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Evening Newscast 02-20-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A former Michigan resident has made an initial court appearance in Montana on charges that he made a series of online threats to schools and religious leaders.

Montana’s House has passed a measure that would require certain welfare applicants to take drug tests.
A bill aiming to lower Montana's high suicide rate by requiring training for health care providers has narrowly passed through a House committee.

A former state employee has been given a six-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $36,500 in restitution for embezzling from the Department of Livestock.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked federal regulators to reconsider a $1 million penalty imposed against the oil giant over a 2011 crude oil pipeline spill into Montana's Yellowstone River east of Laurel.
 

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