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Jazz beat Rockets in regular season home finale 04/15/2008 03:31:04 AM GMT
Posted: 9:32 PM- It will take all 82 games of the regular season to sort out the Jazz's playoff picture for certain, but they left no doubt Monday night how tough it will be for any team to beat them at EnergySolutions Arena.

Pop Top 04/15/2008 02:31:12 AM GMT
Audio file: Hannah live HEAR IT LOUDER Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus, "Best of Both Worlds Concert" Grade: B- The trouble with this - and most concert albums - is that

Polygamists rally for children taken in Texas raid 04/15/2008 02:21:06 AM GMT
Posted: 7:12 PM- In tearful speeches, Utah backers of plural marriage spoke out today at a rally in support of the children and their mothers who have been moved out of their homes on a polygamous sect's ranch in Texas.

Let wolves live: Wyoming 'plan' is just senseless killing 04/15/2008 02:14:41 AM GMT
Success can be fatal. Gray wolves, exterminated from the West nearly 100 years ago, were reintroduced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995 and have prospered.

Assault rifles: Cops find themselves outgunned 04/15/2008 02:14:37 AM GMT
There's an arms race being run on America's streets, and the cops are losing. Federal officials have documented a surge of assault weapons - AK-47s and their progeny - confiscated from the arsenals of gangs and other thugs.

Delta, Northwest boards OK merger, with SLC retaining hub 04/15/2008 01:28:17 AM GMT
Posted: 6:37 PM- Directors of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines struck a deal this evening for Delta to merge with Northwest and create the world's biggest carrier, with a hub in Salt Lake City.

A life-giving bond 04/15/2008 01:15:26 AM GMT
ST. LOUIS - We like to think there isn't anything we wouldn't do for a friend, but Michael A. Moore has the proof: He recently donated his kidney to his best friend, and to do so he lost 50 pounds in five months while chronicling his experience in video clips on YouTube.

Pop Culture and technology lists 04/15/2008 01:15:24 AM GMT
Top 10 Comcast No. Name of Movie 1. ''American Gangster'' 2. ''Awake'' 3.

Mirror image of mom? Let us be judge ... 04/15/2008 01:15:22 AM GMT
DO YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE your mother, or does your daughter look exactly like you? Send us a photo and let us be the judge for an upcoming feature about Mother's Day.

Culture Vulture: Epic wait, brief spiel for a 'Deal' 04/15/2008 01:15:19 AM GMT
So I missed the auditions here Saturday for "Deal or No Deal," the popular NBC game show where contestants try to to win $1 million by guessing dollar amounts inside 26 briefcases displayed by 26 fetching models all hoping to become the next Vanna White.

Nobel Prize winner to discuss human rights in Iran 04/15/2008 01:15:16 AM GMT
Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, will speak at the University of Utah Friday, addressing the struggle for human rights in her homeland.

Memoir by former defense secretary Rumsfeld slated for 2010 04/15/2008 01:15:14 AM GMT
NEW YORK - Donald H. Rumsfeld, the powerful defense secretary and architect of the Iraq War who left office two years ago as he faced ever-rising criticism, is working on a memoir to be published by Penguin Group (USA) in 2010.

Technobytes 04/15/2008 01:15:10 AM GMT
Digital virus: Beauty is in eye of a code decipherer SAN FRANCISCO - Cyber threats like NetSky, Mydoom and Parite are the bane of IT departments around the globe, but artist Alex Dragulescu has found subtle beauty deep within the dangerous computer code that

Free-for-all: Events that don't cost a dime 04/15/2008 01:14:57 AM GMT
The SLC Film Center will present a screening of "King Corn: You Are What You Eat," at the Main Library today at 7 p.m. ' Today, 7 p.

Moss in tune with his own artistic alphabet 04/15/2008 01:14:54 AM GMT
You might think it's a stretch to compare Bob Moss' musical career to this season of "American Idol." You'd be right. Although Moss was inspired by "Idol" mentor Dolly Parton to pick up the banjo and one of Moss' most beloved covers is the Beatles' "I Want to

GOP delegate election raises charges of nepotism in Utah County 04/15/2008 01:14:28 AM GMT
Posted: 7:12 PM- Among all the other complaints about insider-dealing in the Utah County candidate nomination system this

As development creeps in, Cache County residents eager to preserve open space 04/15/2008 12:50:04 AM GMT
Posted: 6:43 PM- LOGAN - Years ago Ron Zollinger's dad sold off 10 acres of the big family's small fruit farm for $10,000. It was a fraction of what the land ringed with mountain vistas and monster homes could bring today, but it paid some debts.

Prospective college students finding the competition tough to get the school they want 04/15/2008 12:49:12 AM GMT
Posted: 6:43 PM- If the college admissions game is a racetrack, 17-year-old Ryan Gillis has trained with all the discipline of an Olympic athlete.

Suspect in Sanpete killings to be extradited from Oregon 04/15/2008 12:44:24 AM GMT
Posted: 6:44 PM- A man suspected of killing a female acquaintance and her boyfriend at different locations last week in Sanpete County waived extradition during a court hearing today in Oregon, where he was arrested on Saturday.

Lawmakers grill, then endorse, judge candidate 04/15/2008 12:44:22 AM GMT
Posted: 6:44 PM- A Senate panel grilled judicial nominee Kevin K. Allen for more than two hours today, but eventually recommended confirming the Cache County attorney to fill a vacancy in the 1st District Court in northern Utah.

Texas authorities separate FLDS women from children, send them home 04/15/2008 12:11:11 AM GMT
Posted: 6:10 PM- SAN ANGELO, Texas - Texas authorities have separated many of the 139 women from the 416 children in state custody since a raid on a polygamous FLDS sect, sending some back to their ranch in Eldorado.

Man found dead in SLC house, apparent homicide 04/14/2008 11:03:33 PM GMT
Updated: 5:01 PM- The front door of Patricia Mardoniz's Salt Lake City apartment was wide open Sunday night when she returned home to find her 21-year-old nephew dead in a hallway.
Police aren't saying just how Jonathan Mardoniz was killed, but are calling the death a homicide and are asking for the public's help to solve the case.

Delta and Northwest may announce merger tonight 04/14/2008 10:47:33 PM GMT
Posted: 4:48 PM- ATLANTA - Delta and Northwest appeared to move closer today to a deal that would create the world's biggest carrier, but the exact timing for an announcement remained uncertain as closed-door meetings continued.

New tips prompt renewed search for Kiplyn's body 04/14/2008 10:01:50 PM GMT
Posted: 3:52 PM- PROVO - The Utah County attorney said this afternoon two searches - one in Spanish Fork Canyon, the other within Spanish Fork city limits - are under way for the body of Kiplyn Davis, who disappeared nearly 13 years ago.

Credit cards:Government cardholders picking taxpayers' pockets 04/14/2008 10:00:31 PM GMT
Steak. Crab legs. Top-shelf liquor. The 81 U.S. Postal Service workers enjoying a night on the town while attending a convention spared no expense. And you, the taxpayer, picked up the $14,000 tab.

Never give up: East High is model for helping struggling students 04/14/2008 10:00:31 PM GMT
Last spring, more than one in four East High School students who should have walked across the school stage to pick up a diploma did not. The school's 72 percent graduation rate was the lowest among all Salt Lake County high schools.

Park City teen dies in Kentucky crash 04/14/2008 09:59:14 PM GMT
Updated: 3:58 PM- A Park City woman attending college in Kentucky was killed Sunday morning when a truck struck her as she was crossing a street.

Anti-drug conference this weekend in Richfield 04/14/2008 09:47:00 PM GMT
Posted: 3:48 PM- The first Central Utah Substance Abuse Conference is being held this weekend in Richfield.
The free event is intended to expose both parents and children to the consequences of drug use and encourage a drug-free lifestyle.

Ol' Blue Eyes and Ballet West 04/14/2008 09:43:37 PM GMT
Twyla Tharp rocked the dance world in 1973 when her "Deuce Coupe" fused popular dance and music styles with classical ballet technique for Joffrey Ballet.

Bees: Bees power past Portland, 5-3 04/14/2008 09:14:10 PM GMT
Posted: 3:15 PM- Sean Rodriguez and Freddy Sandoval hits solo home runs and Salt Lake pitching scattered 11 Portland hits as the Bees defeated the Beavers 5-3 Monday afternoon at Franklin Covey Field.

What's the big deal about the pope anyway? 04/14/2008 08:44:08 PM GMT
When Pope Benedict XVI makes his first trip to the U.S. Tuesday through April 20, with stops in Washington and New York, he will claim one in four Americans as his own.

Bees pick off Portland 04/14/2008 08:40:20 PM GMT
Posted: 2:41 PM- Sean Rodriguez and Freddy Sandoval hits solo home runs and Salt Lake pitching scattered 11 Portland hits as the Bees defeated the Beavers 5-3 Monday afternoon at Franklin Covey Field.

Ashley N.F. taking applications for cave tours 04/14/2008 08:29:31 PM GMT
Posted: 2:30 PM- VERNAL -- The Ashley National Forest is taking applications for six Whiterocks Cave tours.
The free tours are scheduled two a day on Sept. 6, 13 and 20. Tours are limited to 10 people each.

Wall Street's Monday session a quiet one as investors mull developments 04/14/2008 08:23:13 PM GMT
Updated: 2:21 PM- NEW YORK - Stocks finished a quiet session moderately lower Monday as investors grappled with concerns about the health of corporate profits after Wachovia Corp. posted disappointing quarterly results.

FLDS women, children loaded into buses, taken from shelter 04/14/2008 08:09:53 PM GMT
Updated 2:06 PM- SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Several buses loaded with FLDS women and children today left Fort Concho headed for the much-larger San Angelo Coliseum.

State should investigate Questar's $500,000 meter mistake 04/14/2008 07:58:47 PM GMT
Questar Gas Company started adding radio transponders to its 874,000 customers' gas meters 10 years ago. Instead of visually checking the dials, the meter reader drives by, a device in his truck transmits a radio alert, and transponders within range send back their meter readings.

SLC cops seek knife-wielding car thieves 04/14/2008 07:43:32 PM GMT
Posted: 1:42 PM- Salt Lake City police are looking for two men accused of stealing a car at knifepoint.
The incident took place at a house on the 900 block of North Riverside Drive (1600 West) early Monday.

New school district formed from Jordan split seeking superintendent 04/14/2008 07:39:44 PM GMT
Posted: 1:40 PM- SANDY - The new school district being formed from the Jordan School District's east side is seeking a superintendent.

Jazz Monday update: Piecing together the playoff puzzle 04/14/2008 07:19:22 PM GMT
Posted: 1:17 PM- Trying to analyze the various Western Conference playoff possibilities is enough to give anyone a headache, but the Jazz had things pretty well figured out at Monday's pregame shootaround.

S. Utah off-roader fined, but he vows not to pay 04/14/2008 07:17:15 PM GMT

ST. GEORGE - He's been found guilty of driving an off-highway vehicle on a government-closed road. Now, he's been fined $300 and placed on six months' probation.

Delta and Northwest may move forward with merger this week 04/14/2008 04:41:52 PM GMT
Posted: 5:10 PM- ATLANTA - Delta and Northwest could announce a combination as early as Tuesday that would create the world's

Deseret Morning News is now just Deseret News 04/14/2008 03:34:01 PM GMT
Posted: 9:34 AM- Deseret Morning News has changed its name back to Deseret News.
"That's who and what we are _ morning, noon and night," Editor Joseph A. Cannon said in a message to readers Sunday.

Fed, Utah income tax filing deadline is midnight Tuesday 04/14/2008 03:32:59 PM GMT
Posted: 9:32 AM- The Utah Tax Commission is reminding people that midnight Tuesday is the state income tax filing deadline. It's also the federal filing deadline.

Retail sales post modest gain in March 04/14/2008 01:52:38 PM GMT
Posted: 7:52 AM- WASHINGTON - Consumers, beset by a credit crunch, rising energy and food costs and a prolonged housing slump, stayed away from the malls in March. Retail sales posted only a small increase after a big drop in February.

The Week Ahead 04/14/2008 08:08:07 AM GMT
Convention Calendar Today: ' Society of Manufacturing Engineers Hilton SLC Center Planned attendance: 300 Runs through: Wednesday ' U.

Business Insight 04/14/2008 08:08:01 AM GMT
Power networking Donna Fisher, author Building a circle of interdependence Donna Fisher, whose books include Power Networking and Professional Networking for Dummies, has advice on how to get the most out of networking.

Wal-Mart exec videos cause embarrassment 04/14/2008 08:08:00 AM GMT
LENEXA, Kan. - For nearly 30 years, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employed a video-production company here to capture footage of its top executives, sometimes in unguarded moments.

Post offices open late for tax filers 04/14/2008 05:07:42 AM GMT
To help last-minute tax filers, 26 Utah post offices will stay open until midnight on Tuesday. The U.S. Postal Service is encouraging people to mail tax returns early in the day, and to check collection times on drop boxes to ensure the mail will be picked up on the 15th.

Methane menace haunts West 04/14/2008 05:07:36 AM GMT
WESTON, Colo. - A hamlet nearby wooded gulches, rocky outcrops and views of the snowy tops of southern Colorado's Sangre de Cristo mountains is the perfect escape for retirees and telecommuters who've settled in.

Ford hopes to eliminate blind spot in your future 04/14/2008 05:07:32 AM GMT
DETROIT - For most drivers there's a lingering doubt when changing lanes on the freeway. Did I miss a car in the blind spot? Starting early next year, Ford Motor Co.

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