Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 Michael Scheuer’s new work “Marching Toward Hell” is very clear with its overall purpose of exposing where American interests have gone wrong in their interactions with the various peoples, beliefs, and religions of the Middle East. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/378245/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:02 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/378245/cs/1/ Advertisement fearing for their lives and their families, were compelled to participate in an election they would have much preferred to sit out. In that context, we realize how fortunate we are to... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15964589/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:39 -0400 Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15964589/ Parks rerun Re "Late-night programs set for city parks" (July 1): The late-night program for gangs is a rerun from years back when there was midnight basketball for gangs. We all know how that wen... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15964588/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:38 -0400 Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15964588/ Some of Salt Lake Valley's lowest-income residents will have the opportunity to buy inexpensive, environmentally friendly homes, thanks to an effort launched this month by nonprofit housing ministry H... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962472/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:07 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962472/ Delta Air Lines Inc., which has a hub in Salt Lake City, said it has ended a regional flying agreement with ExpressJet Holdings Inc. ExpressJet operates 23 regional jets for the larger carrier, prim... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962476/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:06 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962476/ It must be a bear market because even billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has slumped almost 20 percent since December. The decline exceeds the drop of the Standard & Poor's 500 Ind... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962475/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:05 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962475/ will stage an information meeting for students interested in the professional bachelor of business administration degree program at 11 a.m. July 19 at the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, 1840 ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962473/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:02 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962473/ outvoted 4-to-1, giving the hotel a private club license. But the debate involved in approving Park City Peaks Hotel's private-club license demonstrates how Zion Curtains remain a controversial and ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962477/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:09 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962477/ Chuck Johnson, founder of Holladay-based Vortex Fireworks, did not start a pyrotechnics company for the money. "I'm in this for the fireworks," he grins. But this year, the man behind the massive Fo... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962478/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:08 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962478/ Thanks to Murray Mayor Dan Snarr and the staff of his Parks Department for the development of the new rose garden located directly across State Street from the new Intermountain Medical Center. Early ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963079/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:30:53 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963079/ This is a day to celebrate those documents that secure freedom. But it also is a day to celebrate the men who laid the foundation of our prosperity and liberty. As marvelous as the Declaration and the... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963078/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:00 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963078/ Congress approves or disapproves budgets. If we have budget problems, it is because Congress and special-interest groups want it that way. If we can't drill for our own oil, Congress wants it that way... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963082/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:30:55 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963082/ PARIS - A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said Thursday. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962474/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:04 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962474/ On a past July 4th, I proudly placed an American flag in my front yard. Someone stole it. Is this how some people regard America? You take what you want? This year, again, I will display our flag. It ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963080/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:30:55 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15963080/ The Fourth of July arrives at a gloomy moment. More than three-quarters of Americans say the country is not going "in the right direction," according to an Associated Press poll. But the 232nd anniver... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962979/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:51:18 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962979/ Catholic hospitals should not be required to offer contraceptives to rape victims if the patient is already pregnant. The term "contraceptive" implies that conception has not already taken place. If i... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962977/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:51:16 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962977/ The Supreme Court last week offered definitive endorsement of an individual's Second Amendment right to own firearms, but the constitutional debate rages on. Steve Chapman welcomes the 5-4 ruling as a... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962976/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:51:14 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962976/ Detroiters should fix ineffective city government If ever there was a time when change was needed in Detroit, it is now. Do not just start with the mayor because the actions of many of the council mem... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962978/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:51:12 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15962978/ Public transit saved travelers 541 million hours in travel time in 2005 by taking cars off the road. Transit also saves 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually and reduces carbon emission by 37 milli... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959240/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:24:35 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959240/ I disagree with the comments in Chronicle staff writer Bob Egelko's June 29 article, "High court's tilt hinges on election's outcome." History bears out the Republican appointees to the Supreme Court ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959239/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:24:29 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959239/ Editor - The founders of our country enshrined their most sacred notions of liberty in our Bill of Rights. The Fourth Amendment: no warrantless or unreasonable searches. The Sixth Amendment: a crimin... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959242/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:24:25 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15959242/ Posted: 1:48 PM- MADRID, Spain - As supply fears helped set a new price record, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Thursday that OPEC's dominant producer had no immediate plans to boost crude output bec... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956547/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:11 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956547/ Posted: 9:19 AM- PROVO -- Another change to the iProvo fiber optics service landscape. The Daily Herald reports today that Broadweave Networks -- which recently acquired iProvo -- now has scrapped p... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956545/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:05 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956545/ Updated: 2:10 PM- NEW YORK - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956546/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:12 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956546/ Posted: 9:49 AM- Bloomberg News reports that Zions Bancorp., the Salt Lake City-based lender with operations in 10 Western U.S. states, fell the most in eight years in Nasdaq trading today. Zions dr... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956549/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:08 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956549/ Posted: 8:36 AM- WASHINGTON - Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady a... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956544/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:04 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956544/ Ralph B. Brown (Readers' Forum, June 30) asked, "What is the name of a good screening device to screen out bad language from TV programs?" It's called the "off button," Mr. Brown. Try it. You'll like ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15957757/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:57 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15957757/ Posted: 10:00 AM- An in-depth investigation of the Utah Securities Division has uncovered what many have long suspected - a state agency that is running amok over the rights of those its regulates. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956548/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:09 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956548/ Midway through 2008, there are a few things Baltimore can reasonably be pleased about. Homicides are down. The troubled school system just finished its first year with an energetic, ambitious new CEO.... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15955892/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:27:48 -0400 Baltimore Sun http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15955892/ Thank you for the editorial calling attention to slavery (July 1). It's an easy problem to ignore because it requires people outside the problem to advocate for unseen victims. Sadly, there is one for... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15957758/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:56 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15957758/ MADISON, Wisconsin : When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" in front of Columbia University's library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956718/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:07:43 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15956718/ Clay Bennett completes mugging of Seattle though agreement to whisk the Sonics to Oklahoma City. A fast break might be good for city's chances of new franchise. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15954378/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:59 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15954378/ I first began to think about a "death with dignity" law for Washington when I was preparing some remarks for an event honoring me for my lifetime contributions to the state. These events are good for ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15951539/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:47:31 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15951539/ One new tool for improving student nutrition and performance goes beyond the lunch line. Most schools currently schedule recess after lunch. However, a recent Montana study demonstrates conclusively ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15950152/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:26 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15950152/ WASHINGTON — If the long conservative era that began with Ronald Reagan's election is over, will the judges appointed during the right's ascendancy be able to block, frustrate and undermine the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15950153/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:24 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15950153/ What occurred that day in Philadelphia might have been a Declaration of Independence, but the first such was enacted here on May 20, 1775. Presbyterians, meaning most Mecklenburgers, were incensed by ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942231/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:13:59 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942231/ So my daily living revolves around friends -- some old and some new, some well off but most merely comfortable, or rich in things other than money.My life, therefore, is a fine tapestry of friendships... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942233/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:14:07 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942233/ The recipe for bringing back wild salmon is simple - ample cold, clean water; access to spawning and rearing areas; and abundant supplies of food. It's not complicated, but it will require a sustained... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941243/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:07:58 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941243/ Don't blame the kid-glove treatment of Honduran drug dealers on the 1989 ordinance that made San Francisco a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. That ordinance made it clear that there should be n... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941244/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:07:53 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941244/ There will be very few readers of The Courier-Journal who will not bemoan the loss of Bob Hill's column. How many times when I felt like jumping off an unpainted bridge did I read his column pricking ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942232/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:14:06 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942232/ Six months ago, a Siberian tiger killed a visitor at the San Francisco Zoo, the first such death at any accredited zoo. The incident has led to safety improvements and better emergency preparedness in... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941245/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:07:56 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15941245/ Last week, they kicked off a nine-month "public involvement period" with a meeting at which ideas were discussed with some of those who will be directly affected. That could help avoid the fate of 196... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942230/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:14:10 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942230/ This Fourth of July, before setting off the fireworks in the backyard or in the park or off the balcony or in the middle of the street, consider a few important facts: So much of California is curre... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942186/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:09 -0400 Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942186/ Under state law, most Californians must file their income taxes by April 15. You're free to ignore that deadline if you like, but we don't recommend it. The consequences would be most unpleasant. Ye... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942187/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:08 -0400 Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15942187/ Cleaning your blinds and windows is no fun, so the Good Housekeeping Research Institute has come up with "speed-cleaning," time-saving tricks to get the jobs done faster. Window slats are dust magne... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939140/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:22 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939140/ Utah's Huntsman Corp. has extended its merger agreement with Hexion Specialty Chemicals by three months as it continues its campaign to force the Apollo Management unit to honor its commitments. The... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939136/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:19 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939136/ Before you fire up the barbecue this Fourth of July, check the ground beef to make sure it hasn't been recalled. Smith's Food & Drug Stores has removed from shelves in its Utah supermarkets some gro... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939135/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:17 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939135/ American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 employees by the end of the year, or about 8 percent of its worldwide work force, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft because of high fuel costs, t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939142/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:15 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939142/ A floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange watches an interview with former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso on Tuesday. A midlevel New York appeals court ordered the remaining state claims of excessiv... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939143/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:16 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939143/ Beattie said. "But that doesn't make the business community pleased, because the more flights we have to more locations, the easier it is for us to do our work." Until Delta began eliminating routes... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939145/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:07 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939145/ SANDY - The roar of the crowd rarely subsided inside the South Towne Convention Center Wednesday as many of the nation's best boy volleyball players began eight days of Junior Olympic competition. T... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939141/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:24 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939141/ I've been thinking about her since I read a story from The Associated Press about the devastating toll that gas prices have taken on the 20,000 senior nutrition programs nationwide. Fuel and food pric... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939840/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:00 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939840/ NEW YORK - Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil and gas prices hit a record, and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Motors Corp. could run out of cash. The stock ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939146/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:12 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939146/ As many have suggested, energy policy in this country does need to change. I don't care to pay four dollars a gallon for gas either. But the stream of letters to this page suggesting that "we" need to... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15938665/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:35:59 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15938665/ Advertisement This is particularly true of public corruption. Elected officials must know that abusing their office has severe consequences. Worthy has brought serious charges against Kilpatri... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939731/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:28 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939731/ MURRAY - The parking lot was filled with cars Wednesday, opening day for Utah's first Sunflower Farmers Market, a produce and natural foods store. Inside, shoppers crowded around bins stacked high w... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939137/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:20 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939137/ In an effort to combat unfair lending practices, the NAACP of Salt Lake City joined in a national "Day of Action" against mortgage discrimination Wednesday, the 44th anniversary of the signing of the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939139/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:21 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939139/ is still on the market. Over the weekend, disease detectives with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began interviewing people sickened in June to find out what they ate and to compare t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939138/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:20 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939138/ Guidance counselors are becoming an endangered species in Michigan schools, and it's time to do something about it. One of the most significant roles of a guidance counselor is to advise high school s... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939730/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:26 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939730/ Michigan Education Association President Iris Salters just does not get it ("Jumpstart the economy by investing in schools," June 27). The solution for better schools is not more money. If that were t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939729/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:20 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939729/ UAW fights to keep good-paying auto jobs James Harbour, who attacks members of our union for exercising their democratic rights, built a lucrative business as a manufacturing consultant ("UAW gives co... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939728/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:17 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939728/ Elections shape courts, future policies Recent landmark court decisions are reminders that elections are not just about putting candidates in office for a few years. The judges and justices whom elec... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939727/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:14 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15939727/ We should use the Fourth of July to renew our heritage and declare our independence from the greed, corruption and deceit of politicians and corporations. These groups have conspired to institute laws... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935805/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:08 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935805/ in an editorial : "It's hard to miss the point. … North Korea blew up a 60-foot cooling tower at its main nuclear complex and invited foreign media to film away. (President) Bush himself read o... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15936520/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:02 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15936520/ worst June since the 1930s Great Depression . Most of us are at least a little depressed about the economy in general. Me, too. But this week I found a little fun in a new kind of office pool based n... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935802/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:13 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935802/ plan to require utilities to produce 25% of their electricity with solar, wind, biomass or other renewable energy sources by 2025. This is a smart approach that sets a necessary target but leaves it t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935801/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:15 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935801/ USA TODAY's editorial on overdraft fees pits consumers and financial institutions against each other. While it makes for high drama to cast banks as the villains and consumers as their hapless victims... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935806/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:03 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15935806/ With Senator Barack Obama planning to visit the Middle East and Europe in an apparent effort to burnish his foreign policy credentials, the credentials of his likely presidential rival, Senator John M... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15936694/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:40:19 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15936694/ They didn't call it the "Our Goose is Cooked" report, but they could have. It projects that liquid petroleum will remain the world's dominant energy source through at least 2030, that prices for oil... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15933024/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:56:02 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15933024/ A junkie gets desperate when his junk runs out. He's got to have more, and he'll do just about anything in order to keep feeding his habit. America is like that about oil. As our supply from foreign... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15933025/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:55:59 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15933025/ Posted: 11:57 AM- DALLAS - American Airlines will furlough 900 flight attendants in August as it prepares to reduce flights in the face of record high fuel costs. The nation's biggest airline expect... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927591/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:36 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927591/ Updated: 10:34 AM- NEW YORK - A fugitive hedge-fund swindler who had been on the lam for nearly a month since a faked suicide on a Hudson River bridge surrendered Wednesday in Massachusetts, the U.S. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927590/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:34 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927590/ Posted: 10:07 AM- NEW YORK - Stocks fluctuated Wednesday after factory orders showed their the weakest performance in three months in May and as investors squared positions ahead of the government's J... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927589/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:33 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927589/ Posted: 10:11 AM- David Langi, a 27-year-old Utah rapper, has wanted a gold teeth grill for at least five years. Other than hustlers selling them on the street, Langi was not aware of any urban jewe... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927588/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:28 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927588/ Posted: 8:59 AM- PARK CITY -- The historic Main Street Imperial Hotel has been put up for sale after earlier plans for a developing a restaurant there were tossed. The Park Record reports today that... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927587/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:27 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15927587/ who's paying attention? Editor, The Times: Richard Starr's response to Don and Jan Jensen's (my parents) letter regarding Kevin MacDonald's tragic fall from a University of Washington frat house bol... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922180/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:25 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922180/ U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman is expected to issue a ruling today in the city of Seattle's lawsuit to keep the Sonics here through at least 2010. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922178/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:22 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922178/ LEGENDARY Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill once declared, "All politics is local." He meant that people in towns and cities throughout the country had a powerful influence on politicians, leg... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922181/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:21 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922181/ Paris was hardly empty of U.S. visitors last week. But there were far fewer American voices than in past years, and the ones you heard were saying things like, "It's so ex-PEN-sive!" The U.S. dollar ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922177/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15922177/ Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores this year and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most se... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920127/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:45:54 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920127/ Environmentalists have long claimed that the U.S. Navy's use of sonar for training exercises unduly threatens whales, dolphins and other acoustically sensitive marine creatures. The navy has ado... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920184/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:35:57 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920184/ He was silent and yet bursting with feeling. Rays of fatherly devotion emanated from him. She looked good at the plate, nice easy stance, hands cocked behind her right ear, bat high and straight up. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920183/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:35:49 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920183/ Bush's missile project The Bush administration's plans to deploy a missile defense system in Central Europe have created tensions with U.S. allies and could deal a blow to relations with Mos... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920182/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:35:48 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15920182/ The world is suffering the worst global food crisis in a generation, with shortages and record food prices spawning unrest in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. The United Nations has identified 36 count... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15918215/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:21:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15918215/ Businesses, governments and universities reported a 69 percent increase in data breaches in the first half of 2008, compared with a similar period in 2007, according to a study by a nonprofit group th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916135/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:40 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916135/ Sales of existing homes and condominiums in Salt Lake County fell in May by a third, compared to the same month last year, a new report shows. A total of 1,056 existing homes and condos in Utah's mo... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916140/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:36 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916140/ Engineering News-Record put EnergySolutions Inc. at the top of its list of largest "all-environmental" engineering companies, based on its revenues. The magazine also ranked the Salt Lake City nucle... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916139/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:34 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916139/ OMAHA, Neb. - A Chinese investment-fund manager's bid for the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett was the largest ever in a charity auction on eBay and surprised even Buffett. ''It ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916141/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:33 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916141/ I agree strongly with Elmary Davidson (Readers' Forum, June 30) about the Supreme Court's decision to lift the death penalty for rapists of young victims. We need to send a strong warning to those who... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916806/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:25 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916806/ The sale of The Canyons Resort to Talisker Corp. is complete. American Skiing Co., which owned The Canyons and seven other ski resorts before selling all in a 2006-07 spree, said in a U.S. Securitie... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916136/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:39 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916136/ The most obvious solution is to ban out-of-state permits. Nearly as many permits are being issued to people out of state as to Utahns. That's a problem in terms of policing instructors and out-of-stat... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916803/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:28 -0400 Deseret News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916803/ Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator is still feeling the p... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916137/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:41 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916137/ I learned that on this year's vacation.Regular readers know that I make a visit each year to Germany, where some of my relatives live, and sometimes we decamp for tourist destinations like a Czech cas... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916455/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:31:49 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916455/ Ogden City is sponsoring a contest - and a $20,000 first prize - to encourage a Utah-based inventor or small business to come up with a product or service that will benefit the city's outdoor recr... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916138/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:37 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15916138/ I've looked hunger in the face - or to be more exact, in the faces of hundreds of Ethiopian children. Due to consecutive failure of rains, farmers in many pockets of southern and eastern Ethiopia have... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915304/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:22:59 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915304/ Mayor Gavin Newsom's budget proposed draconian cuts in services to persons with mental illness. These cuts are draconian because they follow years of under-funding. The cuts expand and reinforce the c... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915302/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:22:57 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915302/ Editor - It's shocking to find out that my tax dollars are being used to house and protect undocumented immigrant drug dealers. Oh, and putting them in an unlocked group home so they can run away...th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915303/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:22:53 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15915303/ Here's a dirty little secret. For all the handwringing over Michigan's unemployment rate, it's not that bad. If you're a college graduate, that is. Those armed with a bachelor's or higher face a rough... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913334/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:42:24 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913334/ Ethanol plays small role in food price hikes While we agree with the concerns in The Detroit News' June 23 editorial, "Repeal ethanol mandates to ease global food shortage," over the food crisis and f... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913332/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:42:18 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913332/ Inspiration helps create entrepreneurial climate For southeast Michigan to foster a stronger entrepreneurial climate, we must not only inspire the creative and industrious spirit, we must also provid... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913333/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:42:21 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/15913333/