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during the holidays -- putting your house up for sale is probably not at the top of your to-do-list. but one agent says if you're trying to sell your home, the holidays are the perfect time to have it on the market. "i think what we're finding is hopefully the bottom is there and we're going to find a great opportunity for buyers right now." linda devlieg says home sales have continued to rise for four months now. to keep the momentum going-- she wrote this blog-- 13 reasons to list during the holidays. "i hear sellers and their brokers telling me, i'm going to take my house off the market for the holidays and my action is always, why?" there's less competition during the holidays, so that could equal a higher selling price. "it's only going to take one buyer to sell your house and you might miss them." devlieg also says that january is traditionally the biggest month for job transfers-- so it's important to have your home on the market now for those people. she's motivating sellers-- like the ruhl family. "it's a beautiful home, we've enjoyed living here. in fact, i thought, gosh, it'd be nice just to be able to movthis house back to oklahoma." "i think we've had four or five showings in that time frame, and i think that's asonably good." devleig says bottom line-- if you don't try-- you don't sell. "if your house isn't out there on the market, you miss that chance."

Police are looking for two men who forced employees to remove their pants during a doughnut shop robbery.

There are new city council proposals to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries.

Prosecutors in southern Utah announced Thursday they will not file charges against Hurricane City police for the death of a mentally ill man they subdued with a Taser--that's in spite of a medical examiner's report that says the Taser may be what killed him.

Albuquerque- mayor elect richard berry will be faced with a budget shortfall when he takes office. Some say it could be as high as 30-million dollars. Berry has been making a lot of new hires lately. We looked into how much money those new employees will be making -- and if they'll save the city any money. Jeff maher is live in the newsroom with what he learned. Jeff. A spokesman for richard berry says the soon to be mayor has appointed more than a dozen employees so far - most of whom make less than one-hundred thousand dollars per year. Compare that to what their predecessors were making - and it comes out to be 212,587 dollars in savings. But some say that comparison is misleading. ? Is mayor-elect richard berry being as fiscally conservative as he promised to be during his campaign ? His people gave us a comparison -- showing that the majority of his appointees are making less than their predecessors, even though most still make more than 90-thousand dollars per year. But they're comparing many of their new-hire salaries to previous employees who had been working under mayor martin chavez for several years and had gotten raises during that time. And two of the department heads are actually getting a salary increase, including family and community services -- --going from 97-thousand dollars under chavez to 107- thousand under berry: "i think that's going to come under more scrutiny as we go forward, if we start raising the spector of furloughing city employees, everything this mayor does in terms of how much he pays people and who he's hiring, there's going to be a higher bar because now people's livelihoods aron the line" City councilor brad winter says there were a lot of positions created under mayor chavez that berry should look at cutting. One position that the city council has questioned before is chief public safety officer -- the position berry gave to darren white after pete dinelli resigned. "i don't understand the reason for it, but then again i'm not the mayor" "i think he's been very cautious, his new directors are coming in at a lower salary, and there may have been some people that have been turned away or didn't accept the job because they weren't willing to work for 95-96 thousand dollars per year" A spokesman for berry says they've still not decided whether to fill the position of chief operations officer, which is typically a high- paying position.

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No charges will be filed against the Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy who shot a man at a bar on Sept. 19.

former governor bruce king will be laid to rest saturday morning. today his son gary, new mexico's attorney general, shared memories of his dad's long life and legendary political career. stuart dyson has the story. gary king - wearing a neck brace after surgery two weeks ago - wanted to talk bruce king with reporters today. king says his dad - a three term governor - never considered a run for u.s. senate - or a cabinet position in washington d.c. " he never wanted to leave the estancia valley - he wanted to be close to the ranch - close to the farm - close to the earth - and so he never had any desire to take any political office that would cause him to have to leave the state of new mexico.' bruce king was the longest serving governor in state history - leaving office after gary johnson defeated him in 1994 - but no regrets. " his last years for him were very very positive - life affirming - he loved being on the ranch - he loved being with the grandkids and great grandkids." gary says bruce stayed engaged in politics - encouraging others in the family to carry on. " he was very happy and i'm very happy that he survived to seme be elected as the attorney general - these guys will tell you he was very proud - the day that he pinned the badge on me." gary says bruce would be tickled to know that former president clinton - a good pal - plans to attend the funeral saturday. " it was bill clinton who once said that bruce king tried to convince people that he was born in a log cabin - that he built himself.

u-n-m hospital confirmed a 12- year-old los alamos boy -- hit by a truck last night -- has died. los alamos police are still trying to determine what exactly happened. valerie castro is live in los alamos with tonight's top story. valerie? a memorial has already been set up here at the crosswalk where the accident happened -- not too far away from los alamos middle school. logan collins was transported to unm hospital last night -- late this afternoon -- officials confirmed that he died. los alamos police say the crash happened late yesterday when collins, a 7th grader at los alamos middle school got off a city bus. police say he walked in front of the bus and into a second lane of traffic when he was hit by a chevy avalanche truck. police say the driver hasn't been arrested or charged with anything at this point. "at this point we can't really comment, it's still under investigation however we do know that the roadway is quite wide there and the bus was pulled all the way to the right side of the roadway and at this point we are still putting the pieces of the investigation together."

A fast moving meteor lit up the skies over most of Utah just after midnight Wednesday. KSL News received hundreds of calls from people who saw it, from southern Utah to southern Idaho.

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(11/12/09) - A gas leak disrupts the day at a Metro middle school, landing students and teachers in the hospital.