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The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy to extend full protection to gray wolves in the the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under the Endangered Species Act has generated a slew of responses -- some thoughtful, some passionate, some profane. Here's a sampling of the responses.

U.S. Marshals say the escaped convict from Arizona and his alleged accomplice are not in Yellowstone National Park any longer and are thought to be in Wyoming, still on the run from the law.

U.S. Marshals captured of the two Arizona prison escapees in Meeteetse, Wyoming; the other prison escapee and his alleged accomplice are still at large, as over 100 law-enforcement officers entered Yellowstone National Park this morning in the search.

U.S. Marshals are continuing their search today for two Arizona prison escapees thought to be hiding out in the Yellowstone National Park area; the pair are suspects in a New Mexico murder and are considered to be armed and dangerous.

Be on the lookout: two recent escapees from a private Arizona prison and their accomplice may be hiding out in the Yellowstone National Park area and are considered armed and dangerous, according to law-enforcement officials.

The most popular stories on Yellowstone Insider the past week, as measured by page views. It was a week where we thought long and hard about the fate of troublesome yet innocent bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, as well as the immediate and long-term tourism in the area.

U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy has ruled that a government plan to remove protection for the gray wolf from only part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem was unlawful and ordered the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to grant it full protection.

Steve Green, a former NASCAR driver and a self-proclaimed innovator and problem-solver, has the solution to all of America's energy problems: Just tap into the geothermal power of Yellowstone National Park, and damn the consequences.

Luxury train service to Yellowstone National Park and other Western landmarks was spiked before it launched, as billionaire Philip Anschutz pulled the plug on the American Railway Explorer project, set to launch in 2011.

The numbers are in: the number of people who visited Yellowstone National Park in the month of July came close to equaling the number of people who came during the first six months of the year combined.