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• Sugar House library re-opens after devastating flood that destroyed thousands of books

  23-10-2017 23:59
  Larry DuBois has been visiting the Sprague Branch Library in Sugar House for the past 20 years. But for the past three months — after a flood filled its lower level with more than 5 feet of water — he’s had to go to the nearby Anderson-Foothill Branch instead.“I walk in [to Anderson] and I say, ‘I’m a refugee from Sprague,’” he said, laughing.DuBois and other displaced patrons were happy to be back at Sprague Monday as the library opened with reduc
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rodney Hood practices Monday, but remains questionable for Tuesday game in L.A.

  23-10-2017 23:59 via sportspyder.com
  ...was that it could be an Achilles tendon injury, but minutes after the game, Jazz officials said it was a “left calf strain” and that he would be evaluated th ...
  
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• Ricky Rubio’s offensive production has been a pleasant surprise for Jazz

  23-10-2017 23:51
  When the Jazz traded for Ricky Rubio, they did so with his playmaking in mind.Rubio’s scoring, however, has been an added benefit, and something unexpected given his history in the NBA. He has never averaged more than the 11.1 points per game he put up last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves.But Rubio’s offensive production has been a revelation of sorts with the Jazz. Not only is he putting up 8.3 assists and grabbing 5.3 rebounds through the Jazz’s first three games. He&r
  
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• Two Salt Lake City police officers cleared in Tooele County shooting episode where car-chase suspect killed himself

  23-10-2017 23:50
  Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead has determined that two Salt Lake City police officers were legally justified in using deadly force when they exchanged gunfire with an armed man following a May car chase that ended in Tooele County.Lt. Craig Gleason and Officer Moeilealoalo Tafisi each fired their weapons at 18-year-old Roman Jade Carrillo.But Carrillo died from a bullet he fired into his own head from a .22-caliber rifle, according to Broadhead’s Sept. 19 report, which was obtained
  
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• Rodney Hood practices Monday, but remains questionable for Tuesday game in L.A.

  23-10-2017 23:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Just three days after many folks thought he might be out of action for a long time with a serious injury, Rodney Hood participated in portions of Jazz practice Monday afternoon. He could be ready to play as early as Tuesday night in Los Angeles.Hood went down midway through the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game in Minnesota holding the back of his left leg. He couldn’t put any weight on it when he tried to stand and had to be carried off the floor by a coup
  
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• Democrats urge President Trump not to shrink Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments

  23-10-2017 23:44
  Washington • Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin and 13 Democratic colleagues urged President Donald Trump not to change the boundaries of the Bears Ears or Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, saying whittling down the size of the designations could harm the resources and cultural sites they were meant to protect. “National monuments have preserved our country’s unique public lands, extraordinary history, and our common culture as a people,” the senators wrote in a
  
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• In retrospect, Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham says Zack Moss needed to get the ball more against ASU

  23-10-2017 23:29
  Utah coach Kyle Whittingham believes his offense needs to establish an identity, and he’s clearly frustrated that’s still the case seven games into the season. It’s also clear that the running attack is something that Whittingham feels needs to play a bigger part in that identity.Asked if Utes sophomore running back Zack Moss’ 12 carries were enough in Saturday’s loss to Arizona State, Whittingham replied, “No. Probably not. Simple answer is probably not. He&r
  
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• Enjoy some 🔥3⃣'s on a Monday @MountainAmerica https://t.co/l09VH61xua

  23-10-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah voters evenly split on the Count My Vote initiative to rely solely on primary elections

  23-10-2017 22:32
  A new poll shows Utahns are evenly divided over the just-resurrected Count My Vote ballot initiative that seeks to let voters choose party nominees solely through a primary election, and dump the state’s traditional caucus-convention system.Exactly 44 percent support the initiative, and 44 percent oppose it — with 12 percent undecided, according to the Dan Jones & Associates poll for The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics.That comes as initiative supporters
  
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• Critics of the campaign for Canyons School District’s $283M bond are eager to follow the money — if only they could

  23-10-2017 22:27
  When do public expenditures promoting a ballot bond proposal cross the line from being informational to campaigning?That’s the question some Canyons School District constituents are asking after receiving several mailers in the past couple of weeks that seem to push for a “yes” vote on a $283 million bond proposal to renovate and update schools in the district.The return address on some of the mailers is that of the Canyons School District, which begs the question: Is district
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Three-Point Threat Episode 17: Utah Jazz Impressions, Week 2 Preview, Thoughts on League

  23-10-2017 22:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... er the phone to chat with me to give his reactions to the first week of Utah Jazz action and look at what lies ahead. For Point 1, he and I take a deep dive i ...
  
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• During the 1984-85 season, Mark Eaton led the NBA in blocks with 5.6 per game—an all-time NBA record. 👀… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 21:59 via twitter.com
  During the 1984-85 season, Mark Eaton led the NBA in blocks with 5.6 per game—an all-time NBA record. 👀… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utes, Ducks find themselves in similar funks before showdown in Eugene

  23-10-2017 21:57
  The Utes could look into a mirror and see the Ducks.Utah coach Kyle Whittingham didn’t say it verbatim during his weekly Monday press conference, but it was close.“Two teams that need a win,” he said. “That’s the storyline.”The Utes are 4-3, 1-3 in Pac-12 play, and are reeling on this three-game losing streak after beginning the year 4-0.The Oregon Ducks, at 4-4 and 1-4 in Pac-12 play are in the same boat, having dropped their last three games after an impress
  
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• Three-Point Threat Episode 17: Utah Jazz Impressions, Week 2 Preview, Thoughts on League

  23-10-2017 21:48
  The Three-Point Threat Podcast returns with a look at the Utah Jazz’s encouraging 2-1 start and a preview of how they’ll fare in Week 2. I’ll be the first to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the Utah Jazz’s performance in their first week of the 2017-18 NBA season. Facing off against three staunch […]
  Three-Point Threat Episode 17: Utah Jazz Impressions, Week 2 Preview, Thoughts on League - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opi
  
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• Now that RSL has missed the playoffs, the what-ifs begin

  23-10-2017 21:47
  Even before Real Salt Lake came up one point short of a playoff berth on the last day of the season on Sunday, captain Kyle Beckerman anticipated that the what-ifs that would follow.“It happens every year,” he said before the season finale against Sporting Kansas City. “Every single year we look back and say, ‘Man what about that game, could we have won? Or that game, could we have tied instead of lost?’ Every year. And it’s no different, maybe even worse this
  
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• A first look inside Utah's 17th Mormon temple, this one in Cedar City

  23-10-2017 21:22
  Mormons and non-Mormons alike will get their first peek inside Utah’s 17th LDS temple starting this week, a little more than two years after officials broke ground on the Cedar City project.From Friday through Nov. 18, free tours of the nearly 40,000-square-foot edifice at 280 S. Cove Drive will be offered daily, except for Sundays, by reservation. (Go to www.templeopenhouse.lds.org for tickets.)Resting on eight acres atop a hill overlooking its namesake Iron County city of 31,000, the Ced
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former BYU guard L.J. Rose makes Salt Lake City Stars training camp roster

  23-10-2017 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  ...Wolters and forward/center Eric Griffin, both on two-way contracts with the Jazz, as well as two Stars' draft picks, forward Nahson George and forward Alonzo ...
  
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• Appeals court upholds conviction of San Juan Commissioner Phil Lyman for leading protest ATV ride

  23-10-2017 21:08
  The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld Monday the conviction of San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman for leading a protest ride through Recapture Canyon near Monticello, which federal officials closed as archaeologically sensitive.The court ruled that Lyman and co-defendant Monte Wells — who owned a website called The PetroGlyph, which helped Lyman promote the ATV ride — failed on all their arguments seeking a new trial and reduction of nearly $96,000 in damages they w
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Former BYU guard L.J. Rose makes Salt Lake City Stars roster

  23-10-2017 21:05 via sportspyder.com
  ...Wolters and forward/center Eric Griffin, both on two-way contracts with the Jazz, as well as two Stars draft picks, forward Nahson George and forward Alonzo...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: Where will Eric Bledsoe land?

  23-10-2017 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...winning combination. . & play "The Whisper Game" - and it's amazing! — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) Speaking of Ricky, here is a cool stat from last week, if you ha ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Salt Lake City Stars Finalize Roster

  23-10-2017 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... Griffin could figure to be that person. If anything I want to see him on the Jazz roster so we can see some dunks. The Salt Lake City Stars season begins on N ...
  
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• Like the Jazz, Clippers trying to stay afloat through roster upheaval

  23-10-2017 20:56
  When the Utah travel to Staples Center for Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, both teams will be in familiar surroundings. After all, this was the venue for Utah’s final postseason win, a Game 7 victory in the first of the Western Conference playoffs.At the same time, things are different with both teams. Much different.Gone are Chris Paul, J.J. Redick, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Jamal Crawford and Marreese Speights for the Clippers. Gone are Gordon Hayward, George Hill,
  
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• Former BYU guard L.J. Rose makes Salt Lake City Stars training camp roster

  23-10-2017 20:55
  L.J. Rose isn’t done playing basketball in the state of Utah.The former BYU basketball guard is one of 14 players listed on the Salt Lake City Stars training camp roster released Monday. The Stars, the NBA G League affiliate of the Utah Jazz, start their preseason Oct. 30 when they host the Agua Caliente Clippers.Rose is the third former BYU player to make a G League training camp roster, including Kyle Collinsworth with the Texas Legends and Tyler Haws with the Delaware 87ers.Rose was a g
  
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• Former BYU guard L.J. Rose makes Salt Lake City Stars roster

  23-10-2017 20:55
  L.J. Rose isn’t done playing basketball in the state of Utah.The former BYU basketball guard is one of 14 players listed on the Salt Lake City Stars opening-day roster released Monday. The Stars, the NBA G League affiliate of the Utah Jazz, start their season on Nov. 3 at the Austin Spurs.Rose was a graduate transfer at BYU, playing for the Cougars last season. He averaged 5.5 points, 4.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds for BYU while playing in 24 games. He missed the last nine games of the year
  
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• Poll: Three in four Utahns support legalizing medical marijuana

  23-10-2017 20:42
  Utahns continue to show broad support for a proposed 2018 ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state, according to a new poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics.The new survey finds 75 percent of Utah voters either strongly or somewhat support the proposed initiative, all but mirroring a July poll that had 77 percent of voters backing legalized medical marijuana.The latest poll found that some 93 percent of the state&rsquo
  
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• BYU football: Kalani Sitake granted troubled former linebacker Francis Bernard a release to any school a few weeks ago

  23-10-2017 20:36
  Provo • Embattled BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has a lot of things to worry about with the Cougars standing at 1-7 and on their longest losing streak since 1968, but the status of two players who were involved in alcohol-related legal issues last weekend is not one of them.Sitake said at his Monday press briefing that former BYU linebacker Francis Bernard, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI Saturday morning in Vineyard, asked for his release from the program “a couple weeks back
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Whether Love or McAdams wins that Congress seat, it's good for Utah

  23-10-2017 20:22
  Utah, we have a horse race.And whoever wins, it will be good for everybody.Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, announced the other day that he will challenge incumbent Republican Mia Love for her 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 election.Despite the best efforts of the Republican-controlled Utah Legislature to split the state into four safe Republican districts, the 4th District — mostly bits of Salt Lake and Utah counties — remains relat
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Conservative media was Scottie Nell Hughes’ world. Now it’s her enemy.

  23-10-2017 20:15
  Scottie Nell Hughes defended Donald Trump passionately during the campaign. After the election, seeming to echo Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway’s notion of “alternative facts,” Hughes infamously opined that “there is no such thing, unfortunately, anymore as facts,” just opinions about what should be believed.New York magazine called her one of Trump’s “most faithful and pervasive campaign surrogates.” She even was able to look beyond his bragging ab
  
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• Fred Hiatt: The point that McCain and Bush were making is much bigger than Trump

  23-10-2017 20:15
  It’s no surprise that when President Donald Trump shot back at Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., last week, he failed to engage the substance of McCain’s argument.“Yeah, well I hear it. And people have to be careful because at some point I fight back,” Trump said in his usual playground style. “I’m being very nice. I’m being very, very nice. But at some point I fight back, and it won’t be pretty.”But make no mistake: The challenge that McCain threw
  
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• Southern Utah University campaign calls out offensive Halloween costumes

  23-10-2017 20:00
  A Southern Utah University campaign is reminding people to dress respectfully this Halloween by not reducing racial and ethnic groups to stereotypes.A series of posters, launched online and around SUU’s campus on Friday by the school’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, shows diverse SUU students holding photos of racially and culturally insensitive outfits, under the tagline “My Culture is not a Costume.”Center director Maria Martinez said in a statement the campaign is
  
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• Utah judge won't rule on Gary Ott’s custody case following his death. A fight over the former recorder’s estate could last years.

  23-10-2017 19:55
  Former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott’s family will file a probate action to gain control over his estate after he died last week before a judge decided who should serve as his legal guardian.Ott died following a years long battle — much of it kept from the public — with Alzheimer’s disease. Judge Bruce Lubeck was set to decide whether Ott’s siblings or his former fiancée and secretary, Karmen Sanone, would be his permanent guardian after the disease prog
  
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• Letter: How will I pay for all this on a fixed income?

  23-10-2017 19:39
  I think that if COLA determines Social Security increases that all government employees, local, state and federal, follow that finding. A year ago it was .02 percent and this year it will be 2 percent.I just received my ballot in the mail and it has a bond for funding rebuilding of schools that will be $190 per year for a $250,000 home. I never had children and I think this increase needs to be paid for by the people that use the system. Take the money received from the sale of Granite High Scho
  
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• KBYU-TV will no longer be a PBS station in 2018 — and KBYU-FM will abandon classical-music format

  23-10-2017 19:19
  BYU Broadcasting is giving up its PBS television affiliation and abandoning its classical music format on radio.As of June 30, KBYU-Channel 11 will terminate its affiliation with PBS and become an over-the-air outlet for cable/satellite channel BYUtv in Utah. On the radio side, KBYU-FM will become an over-the-air outlet for BYUradio, currently available on Sirius XM and online, and eliminate its classical music programming. It’s part of a “strategic plan.” “If we had a cl
  
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• Kragthorpe: This BYU team is historically bad, and it is now damaging the Cougars’ brand

  23-10-2017 19:06
  The perfect snapshot of BYU’s football season came Sunday, when the semi-truck carrying the team’s equipment broke down in North Carolina.It could be worse for the Cougars, even having totaled 77 points during their seven-game losing streak. They could be the Kansas Jayhawks, who netted 21 offensive yards Saturday vs. TCU.But people are wondering just how historically bad BYU’s season is, and how much worse it could become. The outlook will improve this weekend, when the Cougar
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Ekpe Udoh proving worthy of NBA minutes

  23-10-2017 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... s far in the 2017-18 regular season, the Jazz have a defensive rating of 77.0 without Rudy Gobert on the court. This shows ...
  
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• Building bridges to Utah drug users through syringe exchanges ‘shows someone really cares’

  23-10-2017 18:50
  One-time intravenous drug user Patrick Rezac crouches under branches and pushes by brush as he hikes along the Salt Lake Valley’s Jordan River, packing supplies, including syringes, while seeking out homeless campers who suffer from drug addiction.One Voice Recovery, the organization Rezac founded, seeks to build bridges with intravenous drug users in hopes they will eventually seek treatment.It’s also a common sense approach to reducing HIV and hepatitis C infection, which can be co
  
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• Investigation continues into Kearns shooting death, but have not identified suspects

  23-10-2017 18:47
  Police continue to investigate the death of a man found shot late Saturday night near the Olympic Oval in Kearns, but have not yet identified any suspects.Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen said Monday that the victim was Joshua Belen, 20, of Salt Lake City.Officers found Belen’s body in the ice skating facility’s north parking lot about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.“The initial cause does appear to be gunshots,” Hansen said.The shooting remained under investigation, including wh
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ekpe Udoh proving worthy of NBA minutes

  23-10-2017 18:40
  Dennis Lindsey and the Utah Jazz may have found a diamond in the rough when they signed Ekpe Udoh in the offseason. He’s proving to be an instrumental part of this revamped Jazz team. After Gordon Hayward left Utah in the offseason, it looked as though the Utah Jazz went on a bit of a […]
  Utah Jazz: Ekpe Udoh proving worthy of NBA minutes - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Where are the Former Jazzmen this Season?

  23-10-2017 18:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... City Thunder, Kanter’s playing time actually dropped significantly since the Jazz moved him. That should change with his recent trade to the Big Apple. The Kn ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - The Utah Jazz are overwhelming opponents with superior depth

  23-10-2017 18:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... ho has been sensational thus far. When he’s been on the court, the Jazz have allowed just 77 points/100 poss; the best mark on the team. Despite lim ...
  
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• The Utah Jazz are overwhelming opponents with superior depth

  23-10-2017 18:01
  Through three games, the Utah Jazz have been one of the NBA’s better teams. Coach Quin Snyder’s bench brigade has been key in that success. The 2017-18 NBA season is just less than a week old and, already, the Utah Jazz look like one of the league’s surprise teams. Utah’s first three opponents, the Denver […]
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• Watch @JoeIngles7 handle some job shadowing like only a 6’ 8” 230lb small forward can. Passion #LIVESHERE -… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-10-2017 17:39 via twitter.com
  Watch @JoeIngles7 handle some job shadowing like only a 6’ 8” 230lb small forward can. Passion #LIVESHERE -… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Letter: Patriotism is not blind allegiance to flag for anthem

  23-10-2017 17:31
  Donald Trump just doesn’t get it. Maybe he never will. I volunteered to serve in the United States Navy during the Vietnam conflict.I gave four years of my life for my country. Not for our flag, a simple rectangular piece of cloth. Not for our anthem, a beautiful song somewhat hard to sing. I gave four years and was willing to give everything for a few simple concepts:Freedom — The right to express myself anyway I want without fear of retribution.Liberty — To live in a country
  
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• Principal: Trump tombstone at Halloween party disrespectful

  23-10-2017 17:20
  Gloucester, Mass. • A Massachusetts elementary school principal says it was disrespectful and inappropriate that a game brought in for a student Halloween party featured a tombstone with the name Don Trump on it.The tombstone was one of several on a game brought in by a parent for the party at West Parish Elementary on Friday. The others had joke names, like Seymour Butts and Gull E. Bull on them.In a letter to parents Sunday, West Parish Principal Telena Imel wrote that the game was intend
  
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• NFL locals: Week Seven snaps and stats for Utah, BYU, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL

  23-10-2017 17:05
  Each week, we’ll recap notable performances from local BYU, Utes, USU and SUU alumni in the NFL. Here’s what stood out from Week Seven of the 2017 NFL season:Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders (Oakland won, 31-30) • Chiefs QB Alex Smith (Utah) completed 25 of 36 pass attempts for three touchdowns, had one rushing attempt for zero yards and recovered a fumble in all 62 offensive snaps. Scoring drive: 99 yards
  Speed: 💯🐆🐆🐆 pic.twitter.com/F4EZ0mlM
  
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• South Korean Olympic organizers downplay concern over NKorea

  23-10-2017 17:02
  Ancient Olympia, Greece • South Korea's Olympic organizers have played down concern over ongoing tensions with North Korea and also say work has been completed on all venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.Lee Hee-beom, president of the Pyeongchang organizing committee, says the International Olympic Committee has made it very clear that the Feb. 9-25 games will go ahead as scheduled.Speaking at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics shortly after the last rehearsal for Tuesday's official fl
  
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• Trump defends call to fallen soldier's widow

  23-10-2017 16:57
  Washington • President Donald Trump is defending his call to a fallen soldier's widow, saying he was "respectful" and did not forget the slain soldier's name.Trump addressed the call on Twitter Monday after Myeshia Johnson, La David Johnson's widow, appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America." She said that in Trump's call to her last week he "couldn't remember my husband's name."Johnson added: "The only way he could remember my husband's name was he told me he had my husband's report in front
  
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• Prominent journalist at radio station stabbed in Moscow

  23-10-2017 16:54
  Moscow • Russia's leading news radio station says its deputy editor-in-chief has been stabbed by an unknown attacker.Ekho Moskvy, which has often been described as Russia's only independent news radio station, said on its website Monday that the assailant burst into its studios and stabbed Tatyana Felgenhauer. She is best known for co-hosting a popular morning show.The station's editor-in-chief, Alexei Venediktov, tweeted that Felgenhauer has been taken to hospital and her life is not in da
  
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• Crews make good progress taming late-season wildfires near Strawberry Reservoir

  23-10-2017 16:48
  Crews were making good progress Monday closing fire lines around two blazes near Wasatch County’s Strawberry Reservoir.Fire Information Officer Kathy Jo Pollock said that firefighters had gained the upper hand overnight as the flames died down.“There‘s no smoke coming from those fires at all this morning,” she said, though officially both blazes remained uncontained.
  Pollock said two additional, 20-person crews had been ordered, along with three helicopters late Sunday ni
  
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• Letter: Pay attention to what our elected officials are doing so they pay attention to us

  23-10-2017 16:42
  Our country depends on voters being informed on issues and for whom they are voting. The very premise of straight-party voting violates this and should be outlawed in the state. Every two years our elected officials come around begging for our vote and hoping we do not read their voting record. We have elected officials in Utah who very rarely vote the wishes of the citizens because they know if they are on the Republican side of the ballot they will win without many paying attention. We current
  
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