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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man searching for unique rocks in the Utah desert near the Nevada state line recently made an explosive discovery: a World War II-era bomb. KSL-TV reports the man notified the Air Force about the bomb. Thought the bomb wasn't discovered within base boundaries, Hill Air Force Base spokesman Richard Essary says its bomb squad detonated it Tuesday with C4 plastic explosives.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The number of babies born in a polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border sharply declined from 2009-2013. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that health departments recorded 467 births in 2009 in the sister cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. In 2013, the number had dropped to 42. Former members of the sect say the decrease may be related to orders from imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs halting new marriages and sexual relations between those already married.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City set a new heat record for Oct. 14 by reaching 82 degrees yesterday. The National Weather Service says the previous record of 81 degrees was set in 1958.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than two dozen Chihuahuas are at a shelter after being removed from an Ogden home yesterday. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reports animal control officers took 31 dogs from the home after narcotics officers serving a search warrant Tuesday night discovered the animals. They also found 10 pounds of methamphetamine at the house and arrested a 29-year-old man.
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