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• 50 tons of trash removed from homeless camps along Jordan River

  06-10-2017 23:57
  It’s unsightly, unhealthy, bad for the environment and it stinks.It’s garbage and human waste strewn along the ecologically sensitive wetlands surrounding the Jordan River in Salt Lake Valley. And it’s mounting by the tons, since the Aug. 14 launch of Operation Rio Grande.Homeless campers have been cleared out of downtown Salt Lake City by the law enforcement initiative aimed at cleaning up and reducing crime around The Road Home shelter. But that doesn’t mean those peopl
  
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• State GOP moves to prevent Weber County from punishing signature-gathering candidates

  06-10-2017 23:38
  State GOP leaders are moving to ensure that the Weber County Republican Party does not act on bylaws that would punish candidates who attempt to qualify for the ballot through collecting signatures, instead of using the traditional caucus-convention system.State GOP Chairman Rob Anderson says if the county took action against signature-gathering candidates, it could — ironically — jeopardize every Utah Republican candidate’s ability to use the caucus-convention path to the ball
  
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• Ambassador Huntsman's first week a whirlwind with Putin, Trump meetings

  06-10-2017 23:29
  Washington • U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman’s first week in the post was a whirlwind as he landed in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and later flew back to Washington to sit down with President Donald Trump. He also gave his first public interview since taking the job — to his daughter Abby Huntsman on “Fox and Friends.”The ambassador resigned from several corporate boards in the week following his Senate confirmation and dropped the sale
  
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• ‘I want that Mulan McNugget sauce, Morty!’ Rick gets his wish as 2 Utah McDonald’s locations bring back the now-famous Szechuan for one day

  06-10-2017 23:27
  “Rick and Morty,” which revolves around the adventures of wild-haired scientist Rick Sanchez and his grandson, Morty, is pretty much the hot animated series du jour. And the sci-fi antics of the show — which airs on Cartoon Network’s late-night Adult Swim programming block — have now affected reality for us all.In the third-season premiere, “The Rickshank Rickdemption,” Rick conjures up a childhood memory while at a McDonald’s drive-thru, raving ab
  
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  06-10-2017 23:22 via twitter.com
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• 50 tons of trash from homeless camps piles up as Jordan River clean-up continues

  06-10-2017 23:19
  It’s unsightly, unhealthy, bad for the environment and it stinks.It’s garbage and human waste strewn along the ecologically sensitive wetlands surrounding the Jordan River in Salt Lake Valley. And it’s mounting by the tons, since the Aug. 14 launch of Operation Rio Grande.Homeless campers have been cleared out of downtown Salt Lake City by the law enforcement initiative aimed at cleaning up and reducing crime around The Road Home shelter. But that doesn’t mean those peopl
  
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• Common ground: Utah Lutherans, Catholics to pray side by side 500 years after Protestant Reformation

  06-10-2017 23:14
  On an October day five centuries ago, a German friar named Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the doors of Wittenberg’s Castle Church, triggering the Protestant Reformation.This Sunday, Christians rent from one another by that schism will pray together at Salt Lake City’s Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1070 Foothill Drive.The Rev. Oscar Solis, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, will join the Rev. Jim Gonia, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America&r
  
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• Police close investigation into death of woman whose body was found in Jordan River

  06-10-2017 23:13
  Police have closed the investigation into the death of a woman whose body was found in the Jordan River in July.
  The Medical Examiner’s Office couldn’t determine the cause of 44-year-old Zephera Smith’s death, Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said Friday.Her body was recovered from the river near 4500 South in Taylorsville on July 21 after some Boy Scouts walking along the Parkway Trail spotted her.Smith’s home is about six miles away of the Jordan River Parkway Trail, in
  
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• Ekpe Udoh thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, and other Jazz notes

  06-10-2017 23:13
  Ekpe Udoh is supremely confident in his abilities as a defender.But after two preseason games against international teams, there are still a lot of questions to be answered regarding the Utah Jazz’s offense.On this week’s podcast, we look at Rick Rubio’s shaky start, discuss some way too hot Donovan Mitchell comparisons, and explain why Thabo Sefolosha has already made at least one fan in Utah.You can subscribe on iTunes or listen via SoundCloud:
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in Hurricane shooting civilly committed to Utah State Hospital

  06-10-2017 23:09
  A man who allegedly shot and wounded a Hurricane man at a trailer park nearly five years ago has been civilly committed to the Utah State Hospital after efforts to restore his mental competency failed.Craig Manwill Bennett Jr. was charged in 5th District Court with one count of first-degree felony attempted murder for the Nov. 28, 2012 episode.Questions about Bennett’s competency were raised a month later, triggering years of treatment and evaluations.A recent court docket entry states he
  
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• Koerber’s ‘image of success’ hid a real estate Ponzi scheme, prosecutors say in closing arguments of fraud trial

  06-10-2017 22:59
  Closing arguments are underway in the trial for former real estate guru Rick Koerber, who is accused of illegal business dealings and running a Ponzi scheme.After hearing weeks of evidence in Salt Lake City’s federal courthouse — which included seven days of testimony from Koerber himself — jurors are expected to begin deliberations late Friday afternoon.Koerber is facing 17 charges in an indictment that alleges that, from 2004 to 2008, he took in about $100 million from invest
  
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• Group opposing nuclear weapons wins Nobel peace prize

  06-10-2017 22:46
  Oslo, Norway • The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a forceful show of support for a grassroots effort that seeks to pressure the world’s nuclear powers to give up the weapons that could destroy the planet.The choice of the little-known coalition of disarmament activists put the Nobel committee again at the forefront of geopolitics at a time when fears are rising over North Korea’s nuclear and missile program and the invectiv
  
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• Today's arena food spotlight - Park City's own El Chubasco! 🌮🌯 Try their amazing food next time you're at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-10-2017 22:43 via twitter.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ekpe Udoh thinks he's a better defender than Rudy Gobert, and other Jazz notes

  06-10-2017 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...teams, there are still a lot of questions to be answered regarding the Utah Jazz’s offense. On this week’s podcast, we look at Rick Rubio’s shaky start, disc ...
  
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• Let Love rule? The Utes hope not against Stanford

  06-10-2017 22:27
  Stanford’s Bryce Love has run over everybody he’s faced so far this year. So what can the Utes do to slow down the explosive running back on Saturday?On this week’s podcast, we look at the matchup with the Cardinal, Troy Williams’ return under center, and why this weekend is a big one for Utah’s recruiting plans.You can subscribe on iTunes or listen via SoundCloud:
  
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• Mormon leader Hales memorialized as wise and devoted

  06-10-2017 22:21
  Salt Lake City • Mormon leader Robert D. Hales was memorialized Friday as a wise, quick-witted and devoted church servant at a public funeral Friday in Salt Lake City.Hales, 85, died Sunday from complications related to his age. He is the fourth top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to die in the last three years.Referring to him as "Bob," fellow leaders lauded Hales' courage in dealing with health issues that began in 1991 after his first heart attack to help guide
  
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• Ex-UHP trooper already charged with starting one Utah wildfire, is indicted for starting another blaze

  06-10-2017 22:05
  A former Utah Highway Patrol officer — already charged with arson in state court for intentionally starting a wildfire in northeastern Utah this summer — was federally indicted this week with purposefully starting another blaze in the area.The latest case against Rex Richard Olsen, 37, of Roosevelt, alleges that on May 30, he started a fire on Bureau of Land Management land about 20 miles southeast of Vernal.The blaze burned nearly 2,500 acres of brush, took four days to contain and
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: As he turns 65, Putin's power slowly wanes

  06-10-2017 21:59
  On Oct. 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin turns 65. As of this year, this is the maximum retirement age for Russian civil servants, which can only be raised in special cases. Though Putin, as an elected official, is not subject to this law and has indicated that it’s too early for him to retire, he reaches this milestone in a surprisingly vulnerable position.Putin’s vulnerability would be hard to pinpoint if officials weren’t pointing to it with their clumsy actions. Alexei N
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Rank: Dante Exum is the 8th man

  06-10-2017 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) Poll Who is the 7th most valuable player on the Utah Jazz roster? Derrick Favors Rodney Hood Ricky Rubio Joe Ingles Donovan Mitchell J ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: A ‘more assured’ Dante Exum has

  06-10-2017 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... et into form quicker rather than later. Worried about the future of the Utah Jazz? Fear not. Age of every Utah Jazz starter: Ricky Rubio: 26 Rodney Hood: 24 J ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Jazz-Suns key matchup: Josh Jackson vs. Donovan Mitchell

  06-10-2017 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... hat put him on the radar of pundits all over the basketball blogosphere. The Jazz rook scored 11 points in the game and got into the paint whenever he wanted. ...
  
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• Jazz-Suns key matchup: Josh Jackson vs. Donovan Mitchell

  06-10-2017 21:18
  Friday’s preseason bout between the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns will feature two potential ROY candidates in Donovan Mitchell and Josh Jackson. Preseason hoops can be a tough cookie to crack in terms of following matchups on the court. Coaches are constantly tinkering with different lineup combinations and key players barely get enough run to […]
  Jazz-Suns key matchup: Josh Jackson vs. Donovan Mitchell - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• With powerful rhythms, Repertory Dance Theatre takes a stand for Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument

  06-10-2017 21:01
  For more than two decades, Repertory Dance Theatre has employed the power of dance to defend and protect Utah’s landscape, but never with the ferocity of “Dancing The Bears Ears,” a tribute to Utah’s new and endangered national monument that is part of its season-opening “Sanctuary” program running through Saturday.Repeated rhythmic patterns summoned reverence for the contested Bears Ears National Monument that inspired the choreography, and the lush movement
  
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• A play for children that explores death and grief? Utah school tour is offering just such a journey

  06-10-2017 20:51
  Elaine Jarvik surprised herself when she volunteered to write Plan-B Theatre Company’s fifth play for kids.“I volunteer at The Sharing Place,” the journalist and playwright explained. “It’s a house — a nice, warm atmosphere where they provide support groups for children who have lost a loved one. They also provide support groups for the parents while their child is there.”Jarvik’s 35-minute play, “RIVER.SWAMP.CAVE.MOUNTAIN,” takes the j
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz excited to finally play NBA competition as Phoenix rolls in Friday night

  06-10-2017 20:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... e of playing in the NBA, so tonight’s game will be the first real test for a Jazz team with several new players. “We’re very excited to finally play against a ...
  
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• Goodbye: AOL discontinuing pioneering Instant Messenger

  06-10-2017 20:49
  AOL announced Friday that it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform after 20 years of service.An article on AOL’s website posted Friday says AOL Instant Messenger will be discontinued on Dec. 15. In a blog post , a spokesman for AOL’s parent company explained the platform’s demise as the casualty of the evolving way people communicate.“AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the way in which we communicate with e
  
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• Photo gallery: Posh Salt Lake County ‘compound’ going up for auction

  06-10-2017 20:39
  A high demand for housing along the Wasatch Front has made it a seller’s market, with home prices soaring and bidding wars erupting over even the most modest fixer-uppers. Rising rents are making affordable apartments hard to find, and yeah, plans for those new homeless shelters are raising a fuss.Even the well-heeled have housing troubles — like how to unload a five-bedroom, 12-bathroom, seven-fireplace palace that’s spread out over 3 acres, with a tennis court, pool, a trout-
  
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• Thabo Sefolosha Shootaround Interview 🎥: on.nba.com/2hQTgqT #PHXatUTA https://t.co/y2Ipy27T8u

  06-10-2017 20:36 via twitter.com
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump takes his opponents' evils to staggering new heights

  06-10-2017 20:33
  Based on media coverage, government email security seemed to be the No. 1 issue preoccupying the American public last year. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking the entire 2016 election was a referendum on whether it’s OK for public servants to use private email, stored on a private server, to conduct official government business.The answer was clear: No, it’s not OK. Yet somehow, here we are again.Thanks to enterprising reporters, we now know that President Trump’s son-
  
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• Coach Quin Snyder Shootaround Interview 🎥: on.nba.com/2fYdDle #PHXatUTA https://t.co/ROt6avbYs8

  06-10-2017 20:31 via twitter.com
  
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• Jazz excited to finally play NBA competition as Phoenix rolls in Friday night

  06-10-2017 20:30
  SALT LAKE CITY – Finally, the Utah Jazz will play some real NBA competition tonight (7 p.m.) when the Phoenix Suns pay a visit to Vivint Smart Home Arena.The Jazz won their first two games by an average of 31.5 points, defeating the Sydney Kings 108-84 and Maccabi Haifa 117-78 earlier this week. Neither of those teams had players capable of playing in the NBA, so tonight’s game will be the first real test for a Jazz team with several new players.“We’re very excited to fin
  
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• Ekpe Udoh Shootaround Interview 🎥: on.nba.com/2y4WahL #PHXatUTA https://t.co/qgsZHllDN4

  06-10-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  
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• George Pyle: There will be no blaming Russia today

  06-10-2017 20:02
  “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”— Abraham Lincoln, Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, Jan. 27, 1838When psychiatrist Frasier Crane was too ill to do his radio call-in show, his brother Niles filled in.From the beginning, the younger doctor laid down the law.“While Frasier is a Freudian, I am a Jungian,” Niles proclaim
  
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• Mormons gather at funeral in Utah for high-ranking leader

  06-10-2017 19:53
  Mormons are gathering at a funeral in Salt Lake City at the religion’s historic Tabernacle to honor the life of high-ranking church leader Robert D. Hales, who died at the age of 85.Hales died Sunday from complications related to his age at a Salt Lake City hospital while Mormons were gathered for a twice-yearly conference in the city that is headquarters to a religion that counts nearly 16 million members around the world.The funeral is set to begin at 11 a.m. at the Tabernacle, which has
  
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• In ‘Dynasty’ reboot, women are strong and gays are out and proud

  06-10-2017 19:36
  The reboot of “Dynasty” is filled with familiar names — Carringtons and Colbys. It’s filled with sort-of familiar characters — Blake, Cristal, Fallon, Steven and Jeff. But if you remember the 1981-89 original, this new show is sort of like “Dynasty” in an alternate universe. It’s definitely “Dynasty” in a different millennium. “It was important for us to meet our moment today the way the original met its moment in the ’80s,
  
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• Equality Utah, state schools settle lawsuit over anti-gay sex ed policies

  06-10-2017 19:29
  Equality Utah has settled the first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought against the state of Utah a over sex-education law that banned positive discussions of homosexuality in public schools.A joint motion to dismiss the lawsuit was filed Thursday in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court. Judge Dee Benson is expected to grant the dismissal.“It’s remarkable what has happened,” Equality Utah Executive Director Troy Williams said. “The Utah State Board of Education has made it
  
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• Saratoga Springs: No shooting threat at high school, but student brought gun earlier in week

  06-10-2017 19:08
  In the wake of the Las Vegas mass shootings, Friday’s social media buzz about a shooting threat at a Saratoga Springs high school caught on like wildfire.Problem was, it was just plain not so.And, said Alpine School District spokeswoman Kimberly Bird, it didn’t help that an unnamed middle school principal added the words “threat of a school shooting” to an email meant to assure his own patrons that there was no danger.“There was not a shooting threat at West Lake Hi
  
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• Smallpools moves on from 'Dreaming' to 'chilling' in new EP ahead of Salt Lake City show

  06-10-2017 19:07
  Smallpools frontman Sean Scanlon has “chilled out” and so has his band’s sound. The indie outfit that caught fire in 2013 with debut frenetic electro pop single “Dreaming” left their original label RCA, moved into the Los Angeles suburbs and recorded a new EP titled “The Science of Letting Go” — featuring five more subdued tunes recored by five different producers.Smallpools is supporting Misterwives Monday night at The Depot — playing a 40 m
  
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• Holly Richardson: Bring on the family traditions!

  06-10-2017 19:02
  The first frost hit this week, the garden has been put to bed, the harvest tablecloth and fall-colored candles have been brought out and today, a momentous milestone occurred: I started playing Christmas music.It’s the time of year when most of us focus on family traditions, those things we do that bind us together with a shared history and a sense of belonging.Meg Cox, author of “The Book of New Family Traditions” describes traditions as “any activity you purposefully re
  
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• Police recover human bones from Millcreek Canyon trail leading to Dog Lake

  06-10-2017 19:01
  Hikers stumbled across human bones near the Upper Big Water trail in Millcreek Canyon Thursday evening, police confirmed Friday.The bones were 50-100 yards away from the path, about a mile up the trail, according to Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke. The bones had been in the canyon for a while, he said.Unified police officers went up the canyon after the bones were reported at 7 p.m. Thursday evening, but called off the search when it got dark.On Friday morning, they hiked back up and confirmed t
  
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• Humane Society of Utah rejects dog food donation after discovering pet store was the source

  06-10-2017 18:58
  Weeks after receiving a pallet of dog food, members of the Humane Society of Utah were dismayed to discover that the donation came from an unlikely and unwanted source: a pet store.The Humane Society of Utah (HSU) is opposed to, and lobbies against, making a profit from the sale of pets.The group learned the source of the donation after a video showing Puppy Barn owner Matthew Milligan and two women dropping off the pallet was posted to the pet store’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, acco
  
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• Utah medical tech firms are trying stem cells to treat back pain and artificial intelligence to develop new drugs

  06-10-2017 17:55
  People suffering from lower back pain are expected to benefit from a drug developed by a biotechnology company in University of Utah Research Park and newly approved for a clinical study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.DiscGenics, with offices at 675 S. Arapeen Dr. in Salt Lake City, said Tuesday that the FDA recently authorized the company to proceed with a clinical study of IDCT, a cell therapy designed to alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative spine disease
  
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• Arizona congressman repeats bogus claim that Charlottesville violence was left-wing plot

  06-10-2017 17:54
  In the aftermath of the summer’s deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, conspiracy theorists came out in force. It took less than a day for familiar faces such as Alex Jones of Infowars to begin peddling baseless claims that the entire thing was a left-wing plot to stoke racial violence and discredit President Donald Trump.Their allegations ran the gamut: The rally organizer was a “deep state” operative from Occupy Wall Street. Leftist protesters had dress
  
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• A timeline of Sgt. Bergdahl's captivity

  06-10-2017 17:38
  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years in captivity in Afghanistan after abandoning his post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, people with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.A look at key events from his capture until now.June 2009 • Bergdahl, who is serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment, vanishes from a base in Afghanistan's Paktika province near the border of Pakistan.July 2009 • The Taliban post video online show
  
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• Naughty children beware in Salt Lake theater’s sinister Halloween show

  06-10-2017 17:35
  “Shockheaded Peter,” a macabre German musical crafted out of cautionary tales about the delightful, horrible consequences of children’s disobedience, is the latest production by Sackerson theater company.Tonewise, the show is really dark and twisted and fun, says director Alex Ungerman, who promises the evening will feature live music and “dead” children. Think dark noir, such as the mood of Tim Burton’s twisty 1990 film “Edward Scissorhands.”The m
  
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• Birth control: Trump expands opt-out for workplace insurance

  06-10-2017 17:32
  Washington • President Donald Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules Friday that take another step in rolling back the Obama health care law.The new policy is a long-expected revision to federal rules that require most companies to cover birth control as preventive care for women, at no additional cost. Preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dep
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Hornacek: Knicks lack defensive-minded players

  06-10-2017 17:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... : Dolan 'furious' about Knicks subway ads, orders them taken down nba 2d ago Jazz's Gobert savagely trolls Kanter on Twitter Jazz's Gobert savagely trolls Kan ...
  
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• U.S. hiring falls 33,000 after hurricanes slam Texas, Florida

  06-10-2017 17:18
  Washington • The United States shed 33,000 jobs in September because of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which closed thousands of businesses in Texas and Florida and forced widespread evacuations. It marked the first monthly hiring drop in nearly seven years.The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, the lowest level since 2001 and a sign that the job market remains fundamentally solid. Hiring is expected to rebound in coming months as business
  
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