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• Suicides in national parks increase in 2008
SALT LAKE CITY - Freshly unemployed, former business executive Bruce J. Colburn flew to the far northwest corner of Montana in search of a place to die. In early October, he paid a hotel clerk to drive him into Glacier National Park. He spent the ...
• Bridges, streets being closed for inauguration
The security perimeter — which covers more of the city than during previous inaugurations — includes a large part of the downtown business district and government buildings south of the National Mall. Curbside parking will be banned. The Secret ...
• Presidential libraries to disclose future donors
It would cover donations made to library foundations during the time a president is in office and the period before the National Archives agrees to use the land or the facility. The presidential library system began when President Franklin D ...
• Stocks slump on employment worries
The market was already worried about what the Labor Department’s report on employment would bring on Friday, and received a disappointing harbinger Wednesday as the ADP National Employment Report said private sector employment fell by a greater ...
• Avalanche Danger
The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning morning for the region due to wind and unstable snow pack. BILLINGS - The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning morning for the region due to ...