PLEASANT VIEW -- Council members Scott Boehme, Mae Ferguson and Tim Hjorten voted to approve appointments to the economic development committee.

KAYSVILLE -- Visibility from the freeway and area demographics have the owners of Boondocks Fun Center making "a significant investment" in Kaysville.

OGDEN -- Six years ago, when Jo Packham became chairwoman of the Christmas Village in Ogden, she wanted to bring people back to the downtown area.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Environmental Protection Agency says Utah ranks 15th among states in the total number of homes earning the Energy Star label.

So far, nearly 15,000 Energy Star-qualified homes have been built in Utah, including 1,851 this year.

I've had this notion for some time now that there are two fail-safe, sure-thing, can't-fail-to-make-money businesses: insurance and cloud seeding.

How did the drive to enact health reform veer off course and, more importantly, how can it get back on track? Those are the critical questions facing American policymakers today.

Army Pvt. Joseph Foster, an Ogden native, entered the U.S. Army knowing he could face danger in many of the world's hot spots.

I've finally realized that I have been so closed-minded that I have primarily been watching liberal-biased news and programming. And Now, I admit, it has taken me much too long to see that the FOX news network is the only fair and balanced news source.

TREMONTON -- The day Norm Peterson learned he had prostate cancer was the day his new life began. Since that defining day in 1996, Peterson has biked across America, climbed majestic mountains, trekked in the Himalayas, floated rivers in Thailand, and competed in triathlons and ironman competitions, among other physical and global pursuits. The 67-year-old has conquered high winds and steep hills and could tell a thousand stories as a result. And he isn't finished. "I wanted to do something special in case the cancer comes back and takes me out," Peterson said.

MANILA, Philippines -- Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao -- their boxing hero -- relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.

Mike Zimmer was coaching with mirrors in Dallas in his debut as an NFL defensive coordinator at the start of this decade. The Cowboys weren't very good then -- but Zimmer found a way to make a bunch of no-names competitive on defense.

Now that the Phoenix Suns are 8-1 and the New York Knicks are 1-8, we can conclude something about the working relationship between Mike D'Antoni and Steve Nash.

Karen Breitenbeker, of Centerville, was kidding. She wasn't really surprised, since her grandson, Andrew Tulin, comes from a long line of redheads.

Standard-Examiner music writer Linda East Brady's audio blog talks dance -- good, bad and dirty. She gives a thumbs-up to the work of the late Patrick Swayze, a thumbs-down to a particular Bruce Springsteen video, and takes a gander at the amateurs out there on the dance floor.

Musicians Daniel Lapidus and Francisco Cotto have been friends since they were kids. Perhaps that's why they are so fine at making music for kids.

Steve Salles, the Standard-Examiner movie critic, reviews this weekends new releases.  Check out our movie site to read reviews for new movies, see trailers and find show times and locations.  This weekend you can get out and GO! to the Movies!