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SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT-PETITION
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CHEYENNE — The drive to repeal a new law reducing the powers and duties of Wyoming’s superintendent of public instruction fell well short of collecting the number of signatures required to put it on the statewide ballot, the secretary of state’s office said Friday. Led by the Wyoming Constitution Party, the petition drive collected 21,991 signatures — but needed 37,606 signatures from registered voters, state Election Director Peggy Nighswonger said. By Bob Moen.
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BUFFALO KILLING
CHEYENNE — A Buffalo woman has filed a federal appeal challenging her murder conviction in the 2009 shooting death of her husband. Leah Benjamin is serving a state sentence of 20 to 30 years on a conviction of second-degree murder in the death of Donald Benjamin. By Ben Neary.
OREGON COAL PORT
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An Australian energy company has cleared a key hurdle for a terminal on the Oregon side of the Columbia River that would ship coal from the Great Plains to Asia. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Friday issued draft permits regulating coal dust at the Coyote Island Terminal LLC at the Port of Morrow in Boardman. By Jeff Barnard.
TEEN SCIENTIST
NEWCASTLE — A Wyoming high school student who built a nuclear reactor in his dad’s garage was disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair this month on a technicality. His crime: competing in too many science fairs. The infraction was reported by the former director of Wyoming State Science Fair, who later did not have her contract renewed. Officials at the University of Wyoming, the fair’s sponsor, said the director acted outside of her authority. By Christine Peterson of the Casper Star-Tribune.
MS SWIMMER
RIVERTON — Since he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Jacob Bailey, 26, of Riverton, said he has been learning how to take things a little slower. “That’s honestly what MS has taught me,” Bailey said. “That I can relax and just accept things the way they are. It’s kind of a humbling disease.” By Katie Roenigk of the Riverton Ranger.
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WOUNDED WARRIORS BRACELETS
LARAMIE — In Military History Club, University of Wyoming Lab School students watch war films, talk military history and make bracelets. But seventh-grader Zach Hodson, a member of the club, said these aren’t your run-of-the-mill bracelets. By Chilton Tippin of the Laramie Boomerang.
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BIONIC LIMB
CASPER — Bill Rossin dreads even a simple trip to the grocery store. The Casper man lost his left leg below the knee in 2011 while working for a trucking company. He gets around with a prosthetic limb, but mobility has a price. By Joshua Wolfson of the Casper Star-Tribune.
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— BRIDGER-TETON LAND — Bridger-Teton parcel in Jackson hits market.
— RESCUE COSTS — State reimburses counties for search and rescue.
— EDUCATION DIRECTOR — 6 candidates named for Wyo. education director.
— COAL MINE-STATE LOAN — Mont. considering loan to Australian coal exporter.
— DIA FLIGHTS DIVERTED — High winds force diversion of 17 Denver flights.
— RIG COUNT — US rig count up 9 to 1,771.
