At the end of my talk with Chuck and Judy Cox on Monday, we hugged. I thought I was comforting them, but they thought I was the one who needed comforting.

I grew up in the "Space Age." I remember Glenn and Mercury, Armstrong and Apollo. I remember Challenger and McAullife. And I remember what happened 9-years ago to Columbia and her brave crew. I remember, and I mourn for them and for what has become of our quest for space.

It has finally happened. The Republicans are eating their own.

Within days of a new, federal "truth in pricing" policy for airlines, bankrupt American Airlines is essentially running a "bait 'n switch."

Mike Huckabee said on Fox News, "I do think he (Romney) ought to address it (Mormonism)." He already tried that, Mike. 4 years ago. He delivered a major speech on his faith at Texas A&M. Didn't work then, won't work now.

Billionaire Nebraskan Warren Buffett has just written a check to the U.S. Treasury for $49,000.

When did some Republican candidates join Occupy Wall Street?

"I hear that you've been doing a lot of writing and allegedly a lot of talking with your god. You call them revelations. But I got to tell you, I don't buy it."

Headline: 1 in 2 Americans live in poverty! Were it not for the folks in one vigilant newsroom, we might not have ever been told the truth.

Apparently there are a lot of people with strong opinions about cell phones and driving. Who knew?

News Item: The nannies at the National Transportation Safety Board want states to ban cell phones for drivers. Period. No texting, web surfing or calling, not even with a "hands free" headset or car speaker phone system.

Thank you for cursing me only in Japanese. I'll miss that. | Video

Can you really save money by shopping outlet malls for Christmas?

DALLAS, Texas (ABC 4 News) - It was the worst kept secret in the travel industry. For months analysts have been saying a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for American Airlines was inevitable.

It all started with the famous inscription found in the ruins of Tortuguero. The translators said the Tortuguero tablet explicitly referred to the end of the 13th b'ahktun - or era - on December 21, 2012.

There's a way to get what you want at a good price and avoid being trampled.

Does anyone have them anymore?

Flash! Ryanair now wants to offer "porno clips" on it's planned in-flight pay TV service.

No matter what else comes of the current investigation by North Ogden Police, Alexis Rasmussen must be remembered by us all as the victim of a terrible crime.

"Back in 1976, I voted for Jimmy Carter because he was the born again candidate. He was also a Southern Baptist. I got burned..." - Pastor Myke Crowder

How is it that you, Pastor Jeffress, or for that matter, The Southern Baptist Convention, have obtained patent to the title Christian?

Memo to Hank Williams Junior: Stay away from chatting politics. Especially on Fox.

I'll take any good economic news. Even if it is just temporary.

A dog or several dogs "indicating" on a spot of earth is not "found." Digging in that spot and uncovering hair or bone or tissue, now that's "found."

I apparently committed the journalistic, unpardonable sin. Someone needs to rap my hands with a ruler.

SANDY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - For ten years now, the Healing Field in Sandy has remembered those killed on September 11th.

The only way to take all the Grim Reaper economic news is with a little humor. This guy made me laugh.

Steve Powell tells ABC News he had a fling with his daughter-in-law, Susan Cox Powell, not long after she had married his son, Josh. Ashamed? Far from it.

HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A TV news crew wanders the streets and in just a matter of a few hours and without much effort, picks up the signals from 15 baby monitors broadcasting "in the clear." Should we tell?

A grand jury met in secret last July in Utah County. It heard prosecutors explain in detail their theory about how a man was brutally killed in his home by his own son and daughter-in-law. The grand jury handed up indictments against them both. The problem was, they didn’t do it. They were innocent.

Mad about airport body scanners? Has the government gone too far? Feel violated? Here’s my two cents …

Economists say markets hate uncertainty. Change brings uncertainty. Is it time for a little gridlock?

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABC 4 News) - I am wearing blue in a sea of purple. Will I survive this day?

It has nothing to do with leaves, but it does have something to do with trees.

A 14-year old Irish girl who claimed her mother abused her is sent home anyway. International incident averted. But was the right thing done?

ORDERVILLE, Utah - Rarely do you see a single person along the 4-mile stretch of Highway 89 between Orderville and Glendale. But on this day, you couldn't miss them.

HILDALE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Town manager Jeremiah Barlow made a brief PowerPoint presentation on why the city needed a huge tax hike. Mayor David Ziting amiably bantering with the few in the audience who had concerns. And the town councilmen? They were mute.

I've spent a lot of time around lawyers lately. I need a good laugh.

I was just thinking ... There are similarities between two men who's legal troubles I have followed for the last several years.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - The IRS says a lot of Utah charities - including the ACLU and LDS Foundation - are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status. What horrible thing did they do? Read on. | List of "at risk" Utah charities (185.3KB)

No good has come from the list of 1,300 names and personal data that was recently released to the media, politicians and law enforcement agencies.

In the growing firestorm over "the list", I got singed. Ouch.

So, you don't like current immigration law? You think all illegal immigrants should be deported and/or given amnesty? Forget about politics. This is about something far more important.

News flash. I am out to get Josh Powell. Really. Read on.

It has been years since we saw FLDS leader and polygamist prophet, Warren Jeffs. How's he doing? A picture is worth a thousand words.

The 2nd billboard asking for the public's help in finding Susan Cox Powell is finally up in the Salt Lake Valley. Can it help find the woman who has been missing now for more than six months?

Israel could get a little help from an unlikely source if it decides to take out Iran's nuclear facilities.

A lot of people can call this a victory. But not Warren Jeffs

Perhaps I should have made this the headline to my story on Sunday evening. Isn't that what Josh Powell now wants us to think? Recent quotes and writings seem to indicate he thinks she's on a Roman holiday.

The will is old. Over a decade old. Can it be beaten?