News 2008-07-10 Andanh.com

Fire crews contain Narrows wildfire Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:16:45 MDT
Posted: 10:15 PM- The Narrows wildfire sparked by lightening about 20 miles north of Cedar City was 100 percent contained on Wednesday, according to Nick Howell with the Bureau of Land Management.

Utah Valley joining expanded Great West Conference Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:38:27 MDT
Posted: 8:37 PM- Utah Valley University will announce today in a noon press conference at the McKay Events Center that it is joining the Great West Conference, according to a spokesman in the athletic office.

Man charged with kidnapping neighbor's children Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:34:25 MDT
Posted: 7:33 PM- A man is accused of kidnapping two neighbor children as they slept in their South Salt Lake home on the Fourth of July.

'Fascination' with child porn lands man in jail Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:33:35 MDT
Posted: 7:32 PM- A man who in March turned himself in to police and said he needed help for his "fascination" with child pornography now faces 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Man accused of driving over wife says he felt a bump Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:32:55 MDT
Posted: 7:31 PM- A driver is accused of running over his estranged wife after a November fight at her Holladay home. In charges filed Tuesday, officers wrote that the man, 46, told a deputy, "I kinda thought I had something under my car.

Charges say unruly man attacked police officers Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:31:45 MDT
Posted: 7:30 PM- A man is accused of exposing himself near a Salt Lake City bus stop and threatening a police officer with his half-empty bottle of vodka.

Police say man sliced victim with machete Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:30:54 MDT
Posted: 7:30 PM- A Salt Lake City man is accused of slicing another man's arm with a machete after trying to run the victim over in his truck, which was found containing a cache of knives.

Family devastated as they bury 7-year-old who was gunned down Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:57:55 MDT
Posted: 6:57 PM- Maria Santos collapsed and screamed as the casket of her 7-year-old daughter Maria Del Carmen Menchaca was lowered into the ground today.

Utah bankruptcies skyrocket Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:57:04 MDT
Posted: 6:56 PM- Utah may have escaped much of the pain from the nationwide economic downturn so far, but thousands of the state's residents haven't been as lucky.

Salt Lake City's population shrinks Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:56:35 MDT
Posted: 6:55 PM- If this is Utah's back-to-the-city decade, the U.S. Census Bureau isn't impressed. Despite all of

Jake Gibb, Beach Volleyball, USA Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:45:56 MDT
Jake Gibb was a late bloomer. The 32-year-old Bountiful native did not take up beach volleyball until after returning from an LDS Church mission to Costa Rica, during which he grew 4 inches to 6-foot-7.

Lindsey Anderson, Track & Field, USA Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:45:21 MDT
Lindsey Anderson never thought she would make it this far. She figured she would finish her college career at Weber State, embark on a teaching career and perhaps start a family.

Josh McAdams, Track & Field, USA Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:17:20 MDT
Josh McAdams had never run the steeplechase until he arrived in Utah five years ago as a walk-on to the Brigham Young track team, and his first try was a disaster.

Fundamentalists: We're Mormon, too Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:08:12 MDT
Posted: 12:40 PM- A coalition that represents fundamentalist Mormons has issued a statement objecting to the LDS Church's attempts to deny their claim to a shared Mormon heritage.

Fatal shooting outside restaurant allegedly done in self defense Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:05:36 MDT
Updated: 3:58 PM- A man was shot and killed Tuesday near Franklin Covey Field, outside Mama's Southern Plantation restaurant.

USU football players bench buses, will fly from Logan-Cache Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:00:06 MDT
Posted: 3:57 PM- LOGAN -- Aggie football players will become airborne closer to home when their season kicks off in the fall.

Jailed polygamous leader Jeffs hospitalized in Las Vegas Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:58:34 MDT
Polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs remains in a Las Vegas hospital after being found in a weakened, lethargic state in his Arizona jail cell.

Orem motorcyclist stuck, killed by semi Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:54:45 MDT
Posted: 3:47 PM- A 34-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Orem Wednesday morning when the driver of a semitrailer truck ran a red light and struck him.

Mayor: Merger tiff won't hurt iProvo Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:38:44 MDT
PROVO - The collapse of the Broadweave Networks-Veracity Communications merger will not affect Broadweave's purchase of iProvo, Mayor Lewis Billings said Tuesday.

Stocks tumble as financial worries escalate Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:42:33 MDT
Updated: 2:42 PM- NEW YORK - Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as investors grappled with renewed worries about the soundness of the financial sector. The major indexes fell more than 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 230 points.

Pending home sales slacken Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:23:22 MDT
WASHINGTON - Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market's long slump is likely to fester through the summer, and the real-estate market may not recover for at least another year.

Holladay to ink deal for Cottonwood Mall makeover Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:55:42 MDT
Posted: 12:14 PM- Holladay's City Council is poised this week to wrap up the last of the agreements needed to ensure a $550 million overhaul of the former Cottonwood Mall.

Q2 earnings may reflect market malaise Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:31:43 MDT
Brace yourself for another ugly earnings season Wall Street didn't see coming. Alcoa reported disappointing financial results Tuesday, launching an armada of second-quarter profit results.

Group says it is closer to taking Usana private Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:48 MDT
The group trying to take Usana Health Sciences Inc. private said Tuesday it had secured financing to buy out minority shareholders. Gull Holdings Ltd.

Dealer's green badge a Utah first Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:42 MDT
Utah automobile dealer Mark Miller talks about the new "green" building housing his Toyota-Scion dealership the same way car owners talks about their new vehicles - with obvious pride.

Fed to rein in shady lending practices Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:40 MDT
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs.

Deseret News downsizes, cuts 34 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:37 MDT
The Deseret News has eliminated 34 staff positions and closed its bureau in Washington, D.C., as it struggles to cope with a steep drop in advertising.

Consumer News Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:35 MDT
Automotive Government upgrading crash-test program, to add overall safety rating Attention car shoppers: The government is upgrading its crash test program to offer better information about vehicle safety.

Utah business in brief Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:30:32 MDT
Salt Lake City-based information design firm McKinnon-Mulherin Inc. has earned Sitecore Partner certification. With the certification, McKinnon-Mulherin will use Sitecore's Content Management Software to build more sophisticated Web sites for clients.

Deseret News cuts 34 jobs, kills extra edition Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:09:56 MDT
Posted: 5:01 PM- The Deseret News says it eliminated 34 editorial jobs, including the paper's Washington, D.C., correspondent, and plans to kill an early edition and consolidate sections to cope with declining revenue.

Judge grants restraining order requested by FLDS spokesman Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:54:38 MDT
Posted: 12:09 PM- A Washington County judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order and injunction sought by a polygamous sect spokesman, who is accusing a Cedar City investigator of harassment.

FLDS spokesman tells private eye to back off Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:30:15 MDT
Two weeks after a restraining order targeted him, a polygamous sect spokesman is firing back and asking a Utah judge to keep a private investigator at bay.

FLDS spokesman asks for restraining order against private investigator Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:51:22 MDT
Posted: 6:50 PM- Two weeks after a restraining order targeted him, a polygamous sect spokesman is firing back and asking a Utah judge to keep a private investigator at bay.

Utah Jazz: Miller keeps an eye on the team Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:45 MDT
A month after he was hospitalized with complications from diabetes, Jazz owner Larry Miller is not expected to attend Thursday's meeting to discuss a contract extension with Deron Williams and his representatives.

Bees: Bees trounce Tacoma 20-7 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:43 MDT
In recording a season-high run total in a 20-7 thumping of Tacoma on Tuesday night, Salt Lake hardly looked like a team that had trouble stringing hits together the past few days.

Blaze: Ron James promoted to head coach Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:01:24 MDT
Posted: 12:59 PM- Ron James is the new head coach of the Utah Blaze, the team announced Wednesday at a press conference.

Kirby: Going to work sick is bad medicine Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:45:27 MDT
Monday morning I sent out an apology e-mail to everyone I could think of just in case they hated my guts. I spent the previous 72 hours trying to blow Play-Doh through my nose.

Rolly: Walker feels new pressure Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:30:18 MDT
With Rep. Mark Walker resigning this week under the cloud of a pending ethics probe into allegations he offered a job and a pay raise to get his campaign opponent out of the state treasurer's race, he faces a new challenge.

Monson: Wimbledon shows us what sports should be Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:49 MDT
Maybe you're into tennis, maybe you're not. I won't waste your time here preaching about how terrific the sport is. Those who know it are blessed to know it.

Wharton: Court did little to untangle gun issues Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:57:40 MDT
I have used guns three ways. As a young boy, I enjoyed target shooting, slowly graduating to sporting clays, trap and skeet when I got older.

Pipe dreams: S. Nevada pipeline plan could spell disaster Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:57:29 MDT
Water makes life possible in the desert. If you remove a vast amount of water and take it hundreds of miles away, the loss will have far-reaching effects on arid land, plants, wildlife and the livelihoods of its human inhabitants.

Protecting investors: Audit reveals agency running amok Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:57:28 MDT
Threats. Intimidation tactics. Investigations in which the subjects are not questioned or contacted before charges are filed. Coercion.

Open book: Tell-all Web site should be Utah's goal Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:28 MDT
Utah lawmakers: masters of the closed-door meeting; maestros of the back-room deal; newly crowned champions of open records and government accountability.

Dangerous deadlock: All nations should unite against global warming Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:27 MDT
Exactly what the world does not need: a showdown between the Earth's long-time polluters and its up-and-coming polluters. Just as the consensus is growing worldwide that global warming exists, that it is largely caused by humans emitting CO2 into the atmosphere and that dire

Supreme contradiction Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:28 MDT
It is an inopportune time to be a kid in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court cannot be bothered with protecting you. Since the Supreme Court thinks it's more important to protect a mother's right to privacy than it is to protect an unborn child's life, a child is lucky to

Big oil and shale Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:28 MDT
While living at Glenwood Springs, Colo., in August 1953, I heard about an oil shale operation near Rifle, Colo. I drove over to see the plant, which was a pilot project of the U.

Lying about health Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:27 MDT
Just when whining for "victims" of mortgage foreclosures abated, we are now to whine for "victims" of health insurance providers who had their coverage canceled due to fraudulent applications ("Insurer yanked health policies," Tribune, June 22).

We're Cheney's lap dogs Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:27 MDT
The singularly controversial Vice President Dick Cheney has run a shadow government, duplicating national security and other services of the president's office.

Breast-fed smarts Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:23:27 MDT
Jamie Simons states that breast-feeding is a "mother's choice" ("Mother's choice," Forum, June 25). What would a child choose? The more breast milk a child receives, the greater the protection from illnesses such as ear infections, respiratory infections, diarrhea and other

Arias' three HRs spark Roadrunners' Game 1 rout Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:39:00 EST

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