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<title>Mass Grave Of Prehistoric Amphibians With Toilet Lid-Shaped Heads Found Near Dubois | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near Dubois, Wyoming. They may have been victims of “boiling frog syndrome.”

Mass Grave Of Prehistoric Amphibians With Toilet Lid-Shaped Heads Found Near Dubois

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<title>Dire Wolves Would Destroy Everything If Reintroduced In Wyoming, Biologists Say | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bioscience company’s announcement this week that it’s brought back long-extinct dire wolves raised a lot of eyebrows. But they would destroy everything if a breeding population of them were reintroduced in Wyoming, biologists say.

Dire Wolves Would Destroy Everything If Reintroduced In Wyoming, Biologists Say

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<title>Opening More U.S. Logging May Not Save Wyoming’s Last Two Large Lumber Mills | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The USDA wants to open 59% more forest area to logging in the United States. It may not come fast enough to save one of Wyoming’s two remaining large lumber mills.

Opening More U.S. Logging May Not Save Wyoming’s Last Two Large Lumber Mills

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<title>He Thought He Was Going To Die, Then He Killed Osama bin Laden | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The man credited with killing the world’s most wanted terrorist tells Cowboy State Daily the May 2, 2011, mission to kill Osama bin Laden “went to hell” from the start. He thought he was going to die, then put three bullets into bin Laden’s head.

He Thought He Was Going To Die, Then He Killed Osama bin Laden

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Hageman Wants To Ditch Policy That Keeps Non-English-Speaking Truckers On The Road | Cowboy State Daily</title>

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman wants the Dept of Transportation to reconsider a policy that allows non-English-speaking truckers on the road. The policy is a “major safety issue for all drivers," she said.

Hageman Wants To Ditch Policy That Keeps Non-English-Speaking Truckers On The Road

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Adopted Daughter Says She Was 9 Or 10 When Dad’s Massages Progressed To Rape | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The adopted daughter of Casper foster dad Steven Marler, 50, testified Friday that she was 9 or 10 when his massages turned to molestations and rape. When he lost interest in her, she says he “was moving on to the younger girls.”

Adopted Daughter Says She Was 9 Or 10 When Dad’s Massages Progressed To Rape

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