Read more Utah stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4944/utah.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:37:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74205/elizabeth-smarts-co-kidnapper-to-plead-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/74205/elizabeth-smarts-co-kidnapper-to-plead-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:10:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74040/gops-civil-war-opens-front-in-utah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVeteran 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 manner,...http://www.newser.com/story/74040/gops-civil-war-opens-front-in-utah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 9:18:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73779/mormons-back-salt-lake-gay-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 fair...http://www.newser.com/story/73779/mormons-back-salt-lake-gay-rights-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 4:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour 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...http://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67753/its-official-the-4-day-week-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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—and that...http://www.newser.com/story/67753/its-official-the-4-day-week-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 13:32:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65578/americas-best-national-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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 says. Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii:...http://www.newser.com/story/65578/americas-best-national-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 18:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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....http://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 15:37:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer 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 sentences handed down...http://www.newser.com/story/62602/ex-flds-member-wants-hard-time-for-polygamists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 13:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61344/man-faces-charges-in-utah-in-obama-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man accused of telling a Utah bank teller "We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States" is in federal custody and will face charges, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Daniel James Murray was arrested outside a hotel in Nevada Friday. He will be sent...http://www.newser.com/story/61344/man-faces-charges-in-utah-in-obama-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 5:55:14 CDT