Although he continues to ride a bike or bus to work, line-dry family clothing and use a push lawn mower, University of Utah professor Tim Garrett believes humans can’t really affect climate change.
Instead, he says the Earth’s course will run along a “predetermined trajectory.”
He doesn’t see the major cause of global warming being stabilized any other way than if the increasing flow of carbon-dioxide emissions ultimately collapses the world’s economy or ... Read Full Story
Attorneys for the executor for the estate of deceased polygamous church leader Rulon Jeffs are asking a judge to remove a communal land trust from state control and return it to the church’s governing body.
In court papers filed Monday in 3rd District Court, attorneys for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints contend the properties held by the United Effort Plan Trust belong to the Corporation of the President.
The Utah courts took control of the trust in 2005... Read Full Story
The Crossroads Urban Center in Salt Lake City plans to distribute holiday turkeys to needy families this year.
The center says it will give away 3,700 turkeys on Wednesday at the Indian Walk-In Center.
The turkeys will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis. Crossroads is a social services agency that operates an emergency food pantry throughout the year
— Associated Press
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OGDEN — A car was totaled by an incoming FrontRunner train when the vehicle accidentally drove onto the tracks instead of the road Monday evening, UTA officials said.
The 62-year-old driver was traveling west on 2nd Street when he tried to make a right turn onto 530 West, but instead turned onto the rails. About 30 feet down the track, the vehicle became high-centered, and the driver exited to call police, said Utah Transit Authority spokesman Gerry Carpenter.
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CEDAR CITY — An Alabama semitruck driver was killed after the vehicle slid off the road and crashed down a nearly 400-foot ravine Monday afternoon.
The westbound semi was transporting coils of steel along state Road 14 near Cedar City about 2 p.m. when the driver apparently lost control, went off the road and then went up and over the barrier, rolling down the ravine, said Utah Highway Patrol trooper Cameron Roden. The driver was ejected and died at the scene.
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An already slashed Salt Lake County budget may see a bit more trimming Tuesday if GOP council members have anything to say about it.
After being thwarted last week on two attempts to garner more savings —$5 million from human services and $2.5 from the mayor’s portfolio — council Republicans will try again to downsize government spending when county fees are addressed in ongoing budget discussions. Councilman David Wilde said Monday that he thinks there are some obvious areas where th... Read Full Story
As expected, the Utah Republican Party will oppose a legislative ethics citizens initiative.
In a statement released Monday, Dave Hansen, Utah GOP chairman, said the party’s central committee, the governing body of the party, opposes the Utahns For Ethical Government initiative. However, the state GOP still stands for ethical government and has for some time, Hansen added.
Hansen had previously told the Deseret News that he personally opposed the initiative, and he guessed that the pa... Read Full Story
Although he continues to ride a bike or bus to work, line-dry family clothing and use a push lawn mower, University of Utah professor Tim Garrett believes humans can’t really affect climate change.
Instead, he says the earth’s course will run along a “predetermined trajectory.”
He doesn’t see the major cause of global warming being stabilized any other way than if the increasing flow of carbon-dioxide emissions ultimately collapses the world’s economy or ... Read Full Story
The “Twilight” saga began with books that sparked a national cultural phenomenon and more than 350 Internet fan sites. This weekend, the second movie in the series set box office records that reconfirmed Utah’s “Twilight” fans are the most devoted in the nation.
Megaplex Theatres in South Jordan, Sandy and The Gateway in Salt Lake City ranked first, second, and fifth in the nation for total revenue from the opening of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
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