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• Legislature: Bill banning cellphones in school zones held, Olympics bid measure passes

  04-02-2018 19:58
  
  Utah state lawmakers voted this week to hold off on a bill that would ban cellphone usage in school zones across the state.
  
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• Woman dies after Sunday rollover crash on I-15

  04-02-2018 17:17
  
  A 46-year-old woman is dead after a rollover crash early Sunday morning on an I-15 on-ramp, officials said.
  
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• Required testing doesn't devour instruction time, Utah school district audit shows

  04-02-2018 08:15
  SANDY — The findings in a recent audit by the Canyons School District challenges the common assumption that state- and district-required testing devours instructional time.Those exams consume less than 3 percent of instruction time, according to the audit: 1.2 percent of the school year in elementary schools, 2.7 percent in middle school and 1.7 percent in high school.By comparison, students spend 12 percent of school time at lunch, 4.5 percent at recess and 27.3 percent on math instructio
  
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• Federal agents arrest man in child sex sting in Weber County

  04-02-2018 05:48
  OGDEN — Federal agents in Weber County this week arrested a man they say targeted an underage boy online.Authorities Saturday released a probable cause statement detailing an online undercover operation organized to capture child predators targeting children in Utah. The document stated that a Homeland Security agent from the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force recently began communicating with an adult male on social media. The agent's online undercover profile was a 13-year-old boy.Through
  
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• Inside the Newsroom: So just what is our Olympic expert's most awkward Olympic moment?

  04-02-2018 04:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — Reporter Amy Donaldson was only a few hours into her time at the Rio Olympics when she was about to have her most awkward Olympic moment as a journalist. But more on that in a minute.Monday she will board a plane for Pyeongchang, South Korea, to cover her sixth Olympic Games for the Deseret News. Amy has a reputation for finding the story behind the story and asking questions others aren't asking. It's a talent born from preparation, from not shying away from finding what
  
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• Required state, school district testing consumes less than 3% of instruction time, audit shows

  04-02-2018 03:41
  SANDY — The findings in a recent audit by the Canyons School District challenges the common assumption that state- and district-required testing devours instructional time.Those exams consume less than 3 percent of instruction time, according to the audit: 1.2 percent of the school year in elementary schools, 2.7 percent in middle school and 1.7 percent in high school.By comparison, students spend 12 percent of school time at lunch, 4.5 percent at recess and 27.3 percent on math instructio
  
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• Op-ed: Minimal support for raising Utah's minimum wage

  04-02-2018 03:33
  Twenty states raised their minimum wages at the start of 2018, and Utah Rep. Lynn Hemingway, D-Millcreek, has announced plans for a similar push in the Beehive State. However well-intentioned, Hemingway's simple solution to force employers to pay more isn't the right one.Hemingway has proposed raising Utah's minimum wage immediately to $10.25 per hour — a 41 percent increase. The wage mandate would rise further to $12 per hour by 2022. According to a methodology developed by the nonpartisa
  
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• Police: Ogden man who led officers on chase abducted man, held him hostage for several days

  04-02-2018 03:08
  
  An Ogden man is potentially facing a long list of charges after police say he kidnapped a man, accidentally let him go and then led officers on a chase before they arrested him Friday night.
  
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• Intermountain Medical Center holds state's largest heart fair

  04-02-2018 02:18
  MURRAY — Thrombus, pulmonary valve, endocarditis: Mention these scientific terms, and many of the more right-brained people will check out of the conversation.But give them a giant heart to walk through with the thrombus, pulmonary valve and endocarditis labeled, and they'll most likely be far more receptive when it comes to learning about one of our most vital organs.Community members of all ages crowded Intermountain Medical Center's Heart and Lung Center as they learned about the heart
  
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• Funeral service for Jon Huntsman Sr. set for Saturday

  04-02-2018 02:06
  SALT LAKE CITY — A funeral service for billionaire and philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. is planned for next week at the University of Utah.Huntsman died Friday at age 80.Huntsman Cancer Institute spokeswoman Debby Rogers says the service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the university arena renamed in his honor 30 years ago.Huntsman was the founder and longtime executive chairman of Huntsman Corp., a company that refines raw materials that go into thousands of products.Huntsman and his f
  
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• Man leads police on chase in Weber, Davis counties

  04-02-2018 01:41
  OGDEN — A man wanted on kidnapping charges was taken into police custody following a chase through two counties.Ogden police responded to Walmart, 1959 Wall Ave., about 9:10 p.m. Friday on a report of an aggravated kidnapping. Investigators say the victim was able to get away, and the suspect fled in a vehicle.Police initiated a pursuit that traveled through Weber and Davis counties and involved multiple jurisdictions.The suspect in the vehicle matched the description of Emanuel Carranza,
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of DUI after single-vehicle rollover crash

  04-02-2018 00:37
  
  A woman involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash Saturday was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said.
  
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