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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal investigators say a 2009 explosion at a northern Utah oil refinery that damaged a cluster of homes but caused no injuries began with a corroded pipe that went years without proper inspection. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board yesterday afternoon released findings of a report by an outside consulting group into the fire at Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross. It found that a 10-inch reactor pipe tore and ignited after it began gushing hydrogen, launching a fireball toward a nearby neighborhood.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former National Security Agency senior executive targeted in a government leak investigation says the country's sweeping secret surveillance programs are violating Americans' constitutional rights. Thomas Drake spoke yesterday in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. He said the NSA's $1.7 billion data storage facility outside of Salt Lake City is a symbol of extraordinarily secretive agency.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune is cutting eight positions in the latest round of layoffs at the state's largest newspaper. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Editor and Publisher Terry Orme announced yesterday that the layoffs include seven full-time staffers and one part-timer. Orme said Digital First Media, which runs the newspaper for owner MediaNewsGroup, called on the newspaper to cut its budget by 10 percent.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — United States Attorney for the state of Utah David Barlow has announced he will step down sometime this summer after about three years in the post. Barlow said in a statement yesterday he is leaving for family reasons but did give further details on why he is vacating the office. He said he will return to private practice at Chicago law firm Sidley Austin.
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