President Hinckley remembered by family friends church leaders
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With millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide watching and listening live, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley was eulogized Saturday his red chair on the Conference Center dais empty and his casket resting in front of the pulpit handcrafted from a tree he planted decades ago.
To [...]
UVSC zeroing in on the future
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OREM It was his last State of the College address, Utah Valley State College President William A. Sederburg said solemnly at the end of his speech Wednesday.
After a moment of nervous laughter from the audience, Sederburg said, with a big grin, that his speech in [...]
9M FCC grant will expand Utahs telemedicine
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The Federal Communications Commission has given the University of Utah $9 million to expand the Utah Telehealth Network, which uses technology to connect doctors and patients in rural areas with medical specialists in the state’s urban hubs.
The existing network has more than 30 sites, including [...]
Rethinking Delta NorthwestDelta merger would expand their international reach
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Delta Air Lines Inc., the third-largest U.S. carrier, is still reviewing options for the company that may include a merger, chief executive officer Richard Anderson told employees Friday.
“The board and our management team are fully committed to ensuring that this is a thorough process, so [...]
BYU impresses Lobos rookie coach
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PROVO First-year New Mexico basketball coach Steve Alford got his first taste of coaching against BYU, with his Lobos getting outshot and outplayed in the Cougars’ 83-66 victory Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center.
The result: UNM’s season-worst shooting percentage and its season-worst loss.
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Majerus is now someone elses problem
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Brilliant, bodacious basketball coach Rick Majerus is in trouble again. Not so much on the court as off. And not because he’s driving drunk or dealing drugs. Those were never his vices. His problems always come from his mouth the food he puts in it and the words [...]
Lawmakers try again to hike tuition for illegals
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On the outside, Elizabeth looks just like any other Utah teenager. She’s white, as is an estimated 83 percent of the state’s population, and she shares the majority LDS faith.
Yet, even though this Southern Utah University student never crossed the border illegally and her parents [...]
Oil Touches 100 a Barrel on Supply Concern Increased Demand
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Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose to $100 a barrel for
the first time in New York as record global fuel consumption
threatens to outpace production.
Oils gain, extending last years 57 percent [...]
Steroids Aren#39;t the Only Junk Baseball Abuses Scott Soshnick
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Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — Major League Baseball players are
setting a bad example for kids. What theyre putting in their
bodies can prove catastrophic to their health.
Before the eye rolls and sighs begin, [...]
Met#39;s De Montebello Says `Time Is Right#39; to Retire (Update1)
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — Philippe de Montebello, director of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for three decades,
said today that “the time is right for him to retire because
“society and the world change faster than people in positions
like mine. [...]
