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Sonny and scarecrows and kids, oh my! A Halloween from hell
Sonny is one of my closest friends. He’s also the most dangerous. Not only is he forever thinking up stuff that could get one or both of us hurt, but he also keeps tabs on what we owe each other.Last...
View ArticleUtah forecast: The soft, warming light of autumn will rule this weekend
A mild warming trend is coming to Utah this weekend, thanks to a Pacific high-pressure system nurturing a dry and warm northerly air flow over the Great Basin.A “dry” forecast, indeed. You might prefer...
View ArticleA majority of Utah voters like the idea of creating an independent board to...
A near 2-to-1 majority of registered Utah voters support a ballot initiative that would change the way the state draws its voting districts each decade, though one in five remains unsure about the...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts: Will CNN’s Facebook ad work?
You see an apple.But not just any apple. Perfect in color, perfect in shape and without blemish, this is the apple other apples dream of being. It is the acme of apples, the most apple-y apple you ever...
View ArticleWill paying more to see national parks like Utah’s Zion help fix the backlog...
When the National Park Service quietly began the review that led to its new proposal to hike park entrance fees, officials say they looked at what people pay to get into other “family-oriented...
View ArticleStudent charged with murder in Grambling State killings
Grambling, La. • Authorities in Louisiana have charged a fellow student in the deaths of a Grambling State University student and his friend.Jaylin M. Wayne, a 19-year-old freshman from St. Louis,...
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Activist investor torpedoes merger between Huntsman Corp. and Swiss-based...
Two of the world’s biggest chemical companies, Huntsman Corp., headquartered in Utah and Texas, and Clariant, based in Switzerland, won’t be merging after all.Their CEOs blame an activist investor who...
View ArticleTrump says Democratic donor airing impeachment ads on TV is 'totally unhinged'
Washington • President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to deride political mega-donor Tom Steyer as “wacky & totally unhinged,” firing back at a California billionaire who is funding and...
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Kragthorpe: Did a 'Lone Peak 3 Curse' capture BYU's Nick Emery?
They were treated like rock stars in high school, traveling around the country and playing in high-profile games. I once joked in print that college basketball could only be a letdown for the Lone Peak...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump releases some JFK assassination documents, revealing wild...
Trump releases some JFK assassination documents, revealing wild mentions of strippers, plots against Cuba and the idea of CIA involvement. Trump’s 2016 campaign relied on tech firms, finds new...
View ArticleHow Congress plays by different rules on sexual harassment and misconduct
Washington • Briony Whitehouse was a 19-year-old intern in 2003 when she boarded an elevator in the Russell Senate Office Building with a Republican senator, who she said groped her until the doors...
View ArticleLetters from Harper Lee to friend sell for $12,500
Birmingham, Ala. • A batch of letters hand written by "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has sold for more than $12,000.A statement from the Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions says 38...
View ArticlePick 6: Six prep football playoff games worth watching in Week 11
Riverton at Weber, 6 p.m.The region-champion Warriors will try for their first playoff win since 1999, when they won the Class 4A state title. Weber lost its season opener against American Fork before...
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Ballet West to kick off new season with highly requested ‘Carmina Burana’
The reimagining of the iconic work set to Carl Orff’s famous score is BW’s first comprehensive collaboration with Cincinnati Ballet, including shared sets, costumes, ballet mistresses and even Ballet...
View ArticleSmall brewers in Utah ‘want their voices to be heard’ as state prepares for...
Tired of being left out of important liquor law discussions, Utah’s small brewers have decided to hire a part-time executive director to help with — among other things — lobbying efforts that affect...
View ArticleTransgender at BYU: Living lives despite unclear policies
Provo • Cammie Vanderveur enrolled as an engineering major at Brigham Young University in the ’90s to have access to the Clyde Engineering Building.The building was open 24/7 and became part of a...
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Catherine Rampell: Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters
Washington - Republicans claim to believe no company is too big to fail. The almighty market must be allowed to work its magic, and firms with defective business models should face the consequences.Yet...
View ArticleShakespeare's weird sisters find new life in contemporary comedy
The backstage story of how the witches of “Macbeth” change the course of theater history serves as a rough plot outline of a new comedy by Utah writer L.L. West.Pygmalion Productions’ “The Weyward...
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Utah professor hopes robotic hives will help honeybees
Logan • As a beekeeper, Vladimir Kulyukin is worried about the plight of the honeybee. As a computer scientist, he hopes to help curb colony failures by creating robotic hives.The associate professor...
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Monson: Dark clouds of smoke are rising at BYU. Is there a fire?
Armageddon has come to BYU basketball. Armageddon Light. OK, so it’s not Armageddon at all. But it is explosive and it is serious and it is embarrassing, and, taken to the extreme, it raises suspicions...
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