Customize the home page loop on Utility Pro (see this tutorial -> http://www.carriedils.com/custom-front-page-loop/)

front-page-kill-loop.php

<?php //remove this entire line

// Full width layout
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );

// Remove standard loop and replace with loop showing Posts, not Page content.
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );

// We've already removed the loop. We don't want to add this custom one in.
// add_action ( 'genesis_loop', 'utility_pro_front_loop' );

front-page-modified-loop.php

<?php //remove this entire line

// Display latest posts instead of static page
function utility_pro_front_loop() {
	global $query_args;
	genesis_custom_loop( wp_parse_args( $query_args, array( 
		'post_type' => 'post', 
		'category_name'=>'news', 
		'paged' => get_query_var( 'page' ) 
		) 
	) );
}

front-page-widgets-setup.php

<?php //remove this entire line

// Add this widget area in, if a widget is being used in this widget area
if ( $home_sidebars['the-widget-id-goes-here'] ) {
	add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'your_special_widget' );
}

front-page-widgets.php

<?php //remove this entire line

// Add a function that calls genesis_widget_area (this outputs your widget area)
function your_special_widget() {

	genesis_widget_area(
		'the-widget-id-goes-here',
		array(
			'before' => '<div class="your-css-class"><div class="wrap">',
			'after' => '</div></div>',
		)
	);
}

front-page.php

<?php //remove this entire line

// Remove standard loop and replace with loop showing Posts, not Page content.
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action ( 'genesis_loop', 'utility_pro_front_loop' );  
	
	
// Display latest posts instead of static page
function utility_pro_front_loop() {
	global $query_args;
	genesis_custom_loop( wp_parse_args( $query_args, array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'paged' => get_query_var( 'page' ) ) ) );
}

style.css

.home .site-inner {
	display: none;
}