Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from December 2007:
Trial in Sears Tower plot heading to jury Monday
Dec 01, 2007 ... MIAMI (AP) -- Little evidence exists that six men were involvedin an alleged plot to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBIoffices, their lawyers said in closing arguments Friday. One by one, the attorneys sought to distance the men from theiralleged leader, Narseal Batiste, ...
First fires, now floods hit Southern California
Dec 01, 2007 ... SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Southern California's weather turnedfrom dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought thethreat of mudslides and flash floods in areas burned by recentwildfires and prompted evacuation orders. Residents were ordered to leave 200 homes in ...
Caption only: Bolivia signing
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bolivia's President Evo Morales jokes Friday during a ceremony inPuerto Suarez ...
Peterson kin helped move container at home
Dec 01, 2007 ... BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) -- Former police officer Drew Petersonpaid a relative to help him move a large container from a bedroom onthe day Peterson's wife vanished, according to a friend of therelative. Walter Martineck said on NBC's "Today" Friday and in an interviewwith the ...
Symphony, Russian resonate
Dec 01, 2007; ... UTAH SYMPHONY, Abravanel Hall, Friday; additional performancetonight at 8. (355-2787) Pavel Kogan certainly hasn't lost any of his appeal with UtahSymphony audiences. The Russian is back in Abravanel Hall again, andFriday night's reception was no less enthusiastic than in ...
World datelines
Dec 01, 2007; ... England: Negotiations with Iran LONDON -- An 18-month attempt to persuade Iran to halt uraniumenrichment collapsed Friday after a senior EU envoy failed to dentIran's resolve to expand the technology, despite the threat of newU.N. sanctions. In a letter to U.N. Secretary ...
Sports on TV, radio
Dec 01, 2007 ... COLLEGE BASKETBALL UC Irvine at Utah, Mtn., noon North Carolina at Kentucky, ESPN2, noon Connecticut vs Gonzaga, ESPN, 1:30 p.m. Washington at Oklahoma St., ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Colorado St. at Northern Colorado, FSN, 6 p.m. UTEP at UNLV, Mtn., 8 ...
Enron chief's widow says he did no wrong
Dec 01, 2007 ... HOUSTON (AP) -- The widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay saysher husband didn't commit any crimes, according to court documentsfiled Friday in the ongoing effort by the federal government toseize nearly $13 million in assets from his estate. Linda Lay's claims were in response ...
Pilot, ship owner sued over S.F. Bay oil spill
Dec 01, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Justice Department filed a lawsuitFriday accusing the pilot and the owners of the container ship CoscoBusan of breaking environmental laws when the ship struck a bridgesupport in San Francisco Bay, spilling 58,000 gallons of toxic oil. The lawsuit, filed ...
Utah game day
Dec 01, 2007 ... UTAH (3-2) VS. CAL IRVINE (2-4) HUNTSMAN CENTER Today, noon TV: The Mtn. Radio: 700 AM GAME NOTES: This is the first meeting between the ...
Trooper cleared: UHP trooper cleared by state, but other agencies to review traffic stop
Dec 01, 2007; ... TAYLORSVILLE -- An investigation has concluded that a UtahHighway Patrol trooper was justified in shooting a man with a Taserduring a videotaped traffic stop that became painfully public whenit was posted on YouTube. The Utah Department of Public Safety announced the results of ...
Wildcats on the air
Dec 01, 2007 ... Weber State (2-3) at Illinois (4-2) Today, 3 p.m. at ...
S.L. native new Bees manager
Dec 01, 2007 ... Bobby Mitchell says he's returning home. Mitchell, a former majorleague baseball player who was born in Salt Lake City, has beennamed the manager of the Salt Lake Bees for the 2008 season. Mitchell replaces Brian Harper, who managed the Bees to back-to-back PCL Pacific North ...
Late steal helps Knights to low-scoring victory
Dec 01, 2007; ... HIGHLAND -- A pair of race cars got off to a sputtering startwith both the Lone Peak and Riverton girls' basketball teamsshooting air balls and frittering away the ball right and left. Buteventually the Knights fought their way to the hard 38-36 victory. The one bright spot for ...
Bye-bye birdies? 34 local species are on new 'watch list'
Dec 01, 2007; ... From the short-eared owl to the pinyon jay, from the calliopehummingbird to the trumpeter swan, 34 bird species that spend timein Utah are in trouble, according to a new report. The National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancyrecently released a "watch list" of birds ...
Giricek fights benching with humor
Dec 01, 2007; ... Gordan Giricek has decided to respond to his recent benching thebest way he knows. With humor. "Just making fun out of it," said Giricek, who after losing hisbackup shooting guard spot to Ronnie Price had not played at all inthree games leading up to the Jazz's late-starting ...
Red Cross president forced to resign
Dec 01, 2007; ... American Red Cross President Mark Everson was forced to resignFriday after six months on the job because he had a "personalrelationship" with a female subordinate, the nonprofit disaster-relief organization said. The Red Cross's board "concluded that the situation reflectedpoor ...
Man assaults woman on Salem road
Dec 01, 2007 ... SALEM -- Police are asking for help locating a man who assaulteda woman on the side of the road in Salem. The 27-year-old woman had stopped her car on the side ofArrowhead Trail to give her infant son a bottle Wednesday night whena man pulled over to ask if she needed help with her ...
Has Nebraska hired Pelini?
Dec 01, 2007; ... LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osbornerefused to comment on a report Friday night that LSU defensivecoordinator Bo Pelini will be introduced as the school's coach nextweek. ESPN.com, citing multiple unnamed sources, reported that Peliniwill coach the ...
Eye for detail finds child porn victims
Dec 01, 2007; ... MURRAY -- There was something about her eyes that pleaded toSteve Gamvroulas for help. On his computer screen was a teenage girl, being sexuallyexploited in pictures shared and traded over the Internet amongchild pornographers, victimized and re-victimized over and overagain. He ...
Teacher soars in science
Dec 01, 2007; ... PAYSON -- Lauren Tanner has been to the Hill Aerospace Museum andthe Clark Planetarium so many times she knows the staff personally.She's spent so many sleepless nights on simulated missions at theChrista McAuliffe Space Education Center she's staked out a bunk bedof her ...
Suicide Prevention Conference stresses availability of help, hope
Dec 01, 2007; ... PROVO -- Hope and help always exist, and everyone can dosomething. That was a main theme at the eighth annual Suicide PreventionConference held Friday at Brigham Young University. The conference,which gathers mental health and suicide experts, also promotedunderstanding and help ...
Bush marks World AIDS Day with promise to 'turn the tide'
Dec 01, 2007; ... MOUNT AIRY, Md. -- President Bush urged Congress on Friday toapprove an additional $30 billion for the global fight against AIDSover the next five years, and announced he would visit Africa earlynext year to further highlight the need and his administration'sefforts. "We dedicate ...
Hostages taken in '03 may be alive, Colombia says
Dec 01, 2007; ... CARACAS, Venezuela -- Colombia's government said Friday that itsarmy had captured three guerrillas carrying videos, photographs andletters containing proof that more than 15 captives, including threeU.S. military contractors and Ingrid Betancourt, a formerpresidential candidate, were ...
Chavez threatens oil supply if U.S. tries to meddle in vote
Dec 01, 2007; ... CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez urged supportersFriday to approve constitutional changes that he said could keep himin power for life and threatened to cut off oil exports to theUnited States if it tries to meddle in Sunday's vote. Speaking to more than 200,000 ...
Blake wins -- U.S. is up 2-0
Dec 01, 2007; ... PORTLAND, Ore. -- Even when James Blake was struggling in hisDavis Cup match, he knew his teammates were behind him. Blake fed off their support and held off feisty Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3) Friday night to give the United Statesa 2-0 lead over Russia in the ...
4 charged in slaying of NFL star
Dec 01, 2007; ... MIAMI -- The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four peopleFriday and charged them with murder in connection with the fatalshooting of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the men as: Venjah K.Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason ...
Valley leaders take smooth ride
Dec 01, 2007; ... WOODS CROSS -- Imagine flipping open a laptop on a table,plugging it into a power outlet, logging onto the Internet with freeWi-Fi and reading newspaper coverage about last night's Jazz game,downloading YouTube videos or putting the final touches on apresentation for work -- all while ...
2 trains crash in Chicago
Dec 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO -- An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freighttrain and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday,injuring dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187passengers walked away unhurt. Passengers were hurled into the seats in front of them in theaccident ...
Sudanese throng demands execution of British teacher
Dec 01, 2007; ... KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubsand swords and beating drums, burned pictures of a British teacherFriday and demanded her execution for insulting Islam by letting herstudents name a teddy bear Muhammad. Sudan's Islamic government, which has long ...
Utes taking aim at Navy
Dec 01, 2007; ... Navy's explosive offense already has Utah's attention -- even ifa projected Poinsettia Bowl matchup may not be official untilSunday. The Utes spent 20 minutes of practice time Friday laying thefoundation to defend an option attack that has powered theMidshipmen to averages of ...
Snow has chance at a national title
Dec 01, 2007; ... Snow College will make its fourth straight appearance in theZions Bank Top of the Mountains Bowl today, but this game has a lotmore on the line than previous games. Top-ranked Snow (11-0) will take on No. 2 Butler CommunityCollege (11-0) at noon in Rice-Eccles Stadium with the ...
Measure would let legislators with conflict get out of a vote
Dec 01, 2007; ... Reluctant state legislators won't have to hide in the restroom orbehind the kitchen door if a state law requiring them to vote ismodified by the 2008 Legislature, now just six weeks away. Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo, will introduceseveral concurrent bills aimed at ...
Praising Plaisted: Cougar center gets Vitale all fired up
Dec 01, 2007; ... PORTLAND, Ore. -- During BYU's closer-than-the-final-score-looked 73-63 loss to No. 1 North Carolina a week ago in Las Vegas,ESPN's loud and loquacious color commentator, Dick Vitale,practically turned the broadcast into a two-hour Trent Plaistedinfomercial, heaping an abundance of ...
Hostage ordeal at Clinton campaign office ends peacefully
Dec 01, 2007; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. -- A distraught man wearing what appeared to be abomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday anddemanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama thatdragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered. Shortly after ...
3 Snow players booked into jail
Dec 01, 2007; ... Snow College's football team will be without three of itsplayers, including two key contributors, when the Badgers take onButler Community College in today's Zions Bank Top of the MountainsBowl at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Troy Cummings, Stephon Thrash and Andrew Castaneda have ...
A new look: UVSC unveils logos and fight song for UVU
Dec 01, 2007; ... OREM -- It looks strange, that "U" in the new UVU logo. But look closely. The U has been designed to contain the state's shape inside. To the tune of "2001: A Space Odyssey," Utah Valley State Collegeunveiled logos on Friday that the school will begin using throughthe ...
Ex-GM boss Roger Smith dies
Dec 01, 2007; ... DETROIT -- Roger B. Smith, who led General Motors Corp. in the1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore's searing documentary"Roger & Me," has died, the automaker said Friday. He was 82. Smith died Thursday in the Detroit area after a brief illnessthat GM did not ...
Tough schedule doomed T-birds
Dec 01, 2007; ... With the schedule Southern Utah University faced in 2007, whichwas the toughest schedule in all classifications, the T-Birds'margin of error was paper-thin to start, and an inexperienceddefense and inept offense didn't help as they finished 0-11. The T-Birds, who have lost 18 ...
All-conference balloting offers some tough calls
Dec 01, 2007; ... The ballots are out for the Mountain West Conference honors andit'll be as sticky as the Iowa Caucus to see how some of this goesdown. Plenty of football players in the MWC stood out in 2007, andthey've adequately made their cases. Throw in a little leaguepolitics that ...
Cougars' focus will get tested vs. Aztecs
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN DIEGO -- The last time the Cougars played San Diego Statehere, the Aztecs kicked their trash in Bronco Mendenhall's firstseason as a head coach. Now, the Cougars return to the scene, having won 15 consecutiveMountain West games, sporting a 10-game winning streak on the roadin ...
SUU snapshot
Dec 01, 2007 ... High point: Games 5 and 6 when the T-Birds had chances to beatMontana State and Youngstown State. Low point: SUU lost their first four games of the season by atleast 20 points, which got the T-Birds off on the wrong foot. Key players returning: Kyle Coop, Robert Takeno, Craig ...
BYU game day
Dec 01, 2007 ... BYU (9-2, 7-0) at SDSU (4-7, 3-4) Partly cloudy today. Highs near 60, lows around 53. Today, 4:30 p.m. -- Qualcomm Stadium -- grass surface -- SanDiego TV: The Mtn. Radio: 1160AM, 102.7FM PLAYER TO WATCH SDSU KEVIN O'CONNELL has taken the Aztec ...
Motorcycle daredevil and pop culture icon Evel Knievel dies
Dec 01, 2007; ... CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstaclesincluding Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake RiverCanyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. Hewas 69. Knievel's death was ...
BYU basketball game day
Dec 01, 2007 ... (21) BYU (5-1) AT PORTLAND (2-5) CHILES CENTER Today, 8 p.m. TV: BYUTV Radio: KSL 1160AM GAME NOTES: BYU leads the all-time series, 2-1, including a 79-50 win in Provo last season ... Portland is coming off a loss toPortland State on Wednesday ... The ...
Ed Mayne's magnanimity spotlighted at his funeral
Dec 01, 2007; ... WEST VALLEY CITY -- Ed Mayne always looked out for the littleguy, a quality his family and friends recalled Friday at servicesfor the late state senator and longtime labor leader. "My dad was a man of the people," Mayne's son, Paul, told thenearly 1,000 people including political ...
Bush plans to slash Homeland Security grants
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration intends to slashcounterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescuedepartments across the country by more than half next year,according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Homeland Security Department has given ...
Witherspoon top earner at about $20 million a film
Dec 01, 2007 ... Even though her latest film, "Rendition," was a flop, ReeseWitherspoon is a moneymaker. The 31-year-old Academy Award winner commands $15 million to $20million a movie, placing her at the top of The Hollywood Reporter'sannual list of the highest-paid actresses. Angelina Jolie ...
Caption only: Anniversary of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Dec 01, 2007 ... Brad Howard of Van Buren, Ark., straightens leaning and fallenflags on display at the National Mall in Washington on Friday. Theflags mark the 14th anniversary of the controversial "don't ...
Will Smith says he just works harder
Dec 01, 2007 ... Will Smith says he's not a great actor -- but he's a hardworkingone. "I've never viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewedmyself as ... slightly above average in talent," the 39-year-oldactor tells CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview scheduled to airSunday. "Where I ...
Being 'wrong' is a complex situation, especially for doctors
Dec 01, 2007; ... If you hate being wrong, imagine how I feel. I dislike beingwrong 100 times worse. If I mess up, not only do I look bad, I worryI'm going to hurt someone. There are at least three different waysdoctors get it wrong. There is the "I don't know," the "I think Iknow but I really don't" and ...
Google shoots for the sun
Dec 01, 2007; ... Google, the little search engine that could, wants to diversify.The world's best-known Internet company plans to pioneer thedevelopment of solar, wind and other sources of renewable energy.One concept has the company trying to harness the horrendous windsblowing above the Earth and ...
'Militia' means U.S. citizens
Dec 01, 2007 ... In response to Mr. Joe Bialek's comments (Readers' forum, Nov.29) about the Second Amendment: When one examines the writings andintent of the framers of the Constitution we discover that "militia"means any able-bodied citizen capable of carrying a weapon. And"well regulated" means ...
The winners and the losers
Dec 01, 2007; ... • Winner: Eleven years is a long time, but the arm of thelaw is long, indeed, when the crime is murder. Salt Lake Countydetectives deserve a lot of credit for finally arresting a suspectin the 1996 murder of 18-year-old Jamie Weiss. The suspect, her then-fiance Billy Justin ...
It's sad to see Nourse retire
Dec 01, 2007 ... In 1964, when I was a Salt Lake County commissioner, a new, youngreporter from KSL-TV came for an interview with a television camerain hand. I hadn't seen him before and asked where he was from. Hesaid Colorado. He only came to my office a few times, ...
'Junk' food bans don't work
Dec 01, 2007 ... You can lead school kids to water, but you can't make them drink("School kids may not shun healthful lunches," Nov. 26). The same istrue for the "healthful" school foods that University of Minnesotaresearchers claim kids are so enthusiastic about. The researchersfound that children ...
Optimists give others more than they receive
Dec 01, 2007; ... The holiday season is a reward for optimists -- a gift for thosewho always live life as if it were filled with bright lights,beautiful music, happy children, exciting adventure and endlesspromise. But optimists give more than they receive -- all year long. Theymake life better ...
Local births
Dec 01, 2007 ... Birth & Family Place - BAKER, Aleisha and Kelton, Salt Lake City, boy, Nov. 28 Jordan Valley Hospital - AHO, Whitney Sheilisa and Samisoni Tolimofili, West Valley City,girl, Nov. 1 ANDERSON, Shelly and Mark Bradley, Eagle Mountain, boy, Nov. 16 BAUTISTA, ...
Mortgage freeze in works
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration and the mortgage industry,trying to combat a massive wave of foreclosures, are hammering out aproposal to temporarily freeze interest rates on certain troubledsubprime mortgages. If adopted, it would be the biggest action takento cope with the ...
FCC approves sale of 35 Clear Channel stations
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission has approvedthe $1.3 billion sale of 35 television stations owned by ClearChannel Communication Inc., including two in Utah, to NewportTelevision LLC, a private equity group, subject to certainconditions. Newport is an ...
Playing the market: Seventh-graders vie with college students to pick the best stocks
Dec 01, 2007; ... Students at Westminster College are teaming up against seventh-graders from Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School to compete at choosingstocks, putting a virtual $1 million on the line. The students went head-to-head Friday for a six-week contest todetermine who can pick a better stock ...
Protesters target Burger King
Dec 01, 2007; ... MIAMI -- Farmworkers, union members and activists marched throughcity streets to Burger King headquarters Friday to protest low wagesfor tomato pickers and alleged exploitation of field workers. About 300 to 400 protesters gathered under the skyscrapers ofMiami's downtown, many ...
Top 25 schedule
Dec 01, 2007 ... Team . . . . . Opponent . . . . . Time (TV) 1. Missouri . . . . . vs. No. 9 Oklahoma . . . . . 5 p.m. (Ch. 4) 2. West Virginia . . . . . vs. Pittsburgh . . . . . 5:45p.m.(ESPN) 3. Ohio State . . . . . Do not play 4. Georgia . . . . . Do not play 5. Ohio ...
Nuclear power not a solution
Dec 01, 2007 ... On November 28, Sen. Orrin Hatch was quoted as having told UVSCthat if "environmentalists had any brains" they would supportnuclear power as a clean energy source that reduces U.S. dependenceon foreign oil. Well, besides insulting all of the people he represents who areconcerned ...
Money from sale of Jackson office may not stay in Wyo.
Dec 01, 2007; ... JACKSON, Wyo. -- Money from the proposed sale of valuable U.S.Forest Service property here isn't guaranteed to stay with theBridger-Teton National Forest, an agency official said. The Forest Service is proposing to relocate the Bridger-Tetonsupervisor's office and then sell some or ...