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• Utah man convicted of using drone to spy on people in their homes gets suspended jail sentence

  31-10-2017 23:59
  An Orem man who used a drone to video people in the bedrooms and bathrooms was given a suspended jail sentence and must do community service.Aaron Dennis Foote, 40, was sentenced last week to 180 days — 160 days of jail time suspended and 20 days of community service — after pleading no contest to an amended class B misdemeanor charge of “voyeurism by electronic equipment concealed or disguised,” according to court documents.He also must pay a $500 fine as part of a 12-mo
  
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• ‘We want them home’: After police arrest the man they believe killed a Utah mother and her young son, focus is on finding their bodies

  31-10-2017 23:53
  Orem • In their prayers, Brenda Marsh and her family ask for one thing: that the bodies of her daughter and grandson be returned to them soon.Emily Quijano, 23, and her 3-year-old son, Gabriel Almiron, disappeared two years ago. Now, police believe Quijano’s boyfriend, Christopher Richard Poulson, killed the mother and son Sept. 8, 2015, and spent two days disposing of their bodies.The mother and son have never been found — though Poulson, 28, was charged last week with two coun
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz forward Joe Johnson out at least 2 weeks with wrist injury

  31-10-2017 23:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... nstability and will be out for at least two weeks. Comment on this story Jazz head Quin Snyder confirmed that the initial injury occurred during Monday’s...
  
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• Jazz forward Joe Johnson out for at least two weeks with wrist injury

  31-10-2017 23:52
  Joe Johnson exited Monday’s game against the Mavericks before Utah had sealed a win, rubbing his right wrist.At first, trainers thought it might be a sprain. But further examination has provided some bad news: Utah’s veteran forward will miss at least two weeks with “tendon instability” in the wrist on his shooting arm.The 17-year-veteran — who helped power the Jazz past the Los Angeles Clippers in the playoffs last year — missed Tuesday’s practice. Even
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Joe Johnson Out at Least 2 Weeks Due to Wrist Injury

  31-10-2017 23:50 via sportspyder.com
  ...depth. However, Johnson's presence and veteran leadership is one reason the Jazz advanced past the first round of the 2016 playoffs for the first time since...
  
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• President Trump dominates discussion in the final debate for Utah’s 3rd congressional race

  31-10-2017 23:49
  The dominating topic in the special election to fill Utah’s vacant congressional seat is the same that has overwhelmed all political discussion for the past year: President Donald Trump.His name has come up at every forum. His rhetoric has been disputed by each candidate. And his agenda has been carefully dissected.It’s a likely prelude to the midterm contests to come in 2018.The issue yet again defined a Tuesday debate — the final one before the Nov. 7 election to replace form
  
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• Alert librarian credited with spotting suspect in fatal shooting of University of Utah student

  31-10-2017 23:48
  An alert librarian is credited with helping in the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting and attempted carjacking of a University of Utah student near Red Butte Canyon, police said.Austin Jeffrey Boutain, 24, was taken into custody at about 1:10 p.m. Tuesday at the Salt Lake City main library, 200 East and 400 South, said Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown on Tuesday afternoon.“A big shout out to a librarian,” Brown said at a news conference.The librarian r
  
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• Utahns expect higher incomes, more jobs and have never been more optimistic about the state’s economy, latest index shows

  31-10-2017 23:47
  Consumer attitudes have never been higher in Utah — as residents expect to make more money next spring and find more jobs available.The Utah Consumer Attitude Index rose 8.9 points from September to October, Zions Bank said Tuesday, and that pushed the index to its highest level ever — 125.4 points. That’s 13.4 points above the reading a year earlier, and just a tad below the national Consumer Confidence Index, now at 125.9.“Fears of what’s around the corner are dis
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Joe Johnson out at least 2 weeks with wrist injury; Lillard/Mitchell friendship

  31-10-2017 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... ell. As I understand the plan, he'll spend the next couple of games with the Jazz, rather than traveling with the Stars, who begin their year on the road. Is...
  
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• Alcohol use among Utah 12th-graders increases for the first time in more than a decade

  31-10-2017 23:43
  After years of decline, the number of 12th-grade students in Utah who say they have consumed alcohol in the past month made a noticeable increase in 2017, a state survey shows. The 30-day alcohol use among high school seniors rose from 13.6 percent in 2015 to 14.7 percent in 2017, according to the Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey.The questionnaire is given every two years to 50,000 students in sixth, eighth, 10th and 12th grades to measure underage drinking rates in Utah.Binge d
  
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• Jazz forward Joe Johnson out at least 2 weeks with wrist injury

  31-10-2017 23:41
  SALT LAKE CITY— Seven-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson missed Tuesday’s practice with what was initially ruled as a right wrist sprain. After being examined by the Utah Jazz’s medical staff and undergoing a MRI, it was determined that he has tendon instability and will be out for at least two weeks.Jazz head Quin Snyder confirmed that the initial injury occurred during Monday’s win against Dallas. Johnson played 16 minutes and finished with two points and two rebounds. The 1
  
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• For Astros players, Halloween with the kids comes before curveballs in Game 6

  31-10-2017 23:39
  Los Angeles • With Game 6 of the World Series being played on Halloween, costumed children of the Houston Astros gathered in the lobby of the team hotel."The trick-or-treating in the hotel (had to) suffice, because I think this is special circumstances," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said before Tuesday's game. "So is missing school. But you should stay in school."Houston's players, staff and families stayed in downtown Los Angeles, less than 4 miles from Dodger Stadium. The Astros led the seri
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Balanced Bearcats play in another state for a season

  31-10-2017 23:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... ner on the side e… 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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• [NBA] - Joe Johnson Injury Update

  31-10-2017 23:33 via sportspyder.com
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Mavs know importance of protecting ball better after consecutive high-turnover games

  31-10-2017 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... 42-34 advantage on the glass. However, the Mavericks failed to adjust to the Jazz’s defensive pressure and center Rudy Gobert’s rim protection during Monday’s ...
  
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• Gov. Herbert picks judge with ‘great intellectual firepower’ to fill Utah Supreme Court vacancy

  31-10-2017 23:32
  Third District Judge Paige Petersen — who has prosecuted violent criminals in Utah, mob bosses in New York and Serbian warlords at The Hague in the Netherlands — has been nominated by Gov. Gary Herbert to the Utah Supreme Court.If confirmed by the state Senate, Petersen will take the place of Christine Durham, who is the only female justice on the Utah Supreme Court. Durham, the state’s longest-serving judge, is retiring as of Nov. 16.Herbert, who announced his choice Tuesday a
  
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• Letter: Second Amendment is there so population can protect itself from the government

  31-10-2017 23:28
  One thing that is almost never talked about in the gun control debate is the real reason the Founding Fathers made the Second Amendment.It was not for hunting or even personal protection. America just finished the Revolutionary War and the only reason America was even able to put up a fight was because the private citizens brought their own, personal guns to fight.Imagine if, at that time the government said, “it is not reasonable that the private citizen should have such a powerful weapon
  
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• Broncos mulling QB change from Siemian to Brock Osweiler

  31-10-2017 23:28
  Englewood, Colo. • Vance Joseph is either going to simplify his offense for Trevor Siemian or send him to the bench in favor of Brock Osweiler.Joseph complained that Siemian made "three horrific decisions" on "three horrible interceptions" in the Broncos' 29-19 loss at Kansas City on Monday night, wasting another dominant defensive effort and negating any gains made by the offense.So, Joseph huddled Tuesday with general manager John Elway, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and QB coach Bill
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox appoints new chief of staff, elections director

  31-10-2017 23:27
  Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox announced Tuesday he is hiring Kirsten Rappleye — currently the spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert — as his new chief of staff.He also appointed Justin Lee as his new state elections officer, promoting him from assistant director.Both of those positions had been held by Mark Thomas, who leaving to become chief of staff of the Utah Senate. “I’m thrilled to have Kirsten and Justin join my senior staff,” Cox said. “They are sharp, driven indiv
  
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• Joe Johnson Injury Update Details: on.nba.com/2z8sf8W https://t.co/S2jVIIg2c3

  31-10-2017 23:23 via twitter.com
  
  Joe Johnson Injury UpdateDetails: on.nba.com/2z8sf8W https://t.co/S2jVIIg2c3
  
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• After visit to Puerto Rico, Utah’s Rob Bishop says U.S. must improve conditions for good, not just repair them for now

  31-10-2017 23:22
  Washington • Just back from visiting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Florida Keys, Rep. Rob Bishop said Tuesday that Congress will have to pony up what’s necessary to improve the electrical grid and water systems in the hurricane-ravaged areas, not just replace them.Bishop, a Utah Republican who as chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee has oversight over U.S. territories, said it was sobering to see the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in September, especiall
  
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• Jazz aim to regain homecourt dominance of past eras

  31-10-2017 23:19
  The next three weeks could determine if Jazz are vying for a playoff berth or counting ping-pong balls come April.Over a long 82 game season, it’s difficult to whittle six months down to a portion of a schedule. But Utah’s current home stretch is as important as any for the Jazz to take advantage of.Beginning last Saturday against the Lakers and continuing Wednesday against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Jazz are playing eight of nine games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Two weeks into
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz aim to regain homecourt dominance of past eras

  31-10-2017 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... loor. In 2009, when Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer were at their peak, the Jazz were 32-9 at home. Will this Jazz team reach those kinds of levels? No. But...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: While Mueller's probe plays out, Republicans should not forget Trump is unfit

  31-10-2017 23:02
  By day’s end on Monday, a few prominent Republicans gingerly stepped forward to support special counsel Robert Mueller. You had to squint to see it, but they issued what passes for a warning to the president.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, in a written statement said: “The Judiciary Committee is continuing its work to ensure that the Justice Department and FBI are functioning free from inappropriate influence, consistent with our constitutional oversight
  
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• Letter: UTA, UDOT subject to unequal scrutiny

  31-10-2017 23:01
  I read with some bemusement your latest article about UTA (“UTA — about $2 billion in debt — aims to borrow $88.5 million more”) and indeed most recent articles about the agency. You make it a point to call out the billions in debt they’ve amassed — without mentioning that this debt was approved by voters across the Wasatch Front in 2000, 2006 and 2007. Those votes, of course, authorized UTA to build the 150 miles of rail they’ve constructed in the last
  
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• Utah man sentenced to prison for dehydration-related death of baby daughter

  31-10-2017 22:55
  A Sevier County man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for causing the dehydration-related death of his baby daughter last year.David Lewis Anderson, 38, of Monroe, had pleaded guilty in June to second-degree felony child-abuse homicide in connection with the June 7, 2016, death of his 11-month-old daughter, Siri.On Tuesday, 6th District Judge Marvin Bagley sentenced Anderson to one to 15 years at the Utah State Prison.Sentencing was initially scheduled for Sept. 5, but absconded to North Carolina,
  
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• 8 killed by New York motorist in ‘cowardly act of terror’

  31-10-2017 22:52
  New York • A man in a rented pickup truck drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and mowed down people Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring several others in what the mayor called “a particularly cowardly act of terror.”The 29-year-old driver was shot by police after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to be a fake gun in each hand, officials said. He was taken into custody. His condition was not immediately disclosed.Witnesses desc
  
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• Letter: Trump has no credibility when he criticizes NFL players

  31-10-2017 22:49
  When Mr. Trump renewed his call for NFL players to “stand during the national anthem to show respect for Our Flag and Our Country”, I can’t help but recall Mr. Trump’s disrespect when he belittled Khizr Khan and his wife, the Gold Star parents of a slain Muslim soldier killed in a car bombing in 2004 in Iraq while serving in the U.S. military.Trump implied that “the soldier’s mother had not spoken because of female subservience expected in some traditional str
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Mormon church is right — journalists must give ‘voice to the voiceless’

  31-10-2017 22:46
  Elder D. Todd Christofferson, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commended reporters this past weekend for doing their jobs — for researching and investigating and reporting on far-reaching and meaningful stories. While Christofferson was addressing Latin journalists of the Inter American Press Association, we presume such remarks would also apply to journalists here in Utah.Christofferson told the reporters, “Your privilege and calling as a journalist is
  
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• Coming to the game tomorrow? Bring a jar of peanut butter to donate to the @UtahFoodBank and let's help fight chil… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  31-10-2017 22:31 via twitter.com
  Coming to the game tomorrow?Bring a jar of peanut butter to donate to the @UtahFoodBank and let's help fight chil… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Jury trial to be set for man accused of starting $34 million Brian Head fire

  31-10-2017 22:28
  A Taylorsville man charged with accidentally starting the 71,000-acre Brian Head Fire — which destroyed 13 residences this summer and cost about $34 million to fight — could go to trial on the case next year.Robert Ray Lyman, 61, was charged in July in Cedar City’s 5th District Court with one count of reckless burning, a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. He also is charged with one count of class B misdemeanor failing to notify authorities or failing to ob
  
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• Five things to know about the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

  31-10-2017 22:09
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • South Korea's sleepy skiing destination of Pyeongchang is finally looking like a Winter Olympics host city after more than a decade of work, two failed bids, and chapters of controversy over venue locations, construction delays and costs.With a little more than three months until the opening ceremony, workers are putting finishing touches on scenic skiing and sliding venues and high-rise athletes' villages. Restaurants have popped up in empty fields across from th
  
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• Union seeks to block ruling so Cowboys' Elliott can play

  31-10-2017 22:07
  New York • The union for NFL players has asked a judge to temporarily delay the effect of her ruling permitting the league to enforce a six-game suspension of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott over domestic violence allegations.The NFL Players Association filed the papers Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. It said it wanted Judge Katherine Polk Failla to suspend her Monday ruling so attorneys can appeal it to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.If she doesn't, lawyers for the u
  
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• Buffalo Bills acquire Benjamin in trade with Panthers

  31-10-2017 22:06
  Orchard Park, N.Y. • The Buffalo Bills have upgraded their patchwork group of receivers by agreeing to acquire Kelvin Benjamin in a trade with the Carolina Panthers.Carolina acquired Buffalo's third- and seventh-round picks in next year's draft in making the deal reached just before the NFL's trade deadline on Tuesday.Benjamin has had spotty production over two-plus seasons since being selected by Panthers first-round pick in 2014, while missing the entire 2015 season with a knee injury.The
  
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• Motorist hits people on bike path near World Trade Center

  31-10-2017 21:21
  New York • A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people Tuesday, then emerged from the vehicle screaming and firing what appeared to be a gun, police and witnesses said.At least two bodies could be seen lying motionless on the path beneath tarps near mangled bicycles.The New York Police Department posted on its Twitter feed that one person was in custody. The department said it was unclear whether anyone was shot or whether the inj
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Kirby riffs about new Mormon missionary interview questions, reflects on his own stint in a white shirt, tie and name badge

  31-10-2017 21:17
  The LDS Church has released newly standardized interview questions for prospective missionaries.Hear what Salt Lake Tribune humor columnist Robert Kirby thinks of them along with reflections on his own mission and the questions he says young Mormons should be asked before donning a church name tag.The one-and-only Kirby joins Tribune Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce and Managing Editor David Noyce in the latest edition of “Mormon Land.”Listen here:https://soundcloud.com/mormonland/mormo
  
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• Linebacker Morgan Unga is latest walk-on to find a role on BYU defense

  31-10-2017 21:16
  Provo • Morgan Unga, once a quarterback at Bonneville High in Washington Terrace, has made 16 tackles during his three-year career at BYU.Half of those tackles came last week in the 41-20 win over San Jose State when Unga filled in at flash linebacker after senior Fred Warner left the field with a lower leg injury in the first half and didn’t return.Unga’s numbers illustrate just how much injuries have depleted the 2-7 Cougars in 2017.“I was surprised to be the leading tac
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jimbo’s Mailbag – Houdini, Spanish Lesson, Exum’s Caretaker

  31-10-2017 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... h Spencer Campbell @SCampbellSBN, started the first and longest-running Utah Jazz podcast on earth. I enjoy the in-of-doors and telling people a better way of ...
  
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• Parent barricades self, other person in California classroom

  31-10-2017 21:06
  Riverside, Calif. • Authorities say a parent has barricaded himself in a Southern California elementary school classroom with at least one other person.Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback tells KCAL-TV that the incident at Castle View Elementary School was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.Railsback says the other person in the room with the parent is believed to be an adult but it's not known if it is a teacher, another parent or a school staffer.Railsback says it's not known if t
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Collusion? Who needs it when Facebook was allowing Russians to help Trump?

  31-10-2017 21:06
  Their story keeps changing.First, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg scoffed at the notion that disinformation spread on his platform swayed the 2016 presidential election. He called that a “crazy idea.”Later, faced with some uncomfortable revelations, Zuckerberg changed his tune and apologized.More recently, Facebook fessed up to taking $100,000 for ads from murky but probably Russian-linked sources apparently trying to influence the election. That is, of course, a tiny amount of mone
  
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• Will the Utes rediscover their running game against UCLA? Zack Moss sure hopes so

  31-10-2017 21:00
  Kyle Whittingham doesn’t recognize his team’s offense, and it’s isn’t sitting well for Utah’s coach in the middle of his 13th season at the helm of the program.While Whittingham hired offensive coordinator Troy Taylor in order to improve the team’s passing game — which Whittingham acknowledges Taylor has done — the grumbles about the lack of a running attack or willingness to abandon the run have grown more prominent.So, the Utes’ ability or
  
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• Quarterback Khalil Tate helps Arizona become the Pac-12’s biggest story of October

  31-10-2017 21:00
  Utah enjoyed being the last team to beat USC for more than 12 months, before the Trojans lost to Washington State in late September. The Utes have a similar distinction with Arizona this season, thanks largely to the emergence of Wildcat sophomore quarterback Khalil Tate. Tate’s first extended appearance of the season came against Colorado in early October, after Arizona lost 30-24 to Utah. Since replacing the injured Brandon Dawkins in the first quarter, Tate has run for 840 yards in four
  
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• Police arrest suspect in University of Utah carjacking, homicide

  31-10-2017 20:56
  A man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting and attempted carjacking of a University of Utah student near Red Butte Canyon has been arrested, Salt Lake City police announced Tuesday afternoon.“Suspect in #homicide is in custody,” police tweeted at about 12:45 p.m.Austin Jeffrey Boutain, 24, was taken into custody at the Salt Lake City main library, 200 East and 400 South, police confirmed about 15 minutes later.Also Tuesday, University officials had earlier announced that the
  
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• When hiking with small children turns to tribulation, seek ye the Trail Troll

  31-10-2017 20:55
  Once upon a time, there lived a young family in an enchanted land called Utah, and in Utah this family hiked o’er great mountains and vast deserts.Weekend after weekend, they set out in search of adventure, stashing in their satchels every necessity and comfort a well-prepared party might carry: water, sandwiches, granola, first-aid provisions, maps, cameras, jackets and a liberal supply of wipies.And weekend after weekend, the family enjoyed good humor for about a half-mile.Then the Evil
  
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• Utah’s speedy young corner Javelin Guidry has deep UCLA roots

  31-10-2017 20:52
  Javelin Guidry grew up in the stands and on the sidelines of the Rose Bowl.His original colors were Bruin blue and gold. That’s how he was brought up, the son of two UCLA graduates, including a former Bruins defensive back. Guidry’s uncle, Paul, also played with Javelin Sr. in the same defensive backfield. So while Utah’s freshman cornerback will have to wait another year for a homecoming of sorts in Pasadena, Calif., this week will be just as special, he said.“I’m
  
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• Journalist prosecuted for ‘Vatileaks’ scandal pens new book about sex, crimes, money in Vatican

  31-10-2017 20:50
  Vatican City • An Italian journalist who was put on trial by the Vatican for divulging confidential documents is coming out with a new book promising to reveal fresh secrets about sex, crimes and money in the Holy See.Gianluigi Nuzzi’s “Original Sin: Secret Accounts, Hidden Truths, Blackmail and the Forces Blocking Pope Francis’ Revolution” hits bookshelves in Italy and France on Nov. 9, The Associated Press has learned.Some of the documents reproduced in the book co
  
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• Quin Snyder // Practice 10.31.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2hsIZhA https://t.co/GO6qmCv9YJ

  31-10-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  
  Quin Snyder // Practice 10.31.17Watch: on.nba.com/2hsIZhA https://t.co/GO6qmCv9YJ
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Best, Worse Case Scenario After Two Weeks of Play

  31-10-2017 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... yer every other night Consequently, the Jazz will rank dead last in points per game and close to last in offensive effici ...
  
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• Thabo Sefolosha // Practice 10.31.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2lBDKAr https://t.co/4yWdb6R0zq

  31-10-2017 20:44 via twitter.com
  
  Thabo Sefolosha // Practice 10.31.17Watch: on.nba.com/2lBDKAr https://t.co/4yWdb6R0zq
  
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• Donovan Mitchell // Practice 10.31.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2ht1baN https://t.co/PeChgVxOWZ

  31-10-2017 20:42 via twitter.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell // Practice 10.31.17Watch: on.nba.com/2ht1baN https://t.co/PeChgVxOWZ
  
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