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Three Kids, Same Birthday, Different Years

It sure makes planning a birthday party easier -- one Utah family has three children who share a birthday. And no, they aren't triplets. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Emily and Eric Thompson of Midvale, ...

Polygamy in Real Life - The Family Next Door

Meet Kody Brown, Utah father of twelve, husband of three. Much like the fictional polygamous Henrickson family on HBO's "Big Love," the Browns all share one big house, broken up into three apartments. They're some of the 40,000 polygamists living ...

Utah goes to a four-day work week

State employees in Utah are about to get an extra day off -- sort of. The state government is switching to a four-by-ten work week, beginning in August. Instead of working eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, about 17,000 workers will put in ten ...

Utah Phillips -- Old buddy, goodnight

If you've got a kid who is as into trains as my Jared is, then you undoubtedly listen to a fair bit of Utah Phillips' music. His version of the Wabash Cannonball and Daddy, What's a Train are two of Jared's favorites. I was lucky enough to see him in ...

A garbage truck for Christmas

When Jared was younger, one of the things Old McDonald had on his farm was a fall-down-garbage-truck, complete with raised arm and the sound of the hydraulic lifters, followed by the whole thing tumbling down. Today, still, if he's up early on the ...

Thirteen-year-old girl is both victim and perp

In most criminal cases, you have a victim and you have a perpetrator. The criminal and the one upon whom the crime was visited. The purse snatcher and the purse's owner. The shooter and the deceased. The rapist and the raped. In Utah, however, it ...

Lindsay Lohan and dad get some quality time

Do you miss Lindsay Lohan since she has been in rehab? Yeah, me either. But her dad, Michael Lohan, does and is planning a five-day visit with his wayward daughter this week. What's on the agenda for the family reunion? According to Michael, he's ...

How to get girls according to the Utah Attorney General

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff may be 49 years old, but in his heart he's a teenage old boy who likes pirates and girls. This week at the Utah Boys State, a convention for male students interested in civics, Shurtleff gave the audience of high ...

Woman kidnapped by her parents, testifies against them

I can imagine it's hard to watch your grown-up children make decisions you don't agree with. Maybe you think their actions make you look bad, or maybe you feel like they're not able to make their own decisions. This, however, does not justify ...

13-year-old girl charged as both sex offender and victim

A 13-year-old Utah girl is facing unusual legal action in a court case that has reached the Utah Supreme Court. The girl is being charged as both a sex offender and a victim due to having sex with her boyfriend, who is 12. The problem started when ...

Utah family adopts Russian siblings

I have a special place in my heart for international adoption. Perhaps it is my hope that one day, in the future, we'll be able to adopt a toddler internationally. Here's a story about a family that has opened its doors to four Russian siblings. John ...

The benefits of a female teacher for teen girls

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I recently traveled on an extended field trip with my son's 8th grade class. Spending three consecutive days with teens who are practically exploding hormones from every pore in there body was a fascinating ...

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