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• Support growing for petition to end beard ban at BYU

  01-10-2017 22:04
  
  Now that Brigham Young University will offer caffeinated soft drinks on campus, some people are wondering if the school's ban on beards will end.
  
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• 2 in critical condition after crash on Highway 89 in Weber County

  01-10-2017 19:47
  
  At least one person is in critical condition after a crash on Highway 89 in Layton, according to Utah Highway Patrol.
  
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• Fun October events throughout Utah to welcome fall

  01-10-2017 19:34
  
  Falltime has come to Utah and with it comes cooler temperatures, crisp air, pumpkins, colorful leaves and Halloween.
  
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• Best days are ahead for LDS Church despite opposition, LDS leader says Sunday

  01-10-2017 19:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — The best days are ahead for the LDS Church though opposition is expected to grow, said the presiding leader present at the faith's international general conference on Sunday morning.President Thomas S. Monson, 90, the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, watched the session from home, as expected, because of limitations related to age. Speakers prayed for him and for Elder Robert D. Hales, 85, of the Quorum of the Twelve, who is hospitalized.The 20,00
  
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• Protesters demand to see footage of fatal shooting in S.L.

  01-10-2017 06:56
  
  Several dozen protesters stood outside the headquarters of Salt Lake police Saturday to demand the public release of body camera footage showing police officers' fatal shooting of 50-year-old Patrick Harmon last month.
  
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• Protesters demand to see footage of fatal shooting in Salt Lake

  01-10-2017 06:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — Several dozen protesters stood outside Salt Lake police headquarters Saturday to demand the release of body-camera footage showing officers' actions in the fatal shooting of 50-year-old Patrick Harmon last month.Among the 50-plus gathered at the Public Safety Building to make that demand were Harmon's family members, who drove from St. Louis to attend the rally and seek answers about the man's death, arriving early Saturday morning."It's hard because we just don't know wha
  
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• McAdams ponders congressional run in Love's 4th District

  01-10-2017 05:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is mulling a run for congressional office in Utah's 4th District in 2018."I've heard from many Utahns encouraging me to run for Congress," McAdams told the Deseret News on Saturday. "It is something I am seriously considering and am discussing with my family."McAdams, a Democrat, didn't say when he would make a decision on the race, but "Utahns will be the first to know," he said via text message.Utah's 4th District seat has been held sin
  
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• Change in command at Davis County shelter worries animal advocates

  01-10-2017 04:25
  FRUIT HEIGHTS — Over the years, the Davis County Animal Shelter has gone from euthanizing nearly 30 percent of stray and lost pets turned in there to saving almost all the animals' lives.But that higher than 90 percent save rate may be hanging in the balance as the facility conducts a national search for a new director."It's important for the community to look at what they want for their pets should they end up at the shelter when you're on vacation or otherwise not able to be with them,"
  
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• Inside the newsroom: Comic book creator becomes superhero (+video)

  01-10-2017 02:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — The message from storm-ravaged Puerto Rico came to my good friend Tom Beland. He is a talented artist and respected comic book creator who spent 15 years on the island but now makes his home in Northern California.Tom's been doing his part to ease the suffering of his friends and family there, an example of one man doing one thing (day after day) to make a difference.Big-monied celebrities like Puerto Rico tennis star Monica Puig or musician Pitbull generate donations and
  
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• Unclaimed Utah veteran remains honored in special ceremony

  01-10-2017 02:35
  
  Seventeen veterans whose remains are still unclaimed by family were honored Saturday by the Missing in America Project (MIAP) with a military funeral.
  
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• The Bear River: A tale of 3 states, 1 river

  01-10-2017 00:39
  SALT LAKE CITY — The unusual thing about the Bear River isn't that it begins and ends in Utah, or that it crosses the boundaries of states five times, or even that it is the only river in North America continent that doesn't empty into an ocean.These characteristics may distinguish the 500-mile-long river, but the stunning fact about the Bear River is that its managed by three states in relative harmony, absent any volatile water wars.States fight each other with regularity over water reso
  
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• DUI suspect crashes into Eisenhower Junior High

  01-10-2017 00:03
  TAYLORSVILLE — A 26-year-old man was arrested for investigation of DUI Saturday after police say he crashed through a fence and into a junior high school.Unified police say the man was driving about 11 a.m. when his car went off the road, through a fence and then crashed into some bushes at Eisenhower Junior High, 4351 S. Redwood Road, breaking a window of the school before coming to a stop.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said no one at the school was injured, though there were soccer game
  
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