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...SENTENCED. TOM GREEN, 53, outspoken Mormon polygamist who until recently lived with his five wives and 30 children in Utah's remote West Desert; to five years to life in prison for child rape; in Nephi, Utah. Green, who is already in prison for bigamy and failure to pay child support, is accused of raping his wife Linda Kunz, now 30, with whom he conceived a child when she was 13. Although the Mormon church renounced polygamy in the 1890s, about 30,000 people continue the practice in Utah and neighboring states...
...sometimes at the top of national newscasts that don't usually feature such stories so prominently. The press coverage cyclone kicked up months ago with the kidnapping and murder of Danielle Van Dam in San Diego, then gained in intensity with the still unsolved disappearance of Elizabeth Smart in Utah and, incredibly, grew even fiercer with a series of cases from all over the country. So many shocking stories, so suddenly--a genuine crime wave or media hysteria...
...national newscasts that don't usually feature such stories so prominently. In the U.S. the press coverage cyclone kicked up months ago with the kidnapping and murder of Danielle Van Dam in San Diego, California, then gained intensity with the still unsolved disappearance of Elizabeth Smart in Utah, and, incredibly, grew even fiercer with a series of cases from all over the country. The British parallels are Sarah Payne, who left a game of hide-and-seek with her siblings in July 2000 and was found dead 16 days later; Milly Dowler, still missing since her disappearance on March...
...converting coal directly into liquid fuels can compete with that of refining crude oil. Nanotechnology may be the long-awaited breakthrough. "It has improved the economics of the process by $5 to $10 a barrel," says Theo Lee, CEO of Hydrocarbon Technologies Incorporated, a subsidiary of Headwaters, a Draper, Utah-based alternative-energy company. "Direct coal liquefaction is now economically attractive in China at today's international crude-oil price [of about $28]; a $4 to $8 a barrel increase in the price would make it economically attractive...
...November, Basic will publish "Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator" by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. According to the publisher, "He gives behind-the-scenes looks at what really went on during some of the most controversial and important debates of his career, including the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, the Clinton impeachment hearings, and the current struggle over anti-terrorism legislation...