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SEVEN DEAD BABIES-ARREST
A Utah woman accused of killing seven babies she gave birth to over 10 years was arrested Sunday after police discovered the tiny bodies stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in the garage of her former home. Megan Huntsman, 39, who lived in the Utah home until three years ago, had the infants between 1996 and 2006, investigators said. Officers responded to a call Saturday from Huntsman's estranged husband about a dead infant at the home in Pleasant Grove, 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, police Capt. Michael Roberts said. Officers then discovered the six other bodies. Roberts declined to comment on a motive and what Huntsman said during an interview with investigators. By Martin Griffith. SENT: 380 words, photos. Will be updated with reporter on scene.
RANGE SHOWDOWN
A day after blinking in a showdown on the range, federal land managers pledged to pursue efforts to resolve a conflict with a southern Nevada rancher who has refused to pay grazing fees for 20 years. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Craig Leff said the agency would continue to try to resolve the matter involving rancher Cliven Bundy "administratively and judicially." Bundy owes more than $1 million in grazing fees, according to the bureau. "The door isn't closed. We'll figure out how to move forward with this," he said Sunday. He declined to comment on possible options. By Martin Griffith. SENT: 550 words.
PAY FOR STAY-DAVIS COUNTY
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge this week ordered the Davis County Sheriff's office to stop taking money from the personal accounts of inmates to pay for lodging and medical expenses in a practice known as "pay for stay." Judge Michael Allphin addressed the issue in court Monday during the sentencing of a 20-year-old man on forgery charges. The judge issued the order Wednesday the Standard-Examiner of Ogden reported (http://bit.ly/1hnIjEm). Allphin said the sheriff's office needs authorization from a judge in order to take money from the accounts that inmates typically use for food and other personal items. Allphin called for a halt to the practice until further direction from the court. Sent: 470 words.
NAVAJOS-ELECTRICITY
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Life has become a little easier for Margie and Alvin Tso. The couple who raised eight children in the LeChee area of the Navajo Nation did so without a power line running to their home. For Margie Tso, that meant laundering clothes in a tub with a washboard and cooking food on a wood stove. The children did homework under the light of a kerosene or gas lamp and did not have television. Electricity is a basic necessity in most people's lives but one that is considered a luxury on portions of the Navajo Nation. Across the 27,000 square-mile reservation that extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, an estimated 15,000 homes do not have electricity, said Deenise Becenti, a spokeswoman for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. By Felicia Fonseca. SENT: 605 words, photos.
ALSO:
— STRANDED FAMILY RESCUED — A Payson man and his two sons have been rescued after being stranded three days in a canyon in Garfield County.
— FATAL CRASH-DUI — The co-owner of a Logan coffee company has died from injuries suffered in an accident involving a suspected drunken driver.
— SKATERBOARDER KILLED — An investigation continues into a teenage boy who was struck and killed by a truck while skateboarding in Salt Lake City.
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