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OGDEN — Steady streams of runners swished through steady streams of rain Saturday to triumph in a sometimes-emotional Zions Bank Ogden Marathon.

Many of the thousands of runners who competed in the race were wearing the flagship yellow and blue of the Boston Marathon, making their run at Ogden a redemptive and commemorative race.

“(The) Boston (tragedy) made me want to run more,” said Emily Jeppesen, a half-marathon runner from Fruit Heights. “You don’t want to let them (terrorists) take that away from you. It’s important to run. It gives them the power if you don’t run.”

GRANBURY, Texas -- A rash of tornados slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes and threw trailers onto cars.

SALT LAKE CITY — The warmer, drying weather moving into Utah over the weekend and into next week has state fire officials bracing for an early start to the 2013 wildfire season.

BERNALILLO, N.M. — Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before tossing rose petals into the water.

Remnants of a tradition that stretches back to the days of Spanish explorers, the humble offerings are aimed at blessing this year’s meager irrigation season and easing a relentless drought that continues to march across New Mexico and much of the western half of the U.S.

LOS ANGELES  -- A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze.

SALT LAKE CITY — A pattern of wet weather the past three weeks is helping boost Utah’s water supply, but most of the state remains in the clutches of a severe or moderate drought.

The first round of a major, late-season winter storm winds down across Denver and the High Plains of eastern Colorado, the second round is waiting right on its heels.