Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from February 2008:
Who's waiting for the money?
Feb 01, 2008 ... Teachers in at least 23 school districts are waiting for theirfull raises and bonuses due to miscalculations last year. Most ofthe money coming in HB1 will be spread to teachers over theremaining year. Other districts made up for the shortfall on ...
Web site offers way to display missing dogs (or cats) in everyone's Windows
Feb 01, 2008; ... SPANISH FORK -- Ever since she posted an Internet ad more than aweek ago, Michelle Morin checks the site five times a day, waitingfor a response. The 22-year-old Springville resident isn't lookingfor a date; she's looking for Sunshine -- her orange, 8-year-oldtabby cat that went missing ...
Broadcast coverage
Feb 01, 2008 ... President Gordon B. Hinckley's funeral will be carried liveSaturday on five local broadcast stations and one local cablechannel. Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 13 and BYUTV will begin theircoverage at 10:30 a.m.; Ch. 4 will join at 11 a.m., when the funeralis ...
Ex-recorder for Genola may have taken $65K
Feb 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- A small community's confidence has been shaken afterlocal residents learned the Utah County Attorney's Office filed 27felony charges Wednesday against the former Genola town recorder,alleging she took more than $65,000 from city coffers. "We're a very trusting, honest ...
Epilepsy drugs may hike risk of suicidal thoughts
Feb 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people mayincrease the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food andDrug Administration warned in an alert to doctors Thursday. The FDA analyzed almost 200 studies of 11 different anti-seizuredrugs, some that have been on ...
Time, Newsweek write about LDS leader
Feb 01, 2008; ... Time and Newsweek magazines both gave the death of PresidentGordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints prominent play in their online editions this week. "The Man Who Made Romney Possible" was the Time headline. "Intothe future: Mormons prepare to name a ...
Nikolais piece is visually stunning
Feb 01, 2008; ... "CRYSTAL AND THE SPHERE," RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY,Wednesday, Capitol Theatre, additional performance tonight andSaturday (355-2787) Alwin Nikolais' "Crystal and the Sphere" is visually stunning,sonically captivating and fun. When the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company ...
Auditions
Feb 01, 2008 ... -- PRINCE BRAT & THE WHIPPING BOY auditions will be heldSaturday, 10 a.m.-noon, by appointment at the Children's Theatre &School of the Arts, 237 S. State. Callbacks, by invitation, will bethe same day. Most roles are open, including roles for two women andeight men. A ...
6th season of 'Waltons' offers good family TV
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE WALTONS: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON (Warner Home Video, fivediscs, $39.95) Family values may be buzzwords in the political campaigns ofrecent years, but it is the defining phrase of "The Waltons." The critically acclaimed series of the 1970s focused on suchbedrock values ...
New DVD releases
Feb 01, 2008 ... The following DVDs have Tuesday release dates: "Across theUniverse," Sony; "Americanizing Shelley," Warner; "The Aristocats:Special Edition," Disney; "The Assassination of Jesse James by theCoward ...
Offbeat musicians strike right chords
Feb 01, 2008; ... Michael Rahhal, one of the Blue Men in the Blue Man Group, said agrueling audition hooked him up with the show. "It was a three-month process," he said during a phone call fromFresno, Calif. "The auditions started in May, and I auditioned allsummer." The things the producers ...
New awakening spurs 2nd Grammy bid for Sheik
Feb 01, 2008; ... Duncan Sheik received his second Grammy Award nomination. Butunlike the first nomination back in 1998 for best male pop vocalperformance for his Top 40 hit "Barely Breathing," the new Grammynomination is for his work on a little Broadway musical called"Spring Awakening." Sheik ...
KSL No. 1 in ratings again; KSFI, KNRS follow
Feb 01, 2008; ... No surprise here. KSL radio (AM-1160/FM-102.7) was again the most-listened-to SaltLake market radio station this past fall. Arbitron's fall book was recently released, and in the age 12-plus category, KSL had an 8.4 percent share to outdo runner-up andsister station KSFI ...
Kin of missing couple trying to be 'realistic'
Feb 01, 2008; ... CEDAR CITY -- As the search continued in southern Utah and Nevadafor a Kearns couple last seen nearly a week ago, family membersremained optimistic about the chances of finding them safe. "I think the best way to describe it right now ... we're fearingthe worst but praying for the ...
Bonus bill doesn't shock districts
Feb 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- Budget gurus in Utah County's three school districtswere thrilled -- but not overly surprised -- to hear that Gov. JonHuntsman Jr. on Wednesday signed HB1. The bill makes sure teachers will receive a full $2,500 salaryincrease and $1,000 bonus as was allocated last ...
Caption only: Tight quarters
Feb 01, 2008 ... A passenger who fainted is carried away by the crowd as thousandswait to get inside Guangzhou Railway Station in southern ...
P&G earnings rise 14% amid strong sales growth
Feb 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI -- Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. saidThursday its earnings rose 14 percent in its fiscal second quarter,as strong sales growth and cost-cutting measures more than offsethigher commodity costs. The results prompted the company -- which manufacturers ...
Nutraceutical reports net income of $3.2M
Feb 01, 2008 ... Nutraceutical International Corp., based in Park City, onThursday reported net income of $3.2 million, or 28 cents per share,for the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31. That compares with $3.4 million, or 30 cents per share, for thesame quarter a year earlier. Net sales ...
Noriega to stay until appeals are exhausted
Feb 01, 2008 ... MIAMI (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that formerPanamanian dictator Manuel Noriega cannot be extradited to faceFrench money-laundering charges until his appeals in U.S. courts areexhausted. Noriega deserves a chance to fully air his arguments that anyFrench extradition is ...
Earnings at L-3 increase by 19% in 4th quarter
Feb 01, 2008; ... L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., a New York-based provider oftranslators to the U.S. Army, said fourth-quarter earnings rose 19percent on demand for linguists and surveillance equipment. Net income climbed to $207 million, or $1.63 a share, from $174million, or $1.37, a year ...
We the Kings are happy to rule in Florida
Feb 01, 2008; ... Most bands try to get out of their hometown to make it big.Unless, of course, the band lives in Los Angeles, New York orSeattle. But the four young lads in We the Kings are proud to hail fromBrandenton, Fla. In fact, guitarist/vocalist Travis Clark says hissongs all reflect the ...
At the age of 67, Raquel Welch is having some fun with her sexpot image
Feb 01, 2008; ... Nobody is less surprised that Raquel Welch's latest role castsher as sort of a sexpot/femme fatale than Welch herself. And she hasabsolutely no complaint about being cast in that kind of a role inthe new CBS comedy "Welcome to the Captain." "It would be too late for me to say no," ...
Weekend calendar
Feb 01, 2008 ... MUSIC/DANCE "Evolutions of Dance," tonight, 7:30 p.m., Covey Center for theArts, 435 W. Center, Provo, $18 (801-852-7007 orwww.coveycenter.org) "Imprints," Utah Valley State College Contemporary DanceEnsemble, today, 7:30 p.m., Ragan Theater, UVSC, Orem, $12 (801-863-8797 ...
Spears taken by ambulance to a hospital to 'get help'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance earlyThursday and escorted to the hospital by more than a dozen policeofficers in cars, on motorcycles and in helicopters. The 26-year-old pop star was being taken to "get help," said aLos Angeles police officer, who spoke on ...
Shaq has handle on excesses
Feb 01, 2008; ... Guess you heard about Shaq and Shaunie. They're splitting up.Tough deal, breakups. As James Taylor plaintively sang: She gets thehouse and the garden, he gets the boys in the band. Some of them hisfriends, some of them her friends, some of them understand. And someof them must be ...
Romney plans to campaign past Tuesday
Feb 01, 2008; ... LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Mitt Romney said Thursday he still believesRepublicans will choose him over rival John McCain to be the party'spresidential nominee -- a race his campaign doesn't expect to beover after next Tuesday's primaries in more than 20 states includingCalifornia and ...
Leavitt $$ flow in bid for House
Feb 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- David Leavitt continued to raise large amounts of moneyin the final quarter of 2007 in his bid to unseat Congressman ChrisCannon at the Republican convention in May or in a possible partyprimary in June. Leavitt also started to spend his money. During the third ...
House bill proposes temporary management of Navajo fund
Feb 01, 2008; ... A chance to share their culture with state lawmakers motivatedMontezuma Creek Elementary School children to wake up at 3 a.m.earlier this week for a 350-mile trek to Utah's Capitol. Their principal, Rebecca Benaly, asked lawmakers at a luncheon to"always remember human beings come ...
Provo City Library back in business
Feb 01, 2008 ... PROVO -- After a brief shutdown, the Provo City Library is backin business. The library at Academy Square was closed earlier this weekbecause six of 12 internal tubes in the boiler had corroded andstarted leaking, said Dick Blakham, facility ...
Skip pregame, tune in at 4:17
Feb 01, 2008; ... Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots andthe New York Giants is set to kick off at 4:17 p.m. MountainStandard Time on Fox (Ch. 13). I'm planning to tune in sometime between 4 and 4:17. By doing so, I can miss all of Fox's pregame festivities, whichstart ...
Correction: Benjamin Gully
Feb 01, 2008 ... Benjamin Gully was found not guilty by reason of insanity for themurder of his father in 2004 and cannot be retried ....
State swim titles are up for grabs in 3A, 4A
Feb 01, 2008; ... Has there ever been a prep swimming season like this? A typical year will yield one team race that's up for grabs. Ifyou're lucky, you'll get two and on rare occasions -- three. That doesn't mean that the other competitions are runaways, butthey usually have one team that's a ...
Jazz game day
Feb 01, 2008 ... Utah vs. Washington VERIZON CENTER Today, 6 p.m. TV: FSN Utah/ESPN Radio: 1320 AM/98.7 FM Season series: first meeting PROBABLE STARTERS A. JAMISON . . . . . C. BOOZER (21.1 ppg, 10.5 rpg) . . . . . (22.4 ppg, 10.6rpg) A. BLATCH . . ....
Ex-WSU chief will run for Legislature
Feb 01, 2008; ... OREM -- Democrats are coming out of the woodwork in Utah County. A third Utah County resident announced candidacy in January forthe Utah Legislature on the Democratic ticket. Paul Thompson, 69, ofOrem, threw his hat into the ring Thursday. Thompson was president of Weber State ...
3 freshmen step up for Y. on road
Feb 01, 2008; ... DENVER -- Dave Rose invested a ton of playing time in what manyprojected was too many bodies. But in the middle of the fray in the Mountain West Conferencerace, it is starting to pay dividends for the BYU basketball team. Freshmen Chris Collinsworth and guards Jimmer Fredette ...
Suit on Navajo trust expected to drag on
Feb 01, 2008; ... While lawmakers want to swear off Utah's role as manager of theNavajo Oil Trust, a lawsuit over the state's management of that fundmay dog state officials for at least another year. For several months, the state has had four full-time accountantsworking to provide a detailed ...
BYU's No. 1 spikers have big test
Feb 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- The undefeated and top-ranked BYU men's volleyball teamfaces one of its toughest home weekends of the Mountain PacificSports Federation regular season as the Cougars play host to No. 6Cal State Northridge. The Cougars (7-0, 2-0 MPSF) and Matadors (6-2, 4-1) square off ...
Crowds pay respects to beloved leader
Feb 01, 2008; ... He was the people's prophet. It wasn't just the fact that he led The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints for nearly 13 years, or traveled almost a millionmiles to conduct the church's business, or helped spread the faithand its message in ways few could have imagined a ...
High school basketball schedules
Feb 01, 2008 ... Today's boys games REGION 1 Fremont at Davis, 7 p.m. Layton at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Northridge at Clearfield, 7 p.m. Viewmont at Weber, 7 p.m. REGION 2 Hillcrest at Brighton, 7 p.m. Skyline at Alta, 7 p.m. Taylorsville at ...
Eagle Mountain standoff ends with man's arrest
Feb 01, 2008; ... EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- A former Guardsman who barricaded himself inhis Eagle Mountain home with an arsenal of more than a dozen weaponswas arrested after a three-hour standoff Thursday afternoon,according to police and witnesses. The 34-year-old man refused to come out of his home, ...
Sports briefs
Feb 01, 2008 ... Soccer MLS PHILLY BOUND? Gov. Ed Rendell unveiled a $47 million statefunding package Thursday to aid in the construction of a soccerstadium in a Philadelphia suburb, the latest step in an effort toattract a Major League Soccer franchise. Rendell and state Senate Majority ...
Guarantees are for entertainment purposes only
Feb 01, 2008; ... PHOENIX -- There are guarantees, and then there are guarantees. Muhammad Ali spent his career making them, though he had anadvantage. Not only could he do them in rhyme, but he could backthem up with his fists. So when Ali was a bigger underdog against the fearsome ...
St. Mark's is rated in top 5% in U.S.
Feb 01, 2008 ... St. Mark's Hospital has been ranked among the nation's top 5percent of hospitals for the second consecutive year, according toan independent study of mortality and complication rates releasedThursday by HealthGrades, the health-care ratings company. St.Mark's Hospital is the only ...
Elderly Logan woman found dead in snow
Feb 01, 2008 ... An 87-year-old Logan woman died after wandering away from theassisted living center where she lived Thursday afternoon. May Twedt, who reportedly suffered from dementia, was wearingthin clothing and was found around 4:45 p.m. The woman was lying in2 feet of snow about 150 yards ...
Tourism office lowers price of its calendar
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Utah Office of Tourism has lowered the price for its 2008Utah Scenic Calendar to $5. The calendar is available at historicCouncil Hall on Capitol Hill. Now in its 36th year, the calendarhighlights many of Utah's iconic destinations and outdoorrecreational spots. "Our ...
Tip by alert bystander yields 3 arrests
Feb 01, 2008; ... Three men police say robbed a cell phone store at gunpoint werearrested Wednesday night thanks to the sharp eyes of a bystander anda Salt Lake County sheriff's lieutenant who happened to be in thearea. About 5:30 p.m. two men walked into Spring Communications, 1878W. 12600 South ....
Patterson leads IUPUI past Thunderbirds
Feb 01, 2008 ... INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Gary Patterson hit 11 3-pointers and scoreda career-high 37 points Thursday night as IUPUI rode a red-hot firsthalf to an 88-66 win over Southern Utah in Summit League basketballaction. Patterson hit his first 3-pointer at the 18:30 mark of the firsthalf to ...
Transactions
Feb 01, 2008 ... BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE BOBCATS--Signed G Earl Boykins for the rest of theseason. HOCKEY ECHL UTAH GRIZZLIES--Announced D Jeff Dwyer has been recalled toBridgeport (AHL). COLLEGE ...
NCAA scores
Feb 01, 2008 ... Men (3) Duke 92, NC State 72 (4) UNC 91, Boston College 69 (5) UCLA 84, Arizona St. 51 California 69, (9) Washington St. 64 (13) Wisconsin 62, (11) Indiana 49 (14) Stanford 65, Washington 51 Women (2) Tennessee 68, Mississippi ...
Panelists at U. ponder ways to battle warming
Feb 01, 2008; ... Mayors representing constituencies across the state participatedin a panel discussion Thursday night as part of the globaldiscussion on climate change. "The key is linking the local to the global perspective torespond to the obstacles we face," said host and radio personalityDoug ...
ALL-STAR ROSTERS
Feb 01, 2008 ... (x-starters) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chauncey Billups, G, Detroit; Chris Bosh, F-C, Toronto; CaronButler, F, Washington; x-Kevin Garnett, F, Boston; Richard Hamilton,G, Detroit; x-Dwight Howard, C, Orlando; x-LeBron James, F,Cleveland; Antawn Jamison, F, Washington; Joe Johnson, ...
NBA HIGHLIGHTS
Feb 01, 2008 ... OUT Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao will miss up to four weekswith a left ankle sprain. Varejao sprained the ankle when heaccidentally stepped on Sasha Vujacic's foot during a win Sundayagainst the Los Angeles Lakers. The Brazilian is ...
Corroon picks consultant for $100,000 study on the feasibility of solar power on buildings
Feb 01, 2008; ... Money might not grow on trees, but Salt Lake County Mayor PeterCorroon is looking to see if tapping into free energy from the sunmight have a similar result. Corroon has chosen GSBS Architects to conduct a six-monthfeasibility study on how much money Salt Lake County would save ...
$2K cable bill follows tornado
Feb 01, 2008 ... WHEATLAND, Wis. (AP) -- Having a tornado demolish her home wasbad enough. But weeks later when Ann Beam received a $2,000 cablebill for destroyed equipment, she was floored. "I just couldn't believe it," Beam said. "I was like, 'What arethey thinking?"' Time Warner Cable ...
Team Mom: CEU player juggling school, hoops hubby -- and 6 kids
Feb 01, 2008; ... PRICE -- Alisa Morley's husband has a fun idea he wants to pulloff at one of her final home basketball games. Jedd Morley envisionstheir extended families, about 50 strong, cheering like crazy in theCollege of Eastern Utah's gym while wearing gold T-shirts emblazonedwith the Karl ...
Helping bridge a religious divide
Feb 01, 2008; ... COLORADO CITY, Ariz. -- The log building on the corner of Centraland Johnson streets has sat empty for years. Now, it's going tobecome the new Hildale/Colorado City public library. "We're dang excited," Stefanie Colgrove said Thursday as shecarried another heavy box of books into ...
Maestas says no to mitigating evidence
Feb 01, 2008; ... Convicted killer Floyd Eugene Maestas is legally entitled torefuse to have evidence presented that could help him avoid thedeath penalty, a judge ruled Thursday. Maestas, who was convicted of aggravated murder last week by a 12-member jury, brought the penalty phase of his trial to ...
USU reinstates suspended players
Feb 01, 2008; ... Utah State basketball coach Stew Morrill announced Thursday thatthe four players suspended last week for violating team rules whilethe team was on its road trip to Louisiana Tech and New Mexico Statewill be available for Saturday's game with Nevada. "Being this is a one-game week ...
Daniel Council plans annexation hearings
Feb 01, 2008 ... DANIEL, Wasatch County -- The Daniel Town Council will holdpublic hearings tonight as part of determining whether to annex twonearby, unincorporated neighborhoods. If accepted by a vote of the Town Council, the two annexationscould kill a plan by an Arizona developer to create a ...
Utes' Drca handed suspension
Feb 01, 2008; ... When it rains, it pours for the Utah basketball team. A day after being upset at home by Wyoming, the Utes learned thatbackup guard Luka Drca would be suspended for Saturday night's gameat Colorado State because of an elbow thrown in last Saturday's winover TCU. According to ...
Haskins, Grizzlies slide past Alaska
Feb 01, 2008; ... WEST VALLEY CITY -- Tyler Haskins has tried falling-down, back-handed shots in practice, "but never in a game," said the UtahGrizzlies' rookie center. Thursday night in the E Center, Haskins got the opportunity toput his practice into play when he raced in on Alaska ...
Low-cost vaccine offered to women
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Salt Lake Valley Health Department is encouraging young womento take advantage of low-cost Gardasil that, at only $5 a dose, canhelp prevent cervical cancer. The low-cost vaccine is being offered to young women withouthealth insurance or whose insurance does not cover the ...
Murray lineman commits to SUU
Feb 01, 2008; ... Murray senior lineman Zach Brackus will be a part of SouthernUtah's rebuilding process, as he made a verbal commitment to playfor the Thunderbirds earlier this week. Brackus, a two-way player for the Spartans, made a recruitingtrip to SUU last weekend and liked what he saw. The ...
Provo outduels Mtn. View in 2OTs
Feb 01, 2008; ... OREM -- It took two overtimes but the Provo girls basketball teamfound a way to grind out a 42-39 win at Mountain View in a physicalRegion 7 game that left the Bulldogs happy and the Bruinscontemplating the one that got away. "Wow, you know its going to be that way when you come in ...
Rondo leads Celtics past Mavericks
Feb 01, 2008; ... BOSTON -- Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds,following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left togive the Celtics the lead, and Boston held on to beat the DallasMavericks 96-90 on Thursday night. Playing without Kevin Garnett for the third straight ...