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21 hrs ago | CFO

The Bust that Worked

CIT might just be that rarest of things: a financial-services firm that emerges from bankruptcy largely intact.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Small Business, Personal Finance

Yesterday | Ballot Access News

Three Constitution Party Members Elected to Utah City Office in Non-Partisan Elections

Three members of the Utah Constitution Party were elected to city office on November 3, 2009.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Deseret News

Shurtleff drops out of U.S. Senate race

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff stunned Utah politicians Wednesday by abruptly dropping out of the U.S. Senate race, saying he is doing it because he needs time to work with a daughter struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Utah Supreme Court Hears Warren Jeffs Appeal

Attorneys for imprisoned polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs on Tuesday argued before the Utah Supreme Court that his 2007 criminal conviction should be overturned.

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Related Topix: FLDS, Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Wedding

Deseret Morning News

State senator says initiative would force him out

A leading Utah state senator with nearly 30 years in the Legislature says he will be forced out of office if a citizen initiative on legislative ethics passes.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, University of Utah

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah's US Magnesium named a federal toxic emergency cleanup site

Utah has a new Superfund toxic cleanup site, the magnesium-processing plant on the southwest edge of the Great Salt Lake.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Scientists find patterns in Utah's wet-dry cycles

Charlie Black has seen the Great Salt Lake rise some years in the wetlands just below his family farm.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Utah Government, Utah State University, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Deseret Morning News

Funds dwindling to oversee Utah's hazardous waste

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Related Topix: Utah Government

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah Symphony: Conducting music like a second skin

Pinchas Zukerman shows no sign of slowing down. At 61, after making music for more than 40 years, Zukerman's annual concert schedule includes more than 100 performances on five continents, conducting orchestras, playing chamber music and soloing on violin or viola.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Brahms, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Opera

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah's lawmakers announce -- again -- F-35s coming to Hill

South Carolina is one of six sites the Air Force has chosen to host the new supersonic and stealthy F-35 fighter plane, U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Bishop, Orrin Hatch, US Senate, US Military, US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Shaw Air Force Base

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Deseret Morning News

Hundreds show up to give opinions on bridge over Utah Lake

Casey Welch, from Irvine, teared up as he talked about the beauty of Utah Lake and how he wants to preserve it by not allowing a bridge across the lake.

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Related Topix: Highland, UT, Saratoga Springs, UT, Lehi, UT, Provo Metro, Orem, UT, Opinion

Thu Oct 29, 2009

ABC 4

Winter storm causes crashes in central Utah

The Utah Highway Patrol says a winter storm moving its way across central and southern Utah caused 51 crashes.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Beaver, UT, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Millard County, UT

Wed Oct 28, 2009

KSTU - Fox 13

No Charges to be Filed in S. Utah Police Shooting

Washington County's top prosecutor says a police officer was justified in fatally shooting a man who refused to drop his weapon, which turned out to be a pellet gun.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

State tells tales of deadly teen driving

On Sept. 5, 2008, Erica Knell was driving home to Park City when her car strayed off the road.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers

Mon Oct 26, 2009

KSTU - Fox 13

Utah Family Mourns Son Killed in Afghanistan

Thirty-year-old Kimble Han was driving a combat vehicle with another soldier, when they were hit by a roadside bomb -- both men died.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Is climate changing in Utah's Capitol on global warming?

When Utah scientist Jim Steenburgh steps up to a legislative witness table this week, he will be the first climatologist ever to testify to state lawmakers about likely climate changes in store for Utah.

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Related Topix: Activism, University of Utah, St. George, UT

Sun Oct 25, 2009

ABC 4

Utah's First Lady Asks Adults To Reach Out to Children

Utah's First Lady Jeanette Herbert, who ran a day care center for 23 years, says adults must be more aware of children and their needs.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah docs say climate change is No. 1 health threat

A group of doctors called Thursday for Utahns and their leaders to take dramatic and immediate steps to address climate change, calling it "the greatest public health threat of the 21st century." The Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment unveiled an ambitious campaign to tackle the issue just as the Utah Farm Bureau Federation announced its own ...

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Agriculture, Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Fri Oct 23, 2009

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NYPD Pizza Signs Multi-Unit Franchise Development Deal for Utah

Utah area developers open second NYPD Pizza location in Layton, Utah with numerous others scheduled to open in Salt Lake City region ORLANDO, FL, October 23, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Layton, Utah is the second pizzeria to open for prominent existing franchisees and developers Angelo Zullo and Jim Rodriquez in the Salt Lake City region of Utah; ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza, Sundance Film Festival, Layton, UT, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Deseret Morning News

Lawmakers riled over bonuses for trust land officials

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are outraged over hefty bonuses handed out to top managers of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration - double what they get annually - given the state's tough fiscal times.

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