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MICHAEL CAST When storm water rushes down the Butte hill, toxic metals come with it. Filtering those metals out of surface water is one of the great challenges of the Superfund cleanup. With a grant from the EPA, Montana Technological University student scientists are experimenting with a new solution to the problem: sustainable biochar wattles, or beds of charcoal made from organic waste. They think they can catch the bad metals the old methods let slip through. Doing what hasn’t been done starts by looking where nobody has thought to look. In this case, the student scientis...

elementary say it is already too crowded in the classroom. concern. >>pam: in oakland, no teachers are expected to receive pink slips at this time. it planned to avoid layoffs of teachers because it is cutting jobs in other areas. >> we have had significant staff reductions. we have cut the size of the work will force by 20-25 percent of the past several years. adult education program focusing on k-12. that has given us extra money as well as a general tightening of the belt. >> in addition to staff layoffs, the district plans to close five elementary schools next year. the gover...