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Man Attacks Missoula Hospital Workers With a Box Cutter
At around 3:30 a.m. on August 23, a man lashed out at St. Patrick Hospital workers with a box cutter.
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The Batman Murders, 12 Dead 50 Injured [VIDEO]
Twelve people are dead and fifty are injured after a murderous shootout in an Aurora, Colorado Movie theater. Authorities have apprehended a 24-year-old man, James Holmes who is suspected of busting into the theater in full riot gear and firing shots into the crowd
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Power Outages Strike Ravalli and Missoula Counties [PHOTOS] [UPDATE]
According to a Northwest Energy spokeswoman, many circuits lost power in Lolo, Alberton Florence and Missoula due to a violent windstorm. As of 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, two substations were reporting power losses, specifically station #5 that feeds Missoula’s south side (and is reportedly back on-line) and substation #7 that feeds Missoula’s west side. Northwest Ene
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Grandmother Reduced to Tears by Bullies on Bus [Video] [Poll]
Bus monitor and grandmother of eight Karen Klein has a job that even Steve Rowe wouldn’t want to do. In the following video Mrs. Klein is harassed by what appears to be three middle school boys (it’s difficult to tell how many children are involved). The boys start by jeering “you’re fat, look at all this flab here” and taunting “she’s so fat she’s fogging up her glasses.” The lady responds by saying “it’s not sweat, I’m crying” to which one of the boys adds “she’s crying over her box of Twinkies.” Some of the kids threaten to stab Klein with a knife and break into her home.
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Jim Foley Steps Down From Position at The University of Montana [UPDATE] [AUDIO]
Vice president of external relations at The University of Montana Jim Foley has decided to leave his position. The news comes after weeks of confusion from both Foley and The University of Montana as to why Foley stopped functioning as the university’s media point-man.
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What is the Funniest Viral News Video of All Time? [POLL]
Getting the news to the public has never been easy, but now YouTube has made the process of reaching millions a little easier, as long as you electrocute yourself or happen to fall off of a a suspended platform
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How Fat is Missoula? [Poll]
Currently, one out of every three Americans is obese (or 35.6% to be precise) and the most recent expert projection claims that 42% of the country will be obese by the year 2030. Most of the studies done to track obesity are performed by the Center for Disease Control and are done by calling people and asking them to self report their weight and height. Of course, the whole idea of people accurately reporting their weight may seem laughable, but finding data like this isn’t as easy as it may sound.
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Superhero Maces May Day Protesters [POLL]
As of yet, Missoula does not have a costumed superhero prowling the streets to protect it from danger, but Seattle does. The now famous costumed vigilante, Phoenix Jones, dresses up in an outfit complete with a bulletproof chest-plate, a stun-baton, and canisters of mace. Jones even has a secret lair behind a bookcase in a comic book store. Much like the big screen superheroes The Avengers, Jones even teams up with a group of other like-minded crime fighters known as the Rain City Superheroes. Here’s a clip of Jones in the process of stopping a car robbery.
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Kid Spends $2,000 on "Free" App, Is Apple Cheating the Public? [Poll]
In December of 2011, an English boy named Jack Drager spent four days racking up an enormous debt while buying digital animals on his parents iPad. The final tally was 1,300 pounds or approximately 2,084 dollars all spent on the app Tap Zoo. Tears flowed when Mom and Dad found out about the spending, but things turned out all right. In the end, Jack got some free animals because Apple agreed to refund the bill. Apple also changed its policy and now forces players to input a password while making in-app purchases.
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Was Benjamin Franklin a Serial Killer? [Poll]
The last standing home of Benjamin Franklin holds some surprising secrets. The house, located at 36 Craven Street in London, was in the process of being remodeled when workers found a human thighbone buried in the home’s dug-out basement.
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Should Public Breastfeeding be a "Right?" [POLL]
The city of Seattle just made it illegal for a shop-owner (or anyone for that matter) to ask a breastfeeding mother to cover up, move to another location, or stop suckling their young. The law is an
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The Surprising World of Sologamy [Poll]
Ahh, Spring. When the birds and bees start frolicking and people get the urge to marry themselves.