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FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan. The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed,File)

U.S. offers $10 million reward for Pakistani militant

Asif Shahzad, Sebastion Abbott The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 9:48am

ISLAMABAD -- The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for the founder of the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, a move that could complicate U.S.-Pakistan relations at a tense time.

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Davis schools screen social studies textbooks

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 10:41pm

FARMINGTON — Davis School District has announced the adoption of new textbooks for secondary social studies courses.

These courses include Utah studies, U.S. history, geography, world history, U.S. government, sociology and psychology.

Several major textbook companies have submitted materials that are being reviewed by committees of district teachers, administrators and parents.

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Utah lawmakers mull legal options in federal lands debate

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:16pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Legislators will learn from the mistakes of others before taking on the federal government over control of federal lands within the state, several local lawmakers say about current efforts to address the issue.

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State lawmakers consider joining health care compact

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:06pm

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers think Utah can do a better job of managing Medicare and Medicaid funds than the federal government can.

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Utah’s Lee divides Congress; more federal land debate

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:16pm

I am sad to see Maine’s Olympia Snowe leaving the U.S. Senate.

Utah is not Maine, so normally I wouldn’t comment on Snowe, but I can’t get over the nagging thought that Snowe, a well-known moderate, is leaving because Utah’s voters elected Sen. Mike Lee two years ago.

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(JIN LEE/The Associated Press) In this Aug. 4, 2011 photo, a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Global stock markets sank again Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, as worries about the downgrade of U.S. debt outweighed relief at a European Central Bank pledge to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds to help the two countries avoid devastating defaults.

US stock futures tumble after S&P downgrade of US

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 6:57am

NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday amid a rout in global stocks after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time.

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Bin Laden death draws reaction across sports world

Howard Fendrich AP Sports Writer

Last updated Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 12:06am

WASHINGTON -- Before the top of the fourth inning on Military Appreciation Night at Nationals Park, the public address announcer encouraged everyone at the baseball stadium to cheer for the active or retired members of the service who were in the stands Monday, recipients of free tickets.

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Joe Pisciotta, of Falls Church, Va. (left), and Eric Tcotco, of Washington, who have never met before, have their photo taken together in front of an American flag in front of the White House in Washington on Monday, the day after Osama bin Laden was killed.

Bin Laden's killing 'right' for America

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 12:21am

OGDEN -- Scholars, politicians and pundits can debate the implications of the Obama administration's decision to kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden as much as they like.

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In December 2001, Norman Wahlstrom (right) of Kaysville and wife Margaret remember Norman’s mother Mary Alice Wahlstrom and his sister Carolyn Ann Beug who were traveling and killed in the first plane that struck the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

Kaysville woman with ties to 9/11 deaths hopes for change

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 12:17pm

KAYSVILLE -- A need to teach the next generation concern for all people is what stayed on the mind Monday of a Kaysville woman related to two women killed on 9/11.

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Airport subsidies on federal chopping block

Joan Lowy The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:42pm

WASHINGTON -- A senator who is a key figure in aviation issues vowed Thursday to fight off an attempt to eliminate a program that subsidizes air service to small airports, often in remote communities.

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office battles to keep up

John Schmid Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 3:00am

atent applications on the Internet. And they can use the technology anywhere in the world, including in America, for free.

"American economic security is threatened in a way Congress has failed to recognize," Michel said.

The Patent Office is meant to act as steward of the nation's newest and most competitive technologies, granting protection to innovative new products so their developers can commercialize them.

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