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• NBA Free Agency 2018: Power Forwards

  08-11-2017 23:59
  POINT GUARDS / SHOOTING GUARDS / SMALL FORWARDS / POWER FORWARDS / CENTERS
  1. Aaron Gordon
  Restricted / Power Forward / 6-9 / Team: Orlando Magic
  19.1 ppg, 8.9 rpgAaron Gordon is finally realizing his full potential now that he’s playing more power forward.Agent: Bill Duffy
  2017/18 Earnings: $5,504,419
  Career Earnings: $12,515,0402. Derrick Favors
  Unrestricted / Power Forward / 6-10 / Team: Utah Jazz
  10.7 ppg, 4.7 rpgTalented big man with a respecta
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - NBA Free Agency 2018: Small Forwards

  08-11-2017 23:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... $115,619,870 11. Joe Johnson Unrestricted / Small Forward / 6-7 / Team: Utah Jazz 6.4 ppg, 2.7 apg Though his athleticism is all but gone, Joe Johnson can sti ...
  
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• Jazz Gold Debuts // 11.25 Be There: bit.ly/2zs0tT5 https://t.co/ORZY7ANS0I

  08-11-2017 23:33 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Supreme Court reverses Court of Appeals, which had ruled 'measurable amount of drugs' driving law unconstitutional

  08-11-2017 23:27
  The Utah Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by the Utah Court of Appeals, which last year found that a law making it a second-degree felony to cause death or serious injury while driving with a measurable amount of drugs in one’s system was unconstitutional.The January 2016 ruling by the Court of Appeals faulted the state’s measurable amount law — which does not require proof of impairment — because the punishment is harsher than for the third-degree felony crimes of DUI
  
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• DEA’s new strategy to combat opioid abuse calls for aggressive law enforcement and social media programs

  08-11-2017 23:15
  In an effort to combat heroin use and prescription drug abuse in Utah, state officials called for more aggressive law enforcement for drug traffickers and more compassion for addicted users as they announced the launch of a new program: DEA 360. Representatives from state agencies and community organizations joined the Drug Enforcement Agency to announce the program’s launch on Wednesday morning, at the Sugar House Boys and Girls Club. The strategy calls for aggressive law enforcement, edu
  
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• Lehi football team rallies around 5-year-old AJ Hadfield's fight against cancer

  08-11-2017 23:12
  Lehi • Andelyn Hadfield pointed to the TV, tuned into the broadcast of Lehi High School’s football game, and smiled.“Mom look,” she said. “Dallin’s got AJ on his arm.”Tight end Dallin Holker had scrawled across his triceps in permanent marker 5-year-old Andelyn’s nickname. He and his teammates estimate that more than half of them wear AJ’s name on game day.Some draw it in big letters on their arms or calves. Others write the letters on their w
  
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• College athletes earning degrees at record rate

  08-11-2017 23:07
  Indianapolis • Black athletes are earning college degrees at record rates, and it's pushing the overall graduation rate higher and higher.On Wednesday, the NCAA's latest Graduation Success Rate report showed that 77 percent of black athletes received diplomas from 2014-17 and that 87 percent of all college athletes graduated. Both are all-time highs."As colleges and universities, we have a responsibility to prepare our students to excel both on and off the field of play," said John J. DeGio
  
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• Tony Stewart hints at running some NASCAR events in future

  08-11-2017 23:06
  Kannapolis, N.C. • Tony Stewart hasn't ruled out a return in some form to NASCAR, perhaps in the Xfinity Series or at Charlotte Motor Speedway's road course.The three-time NASCAR champion expressed interest in getting back in a stock car Wednesday as he introduced Aric Almirola as the newest driver at Stewart-Haas Racing . At one point, Almirola turned to his new boss and asked if he can run Xfinity Series races next season."We'll work on that. I might want to drive it at some point," Stewa
  
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• Utah officer was off duty when he was shot in West Valley City

  08-11-2017 23:05
  A West Valley City officer who was shot during some kind of altercation at an apartment complex was not on duty when he was injured Tuesday evening, police said Wednesday.The officer, who has worked with the police department for three years, called police about 7:25 p.m. to report he had been shot at Village at Rivers Edge apartment complex, 1205 W. 3301 South, department spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said in a news release.The officer was shot once and has since been treated and released from a
  
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• [KSL] - Former college rivals Taylor Braun and Nate Wolters now Stars teammates

  08-11-2017 22:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... ent and minor league clubs. Eight days after signing, however, Braun was the Jazz’ first training camp cut. His free agency didn’t last long, though, because...
  
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• Republican John Curtis, Utah’s new congressman-elect, set to be sworn in, cast first vote Monday

  08-11-2017 22:48
  By Monday night — less than a week after winning election to become Utah’s newest congressman — John Curtis will be in Washington getting sworn in and casting his first vote.It’s a tad overwhelming, he said with a laugh Wednesday, and “a little surreal.”With a Republican-led Congress eager to pass major reforms, the freshman GOP legislator could offer one more vote toward a tax plan or a health-care proposal. Getting him on board quickly is purely tactical, sa
  
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• Olympic sliding season begins with high expectations for U.S.

  08-11-2017 22:43
  Lake Placid, N.Y. • The scene following just about every World Cup women's bobsled race last season looked something like this: Elana Meyers Taylor and Jamie Greubel Poser on the podium, both American women celebrating yet another medal as they waved a bouquet of flowers into the frosty air.They're hoping to reprise that a few times this winter — all the way to the Pyeongchang Olympics.The World Cup sliding season starts Thursday for bobsled and skeleton, and racing on the home ice of
  
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• Kirby: After 65 years, my mom and dad are still holding hands

  08-11-2017 22:42
  Monday night, I spoke to a group in a senior living center at Sagewood at Daybreak. It’s where my parents live. Happily.My sister and I made them move there several years ago, when the Old Man started getting lost in their Holladay home. It was time to surrender not only the house, but also his driver license.Mom teaches a ceramics class at Sagewood. Completely at loose ends, my father sits at the door and watches her. He’s one part servant, two parts guard and seven parts “Wha
  
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• LiAngelo Ball, two others to sit for UCLA after shoplifting incident in China

  08-11-2017 22:41
  Beijing • UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford will sit the three players reportedly involved in a shoplifting incident in China for Saturday's game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai.Alford, however, declined to address the issue further."The University came out with a statement, so I won't have any further comment on this other than in answering that question — those individuals won't play on Saturday," Alford said Wednesday in Shanghai.Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott issued
  
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• Former Russian official admits World Cup 2018 corruption, says courts

  08-11-2017 22:39
  St. Petersburg, Russia • A Russian court says a former deputy governor of St. Petersburg has admitted a fraud charge related to the construction of the city's 2018 World Cup stadium.The St. Petersburg city court says in a statement Wednesday that Marat Oganesyan, who was deputy governor from 2013 until 2015, "admitted his guilt" in helping to arrange the fraudulent payment of 50.4 million rubles ($850,000) for a display screen contract at the stadium.Oganesyan was accused of arranging for a
  
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• Jazz have lost three straight, and if some things don’t change quickly, it might get worse

  08-11-2017 22:37
  The Jazz are 11 games into an 82 game season. So, even with a 5-6 record, it’s too early to truly panic.At the same time, Tuesday’s 104-97 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers is the latest example of a trend that should give the Jazz cause for angst. With a home game against the Miami Heat on the horizon Friday, the Jazz are riding a three game losing streak, with each defeat producing worse results than the last.And now, the Jazz are reeling. They’ve lost their last two home
  
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• Atlanta’s Julian Gressel wins MLS Rookie of the Year

  08-11-2017 22:37
  Atlanta • Atlanta midfielder Julian Gressel has been named Major League Soccer's Rookie of the Year.Gressel, 23, appeared in 32 matches with 24 starts, and had nine assists, third-most for a rookie in league history. He also had five goals.Atlanta United, playing its first season in MLS, went 15-9-10 this season and finished fourth in the Eastern Conference. United was the first expansion team to make the playoffs since 1998."It's a great honor, not just for me but I think for the whole clu
  
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• Diversity study grades NCAA as D+ for race and gender hiring

  08-11-2017 22:36
  Orlando, Fla. • Leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision schools continue to be dominated by white men, according to a diversity report released Wednesday.The annual report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport gave top-level college sports an overall grade of D+ for race and gender hiring in leadership positions, with a D+ for racial hiring and an F for gender hiring."If these were the grades of a college student, they'd either be expelled or suspended," said R
  
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• ‘Clean and sober’ Josh Gordon returns to Browns

  08-11-2017 22:35
  Berea, Ohio • Through the haze of his troubled past, Josh Gordon still sees a bright future.Only he can save it.Declaring himself "clean and sober" and committed to reviving his NFL career, Gordon embarked on yet another new start with the Cleveland Browns, a team he has teased with his immense talent and deeply disappointed.One week after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated the oft-suspended former Pro Bowl wide receiver, Gordon, who hasn't played since the end of the 2
  
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• Stephens to play Fed Cup for U.S.; Azarenka may miss out because of child custody dispute

  08-11-2017 22:34
  Minsk, Belarus • Sloane Stephens is back in the United States team for the Fed Cup final, and Victoria Azarenka is missing for Belarus.That alone gives the early advantage to the Americans.Stephens, who won the U.S. Open this year for her first major title, missed the opening two rounds of the international team competition because of a foot injury. But she is back and will be playing alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, Shelby Rogers and Alison Riske in the best-of-five series this weekend in Minsk.
  
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• ‘Faces Places’ a fun, fond look at artists bridging generations

  08-11-2017 22:31
  Artists from two generations — the filmmaker Agnés Varda and the street artist JR — explore photography and memory in the most engaging ways possible in “Faces Places,” a documentary that’s as funny and as insightful as they are.The premise sounds like a dumb sitcom: Varda, the beloved icon of the French New Wave, goes on a road trip around rural France with JR, the hotshot Parisian photographer and street artist. She’s now 89, he’s 34. What wacky
  
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• Utah shuts down Express Pass website over security concerns

  08-11-2017 22:29
  Utah drivers who signed up to pay freeway express-lane tolls electronically may be at risk for theft of their personal data.The state on Tuesday shut down the Express Pass website that drivers use to access and add money to their accounts after one user found he “could obtain information not only on his account, but also others” and warned officials, said John Gleason, spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation.That website is operated by a third-party vendor, Etan Industrie
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - One of Jazz's woes is starting slowly at beginning of each half

  08-11-2017 22:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing a one-point halftime lead, the Jazz scored only five points in the first four minutes of the second half as Toro ...
  
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• Bluff residents overwhelmingly support becoming Utah’s newest town

  08-11-2017 22:10
  Words carved into the sandstone signs welcoming those driving into Bluff indicate the Utah town was “established” in the year 650, a not-so-subtle nod to the Native Americans who built a civilization in the region’s canyons and mesas 12 centuries before Mormon pioneers settled and named Bluff.Now, Bluff will be Utah’s newest town. By nearly a 3-to-1 margin, residents voted Tuesday in favor of incorporating their community at the doorstep of the new Bears Ears National Mon
  
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• Humane Society of Utah offers $5,000 reward for information on suspected dog poisoning

  08-11-2017 22:07
  The Humane Society of Utah is offering a $5,000 reward for information in a case where someone allegedly poisoned a dog in Santaquin.Lindsy Bray, the owner of a 5-year-old Australian Shepherd named Dexter, brought the dog to a veterinarian Nov. 1, saying the dog repeatedly had bloody diarrhea and vomit.Bray said none of her children had fed Dexter any Halloween candy and several tests run by the veterinarian came back negative. The veterinarian determined that Dexter’s symptoms indicated h
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz have lost three straight, and if some things don’t change quickly, it might get worse

  08-11-2017 22:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... most an hour after the 104-97 loss, Jazz power forward Derrick Favors was still fully dressed in his game uniform, le ...
  
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• BYU is awful in the red zone, and Cougars have the losses to show for it

  08-11-2017 22:01
  Provo • The BYU Cougars have entered the red zone — the space between an opponent’s 20-yard line and the end zone — 24 times in 10 games this season. They have scored only nine touchdowns in those forays into scoring territory.That’s a problem.There are many reasons why BYU is 2-8 and suffering through its worst season in decades as it prepares to meet 4-5 UNLV on Friday (8:30 p.m. MST, ESPN2) at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. The failure to finish rare lengthy drive
  
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• One of Jazz's woes is starting slowly at beginning of each half

  08-11-2017 22:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A common theme for the Utah Jazz this season, even in some victories, has been an inability to get going at the start of each half.It happened again in Tuesday’s loss to a Philadelphia 76ers team playing without its leading scorer and rebounder as the Jazz fell 104-97 at Vivint Arena.The Jazz looked listless at the start of the game as the Sixers raced to a 23-10 advantage and again at the start of the second half when Philly extended a lead that had been cut to two
  
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• Game of Throws podcast: Does the Utes’ big win over UCLA actually mean anything?

  08-11-2017 21:46
  A 31-point victory is never a bad thing. But in the case of Utah’s lopsided win over UCLA last weekend, is it a sign that the Utes are back on track?On this week’s episode of Game of Throws, The Tribune’s Utah football podcast, we discuss some reasons for hope — and some reasons to remain skeptical — as Utah moves toward a matchup with Luke Falk and Washington State.At 3:30 — The reason why offensive coordinator Troy Taylor got the game ball after the win ove
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Rockets aiming to be top 5 defensive team

  08-11-2017 21:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... / Houston Chronicle ) less Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio (3) is defended by Houston Rockets center Nene Hilario (42 ...
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Why are we OK with mass shootings?

  08-11-2017 21:38
  I hate mass shootings.Everybody hates them, of course: innocent death, fathers, fiances, best friends, and sons snatched violently away, sudden carnage crashing ordinary days. But I hate them for an additional reason.When things like this happen, you see, it’s my job to have something to say. And I’ve got nothing. More accurately, I’ve got nothing left that I haven’t already said.Shall I parse the killer’s motivations? I did that after Columbine.Shall I praise heroi
  
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• U.S. takes steps to make it harder for Americans to visit Cuba

  08-11-2017 21:35
  Washington • Americans who visit Cuba must now avoid hotels, shops, tour companies and other businesses on a lengthy list released Wednesday by the Trump administration as part of a new policy aimed at cracking down on the communist-run island’s government.U.S. travelers will once again be required to go as part of organized tour groups run by U.S. companies, and a representative of the sponsoring group must accompany the travelers. That’s a return to the stricter rules that exi
  
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• Elijah Bryant, Luke Worthington are BYU basketball captains for 2017-18 season

  08-11-2017 21:29
  Provo • BYU’s basketball team faces a leadership void this upcoming season with no seniors on its roster and its most experienced player dealing with eligibility issues stemming from a school probe into allegations that he received improper benefits from a booster.Coach Dave Rose announced Wednesday his team captains, the players he hopes will step up and guide the Cougars through what figures to be a rebuilding season. Juniors Elijah Bryant and Luke Worthington, who played two years
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Voters yearn for an end to the Trump era

  08-11-2017 21:12
  Washington • Tuesday’s Democratic sweep obliterated a series of outdated story lines in American politics and opened a new era.Forget those repetitious tales about some piece of President Trump’s base still sticking with him. It’s now clear, from Virginia and New Jersey to Washington state, Georgia, New York, Connecticut and Maine, that the energy Trump has unleashed among those who loathe him has the potential to realign the country.In droves, voters rebuked his leadershi
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Window closing on Ohio State getting to the next level

  08-11-2017 20:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... s pours in 40, Knicks come from 19 down, beat Pacers Mitchell has 28 points, Jazz top Trail Blazers 112-103 in OT DeRozan scores 37 as Raptors top Jazz 109-10 ...
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert appoints new general counsel

  08-11-2017 20:34
  The man who has advised Gov. Gary Herbert on his appointment of judges is becoming the governor’s general counsel — and will now advise him on a wider spectrum of legal issues.Herbert announced Wednesday that he is naming Ron Gordon as his general counsel. He has served for nine years as the governor-appointed executive director of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ).Gordon replaces Jacey Skinner. She is leaving the governor’s office after four years to becom
  
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• Credit card info, other personal data possibly exposed on Utah’s express-lane website

  08-11-2017 20:33
  Utah drivers who signed up to pay freeway express-lane tolls electronically may be at risk for theft of their personal data.The state on Tuesday shut down the Express Pass website that drivers use to access and add money to their accounts after one user found he “could obtain information not only on his account, but also others” and warned officials, said John Gleason, spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation.That website is operated by a third-party vendor, Etan Industrie
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Stephen A. Smith: The Process 'Is Disgraceful'

  08-11-2017 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... CBS) — The Sixers have won five in a row to improve to 6-4 after beating the Jazz in Utah on Tuesday night, but Stephen A. Smith doesn’t care. He still doesn’ ...
  
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• Late pitcher Roy Halladay remembered for his hard work and generosity

  08-11-2017 20:18
  Philadelphia • A fierce competitor on the mound, Roy Halladay was generous and gentle away from the field.The eight-time All-Star loved his family, baseball and flying.Halladay's passion for piloting cost him his life Tuesday when his private plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. He was 40.Former teammates, coaches and fans mourned the sudden loss of the beloved former player, who was known for his tireless work ethic. Nearly every memory began with a story about Halladay's legendary worko
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Fellow Aussies Ben Simmons, Dante Exum connect in Utah

  08-11-2017 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  ...as he recovers from his latest injury. Exum separated his shoulder during a Jazz preseason game against Phoenix. “I’m feeling good,” Exum said. “Obviously, i ...
  
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• ‘Tom of Finland’ looks thoughtfully at life of the artist behind gay icons in leather

  08-11-2017 20:02
  Frank and moving, the biographical drama “Tom of Finland” tells the too-weird-to-be-fiction story of the artist credited with creating some of the enduring icons for gay men around the world.As a lieutenant in the Finnish Army during World War II, Touko Laaksonen (played by Pekka Strang) became fascinated with the masculinity of men in uniform. As a gay man, in a time when being gay was illegal and considered a disease, he sometimes had the opportunity to see some of his fellow offic
  
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• Hopi tribe's chairman disappointed over canyon mining plan

  08-11-2017 20:01
  Kykotsmovi, Ariz. • The chairman on the Hopi tribe says he's profoundly disappointed about a federal recommendation to lift the 20-year ban on uranium mining on public land outside Grand Canyon National Park.Herman Honanie says the thought of opening the area up to uranium mining is indefensible.He says the government should clean up and reclaim existing contaminated sites before it promotes renewed uranium mining.The U.S. Forest Service has proposed the change in response to President Dona
  
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• Holly Richardson: Campaign season is dead. Long live campaign season.

  08-11-2017 20:00
  Yesterday was Election Day and, while results won’t be final for a couple of weeks, we know the winners of most races. Congratulations!To those of you who ran but were not victorious last night, I feel your pain. Thank you for running. It’s hard to put your name out there. Sometimes it feels like holding up a target in front of your face and saying “OK, go ahead and hit me.”My husband and I went and listened to former Vice President Joe Biden speak on Monday night. One of
  
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• Game of Throws podcast: After a big win over a bad UCLA team, are the Utes really back on track?

  08-11-2017 20:00
  A 31-point victory is never a bad thing. But in the case of Utah’s lopsided win over UCLA last weekend, is it a sign that the Utes are back on track?On this week’s episode of Game of Throws, The Tribune’s Utah football podcast, we discuss some reasons for hope — and some reasons to remain skeptical — as Utah moves toward a matchup with Luke Falk and Washington State.At 3:30 — The reason why offensive coordinator Troy Taylor got the game ball after the win ove
  
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• Police: Woman sexually assaulted while walking near Alpine church

  08-11-2017 19:49
  Utah law enforcement officials say they are looking for a man who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman as she was walking through a church parking lot in Alpine.A statement by the Lone Peak Police Department says a man approached the woman early Sunday, threatened her with a knife and took her behind a dumpster where he sexually assaulted her.Police say the woman was taken to a hospital where she was treated for undisclosed injuries.According to police, the man was last seen wearing black pan
  
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• Fellow Aussies Ben Simmons, Dante Exum connect in Utah

  08-11-2017 19:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Moments after becoming the first rookie to record seven double-doubles in his first 10 games, a familiar face awaited Ben Simmons outside the visitors' locker room in Utah.Injured Jazz guard Dante Exum and his father, Cecil, chatted with the 76ers rookie fresh off Philly’s 104-97 victory over Utah Tuesday night at the Vivint Arena.Simmons put up 16 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in his Salt Lake City debut.“I’m just happy I can do it in any way I can
  
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• When a bystander fired on the Texas church shooter, the NRA found its hero

  08-11-2017 19:28
  A good guy with a gun, along with his National Rifle Association training, stopped a bad guy with a gun, according to the NRA.On his show this week, Grant Stinchfield, a conservative talk show host on the NRA's online television network, commended longtime NRA member Stephen Willeford for using his NRA training to conceal himself and find a flat platform to fire off shots at Devin Patrick Kelley, who killed dozens inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas."The tiny town of Sut
  
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• DEA launches state-wide strategy to combat opioid abuse

  08-11-2017 19:23
  Drug Enforcement Agency and state officials on Wednesday morning announced the launch of a program aimed at combatting heroin use and opioid abuse, called DEA 360.DEA 360 calls for coordinated, aggressive law enforcement, educational programs and a partnership with the medical community to avoid patients getting addicted to prescription drugs. Utah becomes the ninth pilot location to host the program. And it is the first state-wide use of the program, which previously has been launched in metro
  
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• Don't miss the @Ford Dunks of the Week! 💪😳💪 https://t.co/2NrNwaH0Bp

  08-11-2017 19:18 via twitter.com
  
  Don't miss the @Ford Dunks of the Week! 💪😳💪 https://t.co/2NrNwaH0Bp
  
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• Snapchat and Twitter adopting new looks to gain more users

  08-11-2017 19:13
  San Francisco • A pair of struggling social-media darlings have decided they need to take on new looks if they want to prosper.Twitter is rolling out a 280-character limit for nearly all its users, abandoning its iconic 140-character limit for tweets.And Snapchat, long an app popular with young people, will undergo a revamp to make itself easier to use, in the hopes it can attract a wider audience.Both companies announced the moves Tuesday as they look for ways to expand beyond their passio
  
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