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Thousands Race for the Cure in Salt Lake City

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 7:36pm

SALT LAKE CITY – More than 12,000 people walked and ran through downtown Salt Lake City to raise awareness of breast cancer.

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure helps raise awareness and money for organizations fighting the battle against cancer. They say 75 percent of funds raised at Saturday’s event will go to local organizations like the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

“There’s lots and lots of teams here and they’re here just to show celebrate survivors among us and to honor the loved ones that have been lost,” said Debbie Mintowt, Executive Director of Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure.

Last year, about 16,000 people participated in the event, meaning attendance at this year’s  race was down by about 25 percent. Some are attributing the decrease in participation to a national controversy between Komen and Planned Parenthood earlier this year.

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Two injured after SLC chase

Submitted by Brittany Green-Miner, Fox 13 Web Content Producer
Friday, May 11th, 2012, 4:58pm

Two people were injured after a police chase ended in a crash in Salt Lake City Friday morning.

JCAT officers tried to pull over a driver who was acting suspicious near 800 South and 400 East, but the driver refused to pull over and took off before slamming into a pickup truck a few blocks away.

"The suspect that was driving the vehicle bailed on foot and ran into the block," said Lt. Josh Scharman, Salt Lake Police Department.

The suspect was later found with the help of K9 units and arrested. Officers say they're not sure why the man refused to pull over.

The two people in the truck suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

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LDS Church donates $4M for U. law school’s new building

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Friday, May 11th, 2012, 4:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church helped the University of Utah’s law school Friday by donating $4 million for a new facility.

Spokespersons for the J.S. Quinney College of Law say they were grateful for the church’s help, which will help them finance their $60 million construction project.

School administrators call the new facility a teaching hospital for law and a translational collaborative research facility.

The LDS Church released the following statement:

“We believe that this investment both reflects the very close relationship of the university and the LDS Church as well as provides us the opportunity to improve the human condition of our society; to work in the community through our service-learning programs.”

The law school’s new home is expected to be completed by the 2014-2015 school year.

The current building was constructed in 1963.

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Planned UDOT closures, restrictions this weekend

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff
Friday, May 11th, 2012, 2:39pm

The Utah Dept. of Transportation has scheduled lane restrictions and closures in Salt Lake County and throughout Utah.

In Salt Lake City, eastbound I-80 will be closed at I-215 from midnight Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday for concrete repair. Several on- and off-ramps in the downtown area will also be closed:

  • 500 South to southbound I-15
  • 500 South to westbound I-80
  • northbound I-15 to 600 South
  • southbound I-15 to westbound I-80
  • eastbound I-80 to 600 South
  • eastbound I-80 to southbound I-15
  • eastbound I-80 to northbound I-15
     

On I-215, there will be nightly lane restrictions between Parley’s Canyon and 6200 South. Additionally, there will be ramp closures at California Ave., SR-201 and Union Park Ave. for pavement repairs and barrier work.

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Two injured in police chase, suspect arrested

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Friday, May 11th, 2012, 6:51am

A police chase ended in a car crash with two people hurt early Friday morning. 

It happened at the intersection of 800 South and 400 East in Salt Lake City just after 12 a.m.

Officers said they tried to pull over a driver who was acting suspicious, but the driver refused and took off.  He slammed into a pickup a few blocks away.

“The suspect that was driving the vehicle bailed on foot and ran into the block,” said Lt. Josh Scharman, Salt Lake Police Department.

The suspect was later found and arrested with the help of K-9 units. 

Officers said they are not sure why the man refused to pull over.

The two people in the truck suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

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Police tow car of deceased U. scientist’s ex-husband

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Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 6:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY –Witnesses say police have towed away a vehicle belonging to Dr. John Wall, the ex-husband of a University of Utah research scientist who was found dead in her Sugar House home last September.

This new development in the investigation of the death of 49-year-old Uta von Schwedler comes a day after her son, Pelle von Schwedler Wall, asked the 3rd District Court to have his siblings removed from John Wall’s custody.

Pelle told a judge during a petition hearing he believes his father was behind his mother’s death and says he worries about harm coming to his siblings.

On Wednesday, apparently acting under a search warrant filed in court, Salt Lake Police showed up at Wall’s home and seized one of his cars, a blue Subaru.

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Openly gay Utah politician gives reaction to Obama’s statement

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Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 6:16pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Mel Nimer is Utah’s first openly gay Republican to win more than 50 percent of the vote for a Utah State Senate seat in 2010.

Nimer is now in a primary for nomination to an at-large seat on the Salt Lake County Council.

Nimer talked with FOX 13 a day after President Obama announced his support of gay marriage.

“As great and wonderful as the news is, he should have made it six months ago when he made the decision,” Nimer says describing his reaction hearing Obama’s stance.

Nimer says he does not necessarily think the President’s announcement was disingenuous.

“I question it. I don’t think the guy’s lying or anything, but I question any politician that comes out with that kind of thing, the timing. It’s a game they play,” says Nimer.

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