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Dec 24, 2009 12:33 PM CST

South the Big Winner in New Census

Northeast, Midwest would lose seats if today's census was used

(Newser) - The South is gaining population and power at the expense of the Northeast and Midwest, according to Census Bureau estimates released yesterday. If House seats were distributed based on the estimates, which are believed to be a strong predictor of the 2010 census results, Texas would be the big winner,...

Florida, Nevada Shed
People; Texas Gains

census figures

Dec 23, 2009 5:15 PM CST

Florida, Nevada Shed People; Texas Gains

Magnet states in West, South lose residents; Texas gains the most

(Newser) - The recession has turned migration patterns on their heads in the last year. So-called magnet states in the West and South aren't so magnetic anymore, with Florida and Nevada starkly illustrating the trend. Earlier this decade, they both topped the growth charts, but now see more people on the way...

Real-Life
Rain Man
Dead at 58

obituary

Dec 22, 2009 10:27 AM CST

Real-Life Rain Man Dead at 58

Kim Peek inspired Dustin Hoffman's character in movie

(Newser) - The man who inspired Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rain Man died Saturday of a heart attack at age 58. Kim Peek's life was thrust into the spotlight after meeting screenwriter Barry Morrow, who used Peek as the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-winning character. After the 1988 film became...

Missing Utah Woman's Husband
Leaves State

Dec 21, 2009 4:56 AM CST

Missing Utah Woman's Husband Leaves State

Powell takes children to Washington vigil

(Newser) - The Utah man police have labeled a person of interest in his wife's disappearance has left the state with the couple's two young children. Joshua Powell, whose wife, Susan, vanished two weeks ago, turned up at a candlelight vigil in her parents' hometown in Washington state last night. Neighbors in...

Utah Husband 'Person of Interest' in
Wife's Case

Dec 16, 2009 5:05 PM CST

Utah Husband 'Person of Interest' in Wife's Case

He's clamming up as search goes on

(Newser) - Police named the husband of Susan Powell a "person of interest" in the Utah mom's disappearance today. Joshua Powell has become increasingly uncooperative with investigators in their week-long search for his 28-year-old wife. Police used a court order to demand a blood sample from Powell yesterday, and they have...

Palin Stiffed Hairdresser on Book Tour

Dec 16, 2009 11:31 AM CST

Palin Stiffed Hairdresser on Book Tour

Ex-governor ran to signing without paying for new 'do

(Newser) - Hairdresser Rhonda Halliday doesn’t think Sarah Palin was out to screw her, but screw her she did. Halliday was asked to do Palin's hair at the ex-governor's hotel just before her book signing at a Utah Costco. Palin’s flak told her to rush over, and use the valet...

Cops: Missing
Utah Woman's
Hubby Clams Up

Dec 15, 2009 1:28 PM CST

Cops: Missing Utah Woman's Hubby Clams Up

Refusal to talk 'disappointing,' but Joshua Powell not a suspect

(Newser) - The husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell has declined to grant authorities a third interview and has also retained counsel. Police seem positively jilted. “This is very disappointing to us and it is not helpful for this missing person investigation at all,” a cop tells the Salt ...

Utah Cops Grill Hubby
About Missing Wife

Dec 14, 2009 5:06 AM CST

Utah Cops Grill Hubby About Missing Wife

Spouse says he was camping with toddler sons

(Newser) - Utah police are questioning a man a second time about his missing wife and the mother of his two young children. Susan Powell, 28, vanished from her suburban Salt Lake City home in early December without taking her purse or cell phone. Her husband told police he was camping with...

Meet Orrin Hatch,
Hanukkah Songwriter

YES, THAT SENATOR DEPT

Dec 9, 2009 11:02 AM CST

Meet Orrin Hatch, Hanukkah Songwriter

The Utah Mormon is also a writer of love songs

(Newser) - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is a prolific author of love songs and Christian spirituals, but it took about 10 years for Jeffrey Goldberg to cajole the “philo-Semite” Mormon into writing a Hanukkah song. Goldberg first floated the idea for “Eight Days of Hanukkah” as an aside in an...

Utah Cave to Be Sealed
with Man's Body Inside

Nov 27, 2009 10:47 PM CST

Utah Cave to Be Sealed with Man's Body Inside

Recovering body from Nutty Putty cave too dangerous

(Newser) - The cave where a spelunker died this week is to be permanently sealed off with his body inside, officials say. John Jones, a 26-year-old med student, died after being stuck in Utah's Nutty Putty cave for 28 hours and police say it will be too dangerous to recover his body....

Caver Who Died
Stayed in 'Good Spirits'

Nov 27, 2009 11:25 AM CST

Caver Who Died Stayed in 'Good Spirits'

Nutty Putty crevice was the site of successful rescues in 2004

(Newser) - The spelunker who died after being stuck upside-down in a Utah cave for 28 hours became wedged in exactly the same spot where two others had gotten stuck in recent years. In those cases, both in 2004, rescuers saved the trapped explorers. "Caving isn't generally considered to be a...

Utah Caver Stuck
Upside-Down Dies

Nov 26, 2009 7:02 AM CST

Utah Caver Stuck Upside-Down Dies

Rescuers fail to free man in crevice 150 feet underground

(Newser) - Frantic efforts by dozens of rescuers failed to save a man stuck upside down in a Utah cave. The caver, 26, died after spending 28 hours upside down in the Nutty Putty cave, wedged into a crevice 150 feet below ground so tightly that rescuers couldn't pull him out or...

Elizabeth Smart's Co-Kidnapper to Plead Guilty

Nov 17, 2009 4:10 AM CST

Elizabeth Smart's Co-Kidnapper to Plead Guilty

Wanda Barzee in court on kidnapping charges today

(Newser) - A woman accused of helping kidnap schoolgirl Elizabeth Smart in 2002 is expected to plead guilty today. Wanda Barzee could face a life sentence on kidnapping charges, although her lawyer declined to comment on whether her guilty plea is coming as part of a deal. Barzee was ruled competent to...

GOP's Civil War
Opens Front
in Utah

Nov 14, 2009 9:18 AM CST

GOP's Civil War Opens Front in Utah

Sen. Robert Bennett considered soft for voting for bailout

(Newser) - Veteran Utah Sen. Robert Bennett is the latest target of the insurrection within the GOP against incumbents seen as insufficiently conservative. The choice is surprising, the Los Angeles Times notes, because there's "nary a whiff of personal or political scandal" about the three-termer. Bennett's crimes: his longevity, his professorial...

Mormons Back Salt Lake
Gay Rights Law

Nov 11, 2009 4:20 AM CST

Mormons Back Salt Lake Gay Rights Law

Church says it won't drop opposition to gay marriage

(Newser) - The Mormon church has come out in support of gay rights legislation for the first time in its history, backing a pair of Salt Lake City ordinances passed yesterday by the city council protecting gays from discrimination in housing and employment. "The church supports these ordinances because they are...

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Oct 30, 2009 10:21 AM CDT

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

(Newser) - Four Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...

It's Official:
The 4-Day Week Works

Aug 25, 2009 1:32 PM CDT

It's Official: The 4-Day Week Works

Utah shows economic, environmental, and health benefits from new scheme

(Newser) - A year ago, Utah’s governor instituted a 4-day, 10-hour-a-day workweek for some 17,000 state employees—and the results so far show big benefits, GOOD reports:

Closed offices on Fridays have cut energy use by 13% and reduced the state’s carbon footprint by some 6,000 metric tons—

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America's Best National Parks

TRAVEL

Jul 29, 2009 6:20 PM CDT

America's Best National Parks

(Newser) - In the recession, international air travel is down and national park attendance is way up. Forbes runs down the crème de la crème of America’s national treasures, but be warned: “It's been incredibly hard to get camping space at most national parks,” one travel agent...

Hatch, Cornyn Get on GOP's Anti-Sotomayor Bandwagon

ANALYSIS

Jul 24, 2009 3:37 PM CDT

Hatch, Cornyn Get on GOP's Anti-Sotomayor Bandwagon

(Newser) - In an indication that conservative Republicans are uniting against Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch today pledged to vote against her, CNN reports. Though moderate Republicans worry opposition could hurt the party with Hispanics, the conservative base has lobbied hard against the Supreme Court nominee....

Ex-FLDS Member Wants Hard Time for Polygamists

Interview

Jun 23, 2009 1:02 PM CDT

Ex-FLDS Member Wants Hard Time for Polygamists

Author: Texas hung Eldorado kids out to dry

(Newser) - Former FLDS member Flora Jessop is “hoping against hope” that the men charged with child abuse at the polygamist compound in Eldorado get harder time than those convicted in similar crimes elsewhere, she told the Houston Chronicle. “Thirteen days, 45 days, nine months,” says Jessop, rattling off...