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• [Deseret Morning News] - Ticketmaster named Vivint Arena’s ticketing provider

  15-08-2017 23:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... ew ticketing provider for Vivint Smart Home Arena. The sale of Utah Jazz single-game tickets will begin on Oct. 2 with the Ticketmaster platform thro ...
  
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• Influx of Mexican black tar heroin underlies Rio Grande convulsions

  15-08-2017 23:32
  A franchise system, similar to that used by fast-food restaurants, distributes Mexican black tar heroin in Salt Lake City’s troubled Rio Grande district, presenting a formidable challenge to law enforcement’s efforts to clean up the area.
  In many cities across the country, including Salt Lake City, individual Mexican traffickers set up decentralized organizations created to keep authorities from stemming the rising tide of the relatively cheap drug, according to journalist Sam Quinon
  
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• Ticketmaster named Vivint Arena’s ticketing provider

  15-08-2017 23:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and Vivint Smart Home Arena announced Tuesday Ticketmaster will become the new ticketing provider for Vivint Smart Home Arena.The sale of Utah Jazz single-game tickets will begin on Oct. 2 with the Ticketmaster platform through Ticketmaster.com, the new Utah Jazz mobile app, the Ticketmaster mobile app, the Utah Jazz website or by phone at 801-355-7328.According to a statement, tickets that have already been sold to upcoming events and concerts at the venue w
  
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• Colorado man sentenced to prison for disposing of woman’s body after she overdosed at Utah hotel

  15-08-2017 23:28
  A Colorado man has been sentenced to prison for up to five years for disposing of the body of a woman after she died of a drug overdose at a Utah motel.Raymond Cordova, 50, of Grand Junction, Colo., had pleaded guilty in 3rd District Court to third-degree felony counts of desecration of a human body and obstructing justice in connection with the 2014 death of 18-year-old Kelly Mae Myers, also of Grand Junction.On Monday, Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills ordered the two prison terms to run concurrentl
  
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• US teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline

  15-08-2017 23:09
  New York • After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows.The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the opioid epidemic that has seen adult overdose deaths surge year after year — fueled by abuse of prescription painkillers, heroin and newer drugs like fentanyl.“This is a warning sign that we need to keep paying attention to what’s happening with young people,” said Katherine Keyes, a Columbia U
  
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• The worst things that could go wrong during the total solar eclipse — and how to be prepared

  15-08-2017 22:59
  The Great American Eclipse is nigh!Millions are expected to pack the so-called path of totality, or the swath of the United States that will be able to experience the complete solar eclipse.But, as with any major event, some things might not go according to plan. We’ve compiled a list of what could go wrong, from safety hazards to acts of nature. Plan accordingly.You could seriously damage your eyes.Looking directly at the sun during the eclipse without proper eyewear would harm your eyes
  
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• U.S. veteran returns dead Japanese soldier’s flag

  15-08-2017 22:55
  Higashishirakawa, Japan • Tatsuya Yasue buried his face into the flag and smelled it. Then he held the 93-year-old hands that brought this treasure home, and kissed them.Marvin Strombo, who had taken the calligraphy-covered Japanese flag from a dead soldier at World War II island battlefield 73 years ago, returned it Tuesday to the family of Sadao Yasue. They had never gotten his body or — until that moment — anything else of his.Yasue and Tatsuya’s sister Sayoko Furuta, 9
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Enes Kanter shows America how to be free

  15-08-2017 22:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... eekend he reminded America why it’s still special. His negativity toward the Jazz in 2014 was impulsive. But it came from a player who leads with his heart. H ...
  
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• Teen charged in double-fatal car crash appears in court

  15-08-2017 22:30
  An 18-year-old charged with causing a car crash that killed two of his high school classmates and injured a pregnant woman and her baby made his first court appearance on Tuesday.Abraham Miranda, of Salt Lake City, was charged last week in 3rd District Court with two second-degree felony counts of manslaughter and one count of class A misdemeanor reckless endangerment in connection with the February crash.On Tuesday, a judge found Miranda indigent and appointed counsel to represent him. A schedu
  
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• Brad Rock: Enes Kanter shows America how to be free

  15-08-2017 22:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — The truest show of American patriotism didn’t come from tiki-torch-bearing demonstrators, or from counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virgina, last weekend.It didn’t even come from a U.S. citizen, though he hopes to be.Enes Kanter knows it’s not a perfect country, having lived here for eight years, but he also knows he’s free to say what he feels. The phrase “just happy to be here” aptly describes him, but not in the usual sense. H
  
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• Charges ‘lack factual foundation,’ says attorney for man accused of starting the Brian Head fire

  15-08-2017 22:09
  Cedar City • During an initial court appearance for a Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to fight — the man’s attorney said “there are charges in this case that we believe lack factual foundation.”Robert Ray Lyman, 61, was charged last month in 5th District Court with one count of reckless burning, a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail
  
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• Mormon blogger trumpets alt-right racial views, but is out of tune with her religion

  15-08-2017 22:08
  Mormonism is doomed if it continues to celebrate racial and ethnic diversity, to support refugees and immigrant families, and to debase Western, white culture.At least that's the view of one Latter-day Saint, a blogger named Ayla, who tweets as Nordic Sunrise and "Wife With A Purpose" — despite the fact that her church disagrees with her on all those points.Still — because the mother of six has nearly 22,000 Twitter followers, has been interviewed multiple times on radio and maintain
  
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• Taylor Swift hopes her trial win inspires assault victims

  15-08-2017 22:04
  Denver • Immediately after a jury determined that Taylor Swift was groped by a radio station host at a backstage 2013 concert event in Denver, the singer-songwriter embraced one of her closest allies — her mother — and later said she hoped the verdict would inspire other victims of sexual assault.Swift hugged her crying mother after the six-woman, two-man jury decided Monday in U.S. District Court that former Denver DJ David Mueller grabbed the pop star’s rear end during a
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Why you should be excited for the 2017-18 season

  15-08-2017 21:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... ayer for an entire game. Jonas Jerebko is very excited to be playing for the Jazz and he has shown glimpses of being a great role player off of the bench. Ton ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Why you should be excited for the 2017-18 season

  15-08-2017 21:39
  Despite the national media’s opinion of the Utah Jazz being a borderline playoff team, there are many reasons for fans to be excited this upcoming season. The 2016-17 NBA season was a success in many ways for the Utah Jazz. They made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 2012 and ended […]
  Utah Jazz: Why you should be excited for the 2017-18 season - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Unretired, Steven Soderbergh wants to pull a fast one on Hollywood

  15-08-2017 21:36
  “Populist Pictures” reads the buzzer to Steven Soderbergh’s Tribeca office. You might easily mistake it as ironic. It’s a grand title for a little nameplate on an otherwise nondescript Manhattan building.But he means it.Four years after dramatically quitting moviemaking, Soderbergh is back with “Logan Lucky.” His hiatus — in the end so abbreviated as to be nonexistent — hasn’t been spent toying with a Major Artistic Statement to be showered i
  
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• ‘We condemn them’: Mormon church disavows white supremacists in update to Charlottesville statement

  15-08-2017 21:30
  The LDS Church updated its anti-racism statement Tuesday, specifically disavowing groups that promote white supremacy.“It has been called to our attention that there are some among the various pro-white and white supremacy communities who assert that the church is neutral toward or in support of their views,” according to a statement posted on the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‘ official newsroom website. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”Af
  
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• Two men sentenced for beating, pistol whipping another man

  15-08-2017 21:19
  Two Midvale men charged with beating and pistol-whipping a man last year have been sentenced — one to prison time, the other to jail.The attack initially left the victim hospitalized with spinal fractures and other injuries. Charging documents add that the victim also had a visible imprint of a shoe on the left side of his forehead and that he suffered a concussion.Joseph Russell Mikulski, 40, and Zachary Alan Wood, 26, each were charged in 3rd District Court with one count of second-degre
  
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• Stunt driver dies while filming ‘Deadpool 2’ in Vancouver

  15-08-2017 21:15
  Vancouver, British Columbia • “Deadpool 2” star Ryan Reynolds is mourning the death of a motorcycle stunt driver killed during production Monday.Reynolds released a statement on Twitter a few hours after the accident near the waterfront in downtown Vancouver.“Today, we tragically lost a member of our crew while filming Deadpool,” the actor wrote. “We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated ... but recognize nothing can compare to the grief and inexplicable
  
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• Former parent company buys back Utah's Cushman & Wakefield Commerce real-estate firm

  15-08-2017 21:00
  The Salt Lake City office of real estate company Cushman & Wakefield Commerce has been acquired in a deal that brings its name in line with its ownership.For the last four years or so, the commercial real-estate office was owned by NorthMarq Companies, a private holding company of the Minnesota-based Pohlad family, owner of Major League Baseball’s Twins.NorthMarq’s holdings also included Cushman & Wakefield Commerce offices in Nevada and Washington and Cushman & Wakefield
  
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• As of noon, only 216 people had voted in-person in all of Salt Lake County

  15-08-2017 20:54
  Voting in Utah’s primary election was off to a sloooow start Tuesday. As of noon, a paltry 216 people total had voted in-person in Salt Lake County.“Some voting centers had not had a a single voter yet,” Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said at noon. “The voting center that had the most voters was the Holladay City Hall, with only 18 people.”She noted that was the extreme opposite from the presidential elections last year, when lines stretched up to four hours
  
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• BYU football: Freshman tight end Matt Bushman the surprise of Cougars' camp

  15-08-2017 20:53
  Provo • Matt Bushman got his fair share of hype and attention after signing to play college football for BYU out of Sabino High in Tucson, Ariz., a few years ago.But the three-star recruit seemingly was forgotten when he went on a two-year church mission to Santiago, Chile, and the Cougars changed coaching staffs.Then spring camp happened.Bushman, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end, quickly became the star of the March camp. He was especially effective in the rain at LaVell Edwards Stadium, ca
  
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• Zimbabwe’s first lady accused of assault in South Africa

  15-08-2017 20:41
  Johannesburg • The wife of Zimbabwe’s president has been accused of assaulting a young woman at an upscale hotel in South Africa, though she did not show up for court Tuesday as police had indicated.It was not immediately clear where Grace Mugabe was. Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula said in a video posted by local broadcaster eNCA that she had handed herself over to police. But a police spokesman, Vishnu Naidoo, later said no arrest had been made and police were talking with the sus
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - How many games will the Utah Jazz win?

  15-08-2017 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... gs start to get really difficult. At this point, teams will have scouted the Jazz and have a better idea on how to stop them. The defense will be fantastic st ...
  
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• A salad recipe to help you get through that mountain of green beans

  15-08-2017 20:36
  And then that moment of summer arrives when the green beans are piled so high at the markets, and being sold at such a low price, that you feel like you’d be a fool not to pick up a pound or two or five. I mean they are practically giving them away for free. (And if you have a garden, then you may be trying to give away a pound or two or five.)So you bring home that hill — or mountain — of green beans, and you have to figure out what to do with them.Sauteing some green beans in
  
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• Oops? Trump retweets critic saying ‘he’s a fascist’

  15-08-2017 20:31
  Washington • President Donald Trump appears to have mistakenly retweeted a message from one of his critics saying “he’s a fascist.”Trump deleted his retweet Tuesday after about five minutes, but not before the message sent to his 35 million followers racked up a big response.Trump seems to have been trying to draw attention to a Fox & Friends article on a possible presidential pardon for former Phoenix-area Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of a crime for ignoring
  
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• Pierce: Expect more yelling in the morning on FS1

  15-08-2017 20:03
  Nick Wright and Cris Carter tried to tell TV critics that their new show, “First Things First,” will be different from the others on FS1. Then they made it pretty clear that it will be more of the same.Wright said it will “hopefully” be “a slightly different version of morning sports television” — that it won’t be another “highlights show,” another of the “hardcore debate shows” or “just the radio show simulcast on tel
  
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• Prep football: North Sanpete Hawks preview

  15-08-2017 19:37
  After a promising start to last season with victories over Timpanogos and Maple Mountain in the first three weeks, first-year coach Rhett Bird and his North Sanpete Hawks couldn’t maintain the momentum.Despite only managing to garner a single region win last season, North Sanpete proved it has pieces to build upon when it finished its season with a 34-18 upset of Morgan.Bird and the Hawks, only two years removed from winning a share of the Class 3A South title and a playoff game, will be l
  
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• Utah Hike of the Week: Malan's Peak and Basin

  15-08-2017 19:35
  This popular summit trail takes hikers above the city and offers sweeping views of the Ogden valley and surrounding areas. It’s a steep climb, but the view is rewarding.Directions • From Interstate 15, take the 31st Street exit and head east. Turn left on Washington Boulevard, then turn right onto 30th Street. Turn left on Tyler Avenue, then right on 29th Street. Drive to the end of the street, where you will find a parking lot on your right.Hike • From the 29th Street trailhead,
  
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• Utah football: Spotlight will be on wide receivers in Troy Taylor's offense

  15-08-2017 19:29
  Whichever quarterback Utah settles on to run the revamped attack of first-year offensive coordinator Troy Taylor, he might turn out to be only the second-most important part of the Utes’ new air-raid equation.Utah’s identity in recent years has been built on NFL-caliber offensive linemen and running backs. The idea that all of a sudden the wide receivers will be the primary cogs in this new offensive machine can be both refreshing and unnerving. How the receivers adapt to Taylor&rsqu
  
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• Prep football: Parowan Rams preview

  15-08-2017 19:06
  Parowan will get a refresh as first-year coach Carter Miller takes over. The Rams are ready for a revamp after going winless in region play and missing the playoffs for the third straight season.Junior Porter Wood will be the starter at quarterback this season. Last year’s starter, Jake Matheson, moves to receiving the ball instead of throwing it.Wood “is big and athletic with a lot of potential,” Miller said. “He is a perfect fit for our option- offense attack. He is big
  
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• 7 offbeat movies filmed in Utah

  15-08-2017 19:06
  When people talk about movies filmed in Utah, the conversation quickly turns to the Monument Valley vistas in John Ford’s Westerns, or the red rocks around Moab as seen in “Thelma and Louise,” or Will Smith battling aliens on the Bonneville Salt Flats in “Independence Day.”But Utah has provided the backdrop for movies that veer from the slightly off-kilter to the downright bizarre.In honor of two filmed-in-Utah movies — the crime thriller “Wind River&rdq
  
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• For a deceptively simple cabbage and noodle saute, use kelp

  15-08-2017 18:51
  The healthy noodle market is booming, thanks to low-carb fans, and so it’s no surprise that kelp noodles, which used to be a specialty-store item only, are now readily available at the neighborhood supermarket.Kelp noodles are a sea vegetable with a neutral flavor that makes them versatile and easy-to-use. They have only 5 or 10 calories per serving, offering almost no macronutrients (protein, carbs or fat), but they do have a nice boost of minerals, mainly calcium (a serving offers 15 per
  
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• Prep football: Bear River Bears preview

  15-08-2017 18:48
  No one expected Bear River to make much noise after back-to-back losing seasons, but the Bears turned out to be the surprise of Class 3AA after going 5-2 in the 3AA North, winning a playoff game and nearly upending Dixie in the state quarterfinals.While the offense continually struggled to maintain drives last season, the Bear River defense is what kept the Bears in the hunt. They held five different opponents to to less than 10 points.Not only do the Bears return a good portion of last year&rsq
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Can the Jazz shoot?

  15-08-2017 18:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... n average 3-point shooter at 34 percent and could take more attempts for the Jazz than he did for Atlanta last season. Sefolosha used just 3.7 percent of Hawk ...
  
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• Indian university honors Mormon church for humanitarian outreach

  15-08-2017 18:33
  In a world stained by hate and violence, the unfettered practice of “true religion” plays a critical role in building peaceful societies, a top LDS Church leader said in accepting the Philosopher Saint Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize in India.“Recognizing and protecting faith is the path to peace,” Mormon apostle D. Todd Christofferson said Monday while accepting the honor from MIT World Peace University in Pune, India.“Religion defines and sustains us. For bill
  
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• Crews near 50 percent containment of Honeyville Fire

  15-08-2017 18:19
  Crews battling the 856-acre Honeyville Fire in Box Elder County will soon switch from actively fighting the remote, northern Utah blaze to monitoring it for flareups.
  Fire Information Officer Mitch Zundel said the human-caused fire, burning in wilderness brush and timber about 25 miles southwest of Logan, was almost 50 percent contained as of Tuesday.
  “Gusty down-slope winds tested the fire line last night, but acreage remained unchanged,” Zundel said Wednesday. “Due to the har
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rodney Hood's future with Jazz hinges on this upcoming season

  15-08-2017 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  ...has to fill the scoring void, and it likely won’t be any of the players the Jazz signed this offseason. During a press conference in June at the University o ...
  
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• Man charged with starting the Brian Head fire set to appear in court

  15-08-2017 18:06
  A 61-year-old Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire that destroyed 13 residences and cost about $34 million to fight is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.Robert Ray Lyman was charged in 5th District Court last month with one count of reckless burning, a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. He also is charged with one count of class B misdemeanor failing to notify authorities or fa
  
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• [NBA] - Ticketmaster Selected as Exclusive Ticketing Partner for Utah Jazz, Vivint Smart Home Arena

  15-08-2017 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... st 14, 2017 Jazz Name Mike Elliott Vice President of Performance Health Care August 14, 2017...
  
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• Rodney Hood's future with Jazz hinges on this upcoming season

  15-08-2017 18:00
  At 24 years old, Rodney Hood has merely gotten his feet wet in the NBA. But given how the league’s collective bargaining agreement is structured, the future of his career could be determined by his performance in the upcoming season.Eligible for a contract extension, Hood’s long-term fit with the Utah Jazz will come into question in 2017-18, if it hasn’t already.Three years ago, the NBA reached a $24 billion media rights agreement with ESPN and Turner Sports, which raised the s
  
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• Ticketmaster selected as our exclusive ticketing partner as well as Vivint Smart Home Arena's 🎟️🤝 More:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  15-08-2017 17:55 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - The Utah Jazz’s defense is poised to be even better

  15-08-2017 17:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... st versatile players, capable of slotting in at the 2 through the 4, and the Jazz added another such stopper in Thabo Sefolosha, a longitme veteran and known...
  
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• Rock On: Ute attack has a Ben & Jerrryish flavor

  15-08-2017 17:25
  It’s all about winning.And maybe the treats.The Ute football team was met after its Saturday scrimmage by a fully stocked ice-cream truck, complete with a musical loudspeaker.Which was only appropriate.Troy Taylor allegedly plans to name his new offense after Ben & Jerry’s Spectacular Speculoos Cookie Core.More Rock Onhttps://twitter.com/Utah_Football/status/896530271381540864
  
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• Ann Cannon: Philo T. Farnsworth vs. Martha Hughes Cannon? This debate is all in the family.

  15-08-2017 17:23
  So the following approximates a conversation my husband and I had the other morning.HIM (looking up from the Salt Lake Tribune): Hey! It looks like there’s gonna be an epic smackdown between our families. Mano a mano time. It’ll be the Yankees vs. the Red Sox. The Jets vs. the Sharks. Microsoft vs. Apple. Marvel vs. DC. Biggie vs. Tupac. Cats vs. dogs . . .ME: Stop. I get it. Why are we smacking down? Also, I thought WE were a family. You. Me. All those kids we kept having. Reme
  
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• Young NBA star Jabari Parker shares message of diversity and love at anti-racism rally in Salt Lake City

  15-08-2017 17:17
  Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker took the stage at Monday night’s anti-racism rally at Salt Lake City Hall, speaking briefly to the crowd of nearly 2,000 people about the importance of diversity and love in the wake of the violent white-supremacist gatherings over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va.“I want to set the record straight: we all came here to build, not to destroy. We came out here because we don’t hate them, we just don’t like them. But they hate us,&rdqu
  
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• Pick 6: Transfers outside of QB who could have big impact

  15-08-2017 17:17
  Madison, Wis. • Chris James has waited long enough to take a handoff at Wisconsin.The running back sat out a year after leaving Pittsburgh to move to Madison, looking for a better backfield opportunity.That moment has finally arrived. James is part of this year’s crop of Division I transfers who could make immediate impacts with their new teams.“It’s been such a long time coming,” the eager James said.The Badgers have had recent success with transfers, a run that sta
  
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• Those gravely injured in Paris restaurant attack are out of immediate danger, hospital says

  15-08-2017 17:05
  Paris • The Paris hospitals authority says five people, including a 3-year-old boy, who were gravely injured when a man deliberately rammed his car into a busy pizzeria east of Paris are out of immediate danger.Police are investigating the motives of the attack on Monday night that killed an adolescent girl. The local prosecutor said the man’s actions in the dinnertime attack in the town of Sept-Sorts were clearly deliberate, but apparently not terrorism-related.The Paris hospitals au
  
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• High-tech US plants offer jobs even as the laid-off struggle

  15-08-2017 17:00
  Norwood, Ohio • Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as “a GREAT employee.”But it’s all nostalgia.Mays’ last day at 3M was in March. Bent on cutting costs and refocusing its portfolio, the company decided to close the plant that made bandages, knee braces and other healt
  
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