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Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's best news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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Top stories this past weekend
2011: A year of ups and downs, beginnings and endings • In Utah, 2011 was notable for the lurching closure of several dramatic and painful sagas, and one revered tradition ending with shocking surprise. But the year began with some upbeat news: Becky Lockhart, R-Provo, became the first woman Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. BYU basketball sensation Jimmer Fredette was drafted by the NBA's Sacramento Kings. And the Utah Transit Authority opened its Mid-Jordan and West Valley TRAX light rail lines. And not least, the Runnin' Utes of the University of Utah joined the PAC 12, albeit with a so-so football season. • http://bit.ly/rDcu9I
Know your current affairs? Try our news quiz • Satirical quiz by Tribune's political reporter Robert Gehrke to make the medicine that was 2011 go down a little easier. • http://bit.ly/tXozY1
The Mormon view of government • With Mitt Romney as a top GOP contender as presidential primaries begin, Americans may start asking tweaked versions of an age-old Mormon missionary question: What do you know about Mormon views on government? • http://bit.ly/uzQObX
Yesterday's ski bums are today's doctors, lawyers, beer makers ... • Four examples of people who moved to Utah in response to the siren song of Utah skiing and never left, becoming valuable contributors, in ways large and small, to the fabric of Beehive State culture. Who doesn't know somebody like this? They're all around. • http://bit.ly/uEEtPd
Microsoft trial: 11 frustrated jurors, 1 holdout hung up on a single question • One juror cried, another threw up and unkind words were spoken, but 21-year-old Corbyn Alvey of Magna remained steadfast. The lone juror among 12 would not budge after a two-month trial and three days of deliberations in a federal court trial in Salt Lake City that ended Dec. 16 in a hung jury, denying victory to Novell Inc. and saving Microsoft Corp. from defeat with $1 billion or more at stake. • URL
UEA hopes lawmakers, teachers can collaborate • At Two Rivers High, an alternative school in Ogden, students in teacher Cassie Cox's class spent months writing novels and stories, often in hopes of getting published. Once a week, two published authors visited the class to give the teens tips and feedback, thanks to a grant from the Utah Education Association Children at Risk Foundation. It's just one of a number of ways UEA says it is working to help kids — not just teachers and institutions, as the union's foes often claim. UEA leaders have said they felt teachers and the group were targeted during last year's legislative session. They're hoping for more collaboration with lawmakers this year, though it can be hard to predict what might be in store. • http://bit.ly/uAX5IQ
Shurtleff: Boise State snub helps BCS lawsuit • Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says he expects to sue the Bowl Championship Series by February and that the snub of Boise State in this season's bowl games gives additional fodder to the impending lawsuit. • http://bit.ly/uGa70f
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Other news of interest
Woman shot in head in West Wendover carjacking attempt • http://bit.ly/ssZIzK
Passersby rescue children from car submerged in Logan River • http://bit.ly/tAVc65
Utah lawmaker plans bill to lower class sizes • http://bit.ly/rw81Fs
Utes down Georgia Tech in Sun Bowl • http://bit.ly/rDjC0F
Cougars snatch last-minute win against Tulsa • http://bit.ly/snZxtS
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Columns and opinions
Another year of ups, downs: 2011 is history, and herewith we thumb the ups and downs of the year • http://bit.ly/skOsdw
Krugman: Keynes was right • http://bit.ly/sIFNZh
Dream heads '12: The 10th annual collection • http://bit.ly/w2r4Ck
Pyle: Be on the lookout for Internet ringers • http://bit.ly/uL3c1V
Romney's deal with the devil? • http://bit.ly/tQ4YcS
Blended waste is too hot for Utah • http://bit.ly/uov8YH
Rolly: GOP just keeps snubbing Huntsman • http://bit.ly/tZjZdY