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HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) - A fire caused about $100,000 in damage to a motel, and the Muslim owner said he has been getting threatening phone calls for about a year. Police Sgt. Jason Bradley said the fire Sunday night at the Alpine Lodge was suspicious. The fire began in a room rented by a man who paid cash, showed no identification and was seen leaving with another man just after the fire started, co-owner Mazhar Tabesh said. Tabesh said he gave the registration papers to police, but the name was scrawled and hard to read. He said the threatening...

Published: Friday, May 3, 2002 Teacher, teen found Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO - A high school science teacher and a 15-year-old student who disappeared when their relationship came under investigation were found in Las Vegas on Thursday, authorities said.Tanya Hadden, 33, was being held in Nevada and the teen, Richard Pena, was to be returned to his family in Southern California on Thursday evening, said Lt. Frank Mankin of the San Bernardino Police Department.Las Vegas police found the pair staying at the Frontier Hotel after San Bernardino police alerted them that the two might be in the Las Vegas area.Pena's...