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COOKE CITY, Mont. - One of the survivors of a deadly grizzly bear attack said Thursday she realized her only hope was to play dead after feeling the bear's jaw clamp onto her arm in the middle of the night.

COOKE CITY, Mont. - A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during an overnight rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.

HELENA, Mont. - The often bizarre tale of Hardin's effort to turn its empty jail over to an international police force - capped by the revelation that the uniform-clad savior was a California con man - was chosen by members of The Associated Press as the top news story in Montana for 2009.