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  A corrections officer was killed this morning by an escaped convict.It started at 7:45am when the convict was taken to the University of Utah Hospital for treatment. According to University of Utah police the convict got in a fight with the corrections officer and got his gun, then shot and killed him.The convict then stole the corrections officer’s vehicle and led police on a chase to an Arby’s near 1700 South and Redwood Rd. Police caught the suspect in the Arby’s after going in a back door.  At least one person was injured at Arby’s but it is unclear...

Just because you can't fight city hall doesn't mean City Hall can't fight you. Tuesday night, Mayor Rocky Anderson got into a heated exchange with Dell Loy Hansen, one of Utah's biggest developers. Now, 24 hours after their fight, Hansen feels like he's getting a "bum" rap. Tuesday night began after a meeting at City Hall, one where the mayor and Hansen did not make nice. According to the Mayor, Hansen confronted him in a hallway. And, again according to the Mayor, Hansen then put his arm on Anderson to which the mayor said: Rocky Anderson: "I said I...

Advanced surveillance technology currently being trialled by Customs Coastwatch off the Western Australia coastline could one day change the way Australia monitors its maritime borders, the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison, said today. The surveillance platform, a small pilotless aircraft equipped with surveillance sensors which can remain aloft for more than 20 hours, is being evaluated by Customs Coastwatch. Vessel off the WA coast captured by an Aerosonde UAV's cameraduring the Customs surveillance trialSource: Australian Customs Known as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), this aircraft is being tested over 100 hours of day and night flying in...

Try this experiment.   Put a bird feeder in your yard and fill it with bird seed. It doesn't take long before the birds learn that a free meal is in the Offing. They come by the hundreds.   Now, empty the feeder. What happens? No more birds. Take away the free medical care. Take away the free schooling. Take away the free welfare. Take away the jobs. What happens? No more illegals.      WOW!! What a simple solution!   No need for a border fence at the cost of hundreds of millions of tax Dollars.   Do you think this could work? Let's...

    Proposed Internet TaxesProspective legislation for mandatory out-of-state sales taxes could impact your trading on eBay by requiring you to collect and remit sales tax on all items sold outside your home state. Last year, eBay sellers helped fight for "Net Neutrality," but the newly elected Congress brings new challenges.   Streamlined Sales Tax Project eBay opposes raising taxes on the Internet or its uses, as well as any attempt to impose remote sales tax collection burdens on the smallest sellers who can least afford it. This is certainly not the time to impose a major new tax burden...

Female teachers punished Utah sex-crimes cases highlight stereotypes By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News It seemed like a bad week for female educators in Utah — three of them appeared in court over charges of sexual misconduct with underage male students.

My son in Kuwait and I were talking on IM when this erupted: LOKI BOB says: Im not really politically correct.... LOKI BOB says: I can put up with most groups of people except I'm really.... LOKI BOB says: lactose Intolerant. Zaxtud says: ... LOKI BOB says: I hate those lactoses LOKI BOB says: we need to build a fence around lactocia. Zaxtud says: yes we do Zaxtud says: they come here, take all the jobs LOKI BOB says: Im gong to milk this one, however... Zaxtud says: I got nothin LOKI BOB says: cheese, lactoses take the jobs Americans...

ATTENTION: $200,000 Powerball Ticket to Expire on December 28th A Powerball ticket worth $200,000 will expire soon unless someone comes forward to claim the prize. The ticket, sold in Spearfish, South Dakota, matched all five white balls, but not the red Powerball, in the July 1, 2006 drawing. Thursday, December 28, 2006 is the last day to claim the prize at any of the three South Dakota Lottery offices in Rapid City, Pierre or Sioux Falls. Lotto prizes in South Dakota must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing. If the prize goes unclaimed, state law requires the money...

Mount Etna volcano is cooking tonite:       Live web cam.   here is the link for other web cam views: http://nicola.mediaonline.it/webcam/etna2.jpg    

Security to the Max I had to go to the Tooele Army Depot to get a new ID card. My friend, the Bishop graciously volunteered to drive me (I don’t drive due to an eye problem). We go in the unmanned gate and go down the road a little way, only to face a maze of concrete barriers. Arrows pointing this way and that way, saying “Trucks to right, cars to left” and a bunch of stop signs. The Bishop stops at a stop sign, turns off his pickup truck engine, jumps out and starts looking under his seat. At...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has misplaced the original recording of the first moon landing, including astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," a NASA spokesman said on Monday.

  Two Parties Vie for Bankrupt USDTV Assets (cable and satellite wins again) At least two broadcast-related interests are negotiating to secure the assets of USDTV, the two-year old innovative "wireless cable" firm propelled by local broadcasters that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on July 6 in Delaware (Petition 06-10701-BLS). USDTV CEO Steve Lindsley said the maverick start-up, which sought to provide a modest, terrestrially delivered DTV service for $20 monthly, had gleaned a total of about 16,000 subscribers in its four initial markets: Dallas-Ft. Worth, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City (its based of operations). (rest...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usplau.php Magnitude 5.8 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO (earthquake) 2006 June 27 13:03:12 UTC DetailsMaps Where can I find...? Earthquake Details Magnitude 5.8 (Moderate) Date-Time Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 13:03:12 (UTC)= Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 8:03:12 AM = local time at epicenter Location 15.039°N, 94.053°W Depth 29.8 km (18.5 miles) set by location program Region OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO Distances 115 km (71 miles) SW (231°) from Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico120 km (74 miles) SSW (195°) from Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico128 km (80 miles) SSW (198°) from Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico191 km (119 miles) W (275°) from Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico383 km...

  $853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire! Two Powerball tickets worth an incredible $853,492 each will expire soon if the winners do not step forward. One ticket was purchased on October 19, 2005 at Hebron BP, 2144 Kilgore Place, Hebron, Kentucky. The other missing ticket was purchased in Littleton, Colorado. Both tickets were purchased for the October 19, 2005 Powerball drawing worth $340 million. The winners of the missing tickets matched the first five white ball numbers to win Powerball’s second tier prize of $200,000. The tickets also shared in the Match 5 Bonus prize pool, winning an additional $653,492...

You all can welcome me to the 21st century. Actually, I guess, the 20th century, I'll explain in a minute. Since 1988, I have resisted getting a cell phone. To me, phones are the most intrusive devices known to man. And cell phones are incredibly intrusive. Imagine this: you are in somebody’s office doing business when the door is opened, and a person says "What are you doing for lunch...man have I had a bad day.... yatta....yatta....yatta". If it were me, I would throw that person out of my office so quick, their head would spin. But, let the phone...

Google has a new service, Google Romance   http://www.google.com/romance/   Pin All Your Romantic Hopes on Google When you think about it, love is just another search problem. And we’ve thought about it. A lot. Google Romance™ is our solution. Google Romance is a place where you can post all types of romantic information and, using our Soulmate Search™, get back search results that could, in theory, include the love of your life. Then we'll send you both on a Contextual DateTM, which we'll pay for while delivering to you relevant ads that we and our advertising partners think...

Am I the only person bothered by the Mardi Gras? The rest of the country is spending billions of $$$ on Katrina recovery, and New Orleans is partying. Fox news said this afternoon that overtime for the NOPD will run 2.5 million $$ alone. I mean things are tough, it is tax time, and we have to cough up hard earned money, while NO acts like a buck sponge.

    Top eBay Seller Disappears from SiteBy Ina SteinerAuctionBytes.comFebruary 06, 2006 eBay sellers began buzzing when they noticed on Friday that Glacier Bay DVD was NARU (Not a Registered User). Glacier Bay DVD had become eBay's number one feedback seller in June 2005 selling movie DVDs and soundtrack CDs. According to a profile on the ChannelAdvisor website, Glacier Bay Entertainment Inc. was founded in May 2002 by Randy Smythe. Selling under the name glacierbaydvd, the company was listing 10,000 - 20,000 auctions a week and was a Titanium PowerSeller with an average selling price of $20/unit. "Looking forward...

Justice in FairbanksMany years ago, I was arrested in Fairbanks, AK., for buying a resident fishing license when I was in fact a non-resident. In my defense, I was 10 day short of being a resident (one year), and I decided to go to court and tell the judge. Yes, they are that serious about their fishing laws in Alaska.I got there early, front row seat, and what a circus it was.Fairbanks, during the pipeline boom was a small town gone wild. There were shooting in the streets, prostitutes galore, and general lawlessness. It was a modern version of Dodge...

On My Way to Viet Nam Memories of that day. 5 Jan 1969 I kiss my wife and kids good bye and board the plane in the El Paso Airport, heading to San Francisco, eventually to Viet Nam. There were a few other GI on board, since El Paso has Ft. Bliss Texas and White Sands Missile Range close to it. I get off the plane and , walking down the concourse spot a blinking sign “COLD BEER”. Although it is only 11 am that sounded awfully good to me. After all, I’m heading to Viet Nam. Belly up to...