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  Missouri River Governors discuss river management

  Posted 9:44 PM 5/23/2012 by Marnee Banks (Helena)

  Many Governors of states along the Missouri River are putting pressure on the federal government to fairly manage the water supply.

  However, Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) says these states are really just asking for more Montana water.

  He says his administration understands that (More)

  
  

• National News

  Lawmakers to investigate disabled veterans charity

  

  Posted 5:14 PM 5/23/2012 by David Fitzpatrick and Drew Griffin, CNN Special Investigations Unit

  The Senate Finance Committee is launching an investigation to determine whether a charity intended to help disabled veterans deserves its tax-exempt status after doling out millions of dollars to a direct-mail company.

  Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, chairman of the committee, announced the (More)

  
  

• Health Watch

  Surviving a flesh-eating disease

  

  Posted 11:30 AM 5/23/2012 by CNN

  Percy von Lipinski stood on a chair as he decorated his family's Christmas tree. While hanging a German glass ornament, he lost his balance and grabbed a branch, pricking his left hand on a pine needle as he regained his footing.Sounds pretty benign, right? At this point, Von (More)

  
  

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• National News

  Suing the sender? Distracted driving lawsuit blames both texters for crash

  Posted 8:34 AM 5/23/2012 by CBS News

  If you're texting while driving and you have an accident - it's your fault. But what about the person who was texting with you? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit in New Jersey.

  David and Linda Kubert's lives were shattered in seconds -- about the time it takes to send a text (More)

  
  

• National News

  Reagan's son blasts purported sale of father's blood

  

  Posted 10:43 PM 5/22/2012 by CBS News

  An online auction house is accepting online bids for a glass vial purportedly containing a blood sample of the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a claim that was called "outrageous" by the former president's son.

  According to PFCAuctions.com, the 5-inch glass vial contains dried blood (More)

  
  

• Big Story Follow UP

  Flotsam from Japanese tsunami hitting Alaska

  

  Posted 9:38 PM 5/22/2012 by Casey Wian (CNN)

  YAKUTAT, Alaska -- Residents of towns in the Alaska Panhandle have begun picking up plastic bottles, chunks of foam insulation and floating buoys from Japan's 2011 tsunami now turning up across the Pacific Ocean.

  "This is urethane spray building foam," Chris Pallister, president of the (More)

  
  

• The Great Outdoors

  Yellowstone ready for Memorial Day summer kick off

  

  Posted 8:58 PM 5/22/2012 by YNP Press Office

  While the official start of summer is still weeks away, summer season in Yellowstone really begins with the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

  All park entrances are open for the season. The road over Dunraven Pass linking Canyon Village and Tower Fall opens for the season on Friday morning (More)

  
  

• Continuous News

  Passenger's implant claim triggers flight diversion

  

  Posted 3:24 PM 5/22/2012 by CNN

  A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her spurred authorities to divert a North Carolina-bound jetliner to Maine on Tuesday, federal officials said.

  Doctors aboard US Airways Flight 787 examined the woman and found no sign of recent scars, according to the office (More)

  
  

• Continuous News

  Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado

  

  Posted 1:34 PM 5/22/2012 by CBS

  JOPLIN, Mo. - A year after a massive tornado tore through Joplin, reminders of the storm's fury are plentiful - from the glaring absence of century-old trees in the city's central neighborhoods to the ghostly shell of St. John's Regional Medical Center.

  Residents, hospital workers and (More)

  
  

• National News

  'Security issue' forces US Airways flight diversion

  

  Posted 10:59 AM 5/22/2012 by CNN

  A US Airways jet from Paris was diverted to Bangor, Maine, because of an unspecified "security issue" Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.

  US Airways Flight 787 was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, said spokesman Andrew Christie. The airline's website (More)