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AP: Sex charges to be dropped against Duke lacrosse players
Posted: 9:56 AM- RALEIGH, N.C. - Prosecutors have decided to drop all charges against three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexual assaulting a stripper at a team party. — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Three arrested when 911 call turns to drug bust
Posted: 7:04 AM- Salt Lake County deputies responding to a reported burglary in southwest Salt Lake County uncovered a suspected drug operation.     Deputies arrested two men and a woman -- who were 17, 19 and 20 years old, respect — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Deployment takes toll on lawyer's life
Just months out of law school, Stewart Peay thought he finally had it made.     As a new attorney at Snell & Wilmer - a powerful commercial law firm in downtown Salt Lake City - he had a finger in some of the firm's most important — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Jazz: Utah set to retire Dantley's number
Ten Days to Remember.     If Adrian Dantley ever writes a book, that will be the title of this chapter in his life.     From the pain of another snub by the Hall of Fame to the exhilaration of coaching the Denver Nugg — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Jazz: A look at Utah's other jersey retirees
Frank Layden    * Layden served stints as the Jazz's head coach, general manager and president between 1979 and 1999.     * He was named the GM prior to the Jazz's move to Utah from New Orleans in 1979 and took over — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Monson: Jazz pay the cost of getting lost
Panic?     Who's panicking around here now?     Just because the Jazz have lost four straight games against teams that couldn't break . — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

BYU Football Notes: Suspended players' fate to be decided Monday
    Bronco Mendenhall will determine the length of the suspensions for Terrance Hooks and Vic So'oto next Monday, the Brigham Young coach said after Tuesday's practice. — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

One-ton trough pins, kills worker in Uintah County
Posted: 10:00 AM- An Oklahoma man died last Thursday on an oil rig in eastern Utah.     Glenn R. Owen, 23, of Clinton, Okla., died at the scene according to the Uintah County Sheriff's Office. The accident happened about 9:30 a.m — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Heritage Park: New woes
Ellis Ivory, chairman of the foundation that operates This Is The Place Heritage Park, said Tuesday he will be forced to ask for more taxpayer support if his controversial plan to put an office building in the park is rejected. — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007

Google, Utah on collision course over Web 'keywords'
Google "Utah Legislature" and "lawsuit" and you might soon find yourself reading about, well, Google.     The world's largest Internet search engine says a new state law that curbs keyword-triggered advertising is unconstitutional a — From The Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 11, 2007