Pin ItemailprintA tragic turn for Sarah Burke, as the freestyle skier died today from injuries sustained in that horrific January 10 accident at Park City Mountain Resort. Burke was training for upcoming winter events on the resort’s Eagle Superpipe when she crashed and struck her head. The impact from the crash caused a rupture in [...]
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke is in a medically-induced coma after crashing on a half-pipe training course in Park City, Utah on Tuesday. Peter Judge, CEO of the Canadian freestyle team, confirmed that the 29-year-old Olympic skier was in a coma after the accident left her in critical condition. UPDATE: Sarah Burke has died “What [...]
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David Archuleta is leaving the music business to serve a higher power. On Monday night, while performing in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 20-year-old pop singer told those in attendance that he will stop recording and performing music for two years to become a full-time Mormon missionary. “It’s not because someone told me that I [...]
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Here’s your idiot of the day. Grant Smith, 47, was arrested yesterday for watching child porn while seated in first class on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Boston. A fellow passenger on the flight saw the nasty images on Smith’s laptop and immediately alerted the flight crew. When the flight landed at [...]
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You need to pass a test before you can drive a car, but unfortunately, there is no such test before you’re allowed to have kids. Felicia Rae McClure (no relation to this guy) has been arrested and charged with trying to sell her 13-year-old daughter’s virginity for $10,000. McClure, 32, of Salt Lake City, has [...]
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The nightmare is over. Brian David Mitchell has been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, raping her, and keeping her prisoner. Smart, 23, got to address her captor in court yesterday for the first time. “I know that you know what you did is wrong,” Smart said to Mitchell, as he sang [...]
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Ex-Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr was found dead this afternoon in Utah. Police found Starr’s body in home in Salt Lake City at around 1:42 p.m. He was 44 years old. Starr appeared on VH1′s Celebrity Rehab show back in 2009. He had just been arrested in February for felony possession of a controlled [...]
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Brian David Mitchell, the man on trial for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart back in 2002, was booted from a Utah courtroom today for repeatedly singing. UPDATE: Mitchell has been found guilty As jury selection got underway, District Judge Dale Kimball kicked Mitchell out after listening to him sing hymns softly under his breath for 30 minutes. [...]
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The trial of Elizabeth Smart‘s kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, begins today in Utah. The court case unfolds more than eight years after her abduction, and it’s been two years since Mitchell was indicted on charges of kidnapping and unlawfully transporting the then-teenager across state lines. UPDATE: Mitchell has been found guilty Smart will be flown [...]
Utah police say that a 7-year-old led officers on a low-speed car chase in an attempt to avoid having to go to church. Dispatchers received reports of a young boy driving recklessly on Sunday morning. Klint Anderson, Weber County Sheriff’s Captain, says an eye-witness saw the boy drive right through a stop sign. Anderson says [...]
