KCYN-KCPX News 30Nov2012 Fri.

>>Utah's Republicans Sticking to Guns on Tax Hikes

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah's Republican Senators and Representatives say they won't support tax hikes, despite the lack of agreement between Washington lawmakers about how to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. If Congress and President Obama are not able to come to a budget agreement before the end of the year, tax increases will go into effect January 1st. Utah's one Democrat Congressman, Jim Matheson, has also said he will fight President Obama's intent to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

>>Driver of Iced-Over Truck to Stand Trial for Manslaughter

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- After nearly two years, the driver of an ice-covered truck who killed another driver in a fiery crash will be standing trial for second-degree manslaughter. A judge heard evidence yesterday in the case of 37-year-old Shane Roy Gillette, who is accused of driving his pickup truck under the influence of marijuana while the windshield was covered in ice. He hit a Mazda being driven by Julie Jorgenson, who died in the crash. The trial was delayed because of a brain injury sustained by Gillette in the crash, but doctors have now deemed him competent.
>>Boy, 14, Takes Own Life Outside Taylorsville School

(Taylorsville, UT) -- Students and faculty from a Salt Lake City-area junior high school are remembering one of their own. Unified police say a 14-year-old student shot and killed himself yesterday in front of students on a pedestrian bridge outside Bennion Junior High in Taylorsville. More than 200 people gathered last night for a vigil to remember the student. Investigators are trying to determine how he got hold of a loaded weapon. A report in the "Tribune" says it's believed the boy took his own life because he'd been bullied at school recently.

>>Thief Targets Unusual Item From Salt Lake Cars

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Salt Lake City authorities say someone is stealing vehicle registration information from inside victim's cars. Police officials say as many as nine cars were broken into along Avenues street. In all the break-ins the thief stole the operator's paperwork for registration. Police say they're puzzled as to why the thief would take the paperwork as other items of value were left alone.

>>Number Of Teens Diagnosed With HIV Drops

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A new study says the number of Utah teens diagnosed with HIV remains rather small. The state Department of Health says only a dozen Utah high school students were diagnosed with HIV this year. In 2011 the number was closer to 100 and in 2010 nearly 130 HIV diagnoses were made among Utah teens. Health officials are encouraged by the data but won't say it indicates a trend.

>>Three Arrested In Shooting Of Teen In West Valley City
(West Valley City, UT) -- Three people are under arrest in connection with a shooting in West Valley City. Brandon Montoya, Robert Apodaca and Gilbert Vigil face charges including suspicion of attempted homicide, robbery and kidnapping. Police say they're connected to the shooting of a 16-year-old at 35-hundred South on Wednesday. The victim has been upgraded to serious but stable condition.

>>Provo Man Helped Baseball All-Star Make Insider Trades

(Los Angeles, CA) -- A Utah man is one of three people who joined a former Major League Baseball All-Star in committing insider stock trading. A report from Baltimore says former Orioles' star Doug DeCinces was indicted in California this week on more than 40-counts of insider trading and money laundering. Prosecutors say DeCinces - and a group of his friends which includes David Parker of Provo, Utah - bought stock and sold it for a huge profit based on an insider tip. They say DeCinces pocketed more than one-million dollars on the deal. Each one of the 42-counts carries a maximum of 20-years behind bars.

>>Denver Considering Bid For Super Bowl
(Denver, CO) -- Denver is considering bidding for a future Super Bowl. But Visit Denver spokesman Rich Grant says people shouldn't start planning tailgate parties
Grant believes the successful DNC in 2008 and World Youth Day prove the city knows how to host big events. Denver could bid on the 2018, 2019 or 2020 Super Bowl. It should find out next year if the NFL wants it to host a game.

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Dixie State College of Utah is expected to soon become a university and, with it, a name change.
But whether that name includes “Dixie” is the subject of intense debate here, as dozens packed a meeting on Thursday night to argue the value of it. Some believe it is deeply tied to Utah’s pioneer history, when Mormon settlers came here to plant cotton.
“In order to honor our founders, we need to keep the name ‘Dixie,’” a woman told the crowd to applause.
Others say it is a tired relic of the past with roots in slavery, racism and the Civil War confederacy.

Salt Lake
After being charged with more than a dozen misdemeanors earlier this year, a former Utah used car salesman was arrested this week for allegedly failing to give vehicle titles to customers after they bought cars from him.
Four separate arrest warrants filed between March and May charge Joseph Andrew Heath, the former owner of Speedway Auto Center in Midvale, with 19 counts of failure to deliver a certificate of title or origin, all class A misdemeanors.
Charging documents state that between December 2011 and February 2012, Heath, 40, failed to transfer the proper paperwork to customers who bought cars from the now-shuttered business,