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Cities graded on transparency

Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 10:24pm

A national group that reviews the transparency of state and local governments has given Syracuse and North Salt Lake City the highest rating of any Davis County communities for the information it provides on its community websites.

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Gary (Jason Segel) and new Muppet Walter get spiffy before their big trip to Hollywood where they hope to find their future, and once again make the world safe for Muppets.

Muppets movie seeks old formula

Steve Salles Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 7:29am

What's old is new again. At least that's what Disney is hoping for, as its 2004 investment gets a new lease on life and a new coat of fur in the first "Muppets" movie to be made in a dozen years.

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A female-centric tale in a world of magic

Los Angeles Times, Nick Owchar

Last updated Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 12:17pm

"A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES." By Deborah Harkness. Viking. 581 pages. $28.95.

There's something inspiring -- for old-fashioned book lovers -- about an early scene in Deborah Harkness' novel "A Discovery of Witches." Magical creatures gather as a woman opens a legendary, lost book.

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Jonathan Evison’s novel of the Pacific Northwest, “West of Here,” is set dually in 1890 and 2006. Cape Flattery, part of the Makah Reservation on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, is shown in 2009.

Carving out a name in the Northwest

Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 12:13pm

"WEST OF HERE." By Jonathan Evison. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 486 pages. $24.95.

The trailing end of Manifest Destiny curls back on itself in "West of Here," Jonathan Evison's ambitious novel of the Pacific Northwest. Set dually in 1890 and 2006, the kaleidoscopic story follows those hoping to build their legacies in the wilds of Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.

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