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Entries from November 2007

Crazy Woman Arrested

November 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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 […]

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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 […]

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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,” […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Tags: Local Crime · Rants