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Utah stories: 91 news summaries

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New Dino Chewed Like A Champ

Duck-billed plant-eater boasted 800 teeth

Oct 3, 07 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mysterious dinosaur skull found in the Utah desert in 2004 is a new species, scientists say, and was "the Arnold Schwarzenegger of duck-billed dinosaurs." Gryposaurus monumentensis had such powerful jaws it could have chomped straight through tree branches, the New Scientist reports of the dinosaur, thought to... More »

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Utah • dinosaur • Gryposaurus monumentensis • Duckbills

Jury Finds Polygamist Sect Leader Guilty

Jeffs convicted on
2 felony counts of
rape as accomplice

Sep 25, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted today on two counts of rape as an accomplice for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. The jury reached a verdict just hours after one member was replaced for undisclosed reasons, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Jeffs faces 5 years... More »

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rape • Utah • Warren Jeffs • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Senate Derails DC's Bid for
a House Seat

GOP blocks bill to give capital city voting rights in Congress

Sep 19, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Residents of the nation's capital will remain without a Congressional representative after a measure that would have given them a House seat stalled in the Senate. Supporters fell three votes short on the most promising effort in 30 years, the Washington Post reports, and the bill is unlikely to come... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Senate • GOP • Mitch McConnell • House of Representatives • Utah • voting rights • Washington, DC

Polygamist Boss Ordered Girl
to 'Surrender'
to Husband

Jeffs charged with rape as an accomplice

Sep 14, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polygamist Warren Jeffs was accused yesterday of ordering a 14-year-old girl to surrender to her older cousin in an arranged marriage. That amounts to rape as an accomplice, prosecutors charged in the first day of Jeffs' trial. Church members consider their leader “God on Earth" who could only be... More »

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polygamy • Utah • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • arranged marriage • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Rain Foils Mine Camera Drop

But device should work in normal conditions

Aug 28, 07 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8-inch robotic camera’s descent down a 1,415-foot borehole in the collapsed Crandall Canyon Mine was cut short yesterday by several hours of steady rain, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The weather blocked positioning of equipment needed to drop the camera, as well as preparations for a seventh... More »

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camera • Utah • mine • rescue • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse

Mine Operation Continues With 7th Hole and Camera

Camera could reach shaft bottom by this afternoon

Aug 27, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reversing an earlier decision, recovery efforts will continue at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped three weeks ago. A seventh hole will be drilled into the mine, and a camera will be dropped into a previously bored hole to search for signs of life. Family members requested that... More »

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Utah • miners • coal mine • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse

Star Light,
Star Bright

To have a real celestial experience, get away from urban hotspots

Aug 26, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's no better season than summer for sleeping outdoors under the stars. Get your fill of the Big Dipper at USA Today's ideal star-gazing spots:
  1. Assateague Island National Seashore, Md./Va.
  2. Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah
  3. Big Bend National Park, Texas
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travel • California • Alaska • Texas • Maryland • list • Utah • Minnesota • camping • constellations • stargazing • Assateague Island • Canyonlands • Denali

6th Hole Shows No Signs of Life

Aug 25, 07 9:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last hole drilled into the collapsed Utah mine where six men are trapped yielded no hopeful sign today; the space it reached was too small to support the men, a lawyer for some of the families told the press. "The only thing they told us is there is... More »

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Utah • collapse • mine • miners • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse • disaster

College Athletes Scrape for Cash for Low-Profile Sports

Cleaning and car washes fill funding gaps

Aug 24, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Football and basketball squads are big money makers for colleges, but less popular spectator sports have trouble just staying afloat. How much trouble? Penn State's fencing team clears trash at the football stadium after games to earn funds for the team,  reports the New York Times. Star athletes at... More »

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NCAA • Penn State • Rutgers • lacrosse • soccer • athlete • swimming • college • Utah • fencing • college sports

Rescue Workers Will Bore One
Last Hole

Company decides
to close mine permanently

Aug 23, 07 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Workers will bore a final hole in a bid to locate six miners lost in a Utah mine, but if that fails, the operation will be halted and the mine closed as a kind of memorial tomb, the owner said yesterday. "We're not going to risk more live people... More »

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Utah • mine • miners • rescue • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray • mine collapse

Owners Mull Reopening Mine

With fate of missing miners still uncertain, economic issues surface

Aug 22, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after three more deaths ended efforts to rescue trapped miners, Crandall Canyon’s operators are talking about reopening the Utah mine—to mixed reaction from families and townspeople, according to the Times. Some wonder how the area is safe for mining but not for continuing recovery operations; others point... More »

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safety • Utah • mine • rescue • Crandall Canyon • mine collapse

Families, Critics Question Safety of Utah Mine

Mourner assails company owner at rescue worker's funeral

Aug 21, 07 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A friend of a missing miner insulted the mining company CEO at a funeral yesterday as critics around the country pointed fingers. They say a safety organization has gone too easy on Bob Murray, letting him engage in dangerous “retreat mining” even though his mines are prone to “... More »

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safety • Utah • mine • miners • Bob Murray • mine collapse • Crandall Canyon Mine

Families Lash Owners for Abandoning Trapped Miners

Little hope left for six men

Aug 19, 07 11:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angry relatives of six men missing for two weeks in a Utah mine collapse have accused owners and federal officials of quitting on the rescue effort and leaving the miners for dead. Officials conceded yesterday that the miners may never be found in the mountain, still quivering from seismic activity,... More »

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Utah • miners • coal mine • Crandall Canyon Mine • Murray Energy Corp • MSHA

9 Best Places to Spoil Yourself

Forget that city stress—these getaway spas will have you relaxing in no time

Aug 18, 07 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The nine most delicious getaway spa experiences, from the readers of Condé Nast Traveler.
  1. Mayflower Inn & Spa, Washington, Conn.
  2. Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin, Texas
  3. Cal-A-Vie: Vista, Calif.
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travel • California • Texas • Mexico • Arizona • list • Connecticut • Utah • vacation • relaxation • getaway • spa • ranch

Mine Rescue Effort Called Off

Aug 17, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The search for the six men trapped in a collapsed Utah mine for the last 12 days has been halted indefinitely after a seismic "bump" at 6:39 PM yesterday caused a second cave-in, killing three rescuers, injuring six, and highlighting that the Crandall Canyon mine remains fraught with... More »

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Utah • collapse • mine • miners • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray • Jon Huntsman

3 Rescue Workers Killed in Mine

Community reels as seismic jolt triggers new accident

Aug 17, 07 12:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three men have died and six were injured in another collapse at a Utah mine where the team was working to save six trapped miners, reports the New York Times. "It's a devastating blow to what was already a tragic situation," said the local mayor. The accident yesterday... More »

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Utah • accident • collapse • mine • rescue • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray

9 Injured in 2nd Mine Collapse

Aug 16, 07 9:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least nine rescuers at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped last week are injured after seismic activity may have caused another cave-in, CNN reports. Six or more ambulances and two helicopters rushed to the Crandall Canyon mine tonight to transport the wounded rescuers to the hospital. More »

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Utah • collapse • mine • miners • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray • mine collapse • Castleview Hospital

New Images Offer Hope at Mine

After sounds, emergency camera detects space of fresh air

Aug 16, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hours after rescuers in Utah detected noise from the collapsed mine, images from a videocamera lowered into the disaster site offered a glimmer of hope, the AP reports. Although the camera did not pick up the miners, it did film a ventilation curtain used to ensure workers have access to... More »

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Utah • air • collapse • mine • miners • rescue • Bob Murray

Rescuers Hear 'Noise' in Mine

Crews start drilling toward unknown sound

Aug 15, 07 10:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers digging for men who have been trapped underground for 10 days heard noise inside the mine today, prompting crews to drill a fourth hole in the sound's direction. They described hearing 5 minutes of “noise” through seismic geophones, ignighting some hope in an otherwise-discouraging rescue effort. "There's... More »

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Utah • mine • miners • rescue • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray • digging • mine collapse • noise

Officials to Drill Third Hole at Utah Mine

Poorly lit video spies equipment but no sign of missing miners

Aug 12, 07 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mine officials will drill a third hole to locate six Utah miners trapped for close to a week, the AP reports. A video camera with poor lighting was lowered into a hole yesterday and found mining equipment, but no sign of the miners. Still, rescuers said they were treating the... More »

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Utah • collapse • mine • miners • rescue • Crandall Canyon • Bob Murray • Murray Energy Corp

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