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Couple Of Creeps Arrested For Putting Booby Traps In Public Park
Culture Buzz Not cool. Benjamin Rutkowski and Kai Christensen were arrested in Utah for Reckless Endangerment when it was discovered they had set trip wires, sharpened sticks and a swinging rock in Provo Canyon Park.
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More Than $200,000 “Missing” From Huntsman PAC
Politics Buzz A mysterious company in the disclosure report. [UPDATE: The payments went to Huntsman's main political advisor, John Weaver, the PAC's treasurer says.]
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Mormon Church Leaders: It's OK To Be A Democrat!
Politics Buzz Liberal Latter-Day Saints breathe a sight of relief. The church also encourages its members to caucus next month in a letter read from pulpits across Utah Sunday.
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Bloomberg Report Takes Aim At Mormon Church For Online Gun Sales
Politics Buzz “One would think that a church would feel a special obligation to make sure that they weren't fueling a black market for a particularly deadly form of commerce,” a source involved in the report says.
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The 10 Gayest Cities In The United States
Culture Buzz Using criteria ranging from number of LGBT bookstores to hosting a WNBA team, The Advocate released a list of America's queer capitals. Here they are paired with photos, taken in those cities, that showcase a spirit of gaiety and fun! Full list and explanations at The Advocate.
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Dog Shoots Owner In Ass
Culture Buzz Just another man-bites-dog-bullet story. More awful wordplay: “Bow wow OW!”; “Ready, aim, FUR!”; “From my cold dead PAW!”; “Shooting MANGE!” “The SNOOPY Sniper!” “Man's Best FRIENDLY FIRE!” Etc. You're welcome, America's lazy news anchors.
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The Best Jon Hamm Questions Asked To Jon Huntsman
Celebrity Buzz Jon Stewart tried to hijack Jon Huntsman's Twitter Q&A by telling Daily Show fans to submit questions for Jon Hamm under the same hash tag. Here are but a few of the submissions about “Mad Men” and general dreaminess asked of the former Utah Governor and presidential hopeful.
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The Utah Undie Run
This one goes out to Mitt. Thousands of people stripped down to their underwear yesterday and ran through the streets of Salt Lake City. Why? To protest against Utah being an uptight fuddy duddy of a state. Solidarity, you bunch of pantless Utahns…solidarity.
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Bystanders Lift Burning Car To Save Trapped Motorcyclist
Culture Buzz The two people doing the play-by-play during the recording of this video really should have left the mic off. (via mediaite.com)
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Jon Huntsman Enters Presidential Race
Politics Buzz The former governor of Utah and former ambassador to China for the Obama Administration, Jon Huntsman has officially declared his candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for president. Plus he played keyboard for a progressive rock band called Wizard in the '70s. That's…something.
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Video: Canyon Swinglining In Utah
The world is your swing set (if you have the proper clasps, cables, and training).
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Link: Utah Lawmakers Propose M1911 As Official State Gun
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/25/utah-lawmakers-propose-...
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Tone deafness, thy name is Utah.
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Link: Hipster Grifter Talks About Internet Fame….But Mostly Jail
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-11...
The post-internet-famous Kari Ferrell (aka The Hipster Grifter) chatted with The Daily Beast from jail in Utah and showed her “reflective side” with choice phrases like “gumming a dude's meat” and “R Kelly'ing small boys.” The internet's not the same without ya K-dawg.
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Link: Bear Grylls Helps Utah Boy Survive In Woods
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television.
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Image: 43 Snails On His Face
Eleven-year-old Fin Keheler, from Utah, covered his face in 43 snails in an attempt to set the world record. [Editor's Note: Just a philosophical point here, but some records remain unbeaten because they're extremely hard to beat, and others because, well, they're stupid. It's not clear which category this falls into, so congratulations, Fin. You have great things ahead of you.]
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Link: Kilt Student Forced to Change
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Kilt_student_fo...
Gavin McFarland, 14, was told his kilt could be “misconstrued” as cross-dressing. Which apparently is against school policy, in Utah.
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Image: Redneck Stonehenge
Utah farmer erects monolithic fence out of a Ford, two Toyotas, and a tractor. Worried that his town was taking on too much of a residential feel, Rhett Davis built the fence “to say, ‘Hey boys, I’m still here.’” Davis created what he calls his “Redneck Stonehenge” solely with the use of his trusty backhoe.
