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  • Liquid mustard agent discovered in WW II munitions at Deseret Chemical Depot

    STOCKTON, Tooele County - Authorities have confirmed that 11 World War II-era cartridges discovered during the environmental cleanup of Deseret Chemical Depot contain liquid blister agent. The 4.2-inch mortar cartridges were rusty and non-explosively configured, according to a statement released by the depot. Technicians with the U.S. Army 20th Support Command Chemical, Biological, ...

  • Salt Lake County considering mutual commitment registry

    The Salt Lake County Council will consider the creation of a mutual commitment registry during its meeting Tuesday. Employers could then use to the registry to extend benefits to partners of unmarried ...

  • Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center

    first reported last year , its purpose is to intercept, analyze and store data passing through both domestic and foreign communications networks — including the e-mails, phone calls and Google search history of U.S. citizens. The NSA will spend around $40 million per year on energy bills for the data center, according to one estimate. But those energy costs may be a bit higher than ...

  • Utah police close probe into Susan Powell disappearance

    WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – A police agency is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect, citing a lack of leads. West Valley City police are also releasing the case file, with details that have been kept under wraps since Powell vanished in 2009. Police held a news conference Monday afternoon. Police ...

  • Senator wants to offer incentives to attract gunmakers to Utah

    Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, wants to offer gun manufacturers incentives that could include tax breaks to relocate in ...


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Derailed

Derailed

Part Hitchcockian exercise in ruthless wrong man at the wrong time tension and part pseudo-film noir, Derailed tells the story of a beleaguered suburban father/husband who makes one fatally bad decision and then spends the rest of the movie suffering for it. Because his bad decis ... ...

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  • Police say man hit 6-year-old with baseball bat

    SALT LAKE CITY - A man who police say chased and hit his 6-year-old son with a baseball bat was arrested Saturday. Police were called to 1665 S. Riverside Drive (1140 West) just after 6 p.m. when neighbors reported seeing the man chasing his son with a bat. He was seen "hitting the boy with the bat in the back and punching him in the face," according to a Salt Lake County Jail ...

  • Orem man gets life without parole for stabbing death of girlfriend

    Jennifer Brackenbury, 44, was stabbed more than 40 times and found dead in her Orem home on Oct. 23, 2012. Her live-in boyfriend, Steven Gray, 44, was ordered Monday to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for her ...

  • Utah to dry out this week

    A wave of storms left Utah soggy over the weekend, but the state should continue to dry out as the week progresses. Temperatures will actually shift to the 80s, with the National Weather Service predicting a good chance for a sunny ...

  • Police expected to release detailed updates on Susan Powell case

    WEST VALLEY CITY - New information is expected to be released today in the Susan Cox Powell investigation. West Valley police have called a 3 p.m. news conference they say will involve "detailed updates" pertaining to the 3 ½-year-old case. The press conference comes on the heels of a two-day search in a heavily wooded area outside of Salem, Ore., last week. Nothing was found. ...

  • Have You Seen This Pinging the pong 2

    Have You Seen This? Pinging the pong . It was a group of friends from Lone Peak High School who pulled of some amazing trick shots with ping-pong balls. Here we have ...

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