• February 11, 2012

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

National News

4:23 pm

Cold weather returns to the South; snow possible

Cold weather has been making a comeback in the South this weekend, after what's been a very mild winter so far. Comments (0)

3:32 pm

Disabled ski champ Jill Kinmont Boothe dies at 75

Jill Kinmont Boothe, the skiing champion who became a painter and a teacher after she was paralyzed during a race and was the subject of a book and two Hollywood films, has died. She was 75. Comments (0)

2:21 pm

Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed

J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes _ even prays _ this will be the day when his fortunes turn around. Comments (0)

1:44 pm

Obama budget: New spending with recycled tax ideas

The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint while relying on familiar but never enacted tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to reduce future deficits after four years of trillion dollar-plus shortfalls. Comments (0)

1:24 pm

First lady fixes on must-dos prior to election run

Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else. Comments (0)