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IDEAL IDLING...FOR SOME UTAH
CITIES CLEAR SKIES MAY BE JUST
A TURN OF A KEY AWAY.
MILITARY MOVING...WHAT KIND OF
PRICETAG WOULD YOU EXPECT TO
GET THE TROOPS OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN?
AND SPRING SKIMMING...THE SNOW
MAY BE MELTING BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS READY TO SHELF
THEIR SKIS.
I'M ALEXIS FLAKE
AND I'M JULIANNE HORSLEY.
IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 26, AND
IN UTAH IT'S TWELVE O'
)CLOCK.###
A RALLY TO SUPPORT GAY
MARRIAGE TOOK OVER THE STEPS
OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE IN
DOWNTOWN PROVO LAST NIGHT.
THE CROWD INCLUDED BOTH GAYS
AND STRAIGHTS... AND ALSO
CURRENT AND FORMER B-Y-U
STUDENTS. . SUPPORTERS SAY
THEY PREDICT THAT CHANGE IN
GAY MARRIAGE LAWS WILL COME.
GOVERNOR HERBERT WILL SPEAK AT
A PRO-TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
RALLY IN SALT LAKE TONIGHT.
###
ARGUMENTS ON THE FUTURE OF GAY
MARRIAGE IN THE U-S HAVE JUST
ENDED IN WASHINGTON.
PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
ISSUE GATHERED EARLY OUTSIDE
THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING.
WHAT'S AT QUESTION?
CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION
8... WHICH INVALIDATED
HUNDREDS OF LEGAL SAME-SEX
MARRIAGES THERE. SOME ARGUE
THAT ONCE IT'S GRANTED...
THE STATE CAN'T
INVOLUNTARILY TAKE THAT
PRIVILEGE AWAY.
THE TRANSCRIPTS AND AUDIO OF
THE ARGUMENTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON... WE'LL HAVE FULL
COVERAGE OF THE HEARING
TOMORROW ON ELEVENNEWS AT
NOON.###
GOVERNOR HERBERT SIGNED A NEW
LAW REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH TO REPORT THE NUMBER
OF ABORTIONS IN UTAH TO
LAWMAKERS. THE REPORT WILL
INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF
ABORTIONS...HOW FAR ALONG IS
THE PREGNANCY IS...AND THE
ETHNICITY OF THE WOMAN.
SUPPORTERS SAY THAT THE
INFORMATION WILL HELP WITH
FUTURE ABORTION LAWS. .
OPPONENTS SAY THE LAW IS AN
INVASION OF PRIVACY.###
WINTER MAY BE OVER... BUT THE
IMPACT OF THE INVERSION IS
STILL A WORRY FOR SOME
CITIES... AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
ELEVENNEWS REPORTER KIM ***
SHOWS US HOW THREE UTAH TOWNS
ARE TACKLING AIR POLLUTION.
PARK CITY IS GETTING TIRED OF
SEEING THE SMOG THAT FILLS THE
VALLEY IF IT GOES TOO LONG
WITHOUT SEEING A STORM.... SO
THEY HAVE SPEARHEADED A
MOVEMENT THAT WANTS TO TRY AND
CLEAN UP THE AIR BY TURNING
OFF THE CARS. ###
SIX WEEKS AGO MOST OF THE
VALLEY LOOKED LIKE THIS. THE
FOG AND HAZE OF WINTER
INVERSION TRAPS CAR EXHAUST
AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN
THE VALLEY AND CAUSES HEALTH
PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE WITH
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. PARK CITY
HAS A SUSTAINABILITY EXPERT
AND HE'S HEADING A MOVEMENT
THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE AIR
POLLUTION PROBLEM... BY
CRACKING DOWN ON IDLING CARS.
"the ordinance is really just
about awareness. And nothing
draws attention to an item
like creating an ordinance for
it."
PARK CITY'S COUNCIL PASSED
THE ORDINANCE UNANIMOUSLY ...
CREATING A RULE THAT LIMITS
THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU CAN
KEEP YOUR CAR IDLING TO THREE
MINUTES. SALT LAKE CITY AND
HOLLADAY HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR
LEAD... CREATING CAMPAIGNS
THAT TARGET THOSE CARS... BUT
NOT EVERYONE IS CONVICED THAT
IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
"I think that the ordinance is
stupid. I don't think that
three cities is going to make
a big difference in the
pollution."
OFFICALS SAY THAT THE RULES
ARE ALSO AIMED AT PROTECTING
NATURAL RESOURCES AND SAVING
PEOPLE MONEY. ALL THREE
CITIES DISPLAY SIGNS TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS TO
TURN THEIR CAR OFF. PARK CITY
POLICE OFFICERS WILL GIVE
WARNINGS FOR THE FIRST THREE
VIOLATIONS... BUT AFTER THAT
YOU COULD BE GETTING A TICKET.
IN PARK CITY... KIM ***...
ELEVENNEWS. ###
EACH ORDINANCE DOES PROVIDE
EXCEPTIONS FOR THOSE WHO NEED
TO IDLE THEIR CARS FOR SAFETY
OR HEALTH REASONS AND THE LAW
DOESN'T APPLY TO CARS IDLING
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
ALEXIS?###
SINCE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
11TH 2001...THE U-S- MILITARY
HAS HAD AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN
AFGHANISTAN. AFTER NEARLY
TWELVE YEARS OVERSEAS...THEY'
)RE GETTING READY TO COME
HOME. ANNA COREN SPOKE WITH
ARMY OFFICIALS ABOUT WHAT THIS
PROCESS ENTAILS.###
WITH THE END IN SIGHT FOR
AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR...THIS
IS WHAT PACKING UP LOOKS LIKE
IN AFGHANISTAN. ROW AFTER ROW
OF U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES SIT
IN THE YARD AT BAGRAM WAITING
TO BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES.
"We've got a big mission
ahead of us, we've got tens
of thousands of vehicles that
need to go back to the depos
in the US."
AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GIANT
WAREHOUSES RUN BY THE 401ST
ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE IN
8 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
"Weapons and communications
equipment systems are stripped
from each vehicle while
another team goes though every
nook and cranny looking for
stray ammunition. "
"You need to be creative in
your thinking because they get
in the weirdest places like
this cablingup to 1500
vehicles will go through this
process each month as more
and more u-s bases close down
- so far around 400 have
already shut up shop."
THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE
REMAINING 28,000 VEHICLES ARE
SENT BACK HOME ALONG WITH 20-
THOUSAND SHIPPING CONTAINERS
FILLED WITH EQUIPMENT ALL
U.S. PROPERTY...AN EXERCISE
THAT WILL COST $6 BILLION U.S.
DOLLARS. BRIGADIER GENERAL
STEVEN SHAPIRO WAS IN CHARGE
OF CLOSING DOWN U.S.
OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND SAYS
THIS HAND-OFF IS PART OF THE
"NATURAL PROGRESSION" OF WAR.
"The general feeling is a good
feeling. It's time to go
home but it's time to go
home because most of think
that the Afghans have it. It'
)s about going home but
frankly it's about winning."
AND WHILE MANY QUESTION
WHETHER THIS WAR HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN WON...THE U.S. BELIEVES
ITS JOB HERE IS DONE...HANDING
OVER CONTROL TO THE AFGHANS
AND THEIR SECURITY FORCE OF
AROUND 350-THOUSAND TROOPS.
"America's war in
Afghanistan began here in
Bagram in 2001 and while U.S.
and international forces are
already packing up and pulling
out - this base will be an
enduring presence post 2014."
THE GENERAL BELIEVES WHATEVER
U.S. FORCES ARE LEFT
HERE...SOME WILL OPERATE OUT
OF BAGRAM...BUT THE FOCUS NOW
IS GETTING THESE VEHICLES OUT
OF AFGHANISTAN. 60% WILL GO BY
ROAD TO KARACHI IN NEIGHBORING
PAKISTAN WHERE THEY'LL BE
SHIPPED OUT TO THE UNITED
STATES. THE REMAINING 40% WILL
BE FLOWN TO THE MIDDLE EAST
AND TRANSPORTED OUT OF PORTS
IN EITHER DUBAI OR JORDAN.
THIS IS AMERICA'S END GAME
AND AS THE VEHICLES LEAVE SO
TOO DO THE TROOPS. ANNA
COREN...CNN...BAGRAM.###
MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY PULLING
OUT OF A WAR ZONE IS A SLOW
AND COSTLY PROCESS. ABOUT HALF
OF OUR U-S TROOPS WILL LEAVE
AFGHANISTAN IN THE NEXT 12
MONTHS.###
WHEN ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
RETURNS...
U-S. TARGETED...NORTH KOREA
FIRES OFF A NEW ROUND OF
THREATS...FIND OUT WHAT
AMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE SAYING
ABOUT IT.
AND STAYING AFLOAT...IT'S
A SEATTLE WOMAN RETURNS TO
ITALY TO FACE ***
CHARGES...NORTH KOREA
THREATENS TO ATTACK THE UNITED
STATES... AND RUMORS ARISE OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA.
HERE'S YOUR LOOK AT NEWS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.###
AN AMERICAN WOMAN ACQUITTED
OF AN ITALIAN *** IN 2007
MAY COME FACE TO FACE WITH
THOSE CHARGES AGAIN. THE
ITALIAN SUPREME COURT ORDERED
AMANDA KNOX BACK TO ITALY TO
STAND TRIAL FOR A SECOND TIME
IN THE *** OF HER ROOMMATE.
KNOX SAYS SHE IS READY TO
FIGHT TO PROVE SHE IS
INNOCENT. KNOX'S ATTORNEY
SAYS HE EXPECTS ANOTHER
ACQUITTAL.###
NORTH KOREA CONTINUES ITS
THREATS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES...THEY SAY THEY PLAN TO
INSTALL COMBAT-READY MILITARY
UNITS TO TARGET U-S BASES. THE
COUNTRY'S THREATS ARE A
RETALIATION AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES' MILITARY PACT WITH
SOUTH KOREA. THE U-S DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S
CONFIDENT IT CAN FEND OFF ANY
THREATS FROM THE NORTH KOREAN
REGIME...AND THAT THERE'S NO
CAUSE FOR PANIC.###
AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
MUST DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND TO
THE POSSIBILITY OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS IN SYRIA. RECENT
VIOLENCE PROMPTED THE U-N'S
WITHDRAWAL OF ITS
INTERNATIONAL STAFFERS.
CONFLICTING REPORTS QUESTION
SYRIA'S POSSESSION OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS...WHILE
SURROUNDING COUNTRIES RUSH TO
ARM OPPOSITION FORCES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HE'S
CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH AID TO
OFFER THEM.
AND THAT'S YOUR LOOK AT NEWS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
ALEXIS?###
PARK CITY OFFICIALY KICKED OFF
ITS SPRING SKIING WITH WHAT
MANY CALLED A "RIDICULOUS"
COMPETITION... AND ALTHOUGH
HE DIDNT COMPETE... ELEVENNEWS
REPORTER JUSTIN ASHBY JOINED
IN ON THE END-OF-WINTER
FESTIVITIES AT THE CANYONS
RESORT. ###
ITS SAD FOR SOME AND A RELIEF
FOR OTHERS BUT THE 2012-2013
SKI SEASON IS COMING TO A
CLOSE... AND ONE TRADITION
THAT REALLY SAYS NOTHING ABOUT
STAYING WARM AND EVERYTHING
ABOUT GETTING WET IS POND
SKIMMING AT THE CANYONS
RESORT.
"We figured theres no better
way then getting out doors,
jumping in the water, getting
in the pool, thats what summer
is all about, weve been doing
it for over a decade."
ITS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SERIOUS
COMPETITION AND A PANEL OF
JUDGES WAS THERE LOOKING FOR
BIG AIR, GOOD FORM AND OF
COURSE, MAKING IT ALL THE WAY
ACROSS THE POND.
"It was really hard this year,
I was afraid no one would show
up and everyone came and they
were in crazy creative
costumes, it gets better every
year."
SPRING MEANS FEWER SKIIERS ON
THE SLOPES AND PRICES FOR LIFT
TICKETS GENERALLY GO DOWN AS
WELL, BUT THE PLACE WAS PACKED
SATURDAY BECAUSE THE NIGHT
BEFORE,..MOTHER NATURE DUMPED
DOWN A FRESH FOOT OF THE
GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH.
"What a way to kick of spring
skiing then powder, last year
its was fifty degrees for the
pond skimming event and this
year its only five."
CANYONS RESORT REPORTS A TEN
PERCENT INCREASE IN SNOW AT
THEIR BASE FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR AND SAYS IT WILL HELP
THEM STAY OPEN FOR AS LONG AS
THEY CAN... THEN BIKING,
HIKING AND OTHER SUMMER
ACTIVITIES TAKE OVER. IN PARK
CITY, JUSTIN ASHBY, ELEVEN
NEWS. ###
IF YOU HAVENT BEEN TO THE
MOUNTAIN YET THIS YEAR YOU
BETTER HURRY... APRIL 14 IS
THE LAST SCHEDULED SKI DAY OF
THE SEASON... BUT THAT COULD
CHANGE IF WE KEEP SEEING SNOW.
###
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
PLANNING AND ASSESSIMENT JAMES
D. GORDON THE 3RD SPOKE TO
B-Y-U STUDENTS IN THODAY'S
CAMPUS DEVOTIONAL... HIS TALK
CENTERED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAPPINESS IN EDUCATION. HE
SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF
SCHOOL IS TO PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND JOY.
ENJOY YOUR UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION. IT'S EXCITING...
FASCINATING...CHALLENGING AND
FUN. THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS
IS NOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO SOME
FUTURE TIME WHERE ALL YOUR
PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED. THE
SECRETE IS TO BE HAPPY TODAY.
THERE IS JOY IN LEARNING.
NEXT WEEKS DEVOTIONAL STUDENTS
WILL HEAR FROM MICHELLE
MARCHANT A PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING
PHYSCHOLOGY AND SPECIAL
EDUCATION.###
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ADLIB TOSS TO SPORTS
NEXT ON SPORTS...
BEARS BEAT DOWN
THE N-I-T RETURNED TO THE
MARRIOT CENTER WHERE THE
COUGARS FOUGHT TO KEEP THEIR
POST SEASON RUN ALIVE.
RECORD HEAT...THE TEMPATURE
ISN'T THE ONLY THING RISING
THE BYU BASKETBALL TEAM FOUND
OUT LAST WEEK THAT THEY WOULD
BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE
BEARS FROM MERCER IN THE
SECOND ROUND OF THE N-I-T....
AND THE PLAYERS KNEW THEY WERE
IN FOR A CHALLENGE.
"They are going to be hungry
and they are going to want to
come in here and beat us...theyk
thats what team maybe arent
ready for. is how well they do
execute their offensive sets
and defvensive sets they play
hard as well."
THE BEARS MAY EXECUTE WELL BUT
THE COUGARS WERE PREPARED.
EARLY IN THE 1ST HALF IT
SEEMED THE GAME PLAN WAS TO
SHOOT ALL THREES. WELL IT
WORKED. MATT CARLINO AND BROCK
ZYLSTRA GOT THE FIRST 9 POINTS
ON THE BOARD. WITH THAT FAST
PACE START BYU WAS ABLE TO
BUILD A 14 POINT LEAD. IT WAS
ALL ABOUT THE BIG MAN LAST
NIGHT. BRANDON DAVIES MADE A
LOT OF NOISE...GOING WITH THE
PASS OH MADE YOU LOOK...THAT
WAS TOP 10 WORTHY. MERCER WAS
ABLE CUT THE LEAD WITH THIS
JUMPER AND GOT BACK WITHIN 8.
BUT HOW DOES A TEAM KEEP UP
WHEN THREE'S ARE BEING
DRAINED LEFT AND RIGHT? SECOND
HALF GOT MORE PHYSICAL MERCER
TRIED TO STEAL IT AWAY BUT
TYLER HAWS WENT BEAST MODE
TAKING IT RIGHT BACK PASSING
TO DAVIES HE MISSED THE SHOT
BUT DREW THE FOUL. FROM THERE
THE BEARS COULDN'T KEEP UP
WITH THE FAST PACE OFFENSE AND
THE ROWDY...LOUD AND PROUD
MARRIOTT CENTER.CARLINO DROPPED4
AND DAVIES RACKED UP 26...WITH
NUMBERS LIKE THAT THE COUGARS
CLAWED THEIR WAY TO THE N-I-T
ROUND OF 16 BEATING THE BEARS
90-71.###
AND SPEAKING OF WINNING...A
TEAM THAT CANT SEEM TO
LOSE...IS THE HOTTEST TEAM IN
THE N-B-A THE MIAMI HEAT...
THEY TRAVELED A FEW HOURS
NORTH TO ORLANDO TO TAKE ON
THE MAGIC.
EVEN THOUGH D WADE SAT THIS
ONE OUT AS LONG AS HE'S GOT
HIS SUIT AND TIE ON HE IS
STILL MAKING HIS TEAM LOOK
GOOD. NOT LOOKING GOOD WAS THE
THIRD QUARTER...THE GAME WAS
TIED AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE
STREAK WAS IN JEPORDY. WAIT
WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT THE
HEAT HAVE LEBRON JAMES AND HE
GOT MAD. F
OVER FOR ORLANDO. I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I WOULD
NEVER WANT TO PLAY AGAINST A
MAD KING. HE FINISHED THE
NIGHT WITH 24 POINTS 11
ASSISTS AND 9 REBOUNDS ONE
BOARD SHY OF A TRIPLE DOUBLE.
BUT IF THAT IS THE ONLY THING
THE HEAT HAVE TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT I THINK THEY ARE IN GOOD
SHAPE.THE STREAK LIVES ON... HET
WIN 108-94. LEBRON SAYS EVEN
WITH ALL THE HYPE AROUND THE
STREAK THEY STILL TAKE IT ONE
GAME AT A TIME.
"We didn't have a goal in
mind as far as going on a long
consecutive win streak. But
our goal in mind is to win
each a every game when we go
out on the floor it doesn't
happen like that every night
we know that but thats way we
approch the game."###
TIGER WOODS HADN'T BEEN ABLE
TO CALL HIMSELF THE BEST
GOLFER IN THE WORLD FOR 877
DAYS...BUT YESTERDAY THAT ALL
CHANGED. TIGER LEFT THE ARNOLD
PALMER INVITATIONAL AS THE
WINNER... BUT HE ALSO LEFT THE
COURSE AS THE NUMBER ONE
PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
LOOKING LIKE HIS OLD SELF
TIGER DIDN'T ALLOW ANY OTHER
GOLFER TO GET CLOSER THAN 2
SHOTS IN THE FINAL ROUND. AT
18 HE STROKED HIS FINAL PUTT
AND IT CAME INCHES MAYBE EVEN
CEMTIMETERS AWAY FROM THE
HOLE. BUT TIGER HAS A GOOD
SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT IT
LAUGHING... BITING HIS
CLUB...JUST HAVING SWAGGER.
WOODS SAID IT WAS A BYPRODUCT
OF HARD WORK, PATIENCE AND
GETTING BACK TO WINNING GOLF
TOURNAMENTS THAT LED HIM TO
GETTING BACK ON TOP OF THE
GOLF WORLD...AND WITH THE WIN
TIGER DRAWS WITHIN FIVE OF SAM
SNEAD'S RECORD FOR P-G-A
TOUR WINS.###
AD-LIB
STILL TO COME ON ELEVEN NEWS
AT NOON...
PRANCING PET...AN OHIO COUPLE'
SHE'S NOT THE MOST
TRADITIONAL PET IN THE
WORLD...BUT ONE DOE IN OHIO
LIVES A TRADITIONAL LIFE.
DILLIE THE DEER DOES THINGS
DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. SHE
HELPS CLEAN THE HOUSE AND MAKE
THE BEDS...SHE'S GOT A
WEBSITE...A FACEBOOK...AND A
WEBCAM WITH MORE THAN A
MILLION VIEWERS. AND OF
COURSE...SHE'S IN A LONG
DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH
KENNY THE GOAT. HER MOM AND
DAD SAY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY###
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THAT'S ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
NEWS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 26.
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