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Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 33rd largest lake on Earth. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles. (4,400 km˜), but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded level at 950 square miles (1,529 km˜), but in 1987 the surface area was at the historic high of 3,300 square miles(5,311 km˜).

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Local News for Ogden Utah from Standard.Net

Mayor sorry for kids' 'Assassinate Obama' chant

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

BOISE, Idaho - The mayor of an eastern Idaho town where second- and third-grade students on a school bus chanted "Assassinate Obama" after the Nov. 4 election has publicly apologized, saying...

Gay rights bill gets committee approval

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A proposal that would allow financially dependent gay couples to sue in the event of a wrongful death has won support from a legislative committee.

Feds reject Utah application for NCLB waivers

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Department of Education has denied Utah's application to waive No Child Left Behind Act student testing requirements for two school districts.

Lawmaker seeks rewrite of Utah incest statute

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A state lawmaker said Wednesday he wants to rewrite Utah's incest statute to make it illegal for adult relatives to provide each other with seminal fluids or human eggs for use in ar...

Changes in the smoking law take effect New Year's Day

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

FARMINGTON -- Bars, taverns and clubs in Davis County may soon be bellying up to the Davis Health Board for designated outdoor public smoking space.

NURLA to look for new options for landfill

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- A landfill in Box Elder might still be an option for a Top of Utah waste consortium, despite the repeal of the Box Elder County landfill sale.

Final tally: Obama wins Salt Lake County

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Updated vote tallies show that President-elect Barack Obama beat Republican John McCain in Salt Lake County by 296 votes - less than one-tenth of a percent.

Griffin jury hears two tales before his sentencing

Nov 19, 2008 7:00 pm

LOGAN -- The jury being asked to execute Glenn Howard Griffin heard Tuesday of two different Griffins.

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

Utah Top News Stories from Deseretnews.com

Oil at 3-year lows; gas below $2 in 23 states

Nov 20, 2008 7:37 pm

Oil prices on Thursday hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports suggesting a painful economic...

Jury decides life without parole in Griffin case

Nov 20, 2008 7:21 pm

After less than two hours of deliberation, a jury decided Glenn Howard Griffin should receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole, rather than the death penalty.

Paulson: crisis happens once or twice in 100 years

Nov 20, 2008 7:14 pm

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the financial crisis now plaguing the world economy a "once or twice" in a 100 years event, even as he warned Thursday against imposing too-strict reg...

Stocks pull off of losses on auto bailout hopes

Nov 20, 2008 7:13 pm

Hopes that lawmakers could extend relief to the troubled auto industry eased some of investors' worries about the economy Thursday. Stocks pulled off of steep losses but remained volatile after aides ...

Police take man to hospital following standoff outside LDS Temple in Provo

Nov 20, 2008 6:15 pm

A man who threatened to kill himself outside the Provo LDS Temple after being disciplined by the LDS church has been taken to the hospital for a mental-health evaluation.

Another LDS Church vandalized

Nov 20, 2008 5:49 pm

Police are investigating the vandalism of an LDS chapel in Farmington as a possible hate crime.

Injury-riddled Utah Jazz travel to San Antonio

Nov 20, 2008 5:43 pm

The Utah Jazz will indeed travel to San Antonio for Friday night's game, that much is known. Who exactly will play for the injury-riddled Jazz is another question.

Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo

Nov 20, 2008 5:34 pm

A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects who have been held without charges almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay.

Waxman topples Dingell for key panel chair

Nov 20, 2008 4:40 pm

Rep. Henry Waxman a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take over the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee when the next Congress convenes in January.

U.N. agrees to send 3,100 more peacekeepers to Congo

Nov 20, 2008 4:14 pm

The U.N. Security Council agreed Thursday to send 3,100 more peacekeeping troops to Congo, while rebels said they remained committed to a pullback from the front lines despite an army attack.

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