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• 9/11 victim's remains identified nearly 16 years later

  07-08-2017 23:49
  New York • The remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified nearly 16 years after the attacks, medical examiners said Monday.His name was withheld at his family’s request, the New York City medical examiner’s office said.The announcement marked the first new identification made since March 2015 in the painstaking, ongoing effort. The office uses DNA testing and other means to match bone fragments to the 2,753 people killed by the hijackers who c
  
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• Letter: The corporate threat to our health care

  07-08-2017 23:48
  Freedom is a core concept in America, but that concept has been twisted. Whose freedom is most important? Individual, corporation, employer or employee — which are we going to protect?Two court cases involved in the implementation of the ACA show how our politicians and courts have organized the hierarchy of freedom. The ACA mandated contraceptive coverage in employer-based plans. Hobby Lobby, the craft and knickknack store, found it morally objectionable to offer contraceptive care.The co
  
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• Candidates snipe and gripe during debate in race to replace Chaffetz

  07-08-2017 23:41
  Provo Mayor John Curtis turned to his two Republican competitors on Monday and pleaded with them: Stop the negative campaigning.The targeted mailers and personal attacks on TV started weeks ago in the GOP primary to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Most pick at Curtis for once being a registered Democrat. A few compare him to Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. Others accuse him of raising taxes during his eight years as mayor. Most are funded by out-of-state political action committees (PACs).
  
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• [Fanrag Sports] - Ranking NBA’s Most Improved Player candidates heading into 2017-18 season

  07-08-2017 23:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... , 0.9 blocks, 14.2 PER, 0.058 Win Shares per 48 minutes 2. RODNEY HOOD, UTAH JAZZ 2015-16 per-game statistics: 27.0 minutes, 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 as ...
  
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• Utah men's basketball: Utes rout Catalan all-stars in European trip opener

  07-08-2017 23:22
  Barcelona • The Utah men’s basketball team opened its European Tour on Monday night with an 85-70 win over the Catalan All-Stars at Pavelló Esportiu Municipal Gym.Tyler Rawson led the Utes with 17 points and Sedrick Barefield added 15. New additions Justin Bibbins and Donnie Tillman added double figures as well. Bibbins, who tallied a team-high three, three-pointers, scored all 13 of his points in the second half, while Tillman had 12.
  Utah, which opened the game with a three-p
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Economically Anxious Mouse

  07-08-2017 23:17
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.
  How Hot Is It?Victory GardenA Real DumpA Gripping CartoonRetreat from MoscowSad Loser ElephantPresidential SpokespersonSimple Solution for HomelessnessTrump’s Good DeedFather of Lies and His Kid
  
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• Police triple presence near troubled Salt Lake City shelter

  07-08-2017 23:06
  Salt Lake City • Salt Lake City police are beefing up their nighttime presence near an overcrowded homeless shelter that’s been the scene of violence in recent weeks.The department tripled the number of officers near the arena where the Utah Jazz play over the weekend, and expect keep the numbers up.Police say 22 officers are now patrolling the streets near The Road Home shelter at night, up from seven usually on the beat.Authorities say the department hopes that a more visible presen
  
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• Is this unearthed fishing village the birthplace of three of Jesus’ apostles?

  07-08-2017 23:03
  Jerusalem • Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of three of Jesus’ apostles on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.For decades, archaeologists have searched for the fishing village where apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip lived, according to the New Testament (John 1:44; 12:21). Three possible sites in the area had been identified but all were inconclusive.This summer, however, during the second year of
  
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• Prep football: Taylorsville Warriors preview

  07-08-2017 22:54
  One score from last year said it all for Taylorsville — 91-83.That was a regular-season defeat to Jordan where the Warriors proved they could put points on the board.Unfortunately they just as effectively showed they could give up a ton, too.Despite that, the 2016 season was a major step forward as Taylorsville won its first playoff game in more than a decade. The Warriors edged Davis 28-27 before falling in the quarterfinals to Fremont 48-21.Now Taylorsville has a new football coach in Pa
  
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• Live WWII mortar shell found in Cottonwood Heights

  07-08-2017 22:30
  Cottonwood Heights police are responding to a report of a live World War II mortar shell found in the city.Officers have blocked off Cardinal Way, according to a tweet from the police department, as they wait for a bomb unit or Hill Air Force Base to respond. Officers on Cardinal Way with a live WWII mortar shell. Area will be blocked until UFA bomb unit or HAFB can remove. Sgt Daugherty is PIO— CH Police (@CHPolice) August 7, 2017The Tribune will provide more details as they become a
  
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• Happy kids become U.S. citizens

  07-08-2017 22:16
  Hearts swelled Monday morning as 22 kids from 14 countries were sworn in as American citizens.The 11-year-old Fotu twins sang a stirring rendition of the national anthem, setting the scene for a prideful and happy day at the Discovery Gateway Museum. Nine-year-old Yguette Umutesi had one word for her new status: “Amazing.” Her uncle, Dee Musare, said she has a bright future in the United States. “It’s a pleasure to be an American,” said Musare, who became a naturali
  
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• ‘My patience is wearing thin’: Huntsman family says University of Utah has made no progress on cancer institute controversy

  07-08-2017 22:06
  Months have passed since the University of Utah hired a private attorney to negotiate a new agreement governing the Huntsman Cancer Institute, but a member of the Huntsman family said they haven’t heard from U. officials since the April controversy.“I‘m impatiently waiting,” said Peter Huntsman, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, a fundraising arm controlled by the family. “But my patience is wearing thin.”
  In late April, the family and the U. were in the
  
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• BYU football: Where's the beef? Undersized Thomas Shoaf struggling to gain weight at all-important left tackle position

  07-08-2017 22:04
  Provo • When BYU meets national college football power LSU in Houston in less than a month, the Cougars will roll out their usual assortment of big, beefy offensive linemen in hopes of moving the ball against one of the best defenses in the powerful Southeastern Conference. Four projected starting linemen weigh more than 300 pounds.Then there will be projected starting left tackle Thomas Shoaf, who is 6-foot-5 and weighs less than 275 pounds. Yes, the man tasked with protecting junior quart
  
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• Utah football: Receiver Darren Carrington officially eligible to play for Utes

  07-08-2017 22:01
  It’s official: No. 9 on your upcoming Utah football roster is Darren Carrington II.On Monday, the Utah football team announced that Carrington is now officially eligible to play for the Utes in 2017 after the Pac-12 Faculty Athletic Represenatatives’ Committee approved the transfer of the former Oregon wide receiver. The committee green-lighted the waiver of the “Intra-Conference Transfer Penalty,” meaning the 22-year-old won’t have to sit out a year.Instead, Utah n
  
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• Letter: Church has been silenced

  07-08-2017 21:55
  In her July 27 commentary, Julie Day asks for local religious leaders to speak out on health care reform, saying among other things that, “Silence is not an option.”Quite the interesting remark to make considering that, over the years, The Salt Lake Tribune has published numerous letters from readers blasting local religious leaders, particularly those of the LDS Church, for speaking out on virtually any political matter they’ve chosen to address. These attacks are not exclusiv
  
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• Gas stove explosion likely to blame for fatal W. Jordan condo fire

  07-08-2017 21:48
  West Jordan fire investigators believe an accidental gas stove explosion is to blame for a weekend condominium complex blaze that killed a woman and injured two other people.West Jordan city spokesman Kim Wells on Monday identified the victim as 66-year-old Judy Pedersen. Firefighters responding to the 3 p.m. Sunday fire at the Daybreak Hills Condominiums, near 1300 West and 6700 South, found Pedersen deceased inside her ground floor unit.
  Officials believe the fire started in Pedersen’s r
  
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• Prep football: Desert Hills Thunder preview

  07-08-2017 21:41
  It doesn’t get much better than Desert Hills’ ending to last season.The Thunder took down Pine View on the final play of the Class 3AA state title game to claim the school’s second state championship.The Thunder lost their starting quarterback and three other key players from that team, but coach Carl Franke isn’t concerned.“Our sophomore class as a whole is pretty deep and talented,” he said. “They will come in and everyone will get an opportunity to pl
  
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• Taylor Swift expected to testify in groping case in Denver

  07-08-2017 21:40
  Denver • A few moments at a backstage photo session four years ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of groping her begin picking jurors in their dueling lawsuits.Radio host David Mueller sued the singer-songwriter, saying he was falsely accused and that she should have called police instead of his bosses, who fired him soon after the June 2013 encounter. He’s seeking up to $3 million in damages.Swift countersued, claimi
  
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• Letter: White House practices 'Distract and destroy'

  07-08-2017 21:29
  While the White House provides a new scandal almost every day (Russia, dramatic personnel changes, obscene interviews, and more), EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and congressional Republicans have been busy hacking away at environmental protections. Pruitt has attempted to delay enforcing methane limits on oil and gas companies, Senate Republicans are attempting to relax the regulation of ozone pollution, and that’s just the beginning.But did you hear that Scaramucci is getting a divorce?I
  
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• Schedule changes coming Sunday to UTA bus, rail lines

  07-08-2017 21:20
  Some changes — mostly minor ones — are coming to Utah Transit Authority rail and bus routes beginning Sunday, one of three times a year that the agency tweaks schedules.The tweaks include adding eight additional bus trips a day between Salt Lake City and Park City. But that Route 902 will now end service at the Kimball Junction Transit Center. (Connecting service is available there to free buses offered by Park City Transit).The TRAX Green Line and FrontRunner will have minor schedul
  
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• John Moreland's heart-wrenching State Room set leaves SLC audience in tears

  07-08-2017 21:05
  John Moreland has a reputation for putting on a powerful show. What I wasn’t prepared for was for people in the audience to literally be moved to tears by his performance at The State Room on Sunday.But that’s how overwhelming Moreland can be, stringing together lyrics that penetrate to wherever it is we stash our deepest emotions.Moreland is among the best songwriters in the business today, melding Leonard Cohen’s sense of poetry with Townes Van Zandt’s raw emotional app
  
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• Former Ute Delon Wright's big opportunity in Toronto may be at hand

  07-08-2017 21:04
  Delon Wright had a hunch: Things were about to change.The Toronto Raptors’ starting point guard was an unrestricted free agent, entertaining offers from other teams. But even after Kyle Lowry re-signed with the club, Wright figured another move was coming.“I kind of had a feeling something was going to happen,” the former Runnin’ Ute star said. “And it just happened all fast. That opportunity presented itself for me.”When the Raptors traded backup point guard
  
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• Pence: Story on possible 2020 presidential run ‘disgraceful’

  07-08-2017 20:55
  Bridgewater, N.J. • Vice President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run.In a statement released by the White House, Pence said Sunday’s story in The New York Times “is disgraceful and offensive to me, my family, and our entire team.” He added that “the allegations in this article are categorically false.”The formal rebuttal of a news rep
  
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• North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions

  07-08-2017 20:53
  Seoul, South Korea • North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and gain revenge of a “thousand-fold” against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed following its recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests.The warning came two days after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions to punish North Korea, including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, called th
  
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• Letter: Health insurance is a federal responsibility

  07-08-2017 20:53
  Gary Mulcock (“Use state-run insurance,” July 25) seems to consider himself quite the expert on constitutional law and insurance history; how unfortunate for the rest of us. He wants ACA (Obamacare) repealed without replacement, which means he is one of the fortunate few who have insurance or wealth enough to not be concerned with obtaining health care; lucky him.He states, “constitutional precedence dictates all insurance be state-regulated,” which is correct with the ex
  
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• Commentary: Parenting my Muslim baby in the age of Trump

  07-08-2017 20:50
  When I found out I was pregnant last fall, the news was unexpected. But even more unexpected than the positive test result was the realization that the experience of raising my second child could be very different than rearing his older sister.I’m a girl from a small town in Maine. My boyfriend, Mohammed, is from Morocco and was raised as a Muslim. The election of President Donald Trump in November has caused me to look at parenting, particularly raising a Muslim boy, differently.I spent t
  
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• Bountiful doctor charged with sexually abusing young girls, having child porn on hospital computer

  07-08-2017 20:42
  A Bountiful obstetrician-gynecologist was charged Monday with sexually assaulting two young girls and having child pornography.Nathan Ward, 55, of Bountiful, was charged in 2nd District Court with 11 felonies: sodomy upon a child, aggravated sexual child abuse, forcible sodomy, two counts of forcible sexual abuse and six charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.Ward is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in Davis County in 2012, according to charges, and abusing another “minor
  
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• TV critics name 'Handmaid's Tale' program of the year

  07-08-2017 20:41
  Beverly Hills, Calif. • For the first time, the Television Critics Association presented its top award to a program on a streaming service — “The Handmaid’s Tale” was named Program of the Year at the 33rd annual TCA Awards.The TCA Award as the year’s best drama also went to the dystopian tale, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel, of a world in which an authoritarian regime has taken control in America and women are subjugated.“I’ve always wanted
  
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• Google VP denounces employee memo’s views on female workers

  07-08-2017 20:39
  London • Google’s new head of diversity has rejected an internal commentary from an employee who suggested women don’t get ahead in tech jobs because of biological differences.Danielle Brown, who was named a vice president at the search giant only a few weeks ago, says Google is “unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success,” according to a copy of her response obtained by technology news website Gizmodo.The employee memo, titled
  
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• Don Baylor, former MVP and manager of year, dead at 68

  07-08-2017 20:37
  Don Baylor, the burly slugger who once held the Major League Baseball record for being hit a pitch and later guided the expansion Colorado Rockies to the playoffs for the first time as manager of the year, died Monday of cancer. He was 68.The 1979 American League MVP died in his hometown of Austin, Texas, after a 14-year battle with multiple myeloma, Baylor’s family said in a statement released by the Angels, the franchise for which he played more than 800 games.“Don passed from this
  
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• Letter: President provides echoes of Mad King George

  07-08-2017 20:34
  “Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.” One wonders about a leader who utters these words. Is he mad? Dangerous? It’s not a matter of left or right.We all watch as our president viciously attacks those who once gave him their support. Their crime? Principled disobedience to him. We watch our elected leaders’ ongoing failure to even understand the Constitution and its eloquently conceived protections preventing the abuse of his power. And then r
  
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• Hike to a cold, dark place part of the journey for teens in Utah youth program

  07-08-2017 20:31
  Fifteen-year-old Maryan trudges up the trail to the Timpanogos Caves, greeting with skepticism the multiple returning hikers who assure her: “It’s totally worth the hike.”“There is nothing American people will not do,” the Kenyan refugee mutters breathlessly. Voluntarily climbing uphill does not carry obvious appeal when life has placed mountains in your path at almost every turn.But YouthWorks — a skills-development course for teens from underserved communiti
  
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• ’Ingrid Goes West’ satirizes the perils of social media envy

  07-08-2017 20:23
  Los Angeles • Have you ever been jealous of someone on Instagram? Or gone down a spiral of late night scrolling that starts out as voyeurism and ends in despair? That’s the sensation captured in “Ingrid Goes West,” a new indie film out Friday that skewers both sides of the social media equation with uncomfortable acumen.It’s the latest satirical pop culture effort to delve into the painful realities of the way social media impacts our lives. It’s been expressed
  
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• Rock On: Majerus, Mormons and marriage

  07-08-2017 20:06
  THE WINNER'S CIRCLERick Majerus is gone but not forgotten.Keith Van Horn is making sure of that.The former Ute All-American has been dishing for several years, via Twitter, on the comical/mercurial/maniacal Majerus. Last week, Van Horn tweeted this conversation with Majerus: “Keith, sometimes these Mormon kids only ambition in life is to get married and play Ward Ball. I don't know what to tell u."On the other hand, Majerus’ only ambition was to win the national championship and find
  
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• Another milestone for stocks: Most boring market in decades

  07-08-2017 19:46
  New York • This year’s run to a record for the stock market has been one of the least eventful in decades. Just don’t get too comfortable.Only twice this year have investors had to deal with a 1 percent drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index in a day. That’s far fewer than typical. The last time stocks sailed through such an uneventful first seven months was when a group of burglars was arrested for breaking into the Watergate complex in 1972. Broaden the scope
  
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• Northwestern professor accused in stabbing and killing hair stylist due in California court

  07-08-2017 19:43
  Chicago • After a cross-country manhunt, a Northwestern University professor and University of Oxford employee are in custody in the brutal stabbing death of a 26-year-old hair stylist in Chicago. The case has involved peculiar twists, including a cash donation by one of the two suspects in the victim’s name at a Wisconsin library and a videotaped confession sent to friends. The two men surrendered peacefully in California after eight days as fugitives.Northwestern microbiologist Wynd
  
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• Prep football: North Sevier Wolves preview

  07-08-2017 19:31
  North Sevier has struggled through eight straight losing seasons, but second-year coach Devin Lindley is staying the course and implementing building blocks for his team.“I’m excited for the season to begin,” Lindley said. “We have focused on making improvements every day. The summer was a great success, as well as our team camp. We are much improved, and we are ready to compete.”The Wolves will start a new quarterback, sophomore Taylor Crane. The Wolves have an exp
  
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• Utah Supreme Court to hear case of teen sent to prison for robbery

  07-08-2017 19:21
  Utah’s highest court will hear the case of a Utah boy who was 16 years old when he was sent to adult prison for an aggravated robbery, though he was paroled just six months later.In February, the Utah Court of Appeals vacated a 2013 order that moved Cooper Van Huizen’s case to district court, finding that the juvenile court judge assigned to the case should have recused herself because she was married to the then-chief criminal deputy in the Weber County Attorney’s Office,
  
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• US government clamps down on eel poaching as value grows

  07-08-2017 19:18
  Brewer, Maine • Changes in the worldwide fisheries industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but the big demand and big prices have spawned a black market that wildlife officials say is jeopardizing the species.Law enforcement authorities have launched a crackdown on unlicensed eel fishermen and illicit sales along the East Coast.Although not a well-known seafood item like the Maine lobster, wriggling baby eels, or elv
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: the Team World v Team Africa edition

  07-08-2017 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... ampionship in overtime of game 2). It looks like Dennis Lindsey and the Utah Jazz are really working hard to increase the international brand. It’s a great wa ...
  
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• Cause of fatal W. Jordan condo fire under investigation

  07-08-2017 19:06
  West Jordan fire investigators continued to look into the cause of a weekend condominium complex blaze that killed a woman and injured two other people.West Jordan city spokesman Kim Wells on Monday identified the victim as 66-year-old Judy Pedersen. Firefighters responding to the 3 p.m. Sunday fire at the Daybreak Hills Condominiums, near 1300 West and 6700 South, found Pedersen deceased inside her ground floor unit.
  While the specific cause was undetermined, the fire appeared to have started i
  
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• Body of missing man found near Lakeside Mountains

  07-08-2017 18:43
  The body of a West Bountiful man who had been missing for two weeks was found over the weekend near northwestern Utah’s Lakeside Mountains.
  In a Facebook posting, the family of 74-year-old John Page confirmed they were notified Saturday morning that the remains had been recovered in a remote area of the mountains, near the Tooele and Box Elder county line.
  Page was last seen at a Maverick store in Centerville on Pioneer Day, July 24. Police found his car five days later, parked an und
  
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• Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announce separation

  07-08-2017 18:42
  Los Angeles • Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announced Sunday that they are separating after eight years of marriage, sparking a wave of shock and sadness online about the demise of one of Hollywood’s most popular power couples.The actors announced their breakup on social media in a joint statement confirmed by Pratt’s publicist.“We tried hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed,” the actors wrote. “Our son has two parents who love him very much an
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - The Utah Jazz’s risk could be Rodney Hood’s reward

  07-08-2017 18:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’s shrewd contracts make the Utah Jazz’s future flexible 8/2 - Utah Jazz: Joe Ingles wants Andrew Bogut for 2017-18 7/28 - Utah Jazz: Who is on the c ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Breaking down my all-time starting five for the Utah Jazz

  07-08-2017 18:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Series: Donovan Mitchell by Jared Woodcox ...
  
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• Rolly: Utah cases show three reasons why Mike Lee is right and Jeff Sessions is wrong on asset forfeiture

  07-08-2017 18:06
  Utah Sen. Mike Lee has joined libertarian and civil rights advocates in opposing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ plan to expand the federal government’s civil asset forfeiture program, which seizes billions of dollars from suspects, even if they are never charged with a crime.President Barack Obama’s administration, concerned about possible abuses and civil rights violations, restricted the program in 2015.Now President Donald Trump’s team wants to go back to the goo
  
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• Breaking down my all-time starting five for the Utah Jazz

  07-08-2017 17:59
  A (sort of) definitive look at the five best players ever to suit up for the New Orleans or Utah Jazz by position. Just last week, the good folks over at 16 Wins a Ring offered up their Mount Rushmore of Utah Jazz basketball. In other words, a list of the four most iconic players ever […]
  Breaking down my all-time starting five for the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Prep football: South Sevier Rams preview

  07-08-2017 17:51
  All of the building blocks for a winning season are in place for South Sevier. Even finding a new starting quarterback was just a minor obstacle for the Rams.Sophomore Tracen Winkel will be the starter. Caleb Barton, who was last season’s starting quarterback, chose not to play football this season.“He is very poised for his age and runs the offense very well,” coach Weston Zabriskie said about Winkel. “Excited to see what he can do.”South Sevier’s success wil
  
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• Number of Syrian child brides in Jordan increases amid poverty, uncertainty

  07-08-2017 17:28
  Mafraq, Jordan • Married at 15 and divorced at 16, a Syrian teen says she regrets having said yes to a handsome suitor — a stranger who turned into an abusive husband.Yet the reasons that transformed her into a child bride have become more prevalent among Syrians who live in Jordanian exile because of a six-year-old civil war back home. More families marry off daughters to ease the financial burden or say marriage is the way to protect the “honor” of girls seen as vulnerab
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Donovan Mitchell Ready to Write a New Chapter for the Jazz

  07-08-2017 17:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng emoji on the keyboard, and Mitchell recognizes game appropriately here to Jazz Nation’s delight. 🐐🐐 — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) Page two: Dust off ...
  
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