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• Six Flags Magic Mountain soon will be open 365 days a year in Southern California

  24-08-2017 23:57
  Valencia, Calif. • Southern California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park will be open every day of the year beginning in 2018.The Ventura County Star reports the change, which is set to start Jan. 1, is an attempt by the attraction to transition from a niche regional theme park to a major destination resort like Southern California rivals Universal Studios Hollywood and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.Six Flags Magic Mountain President Bonnie Weber says the expansion also means t
  
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• Commentary: The U.S. Catholic Church’s last major effort on racism was in 1979. Charlottesville woke it up.

  24-08-2017 23:56
  The modern-day American Catholic Church seems to be finally waking up to racial issues.On Wednesday, the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops — the leadership arm of the U.S. church — announced the formation of a special committee on racism. The category of the committee is the conference’s highest; it alone holds the same top-priority rank as committees on religious liberty and the protection of (traditional) marriage.The committee will have its work cut out for it, as the USCCB
  
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• Pilot survives small plane crash that caused power outages in West Jordan

  24-08-2017 23:49
  A small plane that crashed in West Jordan on Thursday afternoon took out power lines and left hundreds of people without power, but the pilot suffered non-life-threatening injuries.The twin-engine plane had taken off from South Valley Regional Airport and crashed during takeoff at 2:10 p.m., according to airport spokeswoman Nancy Volmer.As the plane went down just south of the airport, near 8600 South and 4000 West, it hit a power line, which sparked a grass fire, Volmer said.The 26-year-old mal
  
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• Swiss Guard chief: Elite Vatican corps ready to confront any threat

  24-08-2017 23:44
  Vatican City • The head of the Swiss Guards says the elite corps that protects the pope and the Vatican is ready to confront any terror attacks in the wake of renewed threats against Rome by supporters of the Islamic State group after the Barcelona attack.Commander Christoph Graf told Swiss Catholic website cath.ch this week that “perhaps it is only a question of time before an attack like that happens in Rome. But we are ready also for this.”Authorities long have considered the
  
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• Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss should seize overseas opportunities

  24-08-2017 23:43
  With the Utah Jazz stocked at point guard, rookie Nigel Williams-Goss should take advantage of opportunities to develop his game abroad. Players selected at the back of the NBA Draft’s second round generally have a steep hill to climb if they hope to catch on in the Association. Nigel Williams-Goss, the No. 55 overall pick […]
  Utah Jazz draftee Nigel Williams-Goss should seize overseas opportunities - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Warriors’ Zaza Pachulia may miss Eurobasket with ankle injury

  24-08-2017 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... necessary to stick up for his new teammate (and Gordon Hayward, who left the Jazz for the Celtics amid very scrutiny from Utah fans). LeBron: The burning of t ...
  
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• BYU football: Cougars will consider more 'Week Zero' games in the future, Holmoe says

  24-08-2017 23:30
  Provo • BYU and Portland State will clash Saturday in the first meeting between the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) independent Cougars and the lower-level Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Vikings. The game ties for the third-earliest start to a season for BYU and the earliest ever for PSU.It wasn’t originally scheduled to be played Aug. 26, 2017, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe told an Education Week audience Wednesday. Holmoe said BYU asked Portland State last December to mo
  
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• I-80 closure this weekend to cause heavy delays

  24-08-2017 23:18
  Major delays are expected this weekend as eastbound Interstate 80 will close near the mouth of Parleys Canyon for construction.The Utah Department of Transportation says the closure is expected from 9 p.m. Friday until Monday at 5 a.m. between the Interstate 215 split and Foothill Drive.All eastbound traffic will be detoured onto the I-215 east belt. Drivers will need to exit at 3300 South, get onto northbound I-215 and follow signs to eastbound I-80.UDOT expects heavy congestion and delays of 3
  
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• Democrat Kathie Allen pledges to reject donations from corporate PACs

  24-08-2017 23:18
  Provo • Democrat Kathie Allen vowed Thursday to hand back any donations from “deep-pocketed special interests” or corporate PACs during her bid to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Since Allen launched her campaign in March, the first-time candidate and fundraising powerhouse has hauled in nearly $700,000 — none from political action committees. Her average donation, she said, is $31.“We will continue to fund this campaign using mainly small, individual,
  
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• BYU women’s volleyball hope to learn from last year
  

  24-08-2017 23:17
  Provo • It was one of the most gut-wrenching ways imaginable to see a season end.BYU’s women’s volleyball team battled back from a 2-0 deficit at No. 4 Texas in an NCAA Sweet 16 meeting and was a point away from winning the decisive fifth set. But the Longhorns rallied to win 3-2 and made it to the national championship match, while the Cougars finished with a 29-4 record, No. 8 national ranking and headed back to Provo wondering what might have been.“We don’t dwell
  
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• Utah’s top gas station eats: Places where you can fuel your belly and your tank

  24-08-2017 23:10
  Images of greasy hot dogs, questionable pressed-meat sandwiches and microwaved burritos come to mind when someone mentions gas station food.
  But, on occasion, the road-food stars align and you discover a place to fill your tank with petrol while also filling your hungry belly with something much more enjoyable — like crispy fried chicken, carne asada tacos or shrimp po’boys.Here are six gas station eateries in northern Utah you’ll want to pull over for.
  Kevin’s Fried Chic
  
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• Plane crash causes power outages in West Jordan, injuries unknown

  24-08-2017 23:08
  A plane in West Jordan that crashed Thursday afternoon left hundreds of people without power.The single-engine plane had taken off from South Valley Regional Airport and crashed just south of the airport, near 8600 South and 4000 West, according to airport spokeswoman Nancy Volmer.According to Tiffany Erickson, a spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power, more than 400 customers were without power at about 2:30 p.m. because the plane ”tore some lines down.”The outages occurred in Wes
  
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• Body of Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan arrives home

  24-08-2017 23:03
  Monticello • The body of Aaron Butler — a 27-year-old Utah Special Forces soldier from Monticello — arrived home on Thursday. On Aug. 16, Butler —  a staff sergeant in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah National Guard — died in an explosion in a booby-trapped building in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, which injured 11 other soldiers.A funeral is scheduled for Saturday.In honor of Butler,  Gov. Gary R. Herbert has orde
  
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• BYU football: Adam Pulsipher plans to be at heart of Cougars’ defense

  24-08-2017 23:00
  Provo • A mildly disappointing setback when the depth chart comes out isn’t going to derail your lifelong dream of being a full-time defensive starter for the BYU football team when you’ve battled back from a ruptured Achilles tendon.That’s how Adam Pulsipher views his current situation after he was bypassed for the starting linebacker position vacated by Francis Bernard when the two-deep chart was released Monday. Pulsipher, a junior from Temecula, Calif., is listed as th
  
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• Utah couple sues newspaper and Weber County for $40M, says posting son’s mugshot online caused ‘severe’ trauma

  24-08-2017 22:59
  A Utah couple has filed a defamation suit seeking millions of dollars from the Standard-Examiner and Weber County, claiming the newspaper published their 16-year-old son’s mugshot from a juvenile court case on its website.The picture, along with the teen’s full name and information about three allegations that had been filed against him in 2nd District Juvenile Court, were included in the “Mugshots” section of the Ogden paper’s website on April 10, the suit says.The
  
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• Judge won’t give Lyle Jeffs a separate trial on fleeing count

  24-08-2017 22:59
  A federal judge on Thursday denied a motion by former polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs for a separate trial on the charge of failing to appear in court. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart ruled that the same jury will consider that charge, as well as the two counts accusing Jeffs of defrauding the food stamp program, when his trial starts in October. Jeffs’ lawyers had wanted two trials. They argued that a jury considering the fraud and conspiracy counts would make inferences when
  
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• ‘Only Living Boy in New York’ is a hot mess of indie cliches

  24-08-2017 22:54
  Is there an indie cliché more grating than the callow young Manhattan know-it-all?The sensitive writer who sports glasses that are supposed to make him look smarter than the himbo cast to play him? The guy who treats one woman dismissively as he pursues the unattainable beauty who’s ultimately not worthy of his adoration? The guy who finds a substitute father figure to dispense worldly advice in an acerbic tone?Sound tediously familiar? Then you’ll want to steer well clear of
  
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• Animated 'LEAP!' sets a low barre

  24-08-2017 22:53
  An animated “Flashdance” meets “Cinderella,” “LEAP !” isn’t so much bad as it is bewildering. The feature about an orphan girl who dreams of dancing professionally is set very vaguely in the 1880s, in Brittany and Paris, and contains nods to that general time — like an under-construction Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower. (Never mind that when work started on the Eiffel Tower in 1887, the Statue of Liberty was already perched in the New York Harbo
  
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• UDOT wants to convert Highway 89 into a freeway in Davis County

  24-08-2017 22:51
  The Utah Department of Transportation is proposing to convert U.S. 89 into a full freeway in Davis County to connect Interstates 15 and 84.That preferred alternative in a new draft environmental study released Thursday is designed to relieve severe and worsening congestion on the 10-mile corridor, as well as to improve safety and even speed up east-west traffic that crosses it.But an opposition group says putting a freeway in what is now almost an entirely residential area will attract commercia
  
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• Robert Pattinson is scary good in thriller ‘Good Time’

  24-08-2017 22:39
  You have to go back into the vaults — maybe as far back as “Dog Day Afternoon” — to find a movie about a New York bank robber more intense than Benny and Josh Safdie’s ironically titled drama “Good Time.”In their fifth film as co-directors, the Safdie brothers follow two brothers trying for a quick score in Brooklyn. Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) and his mentally challenged brother, Nick (played by Benny Safdie), have a plan — hatched by Con
  
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• Documentary 'Whose Streets?' takes a ground-level view of Ferguson

  24-08-2017 22:39
  The searing documentary “Whose Streets?” — which debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but seems more timely now — captures both a moment and a movement, and why one of those escaped the notice of the mainstream media.Director Sabaah Folayan and co-director Damon Davis compile a riveting chronicle of what happened in Ferguson, Mo., starting on Aug. 9, 2014. That’s the day a white police officer shot dead Michael Brown, an 18-year-old whose only obviou
  
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• Laughs take a disturbing turn in comedy 'Ingrid Goes West'

  24-08-2017 22:32
  An unstable woman seeks out the perfect life in “Ingrid Goes West,” a dark satire of social-media culture that’s not as incisive as it wants to be.Aubrey Plaza stars as Ingrid, who obsesses over the Instagram posts of a high-school classmate’s wedding — a wedding to which she was not invited, and crashes with horrible effect. A short stint in the mental hospital later, Ingrid is back home and finds a new obsession: social-media star Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen),
  
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  24-08-2017 22:29 via twitter.com
  
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• Noah Feldman: Arpaio pardon would show contempt for Constitution

  24-08-2017 22:26
  If President Donald Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, as he broadly hinted at during a rally Tuesday in Arizona, it would not be an ordinary exercise of the power -- it would be an impeachable offense. Arpaio, the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, was convicted of criminal contempt of court for ignoring the federal judge’s order that he follow the U.S. Constitution in doing his job. For Trump to pardon him would be an assault on the federal judiciary, the Constitution and the rule
  
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• Hostage situation ends in Charleston after gunman shot

  24-08-2017 22:24
  Charleston, S.C. — A fired dishwasher shot and killed a chef and held a “small number” of people hostage for about three hours before he was shot by police at a crowded restaurant in a tourist-heavy area of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, authorities and one of the restaurant’s owners said.The hostages were freed with no injuries, Mayor John Tecklenburg said. The shooting took place at Virginia’s restaurant on the usually crowded King Street, a lin
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Russell Westbrook reportedly hasn’t declined contract extension, so Thunder have that going for them

  24-08-2017 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... necessary to stick up for his new teammate (and Gordon Hayward, who left the Jazz for the Celtics amid very scrutiny from Utah fans). LeBron: The burning of t ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Stars lose J.J. O’Brien, Aaron Craft in G-League expansion draft

  24-08-2017 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... the game’s highest level. Meanwhile, Craft performed relatively well for the Jazz during summer league in 2016. Over a nine-game stretch, he averaged 6.4 poin ...
  
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  24-08-2017 21:37 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Jazz: Stars lose J.J. O’Brien, Aaron Craft in G-League expansion draft

  24-08-2017 21:33
  Former Utah Jazz forward J.J. O’Brien and point guard Aaron Craft were both selected in the latest G-League expansion draft. On Wednesday, the NBA G-League held its 2017 expansion draft. With Association brass committed to making the former D-League a legitimate farm system, new teams have now been added (and expansion drafts held) in each of the last four […]
  Utah Jazz: Stars lose J.J. O’Brien, Aaron Craft in G-League expansion draft - The J-Notes - The J-
  
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• George F. Will: Laws that subvert the rule of law

  24-08-2017 21:28
  Washington • When John Adams wrote into Massachusetts’ Constitution a commitment to a “government of laws and not of men,” he probably assumed that the rule of law meant the rule of laws, no matter how many laws there might be. He could not have imagined the modern proliferation and complexity of laws, or how subversive this is of the rule of law.Such a subversion will confront Congress when it reconvenes. Congress is nimble at evading responsibilities but cannot avoid dec
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: Ball Don't Lie] - LeBron James will not stand for your NBA jersey burning anymore

  24-08-2017 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ward’s way out the door. Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey said, “ There’s probably a few adjectives” to describe how ...
  
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• Real Salt Lake signs Monarchs captain Nick Besler

  24-08-2017 21:09
  Real Salt Lake has signed Monarchs captain Nick Besler, the team announced Thursday.“I’m very excited,” Besler said in a team release. “It was a goal when I signed with the Monarchs to make it to the first team. I knew I had to consistently perform with that goal in mind of making it to the first team. It provided me extra motivation to keep improving.”The 23-year-old midfielder has scored three goals and made an assist in 22 matches for the first-place Monarchs (16
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - LeBron James will not stand for your NBA jersey burning anymore

  24-08-2017 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... ward’s way out the door. Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey said, “ There’s probably a few adjectives” to describe how ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 14-foot-tall Utah Jazz J-note will be added to Vivint Arena plaza

  24-08-2017 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... te in the middle of the main plaza. The icon has been the symbol of the Utah Jazz — the arena's main tenant — for almost the franchise's entire history, reach ...
  
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• Letter: Racism in the LDS Church ‘alive and well’

  24-08-2017 20:43
  About 40 years ago, the Mormon clergy “abandoned” its sinful racist doctrine. And recently it vehemently reiterated a very firm stance against its sin of yesteryear.However, despite these official condemnations of racism today, why does there continue to be no disciplinary action taken against its member Sister Ayla Stewart, author of the popular racist blog “Wife With a Purpose” and her 30,000 Mormon followers? And why has there never been an official Mormon apology for
  
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• 14-foot-tall Utah Jazz J-note will be added to Vivint Arena plaza

  24-08-2017 20:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — The $125 million renovation of Vivint Arena will include a 14-foot-tall, 21-foot-wide illuminated J-note in the middle of the main plaza.The icon has been the symbol of the Utah Jazz — the arena's main tenant — for almost the franchise's entire history, reaching back to its first five years New Orleans. Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment made the announcement today.https://twitter.com/vivintarena/status/900780756364009473New additions to the outdoor pla
  
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• West Jordan Republicans are looking to fill the House seat opened in county recorder shakeup

  24-08-2017 20:31
  About 100 delegates for the Salt Lake County Republican Party will meet next month to pick a replacement for Rep. Adam Gardiner, who left his position representing his West Jordan district to take over as county recorder this month.The West Jordan delegates are set to meet at West Jordan City Hall Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. to pick from eligible candidates.Republicans earlier this month chose Gardiner to replace Gary Ott, who has a permanent mental incapacity and whose family negotiated his early resign
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Morning links: Gobert a top 5 defender, and a winner of Irving trade; East-Bingham No. 4 game in U.S.

  24-08-2017 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...NBA.com's Lang Whitaker ranked the top defenders in the NBA today, and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert came in at No. 3 on his list. "The Stifle Tower is almost ...
  
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• Letter: Stop filling valuable commentary space with ‘inane drivel’

  24-08-2017 20:28
  Holy Holly Richardson: Please, please, please, Tribune, enough already. Stop filling valuable commentary space with this airy inane drivel.Once again I read the column hoping to find some pearl of wisdom, a nugget of insight. Alas, as always, a complete waste of space.Reward your readers and cancel this insult to journalism. The D News is where this belongs, if anywhere.Gary GourleyOrem
  
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• Letter: Standing up to hatred prevents history from repeating itself

  24-08-2017 20:27
  Officials have been telling protesters to stay home and let the alt-right exercise their First Amendment rights. Maybe if decent people would have protested the likes of Adolf Hitler as he was coming to power, a dark part of our world history could have been different.Some say our president is a racist. I think he is much worse than that. He is like a drug dealer that feeds off of ignorant people who are easily fooled that hate is the answer to their problems. By not strongly denouncing these ha
  
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• Letter: Republicans have lost the claim to moral authority

  24-08-2017 20:25
  I remember when Bill Clinton was president the Republicans talked about the importance of character in the Oval Office. With their party’s nomination and subsequent election of Donald Trump, knowing full well his lack of any moral character and having it on full display recently, I never want to hear Republicans talk about character again. They have lost any authority to do so.David TaylorSalt Lake City
  
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• Hearing delayed on whether to revive charter for teen moms

  24-08-2017 20:25
  The future of Kairos Academy, a West Valley charter school for young mothers and pregnant teens, will come down to two meetings in the first week of September.After being forced to shut down by the State Charter School Board in July, Kairos administrators appealed the decision to the Utah Board of Education, which initially scheduled a hearing for August 29.But the hearing has now been postponed until Sep. 5, board of education spokeswoman Emilie Wheeler said Thursday, narrowing the window betwe
  
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• Letter: President Trump is a living history lesson

  24-08-2017 20:24
  I became interested in Hitler and his regime when I was in high school, 50-plus years ago. It was unbelievable that this man could come to power and create an industry of death for those that he determined were inferior. It was mind-boggling for me. Over the years of my life I have heard the argument from many that the majority of German people and/or others who supported Hitler really did not understand all that he was doing and therefore could not be held accountable for his mass murderous beh
  
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• Letter: A simple solution to the Rio Grande business crisis

  24-08-2017 20:23
  The Rio Grande neighborhood, aka business owners, behoove all of us to help them by standing up to the drug dealers and gangs by doing business with them.The decision to do business in the Rio Grande area was either a conscious choice while knowing the character of the area or affluent people looking to revitalize an area with their vast accumulated wealth to make it “trendy.”These benefactors pleaded on Aug. 13 that it has been going downhill fast for the last four years.We’ve
  
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• [NBA] - Arena Plaza to Feature 14-Foot J-Note

  24-08-2017 20:22 via sportspyder.com
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• Real Salt Lake players to scatter after Saturday for international duty
  

  24-08-2017 20:13
  Albert Rusnák yet again will join the Slovakia national team for the World Cup qualifiers next week, RSL coach Mike Petke revealed in his postgame comments Wednesday.“Albert sees things [on the field], and that is why he is going to the national team next week because he is a special player,” Petke said after RSL’s 4-0 victory over San Jose.While Petke has confirmed only Rusnák’s call-up, two other RSL players also likely will be summoned for international d
  
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