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A violent crime occurs, a family moves on, but often there’s a house left behind. Realtor Dave Frederickson and Tribune justice reporter Michael McFall join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to discuss the challenges of marketing and selling homes where a murder or other heinous crime happened.

With a 44 percent vacancy rate and little foot traffic, Trolley Square is not the thriving Salt Lake City mall it used to be. Millionaire businessman Khosrow Semnani is hoping to change that. Semnani, Utah Heritage Foundation's Kirk Huffaker and Tribune reporter Christopher Smart join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to discuss Semnani’s plans for the historic block and if the vision will work in a changing retail environment hit hard by online sales.

For months, it's been the battle of briefs. But today, attorneys representing the state of Utah and lawyers representing gay couples will present their best arguments for and against Utah's Amendment 3 before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Former Utah Supreme Chief Justice Michael Zimmerman and Tribune justice reporter Brooke Adams join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about the presentations, appellate court strategy and the judges' line of questioning.

The end of the school year brings end-of-year testing for most Utah students. But a parent group is speaking out against the new SAGE test and a higher-than-usual number of students is opting out of the assessment. State associate superintendent Judy Park, Christel Swasey with Utahns Against Common Core and Tribune education reporter Lisa Schencker join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about what this means for teacher evaluations and school progress reports.

Does the wild horse population in Iron County need to be controlled? By law, can the herd be reduced? County officials want to round up some of the horses this week and put them up for adoption, but opponents say such action would violate federal law. Suzanne Roy of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign and Tribune outdoor editor Brett Prettyman join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about the proposed roundup and balancing the grazing needs of wild horses as well as ranch livestock.

With sci-fi heroes Nathan Fillion, William Shatner and Billy Dee Williams on the schedule, geeks are already lining up for FanX, the Salt Lake Comic Con mid-April event, with organizers expecting 100,000 people to attend. Salt Lake Comic Con founder Dan Farr and Tribune technology reporter Vince Horiuchi join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk celebrities, sci-fi trivia, the art of cosplay and more.