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It's tough to follow the news when you're finally off the clock and have time for yourself and your family. Rewind will help you catch up with all the happenings in Utah over the weekend.
Love, Owens offering a stark choice • Utah's 4th District race is expected to be the state's closest congressional contest and it pits two major-party candidates who have vastly different backgrounds, philosophies and goals. Republican Mia Love and Democrat Doug Owens also, not surprisingly, disagree on many of the key political issues, from control of public lands to immigration to the minimum wage.
White House questions Chaffetz's 'knowledge' of Ebola • White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest took a shot at Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Friday over his criticism of the administration's response to the Ebola outbreak. During a congressional hearing earlier Friday, the Utah Republican said he doesn't have confidence in how the Obama administration is dealing with people who have had direct contact with Ebola victims, especially after the news that a doctor who had treated Ebola patients in Africa returned to New York City, where he rode the subway and went bowling before exhibiting signs he was infected.
GOP rules but can Utah Dems gain on kings of the Hill? • Democrats have one main wish for Utah's 89 legislative races this year, one that Republicans would love to squash. "It's critical for Democrats to win a seat outside of Salt Lake County. We don't want to be known as the Salt Lake Democratic Party," says Peter Corroon, state party chairman. "We want to be known as the Utah Democratic Party."
New pipelines, wells proposed in Utah's Big Flat; recreationists worried • An interesting thing happened after Fidelity Exploration and Production Co. started drilling near the entrance to Dead Horse Point State Park. Cane Creek Well 12-1 let loose. Without the aid of pumps or fracking, the oil just flooded out — more than 600,000 barrels in its first year, making it the nation's most productive on-shore well in 2012.
Radioactive gas, chlorine to be released on Army's Utah testing range • The U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground plans to release radioactive gas and chlorine next year in separate tests. The radioactive-gas releases are supposed to roughly equal the exposure a person would receive from some X-rays or body scans, according to a presentation given here Thursday. The radiation then is expected to dissipate below naturally occurring levels within 3 miles.
Utah Supreme Court upholds changes to initiative procedures • The Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday that changes to signature-gathering requirements to put an initiative on the ballot do not unreasonably burden the measure's proponents. In addition, the high court said the changes — which increased the number of signatures needed and shortened the time to gather them — are not a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.
A new life for Coach Q, a new look for the Utah Jazz • Quin Snyder's first trip to Salt Lake City was a long one. Fifteen hours. Eighteen maybe. Though it must have felt like an eternity for those kids from Mercer Island, Wash., as they headed east from suburban Seattle and then south on the interstate toward the University of Utah. Other news:
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