Salt Lake City, Utah
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Mass shootings in recent years...shooting in modern U.S. history. Feb. 12, 2007: 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic killed five and wounded four at the Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was then shot and killed by police. Oct. 2, 2006: Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32,... In this article: Suicide, Columbine High School, Red Lake High School, Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University, Mark Barton, Dylan Klebold, and Jeffrey Weise |
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Defense discounts competency report in Smart case
...and said Mitchell is bereft of belief or feigning religiosity to thwart treatment, defense papers show. Smart, kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom at knifepoint when she was 14, has testified Mitchell took her as a second wife...
In this article: Michael Welner, Elizabeth Smart, God, Mental disorder, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, and Associated Press
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Economic boost seen from 2010 Games preparations
...spending. The employment created also appears to be similar to that spurred by the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy, and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, according to the researchers. Local critics of hosting the Olympics say the...
In this article: Vancouver, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Canada, British Columbia, Unemployment, and University of British Columbia
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Reuters | 2 days ago
UPDATE 2-Three Utah refineries restart after power outage
...normally Updates with further Tesoro statement, Holly output) The Chevron Corp <CVX.N>, Holly Corp <HOC.N> and Flying J refineries near Salt Lake City, Utah, were restarting units after a brief power outage knocked all or parts of the...
In this article: Tesoro Corp, Chevron Corp, Salt Lake City, Woods Cross, Utah, Hydrogen, and Utah
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Fire out at Silver Eagle Utah refinery
A fire at the 10,250 barrel-per-day Silver Eagle refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah, was extinguished late Wednesday morning, according to a fire department official. A 9:10 a.m. MST (1610 GMT) explosion at the refinery in Woods Cross,...
In this article: Hydrogen and Woods Cross, Utah
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Blast rocks Silver Eagle Utah refinery
An explosion rocked the 10,250 barrel-per-day Silver Eagle refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday morning, according to local media reports. Firefighters were battling the blaze at the refinery in Woods Cross, Utah, local...
In this article: Woods Cross, Utah
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Sportscaster must pay ex-wife $916,000 a year
...shared investment accounts, real estate and other property. Nantz, who started his broadcast career at a local CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, testified that Lorrie Nantz grew uninterested in his career over time, did not want to...
In this article: Jim Nantz, Connecticut, Beneficiary, and Screen Actors Guild
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Description from Wikipedia:
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. It was originally known as Great Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City has a population of 180,651 as of 2007. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area spans Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties, and has a total estimated population of 1,099,973. Salt Lake City is further situated in a larger urban area known as the Wasatch Front and is part of the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield CSA that has an estimated population of 1,686,703. The total estimated population of the Wasatch Front is approximately 2,150,000.
The city was founded in 1847 by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet, Brigham Young, who fled hostility and violence in the Midwestern United States. They extensively irrigated and cultivated the arid valley and faced persecution from the U.S. government for their practice of polygamy, which was abandoned in 1890. Today, Salt Lake City is still home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church). Mining booms and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the city was nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. Salt Lake City has since developed a strong outdoor recreation tourist industry based primarily on skiing. Salt Lake City was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics and is the industrial banking center of the United States.
- Name:
- City of Salt Lake City
- Also Known As:
- Crossroads of the West, SLC
- Total Area (km):
- 285.9
- Land Area (km):
- 282.5
- Water Area (km):
- 3.3
- Time Zone:
- Mountain
- Website:
- http://www.slcgov.com
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