Bill Keys maintained all along that he was ambushed by Worth Bagley and shot and killed him out of self-defense. A jury didn't buy that, though, and Keys was sent to San Quentin State Penitentiary in California. What does that have to do with national parks? Well, thanks to the National Park Service you can find the location of this 1943 shootout.

A coyote that got a taste for human food from garbage strewn about Death Valley National Park during the partial government shutdown had to be put down by rangers after it repeatedly stopped traffic, while other coyotes and and two bobcats were seen approaching visitors in the park. Human visitors left other waste behind: an estimated half-ton of human waste on the landscape.

Word Friday that the partial government shutdown would be lifted for three weeks, if not longer, was welcomed by groups concerned about the state of the National Park System. But they also called on Congress to ensure a similar event never happens again.