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Kent State shooting survivors want new probe

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 3:24pm

Four people wounded in the 1970 National Guard shootings at Kent State University have asked for a federal investigation centered on a digitally enhanced audio recording of the confrontation. Four students were killed and nine injured in the incident, which began as a campus protest against the Vietnam War.

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National Guard mobilizes for Utah earthquake drill

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3:05pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Emergency responders across Utah were holding the largest earthquake drill in state history on Tuesday with mass evacuations, mock patients at hospitals and the Utah National Guard deploying 400 soldiers.

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Hacking group claims attack on dating site for military

Salvador Rodriguez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 10:19pm

LOS ANGELES — The hacker group known as LulzSec appears to be back after many months of lying low, saying it has obtained email addresses and other information about nearly 171,000 users of MilitarySingles.com, a commercial dating site.

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Maj. William Carl 'Bill' Johns

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 8:25pm

(Ret.) Maj. William Carl “Bill” Johns died Monday, March 19, 2012. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Valleyview Ward, 1433 Gwen Drive, in Pocatello, Idaho. Viewings will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 23, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Avenue, in Pocatello, and again one hour before services Saturday at the church. Another viewing will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Morgan, Utah, at the Walker Mortuary, 45 W. 200 North. Interment will be Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello. Post condolences at www.walker-mortuary.com.

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Kay Vernon Bird

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 4:01pm

Kay Vernon Bird, 73, of Riverdale, died Friday, March 16, 2012, in Ogden. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23, at the Roy City Cemetery, 2300 W. 5200 South. The family will meet with friends from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Lindquist’s Roy Mortuary, 3333 W. 5600 South. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Stephen Alston holds his sweetheart Ali Azemar as he and other soldiers of the Utah Army National Guard’s First Battalion, 211th Aviation prepare to leave on the first leg of their 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in West Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Scott Sommerdorf)

Utah Army National Guard deploy to Afghanistan

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 12:17pm

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Len Rollow

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 5:27pm

Len Rollow died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Ogden. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd. Viewings will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday. Interment will be at Myers Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 Monroe Blvd. Post condolences to the family at www.myers-mortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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A poster warning of the effects of the drug known as 'spice' hangs on a wall at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. The U.S. Navy has kicked out a record number of sailors and Marines this year for smoking synthetic marijuana and is seeing a dramatic jump in emergency room visits of its users, including some who babbled or hallucinated for eight days. (GREGORY BULL/The Associated Press)

'Spice' becoming a major problem for US military

Julie Watson The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:31am

SAN DIEGO — U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “spice,” which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.

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From left, Capt. Brent Taylor, Alex, 2, Jacob, 10 months, Taylor’s wife Jennie, Megan, 6, and Lincoln, 4, stand outside their home in North Ogden on Wednesday. Capt. Taylor was deployed to Afghanistan with the United States Army in October but was able to surprise his family with a visit home for Christmas.

Army captain gets unexpected leave to spend holiday with family

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 11:34pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The thought that Jennie Taylor might get to see her husband for Christmas wasn't even in her mind. Brent was deployed in October for 12 months in Afghanistan as part of a team of security force advisers.

He has been deployed during Christmas before and Jennie has always held out hope he might get to come home, but this year she didn't even get her hopes up. So as he stood in the family's kitchen with his four children draped around him, she was still in a happy shock.

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Basketball players ready to break record, raise scholarship funds

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 7:27am

CLEARFIELD -- They'll need a special scoreboard for this basketball game, one that will count points into the thousands.

To raise money for the Fallen Heroes Scholarship Foundation while also breaking a world record, two teams will tip off Monday morning in the gym of the Clearfield Aquatic Center and play until Friday night.

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National Guard chief may get boost

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 6:01pm

Congress is about to elevate the position of Chief of the National Guard Bureau to full membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joining the JSC chairman, vice chairman and four service branch chiefs as top military advisers to the president and his national security team.

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A golfer at Davis Park Golf Course in Fruit Heights on Thursday walks past the stump of a tree that was pushed over last week during a fierce windstorm that caused damage throughout the Top of Utah. Crews are still cleaning up the debris. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Crews work around golfers at Davis course

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 7:25am

KAYSVILLE -- The National Guard has gone home, but efforts to clean up the damage from last week's powerful windstorm continue.

The temporary dumping ground, which was set up Sunday at the site of the future Pioneer Park on Angel Street in Kaysville, is slowly getting smaller as trucks continue to make round trips to the Davis County landfill.

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Guard's work almost done in Davis wind cleanup

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 10:05pm

City, county and state crews continued cleanup efforts Wednesday in the aftermath of the major windstorm that ripped through Davis and Weber counties a week ago.

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Utah governor orders Guard to assist Davis County

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 5:41pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert on Sunday ordered the Utah National Guard and two state agencies to assist Davis County residents prepare for another major storm expected to produce high winds and snow.

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James Louis Bowman

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 10:42pm

James Louis Bowman, 69, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Cremation by Sereni Care. Email condolences to jbowman259@aol.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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