Utah Stories Top 10 Videos

1. Sugar House Pole Dancing Classes (not what you might expect)
2. Urban Trees to Wooden Bowls
3. Orem Farmer Squeezed by Suburban Sprawl
4. Paxil Truth
5. Skybridge is Causing a Divide
6. Taco Cart Saga: Are Utah Mexican immigrants disenfranchised?
7. Sugar House: Big Improvement or Tragic Loss?
8. Munich: A Smart Growth and transit marvel (featured on Planetizen.com)
9. The Death of Main Street
10. A Step Outside of Utah, Is Sugar House becoming another Gateway?

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Current Issue of Utah Stories Magazine

        Thursday July 2nd, 2009

• Lights! Camera!....Kanab?
  Utah filmmaker captures Kanab's Hollywood history in new documentary.
  
  

• Summer Family Fun for Less
  Utah Stories digs up 9 ideas for low-cost summer fun with the whole family!
  
  



• The Future of Utah Politics
  Who will lead the conservative movement?
  
  
• Swords and Sorcery in Provo
  Utah live action role-players bring fantasy worlds to life
  
  
  


• Chemical of the Day: Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
  Learn About The Chemicals To Avoid In Personal Care Products From Local Expert Stephanie Greenwood.
  
• Eight Great Summer Dates
  A depressed economy is no reason to stay home this summer and miss out on all the fun. Utah Stories has come up with eight great date ideas--all on the cheap!
  
• A New Face in Utah Comedy
  Comedian's Playground: Local Comic Collin Williams Looks to Change the Face of Comedy in Utah
  
  

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• "Border Wars" Rocks The E Center
  Local event brings mixed martial arts bliss for Utah fight fans
  
• 9th Annual Dyke March Takes State Street
  Is This Really the Greatest Threat to America?
• Child Advocate Shortage Puts Kids At Risk
  
• Beervana not in Utahnah
  
• Will Rock Canyon be Reduced to Rubble?
  
• Is Plan B a "reckless sex pill?"
  
  
  
• Raining on Your Tax Day Tea Party Don't shoot the messenger: Before you pat yourself on the back for protesting, consider the following paradoxes
• Salt Lake City Tea Party Gains National Attention
• Is Pole Dancing Competition Too Sexy For Utah?
• Utah Booze Barrier BrokenMarch 16th, 2009
• Top 10 Utah Political BlogsMarch 6th, 2009
• Utah Homebrewing Now LegalMarch 1st, 2009
• Nuclear Waste: Appealing or Appalling? February 27th, 2009
• Senator Buttars DemotedFebruary 23rd, 2009
• Utah's Nuclear Energy Battle Gets DirtyFebruary 17th, 2009
• Governor Huntsman Drops a BombshellFebruary 16th, 2009
• When Government Can't (or Won't) Protect YouFebruary 12th, 2009
• LDS Church Takes Heat for Political Involvement February 9th, 2009
• 09 Legislature Session Debate February 11th, 2009
• Residential Zone Targeted for Coke Burning PlantFebruary 3rd, 2009
• Utah's Dangerous Air PollutionFebruary 2nd, 2009
• Waddoups Liquor Laws Designed to Segregate?January 16th, 2009
• Debugging Government and Society May 23, 2008
• Who is funding the voucher battle? Part II updated November 1st, 2007
• Who really wants vouchers? Part I posted October 29th, 2007
• Vouchers for Dummies updated October 11th
• Smart Growth in Utah & the West updated October 18th, 2007
• Smart Growth Observations: Europe by bike updated October 18th, 2007
• The Ute Indians at Fort Duchesne: "life on the res" posted September 14th, 2007
• How we we practice "smart growth" posted August 10th, 2007
• Concealed Weapons on Campus posted April 25th
• Pioneer Park: What kind of pioneer legacy is this? posted September 9th, 2007
• Farmer's Market & Pioneer Park: A success and a disasterposted September 8th, 2007
• Capitol Report posted February 2007

• Community Studio Launched in SLC
• Home Owners Vs. Retirement HomeMarch 23rd, 2009
• Sugar House Hole Filled-- What Comes Next?March 3rd, 2009
• Sugar House And Cottonwood Mall RedevelopmentsNovember 21st, 2008
• Sugar House Now Sugar Hole? October 16th, 2008
• Sugar House Granite Block Funding Stalled September 22nd, 2008
• Omar's Living Cuisine Take on Sugar House June 23th, 2008
• Sugar House Powers Have a Conflict in Vision May 29th, 2008
• Mecham Releases Revised Granite Block Plans May 29th, 2008
• Sugar House Granite Block Scoop May 15th, 2008
• A New Spin on Pole Dancing March 14th, 2008
• 100 Years of History now a Pile of Rubble January 21st, 2008
• Sugar House developers Mecham and Redrock get grilled by Commissioners September 27th, 2007
• Sugar House developer, Craig Mecham, talks to Utah Stories September 21st, 2007
• Where are the Utah places? -Why local culture is traded for chain stores September 18th, 2007
• City Council Meeting: Granite block moratorium rejected September 6th, 2007
• Craig Mecham unveils plans for Sugarhouse Granite block September 6th, 2007
• Sugarhouse: merchant photographs & resident quotes August 21st, 2007
• Will Sugar House become another Gateway? July 20th, 2007

Smart Growth and Urban Planning Stories

• Get all the happenings for Utah's Water Week
• European land use policy comparison with the United States September 16th, 2008
• Smart Growth in Utah & the West updated October 18th
• What are the best methods for implementing smart growth policy? updated November 18th, 2007
• Why many in Washington are opposed to Smart Growth and Transit updated January 6th, 2008
• Munich Germany: A Transit & Smart Growth Marvel updated January 6th, 2008
• Smart Growth Observations: Europe by bike updated October 18th, 2007

• SLC Vegas construction comparison
  
  
  
• New Utah Liquor Law Loop-Hole Discovered
• Salt Lake City Tea Party Video
• Local Bookstores Can ThriveApril 4th, 2009
• Council Deep-Sixes Saint Joseph Villa ExpansionMarch 26th, 2009
• Holladay's HolesMarch 21st, 2009
• Main Street Tenuously WaitsMarch 18th, 2009
• Sam Weller's Books Plans to Leave Main StreetMarch 16th, 2009
• Hare Krishna Temple Shares Culture & CuisineFebruary 24th, 2009
• Cameras In Pioneer ParkFebruary 24th, 2009
• My Grandpa Was a Bootlegger March 5th, 2009
• Ted Woods Makes Moviemaking Look Easy
  January 21th, 2009
• The Other Side of Pioneer Park November 19th, 2008
• New York, Paris, Milan, SoSaLa? November 18th, 2008
• Trolley Square- A Salt Lake City Icon November 7th, 2008
• A Hole Lot Of Uncertainty< /a> August 13th, 2008
• Urban Trees to Wooden Bowls August 5th, 2008
• Samak Smokehouse Farmers Market Profile July 26th, 2008
• Farmers Market Success Story: Mushroom Man July 18th, 2008
• Pioneer Park: A Strange Dichotomy June 25th, 2008
• A People's History of Salt Lake City: How Main Street Was Traded for Wall Street April 26th, 2008
• Skybridge Saves L.D.S Faithful From Perils of Modern Culture May 12th, 2008
• Bishop Burton Answers Question Regarding Skybridge February 24th, 2008
• Skybridge causing a divide February 14th, 2008
• A People's History of Salt Lake City: The Great Divide February 16th, 2008
• Artspace: no longer for artists? February 7th, 2008
• Culture Clash on Main Street January 24th, 2008
• Can Artspace on Pierpont be saved? January 11, 2008
• Another cog in the wheel for corporate American retail December 13, 2007
• How to make downtown attract 10 million people December 5, 2007
• City Creek Center debate: Private mall or public square? November 30, 2007
• City Creek Center to short-change Salt Lake residents? November 2, 2007
• The Skybridge Debate of 1978 October 23, 2007
  
• A People's History of Salt Lake City: Suburban Growth & Development October 18th, 2008
• Downtown Salt Lake City Merchant Transcripts September 18th, 2007
• Downtown Salt Lake City Farmer's Market September 1st, 2007
• Can taco carts and merchants coexist? September 5th, 2007
• Pioneer Park: What kind of pioneer legacy is this? September 9th, 2007
• Farmer's Market & Pioneer Park: A success and a disaster September 8th, 2007

• Voluntary Simplicity
  
  
• Indian Music Reverberates in LDS Church
• Tougher Immigration Laws Affect LDS Missionaries
• Twilight Deemed Too Risqué For Mormon Readers
• Non-Aloholic Nirvana
• Glenn Beck's Rise to Fame on Fox
• Mormon Blogs: Welcome to the Bloggernacle
• LDS Fear of Gay Protests Prove False
  
• No Longer a Mormon Town?March 27th, 2009
• Pagans Unite For Rites in SandyMarch 27th, 2009
• Twilight Huge in UtahMarch 24th, 2009
• SextingMarch 17th, 2009
• HBO's Big Love Causes Big CommotionMarch 11th, 2009
• Are Utahns Porn Addicts?March 9th, 2009
• "Buttars-Palooza" Event Draws HundredsMarch 2nd, 2009
• Go Straight or Go HomeFebruary 28th, 2009
• Larry H. Miller's LegacyFebruary 22nd, 2009
• Tattoo Art Goes Mainstream in SLCFebruary 16th, 2009
• 10 Hottest Utah Food Blogs February 13th, 2009
• Former LDS Missionary unveils SLC's drug trade February 5th, 2009
• Free Dental Care in Utah January 28th, 2009
• Caught in the Crosshairs of Proposition 8 January 5th, 2009
• Travis Hess-Making a Difference Three-time cancer survivor Travis Hess helps families who are struggling financially trying to save their children. May 19th, 2008
• Media Outlets Continue to Inaccurately confuse LDS and FLDS Faiths A history lesson on the two church's differneces. posted May 12th, 2008
• Skybridge Saves L.D.S Faithful From Perils of Modern Culture Skybridge passes City Council 6-1, saving Mormons from undue harm from outside economic interests. updated April 20th, 2008
• Honoring A Hero Through His Hobby How a Officer Dukatz is being honored by Murray residents December 24th, 2008
• Perfection Causing Depression?   According to recent studies Utahns quest for perfection and material satisfaction could be direclty corolated with Utah being the most depressed state in the nation.
  March 28th, 2008
• LDS Church, Answers Question Regarding Skybridge Bishop H. David Burton, presiding Bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints answers question regarding skybridge. March 24th, 2008
• Deseret News pays homage to most influential Mormon in media: Glenn Beck (opinion) Why Glenn Beck is conquering three forms of media while Bob Lonsberry is angering non-LDS Utahns
  (posted December 13th)
• Utah Hall of Fame: Learn about Utah and Mormon culture from some of the most famous Utahns. Including: Eliza R. Snow, Brigham Young, Rocky Anderson, Donny Osmond, Edward Abbey and many more.
  (updated August 21st)
• Utah Documentaries: (Flash Version) Includes short-films on a Canning Champion, Violin Maker, Bronze Sculptor, One-handed guitar player, computer scientists and more. (updated January 4th)
• Ute IndiansThe Ute Indian Reservation on Fort Deuchene. (updated January 4th)

Buyer Beware--Consumer Protection

• What in the World Should I Feed My Dog?
  Dogs provide Americans comfort and stress relief, but are we shortening their lives by feeding them commercial dog food?
  
  
• Westgate Resorts Rip-Off Relief
  Warning!...Please! If you are going to the "free" 1-night-stay + $50 night at Westgate resorts in Park City...BEWARE!
  
• Autism: Science Vs Vaccine Skeptics
  What's mysterious, misunderstood, and apparently scarier than a measles pandemic that killed 200 million people?
• Alternative Medicine Review A skeptic examines what works and what is quackery in alternative healing and eastern medicine
• Tow Trapbeware of tow trucks threatening to impound your carApril 3rd, 2009
• How to Survive The Great DepressionMarch 23rd, 2009
• Gold RushMarch 20th, 2009
• A week's groceries for around $20?March 19th, 2009
• Crime in Happy ValleyMarch 13th, 2009
• Sprint Contract DeceptionFebruary 25th, 2009
• Westgate Resorts Penalized for Deceitful Tactics January 27th, 2009
• MLM Scams Flourish During Economic Decline January 21th, 2009
• Career Colleges vs. Traditional Universities Video January 7th, 2009
• Depression Epidemic Or Pharmaceutical Farce? December 4th, 2008
• Sundance Film Festival Lodging ScamNovember 10th, 2008
• Timeshare Rip-off Proctection Laws Could Save You Story of one timeshare owner fighting back against their rip-off tactics.November 3rd, 2008
• Is Autism Caused By Vaccines?Both sides of the debate over the nature of autism and whether it might be caused by child vaccinations such as MMR.September 24rd, 2008
• Paxil Truth From Ten Year AddictThe category of drugs Paxil belongs to (SSRIs) have received over 28,000 complaints to the FDA; yet doctors continue to prescribe...September 5th, 2008
• Westgate Resorts Admits Advertising Dishonest A 'five star luxury resort' - Westgate Resorts executive admits untrue. September 9th, 2008
• Westgate Timeshare Scam Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off timeshare scam. posted June 13th, 2008
• Vegas Timeshare Scams How Westgate resorts uses the lure of Las Vegas and Hollywood to lure buyers into timeshare rip-offs (updated May 15th, 2008)
• The Chemical Imbalance Myth How drug companies and the media promote the myth that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance. April 3rd, 2008
• Hollywood Dreams & Timeshare NightmaresHow Westgate Resort's new Planet Hollywood Towers, sells rip-off timeshares using high-pressure sales tactics and dishonesty (updated March 26th, 2008)

Business Spotlight

• Mountain Boarding Rules
  Utah Stories interviewed some local riders to capture some of the action.
Kind Landlords Keep Businesses Going



• Immigrant With The Midas Touch
  
• The American Dream Is Alive
• Bohemians Brewing Success In Utah
  How a Czech immigrant and his wife came to Utah with nothing and now own an award-winning brew pub in Midvale.
• Proud Pink Perseverance
  Over 17,000 turn out for the 2009 Race for the Cure
  
  
• This Town Aint Big Enough...
• The Happy Metal Head
• In Case Disaster Strikes... Utah is uniquely prepared for survival thanks to the LDS Church and Welfare Square
  
  
• Local Bike Store's Bet on Downtown Pays Off
  
• The Greek Who Always Gives More
• Bruges Waffles and Frittes
  
  
  
• Hot Dog Stand Becomes Local Icon
• Main Street Woes? No Matter
• Torrey Utah Sunrise
  
• Breakfast in Jail
  
• Ogden's Haunted Motel Investigated A haunting night with the Paranormal Investigations Team of Utah
• Plasma Truth
  
• Irish Rock Band Finds Home In SLCMarch 13th, 2009
• Unemployed? Best careers for Today's EconomyMarch 12th, 2009
• Video: How to Look Like a Utah Jazz DancerMarch 12th, 2009
• Shoe Repair Booming Amid RecessionMarch 4th, 2009
• SLC Gets Ink'ed upFebruary 20th, 2009
• Utah Repo ManFebruary 11th, 2009
• Utah's Life Flight Rescue TeamJanuary 26th, 2009
• The Red Espresso January 10th, 2009
• Squatters Downtown December 19, 2008
• Salt Lake's Mechanized Doesn't Miss A Beat December 6th, 2008
• Helping The Homeless: A Look at the Fourth Street Clinic November 25th, 2008
• SLC's Acme Burger Company: Anything But Common December 10, 2008
• A Helping Hand in a Foreign World November 6th, 2008
• Toys More Than Child's Play For Home Builder October 6th, 2008
• WADA: Downhill Mountain Bikers Gain CredibilityOctober 2nd, 2008
• Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective WANTS YOU! October 2nd, 2008
• Harley Davidson Timpanogos September 29th, 2008
• Rico Owner Knows Beans About Business September 13th, 2008
• Bubble and Bee Organic- Farmers Market Success Story August 13th, 2008
• A New Spin on Pole Dancing March 14th, 2008

Media & Culture Commentary

• Cradle of Crime Series
  
• Butterfly on Ice
  
• MMA Business Battle Over
• Who's on Twitter in Utah?
• Autism Cover Up?
  
  
• Is Fearmongering Media More Threatening Than Swine Flu Virus?
• Legendary Wanderer's Remains Confirmed Found After 75 Years
• Economic Troubles Spread To Robots
• Les Misérables Shown Respect
• More Utah Moms Packing Heat
• Will Newspapers Survive?March 25th, 2009
• Light a Fuse Under BoringMarch 27th, 2009
• Realtor on Obamato "trick Mother Nature"?March 24th, 2009
• Utah Auto Dealers Fighting an Uphill BattleMarch 10th, 2009
• Banff Mountain Film Festival Goes For Guilt TripFebruary 27th, 2009
• Provo Convention Center Gets Green LightFebruary 25th, 2009
• Secrets from a Modern DaterFebruary 20th, 2009
• Killer Bees Invade Southern UtahFebruary 18th, 2009
• MOAB BRUTAL!February 18th, 2009
• Confessions of a Compulsive Gambler February 10th, 2009
• LDS Church Directing President Waddoups, Says Bar Owner February 2nd, 2009
• Private Clubs No Longer?January 29th, 2009
• The Local Side of SundanceJanuary 24th, 2009
• Exploring the Emotional Consequences of Proposition 8January 23rd, 2009
• Get Some Guns and Ammo (and Fear)January 20th, 2009
• Super Models Sundance InvestigationJanuary 19th, 2009
• Blood Money IIJanuary 14th, 2009
• Port O'Call Travesty January 13th, 2009
• Is Local TV News Dead? January 10th, 2009
• The New Breakfast Club January 12th, 2009
• Port O'Call Under Siege by Federal Pirate Ship November 21st, 2008
• Facebook or Myspace? November 17th, 2008
• Blood Money November 14th, 2008
• One Big Bloody Family October 29th, 2008
• Downhill Mountain Bikers Gain Credibility October 2nd, 2008
• How Kids Become Homeless & Alone October 7th, 2008
• Pet Adoption Event Saves 450 Animals October 3rd, 2008
• Why Kids "Robo-Trip" September 27th, 2008
• Kimball Arts Park City Arts Festival Video August 18th, 2008
• Holding His Ground August 16th, 2008
• Tumbleweed Mini-Houses Popular among West Coast City Dwellers July 22nd, 2008
• Where Video Gamers Meet Reality July 10th, 2008
• Debugging Democracy May 23th, 2008
• A Return to Common Sense Journalism May 23th, 2008
• Paris to Amsterdam by Bike January 6th, 2008
• A Bus Ride From Westnern to Eastern Europe December 3rd, 2007