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  • Intermountain to track radiation due to medical exams

    MURRAY - Intermountain Healthcare has launched a new system that tracks cumulative radiation exposure from medical exams. Intermountain is the only health care organization in the country currently monitoring medical radiation exposure, said David Barnes, an emergency physician at Intermountain Medical Center. The tracking goes back to August 2012. It started with some of the most popular and ...

  • Construction workers rescue woman from burning home

    SYRACUSE — Fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a Davis County house fire Wednesday afternoon. A woman who was inside at the time said she credits nearby construction workers with saving her life. The fire broke out just before 3 p.m. in a home near 2900 South and 2000 West. Syracuse firefighters say they arrived within minutes of the first 911 call and found the ...

  • Gay Parents In The U.S. Salt Lake City Has Highest Population Of Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids

    some startling facts about the demographics of gay and lesbian parents. Metro areas with the highest percentages of same-sex couples who are raising children are located in socially conservative states with constitutional bans on marriage equality in place, officials at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law point out in a press release. The following infographic was created as part ...

  • University of Utah makes list of most-attended schools by Fortunes top 100 CEOs

    U.S. News and World Report released a report on Wednesday of where America's business leaders went to college, and a local school was featured. The study, also published on Yahoo!, looked at the top 100 CE0s on the Fortune 500 list. While the usual suspects were at the top of the list, the University of Utah awarded three degrees to CEOs of some of the top 100 companies, including one ...

  • Solicitor arrested in Herriman after alleged aggression

    HERRIMAN — A solicitor was arrested Wednesday after residents complained that he was being aggressive. Aaron Howell, 38, was arrested Wednesday after Unified Police received reports Tuesday of him being aggressive while selling cleaning products door-to-door. Officers had been looking for Howell, Lt. Justin Hoyal said, when they received another call about an aggressive solicitor. ...


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Up in the Air

Up in the Air

Unlike most topical films, which invariably arrive a little too late, Up in the Air is a perfectly timed evocation of our current era of corporate volatility, a wobbly economy, and a general air of unease and uncertainty. It evokes with both extraordinarily observed detail and a ... ...

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  • $2.6B needed for Utah to reach per-pupil national education spending average

    To match Washington, D.C. — currently the highest per-pupil spending rate in the country — Utah would need more than $8 billion, which would require a 19.8 percent income tax rate and an additional annual household cost of ...

  • Man stabbed in downtown Salt Lake City

    SALT LAKE CITY — An early morning stabbing sent one man to the hospital with serious injuries Wednesday. According to Lt. Brian Purvis with Salt Lake police, two men were involved in an altercation about an unknown subject at about 6 a.m. near 600 West and 200 South. One man stabbed another and then fled the scene. The alleged assailant has not been found. The victim was taken to ...

  • Education coalition attacks Utahs efforts to get federal lands

    A new network that includes representation by school board members, teachers, college and high school students says Utah's efforts to get control of federal lands is the wrong move. They say it will ultimately hurt education and damage public ...

  • State parks host scavenger hunt contest

    SALT LAKE CITY — As if you needed another excuse to spend some time in Utah's state parks, the state is offering prizes to the people who complete the most tasks in a state park scavenger hunt. Starting June 1, contestants can enter the Utah State Parks and Recreation State of Adventure Scavenger Hunt. Throughout the summer, contestant who are in top standing will receive prizes, ...

  • Semi-trailer overturns spills whey over Bluffdale road

    HERRIMAN — A truck carrying whey overturned in an industrial aria of Herriman Wednesday, spilling the milk byproduct, as well as oil and gas, over the road. A unified officer came across the leaking and overturned semi-truck at about 11:00 a.m., according to Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal. The officer contacted Unified Fire, who sent a hazardous materials unit to begin containing ...

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