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  • A.G.'s Web site troubling

    Last week, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff conducted a press conference to unveil the redesign of his office Web site, attorneygeneral.utah.gov. It featured video of a man being arrested by the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. It also included video of interviews of police who worked on the case.
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  • The winners and the losers

    • Winner: One of the state's contaminated areas won't be on the list of Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites, officials announced this week
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  • Afterthoughts

    • Sound bites from St. Paul: "Sarah Palin knows how to dress a moose." Do you put the pants on the moose first, or the shirt? Aren't the sleeves a problem?
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  • G. Donald Gale: Veterans should be rewarded with an education

    In 1946, five-star Gen. Dwight Eisenhower visited Salt Lake City. A. Ray Olpin, newly named president of the University of Utah, arranged for Eisenhower to visit the university. A high chain-link fence separated the campus from Fort Douglas. Olpin had tried unsuccessfully to gain access to empty Fort Douglas facilities for university classes. Eisenhower listened to Olpin's request, then turned to his army commander and said: "Cut a hole in the fence. Let them have everything you can — extra facilities, supplies and furniture — nothing's too good for them."
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