Montana cancels first bison hunt in years amid protests
Montana officials canceled the plan for the state’s first bison hunt in more than a year after Gov. Schweitzer voiced strong misgivings and a day before the slated start. More than 8,200 applicants had sought 10 licenses in a drawing, as protests and negative publicity influenced the decision.
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Yellowstone National Park
Fishing Hat Bandit Nabbed in Twin Cities Bank Robberies
The FBI arrested John Douglas Whitrock 56 of Burnsville after a credit union robbery in Edina. He had been the “Fishing Hat Bandit” suspected in nearly two dozen holdups over 18 months across the Twin Cities. FBI said he is no longer a threat to the banking community.
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FBI
Twin Cities
John Douglas Whitrock
Burnsville
Edina
Paul McCabe
Excess stamps for sale by National Postal Museum
The National Postal Museum drops plans to destroy excess revenue stamps and will auction them, with some stamps marked before sale. The stamps, once used to prove tax payments, were donated to the museum when their use ended by the Treasury Department.
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Washington
National Postal Museum
Searthconton
Treasury Department
THE
Associated Press
Mudslide Devastates La Conchita California Town
A massive mudslide struck La Conchita on Monday tearing through homes and forcing evacuations as a Pacific storm hammered Southern California. At least one dead and up to 12 missing, with 15 injured, as up to 20 houses were hit and regional roads and rail halted.
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California
Ventura County Fire Department
Bob Roper
Los Angeles
CBS fires four after report on Bush National Guard story
CBS issued a damning independent review of last fall's 60 Minutes Wednesday piece on President Bush's National Guard service and fired producer Mary Mapes, executive producer Josh Howard, deputy Mary Murphy, and Betsy West for "myopic zeal." The panel found no political bias against Bush but criticized errors of credulity and over enthusiasm and a breakdown of process.
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Associated Press
Dick Thornburgh
Moonves
Mary Mapes
Josh Howard
Howard
Mary Murphy
Betsy West
Texas Air National Guard
Mapes
Jerry Killian
Boccardi and
Thornburgh
Mad cow case at Canada dents Denver stock show mood
Amid the 99th National Western Stock Show in Denver concerns rise over Canada’s mad cow case as ranchers urge keeping import bans. Traders note strong cattle prices and Japan’s beef ban review while officials say safeguards justify continued trade.
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Canada
U.S
Agriculture Department
Washington State
Alberta
Tom Compton
Colorado
Japan
National Cattlemen
Prison journalist on fourth trial for 1961 bank killing in Louisiana
Lake Charles Louisiana prison journalist Wilbert Rideau faces a fourth trial for the 1961 killing of bank teller Julia Ferguson. Defense argues manslaughter due to impulsive acts by a confused teenager, proposing release for time served. Prosecutors say Rideau killed Ferguson and wounded two others during the robbery.
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Louisiana
Lake Charles
George Kendall
Wilbert Rideau
Julia Ferguson
Rideau
Kendall
Rick Bryanther
Trump plans luxury Trump Tower Tampa condo tower
Donald Trump announced a $220 million 52 story Trump Tower Tampa to rise on a vacant downtown lot in Tampa. The high rise will be the Gulf Coast's tallest residential building with units from 700000 to 5500000 and will house restaurants and retail shops with an anticipated completion near late 2007.
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Donald ‘Trump
Florida
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Trump Tower
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