(Washington) Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz led the questioning at yesterday's Housae Hearing on the Bengazi Attacks. The top U.S. diplomat in Libya after the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens says there was no question the mission was under a terrorist attack and that military officials refused to send in a second team of soldiers to help diplomats in jeopardy. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of the U.S. mission to the country, also said he believes the administration of President Barack Obama misled Americans about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks, a point Republicans have stressed and continue to probe.Asked how he reacted when he saw U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice initially blame the attack on an anti-Muslim video, Hicks said he was "stunned.""My jaw dropped," he said. "And I was embarrassed."

Under questioning, Hicks noted that State Department lawyers prevented him from being interviewed by Chaffetz when the Utah congressman flew to Tripoli shortly after the attacks — a rare move, Hick said.

Chaffetz, pushed Hicks on how he felt when he wanted to send a four-person military team from the capital city of Tripoli to Benghazi as the attack unfolded but was denied.

"How did the [military] personnel react to being told to stand down?" Chaffetz asked.

"They were furious," Hicks said.

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>>Adult Certification Requested For Portillo Case

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The District Attorney?s Office has filed homicide charges against a 17-year-old accused in the death of soccer referee Ricardo Portillo. Sam Gill says because of the circumstances, he'll also be asking the teen be tried as an adult.

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The exact charge is homicide by assault, which is a third-degree felony. The teenager remains in a juvenile-detention facility.


>>Portillo Funeral Held

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- In the meantime, Ricardo Portillo's funeral was held yesterday. Scores of friends, family, and co-workers came to pay their respects. The referee, who passed away last week, will be cremated and his ashes returned to Mexico for burial.

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>>Cold Case Suspect Arrested

(Haines, AK) -- An Ogden murder suspect has been arrested in Alaska. Police say Stephen Ellenwood was caught in Haines, a small town near Glacier Bay National Park. Ellenwood's the main suspect in the 1993 sexual assault and murder of 92-year-old Grace Mae Odle.

>>Bones Found In Ceiling

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The investigation continues into some very old human bones found in a basement ceiling. The medical examiner's office says they appear to be very old, therefore identification will take some time. Police say the homeowner was removing a closet from his basement when a bag containing the bones fell from the ceiling.

>>Moroni Statue Placed

(Ogden, UT) -- The LDS temple in Ogden has been crowned -- sort of. Renovation crews have placed a 14-foot-tall statue of the Angel Moroni in place. The temple renovations won't be complete, though, until next year.




>>Utah Scout Leaders To Vote On Lifting Ban On Gays

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Officials with Utah's Boy Scouts say they'll use their conscience when they vote on whether or not to lift a ban on homosexuals. Fifteen members of the Scouts' Great Salt Lake Council will be among the 14-hundred members expected to vote on the organization's proposal later this month in Texas. The proposal will ask members whether they should lift the ban on gay Scouts -- excluding homosexual Scout leaders.

>>B-Y-U Replacing Its Concrete Jungle With Green

(Provo, UT) -- Life is going to get a lot more green in Provo. That's because officials at B-Y-U say they're undertaking a massive construction project to eliminate roadways and replace them with "green space." The Campus Drive Re-Design project is an effort to move away from the concrete jungle in favor of friendly pedestrian space where people can walk. Drivers are still getting acclimated to the missing roadways but students say the effort is worth the trouble.

>>Ogden Police Say Software Helps Fight Crime

(Ogden, UT) -- Crime is down 13-percent in Ogden and officials there say it's due to a new computer system. Police officials in Ogden tell KSL-TV they've recently begun to use special data analysis software that helps break down crime and make cases easier to solve and prevent. It's a system similar to a highly successful one being used by police in Memphis. Crime in that city dropped 30-percent using the software -- a statistic Ogden police hope they'll duplicate.

(Salt Lake)- Federal officials today, for the first time, lifted the veil off hospital pricing. In the past, the prices charged by hospitals have been a closely held industry secret. Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published data revealing what hospitals across the country charged in fiscal year 2011 for some of Medicare’s most common inpatient procedures, from joint replacements to treatment for pneumonia and kidney failure.The data set, available online, isn’t easily searchable and does not include physician fees.But it shows how widely varied and seemingly arbitrary hospital charges can be, say federal officials.

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(Moab Utah)-A 19-year-old California woman is dead after falling at a remote southern Utah hiking and climbing site.

San Juan County dispatchers confirmed that Christina Elizabeth Allen, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., fell Tuesday night in the Kane Springs area, about 15 miles southwest of Moab.

The woman reportedly tumbled about 20 feet when a boulder came loose, and died of injuries sustained when rock then fell on top of her about 8 p.m.

She died at the scene shortly thereafter with family members at her side.

Search and rescue workers from both San Juan