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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz look for their first road victory of the season in New York City

  15-11-2017 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... s happening to Rubio is between the ears. In Rudy Gobert’s absence, the Utah Jazz desperately need Rubio to shake off this slump and keep them in the playoff...
  
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• Despite 7 women's statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted

  15-11-2017 23:33
  Houston • Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted.All but one of the cases is ineligible under state laws that limit when a prosecution can begin after an alleged crime, and several lawyers interviewed said that it would be difficult to win a conviction against Bush, who has vascular parkinsonism, a rare syndrome that mimics Parkinson’s disease.“Y
  
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• Washington LB Azeem Victor suspended after arrest

  15-11-2017 23:21
  Seattle • Washington has suspended senior linebacker Azeem Victor indefinitely ahead of Saturday’s home game against Utah following his weekend arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.Victor was taken into custody early Sunday morning and released later that day, according to King County jail records. Additional details about the arrest were not immediately available."We take these matters very seriously, and have suspended Azeem from our team indefinitely as we continue to
  
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• The Toronto Raptors changed their offense with an eye to the postseason. Will it work?

  15-11-2017 23:20
  The past few years have been a golden age for the Toronto Raptors. After reaching the playoffs just five times in their first 18 seasons, the Raptors advanced to the postseason the past four years and posted the four highest win totals in franchise history. They won a combined three playoff series the past two seasons after winning just one in the previous 20.That success has been built on a simple formula: Get the ball in the hands of one of the team's All-Star guards, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRo
  
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• The Pistons are 10-3, and might be the surprise of the NBA so far

  15-11-2017 23:18
  The Detroit Pistons are heading on the road for a few days, so maybe someone will see them play.They've certainly been worth watching.Detroit's 10-3 start, good for No. 2 in the Eastern Conference standings, is one of the biggest good surprises in the NBA through the season's first month. The Pistons already have a road win at Golden State, swept a five-game homestand — possibly to the delight of all those unoccupied red seats at Little Caesars Arena, more on that in a moment — and a
  
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• Get a place: NHL tradition holds value for young players

  15-11-2017 23:16
  Arlington, Va. • It may be the best phrase a young NHL player can hear, even better than being told he has made the team.Get a place.Making the opening night roster is certainly an accomplishment, though it can be fleeting. The time-honored tradition of a coach or general manager giving a player permission to check out of the hotel and find a place to live means he is sticking around for a long time, if not the entire season."When you're at the hotel for a couple months, you're always wonde
  
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• Gallant proving to be the right leader for expansion Knights

  15-11-2017 23:16
  Las Vegas • When Gerard Gallant was introduced as the first coach in Vegas Golden Knights history, general manager George McPhee said Gallant had an outstanding reputation for getting the best out of his players.Seventeen games into their inaugural season, the Golden Knights (10-6-1) are in second place in the Pacific Division with 21 points and are emerging as the hottest ticket on the Las Vegas Strip because Gallant has been able to blend two dozen personalities and produce an exciting br
  
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• Utah Jazz rookie round-up 11/15: Is Donovan Mitchell over-hyped?

  15-11-2017 23:15
  With all of the early season struggles on offense, injuries and the despair of the Utah Jazz finding themselves in the toughest division, there’s at least one reason for encouragement. Rookie Donovan Mitchell. It’s no surprise that some Utah Jazz fans are starting to panic. And rightly so. With an upcoming road trip and difficult […]
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• Witness says worldwide media giants paid bribes to get World Cup rights

  15-11-2017 23:12
  New York • Media giants Globo and Televisa teamed with a marketing firm to make a $15 million bribe to a FIFA executive to help them secure lucrative broadcasting rights to the World Cup in 2026 and 2030, the marketing company's former CEO testified Wednesday.Alejandro Burzaco implicated the two broadcasters in a New York courtroom during the trial of three former South American soccer officials accused of taking bribes in exchange for their help securing broadcasting and hosting rights for
  
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• Derek Jeter confirms Marlins open to trading Giancarlo Stanton

  15-11-2017 23:11
  Orlando, Fla. • Now a rookie executive instead of a veteran player, Derek Jeter arrived for his first major league owners' meeting and said the Miami Marlins are listening to trade offers for slugging outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.Jeter became the Marlins' chief executive officer when a group headed by venture capitalist Bruce Sherman bought the team Oct. 2 from Jeffrey Loria. The former New York Yankees captain, a five-time World Series champion, said Miami needed to turn around both on and
  
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• Hurricanes leave hoop fans seeking paradise in Lynchburg

  15-11-2017 23:09
  South Carolina coach Frank Martin had envisioned basking in the sun by the pool while studying film during the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. And Wake Forest coach Danny Manning was eager to take his team to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam.Hurricanes Maria and Irma changed those plans.And because of the damage the storms caused to the islands, both eight-team tournaments had to be relocated from their typically exotic locales. Martin and the Gamecocks will be in Conway, S.C., this week. And i
  
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• Cannabis oil is helping Utah’s epilepsy patients, though it isn’t eliminating seizures, U. survey finds

  15-11-2017 23:05
  A group of Utah epilepsy patients report cannabis oil use is scaling back their seizures, though perhaps not to the extent lawmakers anticipated when they passed a 2014 bill legalizing the substance for this specific use. The recent University of Utah survey found 73 percent of patients reported a noticeable reduction in seizures after taking the hemp extract along with other seizure-reducing medication.One-fifth of respondents said their seizures were almost completely controlled, and the rest
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rudy Gobert Q&A: ‘I think I’m the best defensive player in the league’

  15-11-2017 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... trained to swat basketballs for breakfast. No. 27 for the Jazz is cool, calm and collected off the court, but certainly an intimidating pre ...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: King of the World

  15-11-2017 23:03
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Flag of our FathersSandy Voters Free Up Mayor Dolan’s FutureGuns, God and GirlsNothing Good on TVDragon’s Tax HordeGuns Have More Rights Than PeopleThe Upside DownArch ConservativesRepublicans With PrinciplesWhat Hate Speech Looks LikeWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Rudy Gobert Q&A: ‘I think I’m the best defensive player in the league’

  15-11-2017 23:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents may want to think wisely before challenging Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert at the basket.The Stifle Tower is a defensive assassin, trained to swat basketballs for breakfast.No. 27 for the Jazz is cool, calm and collected off the court, but certainly an intimidating presence for NBA players not on his squad.Jazz beat writer Eric Woodyard recently caught up with the league’s leading shot blocker before his knee injury then again briefly afterward to discuss his
  
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• Cards Against Humanity says it's bought U.S.-Mexico border land and that it plans to fight Trump’s border wall

  15-11-2017 22:42
  Houston • The party game Cards Against Humanity says it's bought U.S.-Mexico border land and hired a lawyer to try to stop President Donald Trump's proposed border wall.A promotion called "Cards Against Humanity Saves America" offered 150,000 subscribers to its game a map of the land and a "certificate of our promise to fight the wall."To build sections of the existing border fence, the U.S. government took hundreds of private landowners in Texas to court. A wall will likely require new law
  
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• 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after theft in China

  15-11-2017 22:41
  Los Angeles • Three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting at three high-end stores in China publicly apologized Wednesday before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely.Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley won’t be allowed to suit up, practice or travel with the team while the university continues to sort out the circumstances of last week’s incident in Hangzhou, China, Alford said during a news conference at Pauley Pavilion.&ldq
  
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• Art-world satire of ‘The Square’ blooms into deeper look at disconnect between rich and poor

  15-11-2017 22:37
  Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s dark comedy-drama “The Square,” which won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, starts as a satire on the modern-art world — a big fish in a small barrel — but grows into a stinging examination of how well, or how poorly, we treat our fellow human beings.The day starts badly for Christian (Claes Bang), the urbane head curator of a major contemporary art museum in Stockholm, when somebody nicks his walle
  
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• Former ‘The Used’ lead guitarist sues ex-bandmates two years after being fired from Utah-based group

  15-11-2017 22:36
  Quinn Allman, a founding member and former lead guitarist for The Used, an alt-rock band with origins in Orem, is suing his old band and bandmates, contending they owe him touring, album and merchandise proceeds that occurred before his dismissal from the band in 2015.He is also seeking damages for late and irregular royalty payments due him, saying his finances and credit have been hurt by alleged unlawful tactics intended to get him to accept unfavorable terms in a proposed termination agreeme
  
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• Florida man pleads guilty to threatening former Rep. Jason Chaffetz

  15-11-2017 22:27
  Orlando, Fla. • A Florida man has pleaded guilty to making a threatening phone call to former Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz this March, leaving a voicemail telling him that he would hunt him down.Charles Zachary Howard of Winter Park, Florida, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to threatening Chaffetz, the Orlando Sentinel reports .Howard, a registered Republican, called Chaffetz’s Washington office and threatened to hunt him down, “wrap a rope around your neck and hang y
  
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• 🏀 #UTAatNYK 📺 @ATTSportsNetRM 📻 @1280sports ⏰ 5:30pm MT 🌎 bit.ly/2ijMK9l https://t.co/h6OXddakeQ

  15-11-2017 22:18 via twitter.com
  
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• Holly Richardson: Don’t let partisanship stop the #MeToo conversation

  15-11-2017 22:13
  Less than a month ago, the #MeToo hashtag went viral and we started to have a collective conversation about sexual assault, abuse and harassment.I was both dismayed and simultaneously heartened to hear the many people willing to start speaking up about a topic that has been shushed for far too long. It was a brief moment of unity on a somber topic.That all came to a screeching halt with U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and allegations of sexual assault from multiple women, one of whom was 14 year
  
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• Three years after Nevada ranch standoff, Bundy federal trial begins in Las Vegas

  15-11-2017 22:12
  Las Vegas • More than three years after Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and hundreds of militiamen faced off with federal law enforcement officers who had repossessed his cattle, the 71-year-old is finally seeing his battle reach a courtroom.The Bundy family has been at the center of a long-running dispute with federal authorities over the use of public lands for cattle grazing, and Bundy gathered with militias from around the country in April 2014 to directly challenge the federal government.
  
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• A teen girl dreams of leaving the nest in beautiful coming-of-age story ‘Lady Bird’

  15-11-2017 22:08
  Could it be that all the dithering oh-so-New York hipster characters Greta Gerwig has portrayed over the years were just a warm-up act for her emergence as a sharp-eyed, sensitive filmmaker?Watching the coming-of-age comedy “Lady Bird,” Gerwig’s assured and utterly winning debut as a writer-director, it’s hard to answer anything but “yes.”Christine McPherson (played by Saoirse Ronan) is a 17-year-old living in Sacramento, Calif. (Gerwig’s hometown), &ldq
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: What the rotation should look like without Rudy Gobert

  15-11-2017 20:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... esota Timberwolves breakdown: Jazz hands Dunking with Wolves Utah Jazz power ranking round-up: Where do Gobert-less Jazz rank? The J-Notes Utah Jaz ...
  
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• Former Jazz center Enes Kanter is playing the best basketball of his career —and still enjoys playing the villain

  15-11-2017 20:49
  New York • Jazz fans probably won’t want to hear this, especially given the acrimonious way he departed Utah a few years ago.But here goes anyway: Former Jazz center Enes Kanter is playing the best basketball of his career. And along with star forward Kristaps Porzingis, he presents a big matchup problem for the Jazz on Wednesday night, when they face the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden.Kanter still enjoys playing the villain. On Monday, he and LeBron James engaged in a very
  
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• Task gets considerably taller for Utes with Missouri coming to Salt Lake City

  15-11-2017 20:32
  The step up in competition will be noticeable even before Thursday’s game tips off.The Utah men’s basketball team started the season with a pair of games against Southwestern Athletic Conference opponents who simply didn’t match up in terms of stature. Utah (2-0) will get its first test against a Power 5 conference opponent at 6 p.m. Thursday when Missouri (2-0) pays a visit to the Jon M. Huntsman Center.“They’ve got tremendous length,” Utes coach Larry Krystk
  
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• Noah Feldman: Roy Moore's future is an ugly fight in the Senate

  15-11-2017 20:31
  Fasten your seatbelts. If all the relevant actors are guided primarily by their political self-interest, Roy Moore is headed for the U.S. Senate. And if that happens, we are in for a major national fight about expelling him from his seat, which could function as a partial preview of an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.The logic behind this analysis is that Moore will almost certainly be elected in Alabama’s special election next month. It’s effectively too late for Republi
  
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• Goodall's life studying chimps and exploring Africa chronicled gorgeously in 'Jane'

  15-11-2017 20:08
  When I was watching the documentary “Jane,” for a few minutes I thought about how the story of Jane Goodall, the English secretary who became an unlikely and patient observer of chimpanzees in the wild, would make a great movie — maybe with Felicity Jones playing Goodall.It didn’t take long, though, to realize that it would be difficult to top the story that director Brett Morgen tells of Goodall’s life in the documentary — and certainly no cinematographer wou
  
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• She’s not my sister: 7 movies about mothers and teen daughters

  15-11-2017 20:03
  In the movies, few bonds are stronger — or more likely to be frayed — than the one between a mother and a teen daughter.The scenario sets up opportunities for emotional arguments, biting comedy and soulful drama, and a chance for women actors to really show their stuff.With a wonderful mother-daughter story, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” opening in Salt Lake City theaters this Friday, it offers a chance to consider these other stories of moms and the y
  
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• Pope Francis to auction Lamborghini to rebuild Christian Iraq

  15-11-2017 20:03
  Vatican City • Pope Francis got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini on Wednesday, but he won’t be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it.Instead, the special edition Huracan will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s, with the proceeds going to charities including one aimed at helping rebuild Christian communities in Iraq that were devastated by the Islamic State group.Officials from the luxury sports car maker presented Francis with the sleek white car with papal yellow-gold detailin
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Road winless Jazz look to end streak in New York

  15-11-2017 20:01 via sportspyder.com
  ...where we’re missing some guys that it’s an opportunity for us to grow.” The Jazz will have to do it without injured big man Rudy Gobert and veteran guard Joe ...
  
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• Road winless Jazz look to end streak in New York

  15-11-2017 19:52
  NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association consists of 30 professional teams.All of them have won at least one road game. Can you guess which one hasn’t?Hint: They’ve dropped five of their last six games. Navy, blue gold and green are their team colors.If you’re still confused, it’s the injury-plagued Utah Jazz.Utah (6-8) will face the New York Knicks at 5:30 p.m. tonight in Madison Square Garden as they look to win their first contest outside of Vivint Arena.Th
  
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• [Sporting News] - What Up With Stat? Warriors' domination, Kyle Lowry's struggles and more early NBA numbers

  15-11-2017 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  ...No. 13 overall pick Donovan Mitchell. He is one of only four players on the Jazz roster with a positive net rating, and things go downhill when he takes a se ...
  
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• U.S. scientists make bold attempt to cure Utah chef's disease by editing gene

  15-11-2017 19:32
  Oakland, Calif. • Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person’s DNA to cure a disease.The experiment was done Monday in California on 44-year-old Brian Madeux. Through an IV, he received billions of copies of a corrective gene and a genetic tool to cut his DNA in a precise spot.“It’s kind of humbling” to be the first to test this, said Madeux, who has a metabolic disease called Hunter syndro
  
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• Tonight's 🔑 Matchup: @dfavors14 vs. @kporzee Tipoff: 5:30 PM MT #UTAatNYK https://t.co/EUcHJGb3n2

  15-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's 🔑 Matchup: @dfavors14 vs. @kporzee Tipoff: 5:30 PM MT#UTAatNYK https://t.co/EUcHJGb3n2
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-NY Knicks key matchup: Former teammates Favors, Kanter battle

  15-11-2017 19:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... e year, the Jazz are one of the six worst rebounding teams in the Association, collecting jus ...
  
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• Utah lawmakers push to limit summer fireworks after rash of fires and complaints of polluted air and terrified pets

  15-11-2017 19:09
  Lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would nearly cut in half the number of days Utahns can ignite fireworks after cities reported calls from residents afraid of fires, annoyed with noise and upset over air pollution around the state’s two July holidays.A bill moving through the Legislature would restrict fireworks to two days before and one day after both Independence Day on July 4 and Pioneer Day on July 24. That would be down from three days before the holidays, on the days of
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: BYU and Bronco were one and the same

  15-11-2017 19:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... “like an all-star break before the all-star break.” Or you could call it the Jazz’s “annual injury bug before the annual the injury bug.” UP NEXT: FAITH BASED ...
  
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• Health inspectors shut down Salt Lake restaurant after finding mice and cockroaches, and sweet rice stored in toxic containers

  15-11-2017 19:02
  Inspectors with the Salt Lake County Health Department closed an Asian Fusion restaurant Tuesday after finding — among dozens of other violations — infestations of live rodents, cockroaches and flies.The East Sea Restaurant, 120 N. 900 West, in Salt Lake City, also was storing food in containers that previously held toxic materials. There also may have been someone using the facility for “private sleeping quarters,” a report on the department website shows. In all, the re
  
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• Utah Jazz-NY Knicks key matchup: Former teammates Favors, Kanter battle

  15-11-2017 18:57
  In a battle of former teammates, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter will square off when the Utah Jazz visit MSG to take on the New York Knicks. The Utah Jazz tip-off their longest road trip to date on Wednesday, when Derrick Favors and his crew take on the New York Knicks. For Favors, it’s a […]
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• Rock On: BYU and Bronco were one and the same

  15-11-2017 18:56
  START NOWWith Rudy Gobert on the injured list, the Jazz must come up with an alternative plan. Quin Snyder says that to be successful, his team needs to share the scoring load.“It has to be more than just one guy,” Snyder said.Wasn’t that the plan in the first place?Gobert called the layoff “like an all-star break before the all-star break.”Or you could call it the Jazz’s “annual injury bug before the annual the injury bug.”UP NEXT: FAITH BASED.
  
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• Marc Thiessen: Trump should make sure Roy Moore drops out

  15-11-2017 18:56
  The allegations by five women that Roy Moore pursued and sexually molested teenage girls while he was in his 30s are disgusting, and disqualify him to serve in the United States Senate.Conservatives should be outraged at Moore for his loathsome conduct. But they should also be outraged at the man who helped put Moore on the ballot and is in the process of destroying the Trump presidency: Stephen K. Bannon.If the man Trump supported in the primary, Sen. Luther Strange, were the Republican nominee
  
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• Jazz shootaround: Former Jazzman Enes Kanter has been a key cog in Knicks' resurgence

  15-11-2017 18:47
  New York • Jazz fans probably won’t want to hear this, especially given the acrimonious way he departed Utah a few years ago.But here goes anyway: Former Jazz center Enes Kanter is playing the best basketball of his career. And along with star forward Kristaps Porzingis, he presents a big matchup problem for the Jazz on Wednesday night, when they face the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden.Kanter still enjoys playing the villain. On Monday, he and LeBron James engaged in a very
  
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• Utah child care centers escape sanctions for repeated safety violations, audit says

  15-11-2017 18:37
  Utah child care providers that “continually violate” health and safety standards are not always penalized, and their licenses are not suspended.The state’s assisted living centers — rapidly growing in number — are not regularly inspected, and delayed inspections are uncovering more serious violations.Children with disabilities are not making the gains they once did with Baby Watch services. And that care is not being monitored — despite a policy requiring it s
  
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• Trans-Siberian Orchestra carries on tradition of holiday bombast even as its members grieve founder’s death

  15-11-2017 18:35
  Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the rock-opera brainchild of Paul O’Neill, has become an unlikely holiday juggernaut since its mid-’90s formation, with album sales of more than 12 million and ticket sales in excess of $14 million.But when O’Neill suddenly died this past April from a reaction to the combination of prescription medications used to treat several chronic illnesses, it was fair to wonder — would TSO continue without its primary composer and lyricist?That, apparently
  
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• Rookie Of The Year Watch – 11/15/17

  15-11-2017 18:27 via basketballinsiders.com
  Shane Rhodes checks in on the Rookie of the Year race midway through November.
  
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• Task gets considerably taller for Utes with Missouri coming to Salt Lake

  15-11-2017 17:41
  The step up in competition will be noticeable even before Thursday’s game tips off.The Utah men’s basketball team started the season with a pair of games against Southwestern Athletic Conference opponents who simply didn’t match up in terms of stature. Utah (2-0) will get its first test against a Power 5 conference opponent at 6 p.m. Thursday when Missouri (2-0) pays a visit to the Jon M. Huntsman Center.“They’ve got tremendous length,” Utes coach Larry Krystk
  
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• Letter: Bears Ears trip proves it's a treasure, and tourism can be a boon

  15-11-2017 17:40
  We have returned from one of the more fantastic road trips to the newly founded Bears Ears National Monument, and have experienced views, sights, sounds and vistas that cannot be duplicated in pictures and on video.We started out by looking online, then visiting the BLM office in Monticello to get maps, sound information from the expert, and were not disappointed.Our travels started on Highway 95, just a short drive from Blanding to the Butler Wash Ruins, Mule Canyon Kiva, Mule Canyon trail to H
  
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