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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A man charged with raping an 8-year-old girl after DNA evidence linked him to the 1987 case wants the charge dismissed, arguing the statute of limitations had run out.  Ronald Dwight Tipton argues a 2007 law that allows the prosecution of sexual assault cases within a year of a conclusive DNA match is unconstitutional.  A state judge rejected his motion to dismiss and the Montana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday. The Bozeman Dail...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Wednesday morning, detectives with the Moses Lake Police Department Street Crimes Unit served a search warrant in the 1200 block of Ashley Way. Inside, detectives found a modified AK-47 rifle, a .22 caliber rifle, and over an ounce of methamphetamine.  Detectives also located several items of stolen property at the residence, including a Honda generator reported stolen over a decade ago.  31 year-old Wilson R. 

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A witness is recounting the dramatic rescue of a woman who was trapped with her vehicle surrounded by rushing floodwaters in northern Montana. Blake Wombold tells the Great Falls Tribune that he stopped on U.S. Highway 2 near Dunkirk Tuesday night to see a woman standing on top of a vehicle nearly submerged by the water. He says a man from the truck ahead of him stripped off his clothes and swam out to the woman, who was afraid to go into the frigid wa...