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		<title>&#8220;Naughty Gifts Sold Here!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is familiar with the store Spencer&#8217;s Gifts, found in shopping malls throughout the nation, right?  Admit it, you used to go in there when you were fifteen with all your friends and giggle about all the ridiculous crap sold there.
As reported by KSL, police raided the Spencer&#8217;s store in the Layton Hills mall [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone is familiar with the store <a href="http://www.spencersonline.com/">Spencer&#8217;s Gifts</a>, found in shopping malls throughout the nation, right?  Admit it, you used to go in there when you were fifteen with all your friends and giggle about all the ridiculous crap sold there.</p>
<p>As reported by <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&#038;sid=2656038">KSL</a>, police raided the Spencer&#8217;s store in the Layton Hills mall after receiving multiple complaints about indecency.  15 boxes full of &#8220;stuff&#8221; (sex toys, games, food, etc.) were taken from the store because mall patrons were complaining about the products. Authorities are currently investigating to determine if any of the questionable items were sold to minors. </p>
<p>Now, if explicit or indecent items <em>were</em> sold to minors, that is against state statutes and Spencer&#8217;s employees should face the consequences&#8230;but, if not&#8230;give me a break!  If edible panties and furry handcuffs don&#8217;t float your boat, you don&#8217;t have to go in the store! </p>
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		<title>Man Stabs Dog for Barking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this is a totally lame story. Apparently, Joshua McFarlane got fed up over his neighbor&#8217;s dog barking, so he waited with a butcher knife until the dog stuck his nose through a gap in the fence, and stabbed it in the face. The dog required stitches to close the wound and stop the bleeding.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, this is a totally lame story. Apparently, <a title="Man Stabs Helpless Dog" href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&amp;sid=2615548">Joshua McFarlane</a> got fed up over his neighbor&#8217;s dog barking, so he waited with a butcher knife until the dog stuck his nose through a gap in the fence, and stabbed it in the face. The dog required stitches to close the wound and stop the bleeding.</p>
<p>Mr. McFarlane should have (and could have) handled the situation any other way &#8211; filing a complaint with animal control, talking with the owners &#8211; anything other than stabbing the poor dog. He can&#8217;t claim that he snapped, either, because he was obviously waiting with a knife for the dog to stick his nose through the fence.</p>
<p>This is such a sick story &#8211; I don&#8217;t understand what would make someone do something like this. We&#8217;ve all heard annoying dogs barking all night, but seriously, who stabs the dog in the face? Work out the problem with the owners &#8211; don&#8217;t attack the animal. Stabbing the dog only makes you look like a crazy moron. Of course, someone that would do something like this probably is a crazy moron.</p>
<p>Once again, we need to pass <a title="Henry's Law" href="http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillint/sb0102.htm">Henry&#8217;s Law</a>. Go to <a title="Henry's Law" href="http://www.helpushelpthem.org/">HelpUsHelpThem.org</a>, and sign the petition. Animal torture should be a felony in Utah.</p>
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		<title>Flix Club Owner Busted&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that edited movie clubs are all the rage here in Utah.  So I find it rather ironic (and hilarious) that the owner of one such franchise (Flix Club Videos) was arrested for sex crimes (KSL broke the story). 
Daniel Thompson made a name for himself and Flix Club by editing sexually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that edited movie clubs are all the rage here in Utah.  So I find it rather ironic (and hilarious) that the owner of one such franchise (Flix Club Videos) was arrested for sex crimes (<a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&#038;sid=2548266">KSL </a>broke the story). </p>
<p>Daniel Thompson made a name for himself and Flix Club by editing sexually explicit out of popular movies.  Both Thompson and Isaac Lifferth (who we think worked for Thompson at the video store) were arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual activity with 14-year-old (a sure sign of desperation, no doubt). </p>
<p>Apparently Thompson and Lifferth paid two 14 year old girls for sexual favors.  The girls met the men through another friend.  The girls performed sex acts on Lifferth for $20, who then introduced the girls to Thompson.  Police say the girls were again paid $20 for performing sexual acts on Thompson in his Orem edited-movie store. Both men claim they believed the girls were 18&#8230;(riiiiight).  </p>
<p>In addition, after raiding the Thompson&#8217;s store, police said they found a very large stash of pornographic material. </p>
<p>There are so many things wrong with this scenario I don’t even know where to begin.  </p>
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		<title>Animal Cruelty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this story on KSL about yet another sick incident of animal cruelty.  An 18 year old driver threw his boxer-lab mix out the sunroof during a high-speed chase with police.  The dog limped off the road after suffering a broken pelvis and severe road rash all over its body.  
The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw this story on <a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&#038;sid=2394585">KSL </a>about yet another sick incident of animal cruelty.  An 18 year old driver threw his boxer-lab mix out the sunroof during a high-speed chase with police.  The dog limped off the road after suffering a broken pelvis and severe road rash all over its body.  </p>
<p>The driver insists the dog jumped out of a window after he hit a bump in the road though police say they saw otherwise and the dog was deliberately thrown. </p>
<p>I only post about this because Utah has some of the most lenient animal cruelty laws in the nation and “Henry’s Bill,” a legislative proposal that would make deliberate animal torture a third degree felony, has been tabled again. </p>
<p>Visit the official website of the <a href="http://animalcruelty.utahhumane.org/">Utah Humane Society</a> to learn more about “Henry’s Bill” and how you can support the fight against animal cruelty.</p>
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		<title>Crazy Woman Arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing along the lines of our last post on Utah&#8217;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, &#8220;I finally did [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing along the lines of our last <a href="http://www.utahgossip.com/archives/utah-weakest-animal-protection-laws">post</a> on Utah&#8217;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, &#8220;I finally did it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Apparently, they then began arguing and the roommate claims that Hobbs held a knife to his chest and grabbed their dog.  He wrestled the knife away and Hobbs ran to the roof.  She&#8217;s now in jail and on suicide watch.</p>
<p>This obviously shows the strong correlation between abusing animals and abusing people.  We need laws to protect ourselves from these crazy people!</p>
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		<title>Utah: Weakest Animal Protection Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Utah was ranked by the <a title="Utah - Weak Animal Abuse Laws" href="http://www.aldf.org/news/details.php?id=323">Animal Legal Defense Fund</a> 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 a sheep, and hanging it from their rival football team&#8217;s crossbars. Or stomping a pheasant to death because it wandered onto a football field.</p>
<p>This is NOT normal behavior! Kids have been taught to treat animals without any kindness, and many people here have the (medieval) theory that animals don&#8217;t have any type of feelings. Yes, they can feel pain. Stomping a pheasant to death is a cruel, terrible way for the poor bird to die, yet kids did it without any thoughts that it might be a terrible and cruel thing to do. Killing and torturing animals is not funny or acceptable! </p>
<p>Utah needs to pass Henry&#8217;s Law, a law that would make animal cruelty a felony. (Currently in Utah, harming and abusing animals is just a misdemeanor, if it&#8217;s even prosectured.) Utah needs to get out of the dark ages, and work to protect animals. There are strong correlations between people abusing animals and then moving on to abuse people.</p>
<p>This low ranking is an embarassment to Utah. We need to step it up, and take care of our animals. They deserve better from us.</p>
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		<title>Warren Jeffs is Guilty!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamist cult near the Utah/Arizona border, was just found guilty on 2 counts of being an accomplice to rape in the case of a 14 year-old being forced to marry a 19 year-old against her will.
His fate has not yet been decided as to how much time he will serve, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamist cult near the Utah/Arizona border, was just found guilty on 2 counts of being an accomplice to rape in the case of a 14 year-old being forced to marry a 19 year-old against her will.</p>
<p>His fate has not yet been decided as to how much time he will serve, however, he is facing life in prison. We&#8217;ll post more info as we get it.</p>
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		<title>Gloria Allred to Support 70 Year Old Lawn Abuser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty Perry, the 70 year old woman that landed herself in hot water for resisting arrest had a court appearance today, and had a big attorney on her side &#8211; Gloria Allred. Allred bashed Orem police saying they&#8217;re picking on a poor old lady.
Now, I think it&#8217;s nice that Allred found someone to get her [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Betty Perry, the 70 year old woman that landed herself in hot water for resisting arrest had a court appearance today, and had a big attorney on her side &#8211; Gloria Allred. Allred bashed Orem police saying they&#8217;re picking on a poor old lady.</p>
<p>Now, I think it&#8217;s nice that Allred found someone to get her name back in the news, however, I think it&#8217;s pretty lame for her to claim Orem police are abusing this woman for not watering her lawn. The real problem came when the woman would not cooperate with police, and resisted arrest.</p>
<p>When things like this happen, no matter the age, the individual will be arrested. I think this should teach Ms. Perry a lesson &#8211; no matter how lame the charges are (i.e. abuse of a lawn), cooperate, and things will go much, much smoother. This was a very small thing when the police officer arrived to issue a citation, and it was made into a much bigger deal than it should have been.</p>
<p>The moral of the story? Don&#8217;t abuse your lawn. And don&#8217;t talk back to the cops. And if you do, try to look as pathetic as possible, and maybe a big-shot attorney will fly in to <del>get their name in the news</del> be your friend.</p>
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		<title>Super Dell a Super Idiot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dell Schanze, owner of the now defunct Totally Awesome Computers, is once again in the news.
Dell is someone that constantly craves attention, and pulls off stunts, perhaps to keep his name in the news when he feels he doesn&#8217;t get enough attention. This time, he buzzed a dinner cruise ship that was cruising around the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dell Schanze, owner of the now defunct Totally Awesome Computers, is once again in the news.</p>
<p>Dell is someone that constantly craves attention, and pulls off stunts, perhaps to keep his name in the news when he feels he doesn&#8217;t get enough attention. This time, he buzzed a dinner cruise ship that was cruising around the Great Salt Lake.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&amp;sid=1783601">KSL.com</a> offers pictures and a story about it &#8211; Dell claims he didn&#8217;t do anything illegal. Just stupid. Ok, so maybe he didn&#8217;t admit to doing something stupid, but it was. I gotta wonder about his ability to make reasonable decisions&#8230;his intelligence has been called into question several time before, and once again, here we go.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think Super Dell forgot to take his meds, and he thought he was Superman. Way to go! Just don&#8217;t hurt anyone else in your idiotic endeavors. Best of luck to you &#8211; we hope you don&#8217;t end up with a Darwin Award, but with your current plan of action, it looks like you just might.</p>
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		<title>Help Find Camille Cleverly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past week, a local BYU student, Camille Cleverly, has been missing. Her bicycle was discovered today &#8211; a couple had cut the lock and stolen it last week, but then realized it was probably Camille&#8217;s bike, and turned it into police.
She&#8217;s a beautiful blonde haired, blue-eyed young woman &#8211; she&#8217;s 22 years old, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the past week, a local BYU student, Camille Cleverly, has been missing. Her bicycle was discovered today &#8211; a couple had cut the lock and stolen it last week, but then realized it was probably Camille&#8217;s bike, and turned it into police.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s a beautiful blonde haired, blue-eyed young woman &#8211; she&#8217;s 22 years old, and is 5&#8242;5&#8243;. If you have any information about her, please contact Provo police immediately at (801) 852-6210 &#8211; we need to find Camille!</p>
<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with her family during this difficult time. Please, let&#8217;s get together as a community and find her.</p>
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