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NEWS

WORDS
••••
of the Week

AN INDEX OF
RECENT
NEWSMAKERS

COMMUNITY
Following reporter
Tristan Scott’s story on

homelessness last week, the
Flathead community donated
to ix Richard Scherrer’s van
and make sure everyone at
the Samaritan House has
a gift for Christmas. Just
another reason we love living
here.

TARGET
Hackers apparently stole the
records of 40 million of the
retail monolith’s customers,
taking customers’ names,
credit or debit card numbers,
expiration dates for the
cards, and the security
codes, all between Nov. 27
and Dec. 15.

U.S. Senator Max Baucus addresses a crowd of Kalispell community members and business leaders at the new Flathead County Rail
Park of Whiteish Stage Road. FILE PHOTO BY LIDO VIZZUTTI | FLATHEAD BEACON
OLYMPICS
Baucus Departure Adds Wrinkle
President Obama and his
wife, and Vice President
Biden and his wife will
to Montana Senate Race
not take part in any of the
upcoming Winter Olympics
ceremonies in Sochi,
Russia, joining the French
and German presidents,
as well as the European
Union commissioner, in the The six-term Democrat’s retire at the end of 2014, will exchange his
apparent snub.
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Beacon
nomination as the next powerful position as head of the Finance
News of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus’ nomi-
Committee for a diplomatic key to the U.S.
U.S. ambassador to nation as the nation’s next envoy to China Embassy in China. The decision invites
SNOW
bowled over political pundits already pay- speculation about how the move will afect
China sends shockwaves ing close attention to Montana’s high-pro- the campaign to replace him next year.
The National Weather ile race for the Senate. It also invited im- A cutthroat race is already underway
Service is forecasting plenty through the political mediate speculation about how the move to ill Baucus’ seat, with U.S. Rep. Steve
of snow as December comes
to a close, all but ensuring world
will afect the campaign to replace him.
Daines, R-Mont., long considered a favor-
that 2014 will start of with If conirmed, the six-term Democrat, ite, and Democratic nominee Lt. Governor
the Flathead under a blanket who sent shockwaves through the politi-
of white.
cal world when he announced his plans to
Baucus PAGE 26

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