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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010
ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK SHURTLEFF SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL REVIEW
INVALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THAT LIST OF SOME 13-
HUNDRED ALLEGED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE
THAT HIS OFFICE WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE. A SPOKESMAN WITH THE
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES SAYS ONLY TWO OF 36-
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THE LIST WERE VALID. HE SAYS THERE
IS NO INDICATION THAT ANY LAWS WERE BROKEN. WORKFORCE
SERVICES DIRECTOR KRISTEN COX SAYS NO UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS RECEIVED BENEFITS FROM THE AGENCY. THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE RELEASE OF THE LIST WITH TWO
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT FIRED.
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SOME TWO-HUNDRED PEOPLE RALLIED AT THE STATE CAPITOL
PROTESTING THE INSTITUTION OF ARIZONA-STYLE IMMIGRATION
REFORM IN UTAH. STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE INDICATED THAT SOME
FORM OF IMMIGRATION REFORM MOST LIKELY WILL PASS THE JANUARY
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
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NO ONE WAS HURT WHEN A PRIVATE PLANE LANDED ON ITS BELLY AT
THE ST. GEORGE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR APPARENTLY
FAILED. AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED.
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A UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER EXCAPED INJURY WHEN SOMEONE
APPARENTLY FIRED AT LEAST ONE SHOT AT HIS VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED
ON I-15 NEAR BOUNTIFUL. THE BULLET STRUCK THE TRUNK OF THE
TROOPER’S VEHICLE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.
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THE SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF A FORMER B-Y-U PROFESSOR HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS MURDER. KAY MORTENSON
WAS FOUND, WITH HIS THROAT SLASHED, IN HIS PAYSON HOME LAST
NOVEMBER. THE UTAH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL ONLY SAY THE
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
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ATTORNEYS FOR BRIAN DAVID MITCHELL HAVE FORMALLY REQUESTED
A CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE TRIAL OF THEIR CLIENT. MITCHELL IS
CHARGED IN THE 2002 KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT OF ELIZABETH SMART.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CONTEND MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EVENT
WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEAT AN IMPARTIAL JURY ANYWHERE IN
THE STATE. PROSECUTORS DISAGREE. A RULING ON THE REQUEST IS
EXPECTED AT A LATER DATE.
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