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What I learned from having cancer

That's the name of Jeanne Greenfield's 73 page collection of humorous anecdotes describing what she experienced after her cancer diagnosis in March 1990 and being told she had only three more months to live

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Obama’s secret weapon

As our lawmakers continue to posture and politicize, the deadline for resolving this danged debt crisis is drawing nearer. But while the GOP and Democratic forces debate and decline one another's proposals, my special guest at 4:35PM this afternoon (Friday) says President Obama alone has the power to prevent a default and a global financial crisis and it's not one of Jim Anderson's Grizzly Sports' free lattaes! Steven Marmon is the man with the answer and he's reported on Congress for the New York Times, wrote about finance for Money Magazine, and is the author of "The Cheaters," a forthcoming book on political sex scandals

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Isabella Chapman (www.missingkids.com)
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Missing Girls May Be Headed to Montana

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking for help in locating two missing girls believed to have been abducted by their father in Missouri. Officials believe the three may be headed toward Montana, possibly traveling in a 1990 Dodge Carava

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Dr. Mark Gladwin
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New proven screening for lung cancer

Yearly CT scans of middle-aged and older smoker___and former smoker____can reduce the risk of death from lung cancer by 20% according to an 8 year, landmark study funded by the federal government. Health experts are saying that this study's results represent a historic leap forward in cancer detection that could save thousands of lives, although at considerable cost

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Magliari does it all!

f you were anxiously awaiting to hear my Amtrak friend, Marc Magliari, yesterday (Friday) afternoon at 4:35 on the Puffman Show, don't worry about a thing, you didn't miss it. Marc was busy loading some extra baggage, and along with checking the air breaks on one of the Amtrak locomotives, Marc didn't have time to make it on the Puffman Show yesterday

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(Flickr User vxla)
(Flickr User vxla)
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ALL ABOARD! We’re back on track

Full Amtrak service has returned to Shelby and the Hi Line. The Builder started rolling all the way from Chicago this week and once again full Amtrak passenger train service returns on the infamous Empire Builder route

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Andrew Gross
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His Manson Moment

He's Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author referring to the time that he experienced a chance encounter with America's most notorious serial killer, Charlie Manson. The fearless Gross is joining me this afternoon (Tue

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(Brent Stirton/Getty)
(Brent Stirton/Getty)
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Pestering the Doctor Might Save Your Life

I am well aware that many medical patients tend to be "a pain" at times. I believe "down south", it is referred to as being a "heavy patient."

That said, I recently read a bladder cancer study from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center that found that nearly ALL patients with high-grade, non-invasive bladder cancer are NOT receiving the guideline-recommended care that would best protect them from recurrence, a finding that researchers are characterizing as alarming!

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Jack Dempsey fighting Jack Sharkey in 1927. (Central Press/Getty)
Jack Dempsey fighting Jack Sharkey in 1927. (Central Press/Getty)
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The Smithsonian Comes to Shelby

I stopped by our Marias Museum Sunday afternoon and wished I could had stayed longer.

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Five Years After Lotto Win, Janitor Still Mops the Floors [VIDEO]

Tyrone Curry doesn't have to wake up at 4 a.m. and mop the floors at Evergreen High School in Seattle.

Not after the custodian won the Washington State lottery to the tune of $3.41 million five years ago.

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Jack Dempsey fighting Jack Sharkey in 1927. (Central Press/Getty)
Jack Dempsey fighting Jack Sharkey in 1927. (Central Press/Getty)
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Author Josh Kelly Visits Shelby to Talk Jack Dempsey

Back in 1921, not long after oil had started gushing from our northern Montana fields, real estate sales here in Shelby were declining, dimming our little town's prospects of becoming the "Tulsa of the West." Then the mayor's son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey's next fight.

What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen, or would ever again.

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(by Flickr User cliff1066)
(by Flickr User cliff1066)
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LET FREEDOM RING

Did you know that the Liberty Bell was NOT rung on July 4th, 1776 because the Declaration of Independence was neither signed nor proclaimed on that date? Do you realize that John Hancock was the only one of the 56 signers of the Declaration who actually signed it on July4th! And get this...both Jefferson and Adams, ex-presidents and signers of the Declaration of Independence, both died on July4th in 1826, and just a few minutes apart!

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