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BYU Utah and Utah State 2013 football schedule breakdown
Utah Utes wide receiver Dres Anderson (6) celebrates his touchdown as Brigham Young Cougars defensive back Preston Hadley (7) walks away as the University of Utah and BYU play football Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Salt Lake City, ...
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Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell
A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was one of three men found nearly decapitated in an apartment, their throats slashed ear to ear, marijuana sprinkled over their ...
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June 8 is Free Fishing Day
Jack Walpole stays cool by sitting in his chair in the water as he and his family enjoy the day at Murray's Willow Pond Park. Free Fishing Day in Utah Saturday, June 2, 2012. You didn't need a fishing license to fish in the state that ...
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High school boys soccer Practice makes perfect for Bountiful in sweet 4A title-winning performance
Bountiful coach Lou Plank gets doused by players Bryce Carey, left, and Cesar Duenas as Bountiful High School defeats Orem High School 2-0 to win the 4A boys soccer state championship Thursday, May 23, 2013, in ...
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Salt Lake County hires new economic development director
Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has announced the hiring of Christina Oliver as the county’s next economic development director. Oliver replaces Dale Carpenter, who recently ...
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Boy Scouts Allowing Gay Youth OK With Mormon Church
Some advocates of banning gay children and teens from the Boy Scouts of America were infuriated by the decisive Thursday vote that ended the organization's longtime policy, but the largest religious sponsor of scout troops, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, said the change merely reflects what has been the church's standing ...
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Man charged in police shooting found dead at jail
SALT LAKE CITY -; An Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid was found dead at Weber County jail, the veteran's father said ...
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Theres a lot of misinformation out there says education board of Common Core
SALT LAKE CITY - Delegates voted at the recent GOP State Convention on an Anti-Common Core Resolution in an attempt to counter an academic benchmark proposal that has come under fire by conservative groups. Common Core is a series of academic benchmarks aimed at preparing students for higher education. The program has been adopted by 46 states but has been a point of contention for ...
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Comeback for JC Penney Wyoming town watches carefully
KEMMERER, Wyo. — One of the best-known companies in American retailing is fighting for survival. No place is watching the drama with more concern than the town of Kemmerer, Wyo. As a young man, James Cash Penney started the JC Penney empire in that coal-mining boom town. "When he started, he had a little cart and he would just put stuff in and go around town and sell ...
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Gallup poll shows shift in views on morality over last decade
Cheating on a spouse came in dead last in a Gallup survey measuring American attitudes about how morally acceptable 20 different behaviors are. It's worse than gambling, suicide and polygamy, among others, they ...
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Utah teen 15 charged with killing brothers 4 and 10
View results A Utah teenage boy has been arrested and charged with homicide in the death of his two adopted brothers, ages 4 and 10.The boys were found stabbed to death inside their house, police said ...
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Motor home crashes off I-15 and into home 2 dead
ST. GEORGE — A man and a woman inside a motor home southbound on I-15 in St. George died when the RV crashed through a fence and into a condominium. A preliminary investigation indicates tire failure may have played a part in the crash. Utah Highway Patrol tweeted that the motor home went ...
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Cyber criminals targeting more small businesses
SALT LAKE CITY — Small businesses are being targeted by cyber criminals more frequently and experts say business owners aren't doing enough to keep it from happening to them. Cyber attacks on businesses with fewer than 250 employees made up 31 percent of all attacks in ...
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Hundreds of police officers attend kindergarten graduation for fallen colleagues daughter
Five-year-old Tatum Raetz and her mother receive support from the Phoenix Police Department at Tatum's kindergarten graduation. Tatum's father, officer Daryl Raetz, died on duty just three days prior to the ...
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Prelim set for killing rape of West Jordan girl 6
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) -- The man accused of raping and killing a six-year-old Utah girl has been ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing more than a year after her body was found in a West Jordan ...
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Hatch solicits Utahns help in probing IRS miscues
The Utah Republican released a letter and video on Thursday asking state residents to contact him with information about any IRS wrongdoing tied to reports the tax collectors targeted tea party and other conservative GOP-leaning ...
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Utah man 76 ready for trial in `09 shootings
DUCHESENE, Utah (AP) -- A 76-year-old Duchesne County man accused of shooting at sheriff's deputies nearly four years ago has been found competent to stand ...
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15-Year Old Killed Siblings With Knife In Utah
killed his two younger brothers , aged 4 and 10, in West Point, Utah. The boys’ mother found her 4-year old dead in their home and ran to find her other children, but they were nowhere to be found. After calling authorities, the body of her 10-year old was found by deputies. The 15-year old had already fled, but he was quickly found by investigators and was later booked into a juvenile ...
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US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for military and civilian aircraft and an increase in business investment. The Commerce Department says durable goods orders rose 3.3 percent last month after a 5.9 decline in March. And a measure of business investment plans increased 1.2 percent ...
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‘Elders’ Mormon odd couple wrestles with faith and doubt
Ryan McIlvain’s Brazil-set debut novel, "Elders," beautifully evokes the tension between two Mormon missionaries thousands of miles from home. McIlvain reads Tuesday, May 28, at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book ...
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Boy Scouts-Mormon bond remains intact
When the Boy Scouts of America began a discussion earlier this year about lifting its ban on gays, some speculated it could lead to the severing of ties with the Mormon church that goes back 100 years.Those predictions ended up being off the mark.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threw its support behind the new policy voted on Thursday by the Boy Scouts of America that opens the ...
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Gay Mormon Characters In The Arts Step Out Of The Shadows
By Kellie Kotraba Religion News Service (RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches." Pitt lived in New York with a good reputation and a bad marriage to a woman addicted to Valium. As colleagues dealt with the devastation and ...
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Job market tight for 30K college grads in Utah this year
SALT LAKE CITY — It's graduation season for thousands of college students across the country and as they receive their diplomas, now comes the daunting task for many to find a job. It's not entirely a dire picture for them. KSL-TV spoke with students who found work before they graduated as well as those who are still looking. College grads in Utah In Utah, about 30,000 ...
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Utah search and rescue team on high alert after Okla. tornado
SALT LAKE CITY - An elite search and rescue team in Utah was put on alert this week after a tornado blew through Oklahoma on Monday. The team did not deploy, but similar teams have spent the past few days wading through storm rubble, looking for survivors. Utah Task Force 1 is one of 28 federal teams with the tools and expertise to save people after major disasters. The task force is made up ...
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UDOT crews plan massive pipe installation in Parleys Canyon
PARLEYS CANYON — At the mouth of Parleys Canyon on I-80, the Utah Department of Transportation is starting work on one of its biggest projects of the summer. It will replace a 2-mile section of massive pipe that carries Parleys Creek under the interstate. Maintaining the road in the steep canyon is never easy; replacing a culvert deep under the road with 46,000 cars passing by every day ...
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Downtown Salt Lake City redevelopment
Salt Lake’s downtown area has, like many major cities across the US, deteriorated in recent decades as businesses and homeowners have moved out into the suburbs, but now, even in the midst of one of the worst real estate crisis in recent history, a number of major Salt Lake City developers are turning the tide.
Salt Lake City will have an entirely different downtown area in the next few years as major residential and mixed-use developments and new condominiums come online. Well over 1000 residential units are under construction or in the planning stages with major developments such as the City Creek Project leading the new trend. Read more
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