Deseret News (Salt Lake City) back issues from August 2008:
MormonTimes.com: List ranks top 'Mormon friendly' law schools
Aug 01, 2008; ... Web site owner Clint Bass, a first-year law student at theUniversity of Dayton, in Ohio, said the idea to rank schools is anoutgrowth of the work he did to choose a school for himself. "When Iwas researching different law schools, this information wasn't inany one place." The ...
MormonTimes.com: Heavens to Betsy -- milk cow paid her tithing
Aug 01, 2008; ... Growing up on a small farm in Provo offered some uniqueexperiences for our family. We raised most of our own food. The orchard provided apples,peaches and cherries ....
MormonTimes.com: Web-based innovations cranking up genealogy research
Aug 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- New innovations in doing genealogy research over theInternet are just around the corner, Web entrepreneur Paul Allensaid Thursday. The co-founder of Ancestry.com and corporate executive officerfor Familylink.com, Allen said his company is about ...
MormonTimes.com: Steven Kapp Perry: Soft Sunday Sounds
Aug 01, 2008; ... Now "Soft Sunday Sounds" is streaming inspirational music via theinternet 24/7 from FM100 in Salt Lake City, UT. That means anytime, anyplace, day or night, whatever time zone,whether ...
Heart, hope with Chinese
Aug 01, 2008; ... When the Chinese baseball team takes the field as the host nationat the 2008 Beijing Olympics, St. George native Bruce Hurst can takesatisfaction in his four-year involvement in getting the Chinesepitchers up to speed -- literally and figuratively. The former Major League pitcher, ...
Sports on TV, radio
Aug 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION EXTREME SPORTS X Games 14, ESPN, 7 p.m. GOLF LPGA: Women's British Open, TNT, 8 a.m. Nationwide: Cox Classic, GOLF, 10 a.m. Champions: U.S. Senior Open, ESPN, 11 a.m. PGA: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, GOLF, noon PGA: ...
BYU, Utah, USU: Campus briefs
Aug 01, 2008 ... Utah State GYMNASTICS: Utah State has hired former student assistant JeffRichards to coach the Aggies' women's gymnastics team. Richards, whospent the last three years as an assistant at Iowa, returns to hishometown of Logan. He graduated from Logan High School in 1988 andwas a ...
Sportsmanship refreshing
Aug 01, 2008 ... Congratulations to the Deseret News and writer Jaclyn Olsen onthe article in sports (July 28) titled "Good Sportsmanship." Howrefreshing to read an article commending two players from theCentral Washington softball team. It seems a player on the opposingWestern Oregon team hit a ball ...
Focus on poll workers
Aug 01, 2008 ... Three of Utah's most populous counties should be applauded forordering more voting machines in anticipation of high voter turnoutin November. Record voter turnout during the primaries and anincrease in voter registration provide adequate warnings for what isexpected. These counties, ...
Karadzic says seizure, trial violate a deal
Aug 01, 2008; ... THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Bosnian Serb leader RadovanKaradzic had his first skirmishes with the U.N. war crimes tribunalThursday: He was cut short by the judge when he tried to protest hisarrest and put on notice that the prosecution will object to hisdemand to represent ...
Man arrested in hoax over poisoned baby food
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) -- A man was arrested Thursday after he allegedlyclaimed in hoax Internet videos that he had poisoned millions ofbottles of baby food, some with cyanide or rat poison, because hewanted to kill black and Hispanic children. Gerber Products Co. and the Food and Drug ...
Cosby exhorts parents to keep children close
Aug 01, 2008 ... Bill Cosby urged people in Baltimore to empower themselves andnurture their children, but during his visit Thursday he avoided thescolding tone that has drawn criticism from some black leaders. Cosby urged parents to keep their children close. "Your childrengot no business going to ...
Russert's son hired as NBC correspondent
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Russert tradition is continuing on NBC News. The network announced Thursday that it had hired Luke Russert,son ...
Birthdays for For Friday, Aug. 1
Aug 01, 2008 ... Actor-comedian Dom DeLuise 75 Blues musician Robert Cray 55 Rapper Coolio ...
Issue of race hits presidential campaign
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- John McCain accused Barack Obama of playingpolitics with race on Thursday, raising the explosive issue afterthe first black candidate with a serious chance of winning the WhiteHouse said Republicans will try to scare voters by saying he"doesn't look like all those other ...
High prices push shoppers to buy more store brands
Aug 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI -- After watching the price of her favorite breadrising too quickly, Michele Shores decided it was time for a freshapproach. She began picking up store-brand breads, Kroger Co.'s namesakebrand or Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Great Value, when her usual breadwent from $2 to ...
Utah again No. 2 in U.S. for business
Aug 01, 2008; ... Utah once again has been deemed to be the second-best state forbusiness in rankings released Thursday by Forbes.com. The "Best States for Business" rankings put Utah behind onlyVirginia and ahead of Washington, North Carolina and Georgia.Forbes.com described Virginia's lead over ...
Housing still top risk, Paulson says
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- The $168 billion government stimulus effort hasbeen a timely support for the economy and will continue to boostgrowth in the second half of this year, Treasury Secretary HenryPaulson said Thursday. Paulson predicted in a speech to a Washington audience that ...
McCain says 'we are proud' of Obama 'celebrity' TV ad
Aug 01, 2008; ... RACINE, Wis. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCainexpressed pride Thursday in a new campaign ad that compares BarackObama to a pair of Hollywood celebrities but defended his Democraticopponent after a voter said Obama "terrifies me." The ad intersperses images of Obama's ...
Economic growth slow despite stimulus checks
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmedThursday, with new data showing the economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks -- and actually shrank late last year. Democrats called for a second economic ...
Food prices rise by 16% year-to-date
Aug 01, 2008 ... ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Rising costs for fuel, feed and fertilizerpropelled grain prices to all-time highs in June, raising theoverall price of crops and livestock by 16 percent this yearcompared to last year. Corn and soybeans hit record prices. Wheat slipped from historichighs in ...
FDA's salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops'
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- The government bungled the salmonella outbreakprobe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, thatfederal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleaguehoped the maligned tomato can get its good name back. The House Energy and Commerce Committee ...
Consol Energy's 2Q earnings plummet 34%
Aug 01, 2008; ... CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Shares of Consol Energy Inc. fell sharplyThursday after the coal mine operator said its second-quarter profitdipped 34 percent as productivity problems pushed up costs. Pittsburgh-based Consol said it earned $101 million, or 54 centsper share, in the quarter ....
Exxon Mobil's $11.7B sets profit record
Aug 01, 2008; ... HOUSTON -- Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit inU.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway -- frompoliticians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at thepump and investors who expected more. The world's largest publicly traded oil company ...
Life expectancy put at 91.6 for Utah baby boomers
Aug 01, 2008; ... Utah's baby boomers can expect to live to be 91.62 years old,according to a new "State of Longevity Report," by the socialnetworking site Eons.com. In the report released Wednesday, Utah is tied with two otherstates with the fourth-highest boomer life expectancy. Hawaii ...
Omniture says future growth is in wireless
Aug 01, 2008; ... Omniture Inc., the provider of research on consumer usage of Websites for EBay Inc. and Walt Disney Co., expects the proliferationof wireless devices will drive sales for the company, its chieffinancial officer said. "We've really embraced the realization that mobile is the ...
Homeowners push trend for green living
Aug 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO -- The bathroom tiles are recycled wine bottles. Thehardwood floors are sustainable bamboo. And the sprawling gardengets sprinkled with rainwater collected in 300-gallon barrels. From its recycled plastic deck to its solar-paneled roof,everything in and about the ...
Hong Kong riding high as host of equestrian
Aug 01, 2008; ... HONG KONG -- You can forgive Hong Kong its increased horse sensethis summer. Despite being more than 1,200 miles south of Beijing and the bulkof the 2008 Summer Olympics, Hong Kong is champing at the bit toplay host to the Games' equestrian events. In addition to the arrival ...
McBride has great expectations as Wildcats' camp begins
Aug 01, 2008; ... Weber State coach Ron McBride has been bored lately, and that canmean only one thing. It's time to start football camp. McBride will open his fourth Weber State fall camp today, andwith greater expectations than the program has had in several years.McBride took a late summer ...
City considers large increase in property tax
Aug 01, 2008; ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- With costs rising and revenue down from yearspast, Saratoga Springs is looking for some way to make up more than$1.4 million in city funding, and property owners will most likelyfoot the bill for the majority of it. The issue is driven by a slowdown in ...
Caption only: Fighting underage drinking
Aug 01, 2008 ... Marjean Searcy, chairwoman of Salt Lake City Mayor's Coalition onAlcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, and David Everitt attend ...
Another Stanford grad bolsters basketball IQ
Aug 01, 2008; ... The newest member of Team Brainiac, aka the Utah Jazz, was all hewas supposed to be Thursday at his introductory press conference:smart, astute, sincere, introspective, wise and engaging. Brevin Knight made a strong first impression. Stanford peopleusually do. He could have been a ...
Anti-polygamy activist pens book on FLDS
Aug 01, 2008; ... An anti-polygamy activist who has been a lightning rod ofcontroversy when it comes to the Fundamentalist LDS Church willpublish her autobiography next year. Flora Jessop's "Church of Lies: The True Story of EscapingSlavery and Polygamy, and Rescuing Women and Children from ...
Not all U.S. troop deaths in July were from combat
Aug 01, 2008; ... July had the lowest monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq since thestart of the war. Here are the 11 American personnel who died thismonth and two whose bodies were discovered and identified: -- Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Woodham, 37, of Rogers, Ark., diedJuly 5 of injuries suffered in a ...
Louisiana boy is attacked by gator
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Doctors were unable to reattach an 11-year-old Louisiana boy's arm that was retrieved from the belly of thealligator, family friend Cory Dunn said Thursday. Doctors at Ochsner Hospital worked Wednesday night to ...
Genola complaints to be reviewed
Aug 01, 2008; ... GENOLA -- Small though this town may be, it's drawn the attentionof the Utah Attorney General's Civil Review Committee, which islooking into complaints accusing town officials of having conflictsof interest. "I welcome the attorney general to look into anything going ondown ...
Highland City Council to discuss 4-day workweek
Aug 01, 2008; ... HIGHLAND -- Employees of Highland city may be the next to fall inline with Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s idea for a four-day workweek. The City Council will discuss and is expected to take action onthe issue during its meeting on Tuesday. "When the governor announced their change, we ...
Davis County updates emissions requirements
Aug 01, 2008; ... FARMINGTON -- Fees for annual vehicle emissions inspections arelikely to go up slightly, following the passage of updated DavisCounty ordinances. Davis County commissioners approved ordinance changes recently tothe county's vehicles code in an effort to cut vehicle pollution ...
Rx turning up in streams
Aug 01, 2008; ... On its face, the trace amounts of synthetic hormones and"personal care products" found in two popular trout fishing streamsin Utah sounds a little like a list made for a stop at the pharmacyor grocery store. The list includes Prozac, Ibuprofen and Deet, along with drugsthat ...
Blood substitute may boost trauma survival
Aug 01, 2008; ... A hemoglobin-based blood substitute that was tested in Utah mayincrease the chance of survival for trauma patients who do not haveready access to blood, according to the long-awaited results of amultistate clinical trial. Both University and LDS hospitals and area ambulance ...
Death toll for troops in Iraq hits a new low
Aug 01, 2008; ... BAGHDAD -- The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest pointsince the war began, with 11 American deaths as July drew to a closeThursday after the departure of the last surge brigade. Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers with the warin its sixth year. July saw ...
Caption only: Final touches in Beijing
Aug 01, 2008 ... A worker puts the finishing touches on a swimming poster at anOlympic sponsor outlet inside the ...
Beelines: Royals13, Bees 3
Aug 01, 2008 ... -- Top performance: Brandon Wood had a double, a home run, tworuns scored and an RBI. -- Record: ...
Phoenix lander confirms Mars has ice
Aug 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES -- The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian waterfor the first time, scientists reported Thursday. By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robotconfirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martianpermafrost. Until now, evidence of ice in ...
Bridal Veil Falls fire is completely contained
Aug 01, 2008; ... OREM -- The Bridal Veil Falls fire was completely containedWednesday, U.S. Forest Service officials said. However, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kim Osborn said crewswill continue to work on the blaze until at least Sunday. "One hundred percent containment means that the fire ...
Gay man in South S.L. is called victim of hate crime
Aug 01, 2008; ... About a dozen people protested outside the Matheson Court Houseon Tuesday, claiming a hate crime was committed against a suspectedkidnapper who underwent a bond hearing. David James Bell of South Salt Lake was beaten after he allegedlykidnapped the two children of a neighbor, and ...
Keith-Dan duo together again
Aug 01, 2008; ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- NBC is reteaming Keith Olbermann and DanPatrick on its NFL pregame shows, hoping that the two can re-createthe on-air magic that made ESPN's "SportsCenter" a big deal back inthe '90s. So, how are they going to do that? They don't know. They just will ....
RSL goalie is MLS player of month
Aug 01, 2008 ... Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando was been named MLS Playerof the Month for July by the North American Soccer Reporters onWednesday after posting three shutouts in four MLS matches. His efforts helped lead RSL to the top of the Western Conferencefor the first time in club ...
Boy who pulled gun on counselor gets prison
Aug 01, 2008; ... PROVO -- A 17-year-old boy who pulled a gun on a school counselorwas sentenced to prison this week, after a judge ruled he was adanger to the community. "What I have before me is a young man (who is) ... high risk and,to be quite honest, frightening to the public," Judge Steven ...
Bush aides can be subpoenaed
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Thursday rejected PresidentBush's contention that senior White House advisers are immune fromsubpoenas, siding with Congress' power to investigate the executivebranch and handing a victory to Democrats probing the dismissal ofnine federal ...
W. Bountiful police department's future uncertain
Aug 01, 2008; ... WEST BOUNTIFUL -- West Bountiful city officials want to take alook at the future possibilities for the police department. There may not be any. Early in the fiscal year, the city iscrunching numbers for a budget. Because of a tax assessment error, city officials expect to ...
City makes recycling mandatory
Aug 01, 2008; ... BOUNTIFUL -- Just short of two months after the Bountiful CityCouncil voted to create an optional recycling program in the city,it reversed its decision and decided recently to make it mandatory. Starting sometime in December, Waste Management will begindelivering special garbage ...
Dannon to present $30K to back PCMC program
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Dannon Co. will present a check in the amount of $30,000 toPrimary Children's Medical Center in support of its Live HealthyHabits for Kids program from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the DannonPlant, 6165 W. Dannon Way, West ...
Stevens could clear name before election
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty tocorruption charges Thursday and received an unusually speedy trialdate, which he hopes will clear his name before voters consider re-electing him in November. Stevens, a Capitol Hill bulldozer accustomed to winning ...
Senate paves way to settle Libya suits
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON -- Congress on Thursday approved legislation that willallow the State Department to settle all remaining lawsuits againstLibya by U.S. terrorism victims. The bill paves the way for healing the last rifts between theU.S. and Libya but only after the country fully ...
U.S. holds first secret session in a Gitmo case
Aug 01, 2008; ... GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The U.S. military closed asession of a Guantanamo war crimes trial to journalists and otherobservers Thursday for the presentation of classified evidence -- afirst for the tribunal system created to prosecute allegedterrorists. Anyone without a ...
Texas executes inmate for robbery and killing
Aug 01, 2008 ... HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Texas executed a condemned inmate onThursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery andkilling of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago. "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted," LarryDonnell Davis said in his final statement, quoting ...
8 die when small jet crashes in Minnesota
Aug 01, 2008 ... OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) -- A small jet crashed Thursday whilepreparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eightpeople, including casino and construction executives. Authorities initially thought nine people might have been aboardthe Raytheon Hawker 800, which went ...
Montana fire crews make use of wind lull
Aug 01, 2008 ... BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Fire crews were shoring up defensesaround a Montana ski hill on Thursday, taking advantage of a lull inwinds that had pushed a large wildfire to within a half-mile of theresort's summit. The nearly 15-square-mile fire burning through a canyon in ...
Massachusetts letting out-of-state gays wed
Aug 01, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts on Thursday began allowing any gaycouple to get married there as Gov. Deval Patrick signed a billrepealing a 1913 law that had blocked most out-of-state same-sexcouples from tying the knot. The old law barred couples from marrying in Massachusetts ...
MormonTimes.com: Nova Scotia violinist values faith, culture
Aug 01, 2008; ... "Devout" is a word that just begins to describe Christy Hodder'scommitment to her faith. The Nova Scotia native does all she can to adhere to and embodythe principles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints, which isn't always simple for a woman living in a ...
Goodell ready to reinstate Favre
Aug 01, 2008; ... MILWAUKEE -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is giving the GreenBay Packers and Brett Favre at least one more day to resolve theirstandoff before granting the quarterback his reinstatement. "The Packers and Brett Favre are continuing their discussions,"the league said in a ...
The Salt Lake County Fair starts Wednesday, Aug. 6
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Salt Lake County Fair starts Wednesday, Aug. 6. The fair features a free concert with country band Emerson DriveWednesday as well as racing pigs competing for a prize of ice cream. The fair also includes a BMX stunt show, a hypnotist, horse-pulling races, a cruise and car ...
Manny, Junior both get moved before deadline
Aug 01, 2008; ... Manny's on the move. Junior, too. With more than 1,100 homers between them, two of baseball'sgreatest sluggers switched leagues just before the trade deadlineThursday to play prominent roles for playoff contenders. Unhappy in Boston, Manny Ramirez got his wish when he was ...
Actress Taylor hospitalized but 'is fine,' publicist says
Aug 01, 2008 ... Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason butwas expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday. A statement released by Dick Guttman, her Los Angeles-basedpublicist, did not say where Taylor was ...