http://www.mail.com/locations/47676-billings.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/47676-billings.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136682-obama-proposes-lifting-lower-48-wolf-protections.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades of recovery efforts. State and federal agencies have spent more than $117 million restoring the predators since they were added to the endangered species list in 1974. ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:19:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2136682-obama-proposes-lifting-lower-48-wolf-protections.html 2013-06-07T23:19:12Z 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/news/politics/1878148-coal-sales-investigated-feds-violations-yet.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, federal officials disclosed Friday. No violations have yet been issued, but a newly released report to two U.S. senators says audits of overseas sales have just begun for years when coal expo... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878148-coal-sales-investigated-feds-violations-yet.html 2013-02-08T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861730-apnewsbreak-feds-warming-imperils-wolverines.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change — a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals the government says will lose crucial habitat as temperatures rise. Federal wildlife offi... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861730-apnewsbreak-feds-warming-imperils-wolverines.html 2013-02-01T22:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800684-senators-coal-exports-skirt-royalties.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday to review whether companies are shortchanging federal and state governments out of millions of dollars in royalties on coal exported to foreign markets. The request from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes as U.S. coal exports hit record levels last yea... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800684-senators-coal-exports-skirt-royalties.html 2013-01-05T01:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798068-apnewsbreak-floods-blamed-16-pipeline-spills.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over the past two decades, according to a new report from federal regulators. The Department of Transportation report to Congress was crafted in response to a 2011 spill into Montana's Yello... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1798068-apnewsbreak-floods-blamed-16-pipeline-spills.html 2013-01-03T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1795964-apnewsbreak-feds-delay-oil-spill-worse.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators said in a new report. The July 2011 rupture fouled 70 miles of riverbank along the scenic Yellowstone, killing fish and wildlife and prompting a massiv... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1795964-apnewsbreak-feds-delay-oil-spill-worse.html 2013-01-02T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790110-trains-carrying-oil-us-amid-boom.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are increasingly turning to an industrial-age workhorse — the locomotive — to move their crude to refineries across the U.S., as plans for new pipelines stall and existing lines can't keep up with demand. Delivering oil thousands of miles by rail from the heartland to refin... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790110-trains-carrying-oil-us-amid-boom.html 2012-12-28T17:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790018-trains-playing-major-role-plains-oil-boom.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Energy companies behind the oil boom sweeping the Northern Plains increasingly are turning to trains to move their crude across the U.S. The move comes as pipeline plans stall and existing pipelines can't keep up with demand. Delivering oil by rail to refineries thousands of miles away on the East, West and Gulf coasts costs more. B... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790018-trains-playing-major-role-plains-oil-boom.html 2012-12-28T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1787518-mont-group-collecting-paper-hearts-newtown.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — It started as a way for one Montana family to talk about the tragic school shooting of 26 children and adults. Now it's blossoming into an international movement to build a chain of handmade paper hearts to stretch almost across the country. Gala Thompson and her family's Paper Hearts Across America estimate it would take about 19 m... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1787518-mont-group-collecting-paper-hearts-newtown.html 2012-12-26T22:14:00Z