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• BYU football: Tuiaki trying to slow down the USU offense he once coached

  27-09-2017 23:57
  Provo • Utah State’s eye-popping 61-10 win over San Jose State last Saturday brought both joy and sadness for BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki, a former USU running backs and special teams coach.It was sweet because Tuiaki still has a lot of friends on the USU staff, including coach Matt Wells. It was bitter because Tuiaki must figure out a way to slow quarterback Kent Myers, tight end Dax Raymond, running back LaJuan Hunt and USU’s usual fleet of speedy receivers when th
  
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• County unveils distinctive, provocative public art in downtown Salt Lake City

  27-09-2017 23:53
  The new Salt Lake County district attorney’s office in downtown Salt Lake City won’t be fully built and occupied until March. But local dignitaries on Wednesday unveiled the public art that covers the building face.
  Composed of biophotonic glass — a type of deeply colored glass that is energized by light — the facade is the work of Gordon Huether, the same Napa Valley artist designing the major public art at the expanding Salt Lake City International Airport.
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• Olympics: Despite political uncertainty, many U.S. athletes feel safe ahead of 2018 Games in South Korea

  27-09-2017 23:46
  Park City • Nate Holland pivoted toward his friend and fellow snowboardcross pioneer, Seth Wescott, and made his feelings known. The American snowboarders were out on the course at the PyeongChang Olympic test event in February 2016 when F-16 fighter jets started soaring overhead every 15 minutes. “Dude,” Holland recalled, “I just want you to know I love you, man.”Holland, who lives in Lake Tahoe, Calif., has been part of USO trips overseas to visit troops in Iraq an
  
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• Number of hunters on the decline, according to new federal survey

  27-09-2017 23:40
  While the latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service five-year study of wildlife participation trends revealed that 40 percent of Americans enjoy watching wildlife, hunting or fishing, one participant group declined.That would be the number of hunters.Hunting participation declined by 2 million participants from 2011 to 2016 to 11.5 million. Total hunting expenditures declined 29 percent from $36.3 billion to $25.6 billion.Since taxes on hunting and fishing gear and hunting license sales help pay for
  
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• Trump admin defends new refugee cap of 45,000 in coming year

  27-09-2017 23:19
  Washington • The Trump administration defended its decision Wednesday to sharply curtail the number of refugees allowed into the United States to 45,000 next year, even as global humanitarian groups decried the move and called the number far too low.The 45,000 cap, to be formally announced by President Donald Trump in the coming days, reflects the maximum the U.S. will admit during the fiscal year that starts Sunday, although the actual number allowed could be far lower. Even if the cap is
  
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• Utah colleges and resettlement programs in limbo as Trump puts squeeze on refugees and immigrants

  27-09-2017 23:00
  Fewer immigrants, fewer refugees. President Donald Trump’s policies continue to mirror campaign promises to pull back from decades of easing restrictions on newcomers in the face of a global crisis.Trump’s latest travel ban, along with a policy to significantly reduce the number of refugees allowed to enter this country, leaves resettlement organizations, universities, businesses travelers and others on shaky ground.From the viewpoint of resettlement organizations, such as the Intern
  
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• Immigration officers nab long-sought ‘Most Wanted’ sex offender in Provo

  27-09-2017 22:50
  A Mexican national convicted of sex offenses in the United States and on the run from federal immigration officials has been arrested in Utah.
  Jesus Guitron-Aguilera, who had been on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Top 10 Most-Wanted list since 2010, was arrested by ICE and Provo police on Tuesday, said Robert Culley, field office director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.Guitron-Aguilera, 56, went on the run after his appeal of an earlier federal deportation order
  
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• Letter: Shutting down Shapiro only gives him power

  27-09-2017 22:30
  I’m sitting in the Marriott Library at the U., getting some homework done and reading some articles on Ben Shapiro’s scheduled visit to our campus tonight. I’ve seen the fliers taped to light poles. Messages written in chalk on the sidewalks surrounding the library direct the passersby to the venue and time of Mr. Shapiro’s lecture. Little else outside of the ordinary is going on.I’ve read the letter posted to the Salt Lake Tribune, signed by Ian Decker, the Student
  
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• Jonas Jerebko Practice Interview - 9.27.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2wXbYip https://t.co/7EEGAUYmul

  27-09-2017 22:27 via twitter.com
  
  Jonas Jerebko Practice Interview - 9.27.17📽️: on.nba.com/2wXbYip https://t.co/7EEGAUYmul
  
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• Rudy Gobert Practice Interview - 9.27.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2hxS8Z3 https://t.co/ngsbZAynkz

  27-09-2017 22:26 via twitter.com
  
  Rudy Gobert Practice Interview - 9.27.17📽️: on.nba.com/2hxS8Z3 https://t.co/ngsbZAynkz
  
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• Be sure to check out the updated Jazz app! 📱 Update • Download: → → → on.nba.com/2xFWzXq https://t.co/wlqKjbC3lH

  27-09-2017 22:20 via twitter.com
  
  Be sure to check out the updated Jazz app! 📱Update • Download: → → → on.nba.com/2xFWzXq https://t.co/wlqKjbC3lH
  
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• It takes a village — a global one — to move the Kirbys

  27-09-2017 22:14
  The United Nations moved us.The internet was hooked up by a guy from Mongolia. The appliances were installed by several Zimbabweans, and the haulers were Mexicans.There was a white guy among them, but when I talked to him, he turned out to be recently arrived from Portugal, and didn’t speak English.My Portuguese is limited to “Eu tenho que fazer xixi,” which, if I remember correctly, means “Pleased to meet you” or possibly “Good morning, my fine friend.”
  
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• 'Nothing, nothing.' Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

  27-09-2017 22:11
  Montebello, Puerto Rico • Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat.Valentin and her husband say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less the Federal Emergency Manag
  
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• [NBA] - Grand Opening of Utah Jazz Team Store on Oct. 2

  27-09-2017 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... 2017 Jonas Jerebko - Media Day 2017 September 27, 2017 Grand Opening of Utah Jazz Team Store on Oct. 2 Rudy Gobert to make special appearance to unveil life-s ...
  
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• Leonard Pitts: So black athletes have forgotten how to protest

  27-09-2017 22:10
  Dear black people:I guess we’ve messed up again. Seems like we’re never going to learn how to properly protest, no matter how hard conservatives try to teach us.When there was violence in the streets over unpunished police killings of African-American men, they said that was the wrong way to go about it. Most of us agreed.But when peaceful street demonstrations took place, conservatives didn’t like them, either. Then, last year, NFL player Colin Kaepernick hit on the idea of si
  
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• Jazz Team Store Grand Opening on October 2nd! Be there! Details: 👉 on.nba.com/2wV9So3 https://t.co/9Zl85lsYKA

  27-09-2017 22:04 via twitter.com
  
  Jazz Team Store Grand Opening on October 2nd!Be there!Details: 👉 on.nba.com/2wV9So3 https://t.co/9Zl85lsYKA
  
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• Decision on closing two Orem schools delayed until November

  27-09-2017 22:04
  Orem • A decision on the possible closure of two Orem elementary schools has been delayed until November, after the Alpine school board opted Tuesday to allow more time to review its plans and hear more public input.Dozens of parents, teachers and residents voiced concerns at a meeting at Orem Jr. High School Tuesday evening, many worried that plans to close Geneva and Hillcrest elementary schools were being rushed to a vote – originally slated for Oct. 10. Board members instead opted
  
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• Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell was star of summer; now the real deal beckons

  27-09-2017 22:02
  When Donovan Mitchell woke up Monday morning to attend Jazz media day, he took his phone, scrolled through his contacts and stopped at teammate Tony Bradley. He sent the proverbrial “I’m ready” text. Together, they rolled to Zions Bank Basketball Center.Mitchell, Utah’s prized rookie, doesn’t yet have his drivers license, a sobering reality for any Jazz fan. Because, while the hopes for Mitchell are sky-high, it’s a reminder that he’s still just a kid ju
  
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• Head Coach Quin Snyder Practice Interview - 9.27.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2xyYyxw https://t.co/CB38rOSpKN

  27-09-2017 22:02 via twitter.com
  
  Head Coach Quin Snyder Practice Interview - 9.27.17📽️: on.nba.com/2xyYyxw https://t.co/CB38rOSpKN
  
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• Commentary: Utah deserves term limits

  27-09-2017 21:42
  Our founders framed the American governing system with an eye to mitigate the likelihood of one group, faction, class, party, or religion gaining and exerting dominance over another. By limiting what government could do, they also limited what government would be asked to do, particularly by powerful interests.The only government capable of preserving harmony within a diverse, pluralistic, melting pot-like society with different and even rival views, cultures, and demands was one which could not
  
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• James Rogers retains Salt Lake City Council seat after opponent withdraws past deadline to change ballots

  27-09-2017 21:28
  Salt Lake City Councilman James Rogers received 78 percent of the vote in last month’s primary election. In the general election, he’ll get 100 percent.That’s because his District 1 opponent, David Atkin, withdrew from the race last Friday — past the county’s Sept. 14 deadline and too late to change by-mail ballots.Atkin’s name will be on the ballots, but any vote for him will be voided.He said Wednesday that he dropped out because he doesn’t have the mo
  
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• Audit: Hispanics still treated differently in traffic stops

  27-09-2017 21:24
  Phoenix • Nearly four years ago, a federal judge ordered a sweeping overhaul of then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office after concluding sheriff’s deputies had systematically racially profiled Hispanics in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants.Today, the agency is still dogged by findings that its officers treat minorities differently than whites during traffic stops.An audit conducted by criminal justice researchers at Arizona State University as part of the profiling case conclude
  
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• Saudi women will be allowed to drive, but hurdles remain

  27-09-2017 20:44
  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to get behind the wheel as of next summer, following a landmark royal decree allowing women to drive — but they are still likely to be told to get a man’s permission to buy a car.Here is a look at some of the hurdles women still face in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom:Guardianship lawsUnder Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of Islamic law, a male guardianship system bars women from traveling abroad, obtaining a pas
  
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• UTA now allows paying train and bus fares by smartphone

  27-09-2017 20:21
  The Utah Transit Authority is now allowing riders to pay fares for TRAX, streetcars and bus with a new smartphone app, called UTA GoRide.“The nice thing is you can buy as many tickets as you want and keep them on your phone. You just activate the ticket before you get on,” said Dave Goeres, UTA chief safety officer.“It’s a little intimidating if you see a train coming and you don’t have a ticket,” he said. “This way, you have the tickets on your phone in
  
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• Louisville places basketball coach Rick Pitino, AD on administrative leave

  27-09-2017 20:15
  Louisville, Ky. • Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation.Interim university President Greg Postel said at a news conference Wednesday that Jurich is on paid leave, while Pitino is on unpaid leave. The coach’s attorney, Steve Spence, told the Courier-Journal that Louisville has “effectively fired” Pitino.Neither Pitino nor Jurich attended the news conference.“I’m more
  
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• Utah-based folk musician takes listeners on a tour of nation’s landscapes

  27-09-2017 20:03
  Kate MacLeod may have grown up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., but after moving to Salt Lake City in 1979 at age 18, she quickly developed a greater affinity for the country’s more picturesque areas than for its concrete jungles.Decades later, the folk musician’s love of the environment proved the inspiration for her latest album, “Deep in the Sound of Terra: Landscape-Inspired Viofiddle Music.”Friday night, MacLeod will acknowledge the album’s release
  
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• Ann Cannon: What I hope to hear at Mormon General Conference — including a goodbye to the three-hour block and more condemnations of racism

  27-09-2017 20:00
  It’s definitely NOT MY JOB to tell speakers what to talk about in General Conference. Still. I won’t lie. There are things I’d like to hear when Mormons all over the world tune in to listen to their church leaders. Here are a few:1. Yea! We’re doing away with the three-hour “block” schedule. Here’s the deal. Active Latter-day Saints attend meetings for at least three hours in a row on Sundays. Whenever I whine about this reality to my husband, he asks if
  
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• Mormon church adds $11M to famine relief in Africa, Middle East

  27-09-2017 19:59
  The LDS Church is providing an additional $11 million in aid to eight famine-stricken nations in Africa and the Middle East.Gerald Causse, presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said the Utah-based faith’s LDS Charities is partnering with 11 other global relief organizations in the effort.By teaming up, the Mormon humanitarian agency is supporting 25 famine- and drought-related projects in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, Niger, Kenya, Uganda and Congo.Ca
  
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• Utah woman sentenced to jail for driving under the influence during crash that killed passenger

  27-09-2017 19:41
  A Weber County woman who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence during a fatal rollover crash two years ago in Tooele County has been sentenced to jail time.Ann Margaret Fearn, 50, of Hooper, was initially charged with second-degree felony automobile homicide in connection with the Aug. 26, 2015, death of her passenger, Gerald D. Bastian, 61, of West Haven.She pleaded guilty in June 2016 to a reduced third-degree felony count of automobile homicide.As part of a plea negotiation, the convi
  
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• "Don't be afraid!" Pope starts campaign to promote migrants

  27-09-2017 19:41
  Vatican City • Pope Francis has launched a two-year campaign about the plight of migrants to counteract mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and Europe, urging the world: “Don’t be afraid!”Francis posed for selfies, shook hands, kissed babies and hugged migrants at the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday, teaching by example that “others” are not to be feared but embraced.The campaign, spearheaded by the Vatican’s Caritas charity, encour
  
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• A Day with Donovan 😁🎮🕷👕🍱🏀😁 @spidadmitchell https://t.co/fNk5ST8bt4

  27-09-2017 19:17 via twitter.com
  
  A Day with Donovan 😁🎮🕷👕🍱🏀😁@spidadmitchell https://t.co/fNk5ST8bt4
  
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• Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino 'effectively fired' according to report

  27-09-2017 19:11
  Louisville, Ky. • Rick Pitino’s attorney has told the Courier-Journal that Louisville has put the basketball coach on administrative leave but has “effectively fired” Pitino amid a federal bribery investigation.Steve Spence told the paper Wednesday the coach was out before a scheduled news conference at the school.Pitino’s exit comes after the school acknowledged Tuesday that the men’s program is part of a federal investigation into alleged bribery of recruits.
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Jeff Sessions sounded like a free-speech champion at Georgetown — that's absurd

  27-09-2017 19:01
  I knew if I waited long enough, I’d find something to agree with Attorney General Jeff Sessions about.It was never going to be about deporting young immigrants instead of putting them on a road to American citizenship.It was definitely not about cracking down on journalists who report on leaked information.It couldn’t be about his record on race relations, which helped capsize his effort to become a federal judge years ago.But his remarks about free speech on campus, delivered Tuesda
  
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• Two men will sentenced to probation for lying to West Valley City police in gang-related murder case

  27-09-2017 19:00
  Two men acquitted of murder by a jury earlier this year will spend six years on probation for lying to police about a 2013 gang-related fatal shooting in West Valley City.Both 25-year-old Alejandro Argumendo and 23-year-old Jose Carlos Salazar — convicted of first-degree felony obstructing justice— have been sentenced to probation in the death of 18-year-old Anthony Hernandez, a rival gang member killed July 27, 2013.
  Argumendo, sentenced last week, and Salazar, sentenced in July, we
  
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• Kragthorpe: Now we have the answer to Larry Krystkowiak's question: 'Did you know there's cheating in college basketball?'

  27-09-2017 19:00
  The books neatly stacked on a table of an administrator’s office in the University of Utah’s Burbidge Athletics Academic Center illustrate the nature of the industry in this era.“Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports” is about North Carolina’s academic fraud case. “Unwinding the Madness: What Went Wrong With College Sports and How to Fix It” examines an amateur system that is crumbling.This is the
  
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• U.S. Interior chief wants smaller monuments, but not in his home state

  27-09-2017 18:59
  Billings, Mont. • U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has closely followed his boss’ playbook, encouraging mining and drilling on public lands and reducing the size of national monuments that President Donald Trump called a “massive land grab” by his Democratic predecessors.Except, that is, in Montana.In Zinke’s home state, the former congressman who has long harbored higher political ambitions is recommending Trump create a new national monument out of the forests bo
  
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• Mentally disabled woman dead in Kearns auto-pedestrian accident after wandering from group home

  27-09-2017 18:56
  An early Wednesday morning auto-pedestrian accident claimed the life of a mentally disabled woman in Kearns, Unified Police confirmed.
  UPD Detective Chuck Malm said the victim was a 43-year-old victim resident of a group home near 5160 W. 5400 South, where the 5:15 a.m. incident occurred.
  Malm said the woman had become upset for undetermined reasons and left the residence. Moments later, she was struck by two eastbound cars as she attempted to cross 5400 South.
  It was dark at the time of the acc
  
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• Officials: Transgender teen's grisly death not a hate crime

  27-09-2017 18:28
  Houston, Mo. • Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld’s burned remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities say both of the transgender teen’s eyes had been gouged out and she had been stabbed in the genitals.As questions swirl about why the quiet 17-year-old was killed in such a ghastly manner, authorities aren’t saying what led to the killing. But they dismiss the possibility the death was a hate crime.Authorities identified the remains as those
  
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• Utah State football: Aggies are living blowout to blowout this season

  27-09-2017 18:27
  Logan • Utah State players and coaches alike stuck to one point in the final days leading up to the 2017 season: The team would have to find a way to win the close games, unlike the year before.And there would be plenty of close games.Except there haven’t been any — not yet anyway.Utah State (2-2) has gone through its early season slate on a wildly swinging pendulum.Each contest, alternating between wins and losses, has been a blowout.The average margin of victory in the four ga
  
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• Immigration officers nab long-sought sex offender in Provo

  27-09-2017 18:27
  A Mexican national convicted on numerous sex offenses in the United States and on the run from federal immigration officials has been arrested in Utah.
  Jesus Guitron-Aguilera, who had been on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Top 10 Most-Wanted list since 2010, was arrested by ICE and Provo police on Tuesday, said Robert Culley, field office director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.Guitron-Aguilera, 56, went on the run after his appeal of an earlier federal deportat
  
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• U.S. pending home sales fell 2.6 percent in August

  27-09-2017 18:18
  Washington • Fewer people signed contracts to buy homes in August, marking the fifth decline in the past six months. The 2.6 percent fall continues to reflect the worsening shortage nationwide of homes being listed for sale.The National Association of Realtors said that its pending home sales index fell to 106.3 in August from 109.1 in July. It’s the index’s lowest point since a 106.1 reading in January of 2016 and 2.6 percent lower than a year ago.Pending sales contracts are a
  
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• Dana Milbank: The sad suspicion about Trump's shameful treatment of Puerto Rico

  27-09-2017 18:16
  Washington • Suppose that the entire San Diego metropolitan area had lost electrical power, and it wouldn’t be restored for months.Or, suppose that most of the ports, roads and cellular towers in the Seattle metropolitan area had been destroyed, and a major dam had failed.Or, that the combined populations of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont had seen much of their forests and agricultural land wiped out.Or, that the residents of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming -- combin
  
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• Holly Richardson: Look for the helpers

  27-09-2017 18:01
  “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Last week, I wrote about the lack of humanity displayed by some people when hearing the news of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from Myanmar. But, as Mr. Rogers’ mom said, “Look for the helpers.” They are everywhere.The trouble with lists is that there is no way to make them comprehensive. There are so many good organizations and
  
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• Finishing touches on the arena with #TheJNote 🎷 #MACUMoment https://t.co/r3PX2RiMjU

  27-09-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  
  Finishing touches on the arena with #TheJNote 🎷#MACUMoment https://t.co/r3PX2RiMjU
  
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• Rob Lowe will share intimate tales with Salt Lake audience

  27-09-2017 17:40
  Rob Lowe has been in the public eye — mostly for better and occasionally for worse — for nearly four decades. He’s had hits and misses on TV and in movies; a sex-tape scandal; more than his share of celebrity romances; and a long, successful marriage that has produced two sons.He has shared his stories in a pair of autobiographies and now a one-man show, “Stories I Only Tell My Friends,” which he’ll perform Friday at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.ROB LO
  
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• Regulators say poorly run Utah gas field is trashing wildlife area

  27-09-2017 17:40
  In what amounts to a three-way crackdown, regulators overseeing Utah wildlife, school trust lands and the state’s extraction industries are jointly targeting the operator of a gas field west of Price.Gordon Creek Energy has been ordered to plug several of its idled wells amid accusations the Canadian company lacks adequate insurance bonding for its 37-well field and has failed to meet its obligations for reclaiming the land, after years of second chances and complaints from state wildlife
  
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• Two Salt Lake City homeless shelters inch closer to completion, worry nearby business owners

  27-09-2017 17:28
  Two new homeless shelters inched closer to life with Tuesday’s release of preliminary design concepts — though not without shades of the contentious debate that roiled Salt Lake City neighborhoods when the sites were selected nine months ago.Drawings from Salt Lake City-based ajc architects show two-level shelters, or “resource centers,” that include 200 beds and spaces for housing, medical and legal services, as well as courtyards, kitchens, barbers and kennels.Homeless
  
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• Golf: Oakridge secures Web.com Tour event for three more years

  27-09-2017 17:25
  The Web.com Tour will return to Oakridge Country Club in July as part of a three-year contract extension, the tour and the host Utah Sports Commission announced Wednesday.The Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank moved to the Farmington venue this past July, when Brice Garnett won the tournament by one stroke. Garnett went on to win another title and finished the regular season as the tour’s leading money winner with $368,761.The 2018 event is scheduled July 12 to 15, with a $700,000 p
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: We’re talking about practice!

  27-09-2017 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... prepare the team for the season, but also bolster the Stars roster. The Utah Jazz unveiled their new arena and I walked through it and it’s incredible. Possib ...
  
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• Sarah Hendrickson is an Olympic ski jumping pioneer. Great. She still has to foot the bill for her training.

  27-09-2017 17:06
  Park City • There have been plenty of problems and no podiums in the months and years since U.S. ski jumping pioneer Sarah Hendrickson blew out her right knee.The latter has created another kind of setback for the Olympian’s comeback: the face of American women’s ski jumping isn’t being funded by her country as she prepares for the 2018 Games.Hendrickson has multiple top-10 finishes and remains the United States’ top women’s ski jumper, but Hendrickson does not
  
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