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• Penguins lead a youth movement in goal throughout NHL

  13-12-2017 23:54
  Pittsburgh • Jim Rutherford knows what it's like to be a young goaltender trying to find his way in the NHL. Rutherford went through it with the Detroit Red Wings in the early 1970s, thrust into action at 21 years old with a franchise in the middle of a bumpy transition.Yet that's where the comparisons end between Pittsburgh's general manager and the two young men who will play a major role in determining whether the Penguins can become the first team in more than 30 years to win three stra
  
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• Russian league may not let players go to the Olympics

  13-12-2017 23:52
  Moscow • The president of the Kontinental Hockey League said Wednesday he is waiting to find out how many Russians will be banned from the Pyeongchang Olympics before deciding if he will allow his players to compete in South Korea.Dmitry Chernyshenko, the head of the organizing committee for the 2014 Sochi Olympics but now president of the KHL, said "we'll understand who's going and who's not going and then the league will respond accordingly."The Moscow-based KHL, widely considered the str
  
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• C.S. Lewis was no Scrooge, but he was ‘not a fan’ of Christmas holiday either — as Utah audiences will learn

  13-12-2017 23:50
  Saying C.S. Lewis and a pre-haunted Ebenezer Scrooge shared an abiding revulsion for Christmas goes too far. But the “Chronicles of Narnia“ writer did despise what the holiday has become.In Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the fictional Scrooge replaces his bah-humbugs with giddy yuletime cheer. Lewis, a real-life atheist-turned-devout Christian apologist, never shed his disdain for what he lamented as an increasingly commercialized, soulless season.“Lewis was no
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz introduces logo for new video game team

  13-12-2017 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... res the team’s name and includes a pair of eighth notes in place of the A in Jazz. Barney called the process of creating and unveiling the logo “really exciti ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz injuries: Hood is back, Iso Joe, Neto OUT vs Bulls

  13-12-2017 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... The J-Notes Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls: Can Derrick Favors stop Nikola Mirotic? 4h ago Utah Jazz a ...
  
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• Utah Jazz introduces logo for new video game team

  13-12-2017 23:31
  Parents might reconsider getting on their children's case for playing too many video games.That hobby can pay off — literally.On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz unveiled a logo and name of their new team, which will participate in the inaugural season of the NBA 2K esports League.Jazz Gaming will debut in May 2018.“The exciting part about this is we are taking gamers who play at home and are turning them into professional gamers,” Utah’s director of esports, Josh Barney, said We
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Hood says he was experiencing Achilles soreness; facing a hot Chicago team

  13-12-2017 23:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... esday. Raul Neto is out due to being in the NBA's concussion protocol. The Jazz have two-way player Nate Wolters in Chicago to be active on the roster while ...
  
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• Constitutional arguments begin in Canadian polygamy case

  13-12-2017 23:27
  Cranbrook, British Columbia • A Canadian man found guilty of marrying two dozen women says he believed he was entitled to practice polygamy because he wasn’t charged when police investigated him in the 1990s.Winston Blackmore appeared in British Columbia Supreme Court in Cranbrook this week where a judge is hearing arguments on whether Canada’s polygamy laws infringe on his rights to freedom of religion and expression.Blackmore is a leader of the community of Bountiful, British
  
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• ‘We’ll get it done.’ Sen. Orrin Hatch promises quick vote on massive tax bill

  13-12-2017 23:05
  Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says Congress will pass a massive tax-cut bill before Christmas — and before Alabama’s new Democratic senator-elect takes office — as negotiators from the Senate and House edge closer to a compromise.“We’ll get it done,” Hatch, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, told President Donald Trump in a White House meeting Wednesday.The conference committee negotiating a final bill out of the House and Senate versions rea
  
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• Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat

  13-12-2017 23:03
  St. Paul, Minn. • Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to fill fellow Democrat Al Franken’s Senate seat until a special election in November, setting up his long-time and trusted adviser for a potentially bruising 2018 special election.Smith was widely seen as Dayton’s top choice from the moment Franken announced his resignation last week. But her previous decision not to run for governor had raised questions about her appetite for a closely watc
  
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• Audit says Park City School District contractor violated project-bidding laws

  13-12-2017 23:03
  Park City School District awarded an inappropriate contract to a general contracting firm that later violated state law while acting on the district’s behalf, according to a new audit.The district agreed to cover project costs and pay an additional percentage of those costs to Hughes General Contractors, according to a Wednesday report by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. That type of payment model is prohibited by the state’s procurement code.“You have an incentive to infl
  
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• Utes unveil their latest gymnastics edition with Friday's Red Rocks Preview

  13-12-2017 23:02
  A sure sign that Utah’s gymnastics team is made of a veteran group is the way the Utes have gone about their preseason training.Right from the start the fifth-ranked Utes have focused on sticking their landings, something teams normally don’t focus on until much later in the season.Usually the preseason is a time to break in freshmen,build chemistry and so forth, but the Utes, who return all but two gymnasts from their 2017 team, boast a team full of experience and talent which they
  
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• Things ‘went horribly wrong’ when two men hired to intimidate a man for allegedly owing money killed him, police records say

  13-12-2017 22:49
  A Sunday homicide at a Taylorsville apartment complex was the result of a plan to intimidate the victim that “went horribly wrong,” according to a probable cause statement filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court.Unified Police officers arrested 49-year-old Tonita Vianay Espinoza, of Ogden, on Tuesday. She was booked in the Salt Lake County jail under the name of Tonita Vianay Rico late Tuesday night, on suspicion of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery, both first-degree felonies.A t
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Let us pay tribute to the new Alabama busy being born

  13-12-2017 22:45
  Alabama.Who knew it would become one of the most beautiful words in American politics?It turns out there could have been no better place to test the limits of indecency, the limits of Trumpism, the limits of Republican partisanship and, yes, the limits of racial subjugation. If the angry ideology of the far right cannot make it in one of our most loyally conservative states that was a center of resistance to civil rights, it cannot make it anywhere.First, let us pay tribute to the new Alabama bu
  
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• George F. Will: By endorsing Moore, Trump sunk the US presidency to unplumbed depths

  13-12-2017 22:44
  Washington • The first time ended badly, so when, 156 years later, Alabamians were incited to again try secession, this time from the national consensus that America is a pretty nice place, they said: No. No, that is, to rubbish like this:Interviewer: ”[Ronald Reagan] said that Russia was the focus of evil in the modern world.”Roy Moore: “You could say that very well about America, couldn’t you?”Interviewer: “You think?”Moore: “Well, we promot
  
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• Commentary: ‘On the first night of Hanukkah, the voters gave to me, a Doug Jones victory’

  13-12-2017 22:42
  “On the first night of Hanukkah, the voters gave to me, a Doug Jones victory.”Roy Moore deserved to lose the senatorial election in Alabama.Yes, his politics are troglodytic (great spelling bee word).In fact, that was the least of it.Moore deserved to lose, because nine women have accused him of sexually predatory behavior. Moore’s reputation is so unsavory that he was actually banned from at least an Alabama shopping mall.Note well: This is a guy with a thing for the Ten Comma
  
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• .@rickyrubio9 doing some holiday shopping with @specolyutah athletes 🥇 #MACUMoment #TakeNote https://t.co/bwBgWZ4yqa

  13-12-2017 22:33 via twitter.com
  
  .@rickyrubio9 doing some holiday shopping with @specolyutah athletes 🥇#MACUMoment #TakeNote https://t.co/bwBgWZ4yqa
  
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• A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation to get alert system

  13-12-2017 22:30
  Albuquerque, N.M. • More than a year after a Native American girl was killed and her tribe was criticized for not having an alert system in place when children go missing, the Navajo Nation has signed a contract to purchase the software it needed to get the notification system running by the end of this month.The tribe, whose reservation is the largest in the U.S. and spans three western states, came under fierce criticism in 2016 after 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike was reported missing. She ne
  
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• Elections chief: Recount unlikely to change Alabama vote

  13-12-2017 22:02
  Montgomery, Ala. • Still-uncounted ballots are unlikely to change the outcome of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama enough to spur an automatic recount, the state’s election chief said Wednesday.Republican Roy Moore has refused to concede Tuesday’s race to Democrat Doug Jones, who pulled off a stunning upset in what is normally a reliably Republican-leaning state.“Realize, when the vote is this close, it is not over,” Moore told supporters at his election-night party in
  
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• Utah bounce house owner sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting boys he met through his business

  13-12-2017 22:00
  Heber • “I am shedding a tear because cases like this make me sad,” Judge Jennifer Brown said, after sentencing a Heber City businessman to prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing boys he met through his bounce house/water slide entertainment business.The judge wasn’t alone. Tears were wiped away and hands were clasped tensely in the packed 4th District courtroom as she sentenced 33-year-old Bryce Johnson to nine years to life at the Utah State Prison.Johnson — owne
  
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• C.S. Lewis: No Scrooge, but ‘not a fan’ of Christmas holiday either — as Utah audiences will learn

  13-12-2017 22:00
  Saying C.S. Lewis and a pre-haunted Ebenezer Scrooge shared an abiding revulsion for Christmas goes too far. But the “Chronicles of Narnia“ writer did despise what the holiday has become.In Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the fictional Scrooge replaces his bah-humbugs with giddy yuletime cheer. Lewis, a real-life atheist-turned-devout Christian apologist, never shed his disdain for what he lamented as an increasingly commercialized, soulless season.“Lewis was no
  
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• After competitive games but low turnout, what are the next steps for the Beehive Classic?

  13-12-2017 21:59
  It had been a dream years in the making, and finally Jim Olson was walking through it.On Saturday night as he strolled through the remodeled Vivint Smart Home Arena concourse, the arena president saw shades of red, purple and blue that made his heart swell. The inaugural Beehive Classic, the first in-state exhibition between the four biggest basketball programs in state, had drawn out a number of passionate local fans, clad in their school colors.The one issue? Everyone would’ve liked to s
  
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• Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Derrick Favors vs. Nikola Mirotic Tipoff: 6PM MT #UTAatCHI https://t.co/3xZrSEJuTk

  13-12-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's 🗝 Matchup: Derrick Favors vs. Nikola MiroticTipoff: 6PM MT#UTAatCHI https://t.co/3xZrSEJuTk
  
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• Utah Jazz injuries: Hood is back, Iso Joe, Neto OUT vs Bulls

  13-12-2017 21:17
  The Utah Jazz should get a boost when Rodney Hood returns against the Chicago Bulls. Joe Johnson and Raul Neto remain out, however. The return of Nikola Mirotic has yielded major dividends for the Utah Jazz’s next opponent, the Chicago Bulls. Since his return from a facial fracture, the big man has put up more […]
  Utah Jazz injuries: Hood is back, Iso Joe, Neto OUT vs Bulls - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Jazz coach Quin Snyder says Bulls have righted themselves since getting blown out at the Viv

  13-12-2017 21:16
  Chicago • The last time the Jazz faced the Chicago Bulls, Utah ran away with a blowout win at Vivint Smart Home Arena. It was the start of six consecutive victories for the Jazz and the Bulls appeared to be reeling.On Wednesday morning, Utah coach Quin Snyder was forceful in instructing everyone involved — including media — to throw that game out when the two teams meet again Wednesday night at the United Center.
  “The Bulls are a different team,” Snyder said. “
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - As Rubio Lineups Continue to Struggle, the Guard Remains a Focal Point

  13-12-2017 20:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... s to Gobert, and be a stickler and hustler on defense. He was young, fit the Jazz schedule, timeline, and identity, and had a favorable contract that would ke ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls: Can Derrick Favors stop Nikola Mirotic?

  13-12-2017 20:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... .com: View Original Table Generated 12/13/2017.   More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls: Keys to snapping the losing streak 18h ago Report: Former...
  
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• Woody Allen treats his onscreen women shabbily in ‘Wonder Wheel’

  13-12-2017 20:25
  A fair number of critics have declared that they are done with Woody Allen because of his reported off-screen treatment of women.It’s a prerequisite of writing about Allen to mention the tawdry details of his personal life. There was the scandal when, while he was in a relationship with Mia Farrow, he began a relationship with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. (By the way, Allen and Previn will mark their 20th wedding anniversary this month.) Or there’s the disturbing accusation b
  
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• Utah County’s Alpine School District to consolidate two Orem elementary schools, sparking talk of a district split

  13-12-2017 20:17
  American Fork • Board members of the Alpine School District voted unanimously late Tuesday on a controversial consolidation plan that would combine two Orem elementary schools – a decision that has led opponents to consider splitting away from the district.The decision to merge Hillcrest and Scera Park Elementary schools brought relief to some, while others felt their concerns over the move were ignored, despite the district delaying its vote twice to allow for more public comment.&ld
  
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• Matt Gay set to become Utes' seventh consensus all-America selection

  13-12-2017 20:16
  Utah junior kicker Matt Gay has clinched consensus all-American honors after being named a first-team Sporting News all-American and a second-team American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) all-American.The NCAA announces its official consensus all-America team Thursday, but Gay has solidified a spot by having earned first-team honors on three of the five teams used to determine consensus honors and having made the second team on the other two squads.The consensus-qualifying teams are The Asso
  
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• Jazz coach Quin Snyder says Bulls have righted themselves since getting blown at the Viv

  13-12-2017 20:14
  Chicago • The last time the Jazz faced the Chicago Bulls, Utah ran away with a blowout win at Vivint Smart Home Arena. It was the start of six consecutive victories for the Jazz and the Bulls appeared to be reeling.On Wednesday morning, Utah coach Quin Snyder was forceful in instructing everyone involved — including media — to throw that game out when the two teams meet again Wednesday night at the United Center.
  “The Bulls are a different team,” Snyder said. “
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Jonas Jerebko (illness) is available. Raul Neto (concussion) is out. Joe Johnson… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 20:12 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report:Jonas Jerebko (illness) is available. Raul Neto (concussion) is out.Joe Johnson… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• From ‘Downton Abbey’ to downtown Salt Lake City, Hugh Bonneville joins Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Christmas shows

  13-12-2017 20:11
  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s Christmas concerts will have a British flair yet again. Following his countrymen Martin Jarvis, Jane Seymour, Michael York, Claire Bloom and Angela Lansbury (not to mention Irish actor Roma Downey and Welshman John Rhys-Davies), actor Hugh Bonneville — best-known for his six seasons as Robert, Earl of Grantham, on “Downton Abbey” — will narrate this year’s shows.What will his role in Salt Lake City entail? “I know it’s
  
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• ‘The Shape of Water’ is a ravishing fantasy romance for grown-ups

  13-12-2017 20:02
  Director Guillermo Del Toro loves to ride that line between wondrous fantasy and harsh reality — and in the sensual woman-meets-monster tale “The Shape of Water,” he creates a dreamscape of wonder and peril for grown-ups.British actor Sally Hawkins plays Eliza Esposito, a solitary woman in a rundown apartment over a Baltimore movie house, circa 1962. She grew up an orphan, mute since she was a baby, and works as a cleaning woman in a shadowy government-run facility. Her only fr
  
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• Utes have three volleyball all-Americans for second time in program history

  13-12-2017 19:44
  Utah senior outside hitter Adora Anae was named a first-team all-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, while senior middle blocker Tawnee Luafalemana and junior middle blocker Berkeley Oblad both earned honorable mention. The AVCA announced its all-American team Wednesday.Anae, named the AVCA All-Pacific South Region Player of the Year this past week, became the Utes’ first-ever first-team all-American selection.This season marks the second time that three Utah players h
  
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• Lyle Jeffs, one-time leader of Utah polygamous sect, sentenced to prison for food stamp fraud, absconding

  13-12-2017 19:40
  Lyle Jeffs, who once was the day-to-day leader of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in a federal prison for defrauding a government assistance program and then fleeing. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart sentenced Jeffs to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of probation. Jeffs also was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program that Jeffs an
  
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• Holly Richardson: I have a few thank you notes to send

  13-12-2017 19:37
  “Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” -- Gertrude SteinWhen is the last time you received a hand-written thank you note in the mail? Chances are pretty good that you remember it because it is such a rare occurrence.In fact, in 2010, the U.S. Postal service surveyed American households and found that on average, each household receives a hand-written note once every seven weeks. In 1987, it was once every two weeks. Imagine what it is today -- an event so rare it sti
  
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• Ballin' in the Windy City tonight 🎷🌬️ Tipoff: 6PM MT #UTAatCHI https://t.co/NO9tyAqjy0

  13-12-2017 19:22 via twitter.com
  
  Ballin' in the Windy City tonight 🎷🌬️Tipoff: 6PM MT#UTAatCHI https://t.co/NO9tyAqjy0
  
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• If you are a Jazz fan & a game lover, you're in luck!! Introducing @UtahJazzGaming! Make sure you hit that follow… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  If you are a Jazz fan & a game lover, you're in luck!!Introducing @UtahJazzGaming! Make sure you hit that follow… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Justice official defends Mueller, sees no cause for firing

  13-12-2017 19:04
  Washington • Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, facing congressional questions about anti-Donald Trump text messages exchanged between two FBI officials assigned to the Russia probe, defended special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday and said he had seen no cause to fire him or received encouragement to do so.Rosenstein appeared before the House Judiciary Committee one day after the Justice Department provided congressional committees with hundreds of text messages between an FBI cou
  
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• Bounce house owner sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting boys he met through his business

  13-12-2017 19:03
  Heber • A Heber City businessman was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing boys he met through his bounce house/water slide entertainment business.Bryce Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty in 4th District Court to three counts of first-degree felony attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation. Johnson — owner of Fun Stuff LLC, which operates Heber Bounce — admitted to touching boys inappropriately and taking ph
  
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• Education receives 72% of all new money in governor's budget

  13-12-2017 18:59
  With a healthy economy, the state estimates that it will receive $382 million in extra ongoing tax revenue next year — and Gov. Gary Herbert proposed Wednesday to spend 72 percent of it on education.“We’re going to be spending a lot of money in education. It’s my top budget priority. It always has been since I’ve been governor, and it will continue to be,” Herbert said.
  His new $16.7 billion budget proposes to spend $275 million more on education — with
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Return of Rodney Hood in Chicago could boost Utah Jazz for road trip

  13-12-2017 18:57 via sportspyder.com
  ...shootaround. Utah is on the second stop of a brutal six-game road trip. The Jazz have won just two of their 11 road games this season. The Bulls (6-20) are c ...
  
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• Feds rake in $6 million from oil and gas lease auctions, including lands near Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument

  13-12-2017 18:47
  The Bureau of Land Management raked in $6 million at its quarterly oil and gas auction Tuesday where it fielded bids on nearly 94,000 acres of public lands in Utah, including some controversial parcels near Dinosaur National Monument.Several parcels covering about 40,000 acres, however, failed to attract acceptable minimum bids, including lands near Molen Reef, an area rich in ancient rock art in Emery County.The Utah Rock Art Research Association and other groups strongly object to BLM’s
  
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• Rookie of The Year Watch – 12/13/17

  13-12-2017 18:46 via basketballinsiders.com
  Shane Rhodes checks back in on what's become a relatively consistent Rookie of the Year race.
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune Terms of Service

  13-12-2017 18:46
  The Salt Lake Tribune Terms of ServiceLast Updated on December 7, 2017Acceptance of Terms of Service (“Terms”)These terms and conditions are entered into by and between you and The Salt Lake Tribune (“SL Trib”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). These Terms govern your access to and use of our website (www.sltrib.com) (the “Website”), and any of our mobile applications (“Apps” together with the Website, the “Services&r
  
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• Return of Rodney Hood in Chicago could boost Utah Jazz for road trip

  13-12-2017 18:44
  CHICAGO — Guess who’s bizzack?Jazz guard Rodney Hood is set to make his return in Chicago tonight.After missing the last seven games with what team officials described as “left ankle soreness,” Hood clarified the injury ahead of Wednesday’s game during shootaround at the United Center.“Ankle soreness … tendon soreness, around my Achilles,” Hood said. “Just as a medical staff, we just decided to let it rest rather than complicate it and I&rsquo
  
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• Kragthorpe: SLCC coach is on pace to become Utah's all-time wins leader at one school

  13-12-2017 18:42
  TaylorsvilleBetsy Specketer spent a lot less time worrying about someday reaching 500 victories as the Salt Lake Community College women’s basketball coach than she did about being stuck on that number for one game too many.The celebration of her achievement came during the Bruins’ next home appearance in late November and was a nice occasion, except the visiting Casper (Wyo.) College Thunderbirds didn’t play along. “My mind was just on that game, and we end up losing tha
  
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• “Slick Rick”, “The Thief”, “Spanish Samurai”, “Tricky Ricky”, “Ruffio”. Which nickname do you like for… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 18:41 via twitter.com
  “Slick Rick”, “The Thief”, “Spanish Samurai”, “Tricky Ricky”, “Ruffio”. Which nickname do you like for… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls: Can Derrick Favors stop Nikola Mirotic?

  13-12-2017 18:40
  The Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls both are riding three-game streaks. The Bulls are red-hot, led by Nikola Mirotic, who headlines our key matchup against Derrick Favors. One of the keys to the Utah Jazz’s game against the Chicago Bulls is to “Hold Nikola Mirotic in check.” As a big man who can stretch the […]
  Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls: Can Derrick Favors stop Nikola Mirotic? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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