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Cruise ship victims offered $14,460 compensation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:02:02 MDT

Cruise ship victims offered $14,460 compensation

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 06:02PM MDT

Rome • How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA on Friday put the figure at (euro) 11,000 ($14,460) plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets and extra travel expenses, seeking to cut a deal with as many passengers as possible to take the wind out of class-action lawsuits stemming from the Jan. 13 grounding of its Costa Concordia cruise liner off Tuscany. But many passengers are refusing to accept the deal, saying...

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Winder’s candidacy sparks GOP dispute

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:01:02 MDT

Winder’s candidacy sparks GOP dispute

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 06:01PM MDT

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Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:58:02 MDT

Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe

By Lolita Baldor The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:58PM MDT

Washington • The Pentagon’s decision announced Friday to take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 will not necessarily force NATO allies to shoulder more of the load if ground forces are needed for a large-scale conflict in the region, Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said Friday. Odierno said the military will work hard to mitigate the impact of the shift on European allies, who rely heavily on U.S. military might to provide the bulk of the forces in a ground c...

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UHSAA board tinkering with six classifications for football

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:52:16 MDT

UHSAA board tinkering with six classifications for football

By Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:52PM MDT

Midvale • The state’s high school football programs could be split into six classifications, separately from all other sports, as soon as the 2013 season. The Utah High School Activities Association’s board of trustees will present a proposal to the public that would split schools in special football-only divisions that theoretically would put those programs in tighter groups with schools with similar enrollments. All other sports would remain in five classifications. The board had its first rea...

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U.S. GDP shows economy mending but not fixed

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:39:02 MDT

U.S. GDP shows economy mending but not fixed

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:39PM MDT

Washington • The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it’s healing. The 2.8 percent annual growth rate reported Friday for the fourth quarter was the fastest since spring 2010 and was the third straight quarter that growth has accelerated. Experts cautioned, however, that the pace was unlikely to last and that it’s not enough to sharply drive down the unemployment rate. Unemployment stands at 8.5 percent — its lowest level in nearly three years after a sixth straight month of soli...

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Utah Valley Convention Center prepping for May debut

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:38:02 MDT

Utah Valley Convention Center prepping for May debut

By Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:38PM MDT

Provo • The Utah Valley Convention Center’s interior is still mainly concrete and drywall, but Joel Racker sees something else. The chief executive of the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau sees wedding receptions on the fifth-floor terrace, with its stunning view of Mount Timpanogos. He sees business types milling about in glass-walled lobbies outside ballrooms and exhibition floors. And he sees business meetings that have gone to Salt Lake City coming back — and pumping dollars into Ut...

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Hole in one

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:35:03 MDT

Hole in one

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:35PM MDT

Green Spring • Noel Robertson. No. 15, 96 yards, 7-wood. With Darrell Tripp, Don Robinson and Phil Hyland.

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NFL: Giants’ Victor Cruz jumped at chance to work with Eli Manning

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:32:02 MDT

NFL: Giants’ Victor Cruz jumped at chance to work with Eli Manning

By Jeff Roberts The Record (Hackensack N.J.)

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:32PM MDT

East Rutherford, N.J. • The phone call must have been a mistake. Victor Cruz stared down at the screen, perplexed by the number that had popped up. Eli Manning was calling. Cruz still was a no-name kid from Paterson, N.J., in May, a Giants receiver who had one glorious night as a pro, torching the Jets in a 2010 preseason game before receding to the shadows of injured reserve a few weeks later. It couldn’t be for him. But Manning was on the line, wanting to work out with the second-year receiver...

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Literary notes: Finding truth through fiction

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:02 MDT

Literary notes: Finding truth through fiction

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:20PM MDT

Finding truth through fiction Rod Miller, author of the historical novel The Assassination of Governor Lilburn Boggs, will give a lecture on finding truth through fiction. His book is about Boggs, former governor of Missouri in 1842 who was shot by an unknown person. Boggs survived and the assailant was never found. The governor is known for giving the infamous extermination order against Mormons. Miller will show how fact and fiction work together. When • 7 p.m., Feb. 1 Where • Holladay Lib...

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Travel Expo in Utah soothing ‘pent-up demand’ for vacations

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:18:03 MDT

Travel Expo in Utah soothing ‘pent-up demand’ for vacations

By TOM WHARTON The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:18PM MDT

Sandy • It didn’t take long for the aisles at the 16th annual Morris Murdock Travel Show Friday to begin filling with people interested in finding a dream vacation or simply booking a close-to-home trip. The show at the South Towne Expo Center, which runs through Saturday, is a place to learn about traveling to Elko or to Africa, about cruising to Alaska or down a water slide at Lava Hot Springs. Representatives from countries such as Spain, Jamaica, the Philippines and Mexico offer colorful bro...

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McEntee: Where would Utah be without the federal government?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:17:03 MDT

McEntee: Where would Utah be without the federal government?

By PEG McENTEE Tribune Columnist

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:17PM MDT

Here’s a salient fact: for every dollar Utah spends on Medicaid, the federal government usually matches it with three. Some 37,400 Utahns make their living working for the feds. Federal money amounts to more than a quarter of the state’s yearly budget, projected at $13 billion in the next fiscal year. So on what grounds does Gov. Gary Herbert bewail a federal government that he says “refuses to be constrained by its proper and constitutionally limited” role? Evidently, the “federal overreach” pe...

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Clearfield High students are cyber whizzes

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:13:02 MDT

Clearfield High students are cyber whizzes

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:13PM MDT

competition • A Clearfield High School team has qualified for the third consecutive year for a national championship hosted by the Air Force Association. More than 1,000 teams registered from all 50 states for the CyberPatriot, sponsored by Northrop Grumman. The competition was created to inspire high school students to consider careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.

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Student literary magazines recognized

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:11:02 MDT

Student literary magazines recognized

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:11PM MDT

publications • Several Utah high schools have been recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English for excellence in student literary magazines. Copper Hills in the Jordan School District earned the highest honor; Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City was ranked “superior”; and Alta and Bingham, also in the Jordan District, were ranked “excellent,” along with the private Rowland-Hall.

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Nominate youths for volunteer awards

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:03 MDT

Nominate youths for volunteer awards

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:10PM MDT

scholarships • Kohl’s Department Stores will accept nominations for outstanding young volunteers for the 2012 Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program from Feb. 1 through March 15 at kohlskids.com. Through the program, more than 2,200 volunteers between the ages of 6 and 18 will be awarded at least $440,000 in scholarships and prizes. Nominators must be 21 years or older. Since the program began in 2001, Kohl’s has recognized more than 15,000 kids.

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Utah lawmakers advance bill to boost high school counseling

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:03 MDT

Utah lawmakers advance bill to boost high school counseling

By Lisa Schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:10PM MDT

In an effort to help more students continue beyond high school, the House Education Committee approved a bill Friday to put intern counselors in Utah schools. The committee passed HB65 by 10-2 on Friday after the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Salt Lake City, said it could help students get more scholarships and college opportunities. The bill would create a pilot program in which 18 graduate students studying high school counseling would be given training and then placed in high schools....

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Utah forecast: Sunny, but colder statewide this weekend

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:51 MDT

Utah forecast: Sunny, but colder statewide this weekend

By bob mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:05PM MDT

Enjoy those unseasonably warmer temperatures of the past couple days? Well, lock those memories away, at least for the weekend. The National Weather Service predicts sunny skies but colder temperatures — with northern Utah highs in the upper-30s and overnight lows in the teens — for Saturday. In southern Utah, highs were expected to be in the 50s and overnight lows in the upper-20s under mostly clear skies. Localized road flooding was reported in the central Cache County, but irrigation canals t...

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Utah doctor convicted in drug death surrenders medical licenses

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:42 MDT

Utah doctor convicted in drug death surrenders medical licenses

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:05PM MDT

Brigham City physician Dewey C. MacKay — convicted on felony counts of illegally prescribing pain medicine — has surrendered his licenses to practice medicine and dispense drugs in Utah. MacKay, an orthopedist, was convicted five months ago and sentenced to prison on Dec. 19. As of earlier this week, no action had been taken against his state licenses. On Friday, Utah’s Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) released an order saying MacKay “wishes to surrender” his license...

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Logan hospital worker arrested in alleged patient sex assault

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:42 MDT

Logan hospital worker arrested in alleged patient sex assault

By bob mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:05PM MDT

Logan police thought they had safely secured a drunk and unconscious man in an exam room at Logan Regional Medical Center. An officer even took up station outside the room while writing his report on the man’s alleged trespassing, intoxication and public urination. But when the officer finished the report and went in to check up on his charge, he allegedly found a male medical staffer performing oral sex on the still-unconscious suspect instead of inserting a catheter. “It’s one of those moments...

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Living History: The 19th-century U.S. senator from Utah, his mistress and a bad end

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:01:02 MDT

Living History: The 19th-century U.S. senator from Utah, his mistress and a bad end

By pat bagley The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 05:01PM MDT

The only member of Congress ever to be killed by his mistress was Sen. Arthur Brown of Utah. He’d served as one of Utah’s first two U.S. senators following statehood in 1896, but in his capacity as an attorney he was in Washington, D.C., 10 years later to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Then fate, in the form of a slight, pretty, 38-year-old brunette, showed up at his hotel room door. Brown was born in Michigan in 1843, earned a law degree there in 1864 and married a few years late...

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Panel advances teenage driver cellphone ban

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:59:03 MDT

Panel advances teenage driver cellphone ban

By Britny Mortensen The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:59PM MDT

The full Senate will consider a bill that would ban teenagers from using cellphones while driving. Members of the Senate Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology Committee endorsed SB128 on a 3-2 vote. The sponsor of the bill, Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City, says the measure allows time for new drivers to get some experience on the road before the cellphone distraction is allowed. “The Legislature has considered a complete ban of all cellphones [for drivers], but that’s not what th...

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Reptile sanctuary gets warm welcome in Delta

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:54:54 MDT

Reptile sanctuary gets warm welcome in Delta

By Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:54PM MDT

Delta • Evicted from West Valley City, Jim Dix and his 500-plus slimy, scaly and furry friends are welcome in their new home. Dix, owner of Reptile Rescue Service, relocated his animal sanctuary to a 7,000-square-foot commercial building on this Millard County city’s north end. And residents hope it becomes another reason for folks to visit this west desert community. “We’re happy to have him,” said Lorie Skeem, office manager at the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce. “It’s going to be a nice thing...

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Woman pleads guilty in slaying of West Wendover teen

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:53:59 MDT

Woman pleads guilty in slaying of West Wendover teen

By Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:53PM MDT

A West Wendover, Nev., teenager pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced murder charge as part of a plea deal that ensures she will have the possibility of parole. Toni Fratto, 19, pleaded guilty in Elko District Court to the second-degree murder charge in the March 2011 death of Micaela Costanzo. Fratto faces 10 years to life in prison, with parole possible after 10 years, for the murder charge when she is sentenced April 16 by Judge Dan Papez. The charge also carries a deadly weapon enhancement tha...

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After years of budget cuts in Utah, some want more

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:50:03 MDT

After years of budget cuts in Utah, some want more

By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:50PM MDT

After lean years with hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to state government, two conservative lawmakers say now is the time to cut more. Rep. John Dougall, R-Highland, the vice chairman of the budget committee, unveiled a bill this week that would slash taxes by $600 million, a record tax cut for the state, eclipsing the cuts enacted during Gov. Jon Huntsman’s administration. “Oftentimes we talk about how we do more for less. I suggest one of the things we ask is: How do we do less for les...

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Parents score $100,000 grant from Target for Orem school

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:03 MDT

Parents score $100,000 grant from Target for Orem school

By Rosemary Winters The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:45PM MDT

Last month, parents at Orem Elementary watched their school skyrocket into the top 5 in a text vote-driven contest for a $50,000 grant from Clorox. But realizing they were not going to capture the grand prize, they tried Plan B. And they won an even bigger reward. On Thursday, Orem Elementary Principal Rachelle Bolingbroke announced to students that their school has won a $100,000 grant from Target Corp. Several parents nominated Orem in the contest, which was promoted by the Ellen DeGeneres Sh...

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Bagley caption contest: In your own words

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:44:11 MDT

Bagley caption contest: In your own words

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:44PM MDT

Submit a caption to go with this cartoon drawn by Tribune political cartoonist Pat Bagley. Contest rules: To enter, submit your caption by e-mail to caption@sltrib.com, by FAX to 801-257-8525, or by postcard addressed to: Tribune Caption Contest, Suite 700, 90 South 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101. All submissions must include the caption writer’s name, home address and daytime telephone number. Entries must be received by midnight of the Tuesday following the Sunday on which a new captionle...

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Powell pipeline: Iron out? Kane in?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:44:03 MDT

Powell pipeline: Iron out? Kane in?

By Mark Havnes The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:44PM MDT

Brent Hunter sure would like to have water from a Lake Powell pipeline for his Iron County users, but physics is working against him. Mike Noel wants some of that liquid gold for his folks in Kane County as well, and he has geography in his favor. The selling point in Kane: Kanab is only 100 miles away and sits at the “head of the stream” to snag its 10,000 acre-feet of water. The sticking point in Iron: Its allotment of 20,000 acre-feet would have to be pumped uphill to Cedar City, inflating t...

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Limits on fireworks pass Utah House

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:02 MDT

Limits on fireworks pass Utah House

By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:33PM MDT

Utah’s House voted Friday to rein in the hours and times that fireworks can be set off, after a bill that greatly expanded what types of fireworks could be ignited prompted noise complaints from residents last year. HB33 would limit fireworks displays to three days before and three days after the Fourth of July and July 24 and set a curfew at 11 p.m. Fireworks could also be ignited until 1 a.m. on New Year’s and on the Chinese New Year. “We think [citizens] can still have their enjoyment, but we...

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Cookbook: ‘Salt to Honey’ paints a new picture of Utah food

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:02 MDT

Cookbook: ‘Salt to Honey’ paints a new picture of Utah food

By Kathy Stephenson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:32PM MDT

It’s been more than 12 years since the Junior League of Salt Lake City produced a new cookbook. And that publication, Always in Season, along with its two predecessors, Heritage and Pinch of Salt Lake, have been out of print for many years. So cooks are more than ready for the upcoming launch of Salt to Honey: Recipes for Great Gatherings. The Junior League’s fourth cookbook, a collection of 250 recipes and 27 photographs, paints a new picture of how Utah cooks and eats. The Salt to Honey’s rel...

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Sudanese refugee convicted in West Valley City highway killing

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:02 MDT

Sudanese refugee convicted in West Valley City highway killing

By Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:32PM MDT

A Sudanese has been convicted of murder for supplying his friend with the handgun used to kill a fellow refugee on a highway in West Valley City last year. A jury on Thursday convicted Idrees Adam Idrees, 22, on counts first-degree felony murder and second-degree felony possession of a firearm by a restricted person in connection with the January 2010 death of Mohammed Hassan. Early on the morning of Jan. 22, the 20-year-old Hassan piled into a crowded Dodge Durango with Idrees and 21-year-old A...

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Weekend Express: Your fun-stuff planning tool

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:29:11 MDT

Weekend Express: Your fun-stuff planning tool

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:29PM MDT

We’re here to help you plan your weekend, with best picks from our entertainment reporters, critics and bloggers. For more event listings, go to www.nowsaltlake.com/events. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Through Sunday, various venues. Visit www.sundance.org/festival/ for more information, nowsaltlake.com/sundance for coverage, plus www.sltrib.com/blogs/sundanceblog for news and reviews. And follow Tribune movie critic Sean P. Means on Twitter: @moviecricket as he reports from the festival’s award c...

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Ririe-Woodbury Dance: ‘Gallery’ inspired by aura of amusement parks

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:29:11 MDT

Ririe-Woodbury Dance: ‘Gallery’ inspired by aura of amusement parks

By celia R. Baker Special to The Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:29PM MDT

Shooting galleries in amusement parks make their profit by confusing the carnival rube’s aim though shrewd use of movement, light, color and sound. American dance pioneer Alwin Nikolai used those elements to astonish audiences in his bizarre and whimsical “Gallery,” circa 1978. Utah audiences will experience the piece for the first time during Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s “Kaleidoscope,” the company’s annual show for children and families. “Gallery” offers an intriguing riot of whirling objec...

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Utah Symphony launches a new cello concerto

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:29:11 MDT

Utah Symphony launches a new cello concerto

By Celia R. Baker The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:29PM MDT

Utah Symphony music director Thierry Fischer believes that concert programming should be about the present and the future as well as the past. That’s why he is reintroducing the orchestra’s tradition of commissioning new works from contemporary composers. “You cannot limit yourself to books written centuries ago,” Fischer said. “You need — and want — to read books written today. It is the same with every art form. You can’t study art from the past, or cook only with recipes from your grandmothe...

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Can St. George (and Utah) afford a Lake Powell pipeline?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:03 MDT

Can St. George (and Utah) afford a Lake Powell pipeline?

By Brandon Loomis The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:27PM MDT

St. George • Just turning on the faucet for the first time in a new home here in Utah’s corner of the Mojave Desert could cost more than $20,000 a generation from now. That’s not a worst-case scenario. It’s the plan. Washington County charges about $5,800 in impact fees for each new residence to cover water development that quenches growing demand in this retirement haven. The fees rise about 5 percent a year in anticipation of a planned $1.2 billion Lake Powell pipeline that Utah lawmakers will...

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Shut Up & Dance!: Utah company premieres new works in spring program

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:25:16 MDT

Shut Up & Dance!: Utah company premieres new works in spring program

By Kathy adams Special to The Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:25PM MDT

Choreographer Mandy Moore, best known for her work on Fox’s hit dance competition show “So You Think You Can Dance,” was in Utah last week creating a new piece for Odyssey Dance Theater’s upcoming performance. Moore’s accolades include two Emmy Award nominations for “SYTYCD,” choreography for “American Idol,” Celine Dion’s 2007 world tour, and numerous television, stage and film performances. But Moore seemed particularly satisfied last week after finishing her newest piece for Odyssey Dance The...

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Sundance: Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants to make a movie with you

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:21:55 MDT

Sundance: Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants to make a movie with you

By Autumn Thatcher The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:21PM MDT

When the lights went down at the “hitRECord with the Movies” performance in the Eccles Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 26, audience members began screaming as the movie screen flashed a message to “please turn on all recording devices.” Then project creator Joseph Gordon-Levitt ran onstage, with a microphone in one hand and a camera in the other, encouraged the audience to record everything. <freeform> <iframe width=”470” height=”269” src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/-pXKi31232E” frameb...

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Would artist Robert Smithson have wanted Utah’s Spiral Jetty preserved?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:20:13 MDT

Would artist Robert Smithson have wanted Utah’s Spiral Jetty preserved?

By Glen Warchol The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:20PM MDT

As a newly formed collaborative triumvirate of institutions moves forward to protect Utah’s iconic Spiral Jetty, an unanswered question is looming: What, exactly, was artist Robert Smithson’s intent when he pushed 7,000 tons of black basalt rock into the Great Salt Lake? “It’s a key question,” says Philippe Vergne, director of the New York-based Dia Art Foundation that owns the sprawling sculpture. “If you look at Smithson, he was fascinated by process and entropy — matter changing shape and the...

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What I’m learning and loving in the Quran

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:16:54 MDT

What I’m learning and loving in the Quran

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:16PM MDT

I have a confession: I have one week left in my Ramadan experiment, and I’m only halfway through the Quran. Every year during the Islamic 30-day holy month (which begins in July this year), in addition to fasting from dawn to dusk, millions of Muslims read the entire 600-page Quran. That’s a mere 20 pages a day, but I couldn’t do it. It’s not that the book is boring or hard to read. In fact, I find it fascinating. I was moved by the volume’s approach to forgiveness, including these verses in Qu...

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Sundance filmmaker recounts how his life was shaped by Utah visit

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:15:24 MDT

Sundance filmmaker recounts how his life was shaped by Utah visit

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:15PM MDT

Park City • Two pivotal events in Ira Sachs’ teen years shaped his life and his art. At age 15, Sachs came from Memphis, where he grew up, to spend some time in Park City with his father — a developer responsible for establishing one of this mountain town’s landmark hotels, the Yarrow. That was back when “Park City was a little hippie ski town,” he recalls now. On that trip, young Sachs attended the United States Film Festival — the precursor to the Sundance Film Festival — in Salt Lake Ctiy’s o...

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Kirby: Stop reading if you believe fact and faith are synonymous

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:15:24 MDT

Kirby: Stop reading if you believe fact and faith are synonymous

By Robert Kirby The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:15PM MDT

Last week, while riding with Park City cops at the Sundance Film Festival, I listened to a debate wherein the participants were not on the same page. They weren’t even in the same solar system. Cops were called to a code violation at a storefront on Main Street. Contrary to city ordinances, a business person had put up a large sign on a sidewalk. The ordinances were intended to keep Park City’s narrow thoroughfares from turning into mosh pits. The officer showed up, contacted the business per...

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Who are evangelicals?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:39 MDT

Who are evangelicals?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:13PM MDT

Evangelicals have been in the news a lot lately — from Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, who plays and prays football with scriptures stenciled to his face, to the Texas pastor and his wife, who spent 24 hours in bed preaching the virtues of sex in Christian marriages. Add to that the Tennessee couple who run “Evangelicals for Mitt,” Catholic Rick Santorum snagging the “evangelical vote” at a Texas meeting of more than 100 Christian pastors, and Romney’s South Carolina defeat, partly due to ...

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Utah Muslims and Jews to feast on food, friendship

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:11 MDT

Utah Muslims and Jews to feast on food, friendship

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:13PM MDT

Muslim and Jewish chefs will work side by side next week to whip up a religious-themed feast as a symbol of mutual friendship and awareness. There will be matzo, signifying the hurried Jewish flight from Egypt, and chana chaat, traditionally eaten to break the daily fasts of Islam’s Ramadan. Add to that honey cake, served during Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and halva, a nut-butter sweet used in Muslim and Jewish cuisines. The event, “Cooking Together,” is co-sponsored by the Islamic Societ...

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UTA, atheists battle over ads

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:29 MDT

UTA, atheists battle over ads

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:12PM MDT

Ads on buses and trains are seen by thousands of people a day. But the Utah Transit Authority tried to deny an open-records law request by an atheist group for a copy of all such ads accepted by the agency, arguing that might violate copyright laws. But when the State Records Committee heard an appeal by the American Humanist Association, the AHA agreed to an offer by UTA to let it view the ads in its offices instead of providing copies. “It’s not like those ads are secret. People see them on bu...

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Utahns plan a month of interfaith events

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:17 MDT

Utahns plan a month of interfaith events

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:12PM MDT

Throughout February, the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable will sponsor a smorgasbord of religious activities, events and discussions for Utahns to get a glimpse into faiths beyond their own. A decade ago, the group assembled religious leaders “to promote love, harmony and understanding among people of all faith traditions, cultures, and belief systems in the spirit of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.” Since the Games, the Roundtable has continued to work toward that same end, celebrating common gol...

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Suspect workplace fraud? Here are some red flags

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:06:02 MDT

Suspect workplace fraud? Here are some red flags

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:06PM MDT

Guido van Drunen, head of the forensic practice at KPMG, says that when it comes to corporate fraud, knowing which red flags to look for can help stop the spread of scams. Describe the typical business scamster? He is 36 to 45 years of age, according to a 2008-to-2010 analysis of 348 cases that KPMG investigated for clients across 69 countries. The next most likely age group is individuals who are 46 to 55. Most perpetrators are men. The fact that more men than women commit fraud appears to...

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Make it healthy: A chicken pot pie, without preservatives

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:02 MDT

Make it healthy: A chicken pot pie, without preservatives

By lesli j. neilson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:04PM MDT

Grocery stores are packed with products that may tout convenience, but contain ingredients that aren’t healthy. Today, we highlight Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pie. Back when I was little, I remember going to Marie Callender’s with my mom. I’d always order New England clam chowder along with cornbread, never thinking to order the Heartland Chicken Pot Pie. Over time, with the help of ConAgra Foods, Marie Callender’s began a line of frozen foods, offering all manner of cook-and-eat meals, incl...

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Fashion franchiser: Utah student finds business success while still in school

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:39 MDT

Fashion franchiser: Utah student finds business success while still in school

By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 04:03PM MDT

Chelsea Sloan probably won’t be looking for a job when she graduates from the University of Utah this spring. She may even be hiring. Sloan was barely a sophomore when she hatched a business idea: a hybrid retail network called Uptown Cheapskate that sells cool apparel to young adults who revere fashion but lack the means to shop at upscale stores. She didn’t let her own youth, or a lack of means and a degree, get in the way of her ambitions. Her franchise enterprise has since grown to 14 outl...

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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:51:28 MDT

Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars

By DAVID GERMAIN The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:51PM MDT

Park City • The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie? The Associated Press put the question to filmmakers and stars at Sundance, Robert Redford’s independent-cinema showcase that opened Jan. 19 and runs through Sunday. The query was inspired by the Sundance premiere “Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie,” in which directors and stars Tim Heidecker and ...

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Utah high court reverses ruling in adoption case of unwed Colorado dad

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:31 MDT

Utah high court reverses ruling in adoption case of unwed Colorado dad

By brooke adams The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:38PM MDT

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Colorado father was improperly denied a say in his infant daughter’s adoption and sent the case back to a lower court for a rehearing. In a split decision that establishes a new ground rule for future cases, the justices said Robert Manzanares’ consent to any adoption was necessary. The majority held Manzanares did not know and reasonably could not have known that a birth and adoption would take place in Utah, entitling him by law to more time to interv...

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Glitches in new Utah Legislature computer system brings howls

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:22:59 MDT

Glitches in new Utah Legislature computer system brings howls

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:22PM MDT

The Utah Legislature enjoyed a smooth, quiet first week — except for one thing that has lobbyists, reporters, activists, the public and even lawmakers themselves howling. The Legislature’s new system for online live-streaming of its meetings has not been working. Many people need it to track multiple meetings that happen at the same time during the Legislature’s tightly packed 45-day session — or to watch sessions while away from the Capitol. But those using the Capitol’s wireless Wi-Fi internet...

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Legislature finishes tweaks to redistricting

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:20:06 MDT

Legislature finishes tweaks to redistricting

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:20PM MDT

The first three bills to gain final approval of 2012 flew through the Legislature on Friday to fix some minor problems with redistricting of political boundaries that was completed late last year. Lawmakers unanimously passed the measures to make about 60 total changes to state House, Senate and school board boundaries, and sent them to Gov. Gary Herbert for his signature. Lawmakers did not alter controversial congressional boundaries that also had been passed last year. Rep. Ken Sumsion, R-Amer...

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A Look Back: Archive photos of Utah's small towns

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:16:13 MDT

A Look Back: Archive photos of Utah's small towns

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:16PM MDT

The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives in a special series called A Look Back. This installment shows historic photos of Utah's small towns. Every gallery of the series is available at www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback. Previous installments showed: Park City http://bit.ly/yhcPsx Scenes from around Utah in the first half of the 20th century http://bit.ly/zhYh3V Construction of the Salt Lake Temple and SLC in the 1800s http://bit.ly/wC64sn Past University of Utah...

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Rob Bishop could be next tea party target in Utah

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:16:13 MDT

Rob Bishop could be next tea party target in Utah

By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:16PM MDT

Congressman Rob Bishop may be the next target in the tea party’s broad offensive against the Utah Republican establishment. Jacqueline Smith, one of the state’s most active tea party organizers, is exploring a run against Bishop and plans to decide in the next week or two if she will jump in the race. “He has been a very popular representative for the past decade but recently some of his votes have been anti-liberty,” said Smith, from Wanship, a town in Summit County. Her main complaint is his s...

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Update: Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:44 MDT

Update: Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 03:04PM MDT

San Francisco • Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression. Thursday’s announcement that Twitter had refined its technology to censor messages on a country-by-country basis raised fears that the company’s commitment to free speech may be weakening. Twitter is trying to broaden its audience and make more money by expanding around the globe. “I’m af...

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Granger High students raise money for seniors

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:03 MDT

Granger High students raise money for seniors

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:54PM MDT

Students at Granger High School will host a talent show to raise money for a holiday dinner for local senior citizens. The event is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, in the school auditorium, 3690 S. 3600 West. Admission is $2. Granger students, together with the West Valley city police and fire departments, have organized the holiday dinner for the past eight years. But this year, the city was unable to contribute money and the event was canceled. Now the students have vowed to raise the necessary $4,00...

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Utah Jazz: Ex-Coug Jimmer Fredette learns how to play NBA game

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:43:27 MDT

Utah Jazz: Ex-Coug Jimmer Fredette learns how to play NBA game

By Brian T. Smith The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:43PM MDT

Jimmer Fredette is finding comfort in the chaos of the NBA. First, there was a bitter lockout that lasted nearly five months and prevented the former Brigham Young University standout guard from even speaking with Sacramento’s front-office executives during the work stoppage. Then came the unexpected firing of former Kings coach Paul Westphal, just eight games into Fredette’s rookie season. Both made an impact. Neither was ideal. And less than two months into his professional career, Fredette’s ...

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BYU basketball: Cougars pull off big win at Virginia Tech

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:39:03 MDT

BYU basketball: Cougars pull off big win at Virginia Tech

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:39PM MDT

Blacksburg, Va. • The BYU Cougars traveled a long way from home to get their biggest win of the 2011-12 college basketball season. Brock Zylstra made a 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining to break a tie at Cassell Coliseum, and the Cougars held on in the frantic final seconds to defeat Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference 70-68 in a crucial nonconference game for NCAA Tournament-bubble-sitting BYU. “For us to score 70 points in this building, with the shooting percentage we had [33.3 p...

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Bagley cartoon: Class Warfare Takes a Holiday

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:34:52 MDT

Bagley cartoon: Class Warfare Takes a Holiday

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:34PM MDT

This Pat Bagley editorial cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby

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Most-viewed YouTube videos in Salt Lake City

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:23:02 MDT

Most-viewed YouTube videos in Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:23PM MDT

The most-viewed YouTube videos in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 27. For a longer list of the most-viewed and most-shared videos and to see viewing trends for other U.S. cities and countries, go to YouTube’s Trends Dashboard site at www.youtube.com/trendsdashboard. You can also view the top lists according to age range and gender. <freeform> No. 1: driving on mountain top ORIGINAL! <iframe width=”470” height=”269” src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/eE8o4sVLRBc” frameborder=”0” allo...

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Photos of the day January 26, 2012

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:13:02 MDT

Photos of the day January 26, 2012

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:13PM MDT

A collection of the best photos from around the world updated throughout the day Jan. 26, 2012.

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Scott D. Pierce: It’s hard to believe, but RSL fans are happy

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:12:02 MDT

Scott D. Pierce: It’s hard to believe, but RSL fans are happy

By Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 02:12PM MDT

This doesn’t happen very often. A group of local sports fans seems to be on board with a television deal made by their team. Real Salt Lake’s new contract with KTVX/KUCW, which — as reported here — will put 10 games on Channel 4, 20 games on Channel 30, and all 30 games in high-definition, has been met with overwhelming approval on various message boards. (A lot more positive comments than those about RSL’s new jerseys.) And it’s a big upgrade for the team for a couple of reasons: • High defini...

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Trio charged in theft of Olympic memorabilia, including torch

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:57:35 MDT

Trio charged in theft of Olympic memorabilia, including torch

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:57PM MDT

Utah authorities Thursday charged a consignment shop owner with forging paperwork so she could steal more than $1 million in property, including priceless Olympic memorabilia, from a former well-known Olympic booster. The first-degree felony theft charges filed against My Finer Consigner owner Constance Lynn Millet, 55, of Highland; her boyfriend, Kurt Hunziker, 58, of Switzerland; and her son, Spencer Tidwell, 25, of Pleasant Grove, capped off a nine-month investigation, according to charging ...

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Salt Lake City police: Robbery suspect swaps toy gun, cap for case of beer

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:57:35 MDT

Salt Lake City police: Robbery suspect swaps toy gun, cap for case of beer

By bob mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:57PM MDT

A man carrying what at first appeared to be a handgun grabbed a case of beer from a Salt Lake City convenience store’s cooler and approached the clerk. Then, things got weird at the 7-Eleven store near 1400 West and Indiana Avenue (850 South). Salt Lake City police say the man then laid the gun, which turned out to be a black-and-clear-plastic toy, on the counter. Apparently as an afterthought, he also added his blue baseball cap to sweeten the swap. “There you go,” he said, and walked out with...

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Earbuds ‘take a bath’

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:53:03 MDT

Earbuds ‘take a bath’

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:53PM MDT

Earbuds • Worked up a sweat on your workout? Chances are your earbuds did, too. If you’re wearing Sony’s Balanced Armature Sport Earbuds, you’ll be able to rinse them off when you’re done. The water-resistant XBA-S65 model includes an adjustable ear loop that improves stability and a clip with a cord adjuster that minimizes wire entanglements while you work out. Due in stores in March, the earbuds will cost about $90. For more information, go to www.sonystyle.com Gannett News Service

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Suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:22:03 MDT

Suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq

By BARBARA SURK The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:22PM MDT

BAGHDAD • A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open sectarian warfare now that U.S. troops have left Iraq. The powerful blast — the second deadliest attack in Iraq this month — set nearby stores and cars ablaze alongside scattered flesh and mutilated bodies. It shattered windows and damaged walls in the loc...

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Golf • Rory McIlroy tops Tiger Woods for share of Abu Dhabi lead

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Golf • Rory McIlroy tops Tiger Woods for share of Abu Dhabi lead

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates • Rory McIlroy opened his season by outplaying Tiger Woods in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 Thursday for a share of the lead. Woods shot a 70 in a threesome with McIlroy and top-ranked Luke Donald, who finished with a 71. Robert Karlsson tied for the lead while Gareth Maybin, Richard Finch and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet were one stroke back. Woods played bogey-free golf that produced few momentous shots and two birdies. He mis...

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Utah State basketball: Aggies defeat Hawaii 77-72

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Utah State basketball: Aggies defeat Hawaii 77-72

By Tony Jones The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Logan • Utah State has struggled mightily in the first part of the Western Athletic Conference season.The Aggies lost three of four on their recent road trip, they were blown out at New Mexico State and saw a lead against Idaho dissipate because of turnovers at the worst times.But USU’s 77-72 win over Hawaii on Thursday night at the Spectrum illustrates the parody of the WAC. With the victory, Utah State is in fourth place with a .500 record. And with a bunch of home games remaining on the sched...

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Utah basketball: Utes fall 76-49 at UCLA

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Utah basketball: Utes fall 76-49 at UCLA

By Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Los Angeles • The Utes were bad in all of the most annoying categories Thursday against UCLA: 3-point shooting, turnovers, assists, post defense. But coach Larry Krystkowiak targeted one broad aspect of his team’s performance in the 76-49 loss. Throughout this 5-15 season, Utah’s subpar offense has begrudgingly been accepted as a product of a mishmash of undertalented players. Thursday, however, the Utes weren’t only bad. They were selfish. “We were going to try to beat them with one-on-one move...

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Utah basketball: Road losing streak hits 12 at UCLA

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Utah basketball: Road losing streak hits 12 at UCLA

By Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Los Angeles • Well, the Utes’ couldn’t blame the atmosphere. Playing in front of a sparse crowd of 4,434 at the aged Los Angeles Sports Arena, a temporary home for UCLA that has all the charm of a rabbit habitat, the Utes added to their road woes with a 76-49 loss. Dating back to Chris Hines’ 3-pointer that beat New Mexico at The Pit last February, the Utes have lost 12 games away from the Huntsman Center, and 10 in this, the first season in the Pac-12. Hines led the Utes with 13 points, but a...

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State college basketball: Weber State earns 10th straight victory

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

State college basketball: Weber State earns 10th straight victory

Combined news services

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Sacramento, Calif. • Damian Lillard scored 21 points as Weber State and Sacramento kept streaking in opposite directions Thursday night. The Wildcats (16-3, 8-0 Big Sky) won their 10th straight game, beating Sacramento State 75-60 and sending the Hornets (5-14, 0-8) to their ninth straight defeat. Weber State is off to its best start since going 16-1 to open the 1979-80 season. Lillard, who entered as the nation’s scoring leader (25.1 points per game), moved past Jermaine Boyette into third plac...

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Women’s basketball: UCLA rallies past Utah, 65-60

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Women’s basketball: UCLA rallies past Utah, 65-60

By Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

With his postgame media responsibilities complete Thursday night, University of Utah coach Anthony Levrets informed no one in particular about his immediate plans as he walked slowly from the Huntsman Center interview room. “I think I’m going to throw up,” he said. Levrets had plenty of reason for not feeling well after UCLA rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final 5:34 and defeated the Utes, 65-60, in Pac-12 women’s basketball. Mariah Walker finished with 21 points for the Bruins, who out...

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Top 25 basketball: Wisconsin continues its comeback with win vs. Indiana

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Top 25 basketball: Wisconsin continues its comeback with win vs. Indiana

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Madison, Wis. • Wisconsin had already bounced back from its rough start in the Big Ten. Now Jordan Taylor and the 25th-ranked Badgers know they can win even on a bad shooting night. Despite going 4 for 17 from 3-point range, Wisconsin fell back on its defense to beat No. 16 Indiana 57-50 on Thursday. Ben Brust scored 13 points and Ryan Evans added 12 for the Badgers (17-5, 6-3), who have won their past five games. “We just had to keep believing that we have a good team,” forward Jared Berggren s...

Graduate basketball transfers offer teams immediate help

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Graduate basketball transfers offer teams immediate help

By Aaron Beard The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Raleigh, N.C. • There’s a free agent trend quietly developing around college basketball and coaches are trying to figure out how to get a handle on it. Graduate transfers can market their skills as ball handlers, secondary scorers and bodies to bolster depleted front lines — and coaches and players are taking advantage of the rule. These players have graduated but still have eligibility remaining, so they transfer and play immediately by enrolling in a graduate program unavailable at their form...

Prep girls’ basketball: Alta cruises by Brighton

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Prep girls’ basketball: Alta cruises by Brighton

By Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

Sandy • Alta’s opponents are learning the hard way: There’s no easy way to slow down Makenzi Morrison. The 5-foot-8 senior guard had another high-scoring night, this time cutting through Brighton (10-6) for 30 points as Alta (12-5) rolled 54-38 at home. The win helped solidify the Hawks’ standing as the top team in Region 3 and gets them closer to a No. 1 seed in the Class 5A playoffs. Despite going through long stretches with turnovers and cold shooting, Alta clamped down on defense to stay ahe...

Sarah Burke honored with solemn march down the halfpipe at Winter X Games

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Sarah Burke honored with solemn march down the halfpipe at Winter X Games

By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

ASPEN, Colo. • Holding white glow sticks above their heads, Sarah Burke’s friends took a slow trip down a darkened halfpipe at the Winter X Games on Thursday — bidding a sad farewell to the skier who helped push their sports to the heights they’ve reached today. With light snow falling on them at the bottom, those friends embraced Burke’s parents and her husband — all still mourning a week after the 29-year-old Canadian freestyle icon’s death following a training accident on a halfpipe in Utah. ...

Commentary: Will Dolphins seek Peyton Manning?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Commentary: Will Dolphins seek Peyton Manning?

By Dave George Cox Newspapers

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

West Palm Beach, Fla. • It’s almost to the point where Peyton Manning staying in Indianapolis would be a surprise. The Colts have changed out everything from the front office to the coaching staff and are in position to keep the extreme makeover going with the No. 1 overall draft rights to Stanford star Andrew Luck. The good news for any team looking to take advantage of this situation, and that list includes Miami, is that a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player might soon be cut loose after 14 se...

Paterno’s son: ‘Dad, you won. You can go home now’

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:08:56 MDT

Paterno’s son: ‘Dad, you won. You can go home now’

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and GENARO C. ARMAS The Associaetd Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:08PM MDT

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. • Jay Paterno leaned over his dying father, gave him a kiss, and whispered in his ear. “Dad, you won,” he said. “You did all you could do. You’ve done enough. We all love you. We won. You can go home now.” Joe Paterno died Sunday of lung cancer at age 85. At a memorial service Thursday that drew some 12,000 people to the Penn State basketball arena, Jay Paterno reflected on what he called the “magnificent daylight” of his legendary father’s life. It was primarily a glowing tri...

Struggling in U.S., F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:03 MDT

Struggling in U.S., F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad

By ERIC TALMADGE The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 01:00PM MDT

TOKYO • Detractors say the F-35 stealth fighter, the costliest military plane ever, is destined to go down as one of the biggest follies in aviation history. But it may have found a savior: deep-pocketed U.S. allies hungry to add its super high-tech capabilities to their arsenal. The program marked a major success last month when Japan chose it over the Boeing F/A-18 and the Eurofighter Typhoon as a replacement for 42 aircraft in its aging air force. It was the F-35’s first victory in an open-bi...

Fitch downgrades 5 eurozone nations

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:39:03 MDT

Fitch downgrades 5 eurozone nations

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:39PM MDT

Frankfurt, Germany • U.S. ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain. Fitch said the downgraded countries — also including Belgium, Cyprus, and Slovenia — faced financial and economic headwinds from the eurozone’s debt crisis that could diminish their ability to sustain their own debt loads. The downgrade was largely expected, as Fitch had said it was reviewing the country’s ratings. It comes...

Why is investment income taxed less than wages?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:37:02 MDT

Why is investment income taxed less than wages?

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:37PM MDT

WASHINGTON • Why do Mitt Romney and other wealthy investors pay lower taxes on the income they make from investments than they would if they earned their millions from wages? Because Congress, through the tax code, has long treated investment more favorably than labor, seeing it as an engine for economic growth that benefits everyone. President Barack Obama and the Occupy Wall Street movement are challenging that value system, raising volatile election-year issues of equity, fairness — and Romne...

Report: Facebook IPO filing could come next week

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:36:02 MDT

Report: Facebook IPO filing could come next week

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:36PM MDT

Los Angeles • The Wall Street Journal says Facebook could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week. The newspaper cites unnamed people familiar with the matter in saying that the social networking company could raise as much as $10 billion. Facebook’s expected launch as a publicly traded company is the most hotly anticipated tech IPO in more than a decade. Facebook spokesman Larry Wu says the company will not comment on IPO-related speculation. After ...

Rolly: Utah County GOP bends campaign rules

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:25:02 MDT

Rolly: Utah County GOP bends campaign rules

By paul rolly Tribune Columnist

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:25PM MDT

Rules are made to be broken, as they say, but the Utah County Republican Party would rather just find creative ways around them — for the higher good, of course. Or, they have put a new twist on the practice of “one-stop shopping.” It is against the law for legislators to accept political contributions during the legislative session, which means they cannot pocket any campaign cash between Jan. 23 and March 7. Several legislators running for Congress or Senate resigned just before the legislati...

Evangelical speaker: True Christians don’t demonize Mormons, Obama

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:22:00 MDT

Evangelical speaker: True Christians don’t demonize Mormons, Obama

By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:22PM MDT

Mark DeMoss has a message for his fellow evangelicals: You can’t attack and demean Mormons or President Barack Obama and still consider yourself a follower of Jesus Christ. It is impossible to abide by Paul’s admonition to regard others as more important than yourself, DeMoss said Tuesday during a Brigham Young University devotional, “and also stand outside [LDS] General Conference hurling insults as [Mormons] walk by to worship with [their] fellow Latter-day Saints.” Just because the First Am...

Sundance red carpet premiere: ‘Shadow Dancer’

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:16:13 MDT

Sundance red carpet premiere: ‘Shadow Dancer’

BY THE Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:16PM MDT

Photos from the Tuesday, Jan. 25 screening of “Shadow Dancer,” featuring Andrea Riseborough and James Marsh. “Shadow Dancer” (Premieres) Plot summary •A portrait of shifting convictions and entangled loyalties, about a single mother in Belfast who is forced to either become an informant or go to prison. Director • James Marsh Additional screenings • Saturday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. • Redstone Cinema 7, Park City

Sundance fest embraces hip-hop on stage and screen

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:16:13 MDT

Sundance fest embraces hip-hop on stage and screen

By SANDY COHEN The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:16PM MDT

Park City • Hip-hop is making itself heard — and seen — at the Sundance Film Festival. Along with a slew of performances by rappers and DJs around town, this year’s festival includes documentary and narrative films about hip-hop culture. “It’s a beautiful thing to see,” said Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew fame, who stars in a short film playing at the festival called “The Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke.” “When you look at the success of Ice Cube and Will Smith, these are traditional hip-hop...

Sundance doc examines costs of U.S. war on drugs

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:16:13 MDT

Sundance doc examines costs of U.S. war on drugs

By SANDY COHEN The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:16PM MDT

Park City • Eugene Jarecki’s documentary at the Sundance Film Festival looks at the cost of America’s war on drugs — its social and human as well as financial cost. With “The House I Live In,” the filmmaker takes a close-up look at the results of U.S. drug policy. Jarecki said he was moved to explore the issue because, while his parents escaped persecution in Nazi Germany, he sees another kind of Holocaust taking place in poor communities hit by harsh drug laws and mandatory minimum sentences. T...

St. Louis hosts 1st big U.S. parade on Iraq War’s end

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:13:03 MDT

St. Louis hosts 1st big U.S. parade on Iraq War’s end

By JIM SALTER The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:13PM MDT

ST. LOUIS • Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations. So, two friends from St. Louis decided to change that. They sought donations, launched a Facebook page, met with the mayor and mapped a route. On Saturday, hundreds of veterans are expected to march in downtown St. Louis in the nation’s first big welcome home parade since the last troops left Iraq in December. “It struck me that ...

Fielder: Joining Tigers ‘kind of a dream’

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:11:35 MDT

Fielder: Joining Tigers ‘kind of a dream’

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:11PM MDT

DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder was born in 1984, the last time Detroit won the World Series. After luring Fielder to Michigan with the fourth-largest contract in baseball history, the Tigers are hoping he will help usher in a new championship era for the Motor City. “This is awesome,” Fielder said Thursday after finalizing a $214 million, nine-year deal with Detroit. “It’s kind of a dream come true. I’m excited.” Detroit began seriously pursuing Fielder after designated hitter Victor Martinez tor...

Could Hill Air Force Base come under budget ax?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06:47 MDT

Could Hill Air Force Base come under budget ax?

By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:06PM MDT

Washington • President Barack Obama wants to shutter some military bases to help lower the nation’s massive debt, a proposal that has Utah officials concerned about the survival of Hill Air Force Base, one of the state’s largest employers. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday that the president plans to call on Congress to create a new Base Closure and Realignment Commission, or BRAC, as part of his proposal to reduce military spending by $487 billion in the next decade, as Congress...

Sports briefs: X Games pay tribute to skier Sarah Burke

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06:25 MDT

Sports briefs: X Games pay tribute to skier Sarah Burke

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:06PM MDT

Skiing • Sarah Burke’s friends took a slow trip down a darkened halfpipe at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on Thursday, saying goodbye to the skier who helped push their sports to the heights they are today. At the bottom, those friends embraced Burke’s family, still mourning a week after the 29-year-old freestyle skier’s death in Salt Lake City. The Canadian, a pioneer in freestyle skiing, died from injuries suffered during a training accident earlier this month. It was a touching tribute...

Friday’s TV sports/radio programming

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06:25 MDT

Friday’s TV sports/radio programming

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:06PM MDT

Television — Boxing • Junior welterweights, Ruslan Provodnikov (19-1-0) vs. David Torres (21-2-2), 7 p.m., ESPN2 Extreme sports • Winter X Games, 8:30 p.m., ESPN, and midnight (delayed tape), ESPN2 Golf • PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, second round, 1 p.m., TGC • European PGA Tour, Abu Dhabi Championship, third round, 2 a.m., TGC Men’s college hockey • Yale at Harvard, 5:30 p.m., NBCSP NBA • New York at Miami, 6 p.m., ESPN • Utah at Dallas, 6:30 p.m., ROOT Tennis • Australian Open, women’s ...

NFL notes: Irked Colts owner calls Peyton Manning a ‘politician’

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06:25 MDT

NFL notes: Irked Colts owner calls Peyton Manning a ‘politician’

The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:06PM MDT

The Indianapolis Colts are a long, long way from being healed. Two days after Peyton Manning publicly complained about the dour atmosphere at team headquarters following a 2-14 season and a rash of firings, Colts owner Jim Irsay introduced his new head coach and then stunned everyone by calling his franchise player a “politician” who had decided to air dirty laundry. “I don’t think it’s in the best interest to paint the horseshoe in a negative light, I really don’t,” Irsay told reporters, refe...

New USDA plant hardiness map reflects warming trends

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:06:02 MDT

New USDA plant hardiness map reflects warming trends

By Janice Lloyd USA TODAY

Published Jan 27, 2012 12:06PM MDT

A new government map gives gardeners in many parts of the nation a chance to turn over a new leaf for the first time in decades. Long-awaited changes unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s climate zone guide show northward warming trends, while also targeting a few colder areas in the mountains. Growers in climates where warmer is the new norm can grow species of plants that would have perished in a colder zone. “I think it will lead people to experiment with many plants they...

Prison dilemma: Surging numbers of older inmates

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:45:02 MDT

Prison dilemma: Surging numbers of older inmates

By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 11:45AM MDT

NEW YORK • In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates — with their high rates of illness and infirmity — make up an ever increasing share of the prison population. At a time of tight state budgets, it’s a trend posing difficult dilemmas for policymakers. They must address soaring medical costs for these older inmates and ponder whether some can be safely released before their sentences expire. Th...

Obama to colleges: Curb tuition hikes or lose federal funds

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:33:02 MDT

Obama to colleges: Curb tuition hikes or lose federal funds

By KIMBERLY HEFLING and JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 11:33AM MDT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. • President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation’s colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they “jack up tuition” every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value. Obama can’t proceed, though, without the OK from Congress, where the reaction of Republican lawmakers ranged from muted to skeptical. Higher education leaders worried about the details and the threat of government overreach, and one dismissed...

Jordan district hires Fox13 reporter as spokeswoman

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:29:02 MDT

Jordan district hires Fox13 reporter as spokeswoman

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 11:29AM MDT

Sandy Riesgraf, formerly a reporter at KSTU Fox13, has been hired as director of communications at Jordan School District. In a news release, Superintendent Patrice Johnson said Riesgraf will be responsible for “telling our story” and sharing the achievements of students, teachers and staff. Riesgraf also has been asked to expand the district’s visibility on social media. Riesgraf, a winner of the George Foster Peabody Award for investigative journalism, worked for KSTU for 13 years. The directo...

Egyptians mark first anniversary of ‘Friday of Rage’ (video)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:18 MDT

Egyptians mark first anniversary of ‘Friday of Rage’ (video)

By AYA BATRAWY and SARAH EL DEEB The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 10:58AM MDT

CAIRO • Large marches of protesters chanting antimilitary slogans streamed from mosques around Cairo to join tens of thousands massed in central Tahrir Square in a new uprising anniversary rally Friday, with many demanding an early transfer of power by the ruling military and the trial of generals for the killing of protesters. Tensions erupted when one march of hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the Defense Ministry and were confronted by dozens of supporters of the military. The two s...

Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securities

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:57:03 MDT

Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securities

By PETE YOST The Associated Press

Published Jan 27, 2012 10:57AM MDT

Washington • Federal and state law enforcement officials announced Friday that they have launched a fraud-fighting initiative to root out wrongdoing in the market for residential mortgage-backed securities. Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference that bringing full enforcement resources to bear will help expose abuses and hold violators accountable. Residential mortgage-backed securities are the huge investment packages of what turned out to be near-worthless mortgages that bankrupte...

Utah may create Fallen Heroes Days

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:56:03 MDT

Utah may create Fallen Heroes Days

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Published Jan 27, 2012 10:56AM MDT

The Utah Senate voted Friday to create a seventh permanent state commemoration day: Fallen Heroes Days, to annually pay tribute to soldiers and law officers who die in the line of duty. “I feel strongly that we need to have a day to honor them,” said Sen. Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, sponsor of SB015. The Senate passed it on a 27-0 vote and sent it to the House. Niederhauser said holidays such as Memorial Day honor all soldiers who served, but he wants a day specifically for soldiers and law off...

Alabama Shakes at the State Room

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:56:03 MDT

Alabama Shakes at the State Room

By david burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 10:56AM MDT

Blues and rock band Alabama Shakes will perform its Muscle Shoals-inspired soul music. When • Thursday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. Where • State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City Tickets • $12 at The State Room

Sundance red carpet gallery: ‘Filly Brown’ premiere

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:48:44 MDT

Sundance red carpet gallery: ‘Filly Brown’ premiere

By the salt lake tribune

Published Jan 27, 2012 10:48AM MDT

Photos from the Sundance Film Festival premiere Friday, Jan. 20, of “Filly Brown,” starring Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Riveria and Joseph Julian Soria. ‘Filly Brown’ Category • U.S. Dramatic Competition Summary • This family drama tells the story of Filly Brown, a Los Angeles hip hop singer who faces difficult choices when a record producer offers her a chance at rap stardom. Directors • Youssef DeLara, Michael D. Olmos Cast • Gina Rodrigu...