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Utah outdoors: Some of our favorite reader photos

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:17:17 MDT

Utah outdoors: Some of our favorite reader photos

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 5, 2013 02:17PM MDT

The Salt Lake Tribune has been collecting reader-submitted photos of outdoor adventures for years. We have a huge collection of unused photos and have had some incredible shots submitted. We have been sharing these photos in online galleries. Popular topics include wildlife, active lifestyle and scenery. Submissions will be considered for our periodic Out Takes feature in the newspaper and for the Out Takes photo galleries online. Include details on the location, any people in the photo, what is...

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Skyline student wins Tribune scholarship

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:49:04 MDT

Skyline student wins Tribune scholarship

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 04:49PM MDT

Students such as Park City High School’s Catherine Blakemore are the reason The Salt Lake Tribune this month awarded 15 college scholarships to graduating high-school seniors interested in pursuing media careers. “Passions cannot be ignored or stifled,” Blakemore said in her scholarship application. “I choose to pursue my highest passion, which is the field of journalism … a way of life and a type of mind-set. “It’s the power of investigation in everything you do and the extensive passion for kn...

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Free UTA passes disappeared quickly

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:51:14 MDT

Free UTA passes disappeared quickly

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 08:51AM MDT

It took Utahns just 26 hours to snap up all the 2,500 free, weeklong passes offered by the Utah Transit Authority to help reduce air pollution during July, typically one of the worst months for air quality in Utah. With that popularity, UTA says more free passes will likely be coming soon. Zions Bank and UTA announced through social media on Monday at 11 a.m. that they teamed to make the free passes available online through the Ride Clear program. The last of the available passes disappeared onl...

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Study: More than a third of new marriages start online

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:59:38 MDT

Study: More than a third of new marriages start online

By Sharon Jayson USA Today

Updated Jun 8, 2013 10:59PM MDT

More than a third of recent marriages in the USA started online, according to a study out Monday that presents more evidence of just how much technology has taken hold of our lives. “Societally, we are going to increasingly meet more of our romantic partners online as we establish more of an online presence in terms of social media,” says Caitlin Moldvay, a dating industry senior analyst for market research firm IBISWorld in Santa Monica, Calif. “I do think mobile dating is going to be the main...

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Gunman answers online ad, steals Playstation

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:28:58 MDT

Gunman answers online ad, steals Playstation

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 7, 2013 12:28PM MDT

It wasn’t exactly Grand Theft Auto, but the gunman who robbed a man and his children of their Sony Playstation now certainly has the gear to play the game. Salt Lake City police Det. Dennis McGowan said the man, along with his three children, had placed the portable game system up for sale on the KSL.com classifieds. A supposed buyer responded, making arrangement to meet in a parking lot at 1300 S. West Temple Street just before 1 p.m. Thursday. However, when the father and his kids showed up, t...

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:16:32 MDT

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

By HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 6, 2013 02:16PM MDT

LAS VEGAS • Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could soon get a boost from Washington. Republican New York Congressman Peter King introduced legislation Thursday that would rescue online gambling from a legal gray zone and fully regulate it. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But the same year, the U.S. Justice Department issued a ruling making online gambling legal so long as it’s permitted on the state level. Congress flirted with an online gambling...

Online vitriol won’t derail mixed-race Cheerios ad

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:13:06 MDT

Online vitriol won’t derail mixed-race Cheerios ad

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Updated Jun 5, 2013 06:13PM MDT

Cheerios — a consumer brand perhaps least likely to be embroiled in a racially tinged controversy — has found itself in just that. Social media blow-back has been fierce, nasty and unusually racist after the top-selling General Mills cereal brand last week began airing — then posted online — a commercial featuring a mixed-race girl. In the ad, she is seeking nutritional advice from her white mother and black father. The spot ends with her pouring a bunch of Cheerios on the chest of her sleeping ...