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Missionaries at Cove Fort don't say goodbye. They only say, "We'll see you later." "To my dear friend Elder Mortensen I say, 'We'll see you later,'" Elder Parley Baldwin said Saturday.

A college student who bid on and won more than $1.8 million in federal oil and gas leases last year without the intent or ability to pay will not be allowed to argue in court that he acted out of necessity to protect the environment, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

A University of Utah professor died from injuries sustained when she fell out the emergency exit of a campus shuttle Thursday evening.

Fictitious Academia: Political activism, covered in academic cloak in the University of Utah By Nina Gatzoulis* The presentations of the majority of the academics participating in the 7th "Macedonian"- North American Conference on "Macedonian" Studies at the University of Utah that took place from November 5-7, 2009, amounted to an anti-Hellenic ...

When Sutherland Institute President Paul T. Mero didn't quite "mature" politically on his own, he said finding a belief in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "jump-started it for me." "I'm a conservative because I'm a Latter-day Saint," he said Wednesday while speaking to a small group of University of Utah College Republicans at the ...

Scientists are buzzing about a streaking meteor that flashed across parts of the Western sky.

While Utah received a better grade this year than last on its rate of premature births, it still gets only a "C" from the March of Dimes for work to reduce the number of babies born too early.

Brooke Hopkins' wife, Peggy Battin, and stepson Michael Battin, right, show their anguish for Hopkins' condition during a low point.

The Associated Press 1 comment A federal judge says he won't allow global warming to be put on trial in the case of a college student charged with disrupting an auction of oil and gas drilling leases near Utah national parks.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 16, 2009 Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water.

Somer Love's typical day is a lot different from most people's. Yes, she runs errands, hangs out with her family and friends and plays with her two pugs, Oscar and Lily.

Edi Gathegi, from the new upcoming movie "New Moon," answers questions as hundreds of other "Twilight" fans gather at the Fashion Place Mall to get autographs and hear the actors speak on Saturday.

One person was flown out to a local hospital in serious to critical condition after an accident on I-15. Utah Highway Patrol troopers said a semi-truck was in the right hand lane trying to slown down for traffic but ended up rear-ending a car.

Since The Signpost began its investigation in May, three of the eight individuals with felonies or serious misdemeanors are no longer working for the university.

Federal officials say they'll look into complaints by the animal rights group PETA about the treatment of animals at University of Utah research facilities.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says one of its agents spent eight months working undercover in the labs and documented neglectful and harmful conditions.The group says it documented ...

PETA's Kathy Guillermo, Vice President for Laboratory Investigations, speaks during a press conference at the Dowtown Marriott Wednesday November 11, 2009.

For the first time in a generation, a paleontologist has assembled a general reference book that tracks the rise and fall of the world's ever-hip reptile - the dinosaur.

An alert campuswide occured at the University of Utah Thursday after two women reported being sexually assaulted.

Physician Russ Miller, left, medical director of the respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, speaks with pharmacist Paul Wohlt at the unit, where up to half of the current patients have the H1N1 flu virus.

This 5-year-old male Rhesus macaque, known as Frak, is part of a U. study to test a neurally activated prosthetic arm.