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CENTERVILLE — Sandwiched between a pair of cellphone providers and just a few rows of parking away from a pancake house, a tenant at the Centerville Marketplace advertises "cigars, hookah, gifts and more" on a storefront sign. City leaders and law enforcement officials say the Smoke Shop at 356 N. Marketplace Drive is out of place, and they want to prevent other tobacco retailers from setting up shop in the city. "It's been a continuous problem for our police department," City Manager Steve Thacker said of Centerville's lone smoke shop. The city is considering an all-out ban on tobacco retailers,...

SALT LAKE CITY — Political experts are scratching their heads over an advertisement airing on KSL radio that encourages Utahns to vote against all four proposed amendments to the state constitution on the ballot. The ad, paid for by a group called Save Our Utah Constitution, refers to the state constitution as being "inspired" and accuses "some people" of wanting to "put things in the Constitution that don't belong there."

HERRIMAN -- New troubles are cropping up for some homeowners in the Herriman fire zone: a mismatch between cleanup bills and what the military is willing to pay. It's been two weeks since that fire was triggered by National Guard machine gun training, burning down three homes and damaging hundreds of others with smoke. ~SNIP "The bill was $7,000," said homeowner Eden Griffiths, who said the Guard is only willing to pay $5,500.

SALT LAKE CITY -- In the debate over immigration reform, you may have heard the term "anchor babies." It's used to reference a child born in the United States to parents with illegal status in an effort to gain them citizenship. But does it work? For one such family, staying in the United States could literally mean life or death for their young son. Francisco Javier Espinoza and his wife, Claudia, came to the United States to build a new life. Francisco worked as a framer. "For work, it's a better life here for my family," Espinoza said. KSL have...

Congratulations to Congressman-elect Mark Critz on his extraordinary victory. Voters in this election responded to Mark Critz's commitment to providing independent leadership that puts Pennsylvania jobs first. This was the only race in the country today where a Democrat faced off against a Republican and the results are clear. Mark Critz focused on creating jobs for middle class families, while Republicans practiced the politics of fear and distortion. For all of their bluster about building a national wave this year, including RNC Chairman Michael Steele's guarantee of victory for Tim Burns, Republican policies were once again rejected when it came...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Political careers are hanging in the balance the morning before the Utah state party conventions. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, may not be getting as big of a boost as expected from Mitt Romney, who is scheduled to introduce him at Saturday's GOP convention at the Salt Palace. Sen. Bob Bennett Bennett hopes Romney will be the wild card that draws more delegates to his side. But a Dan Jones & Associates poll for KSL TV and the Deseret News shows Romney isn't as popular with delegates as he is with the general population. Seventy-six percent of...

I heard a disturbing thing today that irked me. I would like your opinion on what should be the next move. My daughter in the 6th grade came home on the 20th and described an assignment she was given. The assignment was to write about how January 20th 2008 was the greatest day in American history. She questioned why that day was the greatest in our history and the teacher responded by saying, "If you don't think today is the greatest day then you must be racist.". WTF. The left can not just be content with the day being the...

I personally dug up this "Treasure" and thought about what it meant to someone who lost it. I imagine that the dime was an emergency fund because it was solidly stuck to this gas cap. I really wanted to share it with the world because I think its a great visual aid. Feel free to distribute this image widely. I believe that the cap is from a gas can. I have since removed the dime from the cap but am in the process of trying to clean it up. I know that in the 20's one dime was about an...

Egyptians say they didn’t vote because the poll was unfair (AP) 8 September 2005 CAIRO - The polling station was waiting for voters, but 150 meters (492 feet) up the road, Walid Ali couldn’t be bothered to cast his ballot. He was playing dominoes at a pavement table outside a coffee shop.“I’m not sure it’s fair,” Ali said of Egypt’s first-ever presidential election, “and (President Hosni) Mubarak has already won it.”The belief that the results of Wednesday’s election were fixed appeared widespread as a reporter for The Associated Press walked Cairo’s streets randomly interviewing people. Egyptians are long leery of...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Sgt. Hasan Akbar was sentenced to die Thursday night for a grenade and rifle attack that killed Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert and an Air Force officer and wounded 14 others. Helen Seifert, of Williams Township, began to weep as she watched the man who killed her son chained and led away from the courtroom.

New allegations of prisoner abuse by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have been revealed in Army documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union.The documents show photographs of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with hooded and bound detainees during mock executions.   The photos were taken at a base in southern Afghanistan (Fire Base Tycze) between December 2003 and February 2004.  Some members of the infantry regiment said they took the pictures for fun and destroyed some of them after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq to avoid another public outrage. The Afghanistan incident triggered an Army investigation.  Army...

Marlon Brando's former business manager filed a $US3.5 million ($A4.5 million) claim against the Oscar-winning actor's estate last week, alleging he had sexually harassed her throughout her employment and also breached their contract when he removed her as a co-executor of his will just days before his death.The claim, submitted by attorneys for Jo An Corrales of Kalama, Washington, states that Brando "caused a hostile work environment due to his continuous acts of sexual harassment" towards Corrales and that the harassment continued throughout the course of her employment, which began in December 2000 and ended around March 8 this year.No...

Kerry asks how do you ask someone to be the last person to die for a mistake? I ask how do you ask someone to be the first person to die in a cowardly retreat? Why are we not completly destroying these bastards born of satan. There are alot of people in need of some killing.