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• 'Girls can do unimaginable things:' Conference inspires Utah girls to pursue STEM careers

  11-11-2017 23:52
  CLEARFIELD — Erica Sandoval said when she started college, she thought she wanted to be a fashion designer.
  But little did she know, years later she would discover — believe it or not — sewing wasn't too different than rocket science.
  "Sewing is taking different pieces of cloth and putting them together," she said. "Sewing is assembling, and making a rocket is assembling. Once I figured that out, I realized I could do engineering — it's just understanding parts and figuri
  
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• State set to begin Rural Health Week, touts lack of rural hospital closures in Utah

  11-11-2017 23:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — As the Utah Department of Health prepares for its annual Rural Health Week, the agency is touting the relative vibrancy of rural hospitals statewide compared to their counterparts in the rest of the country.
  A tidal wave of 82 rural hospitals in the United States have closed since 2010 "in part due to changes in policies which tend to reward hospitals that do a large volume of business," department spokeswoman Charla Haley wrote in a release.
  None of those 82 facilities ar
  
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• Lifetime to premiere movie on Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping

  11-11-2017 23:32
  
  Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart is pleased with how a Lifetime movie and documentary she helped produce about her harrowing ordeal turned out. But she said her visit to the movie set brought back terrible memories when she saw actor Skeet Ulrich looking so similar to the man who abducted her.
  
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• Have You Seen This? Utah state capitol backdrop for Globetrotter world record

  11-11-2017 22:01
  
  Utah’s State Capitol building plays the important role of “beautiful setting” as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters sets a new Guinness World Record.
  
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• Average Utahn's credit card debt could take 17 years to pay off

  11-11-2017 21:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — For the average Utahn with a credit card, sticking to the minimum payments on their current card debt will result in a nearly two-decade journey to retiring that balance.
  And while the state has relinquished its nation-leading bankruptcy rates of years past, Utah is still hovering around the No. 5 spot for personal bankruptcy filings, according to the Virgina-based American Bankruptcy Institute, a figure financial experts say is simply about residents' collective failure t
  
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• Utah cannabis research: Providing answers or just a smokescreen?

  11-11-2017 21:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — Initial findings from state-funded research into the medical qualities of marijuana could be presented to lawmakers as early as the legislative session at the start of next year, according to the organization charged with carrying out the study.
  "Hopefully there will be some preliminary data that can be shared during the legislative session this year," Ivy Estabrooke, director of the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative, told the Deseret News.
  Estabrooke caution
  
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• Police searching for missing, endangered 15-year-old from Sandy

  11-11-2017 20:50
  SANDY — Police are searching for a teenager from Sandy who has been missing since Friday morning.
  Andrew Cook, a 15-year-old with autism, was last seen walking out of the Pepperwood gated community, near 10900 South 2000 East, on the neighborhood's guard station surveillance footage at 10:06 a.m. Friday, Sandy Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen said in a news release.
  "Andrew does not appear to have any other belongings with him and does not have sufficient clothing for the cold weather," Nielsen s
  
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• Op-ed: Pressure to push medical marijuana might just backfire

  11-11-2017 19:45
  A few weeks after bringing her baby girl home from the hospital, a friend of mine began the process of divorcing her husband. The main reason was her husband’s marijuana use. He couldn’t quit.“It was a terrible cycle of him lying and hiding it,” my friend said. “Toward the end, he started threatening suicide if he couldn't have his marijuana and said he chose that over me and (our baby).”Others among her friends and family have used marijuana for depression an
  
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• Energy symposium highlights Utah's natural resource wonders

  11-11-2017 19:43
  
  Innovations involving Utah's natural resources were among highlights at a Wednesday symposium, including geothermal features and Utah's Dragon Mine, which boasts the world's only commercial-scale underground clay mineral halloysite.
  
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• WWII fighter pilot: 'I didn’t think I’d make it through the war'

  11-11-2017 18:21
  This is the third installment of a trilogy. See author's note at end of story.
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  SALT LAKE CITY — There is little to suggest that in another life, long ago and far away, Bob Sharp was a World War II fighter pilot.
  He is soft-spoken, white-haired and physically diminished by age. He lives a quiet life in Arleta, California, where he dotes on his wife of 71 years, plays piano in his Mormon ward and surrounds himself with his large extended family. The walls of his home office hint at that o
  
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• Crash cuts power to Kaysville, closes I-15 access

  11-11-2017 18:12
  KAYSVILLE — Most of eastern Kaysville and parts of the west side of the city are without power and I-15 access is closed after an alleged intoxicated driver stuck a power pole early Saturday morning, knocking electric lines across the freeway.
  Power in some areas is not expected to be returned until Sunday morning, according to Mayor Steve Hiatt.
  Kaysville police said the accident happened about 4 a.m. The driver, who has not been identified, was transported to a local hospital as a precau
  
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• I-15 crash causes delays, power outages in Kaysville

  11-11-2017 18:06
  
  A crash and downed power lines briefly closed I-15 in all directions on Saturday morning near 200 North in Kaysville and also caused power outages for parts of the city, according to Utah Department of Transportation officials.
  
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• Val Hale: Utah is better and stronger when businesses and government work together

  11-11-2017 18:05
  In his 2009 inaugural address, Gov. Gary R. Herbert challenged Utah to create unprecedented partnerships that would lead to unlimited possibilities for the state.Utahns have responded to that challenge in impressive fashion. Indeed, one of Utah’s secrets to success is the willingness of companies and nonprofits to partner with government to solve problems and create a better place to live and do business. P3s (public-private partnerships) have played a critical role in helping Utah become
  
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• Search party organized for missing Sandy teen with autism

  11-11-2017 17:39
  
  Police are searching for a Sandy teenager who went missing on Friday.
  
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• Police seek public's help locating missing Sandy teen

  11-11-2017 17:39
  
  Police are searching for a Sandy teenager who went missing on Friday.
  
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• Bear River City residents rally around town store after armed robbery

  11-11-2017 06:35
  
  A recent armed robbery at the only business in town has residents coming together to raise the money that was stolen.
  
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• Microsoft CEO lauds Utah at Technology Council Hall of Fame Gala

  11-11-2017 06:32
  SALT LAKE CITY — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, whose company has a retail outlet in Salt Lake City as well as an office in Lehi, called Utah's burgeoning technology sector an "exciting" opportunity for the state.
  "The talent you have here is pretty amazing," Nadella said. "The entrepreneurs you inducted today ... you have people with high ambition for what can be done."
  Nadella spoke to over 1,300 people at the Utah Technology Council's annual Hall of Fame Gala Friday at the Salt Palace Con
  
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• As House and Senate diverge on affordable housing, some Utahns could struggle to find homes

  11-11-2017 05:38
  
  Utah is the fastest growing state in the nation. But the House and Senate are split on major cuts in affordable housing programs. That could mean some Utah families will have a harder time finding a home.
  
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• 137-year-old Bluff will become Utah’s newest town

  11-11-2017 04:37
  
  The small community of Bluff in southeast Utah soon will become the state’s newest town after residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of incorporation this week.
  
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• Photos: Seeing downtown Salt Lake in an artistic light

  11-11-2017 04:16
  Woods Cross residents Tim and Holly Hogan and their children Ellie, 9, Zoey, 6, and Abby, 3, check out "Flow," a reactive light sculpture installed at the Illuminate Salt Lake festival at The Gateway in Salt Lake City on Friday. Art displays, performances and activities can be found at three venues, including The Gateway, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and the plaza on the Regent Street side of the Eccles Performing Arts Center. The event continues Saturday. For more information, visit http://u
  
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• Daughter of Warren Jeffs tells 'Megyn Kelly Today' she was abused by the FLDS leader

  11-11-2017 03:00
  
  A daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs said he sexually abused her for years when she was a child growing up in the secretive group, according to an interview aired Friday on "Megyn Kelly Today."
  
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• Pleasant Grove mayor accused of violating state law with controversial op-ed

  11-11-2017 02:59
  
  Pleasant Grove’s mayor, Mike Daniels, is accused of violating state law after penning a controversial op-ed published in the city’s monthly newsletter.
  
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• BYU basketball guard Emery withdraws from university amid NCAA investigation

  11-11-2017 02:48
  
  BYU basketball announced late Friday afternoon that junior guard Nick Emery has withdrawn from school for personal reasons, according to a statement.
  
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• Op-ed: Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality is looking out for my granddaughter

  11-11-2017 02:30
  Five-year-old Ellie, like millions of children, suffers severe asthma attacks when smog contaminates the air. In her case, that means there are many days when she simply can’t go outside to play.Smog, or ozone pollution, aggravates the symptoms of children and adults who suffer from respiratory disease. Scientific research has built a strong case that ozone damages the health of all of us.Over the years we have come to identify cars as a primary source of ozone pollution. That discovery ha
  
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• Mother and daughter speak out about living with diabetes

  11-11-2017 02:20
  
  November is Diabetes Awareness Month. One family is speaking out about how you can live with the diagnosis and educating others.
  
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• BYU basketball guard Emery withdraws from university for 'personal reasons'

  11-11-2017 02:19
  
  BYU announced late Friday afternoon that junior basketball guard Nick Emery has withdrawn from school for personal reasons.
  
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• Utah group looks to rename Squaw Peak, says term belittles Native American women

  11-11-2017 01:45
  
  A push is underway to change the name of Provo's Squaw Peak to something more honorable to Native American women. The Repeak Committee is leading the effort to remove the word "squaw" from the name of the iconic jagged mountain.
  
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• Family of 4 and dog found shot to death in Mapleton home

  11-11-2017 01:43
  MAPLETON — A family of four who recently moved to Utah from Switzerland, including a teenage daughter and 5-year-old boy, were found shot to death in a Mapleton home Thursday in what police are calling a possible murder-suicide.
  The bodies of Timothy Griffith, 45, and his wife, Jessica Griffith, 42, and their children were discovered about 9:35 p.m. Thursday inside a house at 1502 N. state Route 89 after a neighbor contacted police, concerned that the family hadn't been seen for a few days
  
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• Photos: South S.L. school remembers 22 alumni killed in WWII

  11-11-2017 01:34
  Maxine and Bert Elg look at a display of Granite Park Junior High School graduates who were killed in World War II, including Bert's brother Frank, during the South Salt Lake school's Veterans Day celebration Friday. While cleaning out a storage closet at the school, then-Principal Danny Stirland noticed a peculiar slab of bronze buried among the stage props and filing cabinets. As it turned out, the dusty slab was created more than 70 years ago to honor the school's former students killed in th
  
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• S.L. mayor promises changes to handling of nonemergency calls

  11-11-2017 01:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — After hearing complaints from Liberty Wells residents about how police dispatchers have been fielding crime reports in their neighborhood, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski has a message for residents.
  "We heard you, and we're on it," she said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
  The mayor said she talked with Scott Freitag, the city's 911 department director, and they "will be making changes."
  "Thank you to residents who came out and let us know how we can improve," the ma
  
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• Mitt Romney may be making moves to run for Senate

  11-11-2017 01:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney's interest in running for the Senate appears to be intensifying, even though Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has shown no sign he's decided to retire.
  "Everyone is waiting for him to make that decision," said Jason Perry, head of the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. "Even Mitt Romney is waiting for that decision, out of an abundance of respect for the career Sen. Hatch has had."
  But Perry said that hasn't stopped the 2012 GOP presidential nominee
  
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• Marjorie Cortez: 'Rocky' joins growing fleet of mobile food pantries serving students, families in need

  11-11-2017 00:52
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — "Rocky" rolled into the parking lot of the Granite School District administrative offices to great fanfare Friday for a celebration of the latest addition to the Utah Food Bank's fleet of food pantry trucks serving needy schoolchildren and their families.
  The gift of the 36-foot refrigerated truck dubbed "Rocky," which will deliver food to Granite District schools, was made possible through a partnership among the Granite Education Foundation, Granite Credit Union and Uta
  
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• Daughter tells 'Megyn Kelly Today' she was abused by FLDS leader Warren Jeffs

  11-11-2017 00:47
  SALT LAKE CITY — A daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs said he sexually abused her for years when she was a child growing up in the secretive group, according to an interview aired Friday on "Megyn Kelly Today."
  Rachel Jeffs, now 33, said the abuse began when she was 8 and happened countless times, despite her mother's attempt to intervene, before she confronted him about it in a letter at age 16.
  Other former members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church, including son Roy Jeffs, h
  
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• Daughter tells 'Megan Kelly Today' she was abused by FLDS leader Warren Jeffs

  11-11-2017 00:47
  SALT LAKE CITY — A daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs said he sexually abused her for years when she was a child growing up in the secretive group, according to an interview aired Friday on "Megyn Kelly Today."
  Rachel Jeffs, now 33, said the abuse began when she was 8 and happened countless times, despite her mother's attempt to intervene, before she confronted him about it in a letter at age 16.
  Other former members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church, including son Roy Jeffs, h
  
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• Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke accuses Democrats of holding nominees 'hostage' over monuments

  11-11-2017 00:32
  WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Senate Democrats are holding the department's nominees "hostage" to a political agenda that includes opposition to his review of presidentially designated monuments.
  In a sharply worded letter to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Zinke said it's unfortunate that Democrats have placed holds on four Interior Department nominees, including its top lawyer and budget chief.
  The nominees "have nothing to do with this monument
  
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