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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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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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Tacocopter Grounded by Federal Regulations
Never heard of the Tacocopter? If you guessed that it is a helicopter that brings tacos you’d be right. Actually, the official advertising calls the Tacocopter a flying robot (I would have loved to see tacobots!) but now we’re just getting into semantics. Designed to fly tacos to hungry denizens in the Ba
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Name of Avalanche Victim Released [Update]
The avalanche victim whose body was found near Fish Creek Road yesterday was revealed today to be Mr. Mark Albee (age 42) of Bigfork. Earlier story here. Albee’s body was retrieved from beneath piles of snow and it
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Forest Service Deal Saves Jesus Statue
The much contested Jesus statue on top of Big Mountain in Whitefish will stay put for at least another 10 years. The Forest Service recently announced that it will extend the lease for the land on which the statue sits.