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20 Percent of High School Boys Use Chewing Tobacco

Kutv.com - Wed Aug 27

The Centers for Disease Control estimates 20 percent of high school aged boys use chewing tobacco.

3. Standoff ends peacefully at Woods Cross ...

KSL TV - Wed Aug 27

A SWAT standoff ended peacefully in Woods Cross after a man barricaded himself in a business and refused to leave.

Utah's poverty rate drops; advocates skeptical

Salt Lake Tribune - Wed Aug 27

The percentage of people living in poverty decreased in Utah and Salt Lake County between 2006 and 2007.

Utah-based charity volunteers on plane that crashed in Guatemala

Salt Lake Tribune - Mon Aug 25

A candidate for the Utah State Senate is one of the few survivors of a small aircraft that plummeted into a field in rural Guatemala on Sunday.

New group to focus on future of Great Salt Lake

Deseret Morning News - Mon Aug 25

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed an executive order Monday creating an advisory council to come up with a vision for how best to manage, protect and package the Great Salt Lake.

Utah politician seals deal with horse kiss

The Associated Press - Thu Aug 21

Lose a bet, kiss a horse. That's how Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen found himself kissing a 3-year-old sand-colored horse named Reno.

Horse smooch makes good on bet

Salt Lake Tribune - Wed Aug 20

Davis County Commissioner Alan Hansen laughs before kissing Reno, a 3-year-old quarter horse on the front steps of the county courthouse.

Conviction upheld in murder-for-hire case

Deseret News - Tue Aug 19

The Utah Supreme Court upheld the capital murder conviction of Paul Allen, who was found guilty by a Davis County jury in 2000 in the murder-for-hire beating and strangling death of his wife, Jill.

Ogden cops say father and son held up pharmacy, then son fatally overdosed

Salt Lake Tribune - Tue Aug 19

A father is in jail today and his son dead after they robbed an Ogden pharmacy and began ingesting pills as they drove away.

Unconstitutional? The state says don't sweat it

Salt Lake Tribune - Mon Aug 18

Regarding the constitutionality question of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s "four-10" workweek, since Article 16, Section 6, of the Utah Constitution says "eight hours shall constitute a day's work" for state ...