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OREM, Utah (AP) — A cannon fired by a Civil War re-enactment group at a parade in Utah sparked an explosion that sent three children to the hospital. Investigators say sparks from the cannon landed on a large pouch containing additional charges for the weapon and the pouch then exploded. The accident occurred yesterday at the start of the Summerfest Parade in Orem.

MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — The body of a Moab man who vanished on a rafting trip has been pulled from the Colorado River. San Juan County sheriff's deputies say the body of 33-year-old Casey Menuey was found by kayakers Saturday in the river. Investigators say he walked a trail to the riverbank and got into the Colorado. Deputies say Menuey was not wearing a life preserver.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A disciplinary talk for a Mormon activist threatened with possible excommunication from the church is being delayed. John Dehlin says a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader has agreed to meet with him on June 29 and expressed a "desire for de-escalation" of the conflict. Dehlin is the creator of a website that provides a forum for church members questioning their faith.

WENDOVER, Utah (AP) — Federal land managers have rejected a mineral exploration company's proposal to prospect for potash on a section of the western Utah desert crossed by the ill-fated Donner Party in 1846. The Bureau of Land Management nixed an effort by Mesa Exploration, which seeks to create a potash mine on a dry lakebed about 20 miles north of Wendover.

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