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Oracle buys 'cloud' service firm RightNow

Enterprise software giant Oracle said Monday it had struck a deal to buy RightNow Technologies, which helps companies manage their cloud computing activities, for $1.5 billion.

Technology / Business

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Link discovered between Montana weather, ocean near Peru

A Montana State University researcher who analyzed 100 years of data has found a significant link between extreme Montana weather and the ocean temperatures near Peru.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research shows massive ad campaign didn't reduce meth use

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2005, Montana had one of the highest rates of methamphetamine use in the United States. Private funds were used to launch a public awareness campaign, and public dollars followed. Seven other states launched ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists seek former students in toxic MT town

(AP) -- Researchers have embarked on an ambitious study to track the health of thousands of high school graduates over a half century in a Montana town where a toxic mine has killed hundreds of people and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Montana 3rd state to allow doctor-assisted suicide

(AP) -- The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch

(AP) -- The head of Montana's wildlife agency has given preliminary approval to a plan calling for 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park to go to billionaire Ted Turner's private ranch.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wolf hunt is on in Idaho -- for now (Update)

(AP) -- The first public wolf hunt in decades in the lower 48 states is off to a slow start.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Down Under dinosaur burrow discovery provides climate change clues (w/ Video)

On the heels of his discovery in Montana of the first trace fossil of a dinosaur burrow, Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin has found evidence of more dinosaur burrows - this time on the other ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft

(AP) -- A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Small steps can improve your health and wealth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as a team can achieve more than an individual, so can resolutions to improve your health and to improve your finances reinforce each other, say Montana State University Extension specialists.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How cold is too cold for newborn calves?

It has been estimated that in the United States, nearly 100,000 calves die of cold stress annually, costing livestock producers millions of dollars a year and resulting in a desperate need for effective mitigation ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Montana

Montana i/mɒnˈtænə/ is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name, derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain). Montana has several nicknames, none official, including: "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently, "The Last Best Place". The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population, and accordingly has the third-lowest population density in the United States. The economy is primarily based on services, with ranching, wheat farming, oil and coal mining in the east, and lumber, tourism, and hard rock mining in the west. Millions of tourists annually visit Glacier National Park, the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, and three of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park.

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