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  • Wine Wednesday Sun Moon + TWODOG Wine

    Posted // 2013-06-19 - This Friday, June 21st, the Sun & Moon Cafe in Emigration Canyon will celebrate the Summer Solstice with a wine pairing party. The event will feature Utah's own TWODOG winery, along with dinner and live music provided by Danny Smith (from Building with Legs) and Alexis Rausch. The wine tasting is $15 and will feature four TWODOG wines: Proprietary White Blend, ...

  • The Oldest Stalest Chocolate Ever Has Been Found in Utah

    Posted // 2013-06-18 - Everyone has encountered old, mystery chocolate. Sometimes it’s leftover Halloween candy from three years ago. Sometimes it’s a hardly-recognizable M&M found in an old coat pocket. And sometimes, as is the case with archaeologists in southern Utah, it’s over 1,300 years old and it's found in a stash of ancient pottery. The chocolate residue, ...

  • Pat Bagley Editorial Cartoonists Convention

    Brace for scrutiny, Salt Lakers: The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is holding its 2013 convention here at the end of the month (June ...

  • Glad You Asked Parquet Courts Jamestown Revival and More

    Parquet Courts will be performing at The Urban Lounge this evening. Pentagraham Crackers and Koala Temple are also on the bill. The show starts at 9. Tickets are ...

  • 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 ...


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Tomorrow Never Dies

Well, it's finally happened. The mass media have become so despised that they were turned into the latest supervillain in the 18th installment of the James Bond series, "Tomorrow Never Dies." Whatever happened to insurgent political evils? They're as passe as the Cold War. Slimy South American drug lords? That was back when Timothy Dalton was still holding the Walter PB-K. For today's evil, you do ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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