News 2008-06-02 Andanh.com

High schools push no-booze parties for graduates 06/02/2008 07:51:15 AM GMT
High schools statewide have a message for graduating seniors: Party hard 'til the break of dawn (minus the booze).
Each year, high schools and parent groups try their best to lure graduating seniors to all-night, alcohol-free parties as an alternative to unsafe celebrations.

Attorneys hammer out plans to return FLDS kids to parents 06/02/2008 06:24:35 AM GMT
ELDORADO, Texas - Grandmother Gloria is making her way through rows of cabbage, squash and onions in the community garden at a polygamous sect's ranch when the call comes.

Foundation sees link between dull ads and rise in Utah HIV rate 06/02/2008 06:19:09 AM GMT
The Utah AIDS Foundation used to pass out beer coasters with pictures of condoms and messages such as "Thank you and come again."

Two tanning salons may have been robbed by same man 06/02/2008 01:19:03 AM GMT
Posted: 7:17 PM- One person may have committed two robberies Sunday at tanning salons in the Salt Lake Valley, police said.

Brush fire near Jordan River Parkway burns 30 acres and a bridge 06/02/2008 12:51:13 AM GMT
Posted: 6:50 PM- Authorities are looking for a man suspected of starting a brush fire that spread across 30 acres, closing the Jordan River Parkway and damaging a bridge Sunday afternoon.

Salt Lake County man in critical condition after motorcycle crash 06/01/2008 08:58:43 PM GMT
Posted: 2:57 PM- A collision between a motorcycle and vehicle in Cottonwood Heights on Saturday sent two people to the hospital in critical condition.

Ten-digit dialing coming to Utah as growth exhausts phone numbers 06/01/2008 06:29:33 PM GMT
Posted: 12:28 PM- SALT LAKE CITY - Calling mom? Don't forget to use the area 801 code.
In preparation for adding a new

Study of Meth danger to police may fall short on data 06/01/2008 05:46:04 PM GMT
Posted: 11:34 AM- SALT LAKE CITY - A state-funded study of links between exposure to illegal drug labs and the health problems of public safety officers is in jeopardy of ending without collecting enough data.

St. George housing market continues swift decline 06/01/2008 05:38:07 PM GMT
Posted: 11:36 AM- ST. GEORGE - Caught up in the nation's mortgage crisis, Southern Utah's red-hot housing market is now on ice, with home prices dropping and foreclosures on the rise.

Chinese language instruction coming to Provo 06/01/2008 05:34:53 PM GMT
Posted: 11:32 AM- PROVO - Some Provo elementary school students could soon be reading and writing not just in English, but in Chinese.

Woman linked to calls that triggered FLDS raid claims life of abuse 06/01/2008 12:51:25 PM GMT
The largest child custody case in U.S. history - discredited last week by the Texas Supreme Court - was prompted by soft-spoken Sarah Barlow's pleas for help.

Police link years of calls to Swinton 06/01/2008 06:09:07 AM GMT
In an arrest warrant request filed in El Paso County Circuit Court, a Colorado Springs detective listed calls police have linked to Rozita Swinton - chiefly by tracing cell phone numbers - since 2005.

Abuse calls from 'Sarah' convinced others that 'she has lived this' 06/01/2008 06:08:40 AM GMT
Sarah Barlow's tearful pleas were convincing: She was a desperate, pregnant 16-year-old mother in need of rescue.

Animal rights: Activist's crusade began in childhood 06/02/2008 06:58:34 AM GMT
Perhaps it was the ramshackle farm near her grandfather's upstate New York cottage that awakened the animal advocate within Temma Martin. There, caged rabbits starved.

Rolly: Jordan district voters likely to pick a loser 06/02/2008 06:58:33 AM GMT
Because of the Utah Legislature's haste to seat board members in the two new school districts created from the Jordan district split, one board member could be elected by less than 10 percent of those voting.

Romney's new role: Loyal GOP booster 06/02/2008 06:58:32 AM GMT
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney isn't talking about Mitt Romney. He's talking about John McCain, about energizing the party base, about strong candidates for a "strong economy, strong families and strong military.

Millville Canyon project brings together all sorts of backcountry users 06/02/2008 06:58:31 AM GMT
MILLVILLE - Environmentalists, ATV riders, four-wheel-drive enthusiasts, hunters, Boy Scouts and horseback riders seldom see eye to eye on anything to do with public lands and their management.

Two tanning salons held up 06/02/2008 06:58:30 AM GMT
One person may have committed two robberies Sunday at tanning salons in the Salt Lake Valley, police said. A man walked into Hollywood Tan, 283 E.

Arson suspect at large in West Valley 06/02/2008 06:58:29 AM GMT
Authorities are looking for a man suspected of starting the fire that spread across 30 acres, closing the parkway and damaging a bridge Sunday afternoon.

6-day Grand Canyon outing turned into an 11-day ordeal 06/02/2008 06:58:23 AM GMT
The Grand Canyon hiking trip was supposed to end after six days with one last steep trek at a trailhead near the car - not at a 300-foot cliff. That's when Iris Faraklas and her husband, Alan Humphrey, knew they were lost.

Motorcycle-car collision leaves 2 in critical condition 06/02/2008 06:58:22 AM GMT
A collision between a motorcycle and vehicle in Cottonwood Heights on Saturday sent two people to the hospital in critical condition. The two vehicles collided at 8010 S.

Officers searching for elusive robber 06/02/2008 06:58:21 AM GMT
Officers are looking for an accused robber who twice eluded them by jumping from apartment balconies and hiding in the brush near the Jordan River. A woman Sunday alleged that Qaiyim Hill, 22, of Las Vegas, was harassing her daughter at the River Trail Terrace apartments, near

Sherpa proudly calls Utah home 06/02/2008 06:58:20 AM GMT
on Sunday, nearly two weeks after his record-setting 18th summit of Mount Everest A strange thought floated through Apa Sherpa's mind as his airplane landed at Salt Lake City International Airport on Sunday afternoon.

Water policy could slow Tooele development 06/02/2008 06:58:15 AM GMT
Tooele Valley is awash in ''paper'' water, but officials warn those rights may far exceed the actual H2O available. Some fear a newly proposed state water policy - aimed at dealing with the presumed overallocation of water rights - could slow Tooele County's

The week ahead 06/02/2008 06:04:00 AM GMT
June 2-8 Convention Calendar Tuesday: ' Automatic Data Processing The Grand America Hotel Planned attendance: 500 Runs through:

Business Insight: Nurturing clients during a downturn 06/02/2008 06:04:00 AM GMT
Duncan MacPherson, consultant Set your sights on a long-term relationship Duncan MacPherson is co-author of Breakthrough Business Development and co-founder of the consultant firm Pareto Platform, based in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Certainly not your grandfather's storage shed 06/02/2008 05:57:40 AM GMT
A shed kit from modern-shed.com. Prices start at $5,000 for a basic 8-by-10-foot shed, while $14,000 buys a 10-by-12 version suitable for occasional habitation.

Get a blessing and printer cartridge all in one order 06/02/2008 05:41:59 AM GMT
SPARTA, Wis. - That'll be $117.95 for laser printer toner, $9.95 for free trade organic hot cocoa and $16.95 for fruit tarts. The prayer for peace in your home?

As food prices soar, farmers, others profit 06/02/2008 05:41:57 AM GMT
The steepest run-ups in food prices since 1990 are hurting grocery shoppers, restaurants and school cafeterias but they're making others rich. The winners in the new food economy include crop farmers selling corn and wheat for near-record highs after years of crushingly low

Olympics advertising a challenge: Sponsors brace for Games 06/02/2008 05:41:55 AM GMT
BEIJING - As protests flared along the Olympic torch route, Games sponsor BHP Billiton Ltd. set up a very different clash of its own: A basketball game against one of the Australian miner's key Chinese customers.

Ace of Spuds 06/01/2008 04:32:27 PM GMT
Memorial services are scheduled today in Boise, Idaho, for J.R. "Jack" Simplot, who launched an agribusiness empire in Idaho that supplied french fries to the McDonald's fast-food chain and then used his billion-dollar fortune to invest in computer chips.

Bonjour, Salt Lake - direct from Paris 06/01/2008 06:02:17 AM GMT
A new transportation era in Salt Lake City will begin in the wee hours of Monday morning. At 2:20 a.m., while most Salt Lakers are slumbering, a Delta Air Lines jet will lift off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris bound for Utah's capital, 5,100 air miles and

Business Digest 05/31/2008 06:31:44 PM GMT
EnergySolutionsSalt Lake City firm on team to manage Washington waste EnergySolutions Inc. is part of a team that has been awarded a five-year, $7.

Raser's promises look thin to some 05/31/2008 05:27:42 PM GMT
Utah's Raser Technologies Inc., without a doubt, has a good story to tell. The tiny Provo-based company, which since its founding in 2003 has lost more than $25 million and has yet to see its first penny of profit, portrays itself as on the verge launching an era of

Tradewinds 05/31/2008 05:03:12 PM GMT
Yasmen Simonian has been named dean of the Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions at Weber State University. She is the chair of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at the school.

China leader makes debut on Facebook 05/31/2008 05:03:11 PM GMT
BEIJING - Chinese leaders are not known for making themselves available to the public, even since the Internet opened the door to governments around the world.

On the Job: Astrology in the workplace? It may help you get ahead 05/31/2008 05:03:10 PM GMT
Next time you're confronted with charts and graphs and reams of data at work, you might want to simply shove it all aside and look at the person sitting across the table and ask: ''So, what's your sign?

The Savings Game: Delayed retirement is not all bad 05/31/2008 05:03:09 PM GMT
Without enough money saved, you may have no choice but to postpone retirement. But that doesn't mean postponing gratification, at least not all of it. This intriguing concept emerged during a conversation with Christine Fahlund, a senior financial planner with T.

U.S. economy struggles to regain its balance 05/31/2008 05:03:09 PM GMT
WASHINGTON - Suddenly, it seems, we're getting hit from all directions. Energy and food prices are soaring. The housing market continues to collapse.

Utah leads call to delay gay ruling 05/31/2008 05:46:45 PM GMT
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and his colleagues from nine other states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay a final ruling that would legalize same-sex marriage.

Complaint filed in heated GOP primary for state treasurer 05/30/2008 06:14:53 PM GMT
Posted: 12:13 PM- The office of Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert received a notarized complaint this morning from Chief Deputy State Treasurer Richard Ellis, alleging a violation of election code by Rep. Mark Walker, R-Sandy.

GOP candidates sniping before runoff 05/30/2008 06:58:32 AM GMT
Each week during the Legislature, Rep. Paul Neuenschwander sends out an e-mail to about 1,000 constituents to update them on the goings-on at the Capitol.

Bush says he'll try to forgive former aide who wrote scathing book 05/30/2008 03:33:55 AM GMT
Posted: 9:32 PM- DEER VALLEY - President Bush told an intimate audience that he hasn't read his former spokesman Scott McClellan's book, and doesn't plan to, but he is disappointed with the criticisms made by the former White House confidant.

Education issues shaping House District 20 primary race 05/29/2008 12:18:31 PM GMT
Posted: 6:14 AM- Each week during the Legislature, Rep. Paul Neuenschwander sends out an email to about 1,000 constituents to update them on the goings-on at the Capitol.

Missteps from the start may have doomed Texas authorities' FLDS effort 06/01/2008 07:49:04 AM GMT
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Since the state Supreme Court ruled that the Texas Department of Child Protective Services overreached when it swept more than 450 FLDS children into foster care, agency officials have been unwilling to discuss the case.

FLDS Update: Judge-Attorney conference ends in confusion 05/31/2008 08:39:01 AM GMT
Updated: 5:52 PM- SAN ANGELO, Texas - Another proposed order has emerged from a crowded courtroom today, further restricting the movement of the FLDS children at the center of the YFZ Ranch case once they return home. Fifty-first District Judge Barbara Walther has said that some 450 children will be released from state custody and reunited with their parents starting Monday

Mixed education: Some FLDS children get text books, others get water fights 05/30/2008 10:48:39 PM GMT
SAN ANGELO, Texas - While Texas courts wrangled over the fate of more than 400 FLDS children, some worked on their reading skills - while others swooshed down a Slip 'n Slide.

Texas Supreme Court says the state crossed the line by keeping FLDS kids in custody 05/30/2008 10:36:33 PM GMT
Posted: 6:49 AM- SAN ANGELO, Texas -- The e-mail sent by a legal aid firm moments after a Texas Supreme Court ruling Thursday said it all - Supreme Court to CPS: Send these children home.

Texas officials take DNA from sect leader Jeffs 05/30/2008 04:55:04 PM GMT
Posted: 10:53 AM- SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Texas authorities have collected DNA swabs from jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs for an ongoing criminal investigation.

Legal aid group: Texas officials offer 'diversionary reasons' to keep FLDS kids 05/30/2008 09:35:18 AM GMT
Posted: 9:53 AM- SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Texas RioGrande Legal Aid today filed a response to the state Supreme Court saying

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