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Stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes home sales
View results NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were moving higher Wednesday morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus programs.Investors also were encouraged by news that sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in 3½ years.Stocks opened with modest gains, then ...
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Documents suggest controlling personality of Josh Powell
SALT LAKE CITY — Recently released documents on the Susan Powell case suggest her husband, Josh Powell, was very controlling at times. West Valley City police on Monday ended their active investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance and ...
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How accurate are store scanners
SALT LAKE CITY — Most people don't give store scanners much thought. Shoppers usually assume they're being charged the right price, even for sale items. But sometimes the price listed on the shelf is not the price the scanners charge at check-out. Brett Gurney is in charge of Utah's Weights and Measures division, which checks stores' scanners regularly. "All ...
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West Valley Mayor Mike Winder will not seek re-election
WEST VALLEY CITY — Mayor Mike Winder announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election this fall. Winder, who has been West Valley's mayor since 2009, said in a prepared statement that his decision, "was a financial one, based on his need to provide for his family with full-time employment." ';Public service is always a sacrifice for a family, and in our city’s ...
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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts
WASHINGTON -; Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus ...
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1 injured in Tooele house fire
TOOELE — A house fire in Tooele sent one person to the hospital Wednesday morning. The fire started just before 4:30 a.m. at a home on Isgreen Circle. KSL's photographer on the scene said the entire back of the house was destroyed and that one person from inside the home was air-lifted to a hospital. No information was immediately available on that person's condition. ...
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Police Smithfield man admits hit-and-run in Logan
LOGAN -- Police say a 31-year-old man Smithfield man has been booked on suspicion of leaving the scene of an injury accident after admitting ...
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UT delegation presses USAF chief about Hill AFB
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah's congressional delegation teamed up at a meeting with the U.S. Air Force chief of staff to make their case for needs at Utah's military ...
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Uzbek national facing terror charges to remain jailed in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho – An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U.S. District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Kurbanov is a refugee from Uzbekistan ...
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U.S. auto factories cutting back on summer downtime
DETROIT The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks. Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that 21 of its North American factories will shut for only one week this summer. That includes the Chicago plant that makes the Ford Explorer SUV and the Mexican plant ...
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Targets 1st-qtr profit drops 26 pct on weak sales as weather financial pressures take toll
Target Corp. is reporting a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profits as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending. The company, based ...
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Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips for containing allergens
With much of the country in severe drought conditions, America's farms are getting hit hard, which means food prices will only continue to rise well into 2013. Here's how you can protect your wallet from drying ...
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Results from Tuesdays high school softball boys soccer and baseball games
Orem's Emil Cuello is surrounded by teammates after scoring the only goal of the game as Orem High School defeats East High School 1-0 in the semifinals of the 4A boys soccer tournament Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Woods ...
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High school softball Small stuff key for Copper Hills in 5A playoff win over Riverton
TAYLORSVILLE — It doesn’t matter what team shows up to play Copper Hills because the Grizzlies battle the same foe no matter who occupies the opposing dugout. ';Our focus has been just get better every single day,'; said Copper Hills head coach Jentry Jo Johnson after the Grizzlies earned a 2-0 victory against fourth-ranked Riverton in Tuesday’s 5A quarterfinals. ...
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Doug Robinson Memo to the government Feel free to spy on me
Spying on the press is more bad news for reporters, although most of them are out of work anyway so they don't care. This government intrusion on a free press could affect our ability to gather news and serve as a ...
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San Antonio Spurs blow late lead beat Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 in OT
Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, left, and San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, battle for a loose ball during the first half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San ...
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High school softball Bingham rises to the challenge in beating Weber
Bingham catcher Chelsea Latu tags Weber's Kennede Clarke out at home plate as Bingham and Weber play Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in 5A softball ...
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BYU hosts art about Utah women by Utah women
"Shelf Preservation," by Utah artist Trent Alvey, is among the works featured in the BYU Museum of Art's new exhibition about gender roles in ...
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Mike Trout hits for cycle drives in 5 L.A. Angels rout Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Aaron Harang (39) is lifted in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Anaheim. (AP Photo/Alex ...
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Pablo Sandovals HR lifts San Francisco Giants past Washington Nationals 4-2
San Francisco Giants' Gregor Blanco hits a triple off of Washington Nationals pitcher Rafael Soriano to score Andres Torres during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 21, ...
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New drug keeps cystic fibrosis symptoms at bay
SALT LAKE CITY — Cindy Baldwin, 24, sits at her piano these days and plays a different tune. Life's music has never been better. For the first time, her life threatening disease appears to have reached a plateau — a miracle plateau in her definition because the progressive damage to her lungs from cystic fibrosis (CF) may have ended. "It's been amazing to see the ...
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High school baseball Salem Hills Conner Rollins hits walk-off single to defeat Mountain View
Conner Rollins ripped a walk-off two-run RBI on an off-speed pitch lingering in the zone past short to stun Mountain View, 2-1, and advance to the 4A semifinals at Kearns High Tuesday ...
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High school baseball Bingham shuts down Syracuse moves on to 5A semifinals
Hours after region rival American Fork won with offense, Bingham flexed its own muscles with defense, keeping Syracuse in check on the way to a 5-2 ...
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IRS official to take the 5th at hearing
former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Utah Jazz to pick 14th in NBA draft Cleveland Cavaliers nab No. 1 pick again
" The beauty, I think, in this year's draft is if we stay there, we like the projections and the different possibilities at 14. But I think we'll be able to add to the group in a number different ways whether we move up or ...
Salt Lake City Feature
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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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