PAUL FOY

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US Army burns off final chemical weapons in Utah

Gary McCloskey may have destroyed more chemical weapons than any man alive, but he barely reacted when the final weapons from the world's largest stockpile of warfare agents came out of an incinerator.

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Doctors, moms take on No. 1 polluter in Utah

When winter comes to Utah and atmospheric conditions trap a soup of pollutants close to the ground, doctors say it turns every resident in the Salt Lake basin into the equivalent of a cigarette smoker.

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Pollution fighters sue Kennecott over mining dust

Clean air groups are making good on a promise to sue Kennecott Utah Copper over air pollution.

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Overstock.com unloads goods at Utah auction

Overstock.com, the online retailer known for selling distressed merchandise, was feeling a little distressed itself. With household merchandise stacking up in a warehouse, it opened the doors Thursday for an auction of goods assembled hodgepodge that had to be bought together on pallets.

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Hundreds pile into Overstock.com auction in Utah

Several hundred people have showed up for an auction of returned merchandise at the Salt Lake City warehouse of Internet retailer Overstock.com.

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Juror in Microsoft case at peace with decision

The lone holdout juror who prevented a Utah company from getting as much as $1.2 billion from one-time rival Microsoft Corp. for alleged antitrust violations says he's at peace with his decision.

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Jazz center Jefferson's girlfriend arrested

The live-in girlfriend of Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson was arrested in a domestic dispute after authorities say she bit the 6-foot-10, 265-pound player.

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Man pleads not guilty to stealing drug recipes

A scientist accused of stealing trade secrets from a Utah chemistry company pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges, including newly filed counts of computer fraud.

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APNewsBreak: Death of skydiver probable suicide

The death of a champion skydiver whose body was found under a cliff outside Moab has been ruled a probable suicide.

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Condor recovery program beset by bullets

A recovery program aimed at restoring the California condor to much of its historic range across the Southwest has been hampered by dozens of deaths linked to lead from the remnants of hunters' bullets, wildlife officials say.

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Utah scientist charged with stealing drug recipes

A scientist has been charged with stealing secret recipes from a Utah chemistry company and turning them over to his brother-in-law in India, in what federal authorities say is a crime rarely reported by U.S. companies fearing they will be devalued.

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Gates back on stand in Utah in $1B antitrust trial

Microsoft's Bill Gates insisted that changes to Windows 95 that undermined a rival word processor were meant to protect the Windows operating system from crashing and not to hurt a competitor.

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Pro skier dead after Utah avalanche

A world record-holding professional skier who once famously jumped off a 255-foot cliff died in a weekend avalanche in Utah while on a steep slope at a closed resort.

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Utah mayor used alias to write upbeat news stories

Like his counterparts across the country, Mayor Mike Winder unabashedly promotes his community. But the style is unorthodox: He uses an alias and freelances upbeat articles about West Valley City, Utah.

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US Army destroys Nazi stockpile of nerve agent

The nation's largest chemical weapons depot has destroyed its final stockpile of nerve agent — a 4,100-pound supply seized by U.S. troops from Nazi Germany.

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Police: No suspects in Jazz owner's in-law slaying

A day after the slaying of Utah Jazz executive Greg Miller's mother-in-law, detectives were collecting evidence Wednesday at the South Salt Lake book shop where she was found stabbed to death.

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Utah leaps ahead with luxe ski area lodging

When David Johndrow was looking to buy a hotel suite for use as a winter home in Park City, he had his pick of new luxury lodging: Montage Deer Valley, the St. Regis Deer Valley or the Waldorf Astoria Park City.

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Firm to appeal Utah jury award over fatal gas fire

An Oklahoma company said Monday it will appeal a $4.3 million jury award to a Utah man whose 2-year-old daughter died in a fire ignited when he poured gasoline from a plastic container into a wood stove in his mobile home.

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Firm to appeal Utah jury award over fatal gas fire

An Oklahoma company says it will appeal a $4.3 million jury award to a man whose 2-year-old daughter died from burn injuries following a gas can explosion and fire in his camping trailer in 2005.

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Utah company to cut water use for solar ponds

A Utah company seeking government approval to boost production of fertilizer from Great Salt Lake said Thursday it can cut by more than half the amount of lake water it originally planned to take for the expansion.

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Mine owner fighting Utah over water treatment

In the months after a Utah mine collapsed, entombing six miners and three would-be rescuers, the coal mine filled with groundwater that continues to pour out.

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Wildfires frequent at Utah base where blaze raged

Firearms and explosives training at a Utah military base have ignited dozens of wildfires in the past three decades, including one that swept into neighborhoods and drove residents from more than 1,600 homes, according to a review of documents requested by The Associated Press.

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Utah rocket contractor ATK lays off more workers

The company that makes rocket boosters for the soon-to-be-retired space shuttle said it laid off hundreds of employees Thursday because of uncertainty over the future of the U.S. space program.

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Patrol: Driver smoked pot heavily day before crash

Investigators say the driver of a tour bus that careened off a Utah highway had been smoking marijuana heavily for days before the deadly accident but wasn't legally impaired while driving.

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Utah agency approves oil-sands project

A top Utah regulator approved plans Monday for the first commercial U.S. oil sands project.

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