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A federal grand jury has indicted a Riverton man accused of lying to federal investigators about ricin discovered in a Las Vegas motel room. Thomas Tholen, 54, was indicted Wednesday on a single charge of misprision of felony, accusing him of knowing that a crime had been committed — that ricin had been manufactured — but failing to report the crime to authorities. Federal prosecutors also accused Tholen of lying to investigators to cover up the crime. "He knew more than he stated and that what he did state was misrepresentative," U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman told reporters Wednesday....

PROVO — Former congressional hopeful John Jacob pushed to make illegal immigration the key issue of last week's Republican primary in the 3rd Congressional District, but exit poll results show the issue polarized voters in favor of his opponent, Rep. Chris Cannon. Rep. Chris Cannon, here speaking last Tuesday awaiting election results, won 55.8 percent of the vote. "Really what you see here is there's a very conservative contingent on issues like immigration, but there just aren't enough of them to elect a very conservative candidate," said Quin Monson, assistant director for the BYU Center for the Study of Elections...