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  • August 2008

    • Las Vegas Ricin Man Pleads Guilty

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 5, 08 3:14 AM CDT

      Las Vegas Ricin Man Pleads Guilty

      (Newser) - A man who almost died from exposure to his own ricin, one of the deadliest toxins known, has pleaded guilty to possession of the poison, reports the Los Angeles Times. The unemployed graphic designer, 57, was found suffering from poisoning in February, and investigators discovered he had been making the toxin in his room at a Las Vegas motel.  More »

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      Las Vegas  • Salt Lake City  • ricin  • Roger Bergendorff  • Anarchist Cookbook  • castor beans

  • June 2008

    • Elizabeth Smart: 'Don't Worry, I'll Be Here in the Morning'

      People  |  Jun 13, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      Elizabeth Smart: 'Don't Worry, I'll Be Here in the Morning'

      (Newser) - The night Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her 9-month captivity in 2003, she asked to sleep in the same bed she was kidnapped from, her father tells People . "She said...'Don't worry, I'll be here in the morning,' " Ed Smart recalled. “I don’t think anything can ever match the joy I felt after returning,” the now-20-year-old college junior tells the magazine, in the extended print-only version of the story. More »

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      kidnapping  • missing child  • interview  • Salt Lake City  • recovery  • miracle  • Elizabeth Smart

    • Elizabeth Smart: 'I Feel So Lucky'

      People  |  Jun 12, 08 11:33 AM CDT

      Elizabeth Smart: 'I Feel So Lucky'

      (Newser) - Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom 6 years ago, but says she emerged from the 9-month ordeal unscathed. People profiles the 20-year-old, now a music major at Brigham Young University, who says, "I feel so lucky to be here. From the day I came home, I haven't wasted time looking back."     More »

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      kidnapping  • missing person  • interview  • Salt Lake City  • recovery  • miracle  • Elizabeth Smart

  • March 2008

    • Romney, McCain Join Forces

      Associated Press  |  Mar 28, 08 2:45 AM CDT

      Romney, McCain Join Forces

      (Newser) - John McCain and Mitt Romney buried the hatchet and hit the campaign trail together in Utah yesterday. Romney thumped McCain 90% to 5% in the state's Republican primary, but he's now stumping and fundraising for his former rival in a week-long trip through the West, AP reports. "We are united. Our job is to energize our party," McCain told a Salt Lake City audience with Romney at his side. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • campaign fundraising  • Utah  • campaign trail  • Salt Lake City

  • February 2008
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  • September 2007

    • Romney Passed Trial By Torch

      New York Times  |  Sep 19, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Romney Passed Trial By Torch

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney built his persona and political team as chief executive of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but also grew a reputation for playing to his audience. In turning around the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Games, the GOP presidential hopeful gained poise unseen in his failed 1994 Senate run, the New York Times reports, but also fought for questionable earmarks. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Senate  • Olympic Games  • International Olympic Committee  • flip flop  • earmarks  • Salt Lake City

  • August 2007

    • Mitt's Reading List Reveals Wingnut Mentor

      National Review  |  Aug 6, 07 1:46 PM CDT

      Mitt's Reading List Reveals Wingnut Mentor

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney tried to unburden himself of some left-wing baggage in a talk-radio interview this weekend—but the National Review ’s Mark Hemingway says he may have gone too far. In praising the work of W. Cleon Skousen, his former BYU professor and an “all-around nutjob," Romney may have overcorrected in his attempt to shore up conservative cred. More »

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      list  • Mitt Romney  • racism  • Mormon  • Salt Lake City  • Brigham Young

  • July 2007

    • Look to the Middle & N.W. of the U.S. for Volunteers

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 07 7:51 AM CDT

      Look to the Middle & N.W. of the U.S. for Volunteers

      (Newser) - The Corporation for National & Community Service has released its report on volunteerism in America.  And the center of the country and the Pacific Northwest dominated the the top of the list with a whopping 40.5% of #1 Minneapolis-St. Paul residents age 16 and older engaging in volunteer service.  California and the East Coast trail badly. More »

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      list  • Seattle  • Minneapolis  • Austin  • Omaha  • Salt Lake City  • volunteerism

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