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@sltrib business reporter. From Durant, OK, which claims to be home of the world’s largest peanut, although that’s untrue.
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This bar is one of the best to watch World Cup soccer in SLC — but you’ll want to arrive early

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By Paighten Harkins Verified
| The Salt Lake Tribune Verified
The line to get inside Beer Bar began to form around 4:30 p.m. last Monday. Inside, the downtown bar’s wooden picnic tables were mostly full, with some patrons in business casual attire hunched over laptops, others decked out in red, white and blue. Lauren Kenkel was in the latter group. She had arrived from West Valley City about 30 minutes earlier. The FIFA World Cup game between the United States men’s national soccer team and Belgium’s wouldn’t start for another two hours.
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Viral Reckless Ben Lego videos skewer American Fork police. Here’s a look at 5 key moments.

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By Jordan Miller Verified, Samantha Moilanen, Paighten Harkins Verified
| The Salt Lake Tribune Verified
When a California YouTuber embarked on a quest to reunite an older man’s family with their lost Lego sets, he didn’t think this was the video series that would land him in jail. “Out of all the stuff I’ve done, I’ve always expected to go to jail but I never have,” Ben Schneider, also known as “Reckless Ben,” said in a May 21 video posted to his personal YouTube channel. “ … I was like ‘finally, dude!’” Less cheerful is his take on the Utah officers who arrested him.
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Here’s why the nation’s next generation of defense companies keep choosing to build in Utah

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By Paighten Harkins Verified
| The Salt Lake Tribune Verified
A new generation of aerospace and defense companies are making names for themselves in Utah, building on a foundation set decades ago by some of the country’s most foundational defense primes known for manufacturing the military’s traditional missile, rocket and fighter jet stockpiles.
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