Word: utah
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wait, is that the lanky Utah Jazz forward and Russian basketball star Andrei Kirilenko in the chair, knees almost hitting his chin? Why, yes it is. You'll never see LeBron in the salon, since the U.S. basketball team is once again shunning the Village, opting for the comforts of Beijing's five-star InterContinental hotel. Kirilenko, who will make $15 million this season, says the Village facilitates team bonding, but he won't knock the U.S. for its élitism. "You get used to doing things a certain way," he says. "It's all right." With basketball's popularity...
What plans do you have to help right our economic ship? Nathan Duersch SPANISH FORK, UTAH...
...Lawrence v. Texas, that struck down the Texas sodomy law, closing the doors on the bedroom. The decision was hailed by gay activists as a landmark, but it also apparently heartened Jeffs. (It was soon cited by defense attorneys in their plans to appeal the 2003 conviction of a Utah man found guilty of underage sex and bigamy.) Says Mankin: "They thought the shadow of Waco would protect them, and they hung a lot of hope on Lawrence v. Texas...
...polygamists' move to the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a local state representative worked quickly and quietly to change the state's antiquated marriage laws. The age of consent was raised from 14 to 16, and marriages between stepchildren and stepparents were outlawed. The changes were modeled on a Utah law that was believed to have prompted Jeffs' decision to move his flock to more-remote places in Texas, Colorado and Mexico...
Jeffs was convicted in September 2007 of being an accessory to rape for presiding over the marriage of a young girl and given a five-years-to-life sentence in Utah. He will face similar charges in Arizona; in Texas, more charges (apart from this week's felony) are likely to be forthcoming when the grand jury reconvenes in August. Texas Ranger captain L.C. Wilson, in charge of the investigation, told the San Angelo Standard-Times on Wednesday that while most of the 300 boxes of evidence gathered at the raid have been examined, an undisclosed number of terabytes...