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New trap rules should be adopted

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:53 -0500

The Minnesota Legislature should adopt new regulations governing the use of body-gripping traps that are designed to kill raccoons, beavers, bobcats and other species. Under current regulations, a ...

The lighter side of public policy

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:49 -0500

The Theater of Public Policy is a clever blend of public policy discussion and improvisational comedy aimed at leaving audiences both laughing and thinking. I was the featured guest at last ...

How My Voice Went Silent

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:27 -0500

Everything looked fine on my CT scan, but I didn't sound even close to right. There's an old joke around newsrooms: News is something that happens to your editor. If you'll pardon ...

Discovering The Mysteries Of Rice Krispyhenge

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:24 -0500

Brock Davis plays with food, but not like the rest of us. He's a graphic designer based in Minneapolis, and this is what he did with Rice Krispies. He calls it Rice ...

Voters Oppose Contraception Rule

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:21 -0500

Rasmussen reports : "The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 39 percent of likely U.S. voters believe the government should require a church or religious organization ...

Birth Control Bad Politics For Obama

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:18 -0500

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, speaks with Sen. Blumenthal, D-Conn, Sen. Lautenberg D-NJ, and Sen. Boxer, D-Calif, during a news conference on Feb. 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The news conference ...

Rocky Recovery For Women

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:17 -0500

The Nation. Three years ago, when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, he said: "It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign we are upholding one of ...

Big Economic Challenges Remain

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:14 -0500

The Weekly Standard. Last Friday's jobs report generated a great deal of chatter among politicos, many of whom viewed it as a turning point for the president in his quest for reelection. I ...

Santorum's Support Goes Beyond Social Conservatives, Strategist Says

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:12 -0500

Rick Santorum shakes hands with supporters gathered at Fairview Farms in Plano, Texas on Feb. 8 in the wake of his three victories on Tuesday. Rick Santorum surprised the Republican presidential ...

Why We Like What We Like

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:08 -0500

in our pleasures. After all, if we can't really taste the difference between cheap beer mixed with vinegar and an expensive micro-brew, then surely this means that our preference for the finer ...

How One George Lucas Fan Takes Fan Filmmaking Into His Own Hands

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:05 -0500

, history would be different. No amount of "meesa so sorry" can make up for this abomination. And to add insult to injury, Lucas is sending a 3D Jar Jar ...

Scheming Parents Set Their Kids Up — And It Works

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:02 -0500

Steven and Alexandra Ketcham were brought together by their parents, who decided they would be perfect for one another. They visited StoryCorps on their wedding ...

George Clooney On Acting, Fame, And Putting Down Your Cellphone Camera

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:59 -0500

about film, but also about the life he lives as one of Hollywood's most famous men. Clooney didn't start out as famous as he is now. He did quite a bit of episodic television -- including ...

Altering 'No Child' law

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:22 -0500

From a philosophical standpoint, the federal No Child Left Behind Law has been troubling from the beginning. It flies in the face of an American tradition that made education a local matter driven ...

New crop of astronauts

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:18 -0500

– Oct. 12, 2011 Who could forget Tom Wolfe's heady description of the moxie required to strap yourself into a tiny capsule perched atop a powerful rocket and, fingers crossed, venture ...

Don't forget, you can dial 211

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:14 -0500

Feb. 11 marks the 14th anniversary of National 211 Day. The day is recognized every year and was designated by United Way Worldwide to draw attention to services available through 211 information ...

One year later, it's time for Egypt to finally have civilian rule

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:06 -0500

Hosni Mubarak , their dictator of 30 years, Egyptians continue to be ruled by military men with iron fists. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces assumed control of the country on Feb. 11, 2011. ...

GOP no longer has upper hand on defense issues

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:02 -0500

WASHINGTON — Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats' nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding ...

Apartment rumbles in Springville

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:26 -0500

Controversies over accessory apartments, both legal and illegal units, have roiled Utah Valley cities for years. Lindon recently capitulated and will allow them. And now Springville is ...

Service pins not allowed

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:22 -0500

I'm a flight attendant for a major airline from Utah who recently married a guy from Boston. We currently live in South Jordan, and I commute to Boston. My husband is a former Navy seaman ...

Lindon throws in the towel

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:19 -0500

Following its good intentions, Lindon City Council completed its capitulation to scofflaws and decided to allow accessory apartments throughout the city. That means property owners can build ...

Contraception rules must respect religion, health

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:06:15 -0500

The White House is in full damage-control mode in dealing with Catholic leaders angry over a looming rule to ensure birth control coverage for workers at religious institutions. The nation's ...

Attorney general's pressure on banks paying off

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:06:06 -0500

Kamala Harris took quite a risk when she withdrew California from negotiations for a 50-state settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage services in response to foreclosure abuses. ...

Letters to the editor, Feb. 10

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:05:58 -0500

The outrageous ban on plastic bags ("It's in the bag," City Insider, Feb. 8) is yet another example of how this city's oppressive nanny government is hell-bent on making ordinary ...

U.S. shouldn't support Egypt's democracy backers

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:05:49 -0500

Washington's decision to defend a handful of Egyptian democracy activists by threatening the other 85 million people of Egypt, an ally for the past 35 years, is a misguided policy. On one ...

A boost to state's education reform

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:50:32 -0500

President Barack Obama, joined by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, delivers remarks on the No Child Left Behind law. Obama announced that ten states that have agreed to implement reforms around ...

What's to be done about the white working class

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:31:20 -0500

Persistent poverty is America's great moral challenge. But it's far more than that. As a practical matter, we can't solve educational problems, health care costs, government spending ...

One way on a two-way street

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:31:11 -0500

Election years are precarious times to be Catholic. On Sunday, my priest took time out of our order of worship to announce that the bishop was funding a political campaign to address whom I may, or ...

Don't surrender on key health care tool

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:31:06 -0500

Minnesota shouldn't give up on its first-in-the-nation attempt to publicly rank state hospitals and clinics by the quality and cost of the care they provide. Lawmakers need to make sure these ...

Help those harmed in Guatemala

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:52 -0500

In the fall of 2010, the Obama administration acknowledged a shocking truth: From 1946 through 1948, officials working in Guatemala for the U.S. Public Health Service conducted tests on some 5,100 ...

Budget maintains Michigan's economic momentum

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:33 -0500

Having made the difficult adjustments last year, Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing a 2013 budget that provides more money for state assets that will drive economic growth. It increases the state's ...

GOP needs to reach out; attract young voters

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:22 -0500

The Republican presidential candidates, except for Ron Paul, haven't been paying much attention to young voters in the primaries and caucuses so far. But any Republican nominee - which is to ...

5 years after shootings, Trolley Square to add reflecting pool

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:09 -0500

Courtesy image An artist's rendering shows the Community Reflecting Pool that will Trolley Square plans to add aoutside the mall's north ...

Utah intensifies campaign against teen drinking

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:02 -0500

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nearly every framed picture at the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverages shows various anti-teen drinking campaigns. The pictures reflect the ...

Utah to get $171M in huge foreclosure deal

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:54 -0500

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert, left, listens as Attorney General Mark Shurtleff talks about the estimated $171 million settlement due the state as part of a ...

Greek debt crisis eases, but drama is not quite over

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:46 -0500

Brussels o Hours after Greece made the unpopular decision to slash government spending in an attempt to ease its debt crisis, Germany's finance minister questioned Thursday whether the deal ...

Key leaders in Ford’s renaissance to retire

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:38 -0500

The moves, in the works for months, raised questions about how long CEO Alan Mulally, 66, will stay in his job and whether Ford can continue its renaissance under new ...

Boat show draws Utahns to naval fun

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:32 -0500

(Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune) . Professional wake boarder Matt Raulerson shows his style at the wake board exhibit at the Utah Boat Show that opened today in the South Towne Expo Center ...

No more Kodak cameras

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:24 -0500

(Mark Lennihan | The Associated Press) A Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video in New ...

Oracle to pay $1.9B for Taleo, extends SAP rivalry

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:16 -0500

Associated Press file photo Oracle signs are displayed at the National Retail Federation in New York. Oracle is paying $1.9 billion for Taleo Corp., a company that helps businesses manage their ...

LinkedIn stock soars 8 percent

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:09 -0500

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo,the LinkedIn logo is displayed in the foyer at headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. LinkedIn Corp., releases quarterly financial results Thursday, Feb. 9, ...

Harmons ready to get its urban groove on with downtown store

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:20:01 -0500

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) The store will feature trained chefs such as Adalberto Diaz, who will teach cooking classes. The store also has obtained a limited liquor license to teach ...

As generic for Plavix nears, long-running battle ends

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:53 -0500

Trenton, N.J. o Just three months before the world's second-best-selling drug gets U.S. generic competition, a company has paid nearly $445 million to finally end a decadelong, twist-filled ...

Salt Lake a testing ground for new way to pay

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:39 -0500

This summer Salt Lake City area residents and merchants will be asked to take part in a pilot program aimed at getting them to use their mobile phones to pay for many of the things they buy in an ...

BofA offers one-on-one event for those with loan issues

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:32 -0500

The event is intended to provide a way for an estimated 4,800 Wasatch Front homeowners behind on their BofA mortgages -- or who may be in that situation soon -- to request a loan modification, a ...

Extra Space Storage buys 28 properties for $190 million

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:25 -0500

Extra Space Storage Inc., a Salt Lake City real estate investment company, said during the fourth quarter of last year it spent approximately $190 million to buy 28 self-storage ...

Brady is no Orr

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:11 -0500

have revolved around the trials and tribulations of Gentleman Tom and, yes, he is great. But I do not recall in my 50 years of rooting for Old Towne teams the world being so centered around one ...

ID for all voters

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:06 -0500

G ordon A. Martin Jr. claiming that showing an ID is voter suppression is condescending nonsense, implying that certain segments of society are not smart enough to obtain a photo ID ("Democracy ...

NAACP no longer puts best face forward

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:02 -0500

The NAACP’s mission as outlined in its charter is to promote equality and eradicate race prejudice, advance justice and voting rights for non-whites, and increase their opportunities for ...

Speaker gets it right

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:57 -0500

O nce again House Speaker Robert DeLeo has proven to be the voice of reason on Beacon Hill - rejecting a host of tax hike proposals from the governor that ranged from the silly to the job-killing. ...

City in a Pickel -- DWP rate hike all wet without advocate's input

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:02:50 -0500

Soon, the long-awaited ratepayer advocate will be on the job, and DWP customers should begin to find out a lot about the utility's finances. One thing that would be nice to know is how much the ...

Occupy is making a difference

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:02:35 -0500

The occupations spread like wildfire across the country because they tapped into a widespread belief that our democracy is in crisis. Recent history has shown that our leaders and the institutions ...

Planned Parenthood serves men, too

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:40 -0500

Why are we always fighting about women's bodies, and never about those of men? The Susan G. Komen for the Cure vice president involved in yanking Planned Parenthood funding for breast exams ...

A‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:52 -0500

Aloha kakou e na makamaka puni pa'ani popo pekupeku Koa Anuenue, mai ka mokupuni nui o Keawe a i ka moku ka'ili la o lalo e. 'O ka Po'akolu nei ka la mua e hiki ai i na mea ...

'Occupy' movement fading out in a whimper

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:54:04 -0500

But with the recent clearing of encampments in Washington, D. ...

Why The Bicentennial Hype Matters

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:51:00 -0500

An Andre Gill caricature of the novelist with his own books under his arm. If you are a book lover with an unquenchable taste for kitschy Victoriana, good news: this week, the world has finally ...

Thirty-Eight Cliches In 'The Vow' Trailer, Other Than Romantic Amnesia

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:50:56 -0500

tells the tale of a woman (Rachel McAdams) who loses part of her memory after a head injury and doesn't remember her husband (Channing Tatum). The trailer shows you the terrible moment where ...

Conservatives deserve to be labeled 'aggressors'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:27 -0500

He apparently hopes readers will ignore the simple fact that liberals have long struggled for the rights of citizens. They have fought for African Americans and women to vote, mixed-race couples to ...

Chrysler ad about America, not politics

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:26:57 -0500

When Eastwood asked, "How do we come from behind, how do we come together, and how do we win?" He was talking about us as American citizens ...

Think twice before another Olympic leap

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:33 -0500

– May 15, 2011 Gov. Gary Herbert announced last week he was forming a committee to explore the idea of maybe shooting for the 2022 games. Ten years have passed. The Olympic Cauldron was relit ...

We honor U.S. soldiers but don't help them heal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:49 -0500

My friend Beth says we give great lip service to loving our returned soldiers, but we don't really do much to help them reclaim their lives. She's been paying attention in the year since ...

Republican voters seem to be saying, 'We don't want Romney'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:43 -0500

A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for President of the United States. Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum ...

Court right to rule gay marriage ban illegal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:22:46 -0500

All adults should have the right to marry whomever they would like. The government has bigger fish to ...

Norm Dicks's use of federal money to the Puget Sound Partnership

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:59 -0500

Editor, The Times: The The Seattle Times article ';Dicks channeled federal money to Puget Sound project his son ran,'; [Local news, seattletimes.com], was part of a story on congressional ...

slavery protection is for animals

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:55 -0500

I myself am a strong supporter in rights for the good treatment of all animals [';Slavery protections for animals? Judge to decide,'; Nation and World, seattletimes.com, Feb 6]. However, ...

Komen foundation's mission is to cure cancer

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:52 -0500

I thought the mission of the Komen foundation was curing cancer — so states their logo [';Komen stops all grants to Planned Parenthood,'; page one, Feb. 1]. Yet the current flap is ...

The case for higher fees and taxes

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:46 -0500

For some time now, all branches of government have been trying to find another way to separate us from our money [';Cut, reform — then discuss a tax increase,'; Opinion, Feb. 8]. ...

Deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:43 -0500

The story of the murdered Powell children in this week’s The Seattle Times leads me to the conclusion that the legal rights of children in our society must be expanded [';Grandparents say ...

Danny Westneat's column on the Catholic Church

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:39 -0500

While there is little controversy regarding ';contraception'; when defined as things like condoms, birth control pills, etc. For Catholics, this is a matter of conscience, and it is a ...

Washington's ladder to long-term success

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:36 -0500

With a little bit of money and a whole lot of innovation, Washingtonians can climb out of their economic hole with a ladder called education, says the House Higher Education Committee ...

Big Brother is 'sharing' on Facebook

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:34 -0500

Stock analysts are valuing Facebook as high as $100 billion, writes Froma Harrop. The interesting part is that the company has absolutely nothing to sell except information about its ...

The priest, the pill and the mother-in-law

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:32 -0500

This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest ...

Legislature moving on anti-sex trafficking bills

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:26 -0500

The state Senate has passed legislation aimed at preventing online sex ads that feature minors. The House should follow suit without delay. State Senators approved a number of bills Wednesday aimed ...

The Obama birth-control mandate

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:37 -0500

While Mr. Obama tried to accommodate the pro-life views of the Roman Catholic Church and other religions, he nonetheless took a hard line by defining where their religious activity ends, even if it ...

Latino conservatives GOP hopes misplaced

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:27 -0500

The GOP, however, shouldn't hold its breath. The idea that Latinos are social conservatives akin to white evangelicals is simply off-base. A recent poll by impreMedia and Latino Decisions of 500 ...

NOW needs Friedan on her anniversary

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:46:54 -0500

Al Neuharth USA TODAY founder She was never missed more than this week, which marked the anniversary of both her birth on Feb. 4, 1921, and her death on Feb. 4, 2006. Her anniversary week was marred ...

The mayor and her Ravens tickets

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:10:27 -0500

Bernard C. "Jack" Young of his tickets to a Ravens playoff game didn't make it clear enough, the list of those who have been invited to share the city skybox this season confirms it: ...

The Pulse And Beat Of A Daily Valentine Ritual

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:18 -0500

I've started to think of them as my three daily Valentines. Every night, shortly before dousing the bedside light, I pose myself a question: What were the three best moments of the day? Sifting ...

Scrappy 'Girlchild' Forms A Girl Scout Troop Of One

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:15 -0500

, is a trailer trash tike named Rory Dawn Hendrix. Rory tells us her alcoholic mom, whom she idolizes, had four children by the time she was 19; Rory is her fifth. The pair live outside Reno, Nev., ...

Santorum's Not Going Away Soon

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:12 -0500

Maybe Republicans in their anti-Romney desperation have inadvertently stumbled on an artful new way to fuse religion and politics -- every presidential long-shot gets not one but two resurrections. ...

From Woman To Little Girl

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:08 -0500

's Liz Lemon, she was standing in line at a hot dog cart when a man walked up, cut in line, and created chaos. Her response: She bought all the hot dogs on the cart and distributed them to the ...

With Lull In GOP Race, Candidates Fan Out And Regroup

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:05 -0500

, heading to Georgia -- Newt Gingrich country -- was "a bold move" for Romney. "Before a packed crowd at a local tile and flooring company, Romney talked about creating jobs and ...

'Anybody But Romney' Wins Everywhere

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:02 -0500

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears at a rally surrounded by supporters on Feb. 7, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Santorum defeated Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul in the Missouri ...

Was This Tuesday Super Tuesday

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:23:59 -0500

The Weekly Standard. Was Tuesday Super Tuesday? Only three states had contests, and one was a beauty primary commanding no delegates. On the other hand, it was the first day in which there were ...

Washington Post's Earmarks Project Sparks Criticism Of Congress, Paper

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:23:53 -0500

Washington Post's investigation of lawmakers and the federal spending or earmarks they've sent back to their districts to fund projects near real estate they own resonates in a political ...

Buoyant Santorum Takes Campaign To Texas — And Corrals Some Perry People

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:23:50 -0500

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas, on Wednesday. Fresh off his hat trick in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, former Pennsylvania Sen. ...

After Glum Night, Romney May Find Signs Of Hope In Colorado Swing County

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:23:47 -0500

Getty Images A Mitt Romney supporter holds up a sign showing her love for Romney and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow at a rally for the GOP presidential candidate at Arapahoe High School this ...

the scene that ‘The Iron Lady’ forgot

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:25:34 -0500

Oscar nominee Meryl Streep portrays British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a scene from the film 'The Iron Lady.' Columnist Walter Rodgers chides the film for leaving out ...

A good deal for Maryland

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:29:14 -0500

Our view: Deal with the nation's five largest banks over faulty foreclosures offers a great deal of help for the state's struggling homeowners, with little ...

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