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City Creek Center made $200M in first 9 months

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A lavish Salt Lake City shopping center is on track to generate $266 million in sales in its first year of operation, tax figures released Wednesday show. City Creek Center - notable for a set of retractable roofs - apparently comes at the expense of downtown Salt Lake City's other outdoor shopping center. The Gateway, a more family-oriented center, saw sales ...
Lehi implements extraordinary water conservation measures

LEHI - The city is experiencing an emergency shortage of its drinking water supply, sending workers door-to-door Wednesday and Thursday to ask residents to stop using tap water on gardens, lawns and to refrain from washing driveways or cars. "We have seen too much usage in that area," said Robert Ranc, a city spokesman. "We want people to stop using culinary water for ...
Pronghorns in eastern Utah to get help with water

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has teamed up with Anadarko to give pronghorns south of Vernal some new water ...
Seven displaced in Salt Lake City apartment fire

This shutterstock photo shows a series of flames. An early morning fire at a Salt Lake City apartment left seven occupants temporarily without a place to ...
911 call of Ogden church shooting released

OGDEN - The 911 call reporting the Sunday shooting at the St. James Catholic Church in Ogden has been released. An eyewitness to the shooting immediately called the Ogden Police Department to report the incident. The audio of the 911 call was released to the media on Wednesday. "So, did he come into the church and shoot him in the church?" the 911 dispatcher said. "Yes, ...

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Casque d'or [DVD]

French screen siren Simone Signoret has the face of a child, the calculating eyes of a master thief, and the curvaceous body of a sexpot. Although she won an Oscar for her role as an unhappily married woman in the 1959 British film Room at the Top, which was one of the first of Britain ... ...

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NYT Utah one of 6 states President Obama has avoided during time in office

During his time in office, President Barack Obama has failed to visit six ...
Midwife charged with death of Moab newborn endangering life of mother

MOAB - A midwife faces charges after allegedly attempting to help a woman with a high-risk pregnancy deliver her baby at her house, resulting in the newborn dying and the mother nearly bleeding to death. Valerie ElHalta, 71, was charged in Grand County's 7th District Court with unlawful conduct, a third-degree felony; and negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, both class A ...
Children with critical illnesses given chance to tell their stories

SALT LAKE CITY — After learning a child of a dear friend had a failing heart, Dallas Graham asked himself through tears and heavy emotions an onerous question: "Well, what can you do when a child is facing death; how do you help?" In a moment of clarity, he knew what to do. He could help the child who faced a life-threatening or -altering disease tell their story. He could ...
Wide receiver Quinton Pedroza dismissed from Utah Utes football team

Utah's Quinton Pedroza makes a reception with teammate Justin Thomas defending during practice Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Rice Eccles Stadium. Pedroza was dismissed from the team ...
Mormons atheists Jews know the most about religion study says

SALT LAKE CITY — Atheists, Mormons, agnostics and Jews are among the highest-scoring groups on a survey of religious knowledge - higher than evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the "core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions," according ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Crowne Plaza, Los Angeles International Airport

I needed a hotel overnight near LAX and decided on the Crowne Plaza, a 4 star recently-renovated business class hotel ...

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...