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Justin Higginbottom

Twelve-year-old Teague Anderson shows his new cellphone at his home in Bountiful Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
Family
Growing number of children with cellphones adds pressure to purchase
As of 2011, 20 percent of third-grade boys and 18 percent of third-grade girls have a cellphone, according to a study of Massachusetts students. Seventy-five percent of those ages 12 to 17 own cellphones compared to only 45 percent in 2004, according to a 2010 Pew Research Center publication.
By Justin Higginbottom
Betty Moon, center, good-naturedly heckles a Sandy firefighter during the second annual Wii bowling tournament between Atria Sandy residents and Sandy firefighters at Atria Sandy, a local assisted living community, in Sandy on Thursday, April 19, 2012. S
Utah
Assisted living residents get 2nd victory over Sandy firefighters
Loud cheers erupted from the otherwise quiet game room at the assisted living community Thursday. Amid the occasional dispatch crackle from a firefighter’s radio, residents at the center shouted encouragement and dished out good natured trash talk while waving pompoms.
By Justin Higginbottom
In Utah, the wage gap between genders reinforces the impact of the education gap between the sexes, experts said.
Business
Wage gap emphasizes educational gap for Utah women
Utah’s wage gap between men and women — the third biggest in the country — is about more than just money. Experts say the disparity stems from women’s lack of education and training in professions that earn higher wages.
By Justin Higginbottom
Utah
Candidate fields narrowed in Iron, Washington, Utah, and Weber counties
By Justin Higginbottom
Utah
Homeless man found dead in warehouse
A homeless man was found dead Friday morning after overnight temperatures dropped and a snowstorm hit Salt Lake City, authorities said.
By Justin Higginbottom
Camp of Occupy Salt Lake City camp sits next to Gallivan Plaza in downtown where the six-month anniversary protest is coming up and will soon move to Library Square, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah
Occupy Salt Lake to celebrates six months on Friday
Occupy Salt Lake City, a protest movement modeled after Occupy Wall Street in New York City, is celebrating six months of activity by a downtown march Friday.
By Justin Higginbottom
Intermountain Farmers Association employee Sean Neilson, left, places chicks in a cage while Cheri Mockli looks at them. Shoppers look at the baby chicks and the rabbits Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the IFA store in Draper.
Utah
Easter pets provide opportunity for urban farming
Sharon Brouse this week came to a farm supply store in Draper and picked out seven newborn chickens for her grandchildren in anticipation of Easter.
By Justin Higginbottom
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Business
Tax-increment financing: Economic development or crony capitalism?
TIF districts allow cities to lure businesses with subsidies paid for by new taxes raised within the development district. The districts defended as a way to capture taxes from a business that might otherwise have not moved to their location.
By Justin Higginbottom
Sharon Leopardi, left, and Vicky Wason walk into the garden area. The Wasatch Commons co-housing community Thursday, March 8, 2012.
Utah
Families find stronger community in neighborhood design called co-housing
Sunday is potluck night at the Wasatch Commons co-housing community. Neighbors trickle in at dusk to the common house and choose from dishes displayed on a foldable table.
By Justin Higginbottom
Carmelite sisters pray at the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monastery.
Business
Self-reliant, intentional communities use small businesses to thrive in hard times
Communities living apart from society are often entrepreneurial out of necessity. The United States has a rich history of intentional communities — from Catholic monasteries to secular communes — and the businesses used to sustain and put into practice those community’s values.
By Justin Higginbottom
Do changes in tax policy lead to more births?
U.S. & World
Bloggers: Santorum’s plan to boost tax deductions for having children won’t work
Do changes in tax policy really lead to more births?
By Justin Higginbottom
Family
Study claims monogamy good for societies
“Reducing the pool of unmarried men and leveling the reproductive playing field would have decreased crime, which would have spurred commerce, travel and the free flow of ideas and innovations...”
By Justin Higginbottom
Utah
Marriage premium or penalty? It depends
Married men make 44 percent more than single men, while married women make 10 percent less than single women.
By Justin Higginbottom
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Family
Those more humble more likely to help
Research carried out at Baylor University in Texas indicates a link of personality traits to the likelihood of helping others.
By Justin Higginbottom
A Target sign is shown on the front of a Target Store on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Wilsonville, Ore.
U.S. & World
Target knows when you are pregnant
Target and other companies use data to model a shopper’s characteristics to a surprising degree.
By Justin Higginbottom
A currency exchange bureau worker counts US dollars, as Iranian bank notes are seen at right with portrait of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in downtown Tehran, Iran, in this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 file photo.
U.S. & World
Economic sanctions affect Iranian families
Iranians are stockpiling daily needs like rice and cooking oil as a result of economic sanctions.
By Justin Higginbottom
World & Nation
Amish farmer restricted in selling raw milk
The FDA has shut down the selling of raw milk across state lines by an Amish farmer.
By Justin Higginbottom
Delivery driver Tom Bellin of Flowerama in Pittsburgh loads his car with Valentine\'s Day deliveries in Pittsburgh Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
Utah
Valentine’s statistics: let us count the ways
By Justin Higginbottom
U.S. & World
Need work? South Dakota needs you
With the third lowest unemployment rate in the nation — only 4.5 percent compared to the national 8.3 percent in January — South Dakota is looking to recruit skilled workers from outside the state.
By Justin Higginbottom
The United States has the most progressive income tax system among industrialized nations, says Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the non-profit Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Business
U.S. taxes more progressive than Europe
The United States has the most progressive income tax system among industrialized nations said Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the non-profit Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
By Justin Higginbottom
Family
Will recovery be bad for marriages?
More couples stayed married in the U.S. during the recession, but it may have not been out of love.
By Justin Higginbottom
Utah
Working at home improves employee productivity, happiness, retention
Stephanie Giovanetti, the mother of a 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter, lives in Boston, works for a non-profit in D.C., and doesn’t feel like she has to choose between her job and her family.
By Justin Higginbottom
President Barack Obama has called for spending $1 billion over five years on a new Veterans Jobs Corps.
Business
As more vets return from war, many have difficulty in finding jobs
A new generation of veterans, many returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, are making the adjustment to civilian life as many have done before — but times have changed.
By Justin Higginbottom
Home health aide Tyrone Winston works with patient Richard Uriarte at Friendship Manor in Salt Lake City Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
Utah
Service jobs projected to grow as manufacturing employment continues to decline
SALT LAKE — It’s Friday afternoon at Friendship Manor in Salt Lake, and Tyrone Winston is rushing around the tiny room filling water bottles and wiping down Richard Uriarte’ legs. Uriarte, a former star linebacker at Southern Utah University, is a quadriplegic, and would need a personal aide like Winston if he ever wanted to look out of his 10th floor window at the nearby University of Utah football stadium.
By Justin Higginbottom
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his spouse Melinda Gates walk through the main lobby at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2010.
Family
Large donations increased in 2011
Charitable donations from some of the richest in the United States increased in 2011.
By Justin Higginbottom
Dashiell Kwan, 3, seated center, holds a ball as he and other children participate in a gymnastics class in New York, Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
Business
Parents spending more money on children, but does it make for happier, more successful kids?
SANDY — Valerie Simpson picks up her three children from school, all bundled in winter coats, on a biting winter afternoon in Sandy and begins her weekly rally of parental effort known to many as raising kids.
By Justin Higginbottom
Rena Lakai, a Salt Lake caregiver, sends about $500 a month back to family members in the Kingdom of Tonga.
Utah
Sending money home crucial for many immigrants
On a typical weekday, Rena Lakai gets up early and goes to work as a caregiver in Salt Lake, showing up at about 9 a.m. at the homes of her elderly clients, making them food, doing their laundry and then sitting and talking with them until about noon, when her job is done.
By Justin Higginbottom
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.
U.S. & World
Recent polls show Americans’ distrust of government
Americans’ trust of the federal government is low, according to new polls conducted recently. And while the issue of inequality has been in the forefront of political discourse, Americans do not think the federal government should prioritize redistributing wealth.
By Justin Higginbottom
High unemployment coupled with rising tuition has potential students reconsidering the college investment.
U.S. & World
China cuts degrees to nowhere; if U.S. did so, what would go first?
High unemployment coupled with rising tuition has potential students reconsidering the college investment.
By Justin Higginbottom
Scouring your cupboard for unwanted canned goods to donate during the holiday season is a tradition for many.
Family
Give cash or canned food for the holiday season?
Scouring your cupboard for unwanted canned goods to donate during the holiday season is a tradition for many. You feel good about ridding your kitchen of generic brand cans of French green beans, and hungry Americans, in theory, are grateful to receive much-needed food during the giving season.
By Justin Higginbottom
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