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Sports

Billings golfer Berg wins State Junior title, Kalispell's Avery shoots low girls score

Posted 2:52 PM 6/18/2013 by Q2 Sports

MISSOULA - Billings West golfer Austin Berg and Kalispell's Teigan Avery finished with low scores at the Montana State Junior Championships on Tuesday at Missoula Country Club.

Berg finished the two-day tournament with rounds of 72-70 for a four-stroke win. Avery shot 77-73 (More)
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National News

FBI: Surveillance info helped reveal subway, stock exchange bombings

Posted 2:09 PM 6/18/2013 by Lucy Madison - CBS News

The FBI on Tuesday unveiled four terrorist plots it says were prevented in large part due to information collected by the National Security Agency's controversial, top-secret data gathering programs, including planned bombings of both the New York City subway system and the New York Stock (More)
Political News

Biden warns legislators, 'country has changed' on gun violence

Posted 1:27 PM 6/18/2013 by Adam Aigner-Treworgy - CNN White House Producer

(CNN) -- In remarks Tuesday touting the Obama administration's progress in addressing gun safety, Vice President Joe Biden vowed to revisit gun control legislation that failed in the U.S. Senate earlier this year, and warned legislators that the political climate shifted after the mass shooting (More)
Recall

Chrysler relents, agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps

Posted 12:49 PM 6/18/2013 by Chris Isidore - CNN Money

NEW YORK -- Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the the government's request in the final hours before a deadline.

Chrysler stated last week that it will not comply with the recall demand, arguing that the vehicles are safe. It (More)
Montana

FWP: Bison found in Yellowstone River did not die from disease

Posted 12:30 PM 6/18/2013 by MTN News

BOZEMAN - Three bison found dead in the Yellowstone River did not die from malignant catarrhal fever, a disease that can cause fatal infections in bison, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

In all three cases, tissues show no sign of disease and the exact cause of death cannot (More)
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Fire

UPDATED: No injuries in early morning house fire

Posted 12:29 PM 6/18/2013 by Mark Guy - Q2 News

UPDATED BILLINGS - Shortly before 5:30 a.m., the Billings Fire Department responded to a report of a house on fire at 1539 Burlington Ave. in Billings.

According to Battalion (More)
Political News

Surveillance thwarted stock exchange bomb plot, officials say

Posted 12:18 PM 6/18/2013 by Dana Bash and Tom Cohen - CNN News

WASHINGTON - Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Political News

Montana anti-coal protesters sentenced

Posted 12:15 PM 6/18/2013 by MTN News - Helena

HELENA - The 14 anti-coal protesters who were arrested at the State Capitol last summer were sentenced on Monday.

The protesters, who staged a non-violent sit-in at the capitol, will each pay a $340 fine after being arrested for trespassing during their Coal Export Action protest.
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Outdoors

Paddleboarder stops in Great Falls during Missouri River journey

Posted 11:47 AM 6/18/2013 by Matt Jones - MTN News

Scott Mestrezat of Illinois is traveling the length of the Missouri River, but he's doing it using something a bit unusual: a stand-up paddleboard.

Mestrezat aims to navigate all 2,000+ miles of the river on his paddleboard and end up in St. Louis in September.

His journey began (More)
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Events

Crow Tribe kicks off action-packed "Crow Native Days 2013"

Posted 11:21 AM 6/18/2013 by Stan Parker - Q2 News

BILLINGS - The Crow Tribe is kicking off its action-packed week at Crow Agency. Click "More" to see the extensive list of events planned.
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Missing Person

Search continues for missing Livingston man after car found

Posted 10:45 AM 6/18/2013 by MTN News - Bozeman

The search continues for Brad Spalding of Livingston, who was last seen on Wednesday and whose vehicle has been found at a Park County trailhead.

Additional personnel are expected to join the search on Tuesday, including search and rescue teams from Sheriffs' offices in Gallatin County and (More)
Fatal Accident

Details emerge in Browning crash that claimed 5 lives

Posted 9:18 AM 6/18/2013 by MTN News

GREAT FALLS - Authorities have confirmed the name of the man who was driving the pickup truck that rolled over near Browning over the weekend, killing five people, including himself.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Jenson has confirmed with the Montana Television Network that Jason (More)
Continuous News

Residents still homeless after Missoula apartment complex fire

Posted 9:16 AM 6/18/2013 by Brin Merkley - MTN News

MISSOULA - Nearly 40 residents are still without a home after last week's major fire at the Vantage Villa apartments on East Broadway.

The residents have also not been allowed back to the apartments yet to get their belongings.

SERVPRO cleanup and restorations operation manager (More)
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Crime Watch

Two people sent to hospital after reported stabbing

Posted 7:58 AM 6/18/2013 by Q2 News

BILLINGS - Billings Police officers responded to reports of a stabbing Monday night around the 600 block of South 32nd Street.

A little after 9 p.m., officers arrived on scene to find a female victim in her 40s with non-life threating injuries.

Officers also located an unconscious (More)
The World

Obama: "Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvement

Posted 7:44 AM 6/18/2013 by Lindsey Boerma - CBS News

Not wanting to get involved in another war in the Middle East region should be "everyone's concern," President Obama told PBS host Charlie Rose in an interview recorded Sunday for air Monday night, four days after announcing his intention to send arms to rebels in Syria fighting to overthrow (More)
Local News

Headlines and weather from Montana this Morning

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Posted 7:00 AM 6/18/2013 by Lisa Hart and Ed McIntosh - Q2 News

MONTANA THIS MORNING - Could the trial for the murder of Sherry Arnold be moved from Richland County? The attorney for one of the suspects hopes so. That and more stories, plus the weather, from Lisa Hart and Ed McIntosh.
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