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Funeral services held for slain New Mexico nun Nov 7 2009 3:03PM
A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on
the Navajo Indian reservation of western New Mexico was remembered
for her passion for the poor at funeral services.
A tearful, standing-room only crowd attended funeral Mass for
64-year-old Sister Ma
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| ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) 19yearold man charged with murder in... Nov 6 2009 3:24PM
19-year-old man charged with murder in
slaying of nun on New Mexico Indian reservation
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FBI says arrest made in slaying of New
Mexico nun on Navajo Indian Reservation
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 11:12AM
President Barack Obama is telling Native
American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal
government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of
Indian nations.
Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 11:05AM
Former New York City police
Commissioner Bernard Kerik (KEHR'-ihk) has pleaded guilty to lying
to the White House and says he'll also admit tax crimes.
Kerik made his first of an expected eight pleas on Thursday.
The plea bargain includes t
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| Eagle Butte man gets nearly 3 1/2 years for arson Nov 5 2009 11:05AM
A man who pleaded guilty to setting a fire
at an apartment building on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
has been sentenced to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison.
Caleb Blue Arm of Eagle Butte was given a 41-month sentence for
arson and was ordere
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| Obama: US must reverse course with Indians Nov 5 2009 10:02AM
President Barack Obama is telling Native
American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal
government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of
Indian nations.
Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on
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| Obama: US must reverse course with Indians Nov 5 2009 10:02AM
President Barack Obama is telling Native
American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal
government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of
Indian nations.
Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on
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| Obama: US must reverse course with Indians Nov 5 2009 9:06AM
President Barack Obama is telling Native
American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal
government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of
Indian nations.
Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on
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| AZ medical helicopter crashes, 2 injured Nov 5 2009 7:21AM
Authorities say a medical helicopter
has crashed on Arizona's San Carlos Indian reservation during a
training flight and both people aboard are seriously injured. There
were no patients on the flight.
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS 350 lost cont
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| Authorities find slain NM nun's vehicle in Arizona Nov 3 2009 10:44AM
Investigators say a vehicle belonging to a
nun slain on the Navajo Indian reservation has been recovered in
Arizona.
A colleague found Sister Marguerite Bartz's body after she
didn't show up to Sunday Mass in the community of Navajo on the
Ariz
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Nov 1 2009 2:41AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
seems to be a little unclear on Indian reservations. Tribally owned
casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban while some enrolled
tribal members who own reservation bars and casinos aren't
enforcing the b
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 1 2009 2:41AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.
Tribally owned casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban
while some enrolled tribal members who own reservation bars and
casinos aren't enforcing t
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| Smoking rules differ for reservation bars, casinos Oct 31 2009 11:26AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.
Tribally owned casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban
while some enrolled tribal members who own reservation bars and
casinos aren't enforcing t
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 30 2009 1:46AM
Final tests confirm that six pigs from the
Minnesota State Fair contracted swine flu, three more than initial
research had indicated.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday follow-up tests
confirmed the presence of the H1N1 virus, more co
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| Holder: DOJ helping tribes reduce violence Oct 29 2009 8:04PM
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says
the Department of Justice is spending almost $400 million to help
tribes reduce violence on their reservations.
Holder said Thursday that the money will go to hire new law
enforcement officers, fund domesti
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| Holder: DOJ helping tribes reduce violence Oct 29 2009 6:54PM
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says
the Department of Justice is providing almost $400 million to help
tribal communities reduce violence on their reservations.
Holder announced the grants Thursday at the completion of a
two-day listening ses
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| Holder: DOJ helping tribes reduce violence Oct 29 2009 6:33PM
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says
the Department of Justice is providing almost $400 million to help
tribal communities reduce violence on their reservations.
Holder announced the grants Thursday at the completion of a
two-day listening ses
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| SD American Indian, 88, seeks release from prison Oct 29 2009 9:34AM
A federal appeals court is being asked
to order a hearing for an 88-year-old federal prisoner who's trying
to erase his conviction because he says the alleged child victims
in a [[kxtopic:sexual-assault:t[sexual assault]:t]] case have recanted their t
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| Second clawless grizzly found in Montana Oct 29 2009 8:11AM
Federal wildlife officials say a
second dead grizzly bear that had its claws removed has been found
along the Rocky Mountain Front.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Brian Lakes says
the body of a female grizzly was found Oct. 18 on t
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| Home for quarantined Yellowstone bison sought Oct 29 2009 7:42AM
Montana officials say they are looking
for more tribes, private groups or government agencies interested
in taking 50 to 100 bison originally from Yellowstone National
Park.
The animals, now in a government quarantine, are part of a
program aim
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 4:12AM
A jury has found the maker of Louisville
Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers
the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death
of their son in a baseball game.
The family of Brandon Patch argued th
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Oct 28 2009 6:05PM
Commissioners from Beaverhead and Madison
counties say they were surprised when Sen. Max Baucus announced his
support for a bill that would set aside over 500,000 acres of the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest as a wilderness area after
saying he
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 4:06PM
Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison
counties were surprised when U.S. Sen. Max Baucus signed on as a
co-sponsor to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's wilderness bill.
Commissioners from both southwestern Montana counties said they
thought they had an ag
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| Mont. man gets real prison in robbery with toy gun Oct 28 2009 3:24PM
A 24-year-old man who tried to rob a
convenience store on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana with a
toy gun has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom sentenced Jeremiah P.
Stewart, of Cr
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 11:05AM
Western and south central South Dakota
are bracing for a winter storm that could bring up to 15 inches of
snow to some areas.
The National Weather Service says the storm system is expected
to move from the Rockies into the Plains late Wednesday,
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| SD prison inmate back in custody Oct 28 2009 8:10AM
A state prison inmate who walked away from a
minimum-security prison in Rapid City two years ago is back in
custody.
The Department of Corrections says Eugene Clifford was
apprehended Monday on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Clifford fail
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| Dept. of Justice has dialogue on Indian crime Oct 28 2009 6:46AM
Officials from the Department of Justice will
be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public
safety issues on American [[kxtopic:indian-reservation:t[Indian Reservation]:t]]s around the country.
Members from all 564 federally reco
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| Dept. of Justice has dialogue on Indian crime Oct 28 2009 6:46AM
Officials from the Department of Justice will
be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public
safety issues on American [[kxtopic:indian-reservation:t[Indian Reservation]:t]]s around the country.
Members from all 564 federally reco
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| Dept. of Justice has dialogue on Indian crime Oct 28 2009 5:15AM
Officials from the Department of Justice will
be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public
safety issues on American Indian reservations around the country.
Members from all 564 federally recognized tribes nationwide
including
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 27 2009 3:52PM
A 25-year-old Hays man has been
sentenced to nearly three years in prison for a drunken driving
crash that paralyzed his passenger.
Norman J. Bell was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam
Haddon of Great Falls. In July, Bell pleaded guilt
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| Man who bought bald eagle sentenced Oct 27 2009 7:14AM
A man who bought a bald eagle that was
shot on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation has been given two years
probation.
Authorities said 52-year-old Kim Robertson pleaded guilty Monday
to purchasing the bird from his brother, James. The 44-year-ol
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 27 2009 7:00AM
North Dakota State University researchers
say much of this year's hard red spring wheat and durum crop in the
Upper Midwest made top quality. A big reason is good weather during
the growing season.
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) The Red River Basin Co
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 25 2009 2:55AM
The cost of speeding in South Dakota is
apparently more than $4.5 million. That's how much drivers shelled
out in speeding fines for the 12 months ending June 30. Figures
from the Unified Judicial System show more than 52,000 speeding
tickets handed
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| SD historical society releases children's book Oct 24 2009 5:51PM
The South Dakota State Historical Society
has released a children's book titled "The Raccoon and the Bee
Tree," a traditional American Indian story written a century ago.
Wahpeton Dakota Dr. Charles A. Eastman and teacher Elaine
Goodale Eastman
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| St. Francis man sentenced for killing pedestrian Oct 24 2009 4:20PM
A 24-year-old St. Francis man will serve
nearly three years in prison for driving drunk and killing a White
River man.
Erick Eisenbraun earlier pleaded guilty in federal court in
Pierre to involuntary manslaughter for the May 2 death of William
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 4:13PM
More than a quarter of the motorists in
South Dakota don't follow the state's seat belt law.
A yearly survey found that seat belt use this summer was just
over 72 percent. That's up three-tenths of one percent from a year
ago and in line with th
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| Marty man gets 3 years for killing infant son Oct 24 2009 1:32PM
A man from Marty has been sentenced to
three years in prison for accidentally killing his infant son.
Gerald Fallis Jr. earlier pleaded guilty in federal court to one
count of involuntary manslaughter.
According to a court document, he put
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| Teen charged in reservation killing Oct 23 2009 3:24PM
An FBI spokesman says a teenager who was in
custody for a parole violation has been charged in the stabbing
death of another teen on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Authorities say 18-year-old Marcus Lone Bear Jr., is charged
with second-d
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 23 2009 2:13AM
A Fort Totten woman has been sentenced to
six-and-a-half years in prison on a voluntary manslaughter charge
for stabbing her boyfriend to death. Authorities say Rebecca Brown
stabbed the man in January on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 3:52PM
A small explosion in a state environmental
lab in Helena forced the temporary evacuation of a building that
houses the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Officials say the explosion in an "oven type" device at about
9:45 a.m. prompt
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| UM wins $500k grant for tribal research program Oct 20 2009 11:33AM
The U.S. Department of Justice has
awarded the University of Montana a $500,000 grant to create
culturally based researched methods with tribes on the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation.
The partnership will examine community and cultural
characteris
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 18 2009 4:21PM
State government's first report for the
economic stimulus package says the federal program has created or
saved the equivalent of 1,407 full-time jobs so far in South
Dakota.
Many of them went to construction workers, teachers and young
people
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| Kyle man sentenced for bootlegging on Pine Ridge Oct 18 2009 3:18PM
A Kyle man will serve a year probation
for bootlegging on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Craig Janis (jah-NEES') pleaded guilty to one count of
dispensing intoxicants in Indian country. In exchange, three other
counts were dismissed.
A
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 15 2009 2:55AM
A federal judge in San Francisco has
cleared the way for a lawsuit against Proposition 8, an amendment
to California's constitution which bans same-sex marriage.
Backers of the measure, approved by voters, had sought to have
the suit dismissed.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 11 2009 4:13PM
A Republican lawmaker from Tyndall
(TIN'-duhl) says he will try to find a compromise to mitigate the
closure of 15 South Dakota driver's license stations earlier this
month.
State Representative Bill Van Gerpen says he will talk with
state offi
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| Pine Ridge man and woman indicted for child death Oct 11 2009 2:14PM
Federal grand jurors in Rapid City have
indicted a man and woman from Pine Ridge for the death of a child
who was younger than 7 years old.
Prosecutors say 23-year-old Kendra Warrior and 37-year-old John
Bissonette pleaded not guilty to the char
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 4:34PM
A circuit judge has ruled the American
Cancer Society can take part in a lawsuit that will determine
whether a smoking ban approved by the South Dakota Legislature will
be referred to a public vote.
Circuit Judge Kathleen Trandahl said the socie
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| Woman arraigned for 1975 killing Oct 6 2009 9:55AM
A Rapid City woman pleaded not guilty to
murder charges filed in a 1975 shooting death on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation.
Thelma Rios was arraigned Monday on one count of felony murder
in relation to kidnapping and one count of premeditated m
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| Mission, SD, man gets 3 years for ax attack Oct 4 2009 4:41PM
A 44-year-old Mission man will serve more
than three years in custody for attacking a Rosebud man with an ax.
Rodney Thin Elk pleaded guilty in federal court to assault with
a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 41 months of incarceration.
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 2 2009 4:13PM
The Agriculture Department says it might
revise production estimates for some crops, including barley, oats
and durum wheat. The USDA says that when farmers were surveyed
there was significant unharvested acres in North Dakota and several
other state
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 2 2009 4:13PM
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says taxable
sales and purchases in North Dakota slowed during April, May, and
June.
He says taxable sales and purchases fell 3.8 percent, or $118.9
million, from the second quarter of 2008, to just under $3 billion.
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| Comment period extended for refinery Oct 2 2009 12:22PM
Federal officials are extending the public
comment period on an environmental statement on a proposed oil
refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
The comment period was to have expired this week. The
Environmental Protection Agency and
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| Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcome Sep 30 2009 6:12PM
The leader of the country's largest
Indian reservation is throwing his support behind the neighboring
Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome
on the reservation.
Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 3:51AM
A search is underway in southwest Montana
for a Wyoming man who is missing along with his dog.
The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office says search teams have been
looking for 44-year-old Barry Matthew Ford since Saturday. The
office did not give a h
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| Mont drowning victim identified Sep 28 2009 5:44PM
Authorities have released the name of an
18-year-old drowning victim on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in
north-central Montana.
Police identified the victim as Shalako St. Marks was a senior
at Box Elder High School.
His body was recovere
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| Pine Ridge company's buffalo snacks in 49 states Sep 28 2009 5:16PM
A Native American-owned company from
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has signed agreements that will
make its all-natural products available in 49 states.
Kyle-based Native American Natural Foods launched the
buffalo-and-cranberry Tanka (TAHNK
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 27 2009 2:55AM
A 25-year-old Manderson man has
acknowledged that he drank alcohol and backed over a woman. Gerald
Cottier Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court to assault resulting in
serious bodily injury. According to court documents the woman was
treated for a dis
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| Kyle man acknowledges bootlegging on Pine Ridge Sep 26 2009 6:12PM
A Kyle man has acknowledged bootlegging
on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Craig Janis (jah-NEES') is charged with dispensing intoxicants
in Indian country for providing beer or vodka to four people
between November and March in Kyle.
A
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 26 2009 2:13AM
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says an
18-year-old Green Grass resident died in a car-pedestrian accident
early Friday on U.S. Highway 212 three miles east of Eagle Butte on
the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
The patrol says Raylene Briggs
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| Green Grass teen dies in accident Sep 25 2009 4:41PM
The [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]] [[kxtopic:highway-patrol:t[Highway Patrol]:t]] says an
18-year-old Green Grass resident died in a car-pedestrian accident
early Friday on U.S. Highway 212 three miles east of Eagle Butte on
the Cheyenne R
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| Despite order, smokes on sale at NY reservation Sep 25 2009 2:35PM
A court order hasn't
stopped a brisk business in tax-free cigarettes at an Indian
reservation on New York's Long Island.
Customers looking for cheap smokes filled the narrow lanes of
the Poospatuck Indian Reservation on Friday, even as an injunc
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Sep 25 2009 2:41AM
A second lawsuit has been filed against
NorthWestern Energy stemming from a natural gas explosion in March
that killed a woman and destroyed four buildings in downtown
Bozeman. The suit was filed yesterday by owners of buildings
affected by the blast
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| Man drowns on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Sep 24 2009 10:31PM
A 31-year-old man who drowned in a reservoir
on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation over the weekend has been
identified as Eric Wegner.
LeRoy LongKnife, the victim's cousin, says Wegner was swimming
with friends Saturday when he was pulled away
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 24 2009 4:12AM
The trial of a 58-year-old Bozeman man
accused of shooting his wife to death has been set for May, and
prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty.
Larry Updegraff pleaded not guilty in May to murdering his
47-year-old wife, Roni.
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Sep 23 2009 6:05PM
Weeks of hot, dry weather has sapped
soil moisture in Montana. Montana Grain Growers Association
spokesman Carl Mattson says many areas of the state need a good
inch of moisture to improve soil conditions for crops. The dry
conditions also are a prob
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| Mont reservation gets $12.3M for justice center Sep 23 2009 5:44PM
The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in
northern Montana will use a $12.3 million federal grant to help
build a new justice center.
The facility will house an adult jail, a juvenile detention
center and the police headquarters.
The project w
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 23 2009 2:41AM
The U.S. Army's first Buddhist chaplain is
preparing to ship out with his unit to either Afghanistan or Iraq
in coming weeks.
Lt. Thomas Dyer is a former Southern Baptist pastor who
converted to Buddhism after practicing meditation, which he
de
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| 5 men charged with selling drugs on Pine Ridge Sep 22 2009 5:22AM
Federal grand jurors in Rapid City have
indicted five men on charges of possessing, distributing and
conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation.
Those charged include 34-year-old Will Tymes, 40-year-old G
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 19 2009 4:13PM
A University of South Dakota student was
killed when her car was hit by another vehicle traveling in the
wrong direction on state Highway 50 near Vermillion.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Elizabeth Lias
died at the scene of Th
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 19 2009 3:03PM
Officials say a Pierre high school practice
of disciplining tardy students has resulted in a significant
decline in the number of students tardy. But at a recent school
board meeting, some members of the board and the public voiced
concerned over the
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| SD couple files lawsuit over circumcision death Sep 19 2009 12:43PM
A Wood couple has filed a lawsuit over the
death of their 6-week-old son, who died after being circumcised at
a hospital on the Rosebud Indian reservation.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court says Eric Keefe was
circumcised at Indian He
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| Former SD educator charged with sexual abuse Sep 19 2009 11:54AM
A former educator from northwest South
Dakota has been indicted on federal charges he sexually abused an
American Indian girl in the 1990s.
Sixty-one-year-old Gerry (GARY) Heck of Isabel pleaded not
guilty to aggravated sexual abuse of a child a
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 17 2009 4:12AM
Facing criticism for her handling of federal
stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says
she's halting any new border construction projects and will review
how her department made funding decisions.
Napolitano has faced que
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| Unoccupied Montana home destroyed by fire Sep 16 2009 4:06PM
A large, vacant house listed for sale at
$680,000 with surrounding property on the Crow Indian Reservation
outside Billings has been destroyed by fire.
Yellowstone County Fire Marshal Seth Weston said the Monday
night fire is suspicious.
W
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| Inflation expected to remain in check...Baucus to announce Senate... Sep 16 2009 2:55AM
The government is expected to report today
that inflation remains in check. The Consumer Price Index is
forecast to have increased by 0.3 percent in August, after
remaining flat in July, according to economists surveyed by Thomson
Reuters. Economists
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| Indian smoke shops are feeling the heat Sep 16 2009 12:56AM
Indian smoke shops in New York are feeling the
heat, in a series of cases that could affect tobacco sales on
Indian reservations everywhere.
One out of seven cigarettes sold in New York State is in a
tax-free pack sold on a tiny Long Island Indi
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 15 2009 4:13PM
A new computer system for paying North
Dakota's Medicaid bills is delayed again.
The project is being developed by Affiliated Computer Services
of Dallas. It was supposed to be finished by May.
ACS executive Mark Boxer told legislators Tues
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| Fort Berthold refinery opponents seek public vote Sep 15 2009 11:26AM
Opponents of a proposed oil refinery on
the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation say they plan to gather
signatures to put the project to a vote.
Kandi Mossett of New Town said her group made that decision
after Tribal Council members failed to auth
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Sep 15 2009 7:42AM
As fire crews got a handle on the Indian
Trails fire near Holter Lake, another blaze closer to Helena
charred 130 acres and forced the evacuation of about 25 homes.
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation spokesman John
Grassy says the Nob
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