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Utah Bill that requires statewide removal of school library books deemed pornographic by 3 districts close to passage
Bill sought to refine legislation passed 2 years ago that floor sponsor Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said led to ‘some ludicrous results where people were challenging the Qur’an, the Bible and other books of scripture.’
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The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions
The story of how Utah solved chronic homelessness begins in 2003, inside a cavernous Las Vegas banquet hall populated by droves of suits. The problem at hand was seemingly intractable. The number of chronic homeless had surged since the early 1970s. And related costs were soaring. A University of Pennsylvania study had just showed New York City was dropping a staggering $40,500 in annual costs on every homeless person with mental problems, who account for many of the chronically homeless.
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Hollywood and the downwinders still grapple with nuclear fallout
The US turned swathes of desert radioactive during the cold war and denied it, bequeathing a medical mystery that still haunts Hollywood and rural Mormon communities and raises the question: how much do you trust the government? The photograph shows John Wayne with his two sons during a break in filming on the set of The Conqueror, a big budget blockbuster about Genghis Khan shot in the Utah desert in 1954. It was one of Hollywood’s most famous mis-castings.
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How Utah Became a Bizarre, Blissful Epicenter for Get-Rich-Quick Schemes
Three years ago I walked out of my house and put a .32 pistol to my head.” Jared Allen, a property manager from Idaho, chokes up as he tells this story, a tear running down his weathered face. Jared didn’t kill himself that day. He fell to the ground and begged the Lord for help, and soon, his brother-in-law arrived from Canada with a dietary supplement he had designed, EMPowerplus Q96...
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Dinosaurs of the Lost Coast
Was Utah’s ancient coast a driver of dinosaur evolution?
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Desert Solitaire: An Uncommonly Beautiful Love Letter to Solitude and the Spiritual Rewards of Getting Lost
“Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.”
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Alex Honnold sending in Indian Creek, Utah
Humble, reticent and strong as a bull, Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold is a crack climbing machine. Check out this video of Honnold crushing it in world-famous Indian Creek, Utah on everything from 5.13 footless tip-jam campusing to inverted offwidthing.
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Will 'Book of Mormon' musical prompt an (un)holy theater war?
No matter your opinion about that profane, sweet little “Book of Mormon” musical — perhaps you’ve heard of it — there’s a special thrill to a story about Mormon missionaries unfolding in front of a ...
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The Race to Save the Bonneville Salt Flats from a Slushy Demise
Racing fans, the government and a mining company search for ways to save Utah’s natural salt pan and its world-famous speedway
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Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth
Every fall, the world’s best mountain bikers assemble at Red Bull Rampage to hurl themselves down cliffs in search of fame and fortune—if they make it down in one piece.
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Once upon a high-wire in the West: Slackliner sets 500m ‘walk of death’ record above Utah desert
In a death-defying scene reminiscent of a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western, French daredevil Théo Sanson has performed an almost unbelievably breathtaking 500-meter walk across a tightrope high above the Utah desert, claiming a new world record.
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Bryce Canyon, Utah, where snow meets the desert
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“What’s Past is Prologue”
Three Small Towns and Their Common Bond – City Manager Rebecca Davidson. By Jim Stiles. (Feb. 1)
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Republican Lawmakers In Utah Just Voted To Repeal The Death Penalty
“Government shouldn’t be in the business of killing. It’s not our place."
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Remote Utah Enclave Becomes New Battleground Over Reach of U.S. Control
Conservation groups say a new monument here in the red-rock deserts would protect 1.9 million acres of culturally significant land from new mining and drilling. By Jack Healy.
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New monument to honor Paiutes slain in Circleville Massacre
A new memorial will mark a dark but rarely mentioned moment in Utah history when Mormon settlers slaughtered as many as 30 Paiute men, women and children in the small town of Circleville 150 years ago. By Dennis Romboy.
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'You're a sinner': how a Mormon university shames rape victims
Rape survivors at Brigham Young University, considered the ‘Mormon Harvard’, face penalties under its strict honor code. Now they’re fighting back
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‘Fetal Anesthesia’ Law Is New Front in Abortion Battle
Abortion rights activists and a number of doctors say a new law in Utah requiring anesthesia for fetuses aborted 20 weeks or more into a pregnancy is not based on science.
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Musselman Arch, Canyonlands National Park and the Arching Milky Way
Photographer: David Lane Summary Author: David Lane Shown above is Musselman Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, with the Milky Way arching overhead. It's a jarring 5 mi (8 km) drive on White Rim Road to the Arch...
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What Is Utah’s Anti-Porn Craze Really About?
One scholar doesn’t think it has much to do with actual public-health concerns.
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