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New "Hair of the Bear" Study Launched to Estimate Grizzly Bear Population

Posted 2:45 PM 5/23/2012 by Suzanna Carrithers, USGS

Bears in the far northwest corner of Montana and northeastern Idaho will soon be part of a new study using "hair of the bear" to estimate their population size.

This method of estimating population size and distribution was successfully used to estimate the grizzly bear population size in (More)

5/20/2012

Transgender Miss Universe candidate: publicity stunt or civil rights triumph?

Posted 9:42 PM 5/19/2012 by Paula Newton, CNN

Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win.

But in an interview with CNN several hours before showtime, the 6-foot-1 (More)

5/18/2012

The task force that quietly keeps Montanans safe

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Posted 10:00 AM 5/18/2012 by Irina Cates - KPAX

MISSOULA- Kidnappers, suspected murders, robbers, gang members: these are bad guys who are behind bars thanks to a task force that you probably don't know anything about.

The Montana Violent Crime Task Force is an expansion of the Great Falls Central Montana Gang Task Force. Agents and (More)

5/17/2012

Tips to eating healthy while dining out

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Posted 5:20 PM 5/17/2012 by Drew Trafton

BILLINGS- In a world constantly on the move, eating healthy can sometimes be thrown to the wayside for convenience and cost.

At least, that's what a few new studies with alarming statistics are suggesting.

Earlier this month, the United States Department of Agriculture released that (More)

5/16/2012

Billings Clinic NICU is going Kangaroo

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Posted 6:27 PM 5/16/2012 by Callie Eike - KTVQ

BILLINGS- To the parents of a premature infant, they often carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.

But these parents, Dax and Chantel Scheiffer, are carrying the weight of 2 pound 12 ounce Dax Junior entirely on their chests.

Dax Junior, who was named after his father, was (More)

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