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Update: Missing Utah woman's husband refuses to talk w police

This is an UPDATE of this Now Public story on missing Utah woman Susan Powell. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Powell's husband Joshua has retained an attorney and is refusing further talks with investigating...

Family, friends of missing Utah woman Susan Powell perplexed

A Salt Lake City, Utah area  wife, mother of two, and stockbroker,  Susan Powell,  28,  has been missing for a week now.  Family and friends are asking the public not to focus too much on...

Father, 26, dies after failed 28 hour rescue effort

A Utah medical student , John Jones,  age 26,   husband , and father of two,  died Thursday,   after a 28 hour rescue attempt to get him out of a crevice he had become stuck in while exploring a...

Wanda Eileen Barzee To Plead Guilty in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping

Wanda Eileen Barzee is expected to plead guilty Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. Barzee has been charged with kidnapping and coericion of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity for allegedly taking Elizabeth Smart from Utah to...

Interview with Director of Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)

12 November 2009 [CG Note: London-based Burma Democratic Concern (BDC), founded in 2008, has been noted for its strong campaigns and lobbying activities both inside and outside Burma to restore democracy, human...

Some Mormons see split coming over endorsement of gay rights

Some members of the Mormon Church are seeing the recent endorsement of the gay rights bill in Salt Lake City,  Utah  -  hailed by many Mormons and by the gay community as a milestone in progress...

Mormon Church backs gay rights legislation in Utah

For the first time historically,  the Mormon Church in Utah is backing legislation to protect the rights of gays.  After their heavy funding of Proposition 8 in the state of California,  this is...

Latter Day Saint: Prop 8 backlash compared to civil rights war

In the inevitable clash between cultures,  an Apostle of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City,  Utah,  compares the post-proposition 8 backlash with the civil rights era of African...

Elizabeth Smart Testimony

The Salt Lake Tribune is printing the ongoing testimony of Elizabeth Smart.  Smart was kidnapped in 2002 at age 14 and held for 9 months before being rescued by police in the Sandy area of Utah.   ...

Court Filing: OKC Bombing Witness Linked to CIA

 A potential witness in the Oklahoma City bombing investigation had contact with the CIA. That is just one of dozens of revelations in a document released by the CIA, in response to a lawsuit by Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue. Trentadue has been seeking...

David Cross Tour Dates 2009: Mr. Show Puts on Five Shows

Comedian David Cross will be coming to five cities across the United States for his 2009 stand-up tour. The left-wing Jewish raised atheist comedian will bring his blend of political satire and caustic social commentary to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City,...

A Memorandum: 9-11 and the Mormon-Mossad-CIA Connection

  A recent Pentagon paper accidentally exposed the fact that Israel has a nuclear bomb. Truth is that they have an estimated sixty warheads. Israel is non signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [NNPT] and behind that blanket of secrecy they have created a...

Cold fusion is back: scientists report evidence

Scientists at the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California, reported scientific evidence supporting the existence of cold fusion at a meeting of the American Chemical Society at Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, on Monday.The...

Peas Could Be Your New Best Friend

Do you have high blood pressure, or chronic kidney disease?  If so, this article could be vital to your health. "New research from Canada found that proteins in the common garden pea may provide a natural...

A Return to Stagflation

We have been told repeatedly that we are in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.' We have recently heard that "it is only government that can break this vicious cycle." (President Obama referring to unemployment and consumer skittishness in his news...

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