By BROOKE ADAMS, Salt Lake Tribune

PUYALLUP, Wash. - Long before Josh Powell killed himself and his 7- and 5-year-old sons in a Sunday fire, the pages of his parents' divorce file portrayed him as a seriously troubled teen who attempted suicide, killed pet gerbils, once threatened his mother with a butcher knife and early on adopted his father's allegedly disparaging view of women.

SALT LAKE CITY - For more than two decades, a portion of Utah marriage license fees has been dedicated to helping women who have stayed home to care for family re-enter the workforce after losing support from their husbands after a divorce, death, loss of job or a disability.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - In a candid talk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described the collegiality among justices, the line between his faith and the law, and his view that the court's oral arguments have devolved into a 50-question version of "Family Feud."

SALT LAKE CITY - Disputes over fields, grain silos, water rights and homes in a polygamous community have gotten so bad, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office, that an emergency hearing is needed as "quickly as possible."

SALT LAKE CITY - There is no question that Ian Burns is the son of Michael Burns.

But did Michael intend to father a child nearly three years after his own death from cancer?

For his wife, Gayle, there is no doubt.

But for the Social Security Administration, which is fighting her efforts to get survivor's benefits for their son, the answer is no.

The Arizona Attorney General's office alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that leaders in a polygamous community violated a disabled man's civil rights by denying him power and water service because he does not belong to the faith.

SALT LAKE CITY - A judge has dismissed two cases pending against polygamist sect leader Warren S. Jeffs in Arizona and ordered that he be sent back to Utah, a move that abruptly ends his prosecution and potentially puts Jeffs on a faster track to face more serious charges in Texas.

At the Yearning For Zion Ranch, life has regained a familiar rhythm.
Families awake at 5 a.m., gather for prayers, breakfast and chores before the children head to the sect's private school. Days end much the same way: chores, a meal, prayer.

At the newest enterprise launched by an embattled polygamous sect you can buy wishing wells in small, medium, large -- and "Texas size."The wooden wells, intended to be used as yard decorations, are among dozens of handicrafts members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are offering on a newly launched Web site.

SALT LAKE CITY -- After decades as teachers, Ruby and Lee Hammel thought they had their retirement years adequately covered. They have a retirement fund, Social Security and a small sum socked away in two IRA accounts -- and those IRAs are what Ruby Hammel is worried about. They have both lost money over the past six months.