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U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- A cave-in killed three miners and injured six other men who were tunneling through a coal mine Thursday evening trying to reach six miners trapped for 11 days, mining officials said. "There was a major mountain bump," said Tammy Kikuchi, spokeswoman fo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 10, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Rescuers in the US state of Utah have drilled through to a mine cavity where six miners are believed trapped, but have not yet detected any sound. The rescue crew drilled a narrow hole and lowered a microphone into the collapsed Crandall Canyon coal mi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

FOX News -- A customer at an Arby's wrestled a gun away from a prison inmate Monday, about an hour after the escapee used it to kill a corrections officer during a medical appointment, authorities said. Curtis Allgier, whose heavily tattooed face has a swastika an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 8:04pm neoform

Yahoo News -- On Friday and Saturday nights, the line to get a bottle of wine at the liquor store in this southern Utah town can stretch out the back door. The storage area of the town's lone liquor store is often stacked so high and so wide with cases of alcohol it's.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 10:24pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Merlot can be a variety of grape or a type of red wine, but not an acceptable personalized license plate in the state of Utah. Glenn Eurick's 1996 Mercedes has had the license plate reading "merlot" for 10 years. He says the plate never got a lot of no.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 3:27pm mrmdc

Denver Post -- Salt Lake City - Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act - in this case, having consensual sex with h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- Opening up these FLDS communities, authorities reasoned, would make it easier for the abuse of young girls to be discovered. But Utah Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard have said often that Jeffs's establishment.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 7, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- A charter bus rolled off icy roads in far southeastern Utah, killing seven and injuring about 20 passengers. About 80 passengers were on board the bus when it crashed Sunday about 10 miles north of Mexican Hat, in the Four Corners region where Utah mee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- A judge sentenced a polygamous-sect leader Tuesday to two consecutive terms of five years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of teenage cousins. Warren Jeffs, 51, was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice for his role in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 16, 2007 @ 3:44am neoform

United Press International -- A Utah woman testified she tried to kill herself on her wedding night after she was pushed into marrying her cousin by polygamous-church leader Warren Jeffs. The woman, identified in court as Jane Doe, said she was so appalled by the consummation that.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine Friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co-owner said. "This is the last hole," Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energ.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- The operator of the Crandall Canyon coal mine where six men are missing and three rescuers died last week delivered a grim assessment Sunday, saying "It's likely that these miners may not be found." Rob Moore, vice president of Utah Energy which operat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Three rescuers have died and six have been injured during efforts to reach a group of coal miners trapped underground in the US state of Utah. It is thought that the rescue workers were caught in a cave-in as they tried to dig a tunnel to the spot wher.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Barring mechanical breakdown, rescue teams hope to drill two lifelines by late today or Friday to six coal miners trapped deep inside a central Utah mountain, the mine's operator said Wednesday. A 2½-inch hole was drilled to 1,000 feet by 11:30 p.m. M.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Rescuers in the US state of Utah are bringing in more drilling equipment to try to free six miners trapped in a collapsed coal mine since early Monday. So far there has no been no contact with the men, thought to be about 1,500 feet (457m) below the su.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- Rescue crews were drilling into solid coal and hammering through concrete walls Monday to get to six miners in a Utah mine that collapsed and trapped the men 1,500 feet below ground. As the search efforts stretched into the night, workers were unable t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescue teams are working to free six miners trapped after a tunnel in a coal mine collapsed in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said. The incident is believed to have been triggered by a 4.0 magnitude quake, which struck a few miles away.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- A wildfire in central Utah had burned more than 28 square miles Sunday, prompting evacuation orders for several small communities and federal financial assistance to help pay for the efforts to try to stop the massive blaze. The Salt Creek fire was est.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 1:34pm neoform

FOX News -- A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square miles (119 square kilometers) in northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns and forced authorities to close a national forest to the public... Read More