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Use your smartphone to find e-coupons and discounts

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:11:32 MDT

Use your smartphone to find e-coupons and discounts

by Claire Martin The Denver Post

Published May 19, 2013 01:11AM MDT

With one child in college and another in high school, seeing a movie on the big screen is a rare indulgence for our family. So when our high school student wanted some concession-stand popcorn after we bought our tickets, I rolled my eyes as she walked over, wallet in one hand and cellphone, of course, in the other. “What did that set you back?” I asked when she returned, popcorn in hand. “Two bucks,” she said. “I had a coupon on my phone.” D’oh! And so the younger generation schools the older w...

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As Utah’s star rises after 2 recessions, lessons linger

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:28 MDT

As Utah’s star rises after 2 recessions, lessons linger

by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:09AM MDT

With few exceptions, the pattern of jobs distributed across Utah is largely unchanged after two recessions since the turn of the new century. That underscores not only the unusual diversity of the state’s economy, but it increases the likelihood employment in the state will grow faster than in the U.S. for some time. It’s true the Great Recession gave construction a good drubbing , manufacturing employment ebbed and flowed between 2000 and 2012, and the information sector seems in permanent decl...

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In Bloomberg uproar, ethics flags for new media

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:28 MDT

In Bloomberg uproar, ethics flags for new media

by Adam Geller The Associated Press

Published May 19, 2013 01:09AM MDT

New York • Launching his namesake company’s news division in the 1990s, Michael Bloomberg largely rejected long-held rules of the journalism trade that insist on keeping thick firewalls between reporters and the profit-making workings of their companies. Now, a byproduct of Bloomberg’s widely admired and novel business model has ensnared his company in a problem of its own making. But the uproar — revolving around specialized computer terminals unknown to most news consumers, and the reporters w...

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Latest oil boom may have transformative effects

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:09:28 MDT

Latest oil boom may have transformative effects

by Jonathan Fahey The Associated Press

Published May 19, 2013 01:09AM MDT

The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada, and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world, is transforming the global oil market. The threat of chronic oil shortages is all but gone, U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil will continue to dwindle, and oil will increasingly flow to the developing economies of Asia, according to a five-year outlook published last week by the International Energy Agency. The changes will have “significant consequences for the global economy and oil se...

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$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:05:46 MDT

$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla

by Barbara Rodriguez The Associated Press

Published May 19, 2013 01:05AM MDT

Des Moines, Iowa • It’s all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. The single winner was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later. “This would be the sixth Florida Powerball w...

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IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:02:05 MDT

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

by Ken Thomas and Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Published May 19, 2013 01:02AM MDT

Washington • There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups. The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation was underway. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, big-budget organizations on the left a...

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Gun-toting Utah teachers to parents: Your kids are safe with us

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Gun-toting Utah teachers to parents: Your kids are safe with us

by Lisa Schencker The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:01AM MDT

One Utah teacher’s worst nightmare goes something like this: A gunman slips into his school, draws weapons, aims and fires at his kids. “I can think of nothing worse than having to witness my students being killed or maimed without me being able to at least attempt some sort of intervention,” the teacher said. “I might even die in the process, but, in my opinion, going down shooting would be better than standing in front of them helplessly.” Every day, the Davis School District teacher carries a...

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Q&A: Utah teachers and guns in schools

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Q&A: Utah teachers and guns in schools

by Ray Parker The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Here’s a look at questions about teachers and guns in Utah schools. Q: What laws govern how Utah teachers handle guns in schools? A: Utah school districts and charter schools must allow employees, including teachers, to carry firearms under state laws governing concealed weapon permit holders. Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen said employees with permits can carry in schools, but their weapons, as state law says, must remain concealed and in their personal possession. Canyo...

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Huntsman: ‘Political extremism’ prompts scandals

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Huntsman: ‘Political extremism’ prompts scandals

by Thomas Burr And Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says the nation’s polarization is leading to the types of scandals tarring Washington lately, including the IRS scrutiny of tea party groups, the Justice Department’s seizing of Associated Press phone records and the eight-month-long investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attacks. “The events we’re seeing playing out are in fact, to my mind, an extension of political extremism. The politicization of governance,” Huntsman said last week in the inaugural XM-Sirius...

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Murdered Utah woman’s daughters get Disney princess party

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Murdered Utah woman’s daughters get Disney princess party

by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Kearns » The little girls seated at Tinkerbell’s green-slippered feet hung on the pixie’s every word. They stared up at her in awe: This blond fairy flown straight out of a Disney movie with wings and magic dust and a giggle that rang like wind chimes in the breeze. She asked the birthday girl a question. “Have you ever lost something?” she said. “Has anyone here lost something?” Hands shot into the air. But not Aliveah Montoya’s. As the children clamored to tell the fairy princess what they’d ...

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Susan Powell’s father says bones found are likely animal remains

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:57 MDT

Susan Powell’s father says bones found are likely animal remains

by Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:00AM MDT

Chuck Cox says that investigators found bones in rural Oregon while searching for the remains of his missing daughter, Susan Powell, but that they aren’t likely to turn out to be hers, or even human. The West Valley City Police Department concluded its search of a Scotts Mills, Ore., property on Thursday, the latest effort to find the remains of Powell. She was last seen on Dec. 6, 2009, at her home, which she shared with her husband, Josh Powell, the only person of interest ever named in the c...

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Hatch has plan to attack public-lands pot farms

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:02 MDT

Hatch has plan to attack public-lands pot farms

by Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 01:00AM MDT

Washington • Somewhere in the remote wilderness of southern Utah on land controlled by the federal government, members of a Mexican cartel are putting new marijuana plants in the earth in hopes of reaping a multimillion dollar harvest this fall. And it eats at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Sue Thomas. “They have taken over our public lands. They have no stake in Utah,” she said. “They are here to use and abuse our public lands for their own profit,” she said. These illegal flash farms a...

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Tribune and KUED kick off ‘The Utah Bucket List’

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:57:42 MDT

Tribune and KUED kick off ‘The Utah Bucket List’

by Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:57AM MDT

About a year and a half ago, Salt Lake Tribune outdoor writer Brett Prettyman was having coffee with KUED-Channel 7’s Ken Verdoia and pitching him a few ideas for documentaries. “I kind of envisioned that he wanted hard-core news,” Prettyman said. “Big issues.” He suggested federal lands in Utah. Verdoia said no. Prettyman proposed wolves in Utah. “And he said, ‘Nah. Let’s have some fun. Let’s do something cool,’ ” Prettyman said. “So I said, ‘What about a Utah bucket list?’ ” Verdoia jumped at ...

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Utah soldier confirmed dead in explosion in Afghanistan

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:57:42 MDT

Utah soldier confirmed dead in explosion in Afghanistan

by Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:57AM MDT

To the kids near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Army medic Pfc. Cody Towse was known as the “Candy Doctor” — a name he earned by showering the children with countless handfuls of fruity or chocolate treats. “He loved the kids,” his father, Jim Towse, said on Saturday. “His birthday was May 8, and I asked what he wanted. He told me more candy and a jar of Miracle Whip.” Cody Towse, 21, died Tuesday when an improvised explosive device detonated. Military officials, who initially deemed him missing in ac...

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Get a kick out of Bucket List No. 1: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:54:03 MDT

Get a kick out of Bucket List No. 1: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

by Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:54AM MDT

Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck...

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Owner/driver Ed Carpenter claims Indy 500 pole

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:51:02 MDT

Owner/driver Ed Carpenter claims Indy 500 pole

the Associated Press

Published May 19, 2013 12:51AM MDT

Indianapolis • Ed Carpenter turned Pole Day into a family celebration. The stepson of IndyCar founder Tony George became the first member of the Hulman family to win the biggest pre-race event in the series — the Indianapolis 500 pole. Carpenter produced a stunning finish to a day that was rife with suspense. His four-lap average of 228.762 mph was quick enough to break up what appeared to be a Team Penske-Andretti Autosport lock on the front three rows. Somehow, Carpenter, who owns his team, be...

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Time to songify NFL stadiums for Te’o

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:50:03 MDT

Time to songify NFL stadiums for Te’o

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:50AM MDT

Back in the early 1990s, at least one NFL stadium celebrated a sack of quarterback Jeff George by blasting the Culture Club classic “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” on the public address system. Oh, boy. Now, with San Diego’s Manti Te’o preparing for his rookie season, teams that will host the Chargers this year should be putting together their playlists. A handful of suggestions: • “Fantasy” by Aldo Nova. The Canadian rocker’s 1982 single earned the No. 78 spot on VH1’s top one-hit wonders of t...

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3A baseball: Snow Canyon honors fallen teammate with repeat

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:37 MDT

3A baseball: Snow Canyon honors fallen teammate with repeat

by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:23AM MDT

Orem • A group of Warriors huddled along the first-base line and started their roar. They couldn’t quite contain the emotion suddenly befallen on them as they held a navy blue jersey to the sky. The jersey had the No. 6 on the back and read “Warriors” across the chest. Then they screamed his name. “We see you, K.J.!” one Warrior yelled. “I miss you, K.J.,” said senior Jake Lindsey, tears flooding his face. On a misty May day, the Snow Canyon Warriors saw K.J. Harrison, and K.J. Harrison saw them...

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Arena football: Utah Blaze squeak past Iowa

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:37 MDT

Arena football: Utah Blaze squeak past Iowa

by Tony Jones The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 19, 2013 12:07AM MDT

The win wasn’t pretty. The offense sputtered at times. Ball control needs to improve if the Utah Blaze want to have any chance to defeat San Jose next week. But a Saturday night home game before an animated crowd at EnergySolutions Arena produced a 43-34 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers. And that’s just what the Blaze needed. A win in what was pretty much a must-win scenario. “This was vital,” Utah coach Ron James said. “We can’t be dropping games at home to teams in our conference. We just co...

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Monson: On the sideline coaching is where Jerry Sloan belongs

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:37 MDT

Monson: On the sideline coaching is where Jerry Sloan belongs

by Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist

Published May 19, 2013 12:07AM MDT

Having interviewed the man hundreds of times and gone to his hometown in southern Illinois to trek down the dirt roads he walked as a kid, to talk with the people he’s known there for 60-plus years, to visit the rotting foundation of his boyhood home, to rummage through, among other old haunts, Don’s Liquor Hut on Route 242 into McLeansboro, I’ve come to this conclusion: Nobody can read Jerry Sloan’s mind. And yet, that’s what I’m going to do here. He’d just as soon whittle a block of wood on t...

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Kragthorpe: David Beckham forever connected to Real Salt Lake

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:37 MDT

Kragthorpe: David Beckham forever connected to Real Salt Lake

by Kurt Kragthorpe Tribune Columnist

Published May 19, 2013 12:07AM MDT

Not far from the spot where he once stuck a gold shovel into the dirt, David Beckham joined Los Angeles Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan and Todd Dunivant in a big hug in the middle of Rio Tinto Stadium to celebrate a comeback victory over Real Salt Lake. That scene from last June stands as Beckham’s farewell appearance in the Salt Lake Valley now that he’s retiring from professional soccer after playing this season in France. In the end, his Major League Soccer career became intertwined with RS...

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Griner learns skyhook from Abdul-Jabbar

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:43:03 MDT

Griner learns skyhook from Abdul-Jabbar

by John Marshall Ap Sports Writer

Published May 18, 2013 11:43PM MDT

AP-BKL--Kareem and Brittney, 1st Ld-Writethru,803 Griner learns skyhook from Abdul-Jabbar Eds: Updates with more details and quotes. With AP Photos. By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX • Looking up to someone for one of the few times in her basketball life, Brittney Griner leaned into the 7-foot man in front of her, watching and listening as he flipped in one hook shot after another. Once he was done, Griner took a turn, spinning and flipping up a few hooks of her own over outstretched arm...

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First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:39:02 MDT

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

by Erik Schelzig The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 11:39PM MDT

Nashville, Tenn. • First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22 minutes to the graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday in her only high school commencement address this year. The ceremony took place in the gymnasium of nearby Tennessee State University. The first lady told the 170 graduat...

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Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:39:02 MDT

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

by David Espo The Associate Press

Published May 18, 2013 11:39PM MDT

Washington • Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama’s agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. “Absolutely not,” Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue Service, responded Friday when asked if he had any contact with the White House about targeting conservative gr...

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Read The Tribune’s story on the 1943 Victory theater fire

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:02 MDT

Read The Tribune’s story on the 1943 Victory theater fire

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 11:28PM MDT

Editors note: The Salt Lake City Fire Department is leading a memorial Sunday for the 70th anniversary of the blaze that killed three firefighters at the Victory theater. Here is the Tribune’s report on that fire, published on May 20, 1943. The article did not have a byline. The banner headline read: $100,000 Fire Takes 3 Lives. The subhead read: Flames Destroy S.L. Theater; Nine Men Hurt •••• Trapped under failing debris during the height of one of Salt Lake City’s most devastating downtown...

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Pacers knock out Knicks

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:20:02 MDT

Pacers knock out Knicks

by Michael Marot The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 11:20PM MDT

Indianapolis • Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense. On Saturday, it produced the biggest payoff for the Pacers in nearly a decade. Roy Hibbert’s block of Carmelo Anthony’s dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter spurred an 11-2 run that rallied the Pacers to a 106-99 victory in Game 6 of their second-round series, sending them into their first Eastern Conference final since 2004. New York native Lance Stephenson scored nine points in the run, finishing with a playoff ca...

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Golden Gloves boxing: Russell lives up to his name with title win

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:02:02 MDT

Golden Gloves boxing: Russell lives up to his name with title win

by Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 11:02PM MDT

When your name is Gary Russell and you are from Washington, D.C., it isn’t easy to stand out. Winning a national Golden Gloves championship should do the trick. Gary Antonio Russell learned that on Saturday night as the 2013 Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions wrapped up by crowning 10 individual champions and a franchise (team) winner at the Salt Palace Convention Center. In the 123-pound division, Detroit’s Ja’Rico O’Quinn said after his semifinal win on Friday that he had been wait...

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NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson claims All-Star race

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:02:02 MDT

NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson claims All-Star race

the Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 11:02PM MDT

Concord, N.C. • Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson’s list. He stands alone in All-Star history. “Five-time” became the first four-time winner of NASCAR’s annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night. “To beat Jeff and Earnhardt, two guys that I have looked up to my whole life, two massive icons of our sport, this means the world to me,” Johnson said. He also joined the late Davey Allison as only the second driver to win b...

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PCL baseball: Nashville hands Bees 1st home shutout of season

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:46:02 MDT

PCL baseball: Nashville hands Bees 1st home shutout of season

by Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:46PM MDT

The Spring Mobile Ballpark crowd of 8,933 spectators applauded with relief after Andrew Romine caught a pop-up to shallow left field to take his Bees out of the top of the eighth. There wasn’t anything special about the play itself — a routine fly. But it ended an awfully painful stretch for the Bees. The catch was the end of three-run inning in which the home team had allowed four hits, three walks and three runs. And that eighth inning for Nashville (12-28) was the latter of two especially lu...

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NHL playoffs: Detroit evens series vs. Chicago

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:02 MDT

NHL playoffs: Detroit evens series vs. Chicago

the Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 10:44PM MDT

Chicago • In case they weren’t aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they’re going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit. The Red Wings hammered home that message on Saturday. Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and Detroit beat the Blackhawks 4-1 in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series. It was a strong response by the Red Wings after Chicago handled them easily in the series opener, 4-1. “We’ve got a real good club now,” Detroi...

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Police: At least 3 injured in Utah County car crashes

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:02 MDT

Police: At least 3 injured in Utah County car crashes

by Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:44PM MDT

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday was investigating a multiple-car accident near Saratoga Springs that sent at least three people to area hospitals. Three medical helicopters were sent to the scene on State Road 73 near its intersection with Redwood Road, Utah County dispatchers said. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the accident and dispatchers said at least one car had rolled. The medical conditions of those injured in the accident were also unknown. Additional information a...

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Soccer: Portland salvages 2-2 tie with Vancouver

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:03 MDT

Soccer: Portland salvages 2-2 tie with Vancouver

the Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 10:30PM MDT

Vancouver, British Columbia • Second-half substitute Jose Valencia scored in the 83rd minute to give the Portland Timbers a 2-2 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Former Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson also scored for Portland and assisted on the equalizer to help the Timbers (4-1-7) extend their unbeaten strike to 10 games. The tying goal came while Portland was playing with 10 men due to Mamadou Danso’s ejection 2 minutes earlier. Camilo had a goal and an assist, ...

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3A boys’ tennis: Juan Diego sweeps singles to take crown

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:22:09 MDT

3A boys’ tennis: Juan Diego sweeps singles to take crown

by Tom Zulewski Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:22PM MDT

St. George • His younger brother may have had an edge in the personal competition at the Class 3A boys’ tennis state tournament Saturday, but Juan Diego junior Brendan Kempin didn’t really care about that part of the day on the courts at Green Valley Resort. What really mattered was that the Soaring Eagle were the ones holding up the championship trophy at the end, even if little brother lost fewer games along the way. Both Kempin brothers — junior Brendan and freshman Ryan — led a sweep of the ...

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Prep girls’ track: Baxter passes baton to Love in senior’s final meet

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:22:09 MDT

Prep girls’ track: Baxter passes baton to Love in senior’s final meet

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:22PM MDT

Provo • The voice over the loudspeaker called their names as the two sprinters barreled down the final stretch of the 200-meter race Saturday. “Love and Baxter! Love and Baxter!” Herriman freshman Kaysha Love and Timpview senior Lauren Baxter were side by side, in lanes four and five, and neck and neck as they bolted toward the finish. It was only the slightest lean at the end that gave Love the title with a time of 24.13 seconds. Baxter clocked in at 24.17 seconds. The win was the freshman’s se...

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Prep boys’ lacrosse: Juan Diego rides second-half spurt to title

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:21:02 MDT

Prep boys’ lacrosse: Juan Diego rides second-half spurt to title

by Eric Butler Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:21PM MDT

West Jordan • At the end of the day and the Division I boys’ lacrosse state championship between Juan Diego and Lone Peak decided, both teams had only a single loss on the ledger for the 2013 season. But Lone Peak’s defeat came Saturday at Copper Hills High, and that meant Juan Diego (20-1) collected its second consecutive state title with an 8-4 victory. The Soaring Eagles, who trailed 2-1 at halftime, blew past the Knights by rattling off five goals in the first seven minutes of the third peri...

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Oxbow prevails at Preakness

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:02 MDT

Oxbow prevails at Preakness

by Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 09:47PM MDT

Baltimore • Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes. Thanks to Oxbow’s wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens have themselves another classic to add to their stellar résumés. “I get paid to spoil dreams,” the 77-year-old Lukas said after his ...

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Utah gun sales, permits triple since Sandy Hook

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:36:14 MDT

Utah gun sales, permits triple since Sandy Hook

by Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 09:36PM MDT

Utahns made an all-time high 23,000 gun purchases in December, the same month as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. That number more than triples the state’s gun-sale average from the first 11 months of 2012. And while December’s buying spree was a spike, firearms sales have seemed to settle in at a new, higher normal. During the first quarter of 2013, Utah gun purchases doubled the prior decade’s average, while applications for concealed-weapons permits leapt off ...

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Prep boys’ track: Kafentzis leads Jordan sweep of throwing golds

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:02 MDT

Prep boys’ track: Kafentzis leads Jordan sweep of throwing golds

by Matt Ellis Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 09:29PM MDT

Provo • Make it two in a row for Austin Kafentzis. The standout sophomore quarterback on the Jordan football team used his arm strength to secure his second consecutive Class 5A state championship in the javelin Saturday at the state meet. His throw of 179 feet was more than enough to earn him the win, but he entered the competition with higher hopes. Kafentzis holds the state record of 199 feet, 5 inches, and he wanted to be the first one to crack the 200 feet mark Saturday. A host of factors...

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SLCC softball falls in title game

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:02 MDT

SLCC softball falls in title game

by Rick Gillespie Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 09:29PM MDT

St. George • The Salt Lake Community College softball team faced a monstrous task Saturday as the Bruins headed into the final rounds of the NJCAA softball national championships at the Canyons Softball Complex. Having suffered its first loss of the tournament the night before, SLCC needed to win three consecutive games in order to claim the school’s first NJCAA crown and avoid its third loss in as many years in a championship game. The Bruins were solid for two games, beating Pima Community Co...

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Photos of the day - May 18, 2013

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:25:02 MDT

Photos of the day - May 18, 2013

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 09:25PM MDT

A collection of some of the best photos of the day, from throughout the world.

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Prep girls’ track: State title eases some of Atisme’s disdain for the 400

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:01:02 MDT

Prep girls’ track: State title eases some of Atisme’s disdain for the 400

by Matt Ellis Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 09:01PM MDT

Provo • Layton Christian senior Alissa Atisme could have a few more state championships to her name if she had started running the 400 meters earlier in her career. As it is, she took the title in the event Saturday at the state track and field meet even though it was only the fourth time she had run the race at a meet. She finished in 59.93 seconds to earn her second Class 1A state title of the day at BYU in an event that she had resisted doing in the first place. She finally was talked into d...

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Montana motorcycle rider dies in eastern Utah crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:27:03 MDT

Montana motorcycle rider dies in eastern Utah crash

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 08:27PM MDT

A 49-year-old motorcyclist died Saturday after he struck a guardrail about 15 miles north of Vernal. David P. Hellrigel, of Bozeman, Mont., was riding south on U.S. Highway 191 through an area known as “The Switchbacks,” according to the Utah Highway Patrol. About noon, Hellrigel failed to negotiate a turn and was thrown from the motorcycle against the guardrail, UHP said. Hellrigel was wearing a helmet but died before responders arrived.

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Tribune sports rant: Rather than fixate on Beckham’s flaws, remember him for what he did so well

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:15:02 MDT

Tribune sports rant: Rather than fixate on Beckham’s flaws, remember him for what he did so well

Published May 18, 2013 08:15PM MDT

“He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle, and he does not score many goals. Apart from that, he’s all right.” George Best said that about David Beckham — when the 38-year-old former L.A. Galaxy midfielder finished second in FIFA’s world player of the year honors more than a decade ago. Who’s George Best? He’s arguably the best British soccer player of all time. “Maradona good; Pelé better; George Best,” is a quote his admirers believe best summarizes his pl...

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Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:29:12 MDT

Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:29PM MDT

It was love at first sight — or at least first meeting — for the tall, loquacious Thomas S. Monson and the slender beauty, Frances Beverly Johnson. Soon, he was smitten, Monson later recalled, “I knew I’d found the right one.” Now, after nearly 65 years of marriage, Monson, the LDS Church’s 16th president, has lost the woman who walked in dignity beside him, providing quiet strength, support and encouragement as he performed his church duties. Frances Monson, who had been hospitalized for sev...

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Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:26:03 MDT

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

by Frank Eltman The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:26PM MDT

Mineola, N.Y. • A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder, Dalton Smith, pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old junior in a headlock, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said. The Nassau Co...

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NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:45 MDT

NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs

by Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:25PM MDT

So much for riding off into the sunset. Jerry Sloan’s name continues to be connected with virtually every NBA job that opens more than two years after abruptly resigning as coach of the Utah Jazz. The list of teams reaching out to Sloan last summer included Portland, Charlotte and Orlando. Already this spring, Sloan says “a couple” of teams have called to gauge his interest in a possible return to coaching, including Milwaukee. Although he hasn’t pursued any of those jobs — the 71-year-old Sloan...

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Suspected drug dealer accused of being high during fatal auto-ped

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Suspected drug dealer accused of being high during fatal auto-ped

by Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Prosecutors have charged a suspected drug dealer with driving under the influence of methamphetamine when he allegedly hit and killed a man with his van. Ashton Lee Godfrey, 20, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with automobile homicide, as well as DUI causing death, in case the court determines there isn’t enough evidence for the former. Both are second-degree felonies that carry a sentence of one to 15 years in prison. Godfrey was also charged with three counts of possession of a contr...

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South Korea says North Korea fired 3 short-range missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

South Korea says North Korea fired 3 short-range missiles

by Sam Kim The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Seoul, South Korea • North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North’s intent was unclear. His ministry said it is watching North Korea car...

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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

by Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Washington • Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. There is a link, but it may only be coincidence. No one appears to have connected the dots factually, and it’s unclear whether they will. The Internal Revenue Service has a major role in carrying out the health care law, because financial assista...

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French president signs gay marriage into law

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

French president signs gay marriage into law

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Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Paris • French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within about 10 days. Hollande’s office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande, a Socialist, had made legalizing gay marriage one of his campaign pledges last year....

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More and more Egyptians charged with blasphemy, especially Christians

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

More and more Egyptians charged with blasphemy, especially Christians

by Maggie Michael The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Cairo • The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.” The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of her pupils claimed that their children, aged 10, complained their teacher showed disgust when she spoke of Islam in class. According to the ...

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Utah GOP again rejects reforms to nomination process

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Utah GOP again rejects reforms to nomination process

by Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

The Utah Republican Party again rejected a series of reforms to the party’s nominating process in a move that could trigger a threatened ballot initiative to overhaul the system for picking candidates. Count My Vote, a group made up of several prominent Republicans, including former Gov. Mike Leavitt, argued the current system puts too much power in the hands of a small group of delegates, depresses turnout and leads to radicalization of Utah politics. The group had said if changes weren’t ...

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Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

by Phillip Lucas The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Atlanta • A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of “bionic” hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the Associated Press. Copeland, of Snellville, contracted a rare infection called necrotizing fasciitis in ...

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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent

by David Crary The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council on Thursday, at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, would retain the Scouts’ long-standing ban on gays serving in adult leadership positions. Nonetheless, some conservatives ...

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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade

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Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Damascus, Va. • About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town. Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said no fatalities had been reported. The injuries ranged from critical to superficial, he said. Three of the victims were flown by helicopters to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treat...

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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case

by Nicholas K. Geranios The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Spokane, Wash. • Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, which were postmarked Tuesday in Spokane. The letters were addressed to the downtown post office and the adjacent federal building, but authorities ...

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Accidental flash fire destroyed half a Salt Lake City home

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Accidental flash fire destroyed half a Salt Lake City home

by Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Salt Lake City fire investigators determined that an accidental flash fire destroyed the second floor of a house Friday afternoon. It was an electrical fire that was so hot it caused most everything to spontaneously catch fire in the upper apartments of a converted house near the University of Utah, said Salt Lake City Fire Deputy Chief Dan Walker. Two residents who were home escaped unharmed. A total of four people live at the house, but only the ones who live on the ground floor will be able t...

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Evanston, Wyoming, police involved in shooting

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:24 MDT

Evanston, Wyoming, police involved in shooting

by Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Police in Evanston, Wyo., were involved in a shooting there earlier Saturday, a spokesman said. Evanston police Lt. Bill Jeffers declined to say if anyone was hurt or killed and offered few other details. He said the shooting happened in downtown Evanston. A press conference is scheduled for noon Sunday. Jeffers said the shooting involved officers from the city police force and the Uinta County, Wyo., sheriff’s office. The Uinta County Herald reported the shooting happened after a high-speed ch...

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3A softball: Stansbury claims school’s first state title

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:18 MDT

3A softball: Stansbury claims school’s first state title

by David Cordero Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:21PM MDT

St. George • Nothing that happened before Elise Sutherland’s first at-bat during Stansbury’s second contest could foreshadow what was coming next. She struck out twice and stranded a village on the basepaths against Spanish Fork in the first game Saturday. Sutherland made up for it with her team trailing by two in the second inning of a winner-take-all title match-up against the Dons. She put a charge into the ball that helped the Stallions make school history. Sutherland, Stansbury’s No. 9 hi...

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Prep girls’ lacrosse: Skyline outlasts Park City for title

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:18 MDT

Prep girls’ lacrosse: Skyline outlasts Park City for title

by Anthony Cusumano Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 07:21PM MDT

West Jordan • Like the other 15 seniors on the team, Skyline lacrosse player Annie Glenn wondered what it would be like to win the state championship. After three consecutive losses in the quarterfinal round, the Eagles broke through Saturday, outlasting Park City 10-9 in the Division I girls’ state championship game at Copper Hills High. Glenn tallied four goals in the win. “It’s amazing; the best thing that could have happened,” Glenn said. “We’ve been preparing for this all season. We never l...

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4A boys’ tennis: Mtn. View fulfills coach’s promise with title

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:46:39 MDT

4A boys’ tennis: Mtn. View fulfills coach’s promise with title

by Ben Raskin Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 06:46PM MDT

Mountain View’s Jon Dollahite played with a swagger usually reserved for more seasoned players. The freshman didn’t fuss with his racquet at missed opportunities. He shook off the bad hits and rolled with the punches because hours of practice have prepared him for this day. Dollahite and Timpview’s Matt Pearce were locked in a war of attrition on center stage for the Class 4A boys’ tennis state championship Saturday at Eccles Tennis Center. The seasoned Pearce overpowered the underclassman, but ...

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In surprise to the NSA, Utah Data Center may pay tax on electricity

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:42:23 MDT

In surprise to the NSA, Utah Data Center may pay tax on electricity

by Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 06:42PM MDT

Under a bill the 2013 Utah Legislature passed, the National Security Agency’s new Bluffdale data center might be taxed on the millions of dollars of energy it is expected to consume, providing a potential windfall for an obscure state authority. The NSA is protesting the possible tax, even though a Utah attorney said he informed the agency about HB325, and the top U.S. electronic spy agency voiced no opposition until an official emailed Gov. Gary Herbert’s staff weeks after Herbert signed the ...

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Confusion lingers in Utah over teen access to ‘morning after pill’

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:21 MDT

Confusion lingers in Utah over teen access to ‘morning after pill’

by Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 06:40PM MDT

Every week it seems new, conflicting information surfaces about Plan B, who can buy the emergency contraceptive and where. In April, a Reagan-appointed federal judge issued an order to make the so-called “morning after” pill available over the counter to everyone regardless of their age. The Obama administration is appealing the ruling. To muddy matters further, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month declared pharmacies can sell Plan B over the counter to teens age 15 and over, p...

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Paul Rolly: Will Mia Love learn from past errors?

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:33:22 MDT

Paul Rolly: Will Mia Love learn from past errors?

by Paul Rolly The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 06:33PM MDT

Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love’s announcement at the Republican State Convention Saturday that she once again will run for Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson’s 4th Congressional District seat spelled deja vu in more ways than one. The obvious back-to-the-future story is that Love was the Republican foe of Matheson in 2012, vanquishing several Republican opponents in the GOP state convention only to lose by fewer than 1,000 votes. But another ghost from the past is Casey Voeks, the recently el...

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Utah Pentecostals praise God in ‘language of angels’

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:21 MDT

Utah Pentecostals praise God in ‘language of angels’

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 06:20PM MDT

Pastor Ronald Rice is pacing and sweating, roaring and crying as he warns his west Salt Lake City Pentecostal congregation about what he calls the “dangers of drifting.” “It doesn’t take long to get off course,” Rice bellows in his broad Southern accent, and a few call out from their blue padded chairs, “Amen.” “Watch for the warning signs,” he yells. More amens and a few claps. Beware of loss of focus, loss of priorities, loss of passion for God and his Word, loss of discipline and — Rice is ...

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Golf: Bradley hangs onto lead at Byron Nelson Championship

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:19:02 MDT

Golf: Bradley hangs onto lead at Byron Nelson Championship

the Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 06:19PM MDT

Irving, Texas • Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship with 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday. Bradley had a 13-under 197 total for a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae (66) and two-shot advantage over Tom Gillis (67). On Sunday, Bradley will be trying to win at TPC Four Seasons for the second time in three years. He could also become the Nelson’s first wire-to-wire winner since Tom Watson led alone at the end of all four rounds in ...

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Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:16:58 MDT

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

by John Christoffersen The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 06:16PM MDT

Bridgeport, Conn. • The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Saturday the broken rail is of substantial interest to investigators and a portion of the track will be sent to a lab for analysis. Weener said it’s not clear if the accid...

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Sports briefs: Ex-Colt Dwight Freeney agrees to deal with Chargers

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:11:03 MDT

Sports briefs: Ex-Colt Dwight Freeney agrees to deal with Chargers

Published May 18, 2013 06:11PM MDT

NFL • The San Diego Chargers agreed Saturday to a two-year deal with aging star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million. The deal to bring Freeney to the Chargers came four days after outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a padless practice. Freeney is 33 and entering his 12th season. He was Indianapolis’ career sacks leader with 107½ but the Colts decided not to re-sign him in the offseason. After recording 13½ sacks in 2...

Prep boys’ track: Park City elite runner catches his idol

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:54 MDT

Prep boys’ track: Park City elite runner catches his idol

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 05:38PM MDT

Provo • Luke Puskedra had to “chase ghosts” in high school. As the state’s top distance runner in 2008, the Judge Memorial star lacked the competition to test him on the track. So his coach had him look elsewhere for something that would push him, like the clock or the last man in the heat after lapping the competition. Ben Saarel swears his ghost is real. He’s met Puskedra, shook his hand. And on Friday morning, Saarel still was chasing him. It was cool and gray as Saarel and the rest of the fi...

Bagley caption contest: In your own words

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:01 MDT

Bagley caption contest: In your own words

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 05:19PM 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...

No Triple Crown: Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:17:26 MDT

No Triple Crown: Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness

the Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 05:17PM MDT

Baltimore • Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb’s bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown win, the most in horse racing history. “I get paid to spoil dreams,” Lukas said in an interview with NBC moments after the race. “Unfortunately we go over here and you can’t mail ‘em in. It’s a different surface and a different time. You gotta line ‘em up and win ‘em. Orb finished f...

NBA: Grizzlies try to extend best playoff run vs. Spurs

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:41:02 MDT

NBA: Grizzlies try to extend best playoff run vs. Spurs

by Teresa M. Walker The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 04:41PM MDT

Memphis, Tenn. • On the best playoff run in their short history, the Memphis Grizzlies refuse to be satisfied with just reaching their first Western Conference final. The San Antonio Spurs? Well, they know time is running out for a team that has done so very much in the NBA playoffs yet last celebrated a championship in 2007. Blowing a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals a year ago to Oklahoma City has driven the Spurs since training camp, and now they are back with Game 1 on Sunday agains...

‘Righteous Housewives’ offers humor but not much depth

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:35:18 MDT

‘Righteous Housewives’ offers humor but not much depth

by Barbara Bannon Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 04:35PM MDT

“Welcome to my family. We’re always in each other’s business,” announces matriarch Emma in local playwright Miguel Santana’s “The Righteous and Very Real Housewives of Utah County.” Alligator Press Productions is making its debut with the world premiere of this comic and satirical portrait of the interlocked lives of five women in three generations of the Pratt family from Payson. The play’s title conjures images from a soap opera, and “Righteous Housewives” incorporates many of that genre’s co...

Aaron Falk: Davis pole vaulter battles back after shooting

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:02 MDT

Aaron Falk: Davis pole vaulter battles back after shooting

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 04:18PM MDT

Provo He had failed to clear the bar twice already, so Andrew Spilker only had one more attempt to extend his high school track career. He was frustrated with himself. He had cleared the height before, even if his form, they way he launched himself with both legs, looked different than the other pole vaulters. There was, of course, a reason for that. Flaming Gorge. Sept. 26, 2009, six days after Spilker turned 15. Spilker was with his father and two brothers, hunting in remote country when the...

Ballet West’s Innovations 2013 opens up new possibilities in dance

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:09:32 MDT

Ballet West’s Innovations 2013 opens up new possibilities in dance

by Kathy Adams Special To The Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 04:09PM MDT

It’s ballet — with ropes for props and hip-hop moves. Ballet West’s “Innovations 2013,” now in its sixth year, succeeds in opening up new possibilities. Three finely-crafted works by Ballet West dancer-choreographers were framed by experienced choreographer Christopher Ruud’s spare exploration of the human condition in “Trapped,” and Jodie Gate’s lush representation of unpredictability in “Mercurial Landscape.” The dancer-choreographers’ compositions were honest and valuable efforts, each of ...

Another storm moving in

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:57:49 MDT

Another storm moving in

by Michael Mcfall | The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 03:57PM MDT

Sunny skies are ahead, but northern Utahns will have to wait through about a day and a half of the wet spring weather first. A second storm system will keep the chance of rain and thunderstorms coming, mostly in northern Utah, on Sunday through midday Monday. There’s also a chance snow will accumulate above 8,000 feet, according to the National Weather Service. Besides damp, cloudy skies, the system is expected to keep daytime temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s for northern Utah throug...

MLS: RSL wary of a wounded Chivas team

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:57 MDT

MLS: RSL wary of a wounded Chivas team

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 02:11PM MDT

What a difference a month makes. Chivas USA came into Rio Tinto Stadium a few weeks ago off to a hot start that had skeptics believing in the upstart Goats. Chivas could not be much colder a month later. Chivas has not won a game since losing to Real Salt Lake 1-0 on April 20. The Goats are 0-2-1 since then, having been outscored 7-0 in their last two matches. Attendance continues to hover around 8,000, and reports of an impending sale don’t seem to be going away. “I think it’s a very dangerous ...

Utah Valley University set to become largest school in the state

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:08 MDT

Utah Valley University set to become largest school in the state

by Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 01:00PM MDT

Utah Valley University is slated to overtake the University of Utah as the public institution with the largest enrollment in the state over the next decade. The head count of the school’s student body is projected to grow 48 percent by 2022, making it about 10,000 students bigger than the U., according to projections released Friday by the Utah System of Higher Education — a prediction that comes as the state’s flagship school raises its admissions standards. As a whole, the state’s public colle...

High-risk Utahns’ health insurance will shift to federal management

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:23:59 MDT

High-risk Utahns’ health insurance will shift to federal management

by Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 12:23PM MDT

Uninsurable Utahns will see their subsidized health insurance coverage plan shifted to federal oversight in July after funding ran short and state officials refused to take on the risk. The federally-funded HIP-Utah program covers individuals who have been rejected by insurers because they are too sick. The program was initially funded with $5 billion, but stopped adding new enrollees in February when the money began to run out. In late April, federal officials gave states just two options for...

3A baseball: Dramatic comeback propels Desert Hills into title game

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:39 MDT

3A baseball: Dramatic comeback propels Desert Hills into title game

by Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:48AM MDT

Orem • Heart and guts. Grit and grind. Dirty jerseys and picking up teammates and the unquestionable belief they’ll end up celebrating when that final out is recorded. That is Desert Hills Thunder, and that is the team playing for the Class 3A state championship after a raucous 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Region 9 rival Snow Canyon Friday evening at Brent Brown Ballpark at Utah Valley University. They fell behind 4-0 in the fourth inning and the breaks were going against them. Sophomore sh...

Living Traditions Festival opens in Salt Lake City

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:55 MDT

Living Traditions Festival opens in Salt Lake City

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:42AM MDT

Ethnic food, children’s crafts, bocce, folk music and dance are part of the three-day Living Traditions Festival which kicked off Friday at the Salt Lake City & County Building, 450 S. 200 East. The event continues Saturday, May 18 from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday, May 19, noon to 7 p.m. Admission is free Saturday’s featured musical acts are De Temps Antan, Quebec folk at 7 p.m., and Maura O’Connell, Irish-American folk, 8:30 p.m. On Sunday, The Relatives, psychedelic gospel, performs at 5:30 p....

Golden Gloves boxing: Texas gets messed with in semifinals

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:33:32 MDT

Golden Gloves boxing: Texas gets messed with in semifinals

by Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 18, 2013 10:33AM MDT

Julian Rodriguez had a difficult time watching the boxing portion of the 2012 Olympic Games in London last summer, and not just because the United States men’s team went 5-9 overall and failed to win a single medal. It was mostly because the well-spoken 18-year-old boxer from Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., believed he should have been there, instead of Jamel Herring, in the 141-pound division. Rodriguez lost a controversial decision, 14-9, to Herring in an Olympic qualifying event in Fort Carson, Colo...

Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:27:09 MDT

Peg McEntee: Be brave, Disney, don’t ‘sex up’ female heroes

by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist

Published May 18, 2013 10:27AM MDT

Fans of the film “Brave” are outraged that Disney did a sexy makeover of Merida, the Scottish princess, expert archer and horsewoman who not only saves the day but also convinces her parents that she alone will choose the man she’ll marry. Brenda Chapman, who worked with the Disney-owned Pixar to make her film, says she based Merida on her 13-year-old daughter and intended the character to be a role model for all little girls. For her effort, Chapman won an Academy Award this year for writing ...

Weed: The new White Lightning

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:09 MDT

Weed: The new White Lightning

by Rachael Maddux Slate

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

If you hear a song called “Hush Hush” on country radio this spring, you might not catch every word, but you’ll likely get the drift. As the lead single from “Annie Up,” the new record from Nashville supergirlgroup Pistol Annies, the track orbits a jaw-clenched family Christmas dinner where everyone’s trying to pretend they don’t know the brother just got out of rehab for alcoholism.— “the sugar-coated pretty little secret eating everybody alive.” The Annies — Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and A...

Agnetha Faltskog reflects on ABBA, releases new solo album

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:09 MDT

Agnetha Faltskog reflects on ABBA, releases new solo album

by Michael Cidoni Lennox The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Los Angeles • For most of the past three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal singers of the 1970s Swedish quartet, best known for the pop classic “Dancing Queen.” “There was several years after I had stopped with the group that I couldn’t listen to the music,” Faltskog said. Once the group stopped recording in 1982, and her post-ABBA solo career slowed to a crawl, she happily stepped out of the limelight...

Drinking drivers

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:09 MDT

Drinking drivers

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Despite an avowed aversion to anything coming from the federal government, Utah legislators seemed eager this past week to consider adopting the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving blood-alcohol thresholds. Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, who is the Utah Legislature’s leader in setting state liquor policy, said he and his colleagues will closely consider the NTSB’s support for prohibiting driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above 0.05...

Short takes on the news

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:09 MDT

Short takes on the news

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

The real world • The latest boogeyman striking fear and loathing in the hearts of Utah conservative Republicans is the Common Core educational standards. According to news reports, they were planning to consider a resolution at today’s party convention to oppose using the standards in Utah public schools. This is ridiculous. Utah’s education officials, along with those in most other states, adopted the standards in 2010 in a reasonable and good-faith effort to better prepare students for college...

Ho-hum hero

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Ho-hum hero

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Richard Nixon had his silent majority; Tim DeChristopher has his vocal minority. It seems that everywhere I go I hear people say that DeChristopher is a hero for gumming up President George W. Bush’s ecologically questionable oil and gas leases with phony bids and then going to prison for it. Having done his time for his heroic lawbreaking, DeChristopher is now doing victory laps on all the media, including being canonized by Doug Fabrizio on KUER’s “RadioWest.” So with all the seemingly widesp...

No tax exemptions

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

No tax exemptions

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

I have a solution for the possibly illegal and politically targeted scrutiny applied by the IRS to tax-exempt organizations. Remove tax exemption status from all organizations. If an organization operates in the United States, enjoying all the benefits of being in this country, then it should participate in funding the country. This approach would solve the current issue with the IRS, and it would allow churches like the Catholics and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to spout of...

Medicaid nonsense

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Medicaid nonsense

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

M. Royce Van Tassell’s op-ed, “Medicaid access doesn’t improve health” (Opinion, May 12), makes no sense at all. If that title were the case, why does anyone need insurance, including Van Tassell? He cites studies that say people without health insurance don’t have worse health than those who do. Does a person who has diabetes and doesn’t know it have the same health as a person with insurance who goes to the doctor, discovers the diabetes and sets up a treatment plan? I am 80 years old and hav...

Get it over with

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Get it over with

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

With the recent cascade of states legalizing same-sex marriage, Edward Cannon thinks we’re approaching a “tipping point when the … country must allow all adult Americans to marry whom they love” (“Gay marriage approval,” Forum, May 15). Wishful thinking. That speeding train of states will soon hit a procedural wall — the constitutions of 31 states ban same-sex marriages. Of the other 19 states, 12 now allow gay marriage, and not all of the other seven are likely candidates (think West Virginia)....

On the Job: Don’t kiss off the Q&A

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

On the Job: Don’t kiss off the Q&A

by Anita Bruzzese Gannett

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

You’ve just finished your big presentation and take a quiet breath of relief. Not so fast. A critical part of your presentation is about to take place. And if you’re not careful, it could spin out of control and undo all your hard work. That’s because it’s now time for the question-and-answer period. Many speakers believe that once they’ve gone through their PowerPoint, they’re off the hook. They can answer a few simple questions and head for the exit. But speakers can make many mistakes when s...

Small Talk: Retiring boomers driving sales of small businesses

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Small Talk: Retiring boomers driving sales of small businesses

by Joyce M. Rosenberg The Associated Press

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions. In the first three months of this year, the number of sales that closed jumped 56 percent from the same time in 2012, according to BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small businesses. Retirement was the No. 1 contributor to business sales in the fourth quarter of last year and th...

Lobbyists have a place

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:08 MDT

Lobbyists have a place

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

When in session, our state legislators are very busy. They cannot know all facts and solutions. They can and should rely on ethical lobbyists for research and proposals on complex issues. It is helpful to be knowledgeable. Good lobbyists provide that function, along with staff. Face time is important. Given our representatives’ limited time, let’s let them have a free lunch or dinner or ball game with lobbyists and others to present their points of view. When we elect our legislators, we assum...

Ruining 1100 East

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:07 MDT

Ruining 1100 East

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Many times I have thought about writing to the Public Forum. “City Council: Sugar House Streetcar will run on 1100 East” (Tribune, May 8) finally pushed me to write. I live in Midvale and commute to the Avenues. After a particularly difficult day at work, I find myself heading toward 1100 East on my drive home. It is out of my way, and not the quickest route, but it is a peaceful drive. I love the atmosphere of 1100 East in Sugar House. There are so many cute, interesting little shops whose ow...

Room for more

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:07 MDT

Room for more

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

“Looking for the light in an imperfect world” (Opinion, May 7) by Tamara Bailie was a wonderful, uplifting guest column. It was like a ray of sunshine. I hope The Tribune makes room for more articles like this. Maurine Forman West Jordan

Sidewalk poseurs

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:07 MDT

Sidewalk poseurs

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

The author of “Signs of the times” (Forum, May 12) wrote with all good intentions and compassion for people who hold cardboard signs on the corners of streets around town. The problems is, many of these people make more money in one day that you or I who work for a living make in a week. I have talked to some people who have bragged to me that they make between $300 and $400 a day! If you do the math, that’s around $2,000 a week — tax free! The messages on the pieces of cardboard are designed t...

Short takes on the news

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:07 MDT

Short takes on the news

Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Looking forward • The Utah Transit Authority’s decision to spend more than $2 million of taxpayer money on parking garages near the Jordan Valley TRAX station seems like a waste of money, since only a handful of the 1,200 stalls are occupied on a normal day. UTA officials say the agency built the structures at a cost of $15.5 million — of which the federal government paid $9.3 million and developers will pick up another $3.9 million — with an eye toward parking needs in 2030. In the meantime, la...