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Wed, 08 May 2013 22:20:13 MDT

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Updated May 8, 2013 10:20PM MDT

Cemeteries won’t take bomb suspect’s body Boston • Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. On Wednesday, police in Worcester, west of Boston, pleaded for a resolution, saying they were spending tens of thousands of dollars to protect the funeral home where Tsarnaev’s body is being kept amid protests. “We a...

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Rolly: My new favorite legislator is Brian Greene

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:14:37 MDT

Rolly: My new favorite legislator is Brian Greene

By Paul Rolly Tribune Columnist

Updated May 6, 2013 07:14AM MDT

Every year a few legislators become my favorites for the column fodder they provide. This year is no exception. Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove, has established himself as one of the most strident gun-rights lawmakers, using some interesting logic. Greene may even supplant the Patrick Henry Caucus members, most of whom are gone from the Legislature, who entertained us for a while. He commented in a Salt Lake Tribune story April 27 that it took a private citizen in the Boston area to discove...