Whoa, Nellie: Spooked horse takes full carriage on a wild ride in downtown Salt Lake City

October 7th, 2009 Interior proposes preserves to protect wild horsesWASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create wild horse preserves in the Midwest and East to protect wild horses and burros that now roam the West. Salazar says his plan will restore the health of America's wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.

September 30th, 2009 New signs at Mormon plaza say anyone can be barredSALT LAKE CITY — New signs at a Mormon church-owned plaza in downtown Salt Lake City put visitors on notice: Anyone can be asked to leave for any reason. The change follows a much-publicized incident this summer in which two men were cited with trespassing on the plaza after sharing a kiss.

September 25th, 2009 Judge to hear arguments in drilling auction caseSALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge will hear arguments Friday to decide whether a college student charged with disrupting a federal auction for oil and gas drilling leases in Utah can claim he was acting in the interest of the greater good. Tim DeChristopher says he wanted to protect wild lands near Utah's national parks from drilling and call attention to climate change.

September 16th, 2009 Airliner hit by lightning, returns to Utah airportSALT LAKE CITY — An airliner returned to Salt Lake City International Airport when it was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff. The American Airlines MD-80 was bound for Chicago when it took off during storms that swept over the Salt Lake Valley on Monday.

September 8th, 2009 Wild horse roundup captures 131 MT mustangsBILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials say they will complete a wild horse roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border within the next few days.

September 3rd, 2009 Utah woman talks about breaking long fingernailsSALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the most dramatic event of her life. But Lee Redmond, who lost the fingernails in February, says it's now much easier to do things and her hands seem to fly with the weight of the nails gone.

August 29th, 2009 Latest abduction invokes saga of Elizabeth SmartSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah father of Elizabeth Smart says he's horrified by the parallels between the latest abduction story to grip the nation and his own daughter's long journey with an alleged kidnapper. Snatched at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City bedroom, then 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was kept for nine months in 2002 and 2003 as her alleged abductor drifted around from Salt Lake City to San Diego.

August 7th, 2009 Oregon mayor seeks input on carriage ban proposalPORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Sam Adams has turned to Twitter to ask for feedback on a proposal to ban horse-drawn carriages in the city after a horse died over the weekend while pulling a carriage through downtown.

August 5th, 2009 Horse tramples car on Israeli highwayJERUSALEM — An Israeli horse took to the highway and trampled an oncoming car in an encounter captured on video by a group of tourists in northern Israel. The tourists began filming when three horses came on the highway and began to canter alongside their car, but the scene took a bizarre turn when an oncoming car came on the scene.

July 29th, 2009 No charges in Mormon church plaza kissing incidentSALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City prosecutor's office says it will not pursue charges against two men who were cited for trespassing on a Mormon church-owned downtown plaza earlier this month after sharing a kiss. Prosecutor Sim Gill says in a statement there is reason to believe that although the property is private, Matt Aune and his partner, Derek Jones, did not think they could legally be ejected from the plaza because it is perceived to be open to the public.

July 24th, 2009 Delta reducing Salt Lake City-to-Tokyo flightsSALT LAKE CITY — Delta Air Lines says it's reducing the number of nonstop Salt Lake City-to-Tokyo flights, less than two months after the carrier launched them. Delta executive vice president Glen Hauenstein said Wednesday that the swine flu virus hurt traffic that was expected to be on the flight between Salt Lake City International Airport and Narita Airport.

July 5th, 2009 Bruins executive wins I Love NY Horse Show eventLAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Boston Bruins executive Charlie Jacobs has won the Hermes Grandprix at the I Love New York Horse Show and his brother Lou took second.

July 4th, 2009 Real Salt Lake ties Earthquakes 1-1SANDY, Utah — San Jose kicked in an own-goal in second-half injury time, allowing Real Salt Lake to tie the Earthquakes 1-1 on Friday night. Real Salt Lake (5-6-5) extended its undefeated streak to five matches (2-0-3), tying a franchise record last done Sept.

June 3rd, 2009 Delta starts paperless boarding in Salt Lake CitySALT LAKE CITY — Delta Air Lines starts paperless boarding for its domestic flights at Salt Lake City International Airport. Travelers with Web-enabled mobile devices like a BlackBerry or iPhone can download their boarding passes, then hand over the devices for scanning by federal security screeners and airline gate agents.

May 5th, 2009 MLS suspends Real Salt Lake's Morales for 1 gameSANDY, Utah — Major League Soccer has suspended Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales for one game for elbowing a Colorado player during a game last weekend. Morales will sit out Salt Lake's home game against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night.