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• Utah takes big step toward bidding for 2026 or 2030 Olympics Winter Games

  16-10-2017 23:57
  The possibility of another Olympics bid in the Beehive State could be on the horizon.On Monday, a group featuring state-elected officials as well as business and community leaders alike announced the formation of an official Olympic/Paralympic Exploratory Committee (OEC), which will serve as a likely step toward launching a bid for another Olympic Winter Games in Utah.The OEC will provide its recommendation to its board by Feb. 1, 2018.“Salt Lake City and the entire state of Utah set a ver
  
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• Jazz opt for Royce O’Neale, cut former Weber State star Joel Bolomboy

  16-10-2017 23:48
  Royce O’Neale flashed his perfectly intact pearly whites several times after practice on Monday morning. Throughout training camp, they haven’t always been that way.Twice in the last month, the 24-year-old wing has had the same front tooth knocked out while on the court — once in practice and once in an exhibition (then, he spit it into his hand and kept running the floor). But after a few dental visits, his teeth are all there. And now, he’s got plenty of reason to smile
  
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• Utah closes investigation into sheriff’s office accused of time card fraud, misspending public money

  16-10-2017 23:46
  Farmington • Prosecutors won't file charges connected to auditors' findings that a sheriff's office north of Salt Lake City misspent public money and committed time card fraud.The Standard-Examiner reports that prosecutors decided the allegations against the Davis County Sheriff were administrative issues rather than criminal complaints.Auditors faulted Sheriff Todd Richardson for allowing a deputy to report vacation time as work time, among other issues. He has denied wrongdoing, saying it
  
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• Republican Curtis outpaces Democrat Allen nearly 3-to-1 in campaign donations since July

  16-10-2017 23:37
  Provo mayor and Republican congressional candidate John Curtis has skated past his Democratic opponent — raising nearly three times more donations over the last three months — with the most recent financial filings in the race for Utah’s vacant House seat.Still, though Curtis has picked up support as the Nov. 7 special election nears, he has not yet surpassed all that Kathie Allen has raised since she launched her first-time campaign in March to challenge Rep. Jason Chaffetz, w
  
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• Real Salt Lake defender Tony Beltran’s season uncertain after knee injury

  16-10-2017 23:36
  Right back Tony Beltran gingerly put weight on his right leg as he limped to the locker room, supported by RSL striker Yura Movsisyan and head trainer Tyson Pace.As they made their way down the sideline play resumed, but Beltran’s season may not. He suffered an unspecified knee injury in RSL’s 1-0 loss at Colorado on Sunday.RSL coach Mike Petke said after the match that he did not have an update on whether Beltran would be able to return next week for RSL’s last regular season
  
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• Raw sewage contaminating waters in Puerto Rico after Maria

  16-10-2017 23:20
  Caguas, Puerto Rico • Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.Nearly a month after the hurricane made landfall, Puerto Rico is only beginning to come to grips with a massive environmental emergency that has no clear end in sight.“I think this will be the most challenging envi
  
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• Ricky Rubio // Practice 10.16.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2yqyfHL https://t.co/hdIFshYVcP

  16-10-2017 23:18 via twitter.com
  
  Ricky Rubio // Practice 10.16.17Watch: on.nba.com/2yqyfHL https://t.co/hdIFshYVcP
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge Agree on Extension

  16-10-2017 22:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... 017 By Rodney Hood and the Utah Jazz will not come to an agreement on a contract extension, barring a last minute ...
  
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• Today's @vivintarena food spotlight: @MaxwellsSLC 🍕🍽😛 Grab a slice the next time you're at a game! https://t.co/FRrN2gPGxs

  16-10-2017 22:40 via twitter.com
  
  Today's @vivintarena food spotlight: @MaxwellsSLC 🍕🍽😛Grab a slice the next time you're at a game! https://t.co/FRrN2gPGxs
  
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• Trump: Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on US personnel

  16-10-2017 22:31
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained, invisible attacks in Cuba that have harmed American government workers.Though Trump’s comments appeared to be a new allegation, it wasn’t clear whether he meant Cuba was behind the attacks or merely shared the onus because it failed to keep Americans safe on its soil. The United States has avoided casting blame on Cuban President Raul Castro’s government for the attacks th
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - [Audio] SLC Punks Podcast: Rodney Hood extension, Donovan Mitchell is a star and what’s up with Dante Exum?

  16-10-2017 22:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... scuss , what happens with his shoulder, and what the Jazz should do with his next contract. More From SLC Dunk Trending Find Tickets W ...
  
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• New pact keeps 3.4 million acres open to Utah hunters, fishers

  16-10-2017 22:12
  Hardly a week before Utah’s general-rifle hunting season opens Friday, state wildlife officials have reached a deal with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to ensure hunters’ privilege to stalk big game on 3.4 million acres of state trust lands. The deal is set to cost taxpayers $1 million a year, but it avoids a potentially expensive court fight between the two state agencies that could be fraught with unanticipated consequences.For months, Division of Wildlife
  
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• Utah’s next test? ASU, fresh off its upset of Pac-12 favorite Washington

  16-10-2017 22:02
  Zack Moss walked in his front door around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning.Probably a little sore after ramming into USC Trojans over and over again, and definitely somber after the heartbreak of Utah’s 28-27 loss at the Coliseum. But even after a career-high 141 yards on 20 carries, the sophomore running back made sure to pull up highlights of the defense he’d see in a week’s time.What he glimpsed after watching the Arizona State Sun Devils put reigning Pac-12 Conference champion Wash
  
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• #MeToo: Utah women take to social media to share their stories of sexual harassment and assault

  16-10-2017 21:57
  Me too.They were two simple words that became a powerful movement over the weekend, as women and some men across the country — and throughout Utah — shared their stories of sexual harassment or assault on Twitter and Facebook.The social media movement was sparked Sunday by actress Alyssa Milano, who took to Twitter with an idea suggested by a friend.“If all women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too,’ as a status, we might give people a sense o
  
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• Utah's Sen. Mike Lee endorses Moore in Alabama Senate race

  16-10-2017 21:54
  Washington • Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has endorsed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in Alabama, adding the Utah Republican’s star power among conservatives to Moore’s bid for the seat vacated by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Lee said Monday that he would back the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice because it’s important for Republicans to keep the seat. Moore was twice ousted from heading Alabama’s top court after refusing to abide by federal court rulings &m
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Top 100 NBA Players: Where do the Utah Jazz fit in?

  16-10-2017 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... step up and be a consistent scorer Utah can rely on. If he delivers then the Jazz could have 3 top 50 players next year. is a top 100 player despite ESPN and...
  
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• No Alpha? No problem. Jazz hope to find strength in their second unit

  16-10-2017 21:43
  Quin Snyder almost never commits to a short answer. This isn’t to demean the Jazz coach in any way. He’s simply a deep thinker. He absorbs a question and analyzes it. His answers amount to verbal essays, and can take minutes, not seconds.So it says something about the relevance of Utah’s second unit that Snyder didn’t hesitate to pass a one sentence retort on its overall role.“Huge,” Snyder said. “The bench is going to be very important to us.”The
  
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• Fed by Trump’s rhetoric, right wing tosses out conspiracy theories and gullible believers bite — no matter how hard the ‘fake news’ is to swallow

  16-10-2017 21:33
  The Oct. 1 New York Times Magazine ran a troubling story about how right-wing media and anti-immigrant forces turned an unfortunate incident involving three children into a fictional gang rape that has no relationship with the truth.The story began at a Twin Falls, Idaho, apartment building laundry room, where two refugee boys, 10 and 7, were caught in a compromising situation partially dressed with a 5-year-old girl last year.The incident was publicly cited in a Twin Falls City Council meeting
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Utah Jazz waive former Weber State forward Joel Bolomboy

  16-10-2017 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...blocks. RELATED:  Bolomboy brushing Summer League performance aside as Utah Jazz season starts Bolomboy averaged 17.1 points and 12.6 rebounds as a senior at ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - No Alpha? No problem. Jazz hope to find strength in their second unit

  16-10-2017 21:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... sed because it’s a long season.” (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45). The Utah Jazz defeated the Phoenix Suns 112-101 ...
  
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• 10 players who may be restricted free agents for first time in career

  16-10-2017 21:15
  Joel Embiid, Andrew Wiggins and Gary Harris agreed to contract extensions with their respective teams. TJ Warren and Josh Richardson also agreed to smaller-scale deals to stay put.
  Other first-round picks who have not yet agreed to a contract extension with their teams have until 6 p.m. EST, though it does not seem like anything will be struck last minute.
  As such, the following players will most likely become restricted free agents during the 2018 NBA offseason. This me
  
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• Mayim Bialik fires back at Weinstein op-ed critics: 'It's so sad how vicious people are being'

  16-10-2017 21:06
  The list of celebrities weighing in on allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Harvey Weinstein is growing longer by the day. But one op-ed, written by "The Big Bang Theory" and "Blossom" actress Mayim Bialik, is being criticized as victim-blaming and placing responsibility on women for not getting sexually assaulted.Bialik addressed the backlash early Sunday morning via a message posted on Twitter, writing "a bunch of people have taken my words out of the context of the Hollywood machin
  
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• Anne Applebaum: If Russia can create fake 'Black Lives Matter' accounts, who will be next?

  16-10-2017 21:02
  Send a spy to spread rumors on the other side of the front line. Drop leaflets into enemy territory. Debilitate the enemy using its own people, in their own language — Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose — over their own radios. The tactics of demoralization are as old as politics — as old as war — and now we know what the second-decade-of-the-21st-century version looks like, too.Pushed by a congressional investigation, Facebook has finally turned over some 3,000 advertisements and
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - After a quiet preseason, Joe Ingles ready for another solid season for Jazz

  16-10-2017 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... t player, and has become known for his durability. In three seasons with the Jazz, he hasn’t suffered a significant injury and has missed just four games tota ...
  
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• Six tips for having a successful rifle deer hunt in Utah

  16-10-2017 20:58
  Utah’s rifle deer hunt opens Saturday with an expected 60,000 orange-clad hunters hitting mountainous areas throughout Utah.The thousands afield affects non-hunters and fall outdoor enthusiasts who would do well to either visit national parks where no hunting is allowed or wear something bright if recreating near deer hunting areas.Hunters could find a more challenging hunt for buck deer.Scattered reports during the general archery and muzzleloader hunts earlier in the year indicate that b
  
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• Vivint Arena shifts ticketing vendors, opting for national firm Ticketmaster

  16-10-2017 20:54
  When Utah Jazz fans and Salt Lake City concertgoers buy their tickets to the Vivint Smart Home Arena, they will be going through a different vendor.This month, the national ticketing company Ticketmaster becomes the vendor for all events at The Viv, taking over from the Utah-based Smith’s Tix. The switchover happened Oct. 2, but regular customers received emails Monday morning filling them in on how to switch over their accounts.The move covers all Utah Jazz games, as well as such concerts
  
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• After a quiet preseason, Joe Ingles ready for another solid season for Jazz

  16-10-2017 20:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — It won’t be a surprise if Joe Ingles is in the starting lineup for the Utah Jazz when they open the regular season Wednesday night at home against the Denver Nuggets.That would have been an unthinkable proposition three years ago when he was claimed off waivers by the Jazz just as the 2014-15 season was getting underway in what was Quin Snyder’s first year as head coach.While the 6-foot-8 Ingles has started 60 games over the past three seasons, this will mark t
  
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• Ty Detmer goes on a tirade to motivate BYU’s punchless offense

  16-10-2017 20:43
  Provo • Ty Detmer has apparently seen enough poor production and sloppy execution from BYU’s offense this season.The usually “calm, cool and collected” second-year offensive coordinator went off on the offense during Monday morning’s practice at the Indoor Practice Facility, freshman receiver Neil Pau’u said.“It was good to see Ty kinda go off on us,” Pau’u said. “He got more riled up. … Today, his voice, he raised it a little bit
  
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• Letter: Climate change is upon us

  16-10-2017 20:42
  In response to Richard Gladwell (Public Forum, Oct. 6), Trump loves the uneducated. Climate change predicts more frequent and more intense weather events as both the atmosphere and sea water continue to warm up more. This is exactly what we are experiencing now, five serious hurricanes in one season, four of which caused major damage and the fifth now crossing Southern states, consistent with global warming predictions.This is not a 100-year cycle or “fake news,” as Richard intimates
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Report: Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge discussing contract extension

  16-10-2017 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ...change, sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune The Jazz sounded like they wanted to see another season from Hood before giving him a ...
  
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• One teen girl dead, another in ‘extremely critical’ condition after being struck by a truck on Highway 89 in Perry

  16-10-2017 20:01
  One teenage girl died and another remained in “extremely critical” condition on Monday, the day after they were struck by a pickup truck on U.S. 89 in the Box Elder town of Perry.Perry police Sgt. Scott Hancey said the girls attempted to cross the highway at 3480 South about 4 p.m. Sunday when they were hit by the northbound vehicle.There is no crosswalk at that location. The speed limit there is 55 mph.The girls, ages 16 and 14, were airlifted to hospitals in Salt Lake City and Ogde
  
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• Lighter winds help crews gain on California wildfires

  16-10-2017 19:46
  Santa Rosa, Calif. • Firefighters kept gaining on the California wildfires Monday with help from lighter winds that made it easier to attack the flames that have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.After days of gusts that constantly fanned the fires, better weather offered a chance for crews to get the upper hand more than a week after the blazes started chewing through the state’s celebrated wine country.“The weather has not been in our fa
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Report: Utah Jazz waive Joel Bolomboy

  16-10-2017 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  ...he flashed his potential again in the preseason. Unfortunately for him, the Jazz seemed more set in their big man rotation so there apparently wasn’t room fo ...
  
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• Vatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal

  16-10-2017 19:34
  Vatican City • A Vatican court on Saturday convicted the former president of the pope’s children’s hospital of diverting some $500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal’s flat and gave him a one-year suspended sentence.The original charges against ex-hospital President Giuseppe Profiti had been embezzlement. But the court convicted him of a lesser offense of abuse of office after the defense argued the money was intended as an investment to benefit the hospital.The three
  
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• Letter: Protecting the Dreamers takes an act of Congress

  16-10-2017 19:34
  The solution to immigration issues is not through executive orders.In 2012, President Obama’s executive order implementing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was his way to appropriate renewable legal status to Dreamers when Congress failed to pass the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act which would have granted U.S. residency to Dreamers if they met certain qualifications.President Trump promised in his campaign that he would get rid of DACA and
  
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• Pope Francis demands response to hunger, climate, migration

  16-10-2017 19:33
  Rome • Pope Francis demanded Monday that world governments collectively commit to end rising world hunger by resolving the conflicts and climate change-related disasters that force people to leave their homes in search of their daily bread.Francis drew a standing ovation Monday at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, where he marked the U.N.’s World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration
  
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• Pope Francis adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs

  16-10-2017 19:28
  Vatican City • Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, from past centuries.The latest saints were proclaimed Sunday during a Mass celebrated by Francis in St. Peter’s Square and attended by some 35,000 faithful, many of them pilgrims from the homelands of those being honored.Thirty martyrs, including priests and laypersons, suffered anti-Catholic persecution in 1645 at the hands of Dut
  
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• John Stockton, Karl Malone and their flip phones hung out together at the LSU game Saturday

  16-10-2017 19:26
  John Stockton and Karl Malone were dialed in throughout their Utah Jazz careers together, amassing a combined 24 All Star selections and two MVP awards. The duo rarely, if ever, phoned it in on the court.But in retirement, if they make a call to reminisce about their NBA career together, they’re probably doing it with old-school flip phones.Stockton and Malone attended the LSU-Auburn football game Saturday in Baton Rouge with their families, where Malone’s wife, Kay, posted a photo i
  
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• Roadwork on Nebo Loop to begin once fall colors fade

  16-10-2017 19:22
  The U.S. Forest Service is waiting until the fall leaf viewing season is mostly done to begin rebuilding a portion of the beautiful Nebo Loop road that starts in Payson and ends near Nephi.Construction will start Oct. 23 with one lane available through the end of Utah’s general deer hunt on Oct. 29. Starting Oct. 30, the road will be closed to all through traffic.The scenic road traverses the back side of Mt. Nebo.The construction news could affect deer hunters.The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Nati
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz waive Joel Bolomboy, keep Royce O’Neale

  16-10-2017 19:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... ld have been hard for him to get more playing time in his second season. The Jazz have a lot of depth in the frontcourt with guys like Joe Johnson, Jonas Jere ...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz waive former Weber State forward-center Joel Bolomboy

  16-10-2017 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  ...can play at the power forward position. Bolomboy played in 12 games for the Jazz last season, for an average of 4.4 minutes per game. He averaged 1.8 points...
  
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• Tony Lee Bradley Jr, from Bartow, FL is about to begin his rookie season. Tony helped UNC to a national title last… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 19:13 via twitter.com
  Tony Lee Bradley Jr, from Bartow, FL is about to begin his rookie season. Tony helped UNC to a national title last… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Stockton and Malone — and their flip phones — together again

  16-10-2017 19:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... and, thanks to Kay Malone, there are some fun photos to prove it. As popular Jazz blogger @monilogue wrote, yes, indeed, these photos from Kay's social media...
  
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• Letter: It's about gun safety, not politics

  16-10-2017 19:03
  To all of the representatives and senators, leaders and citizens of Utah and beyond, something must be done about gun control in this country. It is not an issue of left or right, it’s about the safety of the American people.Reach across whatever aisles you need to and work together to prove to us, the people you are elected to represent and protect, that you value human lives more than endorsements from the NRA.Emily O’ConnorSalt Lake City
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Trump's threats against the press may be toothless, but they're far from harmless

  16-10-2017 19:02
  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to change the libel laws to make it easier to win big lawsuits against news organizations. It never happened.After the election, he pressured the FBI director to consider sending reporters to jail for publishing classified information. That was another non-starter.And just last week, he suggested that a TV network have its broadcast license revoked because he objected to a news report. That isn’t even possible under FCC rules, which licenses
  
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• Kragthorpe: 'Carrington is still open' will haunt the Utes throughout this season after dramatic loss to USC

  16-10-2017 19:00
  The image of Darren Carrington II, standing alone in the back of the end zone, will stick with Troy Williams and the Utah Utes.Imagine if Williams had glimpsed Carrington, completed a pass and delivered a 2-point conversion, giving the Utes another victory over USC. The quarterback forever would have been remembered for producing two winning drives against the Trojans in two seasons, while creating all kinds of possibilities for Utah in 2017.Instead, having decided to run after rolling to his ri
  
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• Did President Obama know a bill — sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch — would strip the DEA of power?

  16-10-2017 18:59
  Washington • In his last year in office, President Barack Obama signed a bill that stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most powerful tool for combating drug companies suspected of spilling prescription pain pills outside the legal distribution chain.But did the president know the import of what he was signing?In the spring of 2016, a handful of members of Congress, allied with the nation's major drug distributors, prevailed upon the DEA and the Justice Department to agree to
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Utah Jazz waive former Weber State standout Joel Bolomboy

  16-10-2017 18:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...newsletter Sign up Jody Genessy Jody is a sports writer who covers the Utah Jazz for the Deseret News. @DJJazzyJody [email protected] Add a comment SALT L ...
  
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• Utah Jazz waive Joel Bolomboy, keep Royce O’Neale

  16-10-2017 18:57
  The Utah Jazz have waived second-year pro Joel Bolomboy. As a result, Royce O’Neale has made the final roster. Both Joel Bolomboy and Royce O’Neale played extremely well for the Utah Jazz this preseason. However, there was only room for one to make the team’s 15-man, opening night roster. The strong play of both players […]
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• [Fanrag Sports] - 2017-18 NBA awards predictions

  16-10-2017 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... eserving last season when Green won it. Gobert and his defense will keep the Jazz in the playoff hunt all season long. If they can grab the No. 8 seed or high ...
  
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