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SUU’s Heuir joins Aussie pro league

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:53:46 MDT

SUU’s Heuir joins Aussie pro league

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 17, 2013 02:53PM MDT

Southern Utah’s Damon Heuir has returned to his native Australia to play basketball with the Mackay, Queensland-based McDonald’s Meteors of the Queensland Basketball League. Heuir, a 6-foot-2 guard from Townsville, Australia, earned second-team all-Big Sky Conference honors in 2013. He was also a member of the Australian Under-19 squad as well as the Under-20 Queensland team that claimed the 2009 Australian Junior National Championship. Heuir was Southern Utah’s second-leading scorer at 15.5 poi...

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Analysts: Gas price relief on the way

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:41:21 MDT

Analysts: Gas price relief on the way

staff and news services

Updated Jun 13, 2013 06:41AM MDT

The toughest stretch may be over for drivers in the upper Midwest who have been wrestling with the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S., but it may take awhile for Utahns to see any relief from increases that have reached 40 cents month-over-month in some areas. Analysts said one major Illinois refinery was back online and another big one in Indiana was on track to ramp up production again soon. The refineries’ ongoing maintenance issues — which helped lead to reduced supply and sent ...

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Utah, BYU, USU meet standards with APR scores

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:01:23 MDT

Utah, BYU, USU meet standards with APR scores

By martin renzhofer The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 12:01AM MDT

Utah’s three Football Bowl Subdivision schools remain academically solid following the NCAA’s multi-year Academic Performance Report for NCAA Division I schools. The latest APR figures, released Tuesday, provide a measure of each team’s academic performance and accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation of all student-athletes on scholarship. The latest APR performances include scores from 2008-09 to 2011-12. The NCAA minimum requirement is 925. Schools must score 930 or better to be el...

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Utah State football, other sports improve in classroom in latest NCAA APR numbers

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:24:31 MDT

Utah State football, other sports improve in classroom in latest NCAA APR numbers

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 07:24PM MDT

Utah State football has been improving on the field for the last four seasons, but the Aggies aren't lagging off of classroom duties, either. The NCAA released the 2011-12 figures for Academic Progress Rate - a measure of how institutions educate and graduate their athletes - and Utah State led in-state football programs and the Western Athletic Conference with a 967 average, thanks to a 988 score for the season. As the Aggies move to the Mountain West, they still trail Boise State (993) and Air...

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Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:48:04 MDT

Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 10, 2013 10:48PM MDT

Just 20 years ago, virtually no Utah homes were connected to the Internet. Now, the Census Bureau reported Monday that 12 of every 13 Utahns have it available — the highest rate in the nation. And one out of every four Utahns are what the bureau calls “highly connected,” people who access the Internet on multiple devices — from computers to smartphones and tablets — from multiple locations. That’s a big change since 1993 when Pete Ashdown founded the Xmission Internet service in Utah. He says v...

Americans see rebound in net worth, but not equally

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:57:44 MDT

Americans see rebound in net worth, but not equally

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and BERNARD CONDON The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 09:57PM MDT

Washington • America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices. The average household still has a long way to go. U.S. household wealth jumped $3 trillion to $70 trillion in the January-March quarter this year, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That topped the previous peak of $68 trillion in the third quarter of 2007, just before the recession began. Yet because of inflation and a rising population, the...

15-year mortgage rate tops 3% first time in awhile

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:13:03 MDT

15-year mortgage rate tops 3% first time in awhile

By MARCY GORDON The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 06:13PM MDT

Washington • The average U.S. rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage rose above 3 percent this week for the first time in a year, while the rate on the 30-year fixed loan approached 4 percent. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan jumped to 3.91 percent from 3.81 percent last week. That’s the highest since March 2012. The rate on the 15-year loan rose to 3.03 percent from 2.98 percent. That’s the highest since last May. Concerns that the Federal Reserve may scale b...

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SUU’s Heuir joins Aussie pro league

SUU’s Heuir joins Aussie pro league

Updated Jun 17, 2013 02:53PM MDT

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Analysts: Gas price relief on the way

Analysts: Gas price relief on the way

Updated Jun 13, 2013 06:41AM MDT

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Utah, BYU, USU meet standards with APR scores

Utah, BYU, USU meet standards with APR scores

Updated Jun 12, 2013 12:01AM MDT

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Utah State football, other sports improve in classroom in latest NCAA APR numbers

Utah State football, other sports improve in classroom in latest NCAA APR numbers

Updated Jun 12, 2013 07:24PM MDT

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Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

Census: Utah No. 1 for Internet access

Updated Jun 10, 2013 10:48PM MDT

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Americans see rebound in net worth, but not equally

Americans see rebound in net worth, but not equally

Updated Jun 6, 2013 09:57PM MDT

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15-year mortgage rate tops 3% first time in awhile

15-year mortgage rate tops 3% first time in awhile

Updated Jun 6, 2013 06:13PM MDT

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