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Global warming disease

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Sherman Bloom - Jul. 12 (Opinion) - If your granddaughter has a fever of 105, is comatose, and has symptoms of meningococcal meningitis, do you wait for still more proof of the disease, or do you start treatment immediately? If you wait one day, the child may be dead. You want treatment now! How about a planet undergoing scientifically diagnosed global warming ...

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Why the Southwest is burning

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - Jul. 09 - By william debuys Writers on the Range Published Jul 8, 2011 04:25PM MDT No big thing happens for just one reason. This season’s fires, cutting broad swaths across the Southwest, result from the convergence of three powerful forces: climatic drought, institutional tunnel vision, and old-fashioned human frailty. On the face of it, the drought is simple: There hasn’t been much rain or snow across much of the region, and the forests are tinder dry. Many people ask if climate change might be a factor. A definite answer is both impossible and obvious to give — impossible ... ...

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Voters have interest in politicians’ loyalty to religion

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Salt Lake Tribune - By Ross A. Collier - Nov. 20 (Opinion) - Personally, I want to know when religious beliefs influence the policy preferences of government officials and candidates. My justification for the appropriateness of this line of inquiry from the public and the press is as follows.

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Illegal immigration

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - Sep. 03 - Updated Sep 3, 2010 12:01AM MDT The Pew Hispanic Center reported the other day that the estimated number of illegal aliens in the United States has declined from 12 million in 2007 to 11.1 million in 2009. The number of people coming into the country illegally every year also has shrunk by about two-thirds. About 850,000 were arriving every year early in this decade, compared to about 300,000 now. It is ironic, then, that the political fervor in Utah to stem the tide of illegal immigration has peaked just as that tide is ebbin... ...

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Guv: At least 2 state workers behind ‘The List’

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Robert Gehrke - Jul. 17 (News) - The state has identified and placed on leave two employees from the Department of Workforce Services who accessed state data to compile a list of 1,300 people who were purportedly in the country illegally. At least two more workers are suspected. “These tactics by these rogue employees to go out and single out individuals and their families and, in some cases, falsely accusing people of an illegal status is deplorable and is counterproductive to the issue that ought to be the focus,” Gov. Gary Herbert said at a press conference. Two employees were escorted from their state offices and have been put on administrative leave pending completion of the full investigation, said DWS executive director Kristen Cox. She said it is uncertain if their leave would be unpaid.

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Nation’s founders: How religious were they?

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Peggy Fletcher Stack - Jul. 05 (Investigative Report) - Were the framers orthodox Christian believers who intended to build the new nation on theological principles, or were they religious skeptics eager to cast off centuries of tradition? Was Jesus Christ guiding their actions, or was he merely an ancient moral teacher?

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Idea of newspapers as nonprofits gains ground

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By John Christoffersen - Mar. 15 (Special Report) - As sharp revenue reductions put the future of many U.S. newspapers in doubt, one idea gaining attention is the conversion of newspapers into tax-exempt nonprofits supported by large endowments. Although viewed by many as a long shot at best, such a radical change could be a savior for the industry and its vital role in a democracy. That's why the endowment model is drawing renewed attention as newspapers impose massive layoffs, scale back home delivery and make other drastic cuts to counter plunging advertising revenue amid a recession that has compounded struggles from the migration of readers to the Internet.

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The future of journalism in 140 characters?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Connie Coyne - Mar. 09 (Special Report) - Social networking -- once the property of college kids and then high school students -- is now the purview of older folks, including some in their golden years. And, while no one was looking, news outlets have started using Facebook.com and Twitter.com to get tips on stories and find information about sources -- and to let readers or listeners know when they post stories on the Web or add posts to their blogs.

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Bush is responsible for the lawbreaking in Iraq

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Salt Lake Tribune - By Chuck Tripp - Jan. 04 (Opinion) - Iraq is a caldron of broken laws. Recent noise surrounding the indictment of Blackwater guards for war crimes they allegedly committed in Iraq during September 2007 serves as a reminder that the Bush administration's entire misadventure in that country has involved lawbreaking on a scale that may be unparalleled by any other U.S. presidency in recent memory, perhaps even exceeding that of Richard Nixon's reign. The decision by President George W. Bush to invade Iraq during March 2003 no matter how much the United Nations or most other countries around the world opposed his actions opened up a cesspool of lawbreaking that has expanded continuously. Bush's invasion of Iraq violated provisions in Security Council Resolution 1441 placing the Iraqi government on notice "that the resolutions of the (Security) Council (as an authoritative body) constitute the governing standard of Iraqi compliance" with U.N. efforts to find out more about its weapons systems.

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Illegal immigration: Obama, McCain walk a fine line on divisive issue

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Steven Oberbeck - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - When it comes to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, some in Utah don't see much contrast in their stands on immigration. "You don't hear them talking about it because there is zero difference between them," said Eli Cawley, chairman of the Utah Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration group. "They both support amnesty for those in this country illegally. And neither one of them seems to want to stand up for American jobs."

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Onetime Alaskan backer-turned-foe is 'shocked' by Palin's pick as McCain V.P.

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By By Robert Gehrke - Sep. 23 (Opinion) - Sarah Palin's meteoric rise to political superstardom got its start thanks to Nick Carney, who soon came to regret the move.

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Teacher under fire for showing Gore film without rebuttal

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Salt Lake Tribune - By Ben Fulton - Mar. 04 (News Report) - With the educational debate over evolution subsided for now after several court rulings that "intelligent design" did not qualify as a science acceptable for classroom instruction, some have switched battlefields.

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The human cost of doing business

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:41:26 -0700

Salt Lake Tribune - By Loretta Tofani - Oct. 28 (Special Report) - With each new report of lead detected on a made-in-China toy, Americans express outrage: These toys could poison children. But Chinese workers making the toys - and countless other products for America - touch and inhale carcinogenic materials every day, all day long. Benzene. Lead. Cadmium. Toluene. Nickel. Mercury. Many are dying.

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E-vote tab adds up to big trouble

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:39:48 -0800

Salt Lake Tribune - By Matt Canham - Dec. 17 (News Analysis) - Democracy isn't cheap, but it sure used to be less expen- sive. Switching from punch cards to touch-screen voting machines doubled the cost of this year's election. And taxpayers will continue to hand over millions of dollars to machine-maker Diebold as long as the state uses the equipment. "I'm not sure any of us realized how much it is going to cost to own and operate this system," said Michael Cragun, elections director for the Lieutenant Governor's Office.

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