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• Lawyer: Conyers has no plan to resign amid harassment claims

  29-11-2017 23:50
  Detroit • Embattled U.S. Rep. John Conyers has no plans to resign amid allegations that the congressman sexually harassed several women when they worked on his staff, his lawyer said Wednesday.Detroit-area attorney Arnold Reed told The Associated Press that the 88-year-old Conyers is going to fight claims that he inappropriately touched the women and that anyone making the allegations should be prepared to back them up.Reed said Conyers is “innocent and will cooperate with any investi
  
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• In this week's #MACUMinute - @kristenkenney fills you in on the latest news and all things Jazz 🎷 https://t.co/kj7bmDyswc

  29-11-2017 23:41 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah man who left his elderly mother on floor for three days sentenced to probation

  29-11-2017 23:33
  A man who left his 73-year-old mother lying on the floor of her Sandy home for three days in her own urine and feces has been sentenced to probation.Anthony Leichtle, 49, was sentenced last week by 3rd District Judge L. Douglas Hogan, who suspended a potential zero-to-five-year prison term in favor of 36 months probation, which includes obtaining a mental health evaluation and any recommended treatment, and staying away from his mother.Leichtle was granted credit for 55 days of jail time he alre
  
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• Kyle Whittingham: Gary Andersen a potential candidate to join Utes staff

  29-11-2017 23:33
  The Utes as well as the rest of Football Bowl Championship Subdivision staffs will be allowed to add a 10th full-time on-field assistant coaching position starting Jan. 9.Former Utah player and assistant Gary Andersen immediately comes to mind as a candidate to join coach Kyle Whittingham’s staff, and Whittingham remains open to that possibility.Andersen, who also has served as coach at Southern Utah, Utah State, Wisconsin and Oregon State, resigned from Oregon State and waived the remaind
  
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• [USA Today] - Favors scores 24, Jazz run away from Nuggets 106-77

  29-11-2017 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  ...I just want to show everybody I'm back to who I was before I got hurt." The Jazz opened the third quarter with a 20-6 run, and Denver never recovered. The Nu ...
  
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• Here are the 110 feature films set to screen at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival

  29-11-2017 23:24
  Out of 3,901 submitted feature films, programmers for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival have chosen 110 movies, representing 29 countries and 47 first-time filmmakers, 30 of them in competition.The Sundance Institute, which puts on the annual festival in Park City and venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort, announced its feature-film slate Wednesday. Six of them will screen on the festival’s opening night, Jan. 18, in Park City.How to Sundance<br>When • Jan. 18-28<br&
  
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• Movies about the Mormon church and LGBTQ community will debut at 2018 Sundance Film Festival

  29-11-2017 23:23
  Two documentaries set at the intersection of the gay community and Utah’s Mormon-dominated culture will get big launches at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.The films — “Believer,” about Mormon rock star Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, and “Quiet Heroes,” profiling the only medical practice in Utah that would treat HIV/AIDS patients in the 1980s — will debut in the festival’s Documentary Premieres section, Sundance organizers announced Wednesday.Su
  
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• Chiefs' Andy Reid wants everyone to lay off QB Alex Smith

  29-11-2017 23:19
  Kansas City, Mo. • Andy Reid, the former BYU offensive lineman, wants everyone to take it easy on Alex Smith, the former Utah quarterback.Good luck.At every turn this week, the Chiefs' coach has had to defend his veteran quarterback, pointing out that the problems with the Kansas City offense extend far beyond him. Reid has even singled out himself for failing to live up to his own standards, so carefully has he protected his signal-caller.But as bad as Smith has been lately, as the Chiefs
  
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• Utah Jazz-LA Clippers: Donovan Mitchell must corral Lou Williams

  29-11-2017 23:18
  In the battle between the injury-beaten Utah Jazz and LA Clippers, rookie Donovan Mitchell’s individual bout with Lou Williams looms large. Heading into Thursday’s game against the LA Clippers the #TankNote (can we put an end to this, please?) Utah Jazz are suddenly riding high. Winners of three-straight games, the Jazz now have a shot […]
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• Focus more on how long Tiger Woods lasts more than his score

  29-11-2017 23:17
  Nassau, Bahamas • One year later, the scene hadn't change.Jordan Spieth paused on the 17th green and looked across the water to the adjacent fairway at Albany Golf Club as Tiger Woods hit his shot to the ninth green, just like he did last year at the Hero World Challenge.Curiosity is just as high over another return from injury for Woods and how he will fare after a long layoff.What's different about the expectations for this comeback — his fifth since he first had back surgery in the
  
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• RSL rival Colorado names New Zealander as new head coach

  29-11-2017 23:16
  The Colorado Rapids have hired Anthony Hudson as their coach.Hudson comes to the Rapids after three seasons coaching New Zealand's national team. This month, the All Whites went to a 2018 World Cup qualification playoff against Peru but fell 2-0 on aggregate.The 36-year-old Hudson, who is from Seattle, was 9-11-7 as the national team coach. He also led New Zealand to an appearance in the Confederations Cup last summer, becoming the youngest coach to lead a team in the tournament.Colorado finishe
  
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• Just-retired Carlos Beltran interviews to become Yankees manager

  29-11-2017 23:15
  New York • Carlos Beltran has interviewed to become manager of the New York Yankees, four weeks after the final game of his 20-year major league career.The 40-year-old Beltran was a nine-time All-Star and played for the Yankees from 2014-16. While he does not have any managerial experience, he mentored young teammates during his final seasons as a player, when he often was a designated hitter.Beltran won his first World Series title with Houston this season, and Astros manager A.J. Hinch cr
  
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• Nashville, Sacramento, Detroit and Cincinnati are MLS expansion finalists

  29-11-2017 23:14
  New York • Nashville, Tenn., is among four finalists for a pair of Major League Soccer expansion teams after government financing for a new stadium was approved this month.Sacramento, Calif., is considered a front-runner along with Nashville for the teams, which the league intends to award next month. Each winner will pay a $150 million expansion fee.Cincinnati and Detroit also remain in contention, but without firm plans for new stadiums, they are viewed as long shots.Presentations to the
  
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• ESPN eliminating 150 production, tech jobs in latest cuts

  29-11-2017 23:12
  Bristol, Conn. • ESPN is eliminating 150 production and technical employees as the sports broadcasting giant continues to shift its focus to a more digital future.The company says the layoffs, which were announced Wednesday morning in a memo to employees, don’t include on-air talent and will have a minimal impact on the network’s signature SportsCenter news program.“The majority of the jobs eliminated are in studio production, digital content, and technology and they gener
  
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• The woman found dead in a Salt Lake City hotel room has been identified; now police are searching for people who may know what happened

  29-11-2017 23:11
  Police are continuing their search for two persons of interest in a homicide the day after they found a woman’s body in a Salt Lake City hotel room.Police on Wednesday identified the victim as 25-year-old Mechelle Lindberg.Lindberg has been a resident of Pleasant Grove for the past few years, according to court records. On Tuesday night, police said they believe 26-year-old Kristie Marie Hansen and 29-year-old Javier Rodriquez Pena may have information about Lindberg’s death.The pair
  
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• Former USA Gymnastics team doctor pleads guilty to even more sexual assault charges

  29-11-2017 23:11
  For the second time in two weeks, former Olympic gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting young girls under the guise of medical treatment.In a plea agreement with the Michigan Attorney General's Office, Nassar admitted guilt to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one involving a girl under the age of 13. The 54-year-old father of three faces at least a 25-year prison sentence.Wednesday's plea involved crimes in Eaton County, near t
  
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• Utah’s newest congressman got two committee assignments — neither was his first preference

  29-11-2017 23:10
  Newly elected Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, received his committee assignments Wednesday: House Foreign Affairs and Small Business.“These assignments are a tremendous opportunity for me to serve the people of the 3rd Congressional District, and I’m ready to get to work for them,” he said in a statement.The Small Business Committee considers financial aid packages, regulations and protections for start-ups and mom-and-pop shops. With the announcement, Curtis pointed to the decade he
  
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• You all heard the man. 📚📖 #Ekpesbookclub twitter.com/EkpeUdoh/statu…

  29-11-2017 23:05 via twitter.com
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• Holly Richardson: A good program to help sick people has gone wild

  29-11-2017 23:03
  At any one time in Washington, D.C. there are thousands of individual battles going on over hundreds of issues, large and small. If the issue or bill is not headline-grabbing, like tax reform or Trump’s latest tweet, it may not get much attention, even if the end result ends up hurting the very people it is supposed to help.Recently, the 340B program has come under heightened scrutiny and is now the subject of a lawsuit. 340B is a government-mandated program that began back in the early da
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell enters rare category with Darrell Griffith

  29-11-2017 22:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... tarred at Louisville from 1976-80 then was picked second overall by the Utah Jazz where he would earn Rookie of the Year, but he’s aware of his basketball imp ...
  
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• Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell enters rare category with Darrell Griffith

  29-11-2017 22:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — On draft night, Donovan Mitchell received a call from one of the Utah Jazz’s greatest players of all-time.He still remembers the conversation like yesterday.“Stay patient. It’s not all going to be sunshine,” Darrell Griffith told Mitchell. “You’re going to have your pitfalls and I think that was the biggest thing I learned from him.”Ironically, they both played at Louisville and now the Jazz organization.Obviously, the 21-year-old
  
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• Liquor store in Tremonton will reopen in time for the holidays in a new location and with new operators

  29-11-2017 22:44
  The state-contracted liquor store in Tremonton will reopen before the holidays in a new location and with new operators.Patti and Shane Glover, owners of Sofa’s Corner, a bar in nearby Garland, were awarded the contract Tuesday from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC).The new operators plan to move the liquor store to 15 N. 1600 East, a building residents refer to as the Cross Roads. Originally a fast-food restaurant and later used as an auto dealership, the building w
  
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• Sundance Film Festival won't let Harvey Weinstein back into Park City

  29-11-2017 22:31
  Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, now facing scores of accusations of sexual misconduct against women, isn’t likely to return to Park City for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival — but if he tried, festival organizers advise him to stay home.“Harvey has been a fixture at Sundance for years. Is he still welcome? He is not,” said John Cooper, the festival’s director.Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute on Wednesday afternoon announced the 110 feature-film title
  
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• Utah population booming — fueled by job seekers and babies

  29-11-2017 22:22
  New state estimates show Utah’s population continues to boom — adding 59,045 people this year, the equivalent of plopping in another Taylorsville. But demographers see a radical shift in what fuels that growth.Mainly, traditionally big-family Utah is seeing fewer births: they dropped by 1,202 last year, continuing a nine-year streak of declines. Meanwhile, migration accounts for more of the state’s growth as its healthy economy serves as a magnet to job seekers.
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - As Jazz fight for playoff spot, some good news — everybody else is banged up, too

  29-11-2017 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... can you get guys back. That tells a lot about how your season could go.” The Jazz so far have been better than expected without Gobert, posting a 5-4 record w ...
  
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• As Jazz fight for playoff spot, some good news — everybody else is banged up, too

  29-11-2017 21:40
  Many pundits across the NBA thought when the season started that the Western Conference could be stronger and deeper than ever before.But it’s actually turned into a battle of attrition as the calendar turns to December. Key teams are being hit with season-altering injuries seemingly by the day. And the back half of the conference playoff race may be decided by who best can manage injuries.The Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers will face off Thursday at the Staples Center, the second meeti
  
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• He said the call for Sen. Franken to resign was ‘pure absurdity.’ Now, Garrison Keillor has been fired for inappropriate behavior.

  29-11-2017 21:26
  Minneapolis • Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email. In a follow-up statement, he said he was fired over “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.” He didn’t give details of the allegation.Minnesota Public Radio confirmed Keillor ha
  
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• Croat war criminal's shocking death stuns UN tribunal

  29-11-2017 21:17
  The Hague, Netherlands • Seconds after a U.N. judge confirmed his 20-year war crimes sentence on Wednesday, former Bosnian Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak shouted, “I am not a war criminal!” threw back his head, drank liquid from a small bottle and told the court he had taken poison. A flustered judge halted the hearing and Praljak was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died.Shocking images of the 72-year-old former philosophy professor and theater director who beca
  
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• A ‘slave auction’ puts the global spotlight back on Libya

  29-11-2017 21:17
  Earlier this month, CNN published cellphone and hidden-camera footage from what appeared to be "slave auctions" conducted in Libya. The images, including video obtained by undercover CNN journalists, served as a jolt to the international community: They showed what seemed to be West African migrants being haggled over as "merchandise" by smugglers operating in what has become a haven for illicit trafficking networks."Does anybody need a digger? This is a digger, a big strong man, he'll dig," sai
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: The media can't put the brakes on its sexual assault coverage

  29-11-2017 20:59
  During my years co-hosting a nightly news and public affairs show on Los Angeles’ PBS affiliate, we would occasionally do segments on domestic abuse and the Southern California not-for-profits that provided refuge for the fleeing spouse and children. The shelter community told us that every segment encouraged more people to bolt the abusive environment and seek help. It was television, they said, that actually saved lives. I believed them then and now.Coverage of sexual assault and discrim
  
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• Chinese actress Liu Yifei cast as Disney's Mulan

  29-11-2017 20:54
  Los Angeles • It took a year of searching and nearly 1,000 candidates, but the Walt Disney Studios has found its Mulan.The studio said Wednesday that Chinese actress Liu Yifei will play the warrior in the live-action epic from director Niki Caro.The 30-year-old actress, who is also known as Crystal Liu, is well known in China as a model, actress and singer, but less so stateside.She has appeared in films like "The Forbidden Kingdom" with Jackie Chan and "Outcast" with Nicolas Cage.Liu Yifei
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Favors, Jerebko Lead the Way in Jazz’s Rout of Nuggets

  29-11-2017 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... r these fellas. Mitchell vs. Lyles On the evening of the 2017 NBA Draft, the Jazz traded Trey Lyles and their No. 24 pick to Denver for the rights to pick thi ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: If Trump believes what he's saying, we really do need to deploy the 25th Amendment

  29-11-2017 20:24
  The New York Times reports:“In January, shortly before his inauguration, Mr. Trump told a Republican senator that he wanted to investigate the [‘Access Hollywood’] recording that had him boasting about grabbing women’s genitals.”‘We don’t think that was my voice,’ Mr. Trump told the senator, according to a person familiar with the conversation. Since then, Mr. Trump has continued to suggest that the tape that nearly upended his campaign was not act
  
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• Facing pressure, House nears OK of anti-harassment training

  29-11-2017 20:23
  Washington • Under heavy pressure to address burgeoning sexual misconduct allegations, the House moved toward easy approval Wednesday of a bipartisan measure requiring lawmakers and aides to take annual anti-harassment training.The vote approached as a Congress battling over Republican tax cuts and a potential government shutdown was also being forced to address accusations against some of its own. They included liberal heroes Rep. John Conyers and Sen. Al Franken and far-right GOP Senate c
  
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• Iran challenges taboos as HIV infections from sex rise

  29-11-2017 20:06
  Tehran, Iran • In a square in a poor eastern Tehran neighborhood known for its drug addicts and dealers, psychologist Atefeh Azimi draws another drop of blood from a worried passer-by’s finger.She works on a nearby bench, where a sign next to her in English and in Farsi urges the public to receive free voluntary counseling and HIV testing.But her worries, as well as those of her aid group called Reviving Values, are not confined these days just to those sharing needles to inject heroi
  
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• Riverdale landslide causes evacuations for four homes above the Weber River

  29-11-2017 20:02
  Riverdale • Four homes in a Riverdale neighborhood have been evacuated as landslides threaten the stability of the houses.The area around the homes, near 600 West and 4860 South, had been taped off due to the dangerous and unstable ground, and the road was closed on Wednesday. All the houses in question have backyards facing west that overlook a canyon, which contains railroad tracks and the Weber River Parkway.A friend of one of the neighbors said that there has been movement in the area f
  
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• Performance of twin sisters uplifts the uneven charms of Italian drama ‘Indivisible’

  29-11-2017 20:00
  An intriguingly crazy premise goes nowhere in the Italian drama “Indivisible,” but the twin sisters at the movie’s center provide a lot of heart.Viola and Daisy (played by twins Angela and Marianna Fontana) are singing sisters, on the verge of turning 18, who perform at weddings and other events to earn money for their family. They mostly sing songs written by their father, Peppe (Massimiliano Rossi), a failed musician who has poured all his talent into his daughters’ car
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: The Jazz are rolling now, but what will happen to Derrick Favors once Rudy Gobert returns?

  29-11-2017 19:57
  After some early struggles and injuries to Dante Exum and Rudy Gobert, we wondered if it was time to start looking toward the NBA draft in June. The Jazz suddenly have won four of their last five games. Can Utah sustain the success it has found or is reality about to hit hard?On this episode of the Weekly Run, the Tribune’s Utah Jazz podcast, we break it down.At 7:50 • The Jazz have had a couple of 30-plus assist performances during this stretch. What’s behind the improved ball
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Derrick Favors is destroying opposing centers

  29-11-2017 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing lineup. That’s tricky because it feels like Rodney has flourished as the Jazz’ sixth man. But this allows you to have floor spacing while also playing two ...
  
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• Greg Sargent: Two new reports suggest Trump has come unhinged. The truth is worse.

  29-11-2017 19:01
  This morning, after the news broke that NBC News has fired veteran anchor Matt Lauer for inappropriate sexual behavior, President Donald Trump mused that NBC executives should be fired for putting out “Fake News,” and unleashed this broadside: “Check out Andy Lack’s past!”This call for a look into vague allegations against NBC News’ chairman prompted some to marvel at how “brazen” Trump is being, given the sexual charges leveled at him, too. Simila
  
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• Speculation rising about royal title for Meghan Markle

  29-11-2017 18:57
  London • With a royal wedding in the works, there is rising speculation about the title that will be bestowed on Meghan Markle when she marries Prince Harry in May.Will the American-born actress be a British princess? The answer is: sort of.It depends a bit on what titles Queen Elizabeth II gives Harry and Markle on their wedding day.Though Markle, 36, will not formally be known as Princess Meghan because she is not of royal birth, she will become Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Wales
  
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• Garrison Keillor says he's been fired over alleged improper behavior

  29-11-2017 18:57
  Minneapolis • Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email. In a follow-up statement, he said he was fired over “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.” He didn’t give details of the allegation.Minnesota Public Radio confirmed Keillor ha
  
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• Conservative speaker arrested at UConn blames students

  29-11-2017 18:57
  Storrs, Conn. • A conservative commentator who was arrested at the University of Connecticut and charged with breach of peace following an altercation blamed some UConn students for being “violent and disruptive.”Lucian Wintrich’s Tuesday night speech titled “It’s OK To Be White” was repeatedly interrupted by people in the audience booing and chanting before coming to an abrupt end when a woman appeared to take paperwork off the lectern he was using and t
  
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• Police searching for Utah father and daughter with medical conditions who were reported missing after Riverdale crash

  29-11-2017 18:55
  Police are searching for a father and daughter who were reported missing after a minor car crash in Riverdale on Tuesday.
  Josh Stinger, 41, of Riverdale, was driving and his 2-year-old daughter, Gabby Stinger, were in a minor crash Tuesday morning, according to a news release from Riverdale police. The man told his family he was returning home with his daughter, but never arrived.Both people have medical conditions “that are concerning and require ongoing attention,” police said.Lt.
  
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• There's a reason why they call Jazz fans the best in the NBA 😂 twitter.com/BleacherReport…

  29-11-2017 18:53 via twitter.com
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• What's new, and what's ahead, after North Korea's ICBM test

  29-11-2017 18:52
  Tokyo • Experts may debate trajectories, payload weights and re-entry shields, but North Korea’s claim that the entire United States is within range of its rapidly improving missiles just got a lot more credible.Wednesday’s launch of what the North called the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated a greater range than other missiles it’s tested and showcased several capabilities the North must master if it were ever to actually try to unleash them at th
  
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• Not just kiddie cartoons: 7 animated movies made for adults

  29-11-2017 18:52
  Since the beginning of animation, filmmakers have asked the question: “Are these cartoons for kids? Or for grown-ups?”Surely, Walt Disney, the man who most thoroughly championed animated movies for the masses, was fully on the side of children’s fare — even if some of his movies, like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” or “Bambi,” scared the bejeebers out of younger audiences. But even before Disney gave us Snow White, the Fleischer brothers gave us
  
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• Rookie of The Year Watch – 11/29/17

  29-11-2017 18:51 via basketballinsiders.com
  Shane Rhodes checks back in on the top rookies in the Association to this point.
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets reaction: Jazz come up big sans Rodney Hood

  29-11-2017 18:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... eserves recognition. Quin Snyder has been getting the most out of a battered Jazz team for two straight seasons now and he certainly deserves praise and recog ...
  
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