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SALT LAKE CITY - The Governor's Office of Economic Development is pleased that Utah cities and the State of Utah continues to receive economic development recognition in national surveys.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah unemployment numbers released Thursday are lower than anticipated, but that will probably change in a final analysis.

LAYTON -- Being down an anchor tenant this Christmas shopping season in a tight economy has done nothing to diminish the hopes of the owners of the Layton Hills Mall.

WOODS CROSS, Utah -- Video released Tuesday shows a 100-foot fireball ripping through a Utah refinery during a gas explosion that knocked a nearby home off its foundation earlier this month.

(UNEDITED)This letter concerns the "Stupak Amendment" that was passed in the House health care bill and is now being considered by the Senate. This amendment would make it nearly impossible for women to choose abortion rights, even if they use their own money to buy health insurance. Federal funds cannot be used to cover an abortion, and the Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court settled the matter about women's freedom to choose.

Again We must put up with two more mindless followers of the far left, or should I say from The Land of Oz. Yes, Fox has many good reporters and journalists who have their opinions, as they are human, not like the god Obama you worship. You both must watch FOX to enable yoy to know enough to spew your vitriol.I suggest you have TOTO show you the channel selector or the off button on your TV.

Jack E. Olson

Roy

Perhaps you've long believed that extremist Islamic terrorism poses the greatest danger to America. Well, the Republicans wish to disabuse you of that notion.

House GOP leader John Boehner declared the other day that health-care reform is actually "the greatest threat to freedom that I've seen in the 19 years I've been in Washington" -- an enlightening assertion, since I'd foolishly figured that the piloting of a plane full of innocents into the Pentagon wall had constituted the greatest assault on freedom in Washington. Call me crazy, but I'd assumed that al-Qaeda scored higher on the fright meter than the prospect of Americans getting the same health protections that are common everywhere else in the democratized world.

Reasonable, intelligent people can disagree over whether five accused 9-11 conspirators should be tried in federal courts in New York City for that day's horrendous destruction.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammed Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi could have been brought before the military commissions that have evolved from lengthy struggles over proper procedures for prosecuting suspected terrorists detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Brigham Young University has torched Air Force in recent seasons, averaging 41 points in five consecutive victories, dating back to 2004.

Even as TCU and Boise State march toward unbeaten regular seasons, the Mountain West Conference -- home of the Horned Frogs -- and the blue-turf Broncos still have BCS problems.

State football championship Friday from Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium.

5-A championship

Bingham 35, Davis 24

Tomorrow night, in the MLS Cup 2009, in Seattle, Real Salt Lake can put the finishing touches on a marvelous late-season run to the Major League Soccer championship.

Getting back into the jeans you haven't worn for nine months may seem as elusive as a good night's sleep after you've had a baby. But experts say it can be done with a little patience and persistence.

Candice Worthington, mother of four from Syracuse, says if she can do it, anyone can.

"After my third baby, I thought, 'Holy crap, I'm in my 30s and I better do something or I could be in trouble,' " she said. She started exercising before becoming pregnant with her fourth baby and continued through the pregnancy and after her six-week checkup. She's lost 20 pounds since April.

This Friday is the third year for the Just for Her Women's Fair and the Taste of Home Cooking School, and the women who attended year two have a message for you.

"They had a blast," said Jennifer Thorpe, Standard-Examiner event coordinator.

"The ladies told me they really loved it. They said on their conference evaluations they liked that they could attend as many or as few of the classes that interested them. They liked to pick and choose."

Have you heard it? The cackling about cankles?

Maybe the new buzz on this stocky body part has you shunning shorts or sandals. Or maybe you're doing leg exercises like mad to plump up those calf muscles.

A cankle -- if you're in the dark -- is the merging of calf and ankle into one continuous, taperless chunk of leg. It's a "condition" recently spotlighted on TV morning shows and talk shows, on the pages of Facebook and the Wall Street Journal, and on such Web sites as www.saynotocankles.com.

Cankles are nothing new. As long as there have been calves and ankles, some of us have had a less-than-pinup-style melding of the two.

For Jessica Nichols, life is all about balance.

This week, she's back at Utah State University, carrying a full load of junior-level graphic design courses.

This summer, she balanced a job at Flowrider, the indoor surfing center in downtown Ogden's Salomon Center, with a heavy touring schedule as a flowboarding athlete.

And three weeks ago, she was in Alabama, competing for three days and earning the title of No. 1 woman flowboarder in the world.