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An October jury trial has been set for the man charged in the 1997 cold-case killing of a Salt Lake City transient.

SALT LAKE CITY &#8212 After an announcement Tuesday that the Eagle Gate Tower in downtown Salt Lake City will be renamed World Trade Center at City Creek, some Utahns are concerned about the ties of the name to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

LONG BEACH The small plane that crashed at Long Beach Airport in March 2011, killing four of five passengers including a Ladera Ranch resident and the pilot, was 653 pounds over its maximum gross takeoff weight and might have had water in its fuel lines, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board ... (more)

Business on the west side of Salt Lake City is booming, and the biggest thing right now is the Airport TRAX line.

Students in a Utah school district will need permission from their parents to read a book about a lesbian couple raising a family following the decision by a special committee to keep it behind library counters instead of on bookshelves.

More than two months after he was arrested in the slaying of a Riverton teen, Daniel Robert Ferry has yet to be charged with that crime.

English astronomer William Crabtree was one of the first people to use a telescope to observe the Dec.

As paleoclimatologist Miriam Jones tells T&L , in Anchorage "it's not uncommon to see oversized parkas with fur-lined hoods and bunny boots, and people aren't alarmed when a person wearing a ski mask enters a room." She visited there often during a two-year research project.

Rick Egan One of the Gateway Mall's busiest retailers, the Apple Store, will be moving to the City Creek Center at the end of the year in what is sure to be a major blow to the Gateway.

Did anyone else notice that it took Darren Aronofsky's dark vision of Natalie Portman as a red-eyed, dancing CGI swan to get the world to watch a ballet movie? There have been plenty of pointe shoes on film, including my personal favorite Center Stage , yet, the ballet movie has always been a genre that reserves itself for niche crowds.

The case against Kody Brown and his four wives - Meri , Janelle , Christine and Robyn - stars of the TLC show, has been closed, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman wrote in a motion seeking to have a lawsuit against his county dismissed.

The man had been banned from the artsy cafe for acting out, but that didn't stop him from walking in, taking a seat at the bar and trying to place an order.

A WARMER world might be a poisoned one. A compilation of studies suggests that as temperatures rise, herbivorous mammals will suffer greater effects from the toxins they eat, with animals living in dry regions at particular risk.

Chris "Kid Kayo" Fernandez has spent most of his life as a journeyman fighter. Now he's a world champion.

The Salt Lake Tribune) A press conference was held Thursday, May 31, 2012 at the New Roots Refugee Garden in West Valley City, Utah to announce Utah Refugee Awareness Month.

TYLER - Keeping the weight off after you lose it can sometimes be the biggest challenge of all.

A Tyler woman has found a way to do that for 7 years now. Ellen Parish's advice for others is to drop the words "diet and exercise" from your vocabulary.

"Breaking Pointe": No, it's not a cross between the Keanu Reeves surfing-FBI-agent movie and "Downton Abbey." This is a new series examining what the press notes call "the cutthroat world of professional ballet." The focus: the Ballet West company in Salt Lake City.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Former U.S. Ambassador John Price and UMFA executive director Gretchen Dietrich talk at a preview of "Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile." Many of the cars in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts' exhibit are from the Price Museum of Speed, which is slated to open in Salt Lake City in 2013.

SALT LAKE CITY &#8212 Former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has endorsed West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder for Salt Lake County Mayor.