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  • Bronze Plaque honoring Salt Lake City police officer unveiled

    SALT LAKE CITY &#8212 Friday afternoon was the first time Sandi Dunman-Bromley has been at a ceremony for her husband. At least this time, though, she could smile a little. "This is very exciting," said Dunman-Bromley, "I think it's fantastic. It's been almost 13 years, so I'm really excited we got the plaque up." The plaque she's talking about ...

  • Medical artists work helping cancer survivors feel whole again

    SALT LAKE CITY — A mastectomy is a common method of treatment breast cancer patients. For some cancer survivors, what the surgery takes away has a more profound effect on them than they had imagined. Brenda Shilder could appreciate the difficult choice revealed this ...

  • Utah soldier declared MIA following explosion presumed dead

    PAYSON - Family members believe a Utah County soldier missing in action in Afghanistan has been killed. The family of Cody Towse said they were notified by a military representative Tuesday that their son was standing near an improvised explosive device when it went off, causing a massive blast. The family has not received confirmation Towse was killed but have been in daily contact with the ...

  • Salt Lake veterans hospital to test next generation of prosthetic limbs

    Project manager Sarina K. Sinclair talks about osseointegration, which means to actually attach a prosthesis directly to the bone, which 10 amputees will be the first to have in the United States and will be performed at the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Salt Lake ...

  • Man takes himself off life support nephew charged with 2nd degree murder

    WEST JORDAN - Days after he was shot in the neck, Simon Vasquez was alive and conscious. But the Aug. 5, 2012, shooting had left him paralyzed from the chest down and he made the decision to be taken off of the equipment that was sustaining his life. His girlfriend, Cindy James, was emotional Friday as she recalled Vasquez being found capable of making the decision "to be taken off of ...


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Movie Review

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [DVD]

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [DVD]

Robert Bresson is most often thought of as an uncompromising minimalist, a director whose unique (to some maddening) aesthetic insisted on unprofessional actors, flat dialogue, simple camerawork, and almost no nondiegetic music. His best films, including Diary of a Country Priest (1950), Pickpocket (1959), and, to a lesser extent, Lancelot du Lac (1974), are all masterpieces ... ...

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  • Utah facing $1.2 billion-dollar water pollution problem

    Walt Baker, director of the Utah Division of Water Quality, said a $450 million investment in technology to upgrade wastewater treatment plants that discharge to rivers would be paid for by an average $3.40 monthly increase to Utah ...

  • Tippy Top of the Rockies Contest

    Posted // 2013-05-17 - The results are in; we're proud to announce that City Weekly garnered a number of coveted prizes-including nine first place awards-in the annual Top of the Rockies competition, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists Colorado chapter. The regional contest salutes the best in journalism from among four states: Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. Big ...

  • Ag-Gag Law Protest Saturday

    Posted // 2013-05-17 - Activist Amy Meyer recently made news in Utah for being charged with violating Utah’s now infamous "ag-gag" law, that prohibits the filming of farm and agricultural operations, even if doing so documents illegal animal abuse. The charges against Meyer were dropped but local activists have not dropped the issue and are rallying Saturday to protest the ...

  • The Hack Stamp Star Trek Into Darkness

    movie, you know it's time for the hacks to go blandly where they've always gone before: lazy references. Like any familiar franchise entry, Into ...

  • Glad You Asked Weekend To-Dos

    ?! It seems like everyone got to be on the year's biggest album except for me. I could have easily laid down a soulful and moody "aauaaauuhhhhhuuhh" on a song. It's bullshit, man. Anything happening this weekend for those of us who aren't on the new Daft album? - Bon ...

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