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Nation

79 kidnapped Cameroon students freed, says church official

By Associated Press
November 07, 2018 12:00 AM
Armed separatists kidnapped at least 79 students and three staff members from a Presbyterian school in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon, the governor said Monday. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 11/7/18

By Katelyn Stiles
November 07, 2018 12:00 AM
Democrats seize House control, but Trump’s GOP holds Senate
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Featured

Things you should know today: 3/21/18

March 21, 2018 12:00 AM
Police: Suspect in Austin bombing attacks blows himself up
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Life

Elizabeth Smart to publish self-empowerment book in 2017

February 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Elizabeth Smart on the cover of her 2013 memoir about her famous kidnapping. Smart is working to publish a self-empowerment book in the spring of 2017. (Amazon.com)
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Local

Woman tells police to shoot while holding relative hostage at knifepoint

By Abby Hobbs
September 23, 2015 12:00 AM
Provo Police officers responded to a chaotic call just in time to protect a woman from being stabbed by her relative Tuesday morning outside the Boulders apartment complex.
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Local

Reward increases for information leading to the discovery of Elizabeth Salgado

By Chris Larson
May 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Provo Police announced over Facebook that a private individual and a local business have donated $5,000 each to increase the reward for information leading to the discovery of Elizabeth Salgado to $15,000.
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Books

Elizabeth Smart speaks at Heritage School

By Amber Goodfellow
February 07, 2014 12:00 AM
Elizabeth Smart spoke about her life story at Heritage School Thursday night. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer.)
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World

Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear

January 17, 2013 12:00 AM
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces launched a rescue operation Thursday at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert and freed foreign hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants, but estimates for the number of dead varied wildly from four to dozens.
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State

Elizabeth Smart honored for 'Legacy of Hope'

By Kurt Hanson
November 05, 2012 12:00 AM
Ten years have now passed since Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom and held hostage for months.
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Local

News Blog: Young girl uses lessons taught from parents, at school to escape kidnapper

February 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Little Brittney Baxter was shopping for strawberries with her mom on Wednesday at a Walmart near Atlanta. They took a detour to look at the toys and then Baxter's mom told her she would be right back and she left to go get the strawberries.
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