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• [NBA] - Ticket Sales Open House

  29-09-2017 23:49 via sportspyder.com
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• Joao Plata’s turnaround season has translated into goals for RSL, and a return to the Ecuador national team

  29-09-2017 23:48
  A little over a month after Mike Petke took over as the new Real Salt Lake head coach, RSL winger Joao Plata sat in a team video session and heard one of his teammates starting a side conversation.Plata turned around and snapped at him.“I remember almost getting tongue-tied during the meeting when I heard that because I was just so caught off guard that it was Joao that was doing that,” Petke said.Petke said there was no way Plata would have reacted like that three weeks earlier. The
  
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  29-09-2017 23:47 via twitter.com
  
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  29-09-2017 23:44 via twitter.com
  
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• The Spiral Jetty, and more: Utah’s most famous artwork — from A to Z

  29-09-2017 23:23
  When Hikmet Sidney Loe told her adviser that she wanted to write her master’s thesis in art history on Spiral Jetty, the adviser was dubious.“He said, ‘You’re not going to write a dead work of art. Spiral Jetty is dead, it’s gone, you can’t write about it,’” Loe recalled in a recent interview.This was 1993, and Robert Smithson’s earthwork, built in 1970 off Rozel Point into the northern part of the Great Salt Lake, had been submerged under se
  
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  29-09-2017 23:19 via twitter.com
  
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• Trump's health secretary resigns in travel flap

  29-09-2017 23:07
  Washington •President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss. Tom Price’s regrets and partial repayment couldn’t save his job.The Health and Human Services secretary became the first member of the president’s Cabinet to be pushed out in a turbulent young administration that has seen several high-ranking White House aides ousted. A former
  
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  29-09-2017 23:06 via twitter.com
  
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  29-09-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• We will post scrimmage to utahjazz.com later today! 👊 twitter.com/itsjimmyw/stat…

  29-09-2017 22:55 via twitter.com
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• Salt Lake City police chief says officers shot man during “violent, intense” confrontation

  29-09-2017 22:26
  A man who was fatally shot during a “very violent, intense” confrontation with Salt Lake City police officers on Thursday afternoon had reportedly been acting erratically at a massage school just before the shooting.Two police officers were injured in the altercation, which began with a report of 39-year-old Michael Bruce Peterson allegedly trespassing at a massage school and harassing employees, Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown said during a Friday afternoon news conference.Pe
  
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• ‘Parallax’ views in Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company season opener, with differing levels of success

  29-09-2017 22:21
  Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company appears to have made the decision this fall to return to the Utah tradition of thematically naming its concerts. This one is called “Parallax” — spelled out phonetically with a dictionary definition on the RW website. The word “parallax” evokes no particular imagery and, like two out of three works on the program, requires a lot of extra explanation.Guest choreographer Raja Feather Kelly’s dance-theater piece “Pantheon”
  
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• Commentary: The Utah delegation’s race against truth

  29-09-2017 22:16
  “One big lie, that I repeated a lot of times,” former competitive cyclist Lance Armstrong said, sitting on Oprah’s couch, finally admitting to years of doping and outright deceit. Speaking of his belated apology to his fans and supporters, he added, “This is too late, it’s too late for probably most people. And that’s my fault.”As an emergency room physician and a Republican, I’m often reminded of Armstrong’s years of denial and his inevitabl
  
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• Report: GOP tax plan would provide major gains for richest 1 percent and uneven benefits for the middle class

  29-09-2017 22:14
  The Republican tax plan would deliver a major benefit to the top 1 percent of Americans, according to a new analysis by a leading group of nonpartisan tax experts that challenges the White House’s portrayal of its effects.The plan would deliver far more modest tax cuts to most other households - an average cut of $1,700 for households in 2027, according to the report. But the results would be unevenly spread, with 1 in 4 households paying more in taxes.Despite repeated promises from Republ
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Ranking the Northwest Division ahead of preseason play

  29-09-2017 22:14 via sportspyder.com
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Game Thread: Utah Jazz Scrimmage at Hill Air Force Base

  29-09-2017 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... ams added promising rookies and defensive veteran talent. Last year the Utah Jazz had their first scrimmage at a High School where they surprised many lucky t ...
  
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• Bears Ears like you’ve never seen it in Repertory Dance Theatre’s season-opening ‘Sanctuary’

  29-09-2017 21:59
  Whether it’s an ancient rock formation in a hotly debated national monument or a monster hurricane, the three works on Repertory Dance Theatre’s season opener “Sanctuary” have been shaped by the real-life circumstances of the people who created them.Start with the world premiere of “Dancing The Bears Ears,” inspired by choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and RDT’s desire to experience and understand the environment and bring the sensations of the southern Utah l
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ranking the Northwest Division ahead of preseason play

  29-09-2017 21:56
  After finishing atop the Northwest Division last year, the Utah Jazz may have a difficult time remaining there during the 2017-18 NBA season. Basketball is officially back in the Salt Lake Valley. Utah Jazz training camp tipped off this week and the team’s first preseason game is in just three days time. Despite incurring key […]
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• Five IASIS hospitals in Utah now owned by Alabama real estate investment firm

  29-09-2017 21:45
  A real estate investment firm in Alabama has completed its $1.4 billion purchase of 11 IASIS Healthcare hospitals, including five along the Wasatch Front with 3,300 employees.
  The acquisition by Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust follows the merger of IASIS into Steward Health Care, a Boston company that says it is now the largest private hospital operator in the country.The Utah hospitals now owned by Medical Properties Trust and operated by Steward are Salt Lake Regional Medical C
  
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• Game of Throws: Troy William led the Utes to nine wins last year. Is he ready to step up again?

  29-09-2017 21:43
  If ever there was a good time for a week off, it’s now.The Utes enter their bye week with their starting quarterback’s right arm in a sling and a key member of their vaunted D-line, Kylie Fitts, on crutches.On this week’s episode of “Game of Throws,” we look at the impacts those injuries might have. Is it Troy Williams’ time again in Salt Lake? And, if so, will offensive coordinator Troy Taylor have to tailor his system for the senior quarterback?Listen on iTu
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Can Jazz guard Rodney Hood be the NBA's most improved player?

  29-09-2017 21:42
  Can Rodney Hood be the NBA’s Most Improved Player? Can Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert play together? Will they?This week’s Media Day kicked off the Jazz’s preseason training camp, and with it came plenty of questions. Tribune reporters Tony Jones, Kyle Goon and Aaron Falk discuss in this week’s podcast.Listen on iTunes.Or via SoundCloud:
  
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• Puerto Rico angry at Trump official 'good news story' remark

  29-09-2017 21:28
  Washington • President Donald Trump pledged a relentless effort to help Puerto Ricans recover from hurricane devastation Friday after his homeland security chief stirred a tempest of her own making by declaring the federal response a “good news story.”Elaine Duke, the department’s acting secretary, drew a sharp rebuke from San Juan’s mayor for seeming to play down the suffering.“When you don’t have food for a baby, it’s not a good news story,”
  
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• Thabo Sefolosha’s defense and wit will fit right in with the Jazz

  29-09-2017 21:05
  Following following the grit and grind of an almost four-hour practice on Thursday, it was Thabo Sefolosha who brought much needed levity to a long day for the Jazz and their staff.Sefolosha, a 6-foot-8 small forward, was asked to name a player he has defended who has given him the most problems in his career.“Allen Iverson,” he said, without hesitation.When told a reporter thought Tracy McGrady was a better player than Iverson, Sefolosha was quick with a retort.“They should ta
  
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• Commentary: Keep hobby model aircraft flying

  29-09-2017 20:57
  These days, drones are everywhere, in the news, on television and in the skies above Utah. This fall, many people will be flying recreational unmanned aircraft, often referred to as “drones,” for the first time. And as Congress considers reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it’s important that they take a close look at the educational programs that community-based organizations like the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) provide.I’m one of the 1,
  
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• Kirby: I was prepared for the worst at the Ben Shapiro protest in Utah, and got something completely different

  29-09-2017 20:51
  Although masks were technically banned, I brought one to the protest against Ben Shapiro on the University of Utah campus Wednesday evening.Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and former Breitbart News editor-at-large, is a well-known liberal baiter. Past protests against him, most noticeably at the University of California, Berkeley, have erupted into violence.The mask was necessary. Although a media member, and therefore technically a nonpartisan observer, I worried a great deal about b
  
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• A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players bought him an Xbox.

  29-09-2017 20:33
  Saundra Watts was getting her makeup done in the Dulles 28 Centre in Sterling, Virginia, on Tuesday, killing time while her dog was groomed at Petco, when her 10-year-old grandson, Jaden, came running into the store.“He’s jumping up and down, saying, ‘Nana! Nana! Nana! These two guys want to buy me an Xbox. You’ve got to come right now,’ ” Watts recalled in a phone interview on Thursday.Watts exchanged a skeptical look with the woman applying her makeup.&ldquo
  
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• Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November

  29-09-2017 20:31
  Washington • The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the U.S. seeks to curb North Korea’s growing nuclear threat.The White House said Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov. 3-14, a trip that will also include a stop in Hawaii. It will be Trump’s first visit to the region as president, and it comes as North Korea moves closer to its goal of ha
  
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• Russia's next election attack hard to predict, spy-catcher says

  29-09-2017 20:10
  National security agencies are certain Russia will try to influence future elections, but they don’t know how to stop it, according to the head of U.S. counterintelligence.While Russia exploited social-media networks such as Facebook and Twitter last year, agencies are struggling to predict what methods and technology Moscow will use in 2018 and beyond, according to William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.“We have to understand what the capab
  
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• Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown to discuss fatal shooting by officers

  29-09-2017 19:51
  Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown is holding a Friday afternoon news conference regarding the fatal shooting of a man on Thursday by officers.One person was killed by gunshots fired by police and two Salt Lake City police officers were injured — not by gunshots — after the man got hold of one officer’s baton, police have said.
  The news conference was planned for 12:15 p.m. Friday
  The shooting occurred in the parking lot of a Maverik gas station at 300 South and 500 East on
  
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• Yellow wristbands, segregation for Florida homeless in Irma

  29-09-2017 19:41
  St. Augustine, Fla. • Shelby Hoogendyk says that when she, her husband and her 17-month-old son arrived at an emergency shelter as Hurricane Irma closed in, they were separated from others by yellow wristbands and told to stay in an area with other people like them — the homeless.Sheriff’s deputies, she says, told them the wristbands were prompted by problems that arose among homeless people at the shelter during Hurricane Matthew a year earlier.“We were treated like we we
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Utah Jazz: A special scrimmage to honor the brave

  29-09-2017 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... citement and warmth permeates the atmosphere. In a few short hours, the Utah Jazz will hold their annual intrasquad scrimmage in front of a few hundred of our ...
  
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• We're so excited to break in these new jerseys! #5ForTheFight ✋🏀 https://t.co/Weprv54FJY

  29-09-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  
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• George Pyle: What we can learn from Hefner’s hedonistic fantasy world

  29-09-2017 19:37
  Sept. 10, 1974.I’m sure of the date because it was my 18th birthday. Old enough to finally buy a copy of Playboy magazine at the Campus Activities Center bookstore without fear of being challenged or denied. I think I may have pulled the same stunt as the Woody Allen character in “Bananas.” I padded the order with copies of Time, Newsweek and National Review. Just so it all looked properly academic.I don’t think the check-out clerk gave me a second look. Awkward young man
  
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• D.A. warns failure to hire additional prosecutors could hamper Operation Rio Grande

  29-09-2017 19:32
  The flood of arrests since the August launch of Operation Rio Grande — the massive crackdown on crime followed by attempts to connect addicts and homeless people with treatment and services — has left the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office pleading for some immediate help.So far, 369 new felony cases have resulted from the arrests, which also triggered the processing of between 600 and 800 outstanding warrants — in total about 1,100 new cases, according to Distri
  
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• Rich Lowry: The GOP identity crisis

  29-09-2017 19:31
  The Republican Party can’t pass Obamacare repeal, but it can nominate Roy Moore.This is the state of the GOP in a nutshell. It is a party locked in mortal combat between an establishment that is ineffectual and unimaginative and a populist wing that is ineffectual and inflamed.Donald Trump’s ascendance created an identity crisis in the party that hasn’t been resolved, and the hope that it could be papered over with legislative accomplishments and signing ceremonies has come a c
  
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• West Jordan ends dispute over electronic meeting participation with unanimous vote

  29-09-2017 19:11
  West Jordan’s City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to change a 14-year-old rule governing council members’ electronic participation in its meetings.The new rule will allow council members to connect remotely to meetings according to state law. Previously, the rules would only allow electronic participation in case of a city emergency, if a council member was out of town for official city business, for unique circumstances or for any reason if the rules were suspended.“It wa
  
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• Trump promotes 'giant, beautiful, massive' tax plan

  29-09-2017 19:11
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that the centerpiece of his plan to help American businesses and workers “thrive, compete and grow” is a “giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country, tax cut.”Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled the broad outlines of the tax plan earlier this week.“My administration is working every day to lift the burden on companies and workers so you can thrive, compete and grow,” Trump said in a
  
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• Transgender teacher removed from classroom after some parents object to calling her 'Mx.'

  29-09-2017 18:58
  A Florida school district this week transferred a fifth-grade teacher from working with children into a classroom with adults afterthe educator requested to be addressed with gender-neutral pronouns.The teacher’s preferences - using the prefix Mx. and the pronouns “they, them, their instead of he, his, she, hers” - had been met with support from some Canopy Oaks Elementary parents and complaints from others, including “a handful” who pulled their children from the c
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Forecasting the Utah Jazz’s 2017-18 win total with Win Shares

  29-09-2017 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... sh those campaigns with 38, 40 and 51. How will the Jazz accumulate 44 victories this year? Here’s what the algorithm produced. Proje ...
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell’s Rookie of the Year chances

  29-09-2017 18:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...for Trey Lyles and the draft rights to Tyler Lydon (24th overall pick). The Jazz had their eye on Mitchell during his time at Louisville and made sure they g ...
  
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• Forecasting the Utah Jazz’s 2017-18 win total with Win Shares

  29-09-2017 18:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz won 51 games en route to their first postseason appearance since 2012 last year.They should make the playoffs again this season, but just barely.According to a projection system based on Win Shares, the Jazz will win 44 games — enough, perhaps, for the No. 8 seed.Win Shares is an all-encompassing metric that attempts to divide and distribute credit for a team’s success to its individual players. Thus, the sum of a team’s player Win Shares is
  
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• Immigrants line up to renew work permits as program ends

  29-09-2017 18:37
  Los Angeles • The line stretches down the block before the sun rises in Los Angeles for immigrants seeking help to renew their work permits under a 5-year-old program that has shielded them from deportation but is now nearing its end.Ivan Vizueta, a 25-year-old from Long Beach, California, brought a folding chair and music to pass the time while waiting to renew the papers that enable him to work for a plumbing company and earn nearly twice the wages he once did loading and unloading cargo
  
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• Utahns who know something about autism aren’t too sure about ABC’s ‘The Good Doctor’

  29-09-2017 18:31
  The new ABC series “The Good Doctor” centers on a young surgeon with autism — and the character is already controversial.“It’s like ‘Green Mile.’ He’s a magical creature that comes into everyone’s lives and changes things by being so simple but so wise,” said Forrest Pitt, a Salt Laker who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was 11.Pitt was among those in a small group at Westminster — including people diagnosed with aut
  
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• Spiral Jetty — Utah’s most famous artwork — from A to Z

  29-09-2017 18:17
  When Hikmet Sidney Loe told her adviser that she wanted to write her master’s thesis in art history on Spiral Jetty, the advisor was dubious.“He said, ‘You’re not going to write a dead work of art. Spiral Jetty is dead, it’s gone, you can’t write about it,’” Loe recalled in a recent interview.This was 1993, and Robert Smithson’s earthwork, built in 1970 off Rozel Point into the northern part of the Great Salt Lake, had been submerged under se
  
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• Pope Francis’ deputy urges dialogue after Francis accused of heresy

  29-09-2017 18:16
  Vatican City • The Vatican secretary of state called Thursday for greater dialogue within the Catholic Church after a small group of traditionalists formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.Cardinal Pietro Parolin said those who don’t agree with the pope are free to express themselves, “but on these things one must reason and find ways to understand one another.”Parolin’s comments marked the V
  
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• Mattel gadget listens to babies, setting off privacy alarms

  29-09-2017 18:16
  Toymaker Mattel has announced plans to sell a nursery gadget that will listen to infants and watch over them, record their sleep patterns, and even play a lullaby should they awaken.Put another way: It eavesdrops on kids.Skeptics are asking if the device, similar to Amazon.com’s Echo with its Alexa voice assistant, will violate children’s privacy and deepen a trend of surrendering intimate human connections to technology that talks and listens.“The kid tech industry sees kids&r
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Time to end the happy talk and grill the tax-plan salesmen

  29-09-2017 18:15
  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., and other Republican proponents of the tax “plan” released on Wednesday will fan out on the Sunday talk shows. Rather than allow them to spout talking points, interviewers should grill them on the particulars and on the ludicrous assumptions and promises the White House has been making. Pleading ignorance won’t work for Ryan, who surely has studied the numbers and run all sorts of analyses.Here’s a list to get them started:National Econ
  
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• Kragthorpe: Between BYU and USU, who needs a win more?

  29-09-2017 17:56
  The last time BYU’s offense looked this bad, Bronco Mendenhall fired his defensive coordinator.BYU’s 2010 offensive struggles, with four straight games of fewer than 20 points, included a 31-16 loss at Utah State on a Friday night. The current Cougars have failed to top 20 points in any of their four games this season, leading into Friday’s game in Logan.Fewer than 10 years after I suggested that USU should no longer embarrass itself by scheduling BYU or Utah, my outlook has ch
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2017-2018 Season Prediction: Utah Jazz Minutes Distribution

  29-09-2017 17:51 via sportspyder.com
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