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Grizzly – Bobcat Basketball Weekend Coming [AUDIO]
This Saturday the Montana Grizzlies and the Lady Griz take on their arch-rivals the Montana State Bobcats inside Dahlberg Arena.
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National Sports
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Griz, Lady Griz Players Honored
January 14, 2013 The Big Sky Conference announced their Players of the Week Monday, and it's a Montana double-play!
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Two People Shot at California’s Taft Union High School
Two people have reportedly been shot at Taft Union High School in Taft, California.
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Free Basketball Game
January 8, 2013 Have I got a deal for you if you're affiliated with a youth group. Tough to beat free, right?
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End of NHL Lockout Bittersweet for Carrie Underwood
At least one person is saddened by the end of the NHL lockout. When games resume later this month, Carrie Underwood will lose her favorite traveling companion. The labor dispute provided extra time for the singer and her husband Mike Fisher to vacation and just be man and wife -- a luxury not afforded to them often. Upon hearing the news, Underwood took to Twitter to bemoan the NHL season's start (in good fun of course).
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Record Academic Performance
January 3, 2013 Our thanks to Joel Carlson in The UM Sports Information Department for releasing the good news.
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Ward Honored Again
December 24, 2012 The Big Sky Conference announced Monday that Mathias Ward is its men's basketball player of the week.
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2 Firefighters Shot and Killed at Scene of Fire in Webster, N.Y.; Gunman Dead (UPDATED)
UPDATE 4:07 p.m. EST: Authorities have identified the gunman as William Spengler, an ex-convict who spent 17 years in prison for murdering his 92-year-old grandmother in 1980.
Spengler was paroled for the crime in 1998.
Police also have not located Spengler's 67-year-old sister, who lived in the house with Spengler.
Authorities also report that a total of seven houses were destroyed in the blaze.
UPDATE 12:40 p.m. EST: Police chief Gerald Pickering says that the gunman, who was killed at the scene, either by police or from a self-inflicted wound, may have set a trap for first responders.
UPDATE 12:15 p.m. EST: The Associated Press is reporting that the gunman who killed the two firefighters is also dead. His body was found at the scene. The names of the two deceased firefighters, according to the Democrat and Chronicle, are Mike Chiapperini, 43, a volunteer firefighter and the Webster Police Department’s public information officer, and Tomasz Kaczowka. The names of the wounded firefighters are Joseph Hofsetter and Theodore Scardino.
Early Monday morning two firefighters were shot and killed when responding to a call in Webster, New York, just outside Rochester. After the firefighters arrived at 191 Lake Road, an unknown shooter fired at them as they left their truck, killing two of them and wounding two others. The wounded men are at a nearby hospital; one is in stable condition, the other is in guarded condition.
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10 Unique Missoula Christmas Gifts
If you’re looking for a gift this year for the true Missoulian, or if you’re just looking to ship a little Missoula to someone for Christmas, then look no further. We have put together a list of gifts that are unique to Missoula and Western Montana
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Lady Griz Basketball Sunday
December 15, 2012 Hey, if you're looking for a way to spend an entertaining couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, here ya go.
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27 Dead, Including 20 Children, in Connecticut Elementary School Shooting (UPDATED)
NOTE: This post will be continually updated as new information comes in. Video and photos are below. All times Eastern.
UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: Originally it was thought that Adam Lanza, the gunman, shot his mother at the Sandy Hook Elementary school, where she was a teacher's aide. ABC has learned that, in fact, Nancy Lanza was killed at her home (by her son) prior to the massacre. He then drove to the school, where he killed 20 children and six adults, before killing himself.
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Tripp, Wagenmann Honored Again
December 12, 2012 Accolades continue for two of The University of Montana's outstanding defensive players.