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The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You

Giles Slade | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Richmond B.C., Alaska, Steven Colbert, Jim Carey, Winter Olympics, Anti-Americanism, Jon Stewart, Vancouver Olympics, Mormonism, Canada, Vancouver International Airport, Utah, Speedskating, Sarah Palin, Whistler Olympics, World News

I warn you: smallness is what to expect of your Canadian hosts, and this is why tourism in this beautiful country is still a shabby disaster.

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Utah Buildings Deemed Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficient

Salt Lake Tribune | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota, Energy Technology, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Eco-Friendly, Energy Technologies, Green Energy, Renewable and Alternative, Energy Challenge, Energy Challenges, Utah, Energy-Efficient, Green News

A year after its opening, the building housing the Mark Miller Toyota-Scion dealership in downtown Salt Lake City has received a Gold LEED certificati...

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Gay Couple Detained After Kissing On Plaza Owned By Mormon Church

AP | ELIZABETH WHITE | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Utah Gay Kiss, Salt Lake City, Gays Detained, Matt Aune, Derek Jones, Utah, Politics News

SALT LAKE CITY — A gay couple say they were detained by security guards on a plaza owned by the Mormon church and later cited by police, claiming it...

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Utah Officials: Please Don't Shoot Your Old TV!

New York Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Utah, Media News

UTAH state officials are warn ing people there to resist the temptation to go Elvis on their old, obsolete TV sets....

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Gregory Accidentally Accuses Jon Huntsman Of Having An Affair, Effusively Apologizes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Huntsman, Meet the Press, David Gregory, Huntsman Affair, China Ambassador, Gregory Huntsman, Mike Murphy, David Gregory Huntsman, Huntsman Ensign, Utah, Politics News

The Republican Party is in such a state of disrepair and scandal that television news hosts can't keep track of which prominent figures are dealing wi...

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Sen. Orrin Hatch "Mortified" After Nearly Hitting Pedestrian

The Washington Post | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Orin Hatch Orin Hatch, Hatch, Hatch Pedestrian, Utah Senator, Car Crash, Hatch Car, Utah, Politics News

At the tail end of a nasty summer thunderstorm Tuesday evening, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) nearly plowed down a woman in a crosswalk on Capitol Hill....

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Farmer Heroes

Lorna Sass | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Badlands, Fresh the Movie, Farming, Caineville, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Utah Farming, Utah, Randy Ramsley, Green News

Through hard work, these farmers have developed a method of farming sustainably in the Utah desert at the same time as they improve the soil in these badlands.

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Gov. Huntsman (R-UT) Goes to China

Bryan Young | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chinese Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, Utah Governer, Barack Obama, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Ambassador Huntsman, Ambassador to China, China, Utah, Politics News

Huntsman actually kept Utah's head largely above water through the economic crisis and you'll agree that he is actually a pretty good Governor.

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Utah Scores $91M In Stimulus Money For Light Rail

KSTU | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Trains, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Transit, Utah, Moving America, Light Rail, Public Transportation, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Transportation Department has announced that the Utah Transit Authority will get $90.9 Million in stimulus funds for a light...

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Ridge, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Connecticut, Immigration, Iraq, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Guns, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Moderates, Charlie Crist, Mark Kirk, Gay Rights, New Jersey, Conservatives, Maine, Katrina, Republican Party, Illinois, Abortion, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Civil Unions, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, New York, Susan Collins, Jon Corzine, Jon Huntsman, South, Israel, Christopher Christie, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Politics News

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Utah, Hawaii, Wyoming Top "Happiness" Poll

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Hawaii, States, Wyoming, Happiest States, Gallup Polls, Poll, Utah, Happy States, Happiness, Living News

WASHINGTON — Looking for happiness _ it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. A survey of Ame...

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Religio-Conservative Red States Secretly Love Their Blue Movies

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Arkansas, West Virginia, xxxchurch.com, Deputy Attorney General, Sami Harb, Movies by Mail, David Ogden, Utah, Utah Child Protection Registry, Benjamin Edelman, Pornography, Mississippi, Michael Harb, Harvard Business School, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, Media News

The most porn-loving state in the country appears to be Utah -- you know, the state with the anti-porn "child protection registry" law and a burning, bleeding loathing for same-sex marriage.

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Red-state Residents Buy the Most Online Porn

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 04.03.2009 | Style

I wonder how pill-popping Rush Limbaugh would explain this: a new study out of Harvard Business School finds that red-staters buy more online porn than their blue state compatriots.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Salazar Scraps Sale Of Oil-And-Gas Leases In Utah

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Leases, Gas Leases, Utah Oil Leases, Utah, Utah Gas Leases, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — In a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the government is scrappin...

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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Utah Lands Win a Reprieve at the Dawn of a Cleaner, Greener Future

Robert Redford | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Robert Redford Utah Wilderness, Bush Administration, Obama Inaugural Address, Nrdc, Environment, Bureau of Land Management, Obama, Wilderness Protection, National Parks, Utah, Green News

Destroying our natural heritage will do nothing to solve our energy challenges for the long-term, which to me, is even more reason to act.

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"Big" Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 1. (Spoilers!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Polygamy, Cable, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Chloe Sevingy, Utah, Entertainment News

It's been almost eighteen months, but it's finally time: Welcome back to Big Love, y'all. How do you like your crazy? Familial? Political? Surprisingly multi-ethnic?

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America Can Have Both Utah Wilderness and Affordable Heating Bills

Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy, Energy Efficiency, Oil and Gas Leasing, Weatherize, Obama Energy Plan, Redrock, Robert Redford, Robert Redford Utah, Utah, Natural Gas, Green News

We don't have to choose between protecting places of rare beauty and keeping homes heated at affordable rates. We can do both.

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Tim DeChristopher Reinvents the Greenbuck in Utah

Jerry Cope | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green

Deforestation, chemical pollution in the world's oceans, biological diversity, species extinction, and greenhouse gas emissions are detrimental to life on Earth as we know it.

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University Presidents Admit: We Like Money More than Fairness In College Football

David Henry Sterry | Posted 02.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: E.Gordon Gee, Ncaa Division One Football Playoff, Championship Bowl Series, Big 12, University President, Ohio State University, University of Southern California, University of Texas, College Football Corruption, Utah, Pac-10, Sports, Entertainment News

E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, has voiced a position which many school presidents ascribe to, when he says that he is violently and irrationally opposed to a playoff system.

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Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mormon, Burris, Impeachment, Blaggy, Representative Rush, Lord Has Ordained, Obama, Reconstruction, Race, Republican, Blagojevich, Politics, Revels, Bobby Rush, Senate Seat, Wallace, Reed Smoot, Religious Bigotry, Rush, Racism, Qualifications, Black, Faubus, Mississippi, Plantation, Reid, Illinois, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Appointment, Smoot, Garrett Davis, Roland Burris, Kentucky, Democrat, Appointee, Senate Appointment, Barack Obama, Yellow Dog, The Lord, Racial Politics, Hiram Revels, Religion, Chris Weigant, African American, Appointer, Harry Reid, Plantation Politics, Utah, Obama Senate Seat, Senate, Bull Connor, Politics News

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

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Environmentalist Punked Bush Administration, Hopes To Save Utah Land

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Tim Dechristopher, Drilling, Environment, Oil, Bureau of Land Management, Utah, Blm, Robert Redford, Tim DeChristopher Open Letter, Green News

A few weeks ago, an environmentalist named Tim DeChristopher played a big joke on the Bureau of Land Management, the Bush Administration and the oil a...

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Stopping Bush's Destruction of Our Environment

Robert Redford | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Drilling, Midnight Regulations, Bush Midnight Regulations, Robert Redford, Robert Redford Utah, Utah, Celebrities Talk Politics, Green News

Late Friday night a coalition of environmental and preservation groups filed an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management that could save 100,000 acres of pristine land that are endangered.

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