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  • Possible stadium expansion would force move of Olympic icons

    SALT LAKE CITY — The legacy of the 2002 Olympics will always remain in Salt Lake City, but University of Utah and city officials are in the process of balancing what remains of that legacy with what they hope to accomplish in the future. "The University of Utah has moved into the Pac-12, and with that is all kinds of excitement and change," said Gordon Wilson, assistant vice ...

  • 10 people indicted in multi-state marijuana ring

    SALT LAKE CITY - Ten people have been federally indicted in a major marijuana operation stretching from Utah to California. The federal grand jury indictment was filed and sealed in 2011 and unsealed just last week. Joshua Wayne Cooper, Tyler Robert Cooper, Jonathan Isaac Clements, Joseph Andrew Clements, John Paul Diller, Fabrico Henrique Jesus, Tyson Lytle, Jedediah Andrews Mossi, Karl ...

  • Salt Lake City approves 13.8 percent tax hike despite mayors threat to veto

    The Salt Lake City Council forged ahead in adopting amendments to next year's budget despite the mayor's threat to veto, and pushed a proposed property tax increase to $8 ...

  • Top Lines Obama NSA Miss Utah Bill O’Reilly and asphyxiation

    Straighten your tie on air; Pres. Obama defends NSA intelligence gathering; Miss Utah says "create education better"; Bill O'Reilly makes fun of everybody - just ask him; and there's no pleasing Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Syria in today's "Top ...

  • Sex abuse suspect arrested four years after allegedly fleeing to Mexico

    A man charged with child sex abuse who authorities say fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution was arrested and extradited back to ...


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Movie Review

The World is Not Enough

"Somehow, the whole art of intrigue has been lost in a giant fireball," I bemoaned back in 1997 after viewing the Schwarzenegger-ization of James Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies." Now, two years later, having viewed "The World is Not Enough," the 19th installment of the James Bond series, there was little evidence to suggest that anything has changed. In fact, the series seems to have sunk a lit ... ...

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  • Report Changing climate poses severe risks to birds Utah waterfowl

    A new report by the National Wildlife Federation said climate change is the most serious threat birds face this century. The report raises concerns at Utah's Great Salt Lake, a major stop on the Pacific fly-way for hundreds of ...

  • Man accused of killing friend pleads guilty to unrelated sexual assault

    VERNAL - A Fort Duchesne man accused of killing a friend in April has admitted to sexually assaulting a Vernal woman in an unrelated case. Jesse Anthony Saenz, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday in 8th District Court to aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony. In exchange for Saenz's plea, prosecutors asked Judge Clark McClellan to dismiss charges of aggravated kidnapping, object ...

  • 11-year-old boy saves little sister from bear attack

    NEW FORK, Wyo. &#8212 A Kaysville family celebrating Father's Day with a camping trip to Wyoming survived an encounter with a bear thanks to the quick thinking of their 11-year-old son. It was supposed to be a family fun day, camping in New Fork, Wyo., but it quickly turned into a nightmare for the Kelly family. They're just grateful nothing other than some property damaged ...

  • Utah man shot by son-in-law during Catholic Mass upgraded to fair condition

    Police are outside St. James Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah, Sunday June 16, 2013 after a man was shot in the back of the head during mass at the church. The suspect, Charles Richard Jennings Jr., 35, was captured Sunday afternoon in nearby Box Elder County after fleeing in a stolen pickup truck, investigators said. (AP Photo/Standard-Examiner, Benjamin Zack) TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT MBO ...

  • Man charged with attempted murder in Ogden church shooting

    The man accused of shooting his father-in-law inside an Ogden church was charged in 2nd District Court on ...

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