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Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin passes away at 91
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday at the age of 91.
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Lehi man gets jail time for injuring boy with fireworks
The man whose homemade firework nearly killed 12-year-old Bridger Hunt was sentenced to jail Tuesday morning, despite tearful pleas for leniency from Bridger's mother.
11:42 a.m. | 30 comments
Utah State football: Utes' Andersen back in Logan today for second interview
It appears Utah State is one step closer to hiring a football coach to replace Brent Guy.
1:35 p.m. | 37 comments
Memo dramatizes White House dilemma over Vietnam
Documents released Tuesday from the Nixon years shed new light on just how much the Nixon White House struggled with growing public unrest over the protracted war in Vietnam.
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Smith's journals made available to public for 1st time
They survived amid mobbings, beatings, burnings, a horse-drawn wagon journey across the Great Plains and even the ravages of mice roaming inside their wooden crate.
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Buttars wants stores to spread Christmas, not holiday, cheer
Forget "Happy holidays." What Sen. Chris Buttars wants to hear from Utah retailers is "Merry Christmas."
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Britney, B.B. King and Brian Regan coming to Utah in '09
Britney Spears, B.B. King and Brian Regan are all coming to the Intermountain West.
1:40 p.m. | 3 comments
MormonTimes.com: Suggestions for sportsmanship firesides
The Utah Salt Lake City Area sports committee newsletter for December includes a suggestion for stake leaders to hold sportsmanship firesides. "The most-often expressed concern of stake presidents and bishops about church sports is poor sportsmanship, and the ensuing hurt feelings and loss of the Spirit that follows," the newsletter says.
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Utah Jazz: Banged-up Jazz trying to find some consistency
After an outing like the one the Jazz had last Saturday night, when they followed a showy win over Sacramento with a blowout home loss to New Jersey, coach Jerry Sloan might be inclined to practice his club longer, harder and much more frequently in the near future.
12:16 a.m. | 32 comments
Video games galore
If your Christmas list includes a Wii, you'll most likely be standing with your fingers crossed in a line that forms hours before the sun rises. And you might still come up empty handed.
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