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• Feds charge man with second-degree murder in April shooting death on Navajo Nation reservation

  14-12-2018 23:26
  A member of the Navajo Nation has been charged with murder in the April death of another Navajo man in April near Bluff, Utah, on the Navajo Nation reservation.Perry Maryboy is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Montowine, who was shot in front of his wife and son on April 13, about 2 1/2 miles south of Bluff.FBI agents arrested Perry Maryboy without incident early Wednesday morning at a residence in Bluff, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Utah said Fr
  
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• [NBA] - In Mexico City and beyond, the Utah Jazz are aiming for global growth

  14-12-2018 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  When the Utah Jazz arrive in Mexico City this week, it will be business as usual. "It’s cool to go there for a little bit of a showcase game," guard Donovan Mitchell said, "but we take it seriously, and we’re going there to get a win." But business...
  
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• Is it realistic to project that the Utah Jazz will be at .500 by January 1?

  14-12-2018 23:07
  The Utah Jazz have gotten off to more of a rough start than many had hoped. Can they keep their head above water and crack the .500 mark by January 1? Ask just about any Utah Jazz fan out there and they’ll all tell you pretty much the same thing. It’s been a disappointing start […]
  Is it realistic to project that the Utah Jazz will be at .500 by January 1? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Kristin Chenoweth dazzles in Christmas concert with Tabernacle Choir

  14-12-2018 22:49
  Singer Kristin Chenoweth, as promised, didn’t let Utah’s altitude keep her from putting on a show Thursday night with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, in the first of the choir’s annual series of Christmas concerts.The Broadway star — best known for originating the role of Glinda in “Wicked” — sang, danced and took the narrator role in the choir’s traditional Christmas production at the Conference Center at Temple Square.Chenoweth and the cho
  
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• "HALF-COURT BUCKET!" #InstantRewind | @AFCU https://t.co/D0Eniu5lLp

  14-12-2018 22:46 via twitter.com
  
  "HALF-COURT BUCKET!"#InstantRewind | @AFCU https://t.co/D0Eniu5lLp
  
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• Monson: Jim Boylen is burning down the Chicago Bulls, not unlike the way he torched the Utes

  14-12-2018 22:40
  Jim Boylen had a piece of buttered toast rolling around in his mouth as he speed-talked over breakfast, detailing from his point of view some of the particulars regarding a crisis his Utah basketball team was facing. A crisis that started with losing and ended in a dark state of permanent defeat.He said everything at that table with the checkered tablecloth that people had come to expect from Boylen back in the day — he was emotional, passionate, angry, disgusted, cartoonish, optimistic ab
  
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• Odyssey Dance wins praise for its revamped ‘ReduxNut-Cracker’ after apologizing for offensive use of Asian stereotypes

  14-12-2018 22:39
  Odyssey Dance Theatre initially didn’t think it owed anyone an apology.“It’s sad to see people are so easily offended these days,” its Facebook page huffed, after objections that its dancers hopping and bowing in Chinese silk dresses in a November television appearance had promoted old stereotypes.But Odyssey eventually asked leaders of Utah’s Asian-American community for their help. Odyssey founder and artistic director Derryl Yeager showed them the backdrops and t
  
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• Real Salt Lake picks homegrown player in re-entry draft

  14-12-2018 22:31
  Real Salt Lake selected Donny Toia in the MLS re-entry draft Friday. Toia, a left back who was signed in 2011 by RSL on its first-ever homegrown contact, spent last season with Orlando City. He played four games and started three. “Donny is a player we have been following throughout his career and it’s great to bring back a product of our academy who has been able to gain valuable experience around the league,” general manager Craig Waibel said in a news release. “He is a
  
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• For the Jazz, Saturday’s game in Mexico City will be like any other trip. For Mexico, the game is a big deal.

  14-12-2018 22:13
  Mexico City • As much as can possibly be expected, the Utah Jazz’s game against the Orlando Magic in Mexico City will be a pretty standard road affair.The team is flying in the afternoon before the game, as they usually do, which has the added bonus of mitigating the impact of the altitude on their performance. Mexico City is at 7,400 feet while Salt Lake City is at about 4,200 feet. Mexico City is closer to Salt Lake City than Orlando, so they even save some travel time over a normal
  
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• Utah State tries to put coaching distractions aside and focus on the New Mexico Bowl

  14-12-2018 22:11
  Utah State’s football team has two choices Saturday when it faces North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl — wilt or win.To win would be something the Aggies have gotten used to this season. They finished 10-2 overall with a 7-1 Mountain West Conference record. A loss to Boise State stopped their winning streak at 10 games, a first in school history.Even the way Utah State wins games has been notable. The Aggies have claimed victory by an average margin of 34.4 points. They have scored at
  
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• George Pyle: Mitt Romney might be just the vulture capitalist we need to lead a Green New Deal

  14-12-2018 21:57
  And then I told Mitt Romney that we in the newspaper game really don’t have much sympathy for electric utilities losing business to home solar power systems, independent auto dealers who don’t want to compete with Tesla’s vertically integrated retail operation or taxi companies being pushed aside by Lyft, Uber and whatever all those zippy electric scooters are called.Newspapers, after all, are another one of those pursuits gracefully referred to as “legacy industries,&rdq
  
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• Wisconsin’s Republican governor signs bill weakening powers of his Democratic successor

  14-12-2018 21:45
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, on Friday signed sweeping legislation that weakens the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, dismissing a national outcry over what Democrats have characterized as a blatant power grab.The legislation, passed this month in a lame-duck session by the Republican-controlled legislature, consolidates power in the legislature and strips it from Gov.-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul, both Democrats.Walker, who si
  
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• Rudy paid a visit to the @UtahFosterCare foundation and delivered some holiday goodies 🎁 #ThisIsWhyWePlay https://t.co/qLXSmLdutp

  14-12-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  Rudy paid a visit to the @UtahFosterCare foundation and delivered some holiday goodies 🎁 #ThisIsWhyWePlay https://t.co/qLXSmLdutp
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Trade Season Preview: Utah’s Assets & Who Can Be Traded When

  14-12-2018 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  That is, except for teams like the Jazz, Bucks and Sixers, who have already taken bites at the proverbial apple. But for the rest of the league, options are about to open up.
  
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• Sen. Hatch regrets ‘I don’t care’ remark about allegations Trump directed his former lawyer’s hush money payments

  14-12-2018 21:19
  Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday walked back comments he made earlier this week defending President Donald Trump of allegations he was tied in court documents to charges against Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.After Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison and court papers showed Cohen identified “Individual 1” – Trump – as directing his actions, Hatch essentially shrugged it off saying Trump is a good president and the economy is doing well."Th
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Playing Utah really wouldn't be the Utah State Aggies' bowl game

  14-12-2018 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  As USU awaits Saturday New Mexico Bowl, the issue of playing instate rival Utah is again a subject of conversation as Gary Andersen is reintroduced.
  
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• Brad Rock: Playing Utah really wouldn't be the Utah State Aggies' bowl game

  14-12-2018 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — It's only fitting Utah State would be playing in the New Mexico Bowl, Saturday at Dreamstyle Stadium. Naming rights are tied to an Albuquerque remodeling and construction company.What better way to describe this game than by referencing dreams and reconstruction? In 2015, North Texas went 1-11. Now the Mean Green is looking to earn the only 10-win season in school history. Utah State, 10-2, hasn't had a wining season since 2014 and is aiming to tie a school record for wins
  
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• Cost of I-15, Bangerter Highway projects rises by $38 million — thanks to expensive rights-of-way

  14-12-2018 20:59
  The Utah Transportation Commission on Friday approved spending an extra $38 million to cover rising costs for two major upcoming highway projects — on Interstate 15 and Bangerter Highway in Salt Lake County. The increased expenses are caused in part by rising prices to buy and demolish homes and businesses to clear new rights-of-way.That includes an extra $23 million for a project to convert three more intersections on Bangerter Highway into freeway-like interchanges at 6200 South, 10400 S
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz game in Mexico City is part of NBA's growing presence south of the border

  14-12-2018 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  Utah will be playing its first regular season game in Mexico on Saturday. But it might not be its last.
  
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• Sparks should fly when BYU meets UNLV for first time since the Cougars left the Mountain West

  14-12-2018 20:54
  Provo • Jimmer Fredette was more amused than annoyed back in January 2011 when UNLV guard Tre’Von Willis said that BYU’s star guard was just an average player and would be shut down at the Thomas & Mack Center in what was then the Mountain West Conference opener.“He’s got all of those [All-America] accolades, but he’s gotta come in and prove it,” Willis said.Prove it, he did.Fredette erupted for 39 points, including seven 3-pointers, as BYU beat UNLV
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz riding roller coaster of tough schedule and own inconsistency

  14-12-2018 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  Great teams rise above adversity, which the Jazz are sometimes doing.
  
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• 📓| "It’s a blessing that you’re welcomed in another country to play the game you love. It just shows you that the g… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 20:42 via twitter.com
  📓| "It’s a blessing that you’re welcomed in another country to play the game you love. It just shows you that the g… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Utah could lose another offensive coordinator as Troy Taylor is in the mix for Sacramento State’s head coaching job

  14-12-2018 20:35
  Utah offensive coordinator Troy Taylor is considered a strong candidate for Sacramento State’s head coaching position, although he would have to take a major pay cut to return to his hometown.Taylor is among four coaches with local ties being evaluated by the Hornets, according to the Football Scoop website that closely tracks the coaching profession.Taylor earned $525,000 in 2018, plus an $87,500 bonus, according to USA Today.Going from a Power Five coordinator’s job to an FCS head
  
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• The present, not the past, is the Utes’ concern as they visit longtime nemesis Kentucky

  14-12-2018 20:28
  When he entered the NBA in the mid-1980s, Larry Krystkowiak was eager to visit the Boston Garden and the Forum, homes of the teams that dominated the league in that era: the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers.Utah's basketball coach has a similar feeling about taking his team into Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. “That's going to be an unbelievable environment,” Krystkowiak said of Saturday's game at No. 19 Kentucky.The game is the centerpiece of Krystkowiak’s upgraded 2018-19 s
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah, other Southwestern U.S. states get Jan. 31 deadline for drought deal

  14-12-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  Las Vegas • The head of the federal agency controlling the Colorado River said Thursday the U.S. government will impose unprecedented restrictions on water supplies to the seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the river unless everyone...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Political Cornflakes: Thousands of former private college students just saw their student-loan debt wiped out

  14-12-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  Some $150M in student debt is being wiped off the books after a court fight with the education secretary. Former Vice President Joe Biden makes an appearance at the U. and the professor in charge avoids a question about a presidential run. Minority...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Men accuse each other of murder in phone calls from jail

  14-12-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  Ogden • Calls from jail suggest two Utah men are blaming each other for fatally shooting a homeless man.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Latter-day Saint boys can enter priesthood before they turn 12 under new rules for youths

  14-12-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  Boys waiting for their 12th birthday will be able to enter the lay priesthood of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when they’re still 11, under new rules unveiled by church leaders Friday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Boy Scouts’ money struggles: Is bankruptcy an option?

  14-12-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  New York • The Boy Scouts of America deflected questions about a report suggesting it is considering seeking bankruptcy protection, though the head of the organization said it is exploring “all options” as it tries to stay afloat while facing sexual...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke dies at 74

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  Los Angeles • Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968′s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” and went on to co-star in six films with Clint Eastwood, has died.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies at 81

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  Los Angeles • Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Man found dead in Millcreek park, wearing only a diamond ring, has been identified

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  A dead man whose body was found in Big Cottonwood Regional Park, naked except for a diamond ring, has been identified by Unified police, FOX13 reported.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Josh Rogin: Blue Dog Democrats, such as Utah’s McAdams, are poised to play crucial role in next Congress

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  The Democratic Party spent enormous amounts of time and money recruiting and supporting moderate, centrist candidates as part of its strategy to take control of the House in last month’s midterm elections — and it worked. Now, these very lawmakers...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ivanka, Kushner could profit from the Opportunity Zone tax break they pushed for

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration’s new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities....
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Catherine Rampell: One of America’s most successful exports is in trouble

  14-12-2018 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  Washington - One of America’s most successful exports is in trouble.
  
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• Vivint Smart Home Arena, home of the Utah Jazz, ranks poorly for health-code violations in ESPN report, but county officials say the venue’s food is relatively safe

  14-12-2018 20:11
  The home of the Utah Jazz is also home to an alarming number of health-code violations in the concessions stands, according to an ESPN analysis of sports stadiums across North America.Vendors at Vivint Smart Home Arena in downtown Salt Lake City were cited for 72 health-code violations in 2016 and 2017, and 54 of those — or 75 percent — were high-level violations, according to an analysis reported Thursday on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”That percentage put The Viv at
  
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• Latter-day Saint boys can enter priesthood before they turn 12 under new rules for youths

  14-12-2018 20:00
  Boys waiting for their 12th birthday will be able to enter the lay priesthood of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when they’re still 11, under new rules unveiled by church leaders Friday.The First Presidency announced that starting next month, and every January thereafter, boys will complete children’s Primary classes and advance to the Aaronic Priesthood and become “deacons” the year they turn 12.Under the old rules, boys joined the priesthood on their 12t
  
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• Man found dead in Millcreek park, wearing only a diamond ring, has been identified

  14-12-2018 18:55
  A dead man whose body was found in Big Cottonwood Regional Park, naked except for a diamond ring, has been identified by Unified police, FOX13 reported.Police have not yet made public the man’s identity, pending notification of his family.The Salt Lake Tribune previously reported that the man’s body was found in the park in Millcreek. The body was naked, and the only identifying item was a gold ring with a square design and an inset diamond.A man walking on a trail near the park disc
  
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• Catherine Rampell: One of America’s most successful exports is in trouble

  14-12-2018 18:52
  Washington - One of America’s most successful exports is in trouble.For decades, the U.S. higher-education system has been the envy of the world. We “sell” much more education to other countries than we “buy” from them; nearly three times as many foreign students are currently studying here as we have abroad.In trade terms, this means we run a massive surplus in education — about $34 billion in 2017, according to Commerce Department data. Our educational expor
  
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• Ivanka, Kushner could profit from the Opportunity Zone tax break they pushed for

  14-12-2018 18:51
  Washington • At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration’s new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities. He then turned to one of the plan’s strongest supporters."Ivanka, would you like to say something?" Trump asked his daughter. "You've been pushing this very hard."The Opportunity Zone program promoted by Ivanka Trump and her husband Ja
  
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• Josh Rogin: Blue Dog Democrats, such as Utah’s McAdams, are poised to play crucial role in next Congress

  14-12-2018 18:45
  The Democratic Party spent enormous amounts of time and money recruiting and supporting moderate, centrist candidates as part of its strategy to take control of the House in last month’s midterm elections — and it worked. Now, these very lawmakers are organizing to assert their influence. If they succeed, they might just keep their jobs and save the Democratic majority in the process.The Blue Dog Coalition began in 1995 after Democrats lost power in the most stunning electoral defeat
  
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• Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies at 81

  14-12-2018 18:23
  Los Angeles • Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died.Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her home in Pioneertown, a California desert community near Joshua Tree National Park, her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy told The Associated Press late Thursday night. She was 81.Influenced by Dinah Washington, Nat "King" Cole and
  
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• These limited-edition, five-piece bobblehead sets are going to be worth a pretty penny in the future 😍 Snag them w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-12-2018 18:21 via twitter.com
  These limited-edition, five-piece bobblehead sets are going to be worth a pretty penny in the future 😍Snag them w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke dies at 74

  14-12-2018 18:19
  Los Angeles • Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968′s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” and went on to co-star in six films with Clint Eastwood, has died.Locked died Nov. 3 at her Los Angeles home of cardiac arrest stemming from breast and bone cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by The Associated Press. She was 74. Authorities were promptly notified at the time, but her death was not publicized
  
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• Men accuse each other of murder in phone calls from jail

  14-12-2018 18:15
  Ogden • Calls from jail suggest two Utah men are blaming each other for fatally shooting a homeless man.The Standard-Examiner reports Weber County residents Cory Michael Fitzwater and Dalton James Aiken each are charged with one count of murder and possession of a firearm by a restricted person.The two appeared in court Wednesday after the body of 28-year-old Brian Racine was discovered Aug. 16 at a transient camp in Ogden.Investigators found that Racine had apparently died from a single gu
  
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• Utah, other Southwestern U.S. states get Jan. 31 deadline for drought deal

  14-12-2018 18:10
  Las Vegas • The head of the federal agency controlling the Colorado River said Thursday the U.S. government will impose unprecedented restrictions on water supplies to the seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the river unless everyone agrees by Jan. 31 on a plan to deal with an expected shortage in 2020.Water users from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming should have had a pact to sign at an annual water users' conference this week in Las Vegas, Bure
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz players ‘muy bien’ excited for first regular season game in Mexico City

  14-12-2018 17:47 via sportspyder.com
  Although this trip will mark the first-ever regular season contest for Utah in Mexico City, the franchise has played three previous preseason games here twice in 1996 and once in 2003.
  
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• Boy Scouts’ money struggles: Is bankruptcy an option?

  14-12-2018 17:34
  New York • The Boy Scouts of America deflected questions about a report suggesting it is considering seeking bankruptcy protection, though the head of the organization said it is exploring “all options” as it tries to stay afloat while facing sexual abuse lawsuits and dwindling membership."I want to assure you that our daily mission will continue and that there are no imminent actions or immediate decisions expected," Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh said in a statement issue
  
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• Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz players ‘muy bien’ excited for first regular season game in Mexico City

  14-12-2018 17:22
  MEXICO CITY — Following the Utah Jazz's 111-84 victory against the Miami Heat on Wednesday, center Rudy Gobert was the final player to field questions from the media near his locker."How excited are you for this Mexico trip man?" one reporter asked."Muy bien," the 7-foot-1 Frenchman responded, with a smile.Translation: "very well" excited.As Gobert and the Jazz prepare to face the Orlando Magic on Saturday, it'll mark the first time the franchise has competed in a regular-season contest in
  
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• Former Mormon bishop charged with sexual abuse of teen boys

  14-12-2018 17:00
  A former Latter-day Saints bishop is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage boy in his congregation — part of a pattern of “touchy-feely” behavior and inappropriate sexual talk that several boys reported to police.Jeffrey Byron Head, 54, from Draper, was charged Wednesday with two counts of forcible sexual abuse and two charges of misdemeanor lewdness.If convicted of the sexual abuse charges, which are second-degree felonies, Head could face a maxim
  
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