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• Longtime teammates, former Utes Steve Smith, Jordan Gross inducted into Crimson Club Hall of Fame

  21-10-2017 23:59
  Steve Smith Sr. introduced himself to Jordan Gross 18 years ago by telling him he was about to lose his job.Smith and friend Phil Blackmon, an offensive lineman, had transferred to Utah in 1999 from Santa Monica College. Gross was a young lineman himself, thrown off by such a blunt first gesture.As the next two decades unfolded, however, the 6-foot-4 future Pro Bowl tackle got used to that sort of talk from his teammate.“What you see is what you get with Steve,” Gross said..@89SteveS
  
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• BYU basketball ready for fundraising exhibition at New Mexico

  21-10-2017 23:59
  A pair of former Western Athletic and Mountain West conference rivals will play a basketball game for charity next Friday.BYU will travel to Albuquerque, N.M. to take on New Mexico in Dreamstyle Arena, formerly known as the Pit, at 7:30 p.m. MDT. Proceeds from the exhibition game that does not count toward a team’s record will benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston.The NCAA has approved the game because schools are allowed an additional exhibition game if the funds raised go to dis
  
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  21-10-2017 23:31 via twitter.com
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert nominates three to become 3rd District Court judges

  21-10-2017 23:25
  Gov. Gary Herbert has nominated three lawyers to become new 3rd District Court judges in Salt Lake County: Linda Jones, Patrick Corum and Amber Mettler.“They are each of the highest character and are committed to the rule of law and the highest principles of justice,” Herbert said.Jones is current a partner in the firm of Zimmerman Jones Booher, representing clients in appellate matters and in district court. From 2009 to 2016, she was an adjunct professor at the S. J. Quinney Colleg
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz get first glimpse at retooled Thunder

  21-10-2017 23:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... with 18 points. Utah made a much more lasting mark on the defensive end. The Jazz used a 31-5 run to take control against the Nuggets and allowed a total of f ...
  
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• Commentary: A vote for Granite District’s bond is a vote for more iconic Utah high schools to be demolished

  21-10-2017 23:00
  A recent column in The Salt Lake Tribune by Robert Gehrke acknowledged that many Utahns continue to mourn Granite High School, which fell to the wrecking ball this past summer. After standing for over a century, Granite joined the long list of schools and other “touchstones” of Utah’s past that have been destroyed to make way for twenty-first century “progress.”Many Tribune readers may not yet know that Utah’s long list of demolished touchstones may soon grow
  
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• Live blog: ASU leads Utah 16-0 at halftime

  21-10-2017 22:59
  Coming off two losses in a row, Utah tries to get on track against an Arizona State team that upset nationally ranked Washington last weekend.Follow the action here live with The Tribune’s reporters at the scene.A Twitter List by BrennanJSmith
  
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• .@RickyRubio9 & @RudyGobert27 play "The Whisper Game" - and it's amazing! 🗣👂🤔 #DontTalkToKarlMalone 😂🤣😂🤣 https://t.co/QgBHM9qkYe

  21-10-2017 22:40 via twitter.com
  
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• Real Salt Lake takes final stab at a playoff spot against rival Sporting KC

  21-10-2017 22:30
  Real Salt Lake players lingered after training Saturday, playing various games in small groups. On that crisp, sunny morning, they laughed and soaked in what, depending on Sunday’s results, could be the last practice of the year.“We don’t want the season to end,” RSL captain Kyle Beckerman said. “We’re just having too much fun now.”There’s only one playoff spot up for grabs Sunday , and RSL is one of three teams fighting to claim it. Real Salt Lake
  
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• Letter: Republicans stand for nothing — yet Utahns keep voting for them

  21-10-2017 22:28
  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history just happened in Las Vegas, and Republicans who voted against an assault weapon ban are now tweeting their “thoughts and prayers.” That’s all you get from Republicans.Republicans are having a meltdown over NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem as a protest, but when Vyacheslav Nikonov said U.S. intelligence “missed it when Russian intelligence stole the presidency of the U.S.,” not a peep of outrage. Who ind
  
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• Sky View blanks Bonneville for program's first state championship

  21-10-2017 22:01
  Sandy • The Sky View Bobcats offense has been rolling over the past month, scoring at least three goals in every game.That streak ended Saturday, but so did one much more meaningful.Sky View won its first girls’ soccer state championship by defeating Bonneville 2-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium.In fact, the Class 4A finale was a 1-0 affair for more than 40 minutes until junior Sidney Barlow netted an insurance goal with two minutes remaining.“It feels so good. We deserve it this year to
  
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• Legendary Utah swimming coach Don Reddish, 93, honored with big team reunion weekend

  21-10-2017 21:48
  The years have robbed legendary Utah swim coach Don Reddish of eyesight — the numerous former swimmers who stopped to say hello to him at poolside needed to lean in for him to be able to recognize faces — but his mind remains a steel trap.The Utes honored Reddish, who turns 94 next week, with a video tribute commemorating a career spanning more than four decades, prior to Saturday morning’s alumni meet at Ute Natatorium. Reddish couldn’t make out the images in the slidesh
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rodney Hood to miss Saturday's Utah Jazz game with leg injury

  21-10-2017 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...Center, which showed a mild left lower leg strain. He is OUT tonight.— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) October 21, 2017 Some feared the worst for Hood on Friday night...
  
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• She came out of retirement to lead ‘in crisis’ Utah Pride Center; 2 years later, Carol Gnade says it’s time to pass the torch

  21-10-2017 21:30
  Two years after accepting an interim position as director of the Utah Pride Center, Carol Gnade has announced her plans to retire — again.Gnade, who ran the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for 14 years, came out of her first retirement in 2015 to take over the center. It had experienced two years of instability, including the unexpected resignation of the previous director and allegations of financial mismanagement.Gnade’s job was supposed to last only three months
  
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• With Rodney Hood out for the Jazz, veteran defender Thabo Sefolosha could take on bigger role against Oklahoma City

  21-10-2017 21:22
  What has made Thabo Sefolosha such a good defender for so long?Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George joked: “Officials let him get away with a lot of stuff.”Barbs aside, George acknowledged that Sefolosha, 33, has carved a niche as one of the better wing defenders in the NBA during his 12-year career. That role likely will be at the forefront of Saturday night’s game as the Jazz take on the Thunder at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Utah announced Saturday afternoon that starting g
  
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• Rodney Hood to miss Saturday's Utah Jazz game with leg injury

  21-10-2017 21:20
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rodney Hood, who left Friday's loss in Minnesota with a calf injury, will not play for the Utah Jazz on Saturday night when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a fun Northwest Division showdown.But the Jazz revealed some relatively good news regarding Hood's injury situation.MRI test results showed that Hood has a mild left lower leg strain, the team announced Saturday afternoon. Hood's test was taken at the University of Utah Health Care's Orthopaedic Center.https://tw
  
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• Rodney Hood underwent MRI testing today at @UofUHealth Orthopaedic Center, which showed a mild left lower leg strain. He is OUT tonight.

  21-10-2017 21:02 via twitter.com
  Rodney Hood underwent MRI testing today at @UofUHealth Orthopaedic Center, which showed a mild left lower leg strain. He is OUT tonight.
  
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• Live blog: Utah takes on surging Arizona State at Rice-Eccles

  21-10-2017 20:34
  Coming off two losses in a row, Utah tries to get on track against an Arizona State team that upset nationally ranked Washington last weekend.Follow the action here live with The Tribune’s reporters at the scene.A Twitter List by BrennanJSmith
  
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• Family of Utah couple killed in plane crash sues estate of other dead passengers, who owned the plane

  21-10-2017 20:28
  The family of one of the couples killed in a Weber County plane crash in July is suing the estate of the other couple aboard, who owned the aircraft.The four children and parents of Perry and Sara Huffaker filed suit Friday in Weber County’s 2nd District Court against Donette Crayton, who represents the estate of her brother Layne Clarke and his wife, Diana Clarke.The suit says that the Clarkes owned and operated the plane, which went down in the middle of Interstate 15 near Riverdale on J
  
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• Utah will have to spend $40M on upgrades — whether it hosts the Olympics again or not, audit says

  21-10-2017 20:25
  Derek Parra feels the spirit every day.It hasn’t waned one bit, according to the Olympic gold medalist from the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. Parra sees it in the youth speedskating sessions he’s watched, the recreational hockey games he’s walked by and the laps taken by current Olympic hopefuls inside the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.“I believe it’s still here,” Parra said.The 47-year-old gold medalist turned sport director at the Olympic Oval is the embodimen
  
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• Letter: SLC police could have prevented a tragedy if they’d used handcuffs

  21-10-2017 20:00
  The recent “violent and intense confrontation” involving Salt Lake City police officers, which resulted in the death of a man suspected of groping a woman at a massage parlor, happened directly across the street from where I live and, while I did not witness the actual incident (I did hear the gunfire, though), I did see much of the aftermath.One issue that has not yet been addressed is whether the police followed appropriate protocol in their confrontation with the suspect. The fund
  
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• Letter: Exercising one’s rights isn't disrespectful — even in the NFL

  21-10-2017 19:57
  Re: Kevin Greer’s letter (print headline “Kick them out, fire them”). Mr. Greer, typical of most Trump supporters, you lack historical knowledge along with a moral compass to differentiate between the ability to earn a living and exercise a person’s First Amendment rights. They are not mutually exclusive. And, it definitely shows no “disrespect for this great country” to exercise your constitutional rights, even if it were “spitting on the American flag,
  
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• Letter: Column about LGBT excommunication paints an inaccurate picture of Mormon church

  21-10-2017 19:52
  The question recently submitted and answered in Ann Cannon’s column of Oct. 15, “How can I find a way to forgive a Mormon bishop who excommunicated my 23-year-old son for being gay?” is patently untrue.Mormon bishops do not have the ability to excommunicate, and church policy is explicit that LGBT members can hold callings, attend all meetings, serve missions and receive a temple recommend.Please take action to correct this with the same urgency as if you had allowed, “Ho
  
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• #JazzGold debuts 11/25! twitter.com/mranderson_93/…

  21-10-2017 19:49 via twitter.com
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• Letter: Tweaks to gun laws could lead to rights for all

  21-10-2017 19:47
  As I watch yearly events unfold, it repeatedly occurs to me that much of what polarizes us is an inability or unwillingness to connect the dots between seemingly dissimilar issues.A most recent reminder is the disparity of thinking regarding the First and Second Amendments.Many citizens were chastised when they practiced their First Amendment freedom of speech by simply kneeling in protest or supporting those who did. Then someone allegedly went into multiple gun shops, gun shows or websites to
  
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• Letter: Cue the ‘more guns is the answer’ argument

  21-10-2017 19:47
  Thanks, NRA. Along with hate speech from talk radio directed toward government, you achieved your goal. Gun manufacturer stocks are up and the divide between the rational and the emotional is energized as the rest of the civilized world laughs and cries at our stupidity.Can’t wait for the hypocrisy from our political leaders and gun lovers to start once again. Such as: If only someone (a good guy of course) would have had a more powerful weapon with a great scope they could have taken out
  
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• Tonight’s Threads 👀 #OKCatUTA https://t.co/dzh5N4yHwf

  21-10-2017 19:44 via twitter.com
  
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• Letter: Republicans stand for nothing — yet Utahs keep voting for them

  21-10-2017 19:38
  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history just happened in Las Vegas, and Republicans who voted against an assault weapon ban are now tweeting their “thoughts and prayers.” That’s all you get from Republicans.Republicans are having a meltdown over NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem as a protest, but when Vyacheslav Nikonov said U.S. intelligence “missed it when Russian intelligence stole the presidency of the U.S.,” not a peep of outrage. Who ind
  
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• Letter: Don’t all lives matter?

  21-10-2017 19:35
  On the front page of Tribune’s Utah section recently was an article about another black man who was shot and killed by police after a confrontation. Prominently displayed is a picture of a distraught family member wanting answers about her loved one’s death, followed by photos of protesters holding signs saying “Black Lives Matter.”In the article we also read about demands to release police body cam footage. A couple pages later in the same section we read about another m
  
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• Letter: Mass shootings are part of the American way of life

  21-10-2017 19:29
  Thoughts and prayers. Deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies. Wringing of hands over what to do.I’m sick of it all. And I’m sickened by such cowardly and inadequate words.Better mental health services would not have prevented the carnage in Las Vegas. Criminal background checks wouldn’t have prevented the attack, either. More concertgoers carrying weapons wouldn’t have made a jot of difference.But making military-style assault weapons unavailable to ordinary citizen
  
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• Commentary: By endorsing Republican Curtis for Congress, Tribune endorses sending more dysfunction to Washington

  21-10-2017 19:24
  I was disappointed to read on Friday the 13th that the Salt Lake Tribune had encouraged more dysfunction in Washington by endorsing one more Republican.I’m not saying they endorsed a bad fellow, but if we send another Republican to Washington as our congressman all we’re doing is throwing another log onto the fire of dysfunction that’s burning there.The battle lines are well established in Washington and the rules of engagement don’t allow Rs or Ds to reach across the ais
  
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• Commentary: If Granite District gets its way, many more Utah high schools will be demolished

  21-10-2017 18:47
  A recent column in The Salt Lake Tribune by Robert Gehrke acknowledged that many Utahns continue to mourn Granite High School, which fell to the wrecking ball this past summer. After standing for over a century, Granite joined the long list of schools and other “touchstones” of Utah’s past that have been destroyed to make way for twenty-first century “progress.”Many Tribune readers may not yet know that Utah’s long list of demolished touchstones may soon grow
  
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• Tribune Editorial: It’s time for Utah to kill the death penalty

  21-10-2017 18:34
  “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the RingCriminal justice reform has been a worthwhile, bipartisan effort by both state and federal officials over the past few years. In 2014 state lawmakers passed the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, which reduced penalties for drug crimes. The reforms have led to a significant reduction in the sta
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Northwest Division Rival Preview – Thunder Edition

  21-10-2017 18:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... k to back. Two of them are the second night. None of this bodes well for the Jazz. Last season, the Jazz beat the Thunder handily in one game, and the rest we ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Northwest Division Rival Preview – Thunder Edition

  21-10-2017 17:48
  The Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder have a rivalry brewing. Last season, the Jazz beat out the Thunder for the 5th playoff spot, but lost the regular season series. Can Utah’s suffocating defense make a difference against their star trio? The last Northwest Division foe to cover is the one the Utah Jazz face […]
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• Sex abuse allegations have rocked the polygamous church of ‘Sister Wives,’ causing rift from Utah to Montana

  21-10-2017 17:25
  Pinesdale, Mont. • Kimberly Herbert wondered if she would be allowed to marry in the temple.She had dated a boy her age off and on for years. They discussed getting married. Then, in fall 2014, a dispute erupted in their church — the Apostolic United Brethren, a so-called Mormon fundamentalist group that believes in polygamy.A daughter and two nieces accused Lynn Thompson, the AUB president, of fondling or molesting them as girls. Some in Pinesdale — a community so small with so
  
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• Every assist @rickyrubio9 has this season, he'll be fighting cancer. Join the fight & pledge as little as $.05/ast… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-10-2017 17:17 via twitter.com
  Every assist @rickyrubio9 has this season, he'll be fighting cancer.Join the fight & pledge as little as $.05/ast… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• $40 million in Olympic venue upgrades needed for future Winter Games bids

  21-10-2017 17:14
  Derek Parra feels the spirit every day.It hasn’t waned one bit, according to the Olympic gold medalist from the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. Parra sees it in the youth speedskating sessions he’s watched, the recreational hockey games he’s walked by and the laps taken by current Olympic hopefuls inside the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.“I believe it’s still here,” Parra said.The 47-year-old gold medalist turned sport director at the Olympic Oval is the embodimen
  
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• Letter: Handcuffs may have prevented tragedy

  21-10-2017 17:06
  The recent “violent and intense confrontation” involving Salt Lake City police officers, which resulted in the death of a man suspected of groping a woman at a massage parlor, happened directly across the street from where I live and, while I did not witness the actual incident (I did hear the gunfire, though), I did see much of the aftermath.One issue that has not yet been addressed is whether the police followed appropriate protocol in their confrontation with the suspect. The fund
  
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• Letter: Invalid answer to an invalid question

  21-10-2017 17:05
  The question recently submitted and answered in Ann Cannon’s column of Oct. 15, “How can I find a way to forgive a Mormon bishop who excommunicated my 23-year-old son for being gay?” is patently untrue.Mormon bishops do not have the ability to excommunicate, and church policy is explicit that LGBT members can hold callings, attend all meetings, serve missions and receive a temple recommend.Please take action to correct this with the same urgency as if you had allowed, “Ho
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz 97, T-Wolves 100

  21-10-2017 16:55 via sportspyder.com
  ...10 offensive rebounds and converted those into 14 second-chance points. The Jazz scored only one second-chance point. 17 Each of Crawford's 17 points came in ...
  
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• Shoshone tribe plans to buy the Bear River land where a Utah-based militia slaughtered their ancestors 155 years ago

  21-10-2017 16:46
  At the site of the Bear River Massacre, in a grassy valley of southern Idaho, there’s a small monument made of stone that sits on the side of the highway.The metal plaque reads: “Col. P.E. Connor, leading 300 California volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah, against Bannock and Shoshone Indians guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and settlers, engaged about 500 Indians of whom 250 to 300 were killed or incapacitated, including about 90 combatant women and children … 175 horses
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves reactions: What went right/wrong?

  21-10-2017 16:46 via sportspyder.com
  ...Ekpe Udoh was incredible and was second among all Jazz players in plus/minus at 12 while logging three points, four rebounds and th ...
  
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• #UTAatMIN 🎥📊🗣🏀 Game Recap: on.nba.com/2zFZdv0 https://t.co/tz0LrelzpG

  21-10-2017 16:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves reactions: What went right/wrong?

  21-10-2017 16:30
  The Utah Jazz picked up their first loss of the 2017-18 season in a tight contest on the first night of a back-to-back against Northwest Division foes. There’s a few immediate thoughts I could put out there regarding last night’s bout between the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves such as: refs made some obvious bad […]
  Utah Jazz at Minnesota Timberwolves reactions: What went right/wrong? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Shoshone tribe plans to buy the Bear River land where a Utah militia slaughtered their ancestors 155 years ago

  21-10-2017 16:07
  At the site of the Bear River Massacre, in a grassy valley of southern Idaho, there’s a small monument made of stone that sits on the side of the highway.The metal plaque reads: “Col. P.E. Connor, leading 300 California volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah, against Bannock and Shoshone Indians guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and settlers, engaged about 500 Indians of whom 250 to 300 were killed or incapacitated, including about 90 combatant women and children … 175 horses
  
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• Could I have become ‘Elder Kirby’ under these new Mormon missionary interview questions?

  21-10-2017 16:06
  There are three things in my life that I credit with keeping me on the right path or at least a path that allows me to function somewhat normally.Those three, in order of importance, are my wife, my parents and the Mormon mission I served in 1973-1974.Remove any one of those, and I would have spun off in a whole other direction, one that almost guarantees some of you wouldn’t be doing so well today.I bring this up because the LDS Church has released standardized interview questions for pro
  
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• Most Utahns are worried about North Korea's nuclear program, but very few favor a military strike to stop it

  21-10-2017 16:01
  Washington • More than eight in 10 Utahns are concerned about North Korea’s nuclear program but they are split on what approach to take — continuing with sanctions or conducting direct negotiations with the rogue country, a new poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics found.Only 11 percent of Utah voters support using military force against North Korea.The poll, conducted Oct. 10-13, shows a dip in concern from July, (82 percent, down from 87 percent)
  
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• What to watch for: Your Arizona State-Utah game guide

  21-10-2017 15:54
  Time, Place and [Radio Waves in] Space • The Utes’ second Pac-12 home game of the season will take place at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. You can watch on FS1 or listen on ESPN 700 AM, Sirius 83/XM 83.Line • Utah is a 9.5-point favorite as of Friday.Opposing coach • Todd Graham is in his sixth season at Arizona State. He won the Pac-12 Coach of the Year award in 2013. Their 39 wins in the previous five years were the most in a five-year span for the program sinc
  
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• Salt Lake's Nathan Chen wins Grand Prix championship in Russia

  21-10-2017 15:43
  Moscow • Nathan Chen's technique trumped Yuzuru Hanyu's superiority in program components to win the men's event at the Rostelecom Cup, the first leg of this year's six Grand Prix figure skating competitions.Chen, the US national champion, reeled off four quads including a spectacular opening quad Lutz-triple toe opening combination and a quad-double-double cascade in the second half of the free skate Saturday. Hanyu did three quads, but won the free skate segment with a six-point advantage
  
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