mont. (AP) — From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana's wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to power plants in South Korea, the price can increase more than fivefold. Mining companies, however, are only paying government royalties on the price o... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:23:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017860-amid-investigation-coal-exports-record-levels.html 2013-04-13T19:23:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun measures and expanded background checks has placed several moderate Senate Democrats facing re-election next year in a bind, forcing them to take sides on a deeply personal issue for rural voters. The choice: Either they stick with Obama and gun control advocates — and give an opening to cam... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html 2013-04-12T23:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2014524-mont-man-learns-lessons-dog-dines-500.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana man whose dog ate $500 says he's going to find a better place to stash his cash when he travels. Wayne Klinkel tells the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/16TPFGC) he doesn't carry a wallet on his chiropractor's advice. Sundance, his 12-year-old golden retriever, ate the bills during a visit the Klinkels' daughter in Denve... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:09:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2014524-mont-man-learns-lessons-dog-dines-500.html 2013-04-11T22:09:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013314-infrared-camera-wild-aimed-montana-owl-nest.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denver Holt has been studying the long-eared owl for 27 years. He's banded over 1,700 of the birds and found 225 nests in Montana. But he's never been able to see what the nocturnal birds do at night until now. An infrared camera and microphone on top of a pole in willow thickets on Montana rangeland is aimed at a long-eared owl nest. H... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:26:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013314-infrared-camera-wild-aimed-montana-owl-nest.html 2013-04-11T15:26:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005370-montana-pet-owner-to-feds-dog-ate-money.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government. Wayne Klinkel tells the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/143rwRZ ) that his dog Sundance ate the bills while he and his wife were on a road trip to visit their daughter. Klinkel says he carefully picked through the d... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005370-montana-pet-owner-to-feds-dog-ate-money.html 2013-04-08T13:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1997920-goat-that-walked-mont-bar-was-taken-zoo.html BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — So the goat that walked into a Montana bar last weekend ... was stolen from a petting zoo. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort general manager Steve Luebeck says staffers knew the goat was missing but didn't realize it had been stolen until they saw a story in The Montana Standard on Wednesday reporting that a goat had been taken into a Butte ... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:23:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1997920-goat-that-walked-mont-bar-was-taken-zoo.html 2013-04-04T17:23:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995848-judge-to-retire-sending-racist-obama-email.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:38:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995848-judge-to-retire-sending-racist-obama-email.html 2013-04-03T21:38:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1978996-apnewsbreak-17m-penalty-proposed-exxon-spill.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal regulators proposed $1.7 million in civil penalties against Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday for safety violations linked to a pipeline rupture that spilled an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude oil into Montana's scenic Yellowstone River. In a notice sent to the company, U.S. Department of Transportation regulators alleged a chai... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:45:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1978996-apnewsbreak-17m-penalty-proposed-exxon-spill.html 2013-03-26T00:45:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1973416-yellowstone-bison-hunt-takes-89.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Hunters killed more wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park this season than they have in decades, with the numbers driven by strong participation from American Indians who harvest the animals under longstanding treaty rights. Roughly 250 bison have been killed since last fall after leaving Yellowstone for low-elevation ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:27:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1973416-yellowstone-bison-hunt-takes-89.html 2013-03-22T23:27:48Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968764-montana-allowing-roadkill-dinner.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Elk, deer, antelope and moose: If Montana residents can scrape it up, they can eat it. State lawmakers are poised to say just that after the Senate gave its initial backing Wednesday to a bill that would allow people to salvage roadkill for food. The measure is now a final vote from heading to Gov. Steve Bullock. I... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:39:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968764-montana-allowing-roadkill-dinner.html 2013-03-20T23:39:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1934574-correction-blackfeet-hunts-musicians-story.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In a story March 5 about three Blackfeet tribal members who pleaded guilty to holding illegal big-game hunts for country musicians, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Jay Wells is a former Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member. Wells has been suspended from the council, not removed from it. A corrected version of the st... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1934574-correction-blackfeet-hunts-musicians-story.html 2013-03-11T16:03:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943854-pro-gun-voters-heat-democratic-senators.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun rights, or buck his party. He chose the ban, and nearly lost his Senate seat. Now, as he be... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:28:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943854-pro-gun-voters-heat-democratic-senators.html 2013-03-10T00:28:09Z