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• Eugene Robinson: Sadly, the carnage will continue

  02-10-2017 23:40
  Washington - We will never know why. We already know how, but we don’t care about that. And we know, beyond the slightest doubt, that it will happen again.There can be no rational motive for mass murder, which means that asking why Stephen Paddock turned the Las Vegas Strip into a killing zone is ultimately a futile exercise. He may have had nominal or imagined reasons for his homicidal anger. But nothing can really explain the decision to spray thousands of concert-goers with automatic we
  
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• Single-Game tickets are on sale! 🎟🎟 🔒 in your seats now: on.nba.com/2hIj34D https://t.co/0pCcEICbTX

  02-10-2017 23:36 via twitter.com
  
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  02-10-2017 23:19 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah State football: Aggies revel in BYU victory, gear up for Colorado State

  02-10-2017 23:18
  While a sizeable number of college football fans in Utah continued to focus on what the vanquished did wrong, Utah State’s players and coaches preferred to concentrate Monday on what the Aggies did right in beating Brigham Young on Friday.
  During his weekly press conference on Monday, USU coach Matt Wells noted the change from two weeks ago, when he stood at the same podium answering questions about the Aggies’ lopsided loss at Wake Forest — which was doomed by the same kind of
  
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• Letter: In single-payer debate, do the research on health care around the world

  02-10-2017 23:16
  I’m sure Craig Paulson is very informed, but there seems to be quite a few disconnects in his opinion piece (“Single-payer health care is not the answer,” Sept. 22).Among the three largest countries in the world (Germany, France and the U.S.) Germany has 8.2 hospitals per 1,000 population, France has 6.2 and the United States has 2.9 per person.Among the category of primary care doctors per 1,000 people, Germany is first at 4.1 per doctor, France is 3.1 per doctor, the UK is 2.
  
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• Letter: Kick the protesting football players out

  02-10-2017 23:15
  I have been reading more and more about the NFL players who are supposedly protesting the mistreatment of minorities by kneeling or sitting during the national anthem. To me, this is a coward’s way out. There are many other ways to protest mistreatment.By kneeling during the national anthem these players are spitting on the American flag, turning their back on their country and disrespecting the men and women who raised their hand and pledged to serve and even die for this country.If they
  
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• Letter: Trump is blind to the tragedy of war

  02-10-2017 23:13
  I have been watching the TV documentary, “The Vietnam War,” during which a North Vietnamese veteran of the war knowingly stated, “No one wins in war.” We now have a president who in a braggadocio manner vowed to destroy North Korea. Essentially saying he would kill 25 million people.One can imagine this particular leader, our leader and the leader of the free world, discussing the horrible thought of destroying a country and thereby killing its people while in private con
  
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• Letter: Feeling nostalgic for Seoul

  02-10-2017 23:12
  I have been following Pat Bagley’s series on South Korea with nostalgia and recognition, as my first salaried position was teaching English to adults in Seoul.The Sept. 20 cartoon pointed out Korea’s sensible take on gun control. For me, this was one of the best aspects of living in Korea. It’s hard to overstate how relaxed I felt (at age 21) out and about in one of the biggest cities in the world. Sure, Seoul had its share of kooks shouting mangled-English profanities in publi
  
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• Las Vegas horror drives predictable gun stock rally

  02-10-2017 23:10
  The grim predictability of stock-market reactions to U.S. mass shootings-where before a final tally of casualties can be reached, shares of gun makers rise-continued Monday in the wake of a Las Vegas attack that killed at least 58 and wounded 515.Historically, gun stocks have experienced a bump after a mass shooting for reasons both political and emotional. Gun sales typically rise over concerns that a deadly event could lead to more stringent gun-control legislation. An additional driver of sal
  
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• Mormon records helped uncover family histories for Bernie Sanders and Larry David

  02-10-2017 22:18
  With a bit of help from the Mormons, PBS’ “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” discovered that Sen. Bernie Sanders and the man who parodied him on “Saturday Night Live,” Larry David, are related. The series doesn’t deal directly with the church. But Gates said his show owes a lot to the records kept by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “They have a head start of almost 200 years,” Gates said. “They have low labor co
  
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• Former Utah chemistry teacher sent to prison for sexually abusing teen girl

  02-10-2017 22:18
  A former Davis County high school chemistry teacher has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl.Douglas B. Tate, 70, of Kaysville, was a part-time chemistry teacher at Viewmont High School in Bountiful when he had sexual contact with the teen last year, according to charges filed in 2nd District Court.The teen was not a Viewmont student and knew Tate through “a secondary acquaintance,” Farmington police Chief Wayne Hansen has said.Tate pleaded guilty in March
  
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• Ambassador Huntsman arrives in Moscow, set to meet Putin this week

  02-10-2017 22:18
  Washington • Newly minted U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman arrived in Moscow on Monday and presented his credentials to the Foreign Ministry, Russian news services reported. Huntsman, a former Utah governor who was confirmed last week by the Senate as America’s top envoy to Russian, is expected to introduce himself to President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. TASS, a Kremlin-run news outlet, said that Huntsman met with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who said,
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: On Jazz game plan vs. Sydney, Favors' health and Mitchell at PG

  02-10-2017 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  ...media day too, and has been a consistent theme in talking with those in the Jazz organization. The Jazz probably aren't going to compete for a championship t ...
  
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• Join us from start to finish on the creation of the @RudyGobert27 mannequin. https://t.co/E2itM9tkTp

  02-10-2017 21:48 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah football: Tyler Huntley’s status still in question, but Kavika Luafatasaga ready for Stanford

  02-10-2017 21:42
  Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham gave little indication what the status of injured starting quarterback Tyler Huntley will be this weekend when Utah hosts Stanford, but for the second week in a row senior backup quarterback Troy Williams attended the weekly news conference on Monday.“[He’s] just continuing to go through the evaluation process every day, and we’ll see what transpires for this weekend,” Whittingham said of Huntley.The Utes are 4-0 (1-0 in Pac-12) coming
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Game Preview: Sydney Kings at Utah Jazz

  02-10-2017 21:40 via sportspyder.com
  ...a Millsap-ian leap and can stretch the floor. That’s a tall order. The Utah Jazz brought in Jerebko as insurance as a stretch 4 in case Derrick Favors is una ...
  
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• Letter: Utah and the perils of one-party rule

  02-10-2017 21:29
  After numerous attempts over the years to share my views with Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, I’ve come to the conclusion that they don’t care what I think. They rarely respond to letters whether sent via email or the U.S. mail, and the rare times they do, it’s merely to explain to me why I’m wrong. When I’ve tried phoning their offices, I generally get their voice mail. When it isn’t full, it allows me to leave a message, but I have yet to receive a response
  
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• Some automatic weapons, possibly used in Las Vegas shooting, are legal but heavily regulated

  02-10-2017 21:28
  The fusillade emanating from the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas Sunday night sounded to many as if it came from one or more automatic rifles, which fire continuously so long as the trigger is held down. Such guns are legal, so long as they were made before May 1986 and are registered with the federal government.If an automatic weapon, also called a machine gun, was made or imported after 1986, it may be legally owned only by licensed dealers, police and the military.Congress began regulating su
  
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• Letter: Climate change deniers should deal with reality

  02-10-2017 21:25
  My experience in raising children is that they, as all of us from time to time, engage in wishful thinking about how we believe the world should be, not as it is. Oftentimes this wishful thinking clashes with reality. My advice then as now is quite simple: “If you don’t deal with reality, it will deal with you.”My advice to climate change deniers is to start dealing with the reality of the impacts of climate change. These impacts are not only dealing with the rest of us but you
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz will be in discovery mode when they take on Sydney Kings tonight

  02-10-2017 21:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... s and Rodney Hood on the wings and Ricky Rubio at the point. The fourth-year Jazz coach said he wants to see how his team, which consists of several new playe ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz will be in discovery mode when they take on Sydney Kings Monday night

  02-10-2017 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... s and Rodney Hood on the wings and Ricky Rubio at the point. The fourth-year Jazz coach said he wants to see how his team, which consists of several new playe ...
  
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• You’ve got to come check out the life-size Rudy mannequin inside the @jazzteamstore! 👀 https://t.co/i4fyJpl6Gz

  02-10-2017 21:06 via twitter.com
  
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• BYU football: Kalani Sitake says Cougars unsure who will start at QB Friday against Boise State

  02-10-2017 21:04
  Provo • Let the shell game begin.BYU football coach Kalani Sitake said in his weekly press briefing on Monday that any of five quarterbacks on the Cougars’ roster could start on Friday against Boise State at LaVell Edwards Stadium, including two guys he was hoping to redshirt this season.That also includes the opening-day starter, junior Tanner Mangum, who was injured on the final play against Utah on Sept. 9 and has missed the last two games with an ankle injury. Or it could be redsh
  
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• Jazz will be in discovery mode when they take on Sydney Kings tonight

  02-10-2017 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Monday night’s opening preseason game against the Sydney Kings will be more about discovery than anything else for the Utah Jazz basketball team.Of course the Jazz would like to win the game against the professional team from the Australian National Basketball League, but coach Quin Snyder is excited to see how his team responds to competition after a week of preseason camp.“We’re going to use the game to find out more about us,” he said after Monda
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Death in Las Vegas: The diminished president responds

  02-10-2017 20:55
  The slaughter at a Las Vegas concert venue, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, likely will spur the same nonproductive, maddening political argument. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., put out a statement, which read in part:“This must stop. It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there aren’t public policy responses to this epidemic. There are, and the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow
  
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• GM maps all-electric future with 20 models arriving by 2023

  02-10-2017 20:55
  General Motors joined a growing group of automakers promising an emissions-free future for cars by pledging to sell 20 all-electric vehicles by 2023.The largest U.S. automaker, which generates most of its profit with large sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, plans to have a lineup of both battery-powered cars and hydrogen fuel-cell autos, which also run on electricity. Two new EVs will debut in the next 18 months to follow the Chevrolet Bolt that’s been on sale for less than a year.&
  
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• St. George gun store owner says he recently sold a shotgun to Las Vegas shooter

  02-10-2017 20:52
  A St. George gun shop owner says he recently sold a shotgun to the man who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 at a Las Vegas concert late Sunday. Chris Michel, owner of the Dixie GunWorx store in St. George, said Monday he recognized the 64-year-old suspect Stephen Paddock on the news, and realized Paddock had been in his shop before.“When I got up this morning and learned this had happened in Las Vegas, it was just shock, horror and grief for the victims, questions about how this
  
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• Congressional hopeful John Curtis deletes Facebook post that explained ‘build the wall’ campaign ads

  02-10-2017 20:47
  Provo Mayor John Curtis, the Republican vying for Utah’s vacant congressional seat, has deleted the Facebook post where he responded to criticisms and explained why his campaign ran two controversial ads on illegal immigration last week.“The post was removed as part of a larger plan to address this and many other issues that matter to voters of the district,” said his spokesman, Danny Laub, in an emailed statement. “We will soon launch a new and improved website that shou
  
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• Derrick Favors Shootaround Interview - 10.2.17 🎥: on.nba.com/2yTqhqA #SYDatUTA https://t.co/lJlb72J0lb

  02-10-2017 20:32 via twitter.com
  
  Derrick Favors Shootaround Interview - 10.2.17🎥: on.nba.com/2yTqhqA#SYDatUTA https://t.co/lJlb72J0lb
  
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• Head Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview - 10.2.17 🎥: on.nba.com/2xPmKt5 #SYDatUTA https://t.co/ByHtU9J3kF

  02-10-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 8 Bit NBA: Backcourt Brawlers

  02-10-2017 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  ...him? More From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets Fri Oct 6 Phoenix Suns @ Utah Jazz 7:00 PM - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT Wed Oct 18 Denver Nug ...
  
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• Antlers vs. horns: Here’s the deal, according to wildlife experts

  02-10-2017 20:14
  Ever wonder what the difference is between an antler and a horn?People regularly refer to the headgear on male deer elk and moose as horns, according to Mark Zornes of the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish.That’s wrong. They’re antlers.Antlers on members of the deer family, according to the experts at Yellowstone National Park, are grown as an extension of the animal’s skull. They are true bone and are a single structure, generally found only on males.Antlers are shed and reg
  
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• Islamic State claims Las Vegas mass shooting

  02-10-2017 20:13
  Cairo • Without providing any evidence to support the claim, the Islamic State group on Monday said the gunman in the mass shooting in Las Vegas was “a soldier” from its ranks who had converted to Islam months ago.Authorities have yet to identify a motive for the shooting, and said initially there was no evidence of any connection to international terrorism.The extremist group has a history of exaggerated or false claims, including earlier this year, when it claimed an attack on
  
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• Las Vegas shooter was retired, had no criminal record

  02-10-2017 20:12
  Mesquite, Nev. • The man who killed 58 people and injured at least 515 others at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday.The brother of Stephen Paddock, 64, said he’s “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting at a country music concert Sunday night, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Eric Paddock told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he can’t understand what happened.Stephen Paddock had n
  
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• Las Vegas massacre aftermath: Gov. Herbert says Utah law stands ready to help its stricken neighboring state

  02-10-2017 20:12
  Utah’s governor and leading law enforcement officials reacted in horror and outrage in the wake of a mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night that left some 60 people dead and more than 500 injured.They also stood ready to come to the aid of Nevada police handling what is now thought to be the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert stated Monday that he was “heartbroken to hear of the horrific shooting in Las Vegas,” and he offered Nevada Gov. Brian Sand
  
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• At least 58 killed, more than 500 wounded in Las Vegas during the ‘deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history’

  02-10-2017 20:11
  Las Vegas • The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):10:27 a.m.Police from the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas say the suspect in the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history lived there from 2004 to 2012.Lt. Brian Parish says property records show Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, indicated he lived there during the period but that public records suggested he may have lived in the suburb longer.Parrish said Monday that Paddock owned at least three rental properties.Parrish als
  
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• Jazz shootaround: Condensed preseason means Jazz must accomplish a lot in a short time frame

  02-10-2017 20:07
  With only five tuneups before the regular season opener in just a little over two weeks, time is of the essence for the Jazz.This means the preseason opener Monday night against the Sydney Kings will be more than just a glorified scrimmage at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Coach Quin Snyder and his staff will use the next eight days of games in an effort to establish a rotation. The younger players and guys at the end of the roster may not get as much playing time as a preseason game would dictate.Sydn
  
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• Ann Cannon: Peach season brings sweet memories of Dad

  02-10-2017 20:03
  It’s October now, so I think we’ve pretty much seen the last of the local peaches for sale at the corner fruit stands, right? Except, of course, for a few peach outliers.Anyway, for 6-8 weeks as late summer morphs into early autumn here along the Wasatch Front, I eat fresh peaches like. It’s. My. Job. I don’t discriminate. I am an equal-opportunity peach employer. If you are a peach, I will find a place for you in my life. Suncrest. O’Henry. Red Haven. Angelus. Elbe
  
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• In wake of nurse arrest, Utah burn unit staffers keep caring for their patients with river trips and more

  02-10-2017 19:40
  A few weeks after Brad Wiggins was on the phone trying to calm a Salt Lake City Police officer who was about to arrest one of his nurses for refusing to allow a blood draw from an unconscious patient, he was on the Colorado River — once again caring for burn victims.You all know the story of Detective Jeff Payne’s arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels at the University Hospital burn unit because she was following hospital regulations by not allowing the blood draw of burn victim William Gray.
  
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• Why ESPN won't be showing the national anthem before 'Monday Night Football' game

  02-10-2017 19:34
  ESPN will not carry the national anthem that precedes Monday night’s game between the Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs, but its decision has nothing to do with demonstrations and protests that have dominated headlines over the last 10 days or so.Before the season began, the network decided not to show the anthem, with two exceptions. One was the “Monday Night Football” season opener that fell on the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and featured a spe
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-Sydney Kings key matchup: Derrick Favors vs. Perry Ellis

  02-10-2017 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... he’s rangy and agile enough to test Favors’ lateral movement. Related Story: Jazz-Kings: Keys to the game Ellis is adept at facing up from the perimeter and e ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Utah Jazz Rank: Starting off the top 10 is Alec Burks

  02-10-2017 18:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... al Vote Now More From SLC Dunk [Audio] SLC Punks Podcast: Reviewing the Utah Jazz scrimmage and looking forward to preseason [VIDEO] SLC Dunk Live Show: Utah...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Predictions and Defining Success

  02-10-2017 18:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... uld play roughly 12 to 18 minutes paired with Gobert. Those ratios offer the Jazz at least three distinct frontcourt looks — always with a solid defensive pre ...
  
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• Utah Jazz-Sydney Kings key matchup: Derrick Favors vs. Perry Ellis

  02-10-2017 18:33
  Utah Jazz big man Derrick Favors gets his first shot at proving he’s regained the mobility that injuries robbed him of last season. Utah Jazz basketball officially tips off on Monday night as Quin Snyder’s squad begins preseason play against Australia’s Sydney Kings. The NBL club will undoubtedly be looking to make a statement against […]
  Utah Jazz-Sydney Kings key matchup: Derrick Favors vs. Perry Ellis - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, O
  
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• Greg Sargent: This is the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. How should we talk about it?

  02-10-2017 18:01
  Another day, another mass shooting in America. Except this time, the horrific slaughter that unfolded Sunday night at a concert in Las Vegas is being widely described as the deadliest one in modern U.S. history. More than 50 people are dead, and more than 200 wounded, after the shooter opened fire on a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip from a 32nd-story hotel window.The shooter has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who is dead and is believed to have taken his own life. He lived in Mesq
  
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• Gunman who killed 50 at Las Vegas concert was retired

  02-10-2017 17:41
  Las Vegas • The man who killed at least 50 people and injured more than 400 at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday.The brother of Stephen Paddock, 64, said he’s “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting at a country music concert Sunday night, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Eric Paddock told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he can’t understand what happened.The Islamic State group
  
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• Kragthorpe: Ex-Ute QB Alex Smith is off to a great start, going into Monday night's game

  02-10-2017 17:38
  Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs face a tough test Monday night against Washington in their bid to remain the NFL’s only unbeaten team. Even if they do become 4-0, that achievement would come with limited value during a long season.Yet there’s no question that Smith, the former University of Utah quarterback, is off to the best start of his 13-year NFL career. The Chiefs look like Super Bowl contenders as of early October, considering their impressive win over New England and ho
  
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• Utahns react to the death of Mormon apostle Robert Hales

  02-10-2017 17:24
  Here are reactions from Utah and abroad to Sunday’s death of Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales:
  U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch
  “Elder Hales provided a model of servant-leadership for all of us to follow. He was a true disciple of Jesus Christ, putting the welfare of others before self and the Kingdom of God above all. He was gracious and loving, thoughtful and kind. In all things, Elder Hales exemplified humility, which was the hallmark of his life. While millions of us grieve his passing, we ta
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Rank: Starting off the top 10 is Alec Burks

  02-10-2017 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  ...off the bench this year, something the Jazz may need at times. He’s on under contract for another 2 years at about 11 mi ...
  
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