Blast to the past: Explosives team helps researchers excavate prized dinosaur quarry

SALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes the delicate tools of dinosaur diggers just don’t cut it.

Police arrest woman they say used Taser on Utah Highway Patrol officer during struggle

SALT LAKE CITY — Police have arrested a woman they said used a Utah Highway Patrol trooper’s Taser on him. Lisa Parker, 41, was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of aggravated assault, interference with an arresting officer and unauthorized control of a motor vehicle. Authorities said a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a truck he thought was stolen on Saturday.

Bryant, Lakers eager to finish off Utah Jazz at home on Monday night

LOS ANGELES — Re-energized by their dominating Game 4 victory, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers have plenty of motivation to close out the Utah Jazz at home on Monday night.

Kobe Bryant scores 38 points and Lakers beat Jazz 108-94 to take 3-1 series lead

SALT LAKE CITY — Kobe Bryant followed his worst shooting game in years by scoring 38 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 108-94 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night and a 3-1 series advantage.

Saturday’s NBA Playoff Boxes

Anthony 10-24 4-8 25, Martin 5-8 2-3 12, Nene 1-4 0-0 2, Billups 3-10 8-10 16, Jones 1-3 5-6 7, Smith 5-14 0-0 14, Andersen 1-1 1-2 3, Carter 0-2 1-2 1, Kleiza 4-8 3-4 13. Totals 30-74 24-35 93.

Bryant leads Lakers to 3-1 series lead with 108-94 win over Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY — Kobe Bryant followed his worst shooting game in years by scoring 38 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 108-94 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night and a 3-1 series advantage.

Firefighting plane headed to NM crashes in Utah, killing pilot and 2 crew members

SALT LAKE CITY — A converted military plane crashed Saturday in heavy fog in the mountains that frame the Salt Lake valley, killing three members of a private firefighting company, authorities said.

Jazz C Mehmet Okur back in lineup for Game 4

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah center Mehmet Okur returned to the lineup on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Lakers after missing almost two weeks with a strained right hamstring.

Hesitant would-be homebuyers could make the busiest home selling season the slowest in years

With white tin ceilings, original woodwork, bay windows, and a $699,000 price tag, the two-bedroom apartment at 719 Carroll St. in Brooklyn would have been snatched up in a New York minute a couple of years ago.

FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

Longtime Jazz broadcaster “Hot Rod” Hundley retiring

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz broadcaster “Hot” Rod Hundley is retiring at the end of the season.

Lakers still lead Utah after poor shooting costs them Game 3; Jazz know they’ll heat up again

SALT LAKE CITY — Instead of tapering off, the Los Angeles Lakers’ shooting plummeted.

FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

FAA data shows JFK in New York and Sacramento airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday.

Thursday’s NBA Playoff Boxes

Turkoglu 5-8 1-1 12, Lewis 11-22 7-9 29, Gortat 5-8 1-2 11, Redick 5-9 0-0 15, Alston 8-16 2-2 21, Battie 3-3 1-2 7, Pietrus 5-10 2-4 14, Johnson 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 44-82 14-20 114.

Boozer scores 23, pulls down 22 rebounds in Jazz’s 88-86 win over Lakers

SALT LAKE CITY — Deron Williams hit a fadeaway jumper with 2.2 seconds left to give Utah an 88-86 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, getting the Jazz back into the first-round playoff series.

Utah center Mehmet Okur will miss Game 3 against Los Angeles Lakers with hamstring injury

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah center Mehmet Okur will miss Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers with a hamstring injury that has kept him from playing in the first-round playoff series.

Hamstrung: Jazz C Okur to miss Game 3 against Lakers

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah center Mehmet Okur will miss Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers with a hamstring injury that has kept him from playing in the first-round playoff series.

Settlement talks called upbeat over control of polygamous church’s property trust

SALT LAKE CITY — Settlement talks in a yearslong battle for control of a polygamous church’s property trust ended upbeat Wednesday evening with all sides talking and trying to work out disagreements, the mediator said.

Your vacation photos are safe: Monument really does mark Four Corners, though it was a bit off

SALT LAKE CITY — Many a family touring the Southwest has made a stop in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado — all at the same time.

Your vacation photos are safe: Monument really does mark Four Corners, though survey was off

SALT LAKE CITY — Many a family touring the Southwest has made a stop in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado — all at the same time.

Settlement talks under way over control of polygamous church’s property trust

SALT LAKE CITY — Negotiations are under way in a yearslong battle for control of a polygamous church property trust seized by the Utah courts in 2005 after allegations of mismanagement.

Correction: Four Corners marker story

SALT LAKE CITY — In an April 20 story about the location of the Four Corners marker, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the monument is 2.5 miles west of where it should be. Instead, according to Dave Doyle of the National Geodetic Survey, the monument marking the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 1,807 feet east of where it should have been placed in 1875. Doyle says the monument’s location has been legally adopted by all the states as the official corner.

Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunes

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.

Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunes

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.