Continuing along the lines of our last post on Utah’s weak Animal Protection Laws, apparently a woman named Christina Hobbs was arrested yesterday in Salt Lake City for some odd behavior with animals and her roommate. Sadly, she decapitated her pet rabbit and showed the severed head to her roommate saying, “I finally did [...]
Entries from November 2007
Crazy Woman Arrested
November 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: Local Crime
Energy Drinks Poisonous?
November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The Poison Control Center has issued a warning about the danger of “overdosing” on energy drinks. Although the drinks aren’t harmful if you have one, apparently some people like college students drink too many and experience unpleasant side effects such as vomiting, headaches, heart palpitations, and nausea.
The problem seems to be that people [...]
Tags: Health Issues
The Osmonds
November 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Marie’s Osmond’s 16-year-old son is now in rehab. Although she didn’t disclose the exact problem, she said that he is “facing his issues.”
With her father, George Osmond, passing away last week, her recent divorce to her second husband, Brian Blosil announced, and her recent fainting on the show “Dancing With the Stars,” [...]
Tags: Celeb Sightings
Utah’s Education and Jobs
November 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Unfortunately, Utah may not be keeping up with the nation’s education. Utah seems to be below the national average of people with college degrees or higher education.
In fact, an article from last year says that two stores decided against opening stores in Utah because only 28% of Utah’s population holds college degrees (they [...]
Tags: Goings On
The Cheesecake Factory
November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Utah finally has one of the best restaurants in the nation in our state! The Cheesecake Factory, the ninth largest restaurant company in the U.S., opened its doors in Utah on Thursday, November 1 at 5:00 pm. The restaurant is located at the Fashion Place Mall in Murray, next to Nordstrom.
Utahns are [...]
Tags: Goings On
Utah: Weakest Animal Protection Laws
November 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Utah was ranked by the Animal Legal Defense Fund as having the weakest animal abuse laws in the entire country. (Right at the bottom with Utah was Alaska, Arkansas, Kentucky, and North Dakota.) This is unacceptable, Utah! Nearly every day, we hear a story of high school kids pulling pranks such as stealing and killing [...]
Tags: Local Crime · Rants