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Monday’s TV/radio programming

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:22:05 MDT

Monday’s TV/radio programming

Updated May 20, 2013 12:22AM MDT

Television — MLB • N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 5 p.m., ESPN • Arizona at Colorado, 6:30 p.m., ROOT NHL playoffs • Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m., NBCSN Radio — Minor league baseball • Memphis at Salt Lake, 6:35 p.m., 1280 AM The Big Show • Hosted by Tribune columnist Gordon Monson, 3-6 p.m., 1280 AM, 97.5 FM

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Marijuana firms form investment network for pot-related startups

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:01 MDT

Marijuana firms form investment network for pot-related startups

By Steve Raabe The Denver Post

Updated May 19, 2013 04:39PM MDT

Legal marijuana’s sensational evolution is helping crack open a previously closed door: money to start and grow cannabis businesses. Marijuana entrepreneurs routinely are turned down for bank loans or deposit accounts and have struggled to attract financing from private investors. But thanks largely to recreational pot’s new legal status in Colorado and Washington and more states approving medical marijuana, checkbooks are opening and investment partnerships are being signed. Colorado business o...

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

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:26:47 MDT

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

By Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 19, 2013 07:26PM 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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The right decision

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

The right decision

Updated May 17, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Gov. Gary Herbert made the right decision last month when he announced he would not sign a controversial agreement that would have given Nevada the go-ahead to mine the precious groundwater under the Snake Valley. He should not renege on it at the behest of legislators and other members of the Utah Water Development Commission. Herbert deserved all the praise he received for withstanding political and legal pressure and refusing to sign away the ancient water that lies deep under the dry soil s...

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MLS: Chavez suspension cut to 1 game by Garber

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:26 MDT

MLS: Chavez suspension cut to 1 game by Garber

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 11:58PM MDT

New York • The suspension of San Jose’s Marvin Chavez has been cut in half to one game by Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, and the forward will be eligible to play Saturday against Colorado. Chavez was penalized for violent conduct in a May 8 game against Toronto, and the MLS disciplinary committee doubled the penalty last Friday. Garber made his decision after hearing an appeal. The disciplinary committee suspended four players one game each Wednesday: Colorado’s Edson Buddle (r...

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Lawyers: Experts diagnose mental illness in Colorado movie massacre suspect

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:32 MDT

Lawyers: Experts diagnose mental illness in Colorado movie massacre suspect

By DAN ELLIOTT The Associated Press

Updated May 13, 2013 02:58PM MDT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. • Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes formally told a judge on Monday that he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity after outside experts diagnosed his mental illness. The attorneys, however, did not specify the diagnosis. Judge Carlos Samour Jr. indicated he would not decide whether to approve the new plea until the end of the month. A judge entered a standard not guilty plea on Holmes’ behalf in March, and he needs court permissio...

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Monday’s TV/radio programming

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:53:28 MDT

Monday’s TV/radio programming

Updated May 12, 2013 11:53PM MDT

Television — Cycling • Tour of California stage 2, 3 p.m., NBCSN NBA playoffs • Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m., TNT • Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7:30 p.m., TNT MLB • N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 5 p.m., ESPN • Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 6 p.m., ROOT NHL playoffs • Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m., CNBC • N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6 p.m., NBCSN Radio — Minor league baseball • Salt Lake at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m., 1280 AM MLB • Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 8 p.m., 97.5 FM The Big Show • Hosted by Tribune colu...

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Utah skater Angela Wang sets course for 2018 Winter Games

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:25:10 MDT

Utah skater Angela Wang sets course for 2018 Winter Games

By Michael C. Lewis Special to The Tribune

Updated May 9, 2013 09:25AM MDT

Colorado Springs, Colo. • When Angela Wang was just 5 years old, her parents took her to the County Ice Center in Murray and paid $1.50 to rent ice skates and enjoy three hours of public skating. Little did they know what passion they were igniting. Nearly a dozen years later, the 16-year-old Wang has blossomed into one of the most promising young figure skaters in the country. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, she lives and trains now in Colorado Springs — home of the U.S. Olympic Committee — ...

New insanity plea may slow Colorado movie theater massacre case

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:39:08 MDT

New insanity plea may slow Colorado movie theater massacre case

By DAN ELLIOTT The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 08:39AM MDT

DENVER • The trial of the former grad student charged in the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings will likely be delayed weeks or months because he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. James Holmes’ attorneys filed the court papers Tuesday. The judge handling the case will hear arguments from the defense and prosecutors about the request Monday. If the judge accepts the plea, Holmes would be sent to the state mental hospital where doctors would determine whether he wa...

Not enough Rockies

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Not enough Rockies

Updated May 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Tribune TV columnist Scott Pierce encouraged Utahns to adopt the Colorado Rockies as their home team and to watch the Rockies on ROOT Sports (“Watch TV and root for the (Colorado) home team?” Tribune, April 17). However, The Tribune does little to encourage this. If this situation is to improve, the Sports section must cover major league baseball better; it must cover the Colorado Rockies much better. Thus far, coverage of the Rockies during spring training and into the season has been pathetic...

Colorado shootings suspect James Holmes to enter insanity plea

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:27:40 MDT

Colorado shootings suspect James Holmes to enter insanity plea

By DAN ELLIOTT The Associated Press

Updated May 7, 2013 05:27PM MDT

Denver • The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday. Attorneys for James Holmes said in a court filing they plan to formally ask for the change of plea at a May 13 hearing. The insanity plea was widely expected given the compelling evidence against Holmes, who is accused of opening fire July 20 in a crowded theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Twelve people were killed and 70 injured. But his ...