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Farr West man admits to kickbacks for HAFB contracts

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 6:26am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Farr West man who was indicted less than two weeks ago for using his job as a procurement manager at Hill Air Force Base to solicit kickbacks from vendors pleaded guilty Monday to bribery and fraud charges.

Jose Mendez, 50, entered the pleas to charges of bribery, procurement fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery and procurement fraud.

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(PAUL SAKUMA/The Associated Press) In this file photo taken Feb. 28, 2011, a new 2011 Chrysler 200 is on display at a dealership in Burlingame, Calif. The United Auto Workers has asked local union leaders from Chrysler factories to meet in Detroit, normally a sign the union has agreed to a new contract with an automaker.

Chrysler, UAW agree on new contract

Dee-Ann Durbin, Tom Krisher The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 7:36am

DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC and the United Auto Workers negotiators agreed on a new four-year contract early Wednesday that creates 2,100 new jobs.

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(DAVID KARP/The Associated Press) Derek Fisher, president of the NBA players union, talks with reporters, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, in New York. NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the basketball season after players and owners were unable to reach a new labor deal to end the lockout.

No Deal: NBA cancels first two weeks of season

Brian Mahoney The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 7:58am

NEW YORK — Two weeks of NBA games are lost. Many more could be in jeopardy.

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Contract contingencies when a home sale 'bombs'

Marci Geffner bankrate.com

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 11:46am

Fail. Fallout. Fall apart. Bomb. Those are among the colorful phrases real estate agents use to describe home sales that do not close.

For buyers, a failed transaction might be disappointing. For sellers, the implications can be more painful, especially if local home values are declining, says David Moody, a broker at ERA Sunrise Realty near Athens, Ga.

"If you're in a market where (prices) a

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Teachers union seeks proof that Ogden School District didn't break laws

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 11:31pm

OGDEN -- The American Federation of Teachers, Utah chapter, has accused the Ogden School Board of breaking two Utah laws and has requested the board release documents and recordings related to non-negotiated teacher contracts sent out in July.

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Appointment as Ogden district's leader 'novel,' 'shocking'

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 11:36pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden School District appointed one of its own members as superintendent Monday night.

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NASA picks 7 companies for space travel experiments

Staff SPACE.com

Last updated Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 3:39pm

NASA has picked seven private spaceflight companies, each working to build a commercial spaceship, as its transportation of choice for launching experiments to the edge of space and back.

The space agency announced the selections Tuesday (Aug. 9), as part of the agency's Flight Opportunities Program. The seven commercial companies will receive two-year contracts to integrate and fly an indefinite number of technology payloads on their reusable suborbital vehicles, which fly to space but do not make a full orbit around the Earth. The flights will include manned and unmanned missions.

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