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Utah (IPA: [ˈjutɑː]) is a U.S. state located in the western United States. It was the 45th state admitted to the union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 88% of Utah's 2,500,000 people live in an urban concentration with Salt Lake City as the center, known as the Wasatch Front. In contrast, vast expanses of the state are nearly uninhabited, making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S.

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Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in  Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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Scott C. Williams, left, lawyer for Wanda Barzee, answers reporters questions outside Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Scott C. Williams, left, lawyer for Wanda Barzee, answers reporters questions outside Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3:  In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),  A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3:  In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),  A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

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This image provided by Don DeBlieux shows a jaw of a newly discovered fossil mouse from central Utah, shown on a fingertip Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Related to living deer mice, this fossil species is named for Jeff and Denise Roberts who discovered the site and alerted paleontologists at the Utah Geological Survey.

This image provided by Don DeBlieux shows a jaw of a newly discovered fossil mouse from central Utah, shown on a fingertip Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Related to living deer mice, this fossil species is named for Jeff and Denise Roberts who discovered the site and alerted paleontologists at the Utah Geological Survey.

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Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal  2011 federal budget.

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 federal budget.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, meets with members of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget. From left are, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, meets with members of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget. From left are, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Josh Fox and producer Trish Adlesic (speaking) accept the Special Jury Prize for US Documentary Film for 'Gasland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Josh Fox and producer Trish Adlesic (speaking) accept the Special Jury Prize for US Documentary Film for 'Gasland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Josh Fox accepts the Special Jury Prize for US Documentary Film for 'Gasland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Josh Fox accepts the Special Jury Prize for US Documentary Film for 'Gasland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Presenter Parker Posey speaks onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Presenter Parker Posey speaks onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Lucy Ward accepts the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary for 'Wastland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Lucy Ward accepts the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary for 'Wastland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Lucy Ward accepts the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary for 'Wastland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Lucy Ward accepts the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary for 'Wastland' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Directord Tim Hetherington accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film for 'Restrepo' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Directord Tim Hetherington accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film for 'Restrepo' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Presenter Ondi Timoner  speaks onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Presenter Ondi Timoner speaks onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Directors Sebastian Junger (Left) and Tim Hetherington (Right) accept the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film for 'Restrepo' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Directors Sebastian Junger (Left) and Tim Hetherington (Right) accept the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film for 'Restrepo' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Debra Granik accepts the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film for 'Winter's Bone' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30:  Director Leon Gast accepts Directing Award for Documentary Film for 'Smash His Camera' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 30: Director Leon Gast accepts Directing Award for Documentary Film for 'Smash His Camera' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival at Racquet Club on January 30, 2010 in Park City, Utah.

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Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in  Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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Scott C. Williams, left, lawyer for Wanda Barzee, answers reporters questions outside Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Scott C. Williams, left, lawyer for Wanda Barzee, answers reporters questions outside Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

Wanda Barzee, left, stands with her lawyer Scott C. Williams in Judge Judith Atherton's court in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against the woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3:  In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),  A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3:  In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),  A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 3: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), A group of American doctors from Utah examine a child in the Delmas 33 IDP camp on February 3, 2010 in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. About 5000 Haitians who lost their homes in the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th have moved into makeshift tents and live in unsanitary conditions next to a school.

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