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Carlos Mayorga (left) and Ron Brown, of R&G Horse and Wagon, stop to look at a view while horseback riding at Antelope Island in 2009. On a one-year trial basis, Utah State Parks has expanded the trail corridor access on the island for equestrian use. During that year, riders can trot side by side, rather than from nose to tail. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Antelope Island opens up trails for equestrians

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 9:02pm

ANTELOPE ISLAND — Antelope Island is becoming more horse-friendly.

On a one-year trial basis, Utah State Parks has expanded the trail corridor access on the island for equestrian use, said Hollie Brown, state parks spokeswoman.

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Another cruise ship suffers mishap

Oliver Teves The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 8:05am

MANILA, Philippines — A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that was disabled by a fire and was drifting in southern Philippine waters has been repaired and is headed toward Malaysia, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday.

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2001 file photo, a tour helicopter lifts off inside the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Senate has approved a measure clarifying that new rules planned for air tours of the Grand Canyon would not affect commercial aircraft flying over the park on the way to Las Vegas and other airports. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, File)

Jets not affected by rules for Grand Canyon tours

Matthew Daly The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 4:26pm

WASHINGTON -- New rules planned for air tours of the Grand Canyon would not affect commercial aircraft flying over the park, under a measure approved by the Senate.

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Rescuers and police work amid the wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium at the accident site in a tunnel of the A9 highway near Sierre, western Switzerland, early Wednesday, March 14, 2012. A bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/KANTONSPOLIZEI WALLIS/POLICE OF VALAIS, Handout)

Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children

Don Melvin, John Helprin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 9:43am

GENEVA -- A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 school children and six adults returning to Belgium from a joyous ski vacation, police said Wednesday.

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Committee to explore another Winter Olympics bid

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 12:46am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has the skills, the people and the know-how to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games again, two Top of Utah lawmakers said Wednesday, the same day Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Winter Games.

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(The Associated Press) The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said.

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy; 3 bodies found, 69 missing

Frances D'Emilo, Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 9:40am

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy -- Survivors from a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over, leaving at least three dead and 69 people still unaccounted for, described Saturday a chaotic evacuation, as plates and glasses crashed and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach safety.

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Plenty of skiers and snowboarders are lining up to catch chairlifts and gondolas at Snowbasin Resort, which has snow, thanks to snowmaking machines. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Utah snowpack below normal, resorts cross fingers

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 9:22pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago, snow was falling in Utah at about twice the average rate and resorts were packed with crowds of tourists reveling in the white stuff.

Now the state’s snowpack is at about 50 percent of average, and one resort without snowmaking capability hasn’t even opened for the season.

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Visitors perk up Weber, Davis county tourism revenues

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 7:16am

LAYTON -- Tourism tax revenues in Weber and Davis counties are on the rise as the area has become more recognized by travelers and tourists.

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Young Samoyeds run with their handler during judging Friday at the Samoyed Dog Club of America show at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington. The eight-day show concludes today. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

More than 350 Samoyeds fluff up for Farmington's first hosting of competition

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 3:39pm

FARMINGTON -- To cool off under the Phoenix sun, Sitka, a 10-month-old Samoyed, enjoys swimming with his Labrador friends.

But for the most part, the white-haired dog, who upon full maturity could weigh 65 pounds, remains indoors where it's cool.

"(Sitka) is spoiled rotten and lives in the house," said handler Raygen Hensley.

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Utah National Forests conducting visitor use studies

Press release Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 3, 2011 - 6:19pm

OGDEN - Starting Oct. 1, visitors to the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley national forests may see and be contacted by Forest Service employees and contractors surveying forest visitor use.

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Tourists clash with police in Spain

Sinikka Tarvaninen Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 4:08pm

BARCELONA -- Hundreds of young people, many of them tourists, clashed with police early Thursday in Lloret de Mar on Spain's northeastern Costa Brava, police said.

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South Beach 'B-girls' plead guilty in scheme to rip off tourists

David Ovalle, The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 5:21pm

MIAMI -- Two Eastern European women who helped squeeze South Beach tourists by running up thousands of dollars in exorbitant bar tabs pleaded guilty Wednesday in Miami federal court.

Anastassia Mikrukova, 24, of Estonia, and Agnese Rudaka, 23, of Latvia, pleaded guilty to one count each of lying to federal authorities when applying to enter the country as tourists.

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