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Gillespie: Provo comedian's video offensive

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 11:34pm

OGDEN -- When Adrienne Gillespie saw a Utah video in the news and that it was close to becoming viral, she had a gut reaction.

"I am so offended, so disheartened," she posted on her Facebook page. "Few things give me pause such as this."

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Schoolgirls excluded from movie screening of 'Red Tails'

Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 5:30pm

DALLAS -- When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead.

One of the pilots is among those asking why.

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LDS public relations topic for Ogden SUP

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:02pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden Pioneer Chapter Sons of the Utah Pioneers will meet at noon Monday at Comfort Suites Inn, 2250 S. 1200 West.

Blake Whalen will speak about "Public Relations for the LDS Church."

Whalen is the general manager of The Boyer Company at Business Depot Ogden. He also is the director of the Utah Public Relations Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The cost of one meeting for potential members is paid for by the chapter. For other guests, there is a $12.50 charge.

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WSU to host talk on slavery, Constitution

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 10:35pm

OGDEN — Weber State University will host a talk, “Weber Reads: Slavery and the Constitution,” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Stewart Library Hetzel-Hoellein Room.

This free presentation will feature Adrienne Gillespie, WSU’s Center for Diversity & Unity coordinator.

Call 801-626-7613 for information.

Weber State is at 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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Rachel Denning, Dan Lynch and Brian Speckart browse the recently released 1940s census data at the Find My Past booth during the RootsTech conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City this week. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Pay-as-you-go U.K. company entering U.S. genealogy market

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 7:15am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Evidence of an explosion of interest and technology is the best way to describe the RootsTech genealogy conference, which runs through today at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

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In this Dec. 13, 2006 photo provided by Mel Fechter is a lobby display case of gold nuggets at the Siskiyou County Courthouse in Yreka, Calif. Thieves broke into the courthouse early Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012and stole gold pieces from the display whose total value is estimated at $3 million. County officials and historical experts say the theft of the collection represents an "irreplaceable" loss to the county's cultural identity and past. (AP Photo/Mel Fechter).

$3 million in gold nuggets stolen from historic mining display

Lee Romney Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 1:44pm

YREKA, Calif. -- Thieves in Yreka, Calif., made off with $3 million in gold nuggets Wednesday after breaking into the Siskiyou County Courthouse and smashing a glass case that contained a display on the area's mining history, officials said.

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John Rich (right), is pictured with Norman Lear in 1973 when they won an Emmy for outstanding series for "All in the Family." (Los Angeles Times)

John Rich, award-winner director of landmark sitcoms, dies at 86

Dennis McLellan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 11:44pm

LOS ANGELES — As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970.

On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to discuss his directing the initial episode of her new TV series, he got a call from Norman Lear who wanted to send him a script for a pilot he was about to produce.

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Beverly Jeane Weaverling

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 10:53pm

Beverly Jeane Weaverling, 83, died of cancer Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Barton Creek Assisted Living in Bountiful. No services were held at Mom’s request. Care entrusted to Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary. Condolences may be posted at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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The historic cabin of Miles Goodyear is moved from the site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ogden Temple, which is being remodeled, to a temporary site in November. The cabin will be moved, along with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, to a new permanent site in Ogden. The museum moves today; the cabin will be moved when the weather allows for landscaping. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Weber County DUP museum changing locations today

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:49am

OGDEN -- After spending the past few months in limbo, a pair of historic buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon have permanent homes.

More than 100 years of history will move a few city blocks today as the Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum building will be moved from its current location at 2148 Grant Ave. to 2104 Lincoln Ave. on a half-acre lot donated by the city.

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Film and Twinkies: Reports of their death exaggerated

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 10:46pm

OK, write this down: Twinkies are not going away. Neither is Kodak film.

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Cemetery expansion plan means less room in Farmington park

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 10:49pm

FARMINGTON -- City officials have approved a plan to expand the city cemetery at the expense of a city park.

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Union Pacific celebrating 150 years in Utah, across U.S.

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 6:12am

This year, Union Pacific celebrates 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed it into existence. The story of the railroad company is tied closely to the modernization of the American West. People and freight began using the railroad to travel across the country 150 years ago and continue to do so to this day.

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Public invited to hear talk on Chinese film

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 10:56pm

OGDEN — The public is invited to hear Greg S. Lewis, professor of Asian and world history at Weber State University, speak on Chinese cinema from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Ogden Golf and Country Club.

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Official: Canal maintenance not just Pleasant View's problem

Terrie Stephenson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 10:46pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- Payment of $2,600 to North Ogden for cleaning the canal running between 476 West and Hillsborough Drive is just the tip of the iceberg as far as keeping the canal clean is concerned, says Councilman Michael Humphreys.

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Ogden council to hear streetcar input tonight

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:42pm

OGDEN -- The great Ogden streetcar debate is set to heat up again. The Ogden City Council will hold a special fact-finding work session tonight to discuss the viability of a streetcar project in the city.