Keila Szpaller

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“I’m actually terrified of heights.” - Griffen Gilbert. Photo by Kira Vercruyssen for the Missoulian. 

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People thought that Jaritt and I beat our child to death.

Candice Brownmiller, parent who received the wrong cause of death for her child.

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Scientists have patented a seaweed that tastes just like bacon

It’s healthier than KALE.

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Monkey scam makes woman go "bananas"

"A Butte woman got caught up in some monkey business last week." - from Montana Standard reporter Matt Hoffman.

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Yesterday, photographer Michael Gallacher and I went to the Humane Society of Western Montana to meet a pup named Bean.

Bean and his two siblings have neurological issues, and he can't get around well without this cart. It's handmade by a couple in Missoula.

Humane Society director Lora O'Connor said many, many people have helped Bean (Green Bean), Tom Turkey, and Pumpkin Pie.

"I just think they're such a great example of a community that believes that every life matters," O'Connor said of the pups.

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In general, the rules of campaign finance have not kept up with the political realities after Citizens United.

Anthony Johnstone, University of Montana School of Law, lawyer who represented Montana in related U.S. Supreme Court case.

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These koalas have been burnt in bushfires, and they need mittens

Over the past week, a series of bushfires in Australia have left koalas badly burnt or killed. But mittens can offer them a bit of comfort.

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We will continue. We decided it will go out next week. … We need to ensure an even better newspaper, so we will do it. I don’t know how we’ll write it with our tears.

Charlie Hebdo will publish one million copies of its new issue next week (via theweekmagazine)

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Are you a writer? MPL’s writing contest started yesterday. Enter your original works of writing no longer than 2,000 words, either fiction or nonfiction. You could win $100! Check out the contest rules online at the link, or pick up an entry form at any MPL branch. Write on!

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Thank you, Madam President.

- Montana state Senate President Pro Tempore Eric Moore, R-Miles City, addressing Senate President Debby Barrett, R-Dillon. “I am proud to be the first on this floor to use this term.”  (via themissoulian)

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"If you hear the tinkling of chimes and see a shimmer on boughs of green near the top of Waterworks Hill, walk a little closer.

"Go ahead. George Ybarra, a metal sculptor who does much outdoor installation work, wants you to share in the festivities, the joy of the mountain." - Reporter Keila Szpaller

Photo: Photography Editor Kurt Wilson

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Rivals! Can you tell? It's Democrat Diane Sands on the left, and Republican Dick Haines in the middle.

That's reporter me on the right covering the counting yesterday of the accepted provisional ballots. Sands won, and here's more from last night.

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Owning our drinking water is a human rights issue. It’s a social justice issue. And if we have a system that’s falling apart on us, and in 15 years we can’t get drinking water, what are we setting our children up for?

- Missoula City Councilwoman Emily Bentley

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Many people know that women make 77 cents to the dollar compared to men. But did you know that African-American women make just 64 cents to the dollar, and Hispanic women make just 56 cents? One group offers an interesting way to fix this. 

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From the story "Hope for Melanee" by keilaszpaller. Read it on Backspaces.

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“They all dip their bills down into the water at the same time. It’s like watching ballet.” So says Bob Danley, recreation planner at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge in Stevensville. Perry Backus wrote and shot the story.