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“What’s the SI jinx? ...
I think the biggest thing to remind myself is there’s no way I’m getting on that cover if it’s not for all those other guys. ... I wish all of us could be on that cover.”
Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler, a former Flathead Brave, when asked if he was familiar with the Sports Illustrated cover jinx, and what it means to be featured on the regional cover of Sports Illustrated.
THE GOOD
GLACIER VISITATION
It’s o cial: 2015 was another record year for Glacier National Park. The National Park Service says an estimated 2.35 million people visited the park through November.
THE BAD
CITY HALL OVERRUNS
White sh is already faced with cost overruns for its new city hall and downtown parking structure, leading councilors to debate how to make up for the heightened costs by either cutbacks or redistributing money.
“We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”
President Barack Obama to CBS News following a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 dead. The shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, were killed by police.
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Visitors to America’s 409 national parks through October, 3.7 percent higher than the same period last year and on pace to set a new record for attendance.
Visitors to Glacier National Park through November, surpassing the previous annual record of 2.33 million set in 2014.
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SHOULD BROCK OSWEILER REMAIN THE BRONCOS STARTING QUARTERBACK WHEN PEYTON MANNING BECOMES HEALTHY?
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DOES LT. GOV. ANGELA MCLEAN’S RESIGNATION REFLECT POORLY ON GOV. STEVE BULLOCK?
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