Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from July 2008:
Lickety-split: Speedminton is a fast-paced game that can be played anytime, anywhere
Jul 01, 2008; ... It's fast. It's fun. It's fantastic. It combines tennis, badminton and racquetball. It can be played anytime, anywhere, day or night, outdoors or in. It's the newest widely played sport to come along since UltimateFrisbee. So what is it? It's called ...
Keep credit-card info safe when ordering
Jul 01, 2008; ... Dear Heloise: I saw in a recent column in The (Spokane, Wash.)Spokesman-Review about someone receiving a fax with all of thecredit-card info on it, but it was sent to an incorrect number. When we owned a business for which a lot of transactions wereconducted by faxing credit-card ...
Husband's absences leave wife confused and angry
Jul 01, 2008; ... Dear Abby: My husband of three years, "Mike," is never home. Hegoes to work and then hangs out with his buddies, leaving me at homewith our baby and my two other children until late at night. Onweekends, Mike jumps out of bed, showers and leaves -- sometimes notreturning until the wee ...
Jakob Dylan takes break from Wallflowers, goes solo
Jul 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK -- At 38 years old and the father of four, Jakob Dylanwon't be taking any backpacking trips through Europe. A musician'sequivalent of that, however, inspired the first solo album of hiscareer. Asked by friend T Bone Burnett to be his opening act on a tourlast year, Dylan ...
Lame 'Secret Life' centers on teen sex, pregnancy
Jul 01, 2008; ... If good girl Lucy Camden had come home and told her "7th Heaven"parents she was pregnant, the results would have looked a lot like"The Secret Life of the American Teenager." This new ABC Family series, which premieres tonight at 9 on thecable channel, comes to us from "7th Heaven" ...
Today on TV
Jul 01, 2008; ... Wipeout (7 p.m., Ch. 4): A new group of contestants humiliatethemselves and amuse viewers. Celebrity Family Feud (7 p.m., Ch. 5): Last week's premiere wasterrible, and this week the show gets worse. This week's celebritiesinclude Kathie Lee Gifford, Dog the Bounty Hunter and the ...
Hogle Zoo deserves funds
Jul 01, 2008 ... As a yearly subscriber to zoo services, I add my vote to theothers: Hogle Zoo is a great attraction for the family. It's ...
Fireworks ban ridiculous
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Deseret News editorial "Ban fireworks, period" (June 30) wascompletely ridiculous. Yes, wildfires are a problem, and, yes, theycan be caused by fireworks. Let's ban them! While we're at it let'sban campfires and lightning. I mean, if there is one day of the yearwhen we can "spark" ...
List how our officials voted
Jul 01, 2008 ... On June 27, the Deseret News had an article titled, "Senateapproves $162B war plan." Nowhere did it state how our senatorsvoted or why they voted for or ...
Prop. 13 helps homeowners
Jul 01, 2008 ... Regarding Proposition 13: It is understandable that peopleworking in the real estate industry hate the prospect of aProposition 13 coming to Utah. There is no question that theturnover of property would be less, hence fewer commissions. Thegood ...
Drivers + phones = disaster
Jul 01, 2008; ... It sounds like a bizarre obstacle course: Drive 70 mph with onehand while listening to the radio, tending children and talking onthe cell phone. No "Iron Man" would sign up for that challenge. It'sa recipe for ruin. But every day on Utah's freeways, people run such risks ...
Slavery rears its ugly head
Jul 01, 2008; ... Readers of this newspaper may have stared in disbelief last weekat a news story out of Central Islip, N.Y., about a couple convictedof holding two housekeepers as slaves. For years, the millionairecouple beat and otherwise abused the two servants, who are not U.S.citizens. But ...
The number: 16.1% -- Religiously unaffiliated
Jul 01, 2008; ... The number of people who say they are unaffiliated with anyparticular faith today (about 16%) is more than double the numberwho say they were not affiliated with any particular religion aschildren. Through the 1980s, surveys consistently found that between5% and 8% of the public was not ...
Oil execs urge order amid chaos
Jul 01, 2008; ... MADRID, Spain -- As oil set a new record, top industry executivesand a senior EU official on Monday urged the world to pull togetherin the face of skyrocketing energy prices, while acknowledging that -- even if it does -- costly crude is here to stay for years. The comments to the ...
Console makers embrace indie video-game designers
Jul 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK -- In the second grade, James Silva didn't just play"Mario" and "Zelda" on his Nintendo -- he drew pictures of newlevels and cooked up ideas for future games. While other kids dreamed of becoming an astronaut or president,he felt destined to be a video-game ...
eBay ordered to pay $61 million for counterfeits
Jul 01, 2008; ... PARIS -- A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeitgoods were sold on the auction site. The fashion company, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, is hometo such prestigious brands as Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, ...
Bring 'Retail' back on Sunday
Jul 01, 2008 ... Sunday when I saw the comic strip "Single and Looking" wasending, I was excited. I was hoping you would finally have room tobring "Retail" back It is one of the funniest of your daily comics.My ...
Midwest floods may not spike food prices
Jul 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES, Iowa -- Midwest floods may not contribute as much tofood inflation as was feared. Corn prices fell Monday after the government surprised traders,reporting farmers tried to cash in on soaring corn demand forethanol by planting more acres of the crop than the market ...
Prospective USANA buyers boost offer to $28 per share
Jul 01, 2008; ... Gull Holdings and Unity Acquisition Corp. said Monday that theyhave boosted their offer to buy the outstanding shares of USANAHealth Sciences Inc. to $28 per share. The companies previously had offered $26 per share. Theydescribed the new offer as "the purchasers' best and final ...
Myriad's drug for Alzheimer's fails in late-stage clinical trial
Jul 01, 2008; ... A drug under development by Salt Lake-based Myriad Genetics totreat Alzheimer's disease failed in a closely watched late-stageclinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat theillness. Myriad said the drug, called Flurizan, did not improve thinkingability by a ...
We may not have heard the last of Windows XP
Jul 01, 2008; ... The columnist log for today is full: -- Here's a prediction: Microsoft is going to keep sellingWindows XP. I know, XP was supposed to have died a slow, horrible death onMonday, but as I am writing this, I just can't make sense of whyMicrosoft is going to make a whole lot of ...
Electronic road signs among 16 newly awarded patents
Jul 01, 2008; ... Sixteen new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on June 3: -- Sign-bearing road stand. Patrick H. Evans, Teresa A. Evans,both of Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 10, 2002, claiming priority toprovisional Patent Application No. 60/322,108, filed Sept. 10, 2001.Patent No ....
Guv's 4-day week creates many questions
Jul 01, 2008; ... Timing's everything, right? With the Deseret News undergoing arestructuring, it's probably not a good time to ask for any specialconsiderations. But if it's good enough for some state employees,why not me? I HEREBY REQUEST TO WORK A 10-HOUR, FOUR-DAY WEEK. My editor's ...
Times of the signs
Jul 01, 2008; ... Utah soon will be giving people a new "hi" sign. A total of 29 welcome signs will be placed over the next fewweeks at highway entrances to the state, with each of the sevendesigns promoting a geographically specific tourism attraction thatcan be found nearby. The splashy new ...
Prince Charles' income up, carbon footprint is down
Jul 01, 2008 ... Prince Charles' income grew last year, while his carbon footprintshrank. The eco-friendly prince even has an Aston Martin that runs onbioethanol from surplus wine. An annual review of Charles' accounts released Monday said theprince made more than 16 million pounds ($32 ...
2 Questar rate hikes OK'd
Jul 01, 2008; ... Questar Gas Co.'s residential customers will have to pay anadditional $163 per year for natural gas, following approval of tworate-increase requests. The Utah Public Service Commission said Monday that it hadapproved an order that raises Questar Gas Co.'s rates byapproximately ...
Bon Jovi to perform free concert in Central Park
Jul 01, 2008 ... Bon Jovi will perform a free concert July 12 in Central Park. It's billed as a prelude to the July 15 All-Star baseball gamethat will highlight Yankee Stadium's final season. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Bon Jovi will help ensure it ...
Anderson auctions car, donates money to PETA
Jul 01, 2008 ... Pamela Anderson has auctioned her sporty 2000 Dodge Viper for$65,000 as a donation to animal-rights activists to run an anti-snake slaughter campaign. Michael McGraw, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatmentof Animals, said the group ...
Texas county doesn't want raid costs
Jul 01, 2008; ... The tiny county that has been the eye of the storm over the raidon the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch says it could gobankrupt if the state of Texas doesn't indemnify it against millionsof dollars in bills. Schleicher County recently approved a resolution declaring it ...
Group suggests 'workout' to strengthen babies
Jul 01, 2008; ... At 5 months old, Marty Lesner isn't quite ready for aerobics. But his mom has led him through a daily workout since he was 2weeks old. Several times a day, Donna Lesner gives Marty a chance tostrengthen the neck, shoulder and arm muscles he'll need to crawl.She props him on ...
McGregory, Coughlin set backstroke marks
Jul 01, 2008 ... OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Natalie Coughlin stood on deck watchingHayley McGregory erase her world record in the 100-meter backstroke.Coughlin decided she wanted it back. Two minutes later, it was hersagain. Coughlin reclaimed the mark by winning her preliminary heat in59.03 seconds ...
Witnesses link Tyson to contract killing
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) -- Mike Tyson's taking a beating. This time, it'snot in the ring or the tabloids. Instead, witnesses in an obscure racketeering case have linkedthe once-feared boxer to talk of two murder schemes in his oldneighborhood. They claim he bankrolled one. In the other, ...
Spaniards revel in Euro championship
Jul 01, 2008; ... MADRID, Spain -- Its freshly painted plane carrying the mark of achampion, Spain's victorious team returned home Monday to a countryalready celebrating its first major soccer title in 44 years. Captain Iker Casillas and coach Luis Aragones were the first offthe plane, which touched ...
New Utah laws going into effect today
Jul 01, 2008; ... The state's new $12 billion annual budget takes effect today, andalong with the start of the fiscal year a number of other finance-related laws take effect as well. One new law that doesn't have anything to do with state spendingis a motorcycle license requirement for those under ...
Birthdays for Tuesday, July 1
Jul 01, 2008 ... Actress Olivia de Havilland92 Actor Jamie Farr 74 Actor-comedian Dan ...
Utah nurse injured in helicopter crash
Jul 01, 2008; ... FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The fatal collision of two helicopters inFlagstaff was the ninth accident involving emergency medicalaircraft this year, the chairman of the National TransportationSafety Board said Monday, calling it a "disturbing trend." "This has been a serious issue. We're ...
Concealed-weapons permit law may change
Jul 01, 2008; ... Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is considering proposing that anyone livingout of state who wants a Utah concealed-weapons permit has to travelhere to obtain the necessary training. Concerns have been raised in the administration about continuingto allow non-Utahns to get concealed-weapons ...
Park City teen dies in Austrian Alps hike on student trip
Jul 01, 2008; ... A recent graduate of Park City High School fell to his deathMonday while hiking with a tour group in the mountains of Vienna,Austria. Park City School District Superintendent Ray Timothy said 18-year-old Christopher Yeates "was a fine young kid." "He had just graduated, and ...
Temperatures soar to 12 degrees hotter than normal
Jul 01, 2008; ... With temperatures looming above normal for this time of year, theupcoming week will be hot -- 12 degrees hotter than normal -- andleaving a pet in a car could kill it. Temperatures are expected to be in the high 90s and up to 100 onthe July 4 holiday. The normal high temperature ...
90% expect gas prices to hit hard, poll finds
Jul 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- Four-dollar gasoline has stolen a beach vacationfrom Julie Jacobs' family, "little small luxuries" like exotic bathwashes from Angela Crawford and dinners out from folks all over thecountry. Phil English has had to sell his beloved but fuel-guzzlingred pickup. Like ...
Counties can enlist help to boost voter confidence
Jul 01, 2008; ... Counties can boost voter confidence in elections by recruitingaverage Joes to man the polls, according to a new study from BrighamYoung University and Kent State University. And more confidence spells higher voter turnout -- something SaltLake County could use, after a dismal 7.5 ...
Ethics committee to begin Walker investigation
Jul 01, 2008; ... As required by legislative rules, the House Ethics Committee hasscheduled a meeting next Monday to begin its initial investigationinto a complaint made against Rep. Mark Walker, R-Sandy. Ethics co-chairman Rep. Todd Kiser, R-Sandy, said the meetingwill be public. However, if the ...
California firefighters must pick their battles
Jul 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote,rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials havebeen forced to strategically choose which to fight and which toleave to burn for weeks or even months. The number of fires burning in central and ...
Sports on the air
Jul 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Padres at Rockies, FSN, 7 p.m. Cubs at Giants, WGN, 8 p.m. OLYMPICS U.S. Swimming trials, USA, 9 p.m. TENNIS Wimbledon: Women's Quarterfinals, Ch. 5, ...
Williamses on a collision course
Jul 01, 2008; ... WIMBLEDON, England -- Wimbledon has already lost its top-fourseeded women's players, while the Williams sisters keep rollingtoward another sibling final. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal arealso closing in on another title matchup. Monday's fourth-round play at the All England Club ...
Forest Service wants bear suit dismissed
Jul 01, 2008 ... The federal government is asking a federal court to throw out alawsuit filed by a Utah County couple over the death of their 11-year-old son during a bear attack in June 2007. In a motion filed in U.S. District Court Monday, attorneys forthe U.S. Forest Service say the suit filed ...
National bell-ringing at Hill AFB Friday
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hill Air Force Base will join in a national bell-ringing Fridayto note independence of the colonies that ultimately became theUnited States. The bells will ring at noon following a programbeginning at 11:30 a.m. in the base museum's World War II chapel.The Air Force Association's ...
Correction
Jul 01, 2008 ... An article Saturday about Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of theYear awards gave an incorrect time frame in which homeowners whoparticipate in United First Financial's program pay against theirdebts. Participating ...
Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors
Jul 01, 2008; ... HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Three Iraqis and a Jordanian filed federallawsuits Monday alleging they were tortured by U.S. defensecontractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003and 2004. The lawsuits allege that those arrested and taken to the prisonwere subjected to ...
Agency moves to delay Medicare fee cut
Jul 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Monday it will delaypaying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to giveCongress more time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent fee cut. The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesdoesn't block the cut, scheduled ...
55% of gun deaths are suicides
Jul 01, 2008; ... ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownershiplast week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves fromintruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisinglyoften, gun owners use the weapons on themselves. Suicides accounted for 55 percent of the ...
IH is a top workplace for IT professionals
Jul 01, 2008 ... Intermountain Healthcare is one of the best 100 workplaces in thecountry for information technology (IT) professionals, according toIDG's Computerworld magazine, published Monday. Intermountain was the only Utah company to make the top-100 list. The annual feature uses a ...
Service will be rebroadcast
Jul 01, 2008 ... PROVO -- America's Freedom Festival organizers announced Mondaythat they will rebroadcast Sunday's Patriotic Service featuring theremarks of TV personality Glenn Beck and a performance by vocalistMichael Ballam. The service was held at BYU's Marriott Center in front of a crowdof ...
Class of 2007 had 88% graduation rate
Jul 01, 2008; ... -- A total of 88 percent of Utah's Class of 2007 graduated fromhigh school, according to data compiled by the State Office ofEducation and released today. Eleven high schools had 100 percent graduation for 2007,according to the data. The data collection is the first of its ...
Caption only: Photographers win awards
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Utah News Photographers Association handed out eight awardsto Deseret News photographers this year, including a second-placeaward to Tom Smart for the above illustration, "One Year CancerRecovery." Smart also received a first-place award in the generalnews category for "Deported." ...
Bikini ban fun while it lasted
Jul 01, 2008; ... TODAY'S SUBJECT: BIKINIS! Now that I've got your attention, allow me to brief you aboutrecent developments on the modesty front (and back). Robinson, is this column going to be another one of those double-entendre festivals? Don't be silly, this column comes with a ...
Clinton vows to help Obama win the presidential race
Jul 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama and Bill Clinton ended theirmutual silent treatment Monday, with the Democratic presidentialcandidate reaching out and asking his former Democratic nemesis tohelp him win the White House. In their first conversation since the end of the heated ...
Obama rejects attack on McCain
Jul 01, 2008; ... INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama on Monday rejected thecomments from a leading Democrat and campaign military adviser whodiminished Sen. John McCain's service as a naval aviator in Vietnamwhen he declared, "I don't think riding in a fighter plane andgetting shot down is a ...
Utes' Kepkay makes Canada's Oly squad
Jul 01, 2008; ... University of Utah guard Tyler Kepkay has made the CanadianOlympic team. Whether he plays in China this summer is yet to beseen. Kepkay been named to the 12-man Canadian team along with 10professional players and one other collegian. He is slotted to playbackup point guard behind ...
Poll workers sought for November election
Jul 01, 2008; ... County clerks had a relatively easy go of things during Tuesday'sprimary election. Few contested races meant a small voter turnout. Small voter turnout means fewer workers are needed to man thepolls. But come November, in a year that has seen political all-starscampaigning ...
Girl killed after crashing her ATV into a creek
Jul 01, 2008 ... MT. PLEASANT, Sanpete County -- A girl died in a weekend all-terrain vehicle accident when she and another girl rolled off amountainside and into a fast-moving creek. The Sanpete County Sheriff's Office said two girls were riding anATV in Pleasant Creek Canyon Saturday when their ...
UHP releases name of man killed in crash
Jul 01, 2008 ... VERNAL -- The Utah Highway Patrol has released the name of a 22-year-old man killed in a weekend crash on U.S. 40. The UHP said Daniel Dean Johnson, of Colorado City, Ariz., waskilled when the truck he was riding in hit a guard rail and rolled.Four men were ejected from the truck ....
Man arrested in probe of hit-and-run, assault
Jul 01, 2008 ... PROVO -- A man accused of chasing down and threatening a man hethought was a hit-and-run driver was arrested and booked into theUtah County Jail. A 10-year-old boy was riding a dirt bike up Hall Fork aboveHobble Creek Canyon in Springville when he came around a corner andcollided ...
Team didn't meet goal; White has no excuses
Jul 01, 2008; ... The only head coach in Utah Blaze history resigned Monday in whatwas slightly less than, well, a blaze of glory. Danny White said ithimself, two days earlier: "6-and-11 isn't acceptable at all." And it wasn't. He left, he said, to take a break. It could be he was also ...
Jamison's signed; Arenas up
Jul 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- Antawn Jamison is back in the Washington Wizardsfold. Now it's time to focus on Gilbert Arenas. The Wizards achieved a major free-agency goal Monday when two-time All-Star forward Jamison signed a four-year, $50 millioncontract. The deal does more than retain the ...