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Idaho state police said a preliminary investigation showed that the bus driver had a medical condition that caused the crash. The police did not immediately provide more details. Some students had been trapped on the bus band, said none of the injuries were life threat- but were freed Saturday night. Three other tour buses carrying the rest of the band were ening. headed home Saturday night, and a fourth bus The crash took place around 7 p.m. MDT to carry the students from the crashed bus on Interstate 15, about two miles north of McCammon and 50 miles north of the Utah was also en route. A student who was on the companion bus border, as the band headed home to American Fork after a competition with several other says he saw at least five people being taken bands in Pocatello. The bus driver began to away in ambulances. feel sick, and reportedly passed out at the James Kimball, 16, a junior band mem-Se- e wheel. Christensen reportedly attempted to CRASH, A6 grab the wheel and stop the bus, but was qPocatello McCammoncT Malad City .V ir ai r V UTAH dront - ; V Tremonton CSalt ' BrighamCity MARY EARLY INTERVENTION torevegetate Slate Canyon 1 Heidi Toth peace prize . ASSOCIATED Herald Turley wants Obama's THE LAWRENCEDatly DAILY HERALD PROVO A south Provo gravel pit owner asked the MunicipaJ Council on Tuesday if the rumors about a gravel pit in Slate Canyon were true. His question ignited a slew of accusations about potential mining, the use of city property and Councilman Steve Turley's involvement. The real deal, Turley said, is much less sexy than it sounded Tuesday night. He simply got tired of looking at the gravel pit scar every day for all the years he's PRESS WASHINGTON While Russia's president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the No- . bel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outra- 24-ho- geous that they're using it to raise campaign money. Obama won the prize "for awesomeness," says the mocking GOP fundrais-inletter. Obama's honor shows "how meaningless a once honorable and respected award has become," says the letter, signed by Michael S. Steele, chairman of the Republican National 5 g . ."' See SLATE, A6 Committee. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a different view. He said the award will encourage further U.S.Russian cooperation. "I hope this decision would serve as an additional incentive for our common work to form a new climate in world politics and promote initiatives which are fundamentally important for global security," Medvedev See PRIZE, A6 ONLINE NOW t ....... "ir Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD "ana cougarblue.com Alex Guthrie four older brothers sisters. All are, for intents and purposes, That made a test ing Alex's birth a surprise; his parents found out their newborn had severe hearing loss. Initially they thought it might be a temporary loss caused by fluid in his ears. "When it became apparent that it wasn't, it was heartbreaking for us," Nancy Guthrie of Provo said. "We don't have a family history of it, and so it was very surprising to have a deaf son." The hearing impairment is genetic and required early intervention; Alex had hearing aids within three months and is in the process of getting cochlear implants. His family has learned a few signs follow- See HEARING, A job Savvy Shopper Learn to use today's coupons from Amy, our resident Sawy Shopper. sawysbopper.com Photo Gallery Browse pictures by the Herald heraldextra comgallery well done Alex Guthrie was bom at Timpanogos Regional Hospital,' which in 2008 received the director's trophy from the state's early hearing detection and Intervention program. Almost all babies are tested right away, and the hospital has close to perfect numbers In following up with patients on this common birth defect. The hospital received the award because staffers exceeded the accepted standards by 5 percent. The award has only been around for three years, as the mandate to test newborns' hearing is only 11 years old. Most states In the nation now have similar requirements as well. WEATHER COMPLETE FORECAST TODAY High 64 36 Low Mostly cloudy and breezy today Briefing A4 Business Celebrations E8 Funny bone Otmuaries Scoreboard E2 TV Listings- Diqest EdTtoHaS 87 'ljo55 A6 i ISSUE E3 B7 -E4 Weather A7 VOLUME t r AT heraldextra.comweather 6 V liS gameday JAMES ROHDaily Herald and learned how to adjust. They're also grateful for the testing that picked up the problem so quickly. "We would not have noticed his hearing loss," Guthrie said. "It's really hard to pick up on it in an infant. ... He's my fifth child, and I wouldn't have guessed." Three out of every 1,000 children born has some form of hearing loss, and it can be devastating. That's why early detection and intervention is the goal of the newborn screening practice in Utah hospitals; babies are tested within hours of birth to check hearing. Audiologist Christine Osborne, who works with the MountainStar hospitals in Utah County, said figuring out early that a child has hearing loss can make a huge difference in how that child learns language, does in school and functions. "Learning starts early, and it's vital these children hear to develop auditory Vjf UNLV. 1 Iearing loss most common birth defect One-year-ol- Pakistan's army raids its owg headquarters to free 25 hostages held by militants who stormed the complex some 18 hours earlier. The military says three captives and four militants died in the dawn raid; another four militants and sbt soldiers died in the militants' attack. Story on Page A3 Via u game day coverage of QotnrHaw'e uului uuy j win against Newborn Cason Dimond's hearing is tested by LuAnne Liljenquist at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem cn Saturday. Hearing loss is the most common birth defect in infants. d Pakistan army raids headquarters V " 1 j If BYU vs. UNLV: Full B6 72 001 50 |