Word: utah
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...become disoriented and exhausted. You say running is really easy, but obviously ultra-running is an extreme sport. It's very hard, and people go through a lot. Why do you think people push themselves that hard? A really smart scientist, Dr. Dennis Bramble at the University of Utah, said to me, "Recreation has its reasons." It's an instinct we have inside of us. We push ourselves that far because we're hard-wired to want to remind ourselves that...
...Obama and the Democrats, the pendulum of public opinion will swing back to sounder principles and the Republican Party. Let's hope it will not be too late and the Republicans won't screw it up again next time they're in power. Bob Routsong, ST. GEORGE, UTAH...
Overdoses kill some 22,000 Americans each year - more than homicide and, in some states, like Utah, more than car accidents. Most overdose deaths happen accidentally, and most involve a combination of an opioid - either prescription painkillers, like methadone or OxyContin, or street drugs like heroin - and other depressant drugs, such as alcohol or Xanax. (Such deadly cocktails were responsible for the deaths of actor Heath Ledger in 2008 and former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.) Typically, people who overdose on prescription drugs have a history of addiction, and they end up either taking more than their prescribed...
...York. With a minimum of political fuss, she became the first Hispanic federal judge in the state. Nominated to the Appeals Court by President Bill Clinton in the summer of 1997, she was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee - including its then chairman, Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah. But Mississippi's Trent Lott, then the GOP leader, prevented the full Senate from taking up the nomination by using a "secret hold," a procedure that allows a Senator to prevent a motion from reaching the Senate floor for a vote...
...irony is that most of the major gun manufacturers are located in blue states - Smith and Wesson in Massachusetts, Colt in Connecticut. Other large manufacturers, like Browning, located in Utah, are engaged in global commerce. Montana's bill will apply to boutique gun manufacturers who produce expensive custom-made hunting rifles, which are usually purchased by affluent hunters and collectors...