BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP)—Malcolm Delaney had 31 points and the Virginia Tech Hokies edged the #25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 87-83 Tuesday in mens’ Top 25 college basketball action at Cassell Coliseum. Despite the Hokies’ 21-4 record on the season with the win, Seth Greenberg’s squad was desperately seeking for a marquee win and perhaps may have found it by vanquishing the nationally-ranked Demon Deacons. Al-Farouq Aminu posted 25 points and 11 boards in the loss for Wake Forest, which dropped them to 18-6 on the season. In other Top 25 action Tuesday, #11 Michigan State dismantled Indiana, 72-58, #22 Baylor pummeled Texas Tech, 88-70, #24 Northern Iowa smacked Creighton, 70-52 and #2 Kentucky outlasted Mississippi State, 81-75 in overtime.

JUNCTION, Utah (AP)—Tyson Westwood had 21 points and the Piute Thunderbirds pummeled the Escalante Moquis, 87-43 Tuesday in Region 20 boys basketball action. Daniel Munson and Tyler Hughes had 11 points apiece in defeat for the Moquis.

PANGUITCH, Utah (AP)—Eric Frandsen posted 25 points and the Panguitch Bobcats bludgeoned the Milford Tigers, 73-43 in Region 20 boys basketball action Tuesday.

BICKNELL, Utah (AP)—Clay Williams had 23 points and Hayden Harris added 18 more to lead the Valley Buffaloes to a 65-43 rout of the Wayne Badgers Tuesday in Region 20 boys basketball action. Cameron Chappell paced Wayne with nine points in the loss.

BLANDING, Utah (AP)—Stetler Shumway had 18 points and Cameron Shumway added 17 more as the San Juan Broncos got past the Gunnison Bulldogs, 66-62 in Region 15 boys basketball action Tuesday. Erick Rosenvall had 20 points in the loss for Gunnison.

GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP)—Michaela Hughes and Tracy Engleman had 10 points apiece for the Green River Lady Pirates as they ousted the Dugway Lady Mustangs, 42-28 Tuesday in a 1A girls play-in game. The Lady Pirates will now advance to the 1A state playoffs at the Sevier Valley Center Wednesday.

MT. PLEASANT, Utah (AP)—Shantaya Strebel had 19 points and the Tabiona Lady Tigers overpowered the Wasatch Academy Lady Tigers, 42-30 Tuesday in a 1A girls play-in game. The Lady Tigers will now advance to the first round of the 1A state tournament Wednesday at the Sevier Valley Center.

GUNNISON, Utah (AP)—Kelsi Meyer had nine points for the San Juan Lady Broncos as they got past the Gunnison Lady Bulldogs, 31-25 Tuesday in Region 15 girls basketball action. Cami Carlisle had eight points in the loss for Gunnison.

(SANDY)—Police have uncovered a sophisticated device attached to a gas pump in Sandy that electronically captures customers’ banking information when they fill up. The device was discovered at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Sandy. Investigators believe the device was active for about 60 days before its discovery. They are asking any customers who visited the store between December 1 through January 2010 to check credit card statements in hopes of ensuring they’re not victims of the skimming device. Skimming is a practice where criminals attach an electronic device to the underside of a gas pump or other locations where debit or credit cards are used to make purchases outside of hte store. Criminals are able to place these devices on the credit card receiver located on the gas pumps. Customers will then swipe their cards, enter their PIN numbers and then, as the card is read, electronically, via Bluetooth technology, send the card number and account information to a Bluetooth-enabled device near the gas pumps. Police say the 7-11 store had no involvement in this device being placed on their gas pump and that the company was an innocent victim to the criminals just as the people who used their pumps were. Police recommend that people who purchase gasoline at a pump should pay with cash or use a credit card instead of a debit card. They also suggest checking monthly statements from credit and debit card companies and compare their purchases to ensure they do not become victims of the skimming devices.

(BOSTON)—A spokesman for Mitt Romney says the former Republican presidential candidate was threatened by an unruly airline passenger on a flight out of Vancouver. Officials say Romney is not pressing charges so the man has been released. Spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom says Romney and his wife were on an AirCanada flight to Los Angeles Monday when Romney asked the passenger sitting in front of his wife, Ann, to raise his seat back before takeoff. Ferhnstrom says the passenger then became enraged and took a swing at Romney. He says the former Massachusetts governor did not retaliate but let the airline crew respond. The plane returned to the gate, the passenger was removed and the flight left a short time later. The Romneys had been in British Columbia since Friday to watch the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic games.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Anyone who provides tobacco paraphernalia to a person under 19 could face a Class C misdemeanor under a bill the Utah Legislature has approved. The Utah Senate bill passed HB206 unanimously Tuesday. It now advances to Governor Gary Herbert. In the bill, tobacco paraphernalia is classified as most smoking accessories, including bongs, water pipes and roach clips. Matches and lighters do not count under the measure. Republican Representative Paul Ray of Clearfield is sponsoring the bill.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—A Utah state lawmaker is proposing a bill to allow school districts to put advertisements on their school buses. Representative Jim Bird of West Jordan says the idea behind HB393 came up after the Jordan School District announced last week it was letting go of hundreds of employees as it faces an estimated $30 million budget shortfall next school year. Bird says the ads on the buses would be screened to ascertain they were age appropriate. Bird says he’s also aware of some school districts in Texas that have tried selling school bus advertising. He says at least one of them was able to make $250,000 a year.

(LOGAN)—Rocky Mountain Power says demand for electricity in Cache Valley is increasing so fast it has to upgrade a transmission line and a substation. Power consumption demands in the basin are increasing by 5 percent a year, a rate that Rocky Mountain Power likens to a runaway freight train. The utility plans to rebuild a substation near Green Canyon as well as seven miles of the high-voltage transmission lines to serve south-end communities, including Hyrum and Wellsville. Utility spokesman Dave Eskelsen says those projects should be completed by summer 2011. In October, nearly 9,000 customers in the south valley lost power during an equipment failure blamed on wear and tear.

(RICHFIELD) – The Sevier County Jail Commander has retired after four years serving in the County Sheriff’s Office. Capt. Pam Bigelow announced her last day on the job on Monday. Bigelow started with the Sheriff’s Office as a cook in the old jail located at the Sevier County Administration Building in Richfield. Public Information Officer, Nate Curtis said the Sheriff’s Office has not announced Bigelow’s replacement but will make the selection later.