Gastric bypass surgery can change patients' urine composition that may increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators...

LAS VEGAS — Utah coach Elaine Elliott was one of the main proponents to change the bracketing for the Mountain West Conference women's tournament. Last year, her team took advantage of the new...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Big East quarterfinals, ESPN, 10 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., 7 p.m. Big XII quarterfinals, ESPN2, 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. (ALT, 1 p.m.) C-USA quarterfinal, CBS C, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5:30...

NHL general managers will recommend a rule change on blindside hits to the head, looking to protect players and punish those responsible in a game that has become faster and rougher. The unanimous...

RENO, Nev. — Three games in three days. That's what Utah State's season, 31 regular-season games in the making, has come down to. And in a big little city famous for playing the odds, Morrill...

OREM — The cold and wind might have had some effect on both teams when the Salem Hills Skyhawks invaded the softball field at Mountain View on Wednesday, but the third inning was the most...

BOSTON — Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win. It was...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — His Jazz had been leading by double digits throughout the second half, and still were up by 14 when starting point guard Deron Williams and starting power forward Carlos...

FARR WEST — Marty Simper stood silently next to his new student and tried to hear her name. That's tough to do when the student and teacher don't speak the same language. Simper is a horse...

PROVO — Since leading BYU to a Las Vegas Bowl victory last December, quarterback Max Hall has been busy. Besides working out the past two months in Scottsdale, Ariz., in preparation for the...

OGDEN — Weber State was on the wrong end of history on Wednesday night. The Wildcats blew a 20-point halftime lead and were torched by Montana guard Anthony Johnson in a 66-65 loss to the...

WEST JORDAN — Football players may get an additional chance to show off their skills for college coaches. A proposal by the Utah High School Football Coaches Association asks the Utah High...

The New Orleans Hornets' depleted starting lineup is taking another hit. Forward Peja Stojakovic joined All-Star point guard Chris Paul on the injured list Wednesday, and he's expected to miss at...

OREM — Nick Weiermiller hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 29 seconds left, and Matt Mierzycki added a pair of free throws with 12 seconds remaining to help Texas-Pan American knock off Utah Valley...

LAS VEGAS — When you're 14-16 and near the end of an inconsistent, roller-coaster season, there's only one way to approach a conference tournament — as a brand new season with a chance to...

For Kristen Kay Taylor, it was the day she dreamed of. On her Facebook page in December, she exclaims, "change in wedding plans...Thursday March 11th 2010 in Las Vegas baby." That day is...

RENO, NEV. -- Just four days ago Utah State Head Coach Stew Morrill received the Don Haskins Award, given to the Coach of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference. On Wednesday, WAC officials...

big earthquake hit last month. Since then, they've been helping the Chilean people however they can. The Guardsmen were staying on the 15th floor of a Santiago hotel on Feb. 27. "When I got to...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A mobile health care clinic that aims to serve those without access to health care in the Salt Lake Valley and beyond was in Glendale Wednesday. It's run by Utah Partners for...

OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- Anthony Johnson scored 34 of his career-high 42 points in the second half, leading Montana back from a 22-point deficit and into the NCAA tournament with a 66-65 win over Weber ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Melissa Manning is sick and tired of being sick and tired. "Just once I'd like to say 'fine' and mean it when someone asks, 'How are you?' " The last time Manning, 31,...

SALT LAKE CITY — Consumer complaints to the Better Business Bureau last year rose astronomically in Utah, according to an annual report released Wednesday. While complaints increased 9.7...

Free Lunch SALT LAKE CITY — The '64 Corvette was metallic blue instead of shamrock green, but that didn't matter to "Irish Jack" Flynn. Every year since 1979, when Salt Lake City held its...

PROVO — As long as he can remember, Dalton Griner knew he would come to BYU. "Ever since I was little, BYU was it for me," the 18-year-old Sandy native said. So when his long-shot application...

SALT LAKE CITY — To the chagrin of Utah school districts, the Senate approved Wednesday a last-minute education funding bill that will require them to share their property tax revenue with...

SALT LAKE CITY — Mercedes Pearce graduated from college last year, at age 19. She's now working at her first real job and said that she wouldn't trade her current situation for any amount of...

SALT LAKE CITY — More drama is expected the final day of the Legislature Thursday as lawmakers continue to debate the bill that will set public education's budget for the upcoming school year. ...

For all of the blame Americans like to foist on their parents for whatever ails them, a researcher at the University of Utah says mom and dad pass far fewer genetic mutations on to their children...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's General Assembly on Wednesday joined Utah in approving measures bucking attempts by Congress to implement a national health care overhaul. Virginia's...

Dave Rose has room to tinker. Will that help him this week at the Mountain West Conference tournament and beyond? Like in the NCAA Tournament, where the Cougars have encountered famine? Rose has...

SALT LAKE CITY — Whether it's a sponge, a towel or a surgical instrument, the idea of having surgeons sew up a patient with a foreign object left inside gives plenty of people pause before...

SALT LAKE CITY — Winning close games has proven to be the bane of West's existence over the past few years. The Panthers' boys soccer program, thanks to the tireless work of coach Kris Hamlet,...

Free-agent nose tackle Maake Kemoeatu has signed a two-year, $6.975 million contract with the Washington Redskins. Kemoeatu, who played collegiately at Utah, spent last season on injured reserve...

ST. GEORGE — Three women died in crashes in Washington County and a Provo man died after his truck rolled off a mountainside trail in Utah County on Wednesday. A chain-reaction accident led to...

MURRAY — Whitney Potter, 11, wears slippers everywhere she goes to protect the nerves in her bony feet from painful contact with the hard ground. Weighing in at just 48 pounds, the Clearfield...

SALT LAKE CITY — As they marched through the streets of downtown Wednesday, a few dozen people with "Free Tibet" on their lips called for an end to Chinese control over the disputed Himalayan...

OREM — Nick Weiermiller hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 29 seconds left and Matt Mierzycki added a pair of free throws with 12 seconds remaining to help Texas-Pan American knock off Utah Valley...

LAS VEGAS — The Air Force Falcons are getting good at play-in games. Now they'd love to parlay that into an upset of top-seeded New Mexico. For the second straight season, the ninth-seeded...

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...

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...

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...