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Moab wildfire grows; Draper fears flooding
A wildfire burning near Moab has exploded to 4,000 acres in size, with authorities worried that they may have to evacuate homes and recreation areas.
10:02 a.m. | 0 comments
McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate
It's not Mitt. Romney is not presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's pick for vice president — it's Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin, who has ties to Idaho, is the first woman governor of Alaska, and at 44, also the youngest to lead that state.
12:13 p.m. | 304 comments
A dream fulfilled: Obama evokes King as he lays out his goals
Barack Obama reached for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Dream" Thursday night, telling Americans that we are a better people than seen these last eight years of the Bush administration.
9:24 p.m. | 93 comments
Forecasters: Gustav strengthens into a hurricane
On the same day that residents marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, another storm strengthened into a hurricane miles away and threatened to hit the Gulf Coast once again.
2:53 p.m. | 1 comment
Utah Utes football: Michigan has much to prove
Rich Rodriguez inherited more than just high expectations at Michigan. He's also charged with getting the program past last year's shocking 34-32 season-opening loss to Appalachian State.
12:24 a.m. | 55 comments
BYU football: Big brothers on the block
So, as a father, if you had two giant-size sons playing Division I football on the same team, on the same offensive line, wouldn't every day be a little prideful celebration as you took turns fixing your eyeballs on one or the other as they took snaps?
12:24 a.m. | 44 comments
MormonTimes.com: The spiritual risks of online role-playing games
Dr. Charles D. Knutson warns parents about the "spiritual risks" of online role-playing games.
12:42 a.m. | 37 comments
Shurtleff out of surgery to repair broken leg
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is recovering from surgery to repair his badly broken leg.
4:41 p.m. | 3 comments
Cedar City remembers 10 crash victims
Words of comfort, songs of wisdom and thoughts of love were all showered on the surviving relatives and friends of the 10 people killed in a plane crash near Moab last Friday.
12:42 a.m. | 3 comments
July 4 beating victim calls system 'unjust'
A man severely beaten in South Salt Lake by a group claiming they were trying to retrieve their kidnapped children is speaking publicly for the first time about his experience.
12:42 a.m. | 40 comments

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