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Utah Updates Anti-Competitive Keyword Bid Bill

Google faced a serious crimp in its business if Utah enacted legislation that would ban the search advertising company from allowing competitors to trigger ads with keywords. Last April, plenty of...

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Utah Aims At Keyword Advertising Again

The last two times the Utah legislature attempted to regulate keyword advertising didn’t turn out very well. It’s probably a surprise to many then (maybe not though) that the governmental body is...

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Goat Man Spotted in Utah Mountains: Twitter Reacts

Goat man — and, by this, I mean a man dressed from head to toe as a goat — was spotted by a hiker who was making his way through the Utah mountains. After stumbling upon a herd of goats, the...

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Goat Man is Apparently Just a Hunter with Questionable Fashion Sense

Goat Man quickly gained some Internet fame over the past 48 hours, sending imaginations into overdrive as a result. His rise to international fame began when photographer Coty Creighton spotted the guy...

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Utahns Create 17-Foot-Tall Pile of Leaves, Relive Great Childhood Pastime

If at some point during your childhood you raked up a huge pile of fallen leaves, grabbed your dog, and dedicated a few hours to frolicking merrily – congratulations, you experienced one of the simple...

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Rep. Jim Matheson Wants To Ban Games That Don’t Have An ESRB Rating

Video games are the perfect scapegoat. Old people are scared of them, and young people will defend them with a fervor that’s borderline violent. When the media and politicians need something to blame...

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Utah Man Who Live-Facebooked His Standoff with Police Sentenced

It’s always nice to check back in on some of our favorite Facebook-using criminals. This time, we have an update for now-38-year-old Jason Valdez from Ogden, Utah. Back in June, 2011, Valdez holed up...

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Google Maps Gets More Live Transit Info In Certain Areas

Google has added live transit information to more cities on Google maps. Users can now access live departure times for seven lines on the New York City subway system (MTA) and buses and trams in the...

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Google Fiber’s Next Stop May Be In Provo, Utah [Update: It's Official]

UPDATE: It’s official. Google just announced via its official Google Fiber blog that Provo, Utah will be the next city to get Google’s gigabit Internet service. As part of the expansion, Google will be...

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Punched Ref Dies After Time in Coma

A Utah man died on Saturday after being punched while refereeing a soccer game one week ago. According to an Associated Press report, 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo died at a Salt Lake City hospital...

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15-Year Old Arrested For Two Dead Utah Brothers

The bodies of two West Point, Utah children, ages 4 and 10, were found in their home Wednesday night. According to a Davis County Sheriff’s Office statement, the brothers died from what appear to be...

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Boating Accident: 1 Body Found, Search Continues

A deadly boating accident on Utah’s Lake Powell last week led to a recovery team searching through the weekend for the bodies of two victims, and one was found late on Sunday night. The Jackman family...

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Teen Pleads Guilty In Death of Referee

A 17-year-old Utah boy pleaded guilty to a charge of homicide by assault Monday in a case that has many questioning the presence of violence in sports. The incident comes soon after another...

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Kendra McKenzie Gill: Bombshell or Bomber?

Kendra McKenzie Gill, a beauty queen from Utah, has been booked on suspicion of throwing homemade bombs out of a car in what one writer has referred to as the case of “beauty and the bombs.” To be...

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Once Again, Google Fiber Is Forcing Incumbent ISPs To Actually Compete

Consumers must really hate Comcast. Back in May, the cable company was rated the worst ISP in the nation with a score of 62 out of 100. Its reputation probably won’t improve nationwide, but at least...

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Google Fiber To Launch In Provo, Utah Before The End Of The Year

In April, Google announced that it was planning to buy the fiber infrastructure in Provo, Utah. The intention was to bring Google Fiber to the city, but the company hasn’t said much on that front since...

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Scott Mackintosh: Who Wears Short-Shorts? This Guy

Despite the fact that I am only 24 years old, I have often debated about whether or not I want to have kids. There are plenty of arguments both for and against. However, I may have just discovered one...

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Google Fiber Sign Ups Go Live In Provo, Utah

Back in April of this year, Google announced that it had purchased iProvo – a city-run ISP that provided fiber Internet to Provo, Utah. Upon completion of the purchase, Google was going to upgrade the...

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National Parks Open In Utah After Striking Deal

Utah has reached an agreement with the government this week and will reopen five national parks by Saturday. Utah Governor Gary Herbert said that a deal had been reached with the U.S. Department of...

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Parks Reopen in Utah, More to Come

Utah Governor Gary Herbert announced on Thursday that the state has made a deal with Department of the Interior Secretary, Sally Jewell, to keep Utah national parks open with state money, according to...

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