http://deseretnews.com/home The latest News from the Deseret Morning News en-us Copyright 2007, Deseret News Publishing Company Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:01 MST Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:30 MST Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225004,00.html "Speed Racer" was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as "Iron Man" continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sun, 11 May 2008 13:35:03 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224458,00.html Provo Mayor Lewis Billings has done the right thing by deciding to sell the city's ill-conceived iProvo fiber optic network. The City Council ought to ratify that sale quickly, helping the city unload this endless drain on city coffers. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:24 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224828,00.html An Area Seventy imparted wisdom for the more than 60 Latino wards and branches of the LDS church within the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America on Saturday. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:32:25 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224273,00.html Best-selling author Stephenie Meyer never wanted to be a writer. In fact, if she hadn't married and started a family, she would have gone to law school. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:46 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224530,00.html A Mormon housewife writing about vampires? That alone may be enough to draw interest. But what's more important is that she does it so well. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:46 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225013,00.html The Utah Jazz had plenty of chances to crumble and nearly did. They let a 12-point slip away in the last four minutes and faced overtime against league MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:25 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224272,00.html Nancy Malone received a lot of phone calls the year her daughter was a freshman in college. Malone thought she'd covered most of the basics before her child left home the basics of cooking, laundry, budgeting and relationships. Apparently, though, more help was needed. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:46 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224797,00.html On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:41 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224771,00.html Settling on a site for a Broadway-style theater in downtown Salt Lake City is taking a little longer than Bill Becker expected. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224841,00.html It wasn't just that Carlos Boozer grabbed nearly every available rebound Friday night and didn't leave many for center Mehmet Okur. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224871,00.html Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:41 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224836,00.html When Chelsea Christensen found she was carrying twins, she was surprised, to say the least. "I laughed really hard and I was really excited," said Christensen, 24, of Ogden. "I love babies ... it was fun to see two babies with the ultrasound." Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224971,00.html Real Salt Lake has definitely proven since its inception that winning doesn't happen overnight. It takes time and in RSL's case years to figure it out. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225007,00.html Lakers forward Ronny Turiaf was ejected early in the second quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Jazz on Sunday for a flagrant foul. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:38:50 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276991,00.html Fifty states or, if you want to get technical: 46 states and four commonwealths (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia). More than 300 million people. Stretching from sea to shining sea; from California to the New York Island; from redwood forests to Gulf Stream waters. Filled with amber waves of grain and purple mountains majesty. Land of the free and home of the brave. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:47:10 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224310,00.html During the first week in May, Doug Olson sold fuel at a loss. The co-owner of Slim Olson's gas stations in Bountiful and Woods Cross charged customers $4.25 for a gallon of diesel despite purchasing it from the Chevron USA Inc. refinery in Salt Lake City for $4.27 a gallon. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:20 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224772,00.html When it comes to saving the world, everybody seems to have an answer. Just ask the hundreds of people and vendors who turned up at Library Square on Saturday for the fifth Downtown Sustainable Living Festival. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224869,00.html Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager said "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:41 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225000,00.html Early in his career as an internist at a teaching hospital and later in private practice, Dr. Jeff Gold felt he needed to add another dimension to his job to gain satisfaction. While he enjoyed his clinical work, Gold also yearned to be intellectually challenged in the business world. Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:04 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224855,00.html A hand-delivered letter to President Bush at his Crawford, Texas, ranch asks the new father-in-law to intervene in the plight of hundreds of FLDS children and their parents. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224894,00.html When it came to quilts, Arlene Arnold made them by hand and handed them out to everyone. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:32:25 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224801,00.html Hezbollah gunmen melted off the streets of Beirut on Saturday, heeding an army call to pull the fighters out after the Shiite militants demonstrated their military might in a power struggle with the U.S.-backed government. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:41 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224455,00.html The obnoxious cell phone user in the grocery store checkout line. The aggressive driver who cuts us off in traffic. The conniving co-worker who takes credit for our idea. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224765,00.html The children in Nancy Madsen's, Heather Bingham's and Lara Twede's classes at Hobble Creek Elementary School have no problem when it comes to explaining why they love their mothers. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224815,00.html When they were approached to host a Mother's Day TV special, Donny and Marie Osmond couldn't help but reflect on their own mother. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224827,00.html Utah Democrats mostly avoided any controversy at their state convention Saturday, agreeing with party leadership that Bob Springmeyer should be their nominee for governor. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224831,00.html U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon squeaked into another GOP primary Saturday, as his 3rd Congressional District delegates almost voted him out of office during the state Republican convention. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224791,00.html Down 0-2 to the West's No. 1 seed, and the team many favor to win it all, they rally to win Game 3 and make it a series. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224769,00.html In a somewhat unprecedented move, a judge thanked a defendant for his patience during a 2-year-old murder case that resolved Thursday, sparing everyone a weeklong trial. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225009,00.html Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence and thwart the nation's ambitions to join the European Union. Sun, 11 May 2008 15:34:23 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225012,00.html After slashing inventory and cutting expenses, the retail industry is still bracing for the largest overall quarterly profit decline in at least nine years when merchants report their first-quarter earnings this week. Sun, 11 May 2008 16:08:30 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225006,00.html Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:37:38 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224770,00.html I approached seeing "Under the Same Moon" in the customary manner I approach all movies that contain the words "with subtitles." Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:35 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225005,00.html When Maulit Shelat heard about the Bush administration's plan to pump up the economy by sending out stimulus checks, he sat down with his wife and drew up a list of priorities: first up, remodeling the bathroom. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:12:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224985,00.html Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 21 people in three states. Sun, 11 May 2008 15:04:49 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225003,00.html Barack Obama's campaign is considering a suggestion from John McCain's campaign for the two presidential hopefuls to participate in joint town meetings and debates around the country starting this summer, Obama's chief strategist said Sunday. Sun, 11 May 2008 13:04:10 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224992,00.html The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes. Sun, 11 May 2008 11:05:11 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224993,00.html Supporters of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking Beirut Sunday as clashes shifted to outside the capital. Sun, 11 May 2008 11:05:57 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224988,00.html Dipping its left wing, a canary-yellow biplane makes a sharp turn and dives over a flooded field, showering rice on the shallow water fifteen feet below. Sun, 11 May 2008 10:37:12 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224983,00.html A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. Sun, 11 May 2008 09:10:33 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224984,00.html Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. Sun, 11 May 2008 09:11:14 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224256,00.html I goofed. Today is Mother's Day and, being new to this column, I didn't really think to plan ahead for the special day. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:46 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224268,00.html Andrew Adamson finally has some confidence in his filmmaking abilities. That's a really big career step for him. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:46 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224817,00.html Suppose you're at today's playoff game, and a few rows ahead, there's this guy rising and sitting, rising and sitting, gesturing and shouting at the refs. He looks familiar tall, earnest and wearing a really nice suit. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST