(Moab Utah)- A British Newspaper, THE SUN, reports that Slackline champ Andy Lewis, 26, and a group of his friends built a "mid-air campsite" in the Utah desert. The extreme sports fanatics ditched picnics for parachutes and embarked on a two-week session of base jumping and highlining. IN one photo in the british paper, five-time world championship title winner Andy can be seen highlining between two rocks deep inside the desert near Moab. During their gravity-defying adventure, one slacker parachutes off the top of a net while friends look on and a take pictures. In slacklining - unlike tighrope walking - the rope is not held tightly between anchor points, and walkers liken the experience to being on a long and narrow trampoline.


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>>Political Rally Draws Sell-Out Crowd

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Glenn Beck's political rally in Salt Lake City proves a major success. The "Deseret News" said a sold-out crowd of fans from all over the country attended Beck's "Independence Through History " event over the weekend at the 20-thousand-seat USANA Amphitheater. Organizers say the rally was aimed at celebrating America's quote "entrepreneurial spirit." Beck also prsented the next evening, an original performance of "The Man in the Moon" Everybeck event in Salt Lake was sold out within hours of being offered on the Internet.

>>W-V-C Police Investigate Fatal Hit-And-Run

(West Valley City, UT) -- Police in West Valley City are investigating a fatal weekend hit-and-run. Authorities say a man allegedly under the influence struck 42-year-old Kevin Chase Saturday night when he was jaywalking across Redwood Road. Police say a man named Zay Speed was booked on charges including investigation of automobile homicide.

>>Utah County Man Dies When Hit By Train

(Utah County, UT) -- A man in Utah County is dead after he's apparently struck by a train. The Utah County Sheriff's office said a man believed to have diminished mental capacity was struck early last night along Price River near U.S. Highway 6. Authorities wouldn't immediately release the victim's name. The man’s caretaker said they were fishing when the victim said he was going back to the truck. As he walked along the tracks, an eastbound train came around the bend. Engineers made every effort to stop the train, but they couldn’t avoid hitting the man.

EMERY COUNTY, Utah –A 14-year-old Denver girl and her grandmother died Sunday in a crash near Green River, Utah. The teen, Daisy Figueroa, died at the scene and her 64-year-old grandmother Alicia Figueroa died Sunday night at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., according to the Utah Highway Patrol. Just before 1 p.m. Utah Highway Patrol officials said a Nissan Pathfinder with eight people inside was traveling eastbound on I-70 near mile post 158 when the driver went off the left side of the road, steered back and over-corrected. The vehicle began rolling on the highway, and two people were ejected. A 14-year-old female from the Denver area was killed after she was ejected, and a 64-year-old female was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. The two were not wearing seat belts.The other six passengers were all wearing seat belts, and they sustained minor injuries. The names of the victims have not been released.

>>Floods Overwhelm Sandy Homes

(Sandy, UT) -- Some Sandy homeowners are cleaning up from the weekend's storms. Angel Fitzgerald says heavy rains contributed to the flooding.

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Some residents say the six-year-old drain system can't handle the area's heavy rains. City officials say they're surveying the damage.



>>Mudslides Cause Alpine Loop Shutdown

(American Fork, UT) -- A series of mudslides in American Fork are blamed for yesterday's shutdown along the Alpine Loop. Utah Highway Patrol says yesterday afternoon's slide covered one whole lane of S-R 92. Crews took several hours to clean-up the area but all lanes were re-opened by around 7.


>>Utah Senator Slams House

(Undated) -- Utah Senator Howard Stephenson has harsh comments regarding the probe of Attorney General John Swallow. The Republican Senator said he's "embarrassed" by the decision of the Utah House to okay the Swallow investigation. Stephenson also called the House's move baffling and said they moved "too quickly and without due deliberation."

>>Lightning Strike Blamed For House Fire

(Ogden, UT) -- A lightning strike is reportedly to blame for a weekend house fire in the Uintah Highland area. Authorities say a fire broke out in an upstairs room after lightning struck a wooden turret on the roof. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire but not before it levied damages of nearly 20-thousand dollars.

WASHINGTON - Federal officials have taken another step toward establishing 17 new "solar energy zones" on public lands in the West by barring new mining claims that could impede renewable energy development on the sites. The Interior Department said Friday it has withdrawn nearly 304,000 acres of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah from new mining claims. To streamline solar development, the new zones are located near existing transmission lines, and were chosen because they had fewer environmental and cultural issues that would require years of study and mitigation.