VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada (AP)—Alexandre Burrows amassed a hat trick, while Rick Rypien, Henrik Sedin, Sami Salo and Mikael Samuelsson also scored as the Vancouver Canucks overpowered the Columbus Blue Jackets, 7-3 Tuesday at General Motors Place in NHL action. The win improved the surging Canucks’ (26-16-1) playoff chances as they moved into a sixth place tie in the Western Conference with Nashville and Los Angeles and are only two points behind Calgary for the Northwest Division lead. R.J. Umberger, Kristian Huselius and Kris Russell each scored in the loss for Columbus, which dropped them to 15-20-9. In other NHL action Tuesday, New Jersey blanked Dallas, 4-0, Toronto gashed Florida, 3-2, Washington doubled up Montreal, 4-2, Boston tripped up Ottawa, 4-1, Pittsburgh stonewalled Atlanta, 5-2, Chicago dismantled Minnesota, 4-1, Calgary waxed Nashville, 3-1, Phoenix bested Edmonton, 5-4 in overtime and Anaheim humbled Detroit, 4-1.

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Malcolm Thomas amassed 18 points and 15 rebounds and the San Diego State Aztecs started off the Mountain West conference season on the right foot with a 74-64 win over the #14 New Mexico Lobos Tuesday at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl. The win was the fourth in a row for the 12-3 Aztecs, who have won nine of their last 10 games overall. Dairese Gary had 15 points to lead New Mexico in the loss, which dropped them to 14-2. In other Top 25 action Tuesday, #2 Texas outgunned Arkansas, 96-85, #4 Purdue smacked Minnesota, 79-60, #16 Mississippi destroyed Central Florida, 84-56 and Georgia upset #17 Georgia Tech, 73-66.

NEPHI, Utah (AP)—Joey Lewis had 20 points and Taran Wright added 12 more as the Juab Wasps hammered Maple Mountain, 60-42 Tuesday in non-region boys basketball action.

BICKNELL, Utah (AP)—Brittany Brinkerhoff had 11 points and the Wayne Lady Badgers stonewalled the Escalante Lady Moquis, 45-14 in Region 20 girls basketball action Tuesday. Kobbi Smith had eight points in the loss for Escalante.

TROPIC, Utah (AP)—Sydney Cornforth had 16 points for the Bryce Valley Lady Mustangs in a 51-21 rout of the Milford Lady Tigers Tuesday in Region 20 girls basketball action.

NEPHI, Utah (AP)—Kiz Farrer amassed 15 points and seven rebounds and the Juab Lady Wasps outlasted Maple Mountain, 37-33 in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—Mikelle Mancini had 16 points and the Judge Memorial Lady Bulldogs surged past the Delta Lady Rabbits, 45-36 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action. Kaity Diaz had 11 points in defeat for Delta.

SALINA, Utah (AP)—McKinzie Robins had 26 points and Sydney Asper poured in 22 more as the North Sevier Lady Wolves overpowered the Parowan Lady Rams, 59-44 in non-region girls basketball action Tuesday. Rickie Warr had 14 points in the loss for Parowan.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—Kelly Livingston had 19 points, including four 3-pointers and the Kanab Cowgirls stymied the South Sevier Lady Rams, 55-47 Tuesday in non-region girls basketball action. Kayla King’s 24 points led the way for South Sevier.

(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.)—Federal officials say it appears to be a hazmat issue, but not terrorist-related, that caused them to shut down the Bakersfield, Calif. airport Tuesday. Bakersfield Fire Chief Nick Dunn says there was unidentified material in a bottle in a checked bag at the airport. Two officers who were exposed to the fumes were taken to a hospital for evaluation. Officials called in a hazardous material crew and bomb squad as a precaution. Consequently, at least one SkyWest Airlines flight from San Francisco was diverted to Los Angeles. The discover came less than two weeks after the botched attack on a plane headed to Detroit. Airline security has been considerably tightened since then.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Lawyers are announcing a tentative $33 million in a lawsuit that alleged Utah failed to properly manage a trust fund that collects royalties on Navajo reservation oil wells. Litigation in the case has been ongoing for nearly 18 years. In the proposed settlement, announced Tuesday, the state of Utah would pay $33 million to the Utah Navajo Trust Fund over the next four years. A lawsuit filed in 1992 claimed the trust fund was mismanaged, kept inadequate records, and either lost or spent money improperly. The trust fund was created in 1933 by the federal government to provide for about 8,000 Navajos living in Utah’s San Juan County. Funding for the trust came from a percentage of royalties from oil found on Utah land added to the Navajo reservation. Additionally, in 1933, Utah was appointed as a trustee.

(OREM)—A woman is dead and a man is in serious condition following a domestic dispute. The woman has been identified as 26-year-old Leticia Aguirre. Around 11:30 a.m., Monday police received a call of a couple fighting inside their home near 500 East and Sage Circle. Stabbings were involved in the incident, but Orem Police Department Sergeant Craig Martinez said investigators cannot say for sure if they were from the domestic dispute or if a third party was involved somehow. The husband and wife were taken to the hospital, where Leticia underwent surgery and later died. Her husband is still in the Intensive Care unit at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center but his name has not been released. Police say they’ve responded to some minor problems at the home before, but this is the first time they’ve really dealt with this couple.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Salt Lake Community College’s South City campus has plans for a Center for New Media to help students prepare for careers in the digital age. School officials say the center will include 120,000 square feet of new and renovated classroom space, including 43 new laboratories for students studying digital media design, communication broadcasting, animation, visual and art design and much more. When complete, the center will accommodate an additional 7,280 students at the Salt Lake City campus, including some enrolled in Salt Lake School District Career and Technical Education partnership programs. School officials presided at a virtual groundbreaking ceremony with Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Republican U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett Monday to kick off construction of the new center.

(DELTA) – A Delta man was lifeflighted to a Provo hospital after being ejected from his vehicle following a rollover on SR-257 south of Delta early this morning. According to a UHP report, 20-year old, Taylon Moody was traveling northbound at about 2:15am, when he apparently left the highway, overcorrected and hit a ditch and irrigation head gate and rolled. The report said the Moody was ejected out of the passenger side of the vehicle and the impact ripped the engine out from under the hood. Deputies reported that Moody was only wearing his lap seatbelt and not the shoulder strap in the accident. He was first taken to the Delta Hospital with serious injuries and then lifeflighted to the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. The extent of his injuries is not known.