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Morning Newscast 05-01-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, the Montana Republican Party claims a non-profit group from Billings broke election laws during the 2014 campaign season.

U.S. senators from six states want the government to charge companies a fee to ship oil and other flammable liquids in older railroad tank cars involved in numerous fiery explosions.

The governor has announced that actor Jeff Bridges and a national nonprofit have contributed an additional $40,000 to the Montana No Kid Hungry Campaign.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena has posted on its website the names of former priests and other employees who were accused of sexually abusing children.

Biologists will trap grizzly bears in remote areas in Grand Teton National Park to see how the bruins' population is faring in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.

The former band director at Butte Central is pleading not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a 16 year old girl and provided students with alcohol during a state basketball tournament.

A Polson man has pleaded guilty to mitigated deliberate homicide for hitting his father in-law in the head with a claw hammer, apparently mistaking the victim for someone who owed him money.

Missoula County announced a $1.3 million settlement for a man who was injured in a 2011 accident involving a Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy.

As North America becomes a major source of global energy, Asia's growing demand will drive development.

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