News of Utah

Tuesday, August 31

  • NASA tests prospective launch motor   UPI / 8:04PM
    BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- NASA says it has successfully tested the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor that could be used for future U.S. heavy lift launch vehicles.

    • Monday, August 23

  • Flour appeared on menus 10,000 years ago   UPI / 6:44PM
    PROVO, Utah, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Ancient Americans added a new item to their daily menu about 10,000 years ago when the grinding stone used to make flour appeared, U.S. researchers say.

    • Friday, August 20

  • Feds target online pharmacies   UPI / 10:24AM
    AMERICAN FORK, Utah, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. law enforcement officials say a vast online network has provided illicit prescription drugs on at least 200 Web sites.

    • Thursday, August 19

  • Court: Utah memorial crosses must go   UPI / 9:44PM
    DENVER, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Crosses carrying the Utah Highway Patrol logo placed on public land are unconstitutional, a federal appeals court says.

    • Wednesday, August 18

  • Court rules for EPA in US Magnesium fight   UPI / 8:14PM
    DENVER, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has ruled a law protecting some mining waste from federal regulation does not necessarily apply to a Utah magnesium processing plant.

    • Friday, August 13

  • Perseid meteors live up to billing   UPI / 3:14PM
    OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Sky watchers in countries around the world say the Perseid meteor shower mostly lived up to its promise of a spectacular celestial show, with a meteor a minute.

    • Wednesday, August 11

  • Jail time for new father nurse fondler   UPI / 7:44PM
    OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Utah man was sentenced to six months in jail for fondling the breasts of a nurse wheeling his pregnant girlfriend to a hospital delivery room, officials say.

    • Wednesday, July 28

  • Not having friends as bad as smoking   UPI / 6:24PM
    PROVO, Utah, July 28 (UPI) -- Not having adequate social relationships can be as bad for health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic or not exercising, U.S. researchers say.

    • Tuesday, July 27

  • Judge opens way for nuclear waste site   UPI / 2:05PM
    SALT LAKE CITY, July 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ruled a nuclear waste storage project in Utah can go forward, throwing out U.S. Interior Department decisions that had killed the plan.

    • Thursday, July 22

  • Scientist streamlines 'data mining'   UPI / 8:34PM
    SALT LAKE CITY, July 22 (UPI) -- A University of Utah computer scientist says he's devised a simpler method of "data mining," extracting and analyzing massive amounts of such data.

    • Tuesday, July 20

  • Woman attacked by bison at Yellowstone   UPI / 8:54PM
    YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo., July 20 (UPI) -- A 49-year-old Utah woman was struck and flipped in the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, U.S. Park Service officials said Tuesday.

    • Wednesday, July 14

  • Firm abandons Utah nuke waste proposal   UPI / 1:44PM
    SALT LAKE CITY, July 14 (UPI) -- EnergySolutions Inc. said Wednesday it has abandoned the idea of disposing of internationally generated radioactive waste in Utah.
  • Utah court hears sperm-donor benefits case   UPI / 1:54AM
    SALT LAKE CITY, July 14 (UPI) -- Court officials in Utah say state law will play a role in a case in which a test-tube child is seeking Social Security benefits from his late father.

    • Friday, July 9

  • DOE seeks home for depleted uranium   UPI / 9:35AM
    SALT LAKE CITY, July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is looking for even a temporary storage site for 10,000 drums of depleted uranium from a South Carolina nuclear plant, Utah officials said.

    • Sunday, June 27

  • Crash of banner-towing plane kills pilot   UPI / 4:14PM
    SALT LAKE CITY, June 27 (UPI) -- A pilot died when his plane, towing a banner promoting a minor league baseball team, crashed shortly after takeoff from a regional Utah airport, officials say.

    • Tuesday, June 22

  • Voters out in Utah, Carolinas, Mississippi   UPI / 9:14AM
    Voters headed to voting booths in four states -- Utah, the Carolinas and Mississippi -- to try to sort out who will be on the ballot in November.

    • Monday, June 21

  • Leaking Utah pipeline back in service   UPI / 10:54PM
    SALT LAKE CITY, June 21 (UPI) -- Chevron says a pipeline that burst last week in Salt Lake City, polluting a local river, has been pressure tested and is back in service.
  • Chris Klein heads to Utah rehab   UPI / 12:24PM
    LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- Chris Klein's publicist says the actor is seeking treatment for alcohol addiction at Utah's Cirque Lodge after his second DUI arrest.

    • Sunday, June 20

  • Utah: After three terms, Sen. Bennett out   UPI / 5:44AM
    An endorsement by soon-to-be-former Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, may help one man who blocked Bennett from renomination at the state GOP convention, observers say.

    • Friday, June 18

  • Actor Gary Coleman cremated in Utah   UPI / 10:44AM
    SALT LAKE CITY, June 18 (UPI) -- A lawyer for Gary Coleman's estate says a Salt Lake City mortuary cremated the late actor's body.

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