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  • Doctors make breakthrough in Type 1 diabetes cure

    SALT LAKE CITY — New information about diabetes could be life-changing for the millions who live with it, especially those battling Type 1 diabetes. Doctors at Boston Children's hospital have identified the root cause of Type 1 diabetes and hope to use it to better treat it and possibly find a cure. "To find a cure, we really have to locate those cells that are attacking ...

  • Jordan School District says it needs 19 new schools in next decade

    HERRIMAN &#8212 Nail guns and wood saws can be heard all day long in Herriman's south side. Home construction seems to be a booming business once again in this small city in the southern part of the Salt Lake valley. "We're busy," said a man with a nail gun, making sure his 2x4's measured together perfectly. A man with A wood saw would probably say something ...

  • Woman buys fake iPhone 5 police warn against similar scams

    OREM — What seemed like a good deal on an iPhone 5 for an Orem woman turned into a great deal for a scam artist. Someone approached the woman in a parking lot and offered her a new iPhone for a good price. She found out the hard way that just because it looks like an iPhone doesn't necessarily mean it is. "Don't fall for this scam," said Lt. Craig Martinez with ...

  • Man accused of terrorism-related crimes in Utah Idaho gets new lawyer

    BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Uzbek refugee accused of terrorism-related crimes in Idaho and Utah has a new lawyer whose resume includes successfully defending a man accused of murdering a federal agent and helping free a Saudi college student charged with working for a group funneling money to terrorists. A federal judge appointed Charles Peterson to take over Fazliddin Kurbanov's defense. ...

  • Gwen Moore However Inarticulate I Think Miss Utah Was On To Something

    While speaking on the House of Representatives floor Tuesday during debate on the 20-week abortion ban, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said Miss Utah Marisa Powell may have been on to something with ...


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Men in Black [Blu-Ray]

Men in Black [Blu-Ray]

Barry Sonnenfelds Men in Black has a lot in common with Ghostbusters (1984), even if Sonnenfeld likes to think of it as a sequel to The French Connection, except with aliens instead of drug dealers. Both films were substantial summer hits that derive the biggest laug ... ...

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  • Woman dies after Tooele Valley skydiving accident

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A skydiver died after trying to avoid an obstacle and taking a hard landing at Tooele Valley Airport, officials said Tuesday. The 30-year-old woman was found unconscious but breathing Sunday with head, neck and leg injuries, said Tooele County Chief Deputy Sheriff Duke North. She was taken to University of Utah Hospital for surgery but didn't survive, he said The ...

  • State now purchasing zero-emission electric vehicles

    SALT LAKE CITY — As air pollution intensified in northern Utah Tuesday, the Division of Air Quality asked everyone to limit driving. The ozone gas didn't quite reach the threshold for Utah's first red action alert of the summer season, but it came close, making it an officially yellow day. But the state's not just asking folks to drive less. It's also purchasing ...

  • String of car burglaries leads to arrest of 19-year-old man

    KAYSVILLE — Davis County Sheriff's deputies stumbled onto a car burglary ring, after one of the suspected thieves struck a little too close to home. Detectives said Tuesday 19-year-old Matthew Robert King was staying with a friend in Fruit Heights and started taking interest in the friend's safe. The next day, King was gone and so were the thousands of dollars inside the cash ...

  • Miss Utah gets chance to fix pageant answer flub

    NEW YORK &#8212 Miss Utah USA got a second chance Tuesday morning to answer a question she stumbled over Sunday night during the Miss USA pageant. Marissa Powell, Miss Utah ...

  • What Miss Utah Shouldve Said About The Pay Gap

    Miss Utah USA 2013 Marissa Powell Photo by Georgina Vaughan, courtesy MissUtahUSA.com By now, you've probably heard or seen the garbled answer Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, gave to this question during Sunday's the Miss USA ...

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