Murder-suicide case: Dead man's ex-wife says she was treated like prisoner Violence seems to have surrounded both the birth and death of 1-year-old Jessica Perez.
Her mother, Charity Van Leeuwen, says ex-husband Peter Perez treated her much like a prisoner during her pregnancy - forcing her to stay inside a home with black curtains and heavily tinted Full Story
Legislature's top lawyer on the way out Posted: 9:23 AM- A special legislative panel has recommended hiring John Fellows to become the Legislature's next top lawyer, replacing M. Gay Taylor who is retiring from the general counsel post after 23 years on the job. Full Story
On the ropes: Utah Jazz lose 111-104 in L.A. LOS ANGELES - Judging from how long Jerry Sloan stared at the referees after the final horn Wednesday night, the Jazz felt as if the game they came to Staples Center to steal in the Western Conference semifinals instead was stolen from them. Full Story
Stocks mixed after jobless claims report Posted: 8:02 AM- NEW YORK - Wall Street traded mixed Thursday after the government said claims for unemployment benefits rose last week and that industrial production dropped by more than expected in April. Full Story
In their debt: We must do far more to help disabled war vets The butcher's bill for the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan continues to climb for American soldiers, those who are killed and those who return with grievous wounds and traumas that troops in earlier wars would not have survived in such numbers. Full Story
Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies Posted: 6:42 AM- DETROIT - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record. Full Story
Closed for business TAYLORSVILLE - The operators of Hot Spot Internet Cafe tried to increase the odds of drawing in customers by giving out sweepstakes entries.
But Taylorsville officials say the entrepreneurs played their hand wrong and accused the cafe of being a front for a gambling Full Story
ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK - The conditions were harsh. At least, it felt that way as we huddled in a one-person tent on Antelope Island last Friday. 
