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• Bagley Cartoon: The Upside Down

  30-10-2017 23:56
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Arch ConservativesRepublicans With PrinciplesWhat Hate Speech Looks LikeThe Lying PressWhat Women Want (Just a Wild Guess)Monument RemovalComforter-in-ChiefOrrin’s Drug ProblemDrug Dealing LowlifesWhat Do We Do With Creepy Pervs?Want more? Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobertkirby.
  
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• Monday is Family Night! Tweet us a selfie - including your seat location & #MACUFamilyNight for a chance to have… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-10-2017 23:55 via twitter.com
  Monday is Family Night! Tweet us a selfie - including your seat location & #MACUFamilyNight for a chance to have… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tonight's Key Matchup: Ricky Rubio vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Tipoff: 7:00 PM MT #DALatUTA https://t.co/jbK5lzjvop

  30-10-2017 23:40 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's Key Matchup: Ricky Rubio vs. Dennis Smith Jr. Tipoff: 7:00 PM MT#DALatUTA https://t.co/jbK5lzjvop
  
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• After Boise State loss, Aggies shift focus to earning bowl eligibility

  30-10-2017 23:31
  A late Saturday loss to Boise State has the Utah State Aggies starting to refocus for the remaining three games.The focal point now is bowl eligibility. Utah State (4-5, 2-3) needs to win two of those three contests to get to the six-victory level for the season.“When we take a loss, it’s real hard on us. Now we’ve got to step back, gather ourselves up and go full steam ahead,” Aggies junior Rob Castaneda said.A 41-14 defeat at home to Boise finished a four-game stretch t
  
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• Police find body of missing Orem man in Tooele

  30-10-2017 23:26
  The body of an Orem man reported missing last week was found by police in Tooele County over the weekend.Orem police said 39-year-old Kelly Raymond Isom was reported missing by his family Wednesday, after he left home Tuesday morning in the family’s van. He reportedly left without any personal belongings, including medication that neutralized an otherwise life-threatening health condition.Over the weekend, police found Isom’s van after getting tips from the public. Nearby, they found
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Anderson has Arkansas pointed in NCAA direction once again

  30-10-2017 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing a regular of … Top Comments Most Popular Mitchell scores career-high 22, Jazz beat Lakers 96-81 Markkanen helps Bulls top Hawks 91-86 for 1st win Cousins' ...
  
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• Commentary: Free college would help rich more than poor

  30-10-2017 22:59
  Free college sounds like a great idea, when you first hear the words. That might be why Bernie Sanders was able to whip up so much enthusiasm around the idea in his 2016 presidential bid, and is still campaigning for it. For anyone who has had to pay sky-high tuition at a big-name university, or dealt with the crushing weight of student loans, those two magical words must seem like a rope being thrown down from heaven.But the dream of free college is a mirage. While much needs to be done to fix
  
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• Utah Jazz: The J-Notes’ west power rankings, Halloween edition

  30-10-2017 22:49
  A look at the pecking order in the wild Western Conference, where the Memphis Grizzlies have surprised and the Utah Jazz are treading water early. We’re just two weeks into the 2017-18 NBA season and, already, it’s been a wild ride. The Golden State Warriors stunningly lost two games early, the Memphis Grizzlies continue their […]
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• Utah County man sentenced to time-served after ‘new information’ reduces rape case to misdemeanor counts

  30-10-2017 22:44
  A Utah County man once accused of drugging an 18-year-old woman at his home, then tying her up and raping her, has been sentenced to about seven months time-served in jail after accepting a plea deal in which felony counts were reduced to misdemeanors.Nicholas Charles Leippe, 42, of West Mountain, was charged earlier this year in 4th District Court with aggravated kidnapping, forcible sodomy and two counts of rape, all first-degree felonies, as well as third-degree felony aggravated assault and
  
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• Creative publisher Gibbs Smith reinvented Western stories from his Utah barn

  30-10-2017 22:35
  In the book world, the backstory of the Gibbs Smith publishing company — that it published beautifully designed books from a renovated barn on the founder’s family property in Layton — made for a pretty great yarn. Better yet, of course, is that its mythical founding story happens to be true.Smith co-founded the company with his wife, Catherine, on the strength of his University of Utah master’s thesis, a biography of Utah labor leader Joe Hill that has remained in print
  
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• Former Carbon County emergency services director sentenced for stealing Homeland Security grant money

  30-10-2017 22:34
  The former emergency services director for Carbon County, who was accused of using federal grant money to buy hundreds of items for himself, was sentenced Monday to six months in a federal prison followed by a year of supervised release.Jason Llewelyn, 47, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge David Nuffer to pay nearly $65,000 in restitution.“I just wanted to acknowledge my wrongdoing,” Llewelyn said before the sentence was handed down, adding that he was sorry for what he did.At
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - With 4 starters gone, Oregon is in transition

  30-10-2017 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... with leading the … Top Comments Most Popular Mitchell scores career-high 22, Jazz beat Lakers 96-81 Markkanen helps Bulls top Hawks 91-86 for 1st win Cousins' ...
  
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• Which 3⃣ ball was your favorite? Check them all out in the @MountainAmerica Three's of the Week 👌 #DALatUTA https://t.co/SK8oZforfE

  30-10-2017 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  Which 3⃣ ball was your favorite? Check them all out in the @MountainAmerica Three's of the Week 👌#DALatUTA https://t.co/SK8oZforfE
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Gordon Hayward injury costumes: funny or faux pas?

  30-10-2017 22:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... pson, who was dressed as Hayward's broken ankle, sent his best to the former Jazz player, using a #getwellsoon hashtag. Tonight me and my wife dressed up as @ ...
  
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• Gordon Hayward injury costumes: funny or faux pas?

  30-10-2017 22:25
  It isn’t uncommon for NBA fans to dress up as players for Halloween, and people will do seemingly anything to elicit a laugh or a reaction.Combine those factors with Gordon Hayward's well-publicized injury, and, for good or bad, you have the perfect storm for an out-of-the-box costume idea this Halloween season.Instead of dressing up as zombies or superheroes, some people are paying homage to — or poking fun of — Hayward's broken leg for a costume this fall.Depending on your fe
  
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• 🏀 #DALatUTA 🎟 bit.ly/2z22A1O 📺 @ATTSportsNetRM 📻 @1280sports 📍 @vivintarena https://t.co/afv4h6ZRcg

  30-10-2017 22:11 via twitter.com
  
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• Sens. Hatch, Lee stand by special counsel Mueller as indictments begin in the investigation of Trump ties to Russia

  30-10-2017 22:01
  Washington • Utah’s two senators steered clear of commenting on the charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and a campaign aide but stood by their support of special counsel Robert Mueller, who continues to investigate the Trump team and its potential ties to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.Mueller on Monday revealed 12-count indictments against onetime campaign manager Paul Manafort and his longtime business associate Rick Gates, as well as
  
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• On stand, Bergdahl apologizes to those hurt looking for him

  30-10-2017 22:00
  Fort Bragg, N.C. • In an unexpected and emotional statement, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl apologized in court Monday to all the military personnel who were wounded searching for him and described the daily nightmares and flashbacks to his five years in captivity of Taliban allies he still endures.Bergdahl was the first witness in what’s expected to be a multi-day presentation by the defense to the judge who will decide his punishment for endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afgh
  
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• Commentary: Stop trying to limit the way men and women work together

  30-10-2017 21:59
  Recently some men — on the right and on the left — have volunteered a solution to the sexual harassment problem: Stop meeting privately with women.On the right, Vice President Mike Pence confessed to not meeting with any women where food or drink is served unless his wife, whom he calls “Mama,” is along to chaperon. (Although still a minority, more Republicans than Democrats think meeting alone with women is inappropriate; believers like evangelicals are twice as likely t
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Lakers News: Latest Buzz on Lonzo Ball and Luke Walton

  30-10-2017 21:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed with nine points, four assists and two points in a 96-81 loss to the Utah Jazz, was forced into running the offense in a half-court set. "I definitely can...
  
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• 'Donut Boy' thanks Salt Lake area police officers with doughnuts

  30-10-2017 21:54
  Cops need love, too.And so Tyler Carach — aka Donut Boy — is traveling around the country passing out doughnuts to law enforcement officers in appreciation of their public service.“I want to thank them for risking their lives every day,” he said Monday with a big smile and box of Dunkin’ Donuts at the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building.Police officers from various agencies greeted him in the atrium and thanked him for the treats and his thoughtfulness.So far, Tyl
  
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• 4,000 glowing jack-o’-lanterns are on display at the Utah State Fairpark for the mostly-not-scary Pumpkin Nights

  30-10-2017 21:40
  Pumpkin Nights’ Salt Lake City debut was an impressive display of carved gourds, entertainment and sites just spooky enough to cause intrigue and not fright.Artists from around Utah contributed to the 4,000 carved synthetic and fresh pumpkins displayed throughout the Utah State Fairpark.The event was successful enough that organizers extended it to Oct. 30, according to the Pumpkin Nights website.Pumpkin Nights was started in Minnesota last year as a more family-oriented option for Hallowe
  
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• 'House of Cards' cancelled as fallout continues for Spacey

  30-10-2017 21:36
  New York • The fallout from Kevin Spacey’s response to being accused of alleged sexual assault continued Monday, with the two-time Oscar winner being harshly criticized on social media, the plug pulled on his hit show “House of Cards” and “deeply troubled” producers of the political thriller arriving on set to comfort cast mates.Executives from Netflix and the show’s producer, Media Rights Capital, said they arrived in Baltimore, where the show is shot, o
  
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• Letter: To those honoring the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

  30-10-2017 21:35
  The Taxpayer Protection Pledge: “ I, ______, pledge to the taxpayers of the ______ district of the (state ) ______ and to the American people that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business: and, TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.”This pledge was signed by our two Utah Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, along w
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Three-Point Threat Episode 18: Donovan Mitchell, West Chaos, Utah Jazz Week 3

  30-10-2017 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... is insight on Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell. Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week Three Outlook, Predictions https://t.co/wIEeWtKVMD pic.twitter. ...
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Derrick Favors on his 3-point stroke, Jazz players' Halloween costumes

  30-10-2017 21:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... performance against the Lakers on Saturday, the 23 turnovers showed that the Jazz have a long way to go. "We've got to look a little bit deeper and figure out ...
  
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• U.S. court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy

  30-10-2017 21:20
  Washington • A federal judge on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from proceeding with plans to exclude transgender people from military service.U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the transgender service members who had sued over Trump’s policy were likely to win their lawsuit. She directed a return to the situation that existed before Trump announced his new policy this summer, saying the administration had provided no solid evidence for w
  
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• Ann Cannon: For aspiring children’s book authors, here’s a great place to start

  30-10-2017 21:20
  Have you ever wanted to learn how to write a book for children but don’t know where to start?The annual Writing for Charity conference, held this Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Utah Valley University’s campus in Orem, can definitely point you in the right direction.Author and illustrator Julie Hansen Olson describes Writing for Charity this way: “It’s a one-day conference where all the presenters donate their time so the proceeds can go to charity. At this eve
  
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• A Utah mother and her young son went missing in 2015. Authorities now believe her boyfriend killed them.

  30-10-2017 21:13
  Two years ago, 23-year-old Emily Almiron and her 3-year-old son, Gabriel, disappeared.No one has seen the Utah County woman or her child since Sept. 8, 2015 — the day her boyfriend, Christopher Richard Poulson, told police that he broke up with the woman, and she left their Orem apartment with her young son.She never used her cellphone again, according to prosecutors, and her bank account was never accessed.She never went back to her job at an Italian restaurant in Orem, and never went to
  
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• Three-Point Threat Episode 18: Donovan Mitchell, West Chaos, Utah Jazz Week 3

  30-10-2017 21:10
  In preparation for the Utah Jazz’s third week of the 2017-18 campaign, Christian Dudley of Louisville Sports Live and Blu3 World Order joins the show! The Utah Jazz will look to bounce back from a forgettable 1-2 week as they begin a stretch of eight of their next nine games at home. With an ever-growing […]
  Three-Point Threat Episode 18: Donovan Mitchell, West Chaos, Utah Jazz Week 3 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Gov. Herbert calls on Utahns to help ‘fellow Americans in Puerto Rico who are hurting’

  30-10-2017 21:08
  Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has plenty of what still-hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico needs — so he called on residents Monday to help generously, and he will send Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox there soon to deliver what he hopes will be a bounty of supplies.“We lead the nation when it comes to volunteer work. We lead the nation when it comes to giving,” Herbert said. “We have fellow Americans in Puerto Rico who are hurting and need help.”He called a news conference to urge Uta
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks: Key match-up

  30-10-2017 21:01 via sportspyder.com
  ...and if his role within the offense increases throughout the year. More from Jazz News 10/28 - Utah Jazz fighting for .500 against Lonzo Ball, Los Angeles Lak ...
  
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• University of Utah president’s apology to Huntsman went a long way toward mending fences and earned the school another $18M donation

  30-10-2017 20:59
  Sometimes a little humility and an apology can go a long way.In the instance of a mea culpa University of Utah President David Pershing presented to Huntsman Cancer Institute founder and benefactor Jon M. Huntsman Sr. recently, it helped settle a simmering feud between the U. and HCI and led to an unexpected benefit to the school.Twelve professors and doctors at the U. will be recipients of presidential “chairs” worth $1.5 million each — with $75,000 per year going to each reci
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Game Preview: Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz

  30-10-2017 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... e point so far, and this matchup should produce some highlights. Most likely Jazz-killer: Yeah, Dirk is good. He can spread the floor and take Rudy Gobert out ...
  
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• BYU coach Kalani Sitake defends strength staff as another Cougar is lost for season due to injury

  30-10-2017 20:56
  Provo • The mood was understandably lighter and more upbeat Monday at BYU coach Kalani Sitake’s weekly press briefing after the Cougars snapped their seven-game losing skid with a 41-20 win over San Jose State last weekend.However, the coach still delivered some sobering news.The injury that caused senior linebacker Grant Jones to leave the game is season-ending. Jones will have surgery soon, Sitake said.“That is really unfortunate,” Sitake said. “He was starting to
  
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• Utah baseball coach Bill Kinneberg faces suspension after school reports program violation to NCAA

  30-10-2017 20:55
  Utah athletic dirctor Chris Hill announced on Monday that baseball coach Bill Kinneberg will likely be suspended for an unspecified amount of games due to a self-reported NCAA violation that came to the departments attention due to a letter from the parent of a baseball player.Hill said the university recommended the suspension, but he would not reveal the length of games recommended because the NCAA has not ruled on the matter. He also did not specify the nature of the violation uncovered. Hill
  
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• 14 dogs and 2 cats are running for political office in Salt Lake County

  30-10-2017 20:55
  You can’t escape politics these days, and Salt Lake County has just made the topic even more unavoidable by taking a sweet, innocent pet fundraising drive and turning it into a slander-filled hate campaign.If you find slogans like “Cats Rule, Dogs Drool” hateful, anyway.A few weeks back, the county’s Animal Services Department launched PAWlitical Pets, an actual election where 16 Salt Lake County-residing pets were nominated for the office of PAWlitical mayor (formerly th
  
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• Sinking Utes will try to right the ship on Friday against struggling UCLA

  30-10-2017 20:51
  The scuffling Utes welcome in the bruised and battered Bruins this week.Utah (4-4, 1-4) hosts UCLA (4-4, 2-3) Friday at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 7:30 p.m., looking to snap its first four-game losing streak since 2013. The Utes are coming off a 41-20 thumping at Oregon over the weekend, while UCLA just gave up 333 yards rushing on 58 attempts in its 44-23 loss at No. 12 Washington.Through eight games, the Bruins are allowing 307.1 yards per game on the ground, dead-last in the Pac-12 Conference. Co
  
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• Report of rape at Utah State University has campus on ‘Code Blue’ alert

  30-10-2017 20:51
  Utah State University police have issued a “Code Blue” alert for the Logan campus after a female student reported being raped over the weekend.USU Police Chief Mike Kuehn said investigators were trying to get more information about the two men who allegedly assaulted the woman Friday night near the bottom of Old Main hill.The woman initially was unable to provide much detail on her assailants, the chief said.A “Code Blue” alert urges students, faculty and others visiting
  
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• Letter: It is crucial that Congress extend CHIP funding

  30-10-2017 20:47
  Congress allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides health insurance to 9 million American children, to expire Sept. 30. Without CHIP funding, millions of children nationwide and thousands in our state will be at risk of losing their health coverage, with no other affordable alternative. With a lot of bipartisan support for this widely popular program, it should be a no-brainer to pass a clean, fully funded, extension of CHIP; Congress just needs to act.CHIP ens
  
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• Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks: Key match-up

  30-10-2017 20:38
  The Utah Jazz continue their home stand against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. We will also see a battle between two Rookie of the Year contenders in Donovan Mitchell and Dennis Smith Jr. After a slow beginning to his rookie campaign, Utah Jazz guard Mitchell proved worthy of his lofty expectations with a breakout performance […]
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• [The Daily Herald] - Putting on a show: Utah G Barefield ready for bigger role

  30-10-2017 20:33 via sportspyder.com
  ...when to do so wi… Top Comments Most Popular Mitchell scores career-high 22, Jazz beat Lakers 96-81 Markkanen helps Bulls top Hawks 91-86 for 1st win Cousins' ...
  
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• Commentary: The legal rights of children should not vary by county

  30-10-2017 20:30
  October is Youth Justice Awareness Month in Utah — an opportunity to celebrate positive developments in our juvenile justice system and recommit to the urgent work that still awaits.There is much to celebrate. HB 239, a substantial juvenile justice reform package that passed during the 2017 legislative session, reflects a broad consensus that unnecessary court involvement and detention harms children and wastes public funds. Witness, for example, the remarkable efforts of Juvenile Justice
  
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• Jazz are 'fixated' on fixing their turnover problem

  30-10-2017 20:05
  SALT LAKE CITY – Turnovers have been a big issue for the Utah Jazz this season, as they rank first in the league in most turnovers per game (19.2), and they’re coming off consecutive games where they had 24 and 21 turnovers, respectively, against the Suns and Lakers.Coach Quin Snyder, who is celebrating his 51st birthday today, talked at length about the turnover issue at Monday’s shootaround, describing the difference between certain turnovers and some of the reasons why, with
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: IT’S A ME ... RUBIO!

  30-10-2017 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... n the playoff race, tied with four other teams who have the same record. The Jazz have had impressive wins against the likes of the and the Los Angeles Lakers ...
  
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• Jazz shootaround: Jazz put turnover struggles in focus ahead of Dallas Mavericks matchup

  30-10-2017 19:45
  Shootaround sessions on the morning before games tend to be low-key affairs. Coach Quin Snyder said if there’s an issue manifesting in shootaround, players tend to think they’ll correct the problem when game time rolls around.But the Jazz’s (3-3) early troubles with turnovers have called for special treatment. Snyder said he took a few pauses in Monday’s shootaround — ahead of Utah’s game against the Dallas Mavericks — to address some situations that he
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - LaVar Ball: Lonzo's Killing It So Far, 'I Know He's Great'

  30-10-2017 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... te his first few weeks? Good!"   He took responsibility for that loss to the Jazz ...  "Hey, that ain't nothing new to me. He knows what he's supposed to do....
  
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• Derrick Favors Shootaround - 10.30.17 📽️: on.nba.com/2A1CZUI #DALatUTA https://t.co/15Xx1YPC7b

  30-10-2017 19:42 via twitter.com
  
  Derrick Favors Shootaround - 10.30.17📽️: on.nba.com/2A1CZUI#DALatUTA https://t.co/15Xx1YPC7b
  
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• Officials: US captures key militant in Benghazi attack

  30-10-2017 19:32
  Washington • U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The attack resulted in the death of the American ambassador to the country.The officials say U.S. commandos captured the unidentified man in Libya and are transporting him back to the U.S. The officials say the mission was approved by President Donald Trump and done in coordination with Libya's internationally recognized gove
  
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• Bobcat in bathroom of Oklahoma newspaper startles publisher

  30-10-2017 19:29
  Sapulpa, Okla. • A small-town Oklahoma newspaper publisher found a startling front-page story practically in his newsroom: There was a hissing bobcat in the bathroom.Sapulpa Herald publisher Darren Sumner says the wild animal jumped at him one recent morning as he was heading into the restroom at his office in Sapulpa, a Tulsa suburb.Sumner shut the door and trapped the adult male cat inside until police and a game warden arrived. Wildlife control workers captured the bobcat in a cage and r
  
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