News Headlines for Acton, Montana

Montana to share settlement (Billings Gazette)
HELENA - The Texas-based health insurer HealthMarkets Inc. will pay $20 million to 29 states, including Montana, to settle allegations it misled consumers and mishandled claims.

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Friesen leaves Montana State (Billings Gazette)
BOZEMAN - Phil Friesen, who started at point guard for Montana State last year, has left the team.

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Montana targeted as top team in Big Sky (Missoulian)
PARK CITY, Utah - It's a familiar name atop the coaches and media preseason polls for Big Sky Conference football, meaning the Montana Grizzlies are still wearing the bulls' eye.

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Guard Friesen leaves Montana State (The Montana Standard)
BOZEMAN (AP) — Phil Friesen, who started at point guard for Montana State last year, has left the team. Friesen averaged 5.5 points per game last season after transferring from Citrus Junior College.

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Hannah Montana not big enough for fast-maturing Miley Cyrus (Rocky Mountain News)
Hannah Montana may be the most potent phenomenon in Hollywood - bigger than Batman, bigger than Brangelina. Yet these days, the girl who truly fascinates is not Hannah but Miley Cyrus.

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Burlington Northern profit falls on Montana cleanup charge Posted on July 25 (Missoulian)
NEW YORK - Railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter earnings fell 19 percent, mostly due to one-time charges related to an environmental cleanup in Montana.

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Around Montana: Friesen leaves Bobcats (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Phil Friesen, who started at point guard for Montana State’s men’s basketball team last year, has left the team. Friesen averaged 5.5 points per game last season after transferring from Citrus Junior College. KWYB reported that Friesen wants to transfer to a school closer to his home in California.

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Around Montana (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Sarah McGree, a track and field standout at Butte High School, has signed a national letter-of-intent to compete at Montana State University next season, announced assistant coach Tom Eitel.

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Nearly $1 million approved in Senate for Montana’s wild predators (Ravalli Republic)
Last week, Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester helped secure nearly $1 million in federal funding for control efforts of Montana’s wild predators.

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Montana among states to share settlement (KPAX Missoula)
Associated Press - July 24, 2008 4:34 PM ET HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Texas-based health insurer HealthMarkets Inc. will pay $20 million to 29 states, including Montana, to settle allegations it...

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