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Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:03 MDT

Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH The Associated Press

Updated May 22, 2013 08:55PM MDT

Ramallah, West Bank • Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they’re preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on another peace mission, Israel and the Palestinians appear to be as divided as ever over the issue of Israeli settlement building. Without major U.S. pressure on Israel, Pale...

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Two Sugar House bars linked by history

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:51 MDT

Two Sugar House bars linked by history

By Stephen Speckman Special to The Tribune

Updated May 22, 2013 01:50PM MDT

When the Tap Room closed in May 2001, and reopened exactly one year later down the street in Sugar House, its owner moved more than just a name. Dennis Chambers estimates at least 80 percent of the regulars who used to tip a few at the cozy bar at 2168 S. Highland Drive followed him to his new location at 2275 S. Highland Drive. Loyal customers clung to what Chambers described as a “family” that included longtime staffers and patrons. Not everyone fled. Odie Roberts stayed true to the tiny chale...

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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

Updated 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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Univ. of Utah Ethnic Studies: Don’t leave us in the basement

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:01 MDT

Univ. of Utah Ethnic Studies: Don’t leave us in the basement

By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 05:24PM MDT

Faculty of the Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Utah say a move to a tucked-away underground floor threatens the health of their nascent major. The department’s current offices are in Carlson Hall, which is slated to be demolished this summer to make room for a new law school building. While planners say the move is temporary due to space constraints at the U., some in the department feels it’s symbolic of the “debased, marginalized spaces,” often designated to minorities in America...

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New sushi restaurant banks on Layton’s future

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:14:03 MDT

New sushi restaurant banks on Layton’s future

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 09:14AM MDT

Layton • The restaurant sits on a wide street where the whir of speeding SUVs almost never stops. To the south, a stubble of spring weeds covers a vacant lot. To the north, a brown 1970s-era building is draped with vinyl signs advertising Asian massages. But Tonys’ Grill and Sushi Bar is banking on the spot. The Layton eatery is the brainchild of chef Tony Lei and manager Tony Ho. The two Tonys — “the apostrophe after the ‘s’ isn’t a mistake,” Ho emphasizes — opened their doors in January. Du...

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Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1,127

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:52:18 MDT

Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1,127

By JULHAS ALAM and FARID HOSSAIN The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 07:52PM MDT

Savar, Bangladesh • Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh’s government also agreed to allow garment workers to form unions without permission from factory owners. That decision came a day after it announced a plan to raise the minimum wage in the industry....

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H&M among big retailers backing safety accord in Bangladesh

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:24:50 MDT

H&M among big retailers backing safety accord in Bangladesh

The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 02:24PM MDT

NEW YORK • Four of the world’s biggest retailers agreed to sign a pact to improve safety at garment factories in Bangladesh nearly three weeks after more than 1,100 workers died in a building collapse in the country. H&M, C&A, Primark and Inditex, owner of the Zara chain, on Monday said they would sign a five-year contract that requires the companies to conduct safety inspections, make factory conditions public and cover the costs for repairs. It also calls for them to stop doing business with a...

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Bangladesh collapse search over; death toll 1,127

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:48:02 MDT

Bangladesh collapse search over; death toll 1,127

By JULHAS ALAM and FARID HOSSAIN The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 09:48AM MDT

SAVAR, Bangladesh • Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death toll: 1,127. The collapse of the Rana Plaza building focused worldwide attention on the hazardous conditions in Bangladesh’s low-cost garment industry and strengthened pressure for reforms. On Monday, the government said it will begin allowing garment workers to form trade unio...

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On top for 20 years, Ivory builds more than homes

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:01:49 MDT

On top for 20 years, Ivory builds more than homes

By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 09:01AM MDT

In 2005, when most builders were happily constructing homes and raking in revenue, Clark Ivory saw an unsustainable real estate bubble building along the Wasatch Front and in St. George. Ivory, CEO of a namesake company that has been Utah’s biggest homebuilder for a quarter-century, was so concerned that he drafted an internal memo outlining which builders would fail when the market cooled. Without naming names, he singled out those who behaved as if there was no end to the white-hot market, car...

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Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:23:14 MDT

Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering

By JULHAS ALAM and FARID HOSSAIN The Associated Press

Updated May 12, 2013 12:23AM MDT

Savar, Bangladesh • A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building outside of Bangladesh’s capital was panicked, dehydrated and suffering from insomnia as she recovered in a hospital Saturday, but was in generally good condition, according to her doctors. The rescue Friday of 19-year-old Reshma Begum brought a boost to the workers who had spent more than two weeks pulling decaying bodies from the rubble. By Saturday, they had resumed their grim ...

Woman rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:32:05 MDT

Woman rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble

By Lorem Ipsum The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:32PM MDT

Savar, Bangladesh • For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast losing hope of ever making it out alive. In the ruins of the collapsed eight-store garment factory building above her, the frantic rescue operation had long ago ended. It had turned instead into a grim search for the decaying bodies of the m...

Spire permanently installed on World Trade Center tower

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:57:06 MDT

Spire permanently installed on World Trade Center tower

By ULA ILNYTZKY and TED SHAFFREY The Associated Press

Updated May 10, 2013 09:57PM MDT

New York • A tall, heavy spire was fully installed atop One World Trade Center on Friday, bringing the New York City structure to its symbolic height of 1,776 feet. Loud applause and cries of joy erupted from construction workers assembled on a temporary work platform on the roof of the building as the huge, silver spire was gently lowered and secured into place. “It’s a pretty awesome feeling,” Juan Estevez said from a temporary platform on the roof of the tower where he and other workers watch...

Bangladesh factory collapse survivor rescued after 17 days

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:47:46 MDT

Bangladesh factory collapse survivor rescued after 17 days

By JULHAS ALAM The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 09:47AM MDT

SAVAR, Bangladesh • A seamstress buried for 17 days in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building in Bangladesh was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against the unimaginable horror of the more than 1,000 bodies recovered so far. Reshma Begum was in such good shape she was able to walk, according to one rescuer. She said she survived on dried food and bottled water. She was discovered near a Muslim prayer room in the basement of the eight-story Rana Plaza building, where crews ha...