OMAHA, Neb. (AP)—Taylor Jungmann went the distance on the mound as he limited the LSU Tigers to five hits on the day as the Texas Longhorns forced a decisive Game 3 in the College World Series with a 5-1 win Tuesday at Rosenblatt Stadium. Meanwhile, Russell Moldenhauer hit his fourth home run of the CWS while Preston Clark also homered and finished with three hits and two RBI for Texas. The loss ended a 15-game winning streak for LSU while the Longhorns are the fourth team to force a deciding game in the seven years of the CWS best-of-three format. The last two teams to force such a situation each won national championships with Oregon State winning in 2006 and Fresno State in 2008. The deciding game will take place Wednesday.

(HILL AIR FORCE BASE)—Military officials say a pilot has died in an F-16 crash at the Utah Test and Training Range in the state’s West Desert. Rhonda Elmore of the 75th Air Base wing public affairs office at Hill Air Force Base said he has no information about where the pilot’s body was found in relation to the crash site. Several news agencies have identified him as Captain George Bryan Houghton of Candler, N.C. Officials at Air Force Base confirmed the F-16 was destroyed about 35 miles south of Wendover on the Utah Test and Training Range. Colonel Scott Dennis of the 388th Fighter Wing says the F-16 was part of a squadron performing weapons training exercises. He said other pilots witnessed the crash, but no distress call was given. Dennis said he would not confirm the pilot’s identity nor on where he was to be deployed, but asked for prayers for the man’s family. A full investigation of the crash is underway, but authorities would not say if there was a determinable cause of the crash. Meanwhile, the 388th Fighter Wing has grounded its flights as it conducts the search and rescue operation and the investigation.

(OGDEN)—Ogden police are looking for whoever stole and torched an unmarked police car. Police said the car was stolen from an auto body shop on Wall Avenue while the thief drove it through a locked gate and abandoned it near 3300 Lincoln Avenue. Police first found out about the incident when they were called to a vehicle fire Ogden Police Lieutenant Scott Sanberg told KSL-News Radio AM 1160. Police soon discovered the vehicle was an unmarked police car that had a police radio inside. They also discovered the car was registered to the Utah Department of Corrections’ Adult Probation and Parole Division. State corrections spokeswoman Angie Welling said the AP&P agent who had dropped the car by had already removed the firearms and any files. Police said the thieves knew they were stealing a police officer’s car while investigators have a suspect in mind but would not release the information Tuesday.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—The swine flu virus remains active in Utah, but the actual sickness level is going down. Experts say this is primarily because like most other viruses, the swine flu is its most potent in cold weather. Dr. Andrew Pavia, an infectious diseases doctor at Primary Children’s Medical Center said cases are becoming more rapid in such places as Chile, Australia and New Zealand, where winter has set in. Dr. Pavia said he expects H1N1 to return to Utah this winter and that while it will be noticeable, it won’t be catastrophic. A vaccine for H1N1 should be available in the fall.

(OGDEN)—In an attempt to reorganize amid bankruptcy, Ogden-based Flying J has announced the closure of seven restaurants, including one in Utah. Flying J filed for bankruptcy protection in December. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported the company will close its restaurant in Payson, Utah as well as three restaurants in Wyoming and restaurants in Georgia, Alabama and Texas.

(OGDEN)—Ogden City is hoping for $4 million in federal stimulus money to restore and repair a leg of the Ogden River. City officials tell the Salt Lake Tribune the money would be used to restore the river’s wide channel which would increase wetlands by 50,000 square feet. The total cost for the project would exceed $7 million but Ogden City said the stimulus funds would help get it started. State officials will vote on the funds Wednesday.

(CASPER, Wyo.)—Federal energy regulators claim a proposed natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to the West Coast would have adverse environmental impacts, but most can be mitigated. The assessment is in the Federal Energy Regulation’s Commission’s draft environmental impact statement on the $3 billion Ruby pipeline. The 42-inch diameter line would carry up to 1.5-billion cubic feet of gas a day from Wyoming’s Opal Hub to a connection in Malin, Ore., while it would cut through Utah and Nevada. The route, which is about 670 miles would go over large areas that don’t have roads, power lines, or other pipelines. Houston-based El Paso Corporation plans to have the project finished by 2011.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—A big-game conservation group is objecting to a government lease auction of drilling parcels in prime wildlife habitat of Utah. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will offer 53,000 acres for oil and gas drilling on Tuesday around Fillmore, Price and Vernal. The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has protested drilling in Utah’s west desert and another big game habitat, the East Tavaputs Plateau bordering the Green River. The group says development will spook herds of elk and mule deer from prime winter grounds when they’re hungry, tired, or looking for a safe place to hunker down in cold months. The BLM said it rejected the partnership’s protests because they came in several weeks too late to be considered.

(RICHFIELD) – The Annual Central Utah Relay-For-Life event kicks off this weekend in Richfield. Event Planner, Sue Parsons, says the public is invited to the Richfield High School football field this Friday at 6pm for the opening ceremonies and dinner at 7pm. Parsons said 30 relay teams have signed up this year for the all night walk around the track with a full night of food, theme laps, line dancing and prizes. She said the Luminaria Ceremony will be held at 10pm, the Fight Back Ceremony at 2am Saturday and the closing ceremony at 5:30am. Also, the event features bikers traveling throughout the Sevier Valley to gain support from the public. Julie Quarnberg says the bikers, including Sevier County Deputy, Kim Sorenson, will gather Friday at the Redmond Park. Sorenson said this is the 3rd year the bikers have participated in the event.

(GUNNISON) – Residents in the South Sanpete area are fed up with vandalism and want police to do something about it. Police reports indicate that vandals recently hit the Gunnison Dragon and farm equipment in Gunnison. Road signs were painted on the way to Mayfield and the sidewalk and brick at the new Axtell LDS Church building was vandalized Sunday night. Gunnison City officials say it will take $15-1,600 (hundred) to clean up the mess. The Gunnison Businessmen Association and the city are offering a $750 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Information can be submitted to your closest law enforcement agency.

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(WASHINGTON D.C.) – Sen. Bob Bennett is calling on building 100 new nuclear plants in the United States over the next 20 years. Bennett said building the plants would help cut back carbon-based energy, such as coal or oil, but would still provide cheap power needed to keep the U.S. economy vibrant. The Senator is chair of a Senate Republican Conference hearing on nuclear energy that featured nuclear scientists, economists and witnesses from business groups. Speaking at the conference, Bennett said Republicans are worried that the Democrats’ “cap-and-trade” plan is designed to make coal or gas power so expensive that businesses will be economically forced to look at “greener” alternatives. He and GOP witnesses said that would essentially become an energy tax that could hammer the economy.