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3 arrested after Wyoming Police Follow Footprints

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:25:28 +0000

Three men have been accused of stealing items that include a samurai sword — but according to central Wyoming police the suspects weren't exactly ninjas.

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Gov. To Help Mark Annual Veterans Welcome Home Day

Associated Press — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:48:19 +0000

Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day will be held on April 1 with ceremonies in Sheridan, Riverton, Afton and Rock Springs.

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Inmate's DNA Petitions Released After Being Sealed

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:32:20 +0000

The district court clerk in Cheyenne has unsealed legal filings from a Wyoming inmate who maintains new DNA testing proves he's innocent of a rape charge for which he has served 23 years in prison.

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Wyoming Getting $1.1M From Feds for Worst Schools

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:24:01 +0000

Wyoming is getting more money from the federal government to improve its lowest-achieving schools.

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UW Trustees Interview 4 President Finalists

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:13:39 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has interviewed the four finalists to be the school's next president.

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Wyo. Legislature Will Not Override Mead's Vetoes

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:26:15 +0000

Wyoming legislative leaders say they won't try to override Gov. Matt Mead's vetoes of some sections of the state budget bill.

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University of Wyoming to Release Presidential Finalist Names

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:38:21 +0000

University of Wyoming trustees now say they will tell the public who are the finalists to become the next university president.

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UW Asks Judge to Change Decision on UW President Search

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:15:27 +0000

A judge in Laramie is considering a request on whether the University of Wyoming can continue to conduct its search for a new president in secret.

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House Panel Endorses UW Search Secrecy

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:57:23 +0000

A legislative committee has endorsed a bill that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public.

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2 Skiers Killed in Separate Wyoming Avalanches

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:49:06 +0000

Two backcountry skiers from Jackson have died in separate western Wyoming avalanches.

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Billions in Gas Drilling Royalties Transform Lives

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:52:38 +0000

Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming some lives even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.

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Gay Rights Bills Finding Support Among GOP

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:42:52 +0000

Democratic lawmakers in Wyoming for years have floated bills aimed at preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians but have found little support.

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UW Must Release Names of Presidential Finalists

Trevor T. Trujillo — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:44:29 +0000

A District Court Judge in Albany County ruled Wednesday, that the University of Wyoming must release the names of finalists in the search for a new University President.

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Latest National News From The Associated Press

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:43:28 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is renewing his call for Congress to end tax breaks to oil companies.

In a Rose Garden speech today, Obama will urge Congress to vote to end what the White House calls "the billions in taxpayer dollars handed out to oil companies every year."

The address

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Latest Wyoming News Briefs

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:07:32 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Troopers have identified the two women killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 30 near Kemmerer. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said yesterday that 60-year-old Verna Prater of Kemmerer was driving west when her car hit a mile marker post Friday afternoon. The vehicle cro

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Thousands Rally For Trayvon, US Solider Faces Charges Today

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:54:14 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. soldier accused of gunning down Afghan civilians, including women and nine children, is expected to be charged with 17 counts of murder today. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will appear in a military court at Fort Leavenworth, K

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Latest Wyoming News Briefs

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:36:36 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Board of Medicine has reinstated the license of a Cody doctor the board suspended in January following the death of a Montana man after a back operation. The Powell Trib

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Latest National News Briefs From A.P.

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:06:58 +0000

BAY AREA QUAKE

NEW: Magnitude-4.0 quake shakes San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some people in the San Francisco Bay area were awakened by an earthquake, though there have been no damage reports.

A U.S. Geological Survey comp

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Latest Wyoming News Briefs From A.P.

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:34:17 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks. The former Massachusetts governor was the favorite of 39 percent of the 2,108 caucus goers, while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum f

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Latest Wyoming News From The A.P.

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:22:50 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied an appeal from a Wyoming county that lost a voting rights challenge. A 2010 ruling overturned Fremont County’s system of at-large voting for county commissioners after American Indians sued, claiming it diluted the Indian vote. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s junior U.S. senator has told [...]