Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from August 2007:
Property owners get shaft
Aug 01, 2007 ... As we open our latest "tax evaluation" notices, we find that wetaxpayers are getting the shaft again. I realize that taxes do increase, but not at the outrageous ratehomeowners are experiencing. What about all the new homes beingbuilt with their value (and taxes) included in the ...
75 years and counting . . .
Aug 01, 2007; ... With 75 years in the grocery business, Harmons is far from goingstale as the company makes continued efforts to keep things "fresh." Though its selection and layout have undergone transformations inthe past seven decades, Harmons holds to the same principles ofquality and value ...
Cookbooks earn spot on 'weird' list
Aug 01, 2007; ... Every week several cookbooks cross my desk. Sometimes I wonderwho, if anyone, will buy them. So I wasn't surprised at some of the titles listed on The World'sTop 10 Weirdest Cookbooks, compiled through a poll by AbeBooks.com,an online marketplace for new, used, rare and ...
Tomatoes star in simple salad
Aug 01, 2007; ... This simple salad makes the most of early seasonal items,dressing chopped tomatoes, cucumber and red onion with freshcilantro and a splash each of balsamic vinegar and olive oil. To make this salad more substantial, add cubes of slightly stalebread or croutons to create a simple ...
Recipes for cool Iranian drinks
Aug 01, 2007 ... Throughout the Middle East, where summer temperatures can soar,refreshing drinks are an art. Consider cooling down with thesetraditional beverages from Iran. DUGH (Pronounced "doo-gh") Start to finish: 5 minutes 1 cup whole-milk yogurt 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ...
Revised bread pudding retains taste, crunch
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Jeanne: Can you reduce the fat and calories in this? --Roseann Schneider, Akron, Ohio Dear Roseann: This is a delicious bread pudding, and I think youwill be just as happy with my revision. The lighter version isequally tasty and has the same crunchy texture. To vary the ...
Old friend is in a tough position
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Annie: "Beth" and I have been very good friends for 30years. We grew up together. However, there is something going onthat may destroy our friendship. When we were children, Beth's father molested her. As horrible asit was, she grew up to be very successful, and a wonderful, ...
Amping up flavor of salads easy
Aug 01, 2007; ... Salad fatigue already setting in? It happens. No matter how gorgeous the tomatoes and greens arethis time of year, it's easy to tire of yet another bowl of raw,cold veggies. But if you're willing to be creative, amping up theflavor of your salads is easy. Here's how: -- Start ...
Beat heat with Mideast drinks
Aug 01, 2007; ... Hoping to beat the heat with a cool drink? For real refreshment,skip the soda and think yogurt or rosewater. Maybe even a cup ofpiping hot tea. Westerners, always looking for the next big thing in beverages,could probably take a lesson from the Middle East. With ...
Popsicle Slow Melts really do melt slowly
Aug 01, 2007; ... Popsicle Slow Melt Pops. Cherry, Lemonade and Strawberry-Kiwi.$3.99 per 32-ounce variety box containing 20 1.6-ounce pops. Bonnie: I recently noticed that the door to my freezer was ajarand that half the contents were partially defrosted. Interestingly,one of the products in the ...
What's cooking
Aug 01, 2007; ... Macey's , Sandy, offers "International Fare," Aug. 7, 7 p.m.,free; "Dutch Oven Confetti Spaghetti," Aug. 9, 7 p.m., free (255-4888). Kimball Distributing, 2233 S. 300 East, offers "Serious Salmon,"Friday, 6:30 p.m., $55; "Cooking From the Farmer's Market," Aug. 8,4 p.m., $55 ...
TV is serious business?
Aug 01, 2007; ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- There was a lot of criticism of "Studio60 on the Sunset Strip" for taking the world of network televisionway too seriously. I'm here to tell you, that's an absolutely accuraterepresentation of the people inside the industry. We are talking about a ...
Today on TV
Aug 01, 2007; ... King of Queens (7 p.m., Ch. 2): The hourlong series finale isrepeated. So You Think You Can Dance (7 p.m., Ch. 13): The eight remainingfinalists -- including Utahn Sabra Johnson -- perform. American Inventor (8 p.m., Ch. 4): A winner is declared in theseason ...
'Verklarte' is vivid and gripping
Aug 01, 2007; ... INTERMEZZO, Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, Monday Although best known for developing the 12-tone technique in theearly 1920s, Arnold Schoenberg and his early works are solidlyentrenched in romanticism. One of his earliest pieces was the stringsextet "Verklarte Nacht ...
Dream quintet is wildly energetic
Aug 01, 2007; ... DREAM THEATER, E Center, West Valley City, Monday WEST VALLEY CITY -- Somebody should check Gov. Huntsman's iPod.When New York quintet Dream Theater took the stage at the FordTheater Monday night in the E Center, it did so on its very own day,as designated by the governor. To ...
Weighing costs, benefits is intelligent decisionmaking
Aug 01, 2007; ... Historical costs, sometimes called sunk costs, are irrelevant todecisionmaking, because they are costs that have already beenincurred. That's something that's not intuitively obvious, even forsome trained economists. On a couple of occasions, I've recommendedto a graduate student, having ...
Time to give moderate Islam a chance?
Aug 01, 2007; ... LONDON -- Is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's recently re-electedprime minister, a closet fundamentalist waiting for the rightopportunity to dismantle the legacy of Kemal Ataturk, the architectof his country's secular republic? Or is he the man who will set amodel for the Muslim world by ...
Schools stance is flawed
Aug 01, 2007 ... Those who support splitting the Jordan and Granite districts thisNovember frequently use the following flawed argument for itsemotional appeal: East side schools are in desperate need ofrenovations for the health and safety of the children who attendthose schools, yet the west side's ...
Too many run red lights
Aug 01, 2007 ... After witnessing the aftermath of a horrific motorcycle accidenton July 28, my suspicions were confirmed by the article in the nextday's paper: "an SUV ran a red light" and "police were investigatingwhat prompted the driver to run the light." I marvel every day at the drivers who ...
Radio should offer variety
Aug 01, 2007 ... I disagree with Star Parker (July 28) when she says theproliferation of media removes from commercial radio some obligationto present differing views. The airwaves are a public resource, andthis fact obligates radio stations, like KSL for example, which havenothing but Bush worship all ...
U.S. should leave Iraq soon
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Senate must call for an end to the war in Iraq soon. We havecompleted the task of freeing the people of Iraq from tyranny, sonow we should leave Iraq so the people can begin to ...
AMA ensures quality care
Aug 01, 2007 ... It's unfortunate that Regina Herzlinger has disparaged thenation's leading physician organization, as we share many of herfrustrations with the current health-care system (AMA poses healththreat, July 29). Contrary to Herzlinger's assertions, the American MedicalAssociation is a ...
Rocky's park efforts dismal
Aug 01, 2007 ... Once again liberals expect us to celebrate failure and give themaccolades for their intentions -- not their results. No matter howmuch pontificating Patrick A. Thronson does (Readers' Forum, July28) to prop up Mayor Anderson's failed solutions to solving all theproblems in Pioneer Park, ...
Bergman was a master
Aug 01, 2007; ... Ingmar Bergman was the reason many Americans have a bias againstforeign films -- all that angst and those plodding plots made somemoviegoers feel like they were slogging through swamp water.Happily, many people took his challenge. And today Bergman is amajor reason that motion pictures ...
Fewer kids lifts quality of life
Aug 01, 2007 ... Joe Cannon's July 29 article, "Is Earth's impending 'empty cradledue to selfishness,"' was definitely written by someone with anoutdated paternalistic religious bias toward having children. Cannonstated that one reason for having children was so they can take careof you in sickness and ...
Military should be more open
Aug 01, 2007; ... Perhaps it is true that the depleted uranium left over from amissile that went awry on public land in Utah does not pose a riskto the public. The Air Force says so, and an environmental watchdoggroup basically agrees. But it is disconcerting to think that a large part of the ...
Chief says Overstock 'turning corner'
Aug 01, 2007; ... It was another quarterly loss for Salt Lake-based Internetretailer Overstock.com Inc., but the chief executive insists thecompany that went public five years ago is turning a corner. "The numbers are dramatically better," Patrick Byrne said in aninterview as the company posted ...
Headwaters profit up 69% on sales boost
Aug 01, 2007; ... South Jordan-based Headwaters Inc. said its fiscal third-quarterprofit rose 69 percent, more than analysts expected, on increasedsales of coal-combustion materials and alternative-fuel technology.The company's shares rose almost 8 percent, their biggest gain intwo years. Net ...
Huntsman cites sale as reason for its loss
Aug 01, 2007; ... Huntsman Corp. on Tuesday chalked up its second-quarter loss of$83.9 million to one-time costs related to the sale of its polymersbusiness. "The loss was because of the impairment charge, plain andsimple," Chief Executive Officer Peter Huntsman told the DeseretMorning News. "This ...
Soured home loans send market down
Aug 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK -- Wall Street resumed its downward skid Tuesday,falling sharply as renewed concerns about soured home loans blewaway what had looked like a solid recovery rally. The Dow Jonesindustrials lost nearly 150 points, while investors seeking safetymoved into bonds. Early in ...
J&J is planning up to 4% job cut
Aug 01, 2007 ... TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it wouldreduce its global work force by up to 4 percent, or up to 4,820jobs, to cut costs due to a slump in sales of its heart stents andits No. 2 drug, plus coming patent expirations for key drugs. The health-care giant, which ...
Whole Foods' merger questioned by judge
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday questioned a centralpart of Whole Foods Market Inc.'s argument that it should bepermitted to buy its rival Wild Oats Markets Inc. The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal court toblock the $565 million deal, claiming that the ...
Local earnings
Aug 01, 2007; ... Several companies that are based in Utah or have ties to thestate reported quarterly financial results on Tuesday. Pilgrim's Pride Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the world's biggest poultry processor,posted its first profit in six quarters as chicken prices rose. Net income was ...
GM reports a profit in 3rd straight quarter
Aug 01, 2007; ... DETROIT -- For a time, it looked as though Detroit's threeautomakers could do no right, losing billions while cranking outinefficient trucks just as gas prices rose above $3 per gallon. But recent quarterly profits by General Motors Corp. and FordMotor Co. have given the Motor City ...
Spending rose a mere .1% in June
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- Shoppers took a break in June, boosting theirspending at the slowest pace in nine months as high gasoline pricesand fallout from the housing slump made people think twice aboutbuying. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that consumer spendingedged up by just ...
Usana board increases share-repurchase program
Aug 01, 2007 ... Salt Lake-based nutritional products maker Usana Health SciencesInc. announced Tuesday that its board of directors has authorized anadditional $50 million for share repurchases of its outstandingcommon stock. Repurchases will be made in accordance with Usana's active ...
Marathon Oil plans to buy Western Oil for $5.5B
Aug 01, 2007 ... HOUSTON (AP) -- Marathon Oil Corp. is poised to break intoCanada's growing oil-sands market, announcing Tuesday it has agreedto buy Western Oil Sands Inc. for $5.5 billion in cash and stock. Marathon also said its second-quarter earnings fell 11 percentfrom a year ago, when it ...
Utah Medical Products declares quarterly dividend
Aug 01, 2007 ... Salt Lake-based Utah Medical Products Inc. announced Tuesday thatits board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of 22cents per share of common stock payable Oct. 3 to shareholders ofrecord at the ...
Midwest Air finally begins buyout talks with AirTran
Aug 01, 2007 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Midwest Air Group Inc. finally says it may beripe for selling. The regional airline that has fought a hostile buyout fromAirTran Holdings Inc. for months signaled Tuesday that it willconsider the $389 million offer. Midwest, operator of Midwest Airlines, ...
Murdoch's News Corp. to buy Dow Jones, 2 say
Aug 01, 2007; ... Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. agreed to buy Dow Jones & Co. for $60a share, gaining control of the Wall Street Journal and ending theBancroft family's 105 years of stewardship, according to two peoplewith knowledge of the transaction. An announcement was scheduled for later Tuesday, ...
Clenched jaw over hit-and-run
Aug 01, 2007; ... Ross Jarrett's jam is wired shut and he eats through a straw,which he readily confesses is no fun. But at least the temporaryarrangement allows him to effectively express just how he feelsabout the person who put him in this condition. "He (or she) is a coward," he says through ...
Lohan's father withdraws request to drug-test wife
Aug 01, 2007 ... Lindsay Lohan's father withdrew a request to have his estrangedwife tested for drugs as the pair were in Family Court on Monday inWestbury, N.Y. Michael Lohan had previously suggested that Dina Lohan's drinkingand his own drug use may have contributed to the substance ...
Usher, pregnant fiancee cancel wedding -- for now
Aug 01, 2007 ... Usher and his pregnant fiancee, Tameka Foster, canceled theirwedding last weekend, but they're apparently still together. "As of right now we don't have a date but we will let you ...
Former 'Idol' contestant Clark arrested over drugs
Aug 01, 2007 ... Corey Clark has been arrested on drug charges and an outstandingwarrant from Arizona, authorities said. The former "American Idol" contestant was being held at thePulaski County jail, pending a court appearance in North LittleRock, Ark., said John Rehrauer, a spokesman for the ...
Birthdays for Wednesday, Aug. 1
Aug 01, 2007 ... Actor-comedian Dom DeLuise 74 Designer Yves Saint Laurent71 Singer Michael Penn ...
Callers embarrassed, mad that fan groped McGraw
Aug 01, 2007 ... Callers to a morning radio show said they were embarrassed andangry that a female fan groped Tim McGraw after his concert at theCajundome in Lafayette, La., last weekend. The woman grabbed McGraw in the crotch area at the close of hisset Saturday as the 40-year-old country singer ...
Lawmakers, others say critics of China trip are 'boneheads'
Aug 01, 2007; ... Critical of a recent trip to China by some Utah lawmakers? Thosewho felt the need to write letters to newspaper editors about itwere described as "boneheads" on Tuesday. During a meeting of the Legislature's Utah International TradeCommission, the group's co-chairman, Sen. Mark ...
Solemn farewell: Boy who was killed at S.L. eatery is laid to rest
Aug 01, 2007; ... For just a moment, Gloria Velasco stared in disbelief at theshiny baby-blue coffin that held her 9-year-old son. Her gentleweeping was suddenly rendered inaudible as she raised her head anddeclared she wanted to speak. Her son, Josue Contreras-Velasco, died too soon. "He had ...
World datelines
Aug 01, 2007 ... Colombia: Son's release sought SUBIA -- A 55-year-old teacher whose soldier son was kidnapped ina rebel attack a decade ago neared the capital Tuesday after walkingacross half of Colombia to rally support for a prisoner swap. Gustavo Moncayo has become a fixture on the national ...
U.N. Security Council OKs peacekeepers for Darfur
Aug 01, 2007; ... UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council approved a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur on Tuesday to try to help endfour years of fighting that has killed more than 200,000 people inthe vast Sudanese region. The force -- the first joint peacekeeping mission by the ...
Bodies of 2 children are found under sink
Aug 01, 2007 ... HANAHAN, S.C. (AP) -- The bodies of two young children were foundwrapped in trash bags under an apartment sink, and a note from theirmother said she had left them in a hot car while she was at work,authorities said Tuesday. Officers ...
Car dealer admits killing 2 who sought raises
Aug 01, 2007 ... ATLANTA (AP) -- A financially strapped owner of a car dealershiptold authorities he was under stress when he killed two employeesbecause they kept asking for pay raises, police said Tuesday. Rolandas Milinavicius was charged in the shooting deaths of IngaContreras, 25, and Martynas ...
Georgia sheriff accused of covering up shooting
Aug 01, 2007 ... ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia sheriff was arrested Tuesday forallegedly lying to state investigators to protect his chief deputy,who was accused of firing shots into the home of his wife's lover. Towns County Sheriff Rudy Eller surrendered to Georgia Bureau ofInvestigation agents in ...
Somali immigrant gets plea deal in bomb plot
Aug 01, 2007 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A Somali immigrant the government saysplotted to blow up an Ohio shopping mall pleaded guilty Tuesday toconspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Nuradin Abdi, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District JudgeAlgenon Marbley a week before his trial ...
$1M fine, added prison time for ex-lawmaker
Aug 01, 2007 ... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Former North Carolina House Speaker JimBlack was fined $1 million Tuesday after admitting in court that hegave $10,000 to a former lawmaker whose vote helped him remain inpower. Black also was ordered to serve up to 10 months in prison, a termthat will run ...
Collapsed overpass injures driver, worker
Aug 01, 2007 ... OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- A highway overpass that was underconstruction collapsed Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck andseriously injuring a construction worker who clung to a steel beamas it tumbled 50 feet to the ground. Firefighters swarmed the FedEx delivery truck to cut its ...
Roberts is released from hospital
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts walked out of a hospitalin Maine Tuesday, released a day after he suffered a seizure. TheWhite House said he told President Bush he was doing fine. Roberts strode briskly out of the Penobscot Bay Medical Center inRockport, Maine, wearing a ...
Is Mapleton deal unsafe?
Aug 01, 2007; ... MAPLETON -- As Mapleton officials and Wendell Gibby race towardan end to a five-year legal battle over a strip of land on MapleMountain, a group of residents are frantically working to put thebrakes on the deal. In exchange for land easements for the Bonneville Shoreline Trailand ...
Nursing school wins VA grant
Aug 01, 2007; ... The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected the University ofUtah College of Nursing as one of four national "VA Nursing Academy"sites. The resulting collaboration will expand the number of nursingstudents the college can train by about 24 undergraduates and 12graduate students ...
Soccer: Around the globe
Aug 01, 2007 ... BENFICA GETS ITS MAN American teenage soccer star Freddy Adu has reached an agreementto play for Portuguese club Benfica, pending the results of amedical test. "It's a done deal," a club official said Tuesday, speaking oncondition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to ...
Freedom Academy
Aug 01, 2007; ... BLUFFDALE -- At 5 feet, 11 inches tall, Leah Swalberg had to mindher head inside the cramped quarters of an M-109A6 howitzer tankhere at Camp Williams. When she aimed a modified 9mm Beretta handgun at simulated humantargets on a large video screen, Swalberg, 17, a senior ...
2 motorists charged with dragging bull
Aug 01, 2007; ... SPRINGVILLE -- Two Utah County men are facing cruelty to animalcharges for allegedly dragging a bull behind a van. Prosecutors Monday charged Richard Davis, 59, of Provo, and LavarM. Robinson, 51, of Springville, each with a class B misdemeanor ofcruelty to animals. The ...
Afghanistan refuses to meet Taliban demand to free inmates
Aug 01, 2007; ... GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- South Korea and relatives of 21 kidnappedKoreans appealed for U.S. help Tuesday, but Afghanistan said for thefirst time it will not release insurgent prisoners -- the Taliban'skey demand to free the captives. Afghan police recovered the body of the second ...
State plan tackles medication misuse
Aug 01, 2007; ... Misuse of medications has become a deadly epidemic in Utah thatin 2006 killed more people than car crashes. The 476 drug-relateddeaths were attributed to prescription, over-the-counter and illicitdrugs, but nearly two-thirds of the deaths involved legal drugs. On Tuesday, health ...
'Harry Potter' fakes are thriving in China
Aug 01, 2007; ... SHANGHAI, China -- Chinese readers could not wait for theofficial release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the much-anticipated seventh and concluding book in the series, a little morethan a week ago. But unlike fidgety fans elsewhere, they could dosomething about it. A ...