>>State Wildfire Tops 20,000 Acres

(Portage, UT) -- An Arizona wildfire team is now in command of the State wildfire. The blaze has burned through 21-thousand acres in both Idaho and Utah and is 50-percent contained. The flames are also threatening a small Idaho town.


>>Utah Fire Destroys A Dozen Homes, Scorches Four Thousand Acres

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(Coalville, UT) -- Utah fire officials are confident they're making progress on a wildfire in Summit County that's destroyed at least a dozen homes. Brittney Miller and her three kids are among hundreds who were evacuated.

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Over 200 more homes are threatened. The Rockport Five Fire has blackened at least four-thousand acres. No injuries have been reported.


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Summit County Emergency Services Manager Kevin Callahan says they made progress yesterday.


>>Barricade Suspect In Custody

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A Salt Lake City man is facing a bunch of charges after holding police at bay. Police say Christopher Woodard was arrested Tuesday evening. Authorities say for some reason Woodard was waving a gun around on Redwood Road. He then barricaded himself inside a nearby house for a few hours. Among the charges could be child endangerment and aggravated assault.

>>Brief: Utah Has 'Sovereign Right' To Ban Same-Sex Unions

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A brief filed in U.S. District Court claims Utah has a "sovereign right" to ban same-sex marriage. State attorneys are arguing that point to dispute a challenge to Amendment Three made by three couples last March. In the brief filed yesterday the state asserts marriage between a man and a woman is a quote, "constitutionally protected fundamental right." The state is asking the presiding judge to dismiss the case.

>>Study: Three Sodas A Day Could Be Very Bad

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A new study by the University of Utah is not good for soda drinkers. Researchers found when they fed male mice a diet, which is the equivalent of three cans of soda a day, they were less likely to defend their home and reproduce. Female mice died at twice the normal rate with the same diet. Strangely those results are similar to tests done on inbreeding mice. Studies have found that Americans get a quarter or more of their calories from sugar. The research was posted online in the journal Nature Communications.


>>Facebook Involved In The Restaurant Reservation Act
(Undated) -- Facebook is getting into the food business to improve your choices for dining out. Reporter George Lin has more.

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DUCHESNE — A bizarre but brief crime spree left a man dead Tuesday and three stolen pickup trucks damaged. The man's body was spotted near a demolished pickup truck about 5:45 a.m. by another driver, who called police. The man had been ejected after the truck went off 23000 West — known locally as Blacktail Dugway Road — and rolled 200 feet down the hillside, according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Jeff Chugg. While troopers and Duchesne County sheriff's deputies were investigating the crash, the pickup truck's owner reported the vehicle stolen, Duchesne County Sheriff Travis Mitchell said. Two other people called to report their trucks had been stolen and crashed as well, the sheriff said. All three trucks were stolen from homes along a four-mile stretch of the Old River Road north of Duchesne. Deputies believe the man who died in the early morning crash was responsible for all three incidents.