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Prep baseball: Timpanogos wallops Viewmont 12-1 in 5A tourney 05/14/2008 04:44:27 AM GMT
Posted: 10:45 PM- BOUNTIFUL - Admit it. You never saw this coming.
If you are a fan of Viewmont or Timpanogos baseball, you never pictured Tuesday's Class 5A first-round game going the way it did.

Prep baseball: Cottonwood musters win in 4A tournament 05/14/2008 04:38:37 AM GMT
Posted: 10:40 PM- MURRAY - It wasn't exactly their best performance, but defending 4A state champion Cottonwood still found a way to win, taking its first-round playoff game Tuesday afternoon by defeating Bountiful 5-1.

Prep softball: Murray blanks Sky View 7-0 in 4A tournament 05/14/2008 04:35:59 AM GMT
Posted: 10:37 PM- MURRAY - It's been the scouting report on the Murray softball team all year: Can the returning champ Spartans defend their state title with mediocre pitching?

Prep boys' soccer: Davis tops Riverton 2-1 in 5A tournament 05/14/2008 04:30:58 AM GMT
Posted: 10:32 PM- RIVERTON - Davis has gone through its struggles this year. The Darts started region play with two losses and two ties. At one point in the season, Davis was near the bottom half of the region standings.

Prep softball: Spanish Fork opens 5A tourney with 8-1 victory over Layton 05/14/2008 04:26:57 AM GMT
Posted: 10:28 PM- SPANISH FORK - The Spanish Fork Dons almost couldn't believe how well they were smacking the ball, mainly because it was against an all-state pitcher.

Jazz & NBA: Millsap delivering solid numbers off the bench 05/14/2008 04:16:08 AM GMT
Posted: 10:17 PM- The last time the Jazz played in Los Angeles, Carlos Boozer got into foul trouble early and spent most of the time on the bench.

Toole star makes history 05/14/2008 04:01:51 AM GMT
Posted: 10:03 PM- FRUIT HEIGHTS - There was a time, albeit a brief one, when Tooele High senior Sadie Palmer didn't want anything to do with a girls-only high school state golf tournament.

Clinton trounces Obama in West Virginia 05/14/2008 03:46:47 AM GMT
Posted: 9:48 PM- CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class

Jazz & NBA: Fisher helping Lakers despite foul trouble 05/14/2008 03:42:47 AM GMT
Posted: 9:44 PM- The way he has hurt his former team in these playoffs - averaging 13.8 points and 3.5 steals, connecting on 9 of 14 three-pointers - the Jazz have to be happy Lakers guard Derek Fishe mt has battled early foul trouble the last two games.

Boxing: Utah lands 2009 Golden Gloves 05/13/2008 11:29:06 PM GMT
Posted: 5:30 PM- Utah amateur boxing landed a haymaker Tuesday when Salt Lake City was awarded the 2009 Golden Gloves National Championships.

NASCAR's newest 'Bad Boy' soaking up the spotlight 05/13/2008 10:46:49 PM GMT
Posted: 4:22 PM- DARLINGTON, S.C. - Kyle Busch is NASCAR's most hated driver. And he loves it. Viciously booed during pre-race introductions, Busch soaked up the venom by encouraging Saturday night's crowd at Darlington Raceway to keep it coming.

Republican challenger complains of 'shenanigans' 05/13/2008 10:00:06 PM GMT
Posted: 4:01 PM- To former candidate Linda Houskeeper, her Monday meeting with the Utah County Republican Party's credentials committee felt more like gotcha politics than a neutral forum to air grievances.

Councilman: Sell Draper golf course 05/14/2008 07:14:34 AM GMT
A Salt Lake County councilman wants to collect a little green for South Mountain Golf Course's greens. GOP Councilman Jeff Allen urged his colleagues Tuesday to unload the unprofitable Draper golf course - perhaps for the $13 million the county still owes.

Police search for link in art gallery thefts 05/14/2008 07:03:51 AM GMT
Police in Salt Lake City and Kaysville are looking into whether a number of gallery thefts of expensive artwork by a popular local painter are connected.

Ground broken for state lab 05/14/2008 07:00:51 AM GMT
Utah's ailing public health laboratory will finally be retired next year when the new 81,000-square-foot Unified State Lab opens its doors. Gov.

Cops seek man in lewdness case 05/14/2008 06:08:24 AM GMT
Salt Lake City police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed his genitalia to a sixth-grader outside Wasatch Elementary. Police say a man drove up to the school at 30 R St.

Grim scene discovered: Police believe man killed girlfriend, 2 kids, then shot self 05/14/2008 06:08:23 AM GMT
Tracie Williamson's family had long feared for her safety. The 28-year-old mother first told them last year that her live-in boyfriend, Peter A.

LDS missionary killed in Ohio car accident 05/14/2008 06:08:21 AM GMT
A 60-year-old St. George woman was killed and her husband was critically injured in a car accident in Ohio on Tuesday. Karen Deschamps and her husband, Randall Deschamps, were serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Rob Howell, a church spokesman.

Leavitt, in China during quake, is OK 05/14/2008 06:08:20 AM GMT
WASHINGTON - Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, now the head of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, was in China when the massive killer earthquake struck this week.

For the Record 05/14/2008 06:08:18 AM GMT
After 1-year jail term, man to be deported A man who shot and injured another man during an argument outside a Salt Lake City bar last year has been sentenced to a year in jail followed by deportation to Pakistan.

Utah County: Republican challenger complains of 'shenanigans' 05/14/2008 06:08:14 AM GMT
To former candidate Linda Houskeeper, her Monday meeting with the Utah County Republican Party's credentials committee felt more like gotcha politics than a neutral forum to air grievances.

Teen obesity may be linked to womb environment 05/14/2008 06:08:12 AM GMT
Could your earliest moments of life - from your mother's prenatal care to the way you were delivered - make you fat? Those in-utero experiences may matter, according to new research from the University of Utah and Utah State University that explores the fetal origins of

City attorney: Hush on taking iProvo offers OK 05/14/2008 06:08:11 AM GMT
PROVO - The city was not legally required to advertise that it was entertaining offers to sell its iProvo fiber-optic network. That's what City Attorney Robert West told the Municipal Council's iProvo panel Tuesday morning, and reiterated to the Municipal Council at a Tuesday

Messy Magna on notice: Cleanup cops cometh 05/14/2008 06:08:10 AM GMT
MAGNA - An old sausage shop sizzles, a refurbished theater reels in crowds and a year-old art store beckons with a streetfront oil display. But blocks away from Magna's rebounding Main Street, the picture isn't as pretty for this west-side township.

As UTA weighs fuel surcharge, riders fuming 05/14/2008 06:08:09 AM GMT
Disabled bus riders and advocates for the poor assembled outside a Utah Transit Authority hearing Tuesday evening to protest a proposed fare surcharge to pay for rising diesel costs.

Fire chief 'not sold' on Becker's plans 05/14/2008 06:08:07 AM GMT
Stripping Fire Station No. 5 of its firefighters and converting the 9th and 9th station to a medical-response center could lead to longer response times to blazes in the capital.

Applications for 3 judicial spots being taken 05/14/2008 06:08:05 AM GMT
Candidates for the appellate position must be at least 30 years old, U.S. citizens, Utah residents for at least five years and admitted to practice law in Utah.

Patents issued 05/14/2008 05:22:23 AM GMT
Seat belt tensioning device and method, patent No. 7,370,721, invented by Thomas Zelmer, of Auburn Hills, Mich.; Jon E. Burrow, of Ortonville, Mich.; and Jennifer Grove, of White Lake, Mich.

Business Glance 05/14/2008 05:22:23 AM GMT
Computers Hewlett-Packard to buy Electronic Data Systems Riding a hot streak that has doubled its stock price in the past three years, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Home prices up in 48 metro areas 05/14/2008 05:22:23 AM GMT
Median home prices rose in only about one-third of U.S. cities, including Salt Lake City, surveyed during the first three months of this year, a real estate trade group reported Tuesday.

Utah business 05/14/2008 05:22:23 AM GMT
Einstein Bros. Bagels is adding bagel burgers, wraps and chicken quesadillas to its menu. The items will be sold at all 18 Utah locations for $3.99, including a drink.

Utah's job market not fazed by downturn 05/14/2008 05:16:04 AM GMT
While the rest of the country teeters on the brink of recession, Utah's economy is showing surprising resilience, a new report shows. The state's job growth in April was 2 percent, virtually unchanged from 2.

When marketing tourism, age matters, expert says 05/14/2008 05:16:03 AM GMT
One size definitely does not fit all when it comes to marketing tourism destinations to people of different ages. "If you get a one-size-fits-all message, do you respond?

Provo: Language translation company turns 20 05/14/2008 05:15:59 AM GMT
Provo-based MultiLing, a company that offers translation services, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a year that holds much promise for the future.

Gas-tax hike, tolls during rush hour may be in future 05/14/2008 06:07:39 AM GMT
Utahns would need to pay up to 40 cents per gallon in state gas tax and face a varying toll to drive during rush hours to cover transportation needs, say some state leaders.

Teen bride writes all 05/14/2008 06:07:47 AM GMT
Months after helping to send Warren S. Jeffs to prison, Elissa Wall is telling her story in a book she hopes will lead women and girls to leave his polygamous sect.

Grizzlies: Vegas wrangles out OT win 05/14/2008 07:14:53 AM GMT
LAS VEGAS - Aki Seitsonen knows how to start and finish for the Las Vegas Wranglers. Seitsonen tallied the first goal for the Wranglers in the second period and wrapped up the 4-3 Game 2 victory over the Utah Grizzlies with a score 1:36 into overtime.

Lakers notes: Kobe keeping quiet about his back 05/14/2008 07:13:10 AM GMT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Kobe Bryant did not practice again Tuesday, saying his injured back felt a lot better and that he would play in Game 5 of the Lakers' Western Conference semifinal series against the Utah Jazz tonight.

Prep baseball: Cottonwood musters win 05/14/2008 07:13:10 AM GMT
MURRAY - It wasn't exactly their best performance, but defending 4A state champion Cottonwood still found a way to win, taking its first-round playoff game Tuesday afternoon by defeating Bountiful 5-1.

Prep softball: Murray answers critics of its pitching in victory 05/14/2008 07:13:10 AM GMT
MURRAY - It's been the scouting report on the Murray softball team all year: Can the champion Spartans defend their Class 4A state title with mediocre pitching?

Sports in brief 05/14/2008 07:13:10 AM GMT
NFL Nothing new in Walsh tapes Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh disclosed no new rules violations in the Spygate scandal during his meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or in the tapes that the league released Tuesday.

Prep girls golf: Tooele star makes history 05/14/2008 07:12:00 AM GMT
FRUIT HEIGHTS - There was a time, albeit a brief one, when Tooele High senior Sadie Palmer didn't want anything to do with a girls-only high school state golf tournament.

Timpanogos pulls a stunner at Viewmont 05/14/2008 07:01:21 AM GMT
BOUNTIFUL - Admit it. You never saw this coming. If you are a fan of Viewmont or Timpanogos baseball, you never pictured Tuesday's Class 5A first round game going the way it did.

Prep softball: Spanish Fork's bats blast Layton 05/14/2008 07:01:19 AM GMT
SPANISH FORK - The Spanish Fork Dons almost couldn't believe how well they were smacking the ball, mainly because it was against an all-state pitcher. The Dons, still a little hurt from a nonregion loss to Springville a week ago, got some powerful bats going in the third inning

Detroit ends Orlando's run 05/14/2008 07:01:16 AM GMT
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year. Richard Hamilton scored 19 of his 31 points in the first half, made victory-sealing free throws late in the game and Tayshaun Prince

Prep boys soccer: Surprising Davis tops Riverton in first round 05/14/2008 07:01:13 AM GMT
RIVERTON - Davis has gone through its struggles this year. The Darts started region play with two losses and two ties, and at one point, were near the bottom half of the region standings.

NHL: Penguins push rival Flyers to brink 05/14/2008 07:01:10 AM GMT
PHILADELPHIA - Quick strikes by Ryan Whitney and Marian Hossa raised the Pittsburgh Penguins to heights not reached since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr donned the black and gold.

Kragthorpe: It's time to raise expectations for the Jazz 05/14/2008 07:01:08 AM GMT
Maybe the expectations were too reasonable, about like my daily goals of finishing breakfast, hitting the golf ball in a forward direction and spelling all the words correctly in my column.

Utah Jazz: Millsap brings solid numbers 05/14/2008 07:01:06 AM GMT
The last time the Jazz played in Los Angeles, Carlos Boozer got into foul trouble early and spent most of the time on the bench. It definitely wasn't the ideal place for the Utah All-Star, but the Jazz didn't have a huge dropoff in his spot either, not with Paul Millsap contributing 17 points and

Utah Jazz: Game 5 all about momentum 05/14/2008 07:01:05 AM GMT
The last thing the Jazz heard when they walked off the Staples Center court last Wednesday were the chants for a sweep from Lakers fans. Needless to say, the complexion of this Western Conference semifinals series has changed in a week.

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