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• Tom Cruise’s charm in the wrong place in drug thriller ‘American Made’

  28-09-2017 23:39
  It is not looking like a good year for Tom Cruise.The superstar has put his name and smile behind “American Made,” a rough-and-tumble action thriller that fails for the same reasons his summer blockbuster “The Mummy” did: an unbalanced tone, exacerbated by Cruise’s misapplied charm.In this “based on a true story” tale, Cruise plays Barry Seal, a TWA pilot flying dull milk runs in the late 1970s, augmenting his income and keeping himself entertained by sm
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell comments on NCAA/Louisville scandal

  28-09-2017 23:29 via sportspyder.com
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• A doctor’s guilt spurs her to action in moving thriller ‘The Unknown Girl’

  28-09-2017 23:25
  In the Belgian drama “The Unknown Girl,” the latest slice of realistic drama from Belgium’s Dardenne brothers, a young doctor’s guilt, ambition and stubbornness are put in play in a search for justice and closure.Jenny Davin (Adèle Haenel) is temporarily running a retired doctor’s general practice in Liege, Belgium — taking in everyone from babies to old folks in an impoverished neighborhood near the expressway. One night, the doorbell goes off, and Jen
  
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• Full Senate approves Huntsman as U.S. ambassador to Russia

  28-09-2017 23:20
  Washington • Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is headed to Moscow.The Senate on Thursday confirmed Huntsman as the U.S. ambassador to Russia without objection in a voice vote. The confirmation was unusually rapid for the one-time presidential candidate who earned rave reviews from senators eager to see him as America’s top envoy to the country during a tense time in U.S.-Russia relations.Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, heralded the speedy confirmation.“This particular ambassadorship requ
  
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• ‘Year by the Sea’ is a soggy tale of self-discovery

  28-09-2017 23:06
  The characters in the self-discovery melodrama “Year by the Sea” are in danger of drowning — not in the cold North Atlantic waters, but in the tidal wave of maritime metaphors unleashed by the script.Based on three books of memoirs by writer Joan Anderson, the movie starts with Joan (played by Karen Allen) watching her oldest son, Andy (Tyler Haines), getting married. With younger son Luke (Graham King) also grown up, Joan is feeling empty-nest syndrome, and feeling neglected b
  
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• Mormon church President Thomas S. Monson and hospitalized apostle Robert D. Hales won’t be at conference this weekend

  28-09-2017 23:06
  Mormonism’s top leader, President Thomas S. Monson, will not attend this weekend’s 187th Semiannual General Conference due to ill health incident to age.Neither will ailing Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales, who is in the hospital, the LDS Church announced Thursday.Monson, the current head of the nearly 16 million-member global faith, is in declining health. In May, the now-90-year-old church president, seen as a “prophet, seer and revelator” by devout Mormons, stopped going
  
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• .@JoeIngles7 joined DJ & PK on @1280sports this morning to chat about the upcoming season. Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 22:59 via twitter.com
  .@JoeIngles7 joined DJ & PK on @1280sports this morning to chat about the upcoming season.Listen:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Grant Palmer, who wrote a landmark insider’s critique of Mormonism’s beginnings, dies at 77

  28-09-2017 22:59
  Grant Hart Palmer, whose seminal “insider’s” critique of the Book of Mormon’s origins and other writings challenging official LDS Church history led to his disfellowshipment and later exit from membership in his lifelong faith, has died after a long struggle with cancer.Palmer died Monday at age 77. Funeral services were set for 11 a.m. Friday at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), Sandy.Palmer’s writings were the culmination of his more t
  
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• ‘Battle of the Sexes’ triumphs, as it shows the sweat behind tennis’ most famous match

  28-09-2017 22:52
  Like Billie Jean King’s tennis game, the joyous movie “Battle of the Sexes” covers every inch of the court — as an inspirational sports drama, as a riotous comedy, as a tender romance and as an insightful biography of King and her pivotal role in the fight for women’s equality.Part of that role was a symbolic one, culminating in the event of the movie’s title, the 1973 exhibition match between King, then the best women’s player in the world, and Bobby Ri
  
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• Fast food restaurant in Taylorsville closed for having pests and a dirty kitchen

  28-09-2017 22:49
  A KFC fast-food restaurant in Taylorsville was shut down on Thursday after inspectors from the Salt Lake County Health Department found a kitchen that was unclean, in disrepair and harboring pests.The KFC at 4761 S. 4015 West was closed after inspectors found more than four dozen violations, including 15 that were critical and could negatively affect human health, a report on the department website shows.The restaurant was immediately closed after the routine visit for creating an “imminen
  
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• Karl • John • Classic 📺 #tbt https://t.co/1dkZhFyJNH

  28-09-2017 22:27 via twitter.com
  
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• JD McPherson’s new music shakes off the shackles, gets irreverent and fuzzy

  28-09-2017 22:16
  JD McPherson is in a car, headed away from a music festival in Tahlequah, Okla., in search of something edible.“All they had to eat there were make-your-own chicken salad sandwiches that had been sitting out all day. And we elected not to take a risk with our lives today,” he told The Salt Lake Tribune in a phone interview.He’s used to such things by now. Problems to be overcome, that is — not botulism or salmonella or food poisoning.JD McPherson<br>With Dylan Pratt
  
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• You're Invited! ✉️ Come to the Grand Opening of our new team store! Details: on.nba.com/2yb42PG https://t.co/kYDu5kwTfS

  28-09-2017 21:52 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How the Utah Jazz have evolved through advanced analytics

  28-09-2017 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... uys stepping into larger roles, Rodney Hood in particular.” Offensively, the Jazz will inevitably suffer. Relying on a rookie isn’t ideal and the Jazz failed...
  
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• Salt Lake City cops on hunt for carload of armed robbery suspects

  28-09-2017 21:44
  Police are on the hunt for a carload of armed robbery suspects who apparently took turns holding up Salt Lake City convenience stories early Thursday morning.The gunmen, described as young Latino adults, about 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-5, and approximately 140 pounds, first hit the 7-Eleven store at 776 S. 1300 East at 2 a.m. Ten minutes later, the suspects held up another 7-Eleven at 535 E. 1700 South.In both incidents, the suspects brandished handguns, wore sunglasses, hooded sweatshirts and basebal
  
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• Get your flu shots, U.S. urges amid concerns about bad season

  28-09-2017 21:42
  Washington • It’s flu shot time, and health officials are bracing for a potentially miserable fall and winter.The clues: The Southern Hemisphere, especially Australia, was hit hard over the past few months with a flu strain that’s notorious for causing severe illness, especially in seniors.And in the U.S., small clusters of that so-called H3N2 flu already are popping up.“We don’t know what’s going to happen but there’s a chance we could have a season simi
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Mitchell on Louisville controversy, Jazz broadcast info

  28-09-2017 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... Smith 1 h ago Utah Jazz coming into training camp healthy, and that’s a major improvement 14h ago Ut ...
  
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• How the Utah Jazz have evolved through advanced analytics

  28-09-2017 21:34
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sports, like people and society, are ever-evolving.At one point, not too long ago, dribbling wasn’t even a part of basketball. 125 years after the first official rules of basketball were published, the game has developed into something entirely different — a race between mathematicians on a quest to discover how it should actually be played.The use of advanced statistics (data that can be specifically narrowed down to virtually any shot and player-tracking devi
  
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• Lee, McCain want to exempt Puerto Rico from century-old law to help rebuilding efforts

  28-09-2017 21:33
  Washington • Sens. Mike Lee and John McCain introduced legislation Thursday that would permanently exempt Puerto Rico from a nearly century-old law that requires goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried by American-owned and operated vessels.In the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the U.S. territory in the Caribbean, President Donald Trump waived the Jones Act for the island for 10 days, but Lee and McCain say the exemption should be made permanent so Puerto Rico can rebuild and
  
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• 6 Utah peace officers suspended for misconduct, including one for sex maybe-kinda-sorta on-duty

  28-09-2017 21:32
  Sandy • Utah’s police regulators on Thursday had a long discussion on whether officers, who have finished their shifts, can have sex in a maintenance yard at a state park.Two state park rangers admitted to having sex in a vehicle parked at the yard after they finished their shifts, thinking they weren’t violating the regulations forbidding peace officers from having sex on-duty at law enforcement facilities.But an administrative law judge earlier this year ruled that since park
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Mitchell on Louisville controversy, Jazz broadcast info

  28-09-2017 21:22
  Utah Jazz notes, including Donovan Mitchell’s thoughts on the developing situation in Louisville and updated 2017-18 Jazz broadcast info. Times have been tough this week in college basketball. Particularly for the alma mater of Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell. The hoops world as a whole was rocked with the revelation that the Louisville Cardinals program […]
  Utah Jazz notes: Mitchell on Louisville controversy, Jazz broadcast info - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site
  
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• Utah father who admitted causing baby's death by dehydration arrested at N. Carolina homeless shelter

  28-09-2017 21:22
  A 38-year-old Sevier County man pleaded guilty earlier this month to causing the dehydration death of his infant daughter — and then went on the run.But David Lewis Anderson was arrested about a week later in North Carolina while trying to check into a homeless shelter, Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said Thursday.Anderson gave his real name at the Wilmington, N.C., shelter, and someone there searched his name on Facebook, discovering a news article and other posts reporting he had ab
  
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• 'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer

  28-09-2017 21:19
  Los Angeles • Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted word of her illness Thursday on social media. A spokeswoman for Louis-Dreyfus confirmed the posts were authentic.On her Twitter account, the actress wrote that one in eight women get breast cancer.“The good news is that I have the most glorious group of supportive and caring family and friends, and fantastic insurance through my union. The b
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz streaming delayed, other broadcast plans announced

  28-09-2017 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ercent of the rights to Jazz games on broadcast and digital, after its rebranding efforts this summer. Th ...
  
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• Park City Mountain’s double-digit growth contributed to Vail's earnings

  28-09-2017 21:12
  Park City Mountain’s merger into the Vail Resorts empire boosted the company’s bottom line in the fiscal year that ended July 31.“In Park City, we experienced a double-digit [earnings] growth rate,” Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz said Thursday in his company’s quarterly report, “as our investment to create the largest ski resort in the U.S. continues to generate excitement among skiers and drive strong yield growth.”No dollar figures were offered to detail Pa
  
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• Who exactly is the spoiled brat? Donald Trump or that kneeling NFL player?

  28-09-2017 21:08
  So what exactly constitutes being a spoiled brat?I’ve heard that term used to describe the professional football players who joined in unison to kneel during the national anthem before their games or skipped the ceremony altogether.The denouncement has come from supporters of Donald Trump on talk radio or social media and basically echoes what the president has said at his rallies and in tweets about NFL players kneeling in protest.I’m not sure that Trump has used the exact term &ldq
  
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• BYU-USU football: With what lies ahead, a Cougars loss to suddenly dangerous Aggies could be disastrous

  28-09-2017 21:02
  Logan • Not counting the opener against a lower-level team that was supposed to be a breeze but wasn’t, Sept. 29 was seen by many as the day second-year coach Kalani Sitake’s BYU Cougars would catch a scheduling break after the gauntlet of LSU, Utah and Wisconsin.Sure, Utah State was expected to put up the usual tough fight, but nothing like the challenge of facing three nationally ranked Power 5 programs in a row.Well, things have changed.Although downtrodden BYU (1-3) is someh
  
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• Sublime With Rome frontman feeling sublime about band’s future

  28-09-2017 21:01
  Rome Ramirez can scarcely believe that Saturday night at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City marks the end of Sublime With Rome’s touring cycle for the band’s 2015 album, “Sirens,” but the calendar ain’t lying.Once the page is turned to October, the reggae/rock trio will head back into the studio to start recording the follow-up.“It’s crazy how time flies! I specifically remember doing that album not too long ago — it feels like it was just last
  
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• Millions of American women disagree with Michelle Obama: Donald Trump is their voice

  28-09-2017 20:59
  Former first lady Michelle Obama was dispatched by the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 to rally female voters.“We need someone who is compassionate . . . someone who will be a role model for our kids. . . . If a [candidate] is erratic, if [they] disrespect our fellow citizens . . . let me tell you, that is who they are,” she said at George Mason University in September 2016. “A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get in office. . . . And at that point, it is to
  
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• No refunds in fight over parking tickets and Salt Lake City’s electronic kiosks, Utah Supreme Court rules

  28-09-2017 20:42
  The Utah Supreme Court has issued another loss to three drivers in a lengthy fight over parking tickets.In a 5-0 decision, the justices on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling throwing out a lawsuit by the trio that claimed Salt Lake City was unjustly enriched and violated motorists’ due process rights after it replaced curbside meters with electronic pay stations.The plaintiffs had asked for refunds of parking fees and fines paid by themselves and others in the proposed class-action suit,
  
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• NASA spacecraft will grab sample of rocks from asteroid, then send them back to Utah

  28-09-2017 20:37
  In six years, a NASA space capsule is scheduled to land at western Utah’s Test and Training Range, floating down to Earth under a parachute.Scientists hope that tucked inside will be a small chunk of material scraped from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. It would be the first time a sample taken from an asteroid has been returned to Earth.The rock and dust measuring several ounces may contain novel clues about how life began on our planet, and about formation of the early solar system in
  
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• Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales in hospital, will miss conference sessions

  28-09-2017 20:22
  Ailing Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales is in the hospital and will not attend this weekend’s General Conference sessions, the LDS Church announced Thursday.The 85-year-old Hales “was admitted to the hospital several days ago for treatment of pulmonary and other conditions,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a news release. “To permit their continued medical attention to Elder Hales, his doctors have determined that he should not participate in the church’s Genera
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz preseason opponent Maccabi Haifa adds Josh Smith

  28-09-2017 20:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... ah Jazz: Supposed Gobert-Rubio Twitter beef is a distant memory 14h ago Utah Jazz: New training staff could be most crucial offseason addition 19h ago Utah Ja ...
  
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• More returned Mormon missionaries than ever are playing in the NFL

  28-09-2017 20:04
  No official records have been kept, but experts who follow Mormons in the National Football League believe that there were more returned LDS missionaries on NFL rosters when the 2017 season kicked off earlier this month than at any time in league history.Through opening weekend, Sept. 7 to 11, no fewer than 10 professional football players who also served missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dotted the rosters of the NFL’s 32 teams.The list includes five players who
  
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• For Hugh Hefner, gay rights were part of the sexual revolution

  28-09-2017 19:59
  The year was 1955, and science fiction author Charles Beaumont had, by most accounts, crossed the line with his latest short story.“The Crooked Man” depicted a dystopian future where homosexuality was the norm and heterosexuals were persecuted minorities. Even the relatively progressive Esquire magazine had rejected the piece because it was too controversial.But Beaumont found a fan in a young Hugh Hefner, who agreed to run it in his Playboy magazine, then less than two years old.Out
  
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• Utah Jazz preseason opponent Maccabi Haifa adds Josh Smith

  28-09-2017 19:55
  When the Utah Jazz take on Maccabi Haifa in their second preseason game, they’ll see at least one familiar face on the court — former NBA star Josh Smith. When they tip-off preseason play on Monday, the Utah Jazz will embark on what promises to be a preseason journey with international flair. Rudy Gobert and […]
  Utah Jazz preseason opponent Maccabi Haifa adds Josh Smith - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Cliven Bundy loses bid to represent self in standoff trial

  28-09-2017 19:32
  Las Vegas • Nevada cattleman and state’s rights figure Cliven Bundy lost a courtroom bid to represent himself at his upcoming trial, after refusing Wednesday to recognize federal authority over grazing land at the center of a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents, his lawyer said.U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen ruled after questioning the 71-year-old Bundy that he could not fire his attorney, Bret Whipple, even though Whipple filed court documents last week saying that Bundy dismis
  
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• Two Salt Lake County freeway closures may snarl weekend traffic

  28-09-2017 19:29
  Two major closures on Salt Lake County freeways will complicate traffic this weekend.State Road 201 in West Valley City will close Friday as early as 9 p.m. Also, the ramp from westbound Interstate 80 to the Interstate 215 east belt will close in Parleys Canyon from Friday night at 9 through Monday at 6 a.m., according to the Utah Department of Transportation.S.R. 201 will close in both directions between Redwood Road and Bangerter Highway to allow crews to demolish a temporary bridge on I-215 t
  
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• Sexual misconduct allegations in indie movie community make us all feel less safe

  28-09-2017 19:13
  For the devoted film fan, movie theaters are sacred spaces.Not just the “movie palaces” of old — most of which, if they still stand, have been renovated into performance halls (like Salt Lake City’s Capitol Theatre) — but any place where movies are projected onto a screen for an audience to watch, laugh at, cry with and otherwise bond as a community.People make memories in movie theaters and mark important milestones there. Some people get married in them. (My wife
  
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• 'I screwed up royally,' accused leaker confessed to FBI agent

  28-09-2017 18:59
  Savannah, Ga. • A young woman charged with leaking U.S. secrets to a news organization told FBI agents she was frustrated with her job as a government contractor when she tucked a classified report into her pantyhose and smuggled it out of a National Security Agency office in Georgia, according to court records.Prosecutors are using Reality Winner’s own words against her as they urge a federal judge to keep the former Air Force translator jailed until her trial. In a court filing Wedn
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 126: Utah Jazz Media Day and Vivint Arena

  28-09-2017 18:43 via sportspyder.com
  ...window | Download The 2017-18 NBA season is inching closer and closer. Utah Jazz training camp has kicked off, starting with media day this past Monday, Sept ...
  
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• No refunds for Salt Lake City parking kiosk violation fines, Utah Supreme Court rules

  28-09-2017 18:25
  The Utah Supreme Court has issued another loss to three drivers in a fight over parking tickets.In a 5-0 decision, the justices upheld a lower court ruling throwing out a lawsuit by the trio that claimed Salt Lake City was unjustly enriched, and violated motorists’ due process rights, after it replaced curbside meters with electronic pay stations.The switch — “from Industrial-era, coin-operated, single-space parking meters (where each parking space had its own meter) to a posti
  
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• Cops on hunt for carload of armed robbery suspects

  28-09-2017 18:15
  Police are on the hunt for a carload of armed robbery suspects who apparently took turns holding up Salt Lake City convenience stories early Thursday morning.The gunmen, described as young Latino adults, about 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-5, and approximately 140 pounds, first hit the 7-Eleven store at 776 S. 1300 East at 2 a.m. Ten minutes later, the suspects held up another 7-Eleven at 535 E. 1700 South.In both incidents, the suspects brandished handguns, wore sunglasses, hooded sweatshirts and basebal
  
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• A Southwest passenger complained about dogs on her flight. Police forced her off the plane.

  28-09-2017 18:13
  At this point, the scenes from the airline-passenger meltdowns are familiar: the aggrieved and perhaps uncooperative flyer; the law enforcement officers pleading and commanding; the shocked and irritated passengers pulling out cellphones.This time, it happened on a Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles.A passenger was upset by two dogs on a Tuesday night flight. She claimed the animals would set off a deadly pet allergy, and she wanted them gone.The officers who were called to
  
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• Koerber says equity in homes, not investor funds, was used to pay interest in his real estate operation

  28-09-2017 18:07
  After listening to Rick Koerber testify for seven days in his federal trial on fraud accusations, veteran prosecutor Stewart Walz asked a barrage of questions aimed at calling Koerber’s credibility into question.And after about three hours of rapid-fire questions, Walz abruptly sat down, surprising the courtroom audience who had seen Koerber on the stand since Sept. 18, under questioning from his own attorney.The sudden end even prompted U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby to ask Walz if he
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - SLC Punks join the Limited Upside Podcast: Utah Jazz Season Preview

  28-09-2017 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... w is this team going to score points? Are the Jazz committed to playing Gobert and Derrick Favors together again? What can we a ...
  
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• Trump waives cargo restrictions to speed help to Puerto Rico

  28-09-2017 18:02
  Washington • Under pressure to do more for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump is waiving federal restrictions on foreign ships’ transportation of cargo to the island.White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Twitter Thursday that Trump has authorized a waiver for the U.S. territory for a little-known federal law that prohibits foreign-flagged ships from shuttling goods between U.S. ports.She said Trump was responding to a request from Puerto Rico Go
  
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• Renovated Vivint Arena kicks off with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill show — and the sound is still no bueno

  28-09-2017 17:44
  A $125 million renovation has certainly upgraded the cosmetics of Vivint Smart Home Arena, but what about the much-maligned acoustics?Well, at Wednesday night’s Tim McGraw and Faith Hill “Soul2Soul” concert, the venue’s first big show since it reopened, it would be fair to note that undergoing a face-lift or liposuction won’t result in you suddenly having the voice of an angel.Sorry to disappoint, audiophiles, but The Viv will not now headline your list of favorite
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: Defense remains the first thing on Rudy Gobert’s mind

  28-09-2017 17:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... oni (@monilogue) AK47 is welcome in Utah any time, and has a special spot in Jazz fans’ hearts for his countless swats, crafty passes, and signature “NO!NO!.. ...
  
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• Three RSL players called in for international duty

  28-09-2017 17:28
  Real Salt Lake officially announced three international call-ups Thursday for the October World Cup qualifying matches.As the Tribune reported last week, Joao Plata (Ecuador), Albert Rusnák (Slovakia) and Jefferson Savarino (Venezuela) all were selected to represent their respective national teams during the international break.“All three are young players, and it’s very rare in that scenario where the spotlight is shared,” RSL general manager Craig Waibel said in a team
  
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