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*Sunday     'Troll 2': A Utah flop     Utah Living: One of the worst movies ever made, "Troll 2," was filmed in Utah. Now, it's becoming a cult classic, with packed screenings in places like Austin, Texas, and New York City. Here's the story behind the making of a hit horror flop. -

Developers, owners lose another round - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459087?source=rss
PARK CITY - Another round in the hard-fought Summit County zoning wars once again went against Anderson Development and a handful of property owners who contend they are being deprived of property rights and the monetary rewards that follow them.    Land owners, represented by the Salt Lake City-based law firm of Hutchings, Baird and Jones, will appeal a ruling by 3rd District Judge Bruce Lubeck, who dismissed their 2006 lawsuit because it exceeded the four-year statute of -

Road to be temporarily closed today for avalanche prevention - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459086?source=rss
Upper Little Cottonwood Canyon will be shut down temporarily this evening to allow Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) avalanche-control crews to knock down potentially dangerous snow slides.    Just as it was Friday, the canyon road will be shut down around 4:45 p.m. today from entry 4 at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort through the town of Alta. -

Feds slack off on testing safety of school cafeterias - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459085?source=rss
WASHINGTON - Millions of children eat in school cafeterias that don't get the twice-yearly health inspections required by Congress to help prevent food poisoning, and only 10 states have a lower percentage of schools inspected than Utah.     Schools are supposed to get two visits from health inspectors every year. But one in 10 schools didn't get inspected at all last year, according to Agriculture Department data obtained by The Associated Press. -

Caught red-pawed - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459081?source=rss
A red fox takes advantage of a little free parking as it rests on the grass on the campus of the University of Utah on Friday.     -

For the Record - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459079?source=rss
Woman robs Brigham City drug store of Oxycontin        Police are looking for a woman who robbed a Brigham City drug store of a bottle of the prescription drug Oxycontin. The woman, armed with a handgun, handed a note to a person behind the pharmacy counter of a Rite Aid, at 220 N. Main St., about 1 p.m. Thursday demanding the store's stock of Oxycontin. Growing impatient, she pointed a handgun at the clerk, police said. -

Special-needs youths take on project, help kids in hospitals - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459077?source=rss
PROVO - Joanna Ostler and the other special-needs children of Nebo School District's Oakridge School have been on the receiving end of many service projects.     On Friday it was their turn to return the favor.     Ostler and seven other developmentally disabled students smiled and shouted with excitement as they dropped off 50 handmade dolls for children at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. -

Animal rights group allowed to protest - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459074?source=rss
Animal rights activists won an order Friday barring authorities from evicting them from the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park and Event Center at a protest planned for today.     U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball issued a temporary restraining order that will allow the Utah Animal Rights Coalition to demonstrate against a calf-roping event. -

Officials look for Taylorsville fire cause - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459072?source=rss
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early-morning blaze that gutted a one-story house in Taylorsville on Friday.     Four people inside escaped without injury, but a family cat and dog died in the fire, Unified Fire Authority fire spokesman Capt. Jay Torgersen said.     Investigators believe the two-alarm fire started about 12:30 a.m. near the back patio of the house, at 6325 S. -

Foster mom, son booked after party accusations - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459071?source=rss
What began as a rape accusation has turned into the arrest of a Syracuse man and his foster mother.    Cody Larsen, 21, was booked into the Davis County jail Thursday on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl while partying at his foster mother's home last weekend. Police say the alleged victim - a minor - consumed alcohol and marijuana at the party. -

St. Pat's Day task force alert for drunken drivers - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459070?source=rss
The luck o' the Irish won't save drunken drivers this weekend, a Salt Lake County police task force warns.     Police plan to beef up their patrols for the St. Patrick's Day weekend, fearing that a Saturday pub fest could have deadly consequences on Utah's roadways.     "Because it falls on a Saturday this year, we'll be working even harder with saturation patrols to get more drunken drivers off the road," said Sgt. -

Aunt dashes into home, runs over boy when she returns to her car - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459069?source=rss
A 3-year-old Layton boy died Friday when his aunt, scheduled to baby-sit, backed over him in his parents' driveway.     The aunt had placed the boy and three other children in her car about 11:30 a.m., but returned to the home after realizing she had forgotten her cell phone. When she finally backed out of the driveway in the 1500 block of Celia Drive, she noticed a bump and thought she had run over a skateboard, according to Sgt. Shawn Horton. -

Future of 106-year-old Park City boardinghouse up in the air - http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5459066?source=rss
PARK CITY - The front line today in the ongoing battle to save this one-time mining boomtown's historic district is the 106-year-old Centennial House, which sits rotting at the top of Main Street.     The Centennial, one of Park City's earliest boardinghouses, was condemned recently. A red notice stapled to the frame structure at 176 Main warns the public to keep out. -

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