Utah Gossip

Try waterboarding and other interrogation tactics.
A supervisor at Prosper, Inc. (a motivational coaching business located in Provo) is accused of waterboarding an employee as part of a demonstration. The suit (filed by the alleged employee/victim) also alleges that management allowed supervisors to “draw mustaches on employees’ faces, take away their chairs and beat on […]

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At least for me. But next time you’re filling up at the pump, angry at the world because those #@$#(%! oil companies keep jacking up the price of oil and thus bleeding you dry, take comfort in knowing that Utah has some of the lowest gas prices in the nation - fifth lowest, to […]

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My commute down to work really sucks sometimes. As it did yesterday morning. I was already running late so when I hopped onto I-15 I cruised into the far left “fast” lane, only to slam on my brakes and slow down to the pace of a snail. Traffic was heavy and after […]

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Move over super juices! Detoxifying foot baths are now available to cure all your ailments!
A number of spas and health clubs located throughout the state are now offering special foot baths that supposedly help alleviate a wide variety of health problems.
Participants soak their feet for 30 minutes and an employee adds an “ionizer” […]

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Kirsten Dunst, Cirque Lodge’s most recent celebrity rehabber, took a break this weekend for some good old fashioned retail therapy at a place where the normal-folk go: Target. Her and some friends hit up the retail chain, followed by lunch at a nearby Taco Bell. While none of the media outlets who have […]

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MTV is trying to get in on the apparently booming business of filming musicals in Utah. Following the footsteps of the Disney’s “High School Musical”, MTV will be filming a new musical at the Provo Towne Centre. “The American Mall” is the story of a young girl whose mom owns a music store at the […]

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Did anyone actually feel the earthquake this morning?
At 7:16 a.m. MST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 that originated near rural Wells, Nevada (near the Nevada-Utah line) rocked the Wasatch Front, with reports that the quake was felt from Brigham City all the way down to American Fork.
Despite the massive damage suffered in Wells […]

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I first heard about this on 97.1 zht and unfortunately, I am now unable to enjoy a diet coke with lemon whenever I go out to eat.
The Salt Lake City health department reports that when you order that side of lemon, you are often squeezing more than just lemon juice into your drink - more […]

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(Slowly) making its way through the state legislature is a new bill that would raise the speed limit on I-15. The limit would be raised to 80 mph from Nephi to Cedar City (the current speed limit is 75 mph).
Well it’s about freakin’ time. Don’t we all go that fast (or faster) anyways? […]

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South Salt Lake residents are asking the city council to look into disbanding their local police force. Residents are apparently nervous about the increasing crime rate. One resident, actually it was the guy who started all of this hullabaloo (Goldhardt), made this comment, “There is a group of us wanting some change in the city. […]

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