An undated handout photo released by the Kentucky Department of Parks shows a bear raiding a garbage can at Kingdom Come State Park near Cumberland, Ky. With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace-- more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River according to a survey of state wildlife agencies. (AP Photo/via Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Dave Huff)

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The Three Bears? Try 163,000 ... and counting

• By ncs-import
• June 13, 2009