Utah Symphony musicians agree to $1.3 million reduction in pay, benefits to help with budget

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Symphony musicians say they’ll give up a pay increase, a few weeks of salary and some benefits to help their employer through difficult economic times.

Site of 2016 Games will play big part in USOC’s future relations with IOC, own members

COPENHAGEN — They shelved long-awaited plans for a TV network after only a month, and made nice with International Olympic Committee members who think they’re hogging the piggy bank.

Chamber music festival set for Moab in September

MOAB, Utah — Chamber music masterpieces are on the program for the 17th annual Moab Music Festival, performed outdoors amid the area’s spectacular scenery of red cliffs and the Colorado River.

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Leaf-peeping in Iowa: Mississippi River, bridges of Madison County

Football media choose TCU to win Mountain West Conference; defending champ Utah picked 3rd

HENDERSON, Nev. — TCU football coach Gary Patterson said Tuesday he was happy that college football media picked his Horned Frogs as the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Mountain West Conference.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir marks milestone: 80 years of broadcasting

SALT LAKE CITY — The renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir has marked a broadcasting milestone — 80 straight years of music and religious messages on radio and television.

Utah archaeologist raises doubts about supposed discovery of vagabond poet’s remains

SALT LAKE CITY — Any doubt that remains found in the Utah wilderness were those of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, seemed to be erased by a battery of forensic and genetic tests a few months ago.

Wife of actor Gary Coleman arrested after argument at couple’s Utah home

SANTAQUIN, Utah — Police say the wife of actor Gary Coleman was booked into jail after an argument at the couple’s Utah County home.

Mormon-affiliated Brigham Young University lifts YouTube blockade, citing educational benefits

PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking access to YouTube.

Theaters across North America take a nimble approach to the economic downturn

NEW YORK — At the Utah Shakespeare Festival, there’s an “Early Bard” special to entice theatergoers into buying tickets in advance — the farther in the future, the bigger the discount.

9-year-old boy credits TV show ‘Man vs. Wild’ for helping him survive night solo in Utah woods

SALT LAKE CITY — When he realized he’d been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne’s thoughts turned to television.