EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada (AP)—Jonathan Toews, Troy Brouwer, Dustin Byfuglien and Marian Hossa each scored and the Chicago Blackhawks doubled up the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2 Tuesday at Rexall Place in NHL action. Patrick Kane and Dustin Keith each added two assists for Chicago, who improved to 36-13-4 with the win. Fernando Pisani and Ryan Potulny each scored for the Oilers in their 11th straight loss, which dropped them to an NHL-worst 16-29-6. In other NHL action Tuesday, Phoenix outlasted Detroit, 5-4 in overtime, Washington hammered the New York Islanders, 7-2, Los Angeles bested Toronto, 5-3, Atlanta got past Anaheim, 2-1, Columbus stymied Nashville, 3-2, Ottawa blanked New Jersey, 3-0 and Florida doubled up Montreal, 2-1.

DALLAS (AP)—Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points and eight rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks edged the Milwaukee Bucks, 108-107 Tuesday at American Airlines Center in NBA action. The win improved the Mavericks to 30-15 on the season, but of greater importance it was their NBA-record 10th straight win in games decided by one point. Andrew Bogut, celebrating his Australian heritage on Australia Day, posted 32 points and made 13 of his 14 field goal attempts while Carlos Delfino added 22 more points for Milwaukee. The loss dropped the Bucks to 18-25 on the season. In other NBA action Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers ousted Washington, 115-103, New York bludgeoned Minnesota, 132-105, Charlotte outlasted Phoenix, 114-109 in overtime and Sacramento held off Golden State, 99-96.

(RICHFIELD) – The Sevier School District Superintendent has decided to retire at the end of the school year. At the monthly School Board meeting Monday, Dr. Brent Thorne announced his retirement, saying he’s appreciative of the years spent in the education system. Dr. Thorne has served for 42 years as an educator, 25 years as superintendent, including six years in the Sanpete School District and 19 years as superintendent in the Sevier School District. Thorne’s retirement will be effective on June 30, 2010.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Authorities say a 42-year-old Idaho man was arrested at Salt Lake City International Airport with a hacksaw and box cutter blades in a backpack. Transportation Security Administration agents detected the items taped to the internal frames of backpacks that the man and a female traveling companion were carrying. Officials say the two were traveling to Central America and the man said he feared for their safety once they landed.

(WASHINGTON D.C.)—New rules are now in effect banning drivers of commercial vehicles from texting while behind the wheel while violators could face some big fines. The rule, announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, applies to drivers of commercial trucks and buses. Violators could be fined as much as $2,750 and the prohibition applies to drivers of interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds and is effective immediately, the department said in a statement. Trucking and bus industry officials said they support the texting ban. The Department of Transportation stated the likelihood of a crash is actually greater for a person who is texting than for an impaired driver. Research by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shows that drivers who send and receive text messages take their eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds out of every 6 seconds while texting, the department said. At 55 miles per hour, this means that the driver is traveling the length of a football field, including the end zones, without looking at the road. The Transportation Department, and safety advocates, have also joined forces to create FocusDriven, an organization to campaign against cell phone use or texting on handheld computers while driving.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—The federal government is soliciting construction bids for an intelligence-gathering center in Utah. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released details of the super-secret electronic data center on a government Web site and set a February 18 deadline for bids from a general contractor. The so-called Utah Data Center will be self-contained with its own water supply, sewer system, backup power system and will have special “anti-terrorism” defenses. The 1 million-square-foot building will be protected by security rings on a 200-acre parcel at a Utah National Guard camp located about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. The Corps of Engineers is supervising construction for the National Security Agency, which has refused to disclose the full purpose or function of the $1.7 billion center.

(MT. PLEASANT) – The final management plan for the 250-mile long Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area is on its way for the Secretary of the Interior’s signature. Director Monte Bona of the Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance, says the plan took more than six years of research and collaboration with national agencies to get it to the Secretary’s desk. Bona said Salazar’s signature will solidify the Highway 89 status as a premier national cultural destination. He said the highway will now be in the same league as the Sangre de Cristo Heritage Area in Colorado, the Great Basin Area in Nevada, the Northern Rio Grande Heritage Area in New Mexico and dozens of other premiere historical locales throughout the nation.

(CHEYENNE, WY.) – Nearly 1300 earthquakes have been recorded in the last eight days in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Geologists say that within the past week, 1,271 tiny quakes have struck between Old Faithful and West Yellowstone, MT. The largest eleven, including three late Sunday and early Monday, ranged between magnitudes 3.0 and 3.8. Officials say that there’s rampant speculation that a volcanic eruption might soon rock Yellowstone because of a quake swarm beneath Yellowstone Lake that occurred just over a year ago. Yellowstone sits atop a supervolcano that last had an eruption 640,000 years ago. Geologists say that relatively mundane fault slippage causes the frequent shakes

(PARK CITY) – A documentary film-maker is calling for the resignation of a state senator for lying during a live television interview. Film maker Reed Cowan made the call for State Senator Chris Buttars to resign during an audience question and answer session Monday night at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City because Buttars lied that Cowan’s tricked him. Buttars commented that when Cowan and his film crew interviewed him, he thought he was going to get a “straight up” dialogue but he said that’s not what happened. Buttars’ interview eventually became part of the movie “8: The Mormon Proposition”, because LDS Church leaders refused to be interviewed for the film. Cowan wanted Buttars to bring an LDS-view to the film because he had served three times as bishop in the church. Buttars said he would not speak for the LDS Church but would offer comments for himself. In the past, Buttars had said that homosexuals are the biggest threat to America and that any person who wants to change the traditional definition of marriage, is concerning to him. Buttars also said he would not resign his position in the Senate.