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• Station Park: Re-energizing Retail through Placemaking

  21-09-2017 23:52
  Is it a buzzword, or is it real? The short answer is, yes, placemaking is real; it is predicated on the idea that if you provide positive encounters, people will continue to come back for new experiences. Take Station Park in Farmington as a prime example of successful placemaking—with more than 125 retail, dining, service and entertainment partners, along with beautiful public spaces and a full office facility, people can literally spend their entire day at the complex.Station Park brings
  
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• Stars of science fiction and fantasy come out for Salt Lake Comic Con opener

  21-09-2017 23:32
  Jess Harnell, the rock star of cartoon voice actors, knows how to rev up a crowd.“I go to a lot of these cons, and Salt Lake City is the best comic con in the world,” Harnell said from the stage of the Salt Palace Convention Center’s Grand Ballroom, ushering in the 2017 Salt Lake Comic Con.The event, in its fifth year, will have 60 celebrities and some 300 hours of panel programming over three days for fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genres, said co-founder B
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: Why Merkel is winning without a bold vision

  21-09-2017 23:30
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is often accused of refusing to lead. Many inside and outside her country would like her to be the leader of the free world, to suggest bold concepts and make decisive moves. But there’s a strong, very German philosophy to Merkel’s lack of vision, and that, as much as Germany’s economic prosperity, is winning her the Sept. 24 election.“Whoever has visions should go see a doctor,” Helmut Schmidt, a revered German chancellor, said in 19
  
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• Wistful ‘Brad’s Status’ puts Ben Stiller in midlife mode, again

  21-09-2017 23:16
  Attention, all white men between 40 and 60: You can cancel your midlife crisis, because Ben Stiller will have it for you.Through “Greenberg” (2010), “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013) and “While We’re Young” (2014), Stiller has been the poster child for rethinking one’s life choices and contemplating a radical change. And in “Brad’s Status,” writer-director Mike White takes him through the most navel-gazing trip of all.Still
  
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• ‘Stronger’ gives authentic portrait of Boston Marathon bombing survivor‘s recovery

  21-09-2017 23:16
  With intense grit and a minimum of sugar-coating, the true-life drama “Stronger” tells a powerful personal story of tough love and reluctant heroism during the horrific events of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.Jeff Bauman, played here by Jake Gyllenhaal, was there, literally feet from the first pressure-cooker bomb that went off that Patriots’ Day. Jeff, who worked in the meat department of a local Costco, was there to impress his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Erin Hurley (
  
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• ‘Kingsman’ sequel lacks the sharp edge of the first movie

  21-09-2017 23:15
  When “Kingsman: The Secret Service” exploded in theaters in 2014, it was a welcome surprise: a smart and scathingly funny spy comedy, with one outlandishly jaw-dropping set piece after another.Now comes the sequel, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” and another surprise: that a premise so ripe with possibilities has devolved so quickly into a mess like this.Director Matthew Vaughn and writing partner Jane Goldman return with a sequel that tries desperately to rebottle the wow
  
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• Utah State football: USU linebacker Suli Tamaivena’s tough road to Logan has smoothed out

  21-09-2017 23:13
  Logan • A current snapshot of Utah State linebacker Suli Tamaivena is somewhat familiar to fans of college football in the state of Utah.He’s a junior, but older than most others in that class. He’s also married, has a year-old son and another child on the way.But the Kirkland, Wash., native is even older than, say, a player who once served a two-year church mission.Tamaivena, in fact, is 24 and only this year got his first experience of playing Division I football — altho
  
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• #JazzGold x #NIKExNBA = 🔥 https://t.co/CmXFkqIF70

  21-09-2017 23:08 via twitter.com
  
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• ‘Rebel in the Rye’ gives a dull reading of J.D. Salinger’s life

  21-09-2017 23:04
  Fans of the author J.D. Salinger and his singular novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” will likely know most of the details divulged in writer-director Danny Strong’s biographical drama “Rebel in the Rye” — and anyone, fan or not, will likely find Strong’s recounting quite dull.After an opening that shows Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) in a mental institution, shell-shocked from what he saw as a soldier in World War II, Strong introduces the author as an ambitiou
  
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• ‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ pieces together genres for laughs

  21-09-2017 23:04
  Outside of Quentin Tarantino, it’s hard to think of a group of filmmakers more devoted to genre movies — and messing with their conventions — than the folks behind the LEGO animated movies.The brick-based franchise’s third outing, “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” mixes Hong Kong-style martial arts and Japanese kaiju monster traditions into a smartly funny adventure that will have kids and adults laughing in equal measure.Following the lead of LEGO’s toy line an
  
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• Trump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats

  21-09-2017 23:03
  New York • President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons advances. He said China was imposing major banking sanctions, too, but there was no immediate confirmation from the North’s most important trading partner.Trump praised China for instructing its banks to cut off business with Pyongyang, but neither the Chinese nor Trump officials were
  
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• Gun groups take aim at controversial hike in concealed-weapons permit fees

  21-09-2017 23:02
  Legislators have taken a first step to write into law a $20 hike in fees to obtain a concealed weapons permit — which gun enthusiasts say state administrators imposed illegally last month and continue to charge despite dubious authority.The bill approved in committee this week would raise fees for permit renewals, not just original applications.The National Rifle Association and the Utah Shooting Sports Council are both crying foul, contending previous lower fees not only covered the costs
  
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• Utah's Stewart tweets, then deletes post about liberals wetting their pants over Trump speech

  21-09-2017 23:01
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart poked fun at liberals in a tweet this week about their reaction to President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations – but then quickly deleted the post.“Laughing,” Stewart tweeted. “Liberals going nuts after prez UN speech. His idea = defend freedom. Their respond = drink 18 glasses of water and wet pants.”Trump’s speech, in which he called North Korea’s Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” and declared tha
  
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• Federal audit: Utah-based Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million in financial aid

  21-09-2017 22:58
  Western Governors University may have to write a $713 million check to the federal government, based on recommendations in an audit report that says the online school’s offerings are “correspondence courses.”Released Thursday, the report by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General has found that Utah-based WGU’s largest degree programs fall short of eligibility requirements for federal financial aid under Title IV — and recommends the rep
  
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• We'll be holding our annual squad scrimmage at @HAFB this season! 🏀🇺🇸 Details: on.nba.com/2xUZLjh https://t.co/e6jvJNtnIC

  21-09-2017 22:43 via twitter.com
  
  We'll be holding our annual squad scrimmage at @HAFB this season! 🏀🇺🇸Details: on.nba.com/2xUZLjh https://t.co/e6jvJNtnIC
  
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• [NBA] - Jazz to Hold Scrimmage at Hill Air Force Base

  21-09-2017 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... son, Hoops for Troops Week will take place Nov. 7-15. In previous years, the Jazz have supported the military through a variety of events, including military...
  
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• Aaron Hernandez lawyer: Brain showed 'severe' case of CTE

  21-09-2017 22:33
  Boston • Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end’s brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy.In a news conference at his offices, attorney Jose Baez says testing showed that Hernandez had a severe case of the disease.CTE can be caused by repeated head trauma and leads to symptoms like violent mood swings, depression and other cognitive difficulties. Hernandez killed himself in April in the jail ce
  
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• Albert Hunt: Republican nonsense sells health-care plan

  21-09-2017 22:29
  Congressional Republicans are rushing to overhaul the U.S. health-care system by passing a bill that is based on dishonest claims, avoids the usual professional analysis, and makes a mockery of serious legislative process.The Senate is scheduled to vote next week on a proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act passed by a Democratic Congress in 2009. Earlier Republican efforts failed, but this time, using
  
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• Coach Sloan is in the house - getting the guided tour inside @vivintarena! https://t.co/MWpuDbWHEz

  21-09-2017 22:15 via twitter.com
  
  Coach Sloan is in the house - getting the guided tour inside @vivintarena! https://t.co/MWpuDbWHEz
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘A new musician that is the sum of us,’ Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, will open 2017-18 JazzSLC series

  21-09-2017 22:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... rter and Billy Drummond. She hosted the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Jazz Profiles” radio show and is a founding member of the SF JAZZ Collective. Her ...
  
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• Kennecott workers offered more time off — with pay — to care for new babies

  21-09-2017 22:08
  Kennecott Utah Copper employees who are the primary caregiver of a newborn or adopted baby will get 18 weeks of paid parental leave, under a new worldwide policy of Rio Tinto, the mining and metals conglomerate that includes Kennecott.The new extended leave, which is offered to both men and women, was announced Thursday at a town hall for Kennecott employees at the Bingham Canyon Mine and in the company’s smelter operations. The company will give secondary caregivers one week of paid leave
  
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• ‘A new musician that is the sum of us,’ Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, will open 2017-18 JazzSLC series

  21-09-2017 22:08
  There’s an unconscious intimacy that comes with longtime relationships — the teasing of inside jokes, completing each other’s sentences, knowing which arguments to avoid.Of course that connection carries over into music, which raises the prospects of a unique opener for the JazzSLC series this Saturday when piano duo Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes take the stage. It’s not so much the couple dynamic that’s unusual — there was last year’s pairing of chanteu
  
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• Lawrence Summers: The Cassidy-Graham vote is a chance for a Republican to be a hero

  21-09-2017 22:02
  There is an opportunity for one or two Republican senators to be 21st century Profiles in Courage. A senator who stands up to his or her party and casts the decisive vote against the Cassidy-Graham health legislation will be seen by history as a hero.Cassidy-Graham is the cruelest and most misguided piece of consequential legislation proposed so far in the 21st century. It is far worse than the “repeal and replace” bills that Congress has so far voted down. Cassidy-Graham is much mor
  
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• Mexico navy official: No missing child in collapsed school

  21-09-2017 21:57
  Mexico City • A high-ranking navy official said Thursday there is no missing child at a collapsed Mexico City school that had become a focus of rescue efforts following this week’s deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, though an adult still may be alive in the rubble.Navy Assistant Secretary Angel Enrique Sarmiento said that while there are blood traces and other signs suggesting that someone is alive, all the school’s children have been accounted for.“We have done an accountin
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Mandatory Fun: Utah Jazz to hold Annual Scrimmage at Hill Air Force Base

  21-09-2017 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... Base outside of Clearfield, Utah. The Utah Jazz will hold the team's annual intrasquad scrimmage at Hill Air Force Base on S ...
  
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• Babies try harder when they see you sweat, research shows

  21-09-2017 21:37
  New York • If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Especially if a baby is watching.Children around 15 months old can become more persistent in pursuing a goal if they’ve just seen an adult struggle at a task before succeeding, a new study says.The results suggest there may be value in letting children see you sweat. “Showing children that hard work works might encourage them to work hard too,” researchers conclude in a report released Thursday by the journal
  
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• It’s all coming together... 🛠 #BuiltToLast #ArenaRising https://t.co/9NlW4Z6Su6

  21-09-2017 21:31 via twitter.com
  
  It’s all coming together... 🛠#BuiltToLast #ArenaRising https://t.co/9NlW4Z6Su6
  
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• Utes defense faces stiff test in Pac-12 opener at Arizona

  21-09-2017 21:03
  Tucson, Ariz. • You can make the case that Utah has had an advantage in talent and athleticism over each of its first three opponents, but the playing field begins to level out this week with the start of Pac-12 play.The Utes go into Friday’s clash at Arizona knowing they could lose even if they play well, especially if they lose one particular position battle. Arizona (2-1) comes into this game ranked sixth in Football Bowl Subdivision at rushing with 328 yards per game, while Utah i
  
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• Commentary: The American West is burning

  21-09-2017 21:00
  Hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are unstoppable. They rip at our coastlines and tear at our hearts. The yellow, orange, red, even purple colors on the Doppler radar and weather maps this summer have been horrific to see, but that’s nothing compared to the images of flooded streets and wrecked homes. Those images inspired Americans to band together and do what we could for our neighbors in the South. In crises such as these, Americans show what they’re truly made of: unwaver
  
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• Girl still buried in ruins of Mexico school, anxiety grows

  21-09-2017 20:59
  Mexico City • A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the ruins of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled to pick away unstable debris and reach her.The sight of her wiggling fingers early Wednesday became a symbol for the hope that drove thousands of professionals and volunteers to work frantically at dozens of wrecked buildings across the capital and nearby states looking for survivors of the magnitude 7.1
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: It's Our Fault

  21-09-2017 20:53
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. Want more? Become a fan of Bagley on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.Things That Go Repeal in the NightKeeping Korea SafeKorea ContinuedHow to Run a CountryUniversal Care CanardsHalf-Baked Religious FreedomSympathy for the DevosThe Man in the High CastleHurricane Force StupidityTrumps Red Lines
  
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• Vote to halt bail changes in Utah passes after all, but courts plan to move forward

  21-09-2017 20:47
  After some confusion about legislative interim rules, it turns out a Utah lawmaker’s motion to encourage the courts to halt bail changes actually passed — but court officials say they’re planning to move forward with the new system anyway.State courts are preparing to implement a new screening process for bail in November that will give judges more information about defendants in deciding if they will need to post bail — and how much — to get out of jail.But Rep. Pa
  
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• Andrew W.K. wants you to unleash your inner party at his actual party

  21-09-2017 20:33
  The music website LoudWire frequently hosts rock musicians for a video series called “Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction,” in which various claims of dubious merit are culled from that artist’s page and either confirmed or dispelled.During a phone interview with The Salt Lake Tribune to preview his show Friday night at the Metro Music Hall in Salt Lake City, rocker and self-proclaimed “King of Partying” Andrew W.K. (aka Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier) addressed a few of his n
  
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• Was it a crime? 10 patients at nursing home died after Irma

  21-09-2017 20:31
  Hollywood, Fla. • Ten elderly patients died after being kept inside a nursing home that turned into a sweatbox when Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning for three days, even though just across the street was a fully functioning and cooled hospital.From the perspective of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and relatives of those at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, criminal charges are warranted. But under Florida law, a prosecution might be difficult. Two of three ex-state prose
  
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• Students kept inside after mountain lion spotted near Oak Ridge Elementary School in Salt Lake City

  21-09-2017 20:30
  A mountain lion sighting prompted Granite School District to order students and staff at Oak Ridge Elementary School to “shelter in place” late Thursday morning.
  District spokesman Ben Horsely said staffers at the southeast Salt Lake City school spotted the big cat moving through the wooded foothills abutting the east end of the campus about 11:30 a.m.
  Under the shelter-in-place order, students and staff were not allowed outside of the buildings. Parents were asked to pick up their s
  
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• The Tower in Salt Lake City turns Art House Theater Day into a whole weekend of events

  21-09-2017 20:27
  Independent movie theaters across America are joining forces Sunday for Art House Theater Day — and one Utah theater is making a weekend of it.Art House Theater Day follows the model of similar events — Free Comic Book Day or National Record Store Day, to name two — to draw attention to the mission of independent movie exhibitors that show out-of-the-mainstream films.The Salt Lake Film Society is showing its usual slate of independent movies this weekend at the Broadway Centre
  
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• BYU + Coke = tons of jokes

  21-09-2017 20:16
  It’s probably the biggest soda-related news you’ll hear this week.The Thursday announcement that Brigham Young University will begin offering caffeinated sodas on campus hit the internet like a gush of Mentos-laced Diet Coke, with reactions from lawmakers, national journalists and regular jokesters.Here are some of the best reactions to the change.If this doesn't fix the offense, I'm not sure anything will. https://t.co/fPb40BxhBE— Spencer Cox (@SpencerJCox) September 21,
  
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• West High opens Thursday as school officials chase bat invasion

  21-09-2017 20:11
  Health officials said Thursday they were tracking dozens of potential cases of bat exposure at Salt Lake City’s West High School after it closed its doors on late Wednesday so the custodial staff could sweep the building for an infestation of the flying mammals.Classes resumed as usual on Thursday morning, after inspections by school and health officials. The number of bats appeared to peak on Tuesday, with an estimated 200 bats being rounded up by West High School’s custodial staff.
  
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• Rolly: Vietnam series is a reminder of the war that defined a generation and tore us apart

  21-09-2017 20:01
  While watching the Utah-San Jose State football game in my basement with two of my closest friends Saturday, my high-school chum Tim turned to our pal Mike and, out of the blue, asked if he had any feelings about the fact that Mike had gone to Vietnam and Tim and I hadn’t.Mike shrugged it off, basically saying what happened, happened. That was 50 years ago, it’s over and we’ve all had good lives since that troubled time.But Tim’s unprompted question showed that it’s
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: J-Note statue unveiling, Favors & Rubio: international art thieves

  21-09-2017 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... t among the Association’s best facilities. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz: JP Strong sells out, Rudy rocks and other feel-good-ness 58m ago Utah Jazz...
  
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• Murray police confirm identity of body found in Millcreek

  21-09-2017 19:43
  Murray police confirmed Thursday that a body recovered from a stream in Millcreek was that of a man who had been missing since Sept. 14.The family of Nick Kapos, 82, had said Wednesday the body was his. Kapos had suffered from dementia. “The outcome is tragic and has hit us to the core,” said family spokeswoman Trish Kapos in an emailed statement Wednesday.The family and dozens of other volunteers searched for Kapos through the weekend and into this week, putting up flyers
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: J-Note statue unveiling, Favors & Rubio: international art thieves

  21-09-2017 19:30
  Utah Jazz news and notes for Thursday, including an arena open house and the unveiling of the new J-Note statue. Also — are Derrick Favors and Ricky Rubio literal partners-in-crime? Make no mistake about it, the 2017-18 NBA season is fast-approaching. The Utah Jazz will tip-off their annual training camp next week. Just six days […]
  Utah Jazz notes: J-Note statue unveiling, Favors & Rubio: international art thieves - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs
  
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• [Deadspin] - Ricky Rubio Is Grim And Gritty Now

  21-09-2017 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... icky Rubio is now just Rick. Recommended Stories Wolves Trade Ricky Rubio To Jazz And The Point Guard Shuffle Has Begun Ricky Rubio Is Rolling "Change This Fa ...
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 125: Utah Jazz Twitter Poll Rankings and Kevin Durant

  21-09-2017 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... tchell? On this week’s show, we discuss the results. ESPN and Vegas have the Jazz ranked at 9th in the west. Kevin Durant gets caught red-handed ripping his f ...
  
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• Live: Stars of science fiction and fantasy come out for Salt Lake Comic Con opener

  21-09-2017 19:04
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• Turbinator II clocks 435-mph run at World of Speed on Bonneville Salt Flats

  21-09-2017 19:00
  While Speed Week in mid-August is the major land speed racing event on the Bonneville Salt Flats east of Wendover, there are a number of smaller events running through the first week of October.Rick Vesco’s Turbinator, which holds the record for the fastest time recorded by a wheeled vehicle, was back on the salt for the recent World of Speed event sponsored by the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association.Team Vesco’s Turbinator II made four runs with an average speed of 420 mph and a top
  
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• Utah volleyball opens Pac-12 play at home with No. 25 Colorado

  21-09-2017 18:59
  The Pac-12 gauntlet begins this weekend at home for the nationally-ranked Utah volleyball team.The 16th-ranked Utah (9-2) begins its Pac-12 slate against No. 25 Colorado (10-1) at 7 p.m. Friday at the Jon M. Hunstman Center, then host California at 2 p.m. Sunday.Utah has won eight of its past nine matches, with the lone loss in five games to rival BYU. Utah and Colorado are two of seven Pac-12 teams ranked nationally along with No. 4 Stanford, No. 7 Washington, No. 8 Oregon, No. 11 UCLA and No.
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: JP Strong sells out, Rudy rocks and other feel-good-ness

  21-09-2017 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz media day, training camp are fast approaching by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: JP Strong sells out, Rudy rocks and other feel-good-ness

  21-09-2017 18:31
  A quick pick-me-up for Utah Jazz fans on the downside — JP Strong shirts are a major hit, Rudy Gobert visits elementary school and Goran Dragic’s special gift. It’s probably unavoidable for much of the die-hard contingent, but there’s often an undercurrent of cynicism involved with that level of hoops fandom. Even the best of us […]
  Utah Jazz: JP Strong sells out, Rudy rocks and other feel-good-ness - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Bl
  
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• Commentary: Utahns are in denial about their health

  21-09-2017 18:20
  Utahns are in denial.In the first ever Get Healthy Utah Values Study (2017), 1,012 respondents guessed that 45 percent of the state’s residents were overweight or obese. In reality, the figure is over 60 percent.Survey-takers also mischaracterized their own weight. Only 11 percent considered themselves obese, when roughly 25 percent actually are. Respondents also believed themselves to be healthier than their neighbors  Yet only half of Utahns report that they get the recommended amou
  
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