Reno, Nev. » The Utah State women's basketball team believed that a split with Louisiana Tech during the regular season could lead to a neutral court win over the Bulldogs in a Western Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal.

With the clock ticking toward the midnight Thursday end of this session, lawmakers still have at least one major education funding issue to resolve: charter schools.

Using newly affordable technology, researchers at the University of Utah and other institutions have sequenced for the first time the entire genome of a family.

Ogden » Montana's Anthony Johnson amazed everybody Wednesday night, including himself. Informed that he had scored the Grizzlies' final 21 points in a 66-65 victory over Weber State in the Big Sky Conference tournament championship game, Johnson replied with one word: "Wow.

Ogden » This wasn't March Madness, courtesy of the NCAA. This was 20 minutes of insanity, thanks to Montana's Anthony Johnson. In an electrifying performance that will not be exceeded by any player on any team in the upcoming NCAAs, Johnson scored 42 points Wednesday night to rally

A Wednesday afternoon crash in St. George killed a pair of elderly sisters and injured a Utah Highway Patrol trooper who was on his way to a multiple-car collision on Interstate 15.

Utah hospitals continue to mistakenly leave equipment such as sponges inside patients -- many of them women undergoing obstetrical or gynecological surgeries, according to data released Wednesday.

Washington » Citing the nation's grim financial shape, Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced Wednesday that he will not seek any earmarks this year. Chaffetz, an outspoken critic of the federal budget process, didn't request any pet projects in last year's budget, either -- a position that puts

West Valley City » Maralee Andreason had talked about the struggle to keep her son out of trouble. But it was the 55-year-old Andreason who was found dead Tuesday night in her West Valley City apartment.

  LAS VEGAS - Even though his ankle is feeling better, Utah center David Foster remains questionable for tonight's game against UNLV. Foster, the MWC Defensive Player of the Year, has been out since he re-sprained his left ankle in the Utes' loss to BYU on March 6.

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Orem » Nick Weiermiller scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left, to lead Texas-Pan American to a 56-53 victory over Utah Valley in the first round of the Great West Conference tournament on Wednesday.

It was a night for little girls and some of their mothers to put on their princess. At least that's how it is when one of Disney on Ice's many touring productions makes its semi-annual stop at Salt Lake City's EnergySolutions Arena.

Steamboat, Colo. » University of Utah skier Eva Huckova won the giant slalom title Wednesday on the first day on the NCAA Skiing Championships.

A 34-year-old Provo man died Wednesday evening when he apparently drove his pickup in an area off limits to vehicles in Slate Canyon, overturned the truck and dropped about 150 feet down an embankment.

Veteran prosecutor Kent Morgan has taken the first step in filing a civil lawsuit against his boss, Salt Lake County District Attorney Lohra L. Miller, claiming she and other members of her staff have lied about his professional conduct and made false statements to damage his reputation.

Television MLB exhibition » N.Y. Mets vs. Boston, 11 a.m., MLBN » Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5 p.m., MLBN Golf » PGA Tour/WGC, CA Championship, noon, TGC » PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, 4:30 p.

Skiing » With the arithmetic clearly in her favor, Lindsey Vonn is closing in on a third straight overall World Cup title after finishing second to Maria Riesch on Wednesday in the season's final downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Looking like a million bucks can cost a pretty penny. So Good Housekeeping asked industry insiders to share their smartest money-saving strategies for buying cosmetics and skin care and hair products.