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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics: Keys to beat Hayward’s new team

  15-12-2017 23:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...cleaned up their act as they started to gel. The Jazz are now at a respectable 17th in turnovers (still not great, but at least it ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Jazz-Celtics Key Matchup: Donovan Mitchell vs. Jayson Tatum

  15-12-2017 23:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... re who have to determine that. Mitchell has been an absolute monster for the Jazz. If you remove the first seven games of the season, where Mitchell was still ...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Mueller Gets Busted

  15-12-2017 23:36
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.Bargain Basement Bears EarsThe Nine Billion Names of TrumpBishop’s Interview QuestionChristmas is Carbon!Middle Class Has to Pony UpThe Drug CzarBook of Mormon BoyThe Lost TribesMonumental ScamTaking the Fall for TrumpWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Letter: Teaching beliefs instead of science puts students behind the eight ball

  15-12-2017 23:18
  It concerns me when board of education members fail to accept middle school standards based the nationally recognized Next Generation Science Standards, preferring to teach “beliefs” instead.Their argument is that we are teaching theories not facts. The “facts” as we know them are based on years and years of research and validation. As science improves, facts may change based on new knowledge and understandings. But to reject current consensus on science puts us at an ex
  
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• Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2017

  15-12-2017 23:04
  They made music that inspired legions of fans.Rock 'n' roll founding father Chuck Berry, rockers Tom Petty and Greg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music.Comedians Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles and Dick Gregory left their own indelible mark with their iconic routines. And the story of the 1960s could not be told without Hugh Hefner and Charles Manson
  
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• Letter: Thank you to the stranger who gave me roses as I cried in my car

  15-12-2017 23:02
  I have a deep thank you to offer to the kindness of a stranger.Recently I set out to shop for dinner at Smith’s, but before I could confront the vast store aisles, I sat in my car to shed some tears — life has been pretty rough this year, and sometimes it hits me.While sitting there, a tap on the car window startled me. I looked up, and there stood a young woman holding a bouquet of roses. When I opened the door, she told me that she’d noticed my distress, that she’d boug
  
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• Please Enjoy. 5 - 🐐🐻 4 - ☝️❌ 3 - 🔨 2 - 🆎💪 1 - 🕷💥 @AFCU https://t.co/FaQkGQXXNh

  15-12-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Please Enjoy.5 - 🐐🐻 4 - ☝️❌ 3 - 🔨 2 - 🆎💪 1 - 🕷💥@AFCU https://t.co/FaQkGQXXNh
  
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• Ski Utah’s improved app aims to get more skiers taking the bus to resorts from Provo to Ogden

  15-12-2017 22:49
  As the Utah Transit Authority begins operating its ski bus program Saturday, Ski Utah has improved the Ride the Bus tab on its app to help those who want to ride up to their favorite ski area.With the air quality bad right now in Wasatch Front valleys, and canyons becoming increasingly crowded, riding buses to ski resorts helps the environment and can be a more relaxing way to get to the slopes.Buses operate from Provo to Ogden; the program includes new service to Snowbasin and Powder Mountain i
  
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• Salt Lake City man sentenced to prison for car vs. FrontRunner crash that killed his pregnant passenger

  15-12-2017 22:22
  A Salt Lake City man was sentenced to prison Friday for driving around concrete barriers and onto FrontRunner tracks last year, where a train rammed the passenger side of his Jeep and killed his pregnant passenger.Nephi Adelino Makaya, 26, was sentenced by 3rd District Judge Ann Boyden to one to 15 years in prison for second-degree felony manslaughter in the July 25, 2016, death of 30-year-old Kaipaofakiuiha Sateki Kinikini.Kinikini, who was 8 months pregnant at the time, was taken to University
  
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• Central Utah community in mourning after 10-year-old boy is fatally hit by SUV

  15-12-2017 22:19
  A central Utah community is in mourning after a 10-year-old boy was fatally hit while riding his bike Thursday night.The boy, identified by police as Harley Howells, had moved to Richfield with his family just weeks prior to the incident, and had recently celebrated his birthday, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Clay Morgan. The family declined to make a statement, Morgan said, and has asked for privacy as they mourn the loss of the boy.A few minutes after 5:30 p.m., at dusk, an SUV was hea
  
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• Peru launches impeachment process against president

  15-12-2017 22:15
  Lima, Peru • Lawmakers in Peru initiated impeachment proceedings Friday against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is accused of failing to disclose decade-old payments from a Brazilian company embroiled in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal.In a special session Friday, 27 of 130 members of congress approved launching the process to oust the president, who has defiantly denied wrongdoing.“I’m not running and I’m not hiding because I have no reason to,&rdquo
  
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• Letter: DACA gave me a leg up; I hope it's not my last year here

  15-12-2017 22:14
  In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, I am reflecting on what I am thankful for. Like most Americans, I am grateful for many things, but right now, I am especially appreciative to live in this beautiful country I call home.As a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, I am fortunate to have been granted the opportunity to step out of the shadows and contribute to my community by legally working and studying here.However, the DACA program was recently halted, c
  
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• Jazz-Celtics Key Matchup: Donovan Mitchell vs. Jayson Tatum

  15-12-2017 22:08
  The Utah Jazz will look to end a four-game losing streak as they play the Boston Celtics on Friday. The matchup to watch will be between Donovan Mitchell and fellow rookie standout, Jayson Tatum. When the NBA schedule was released on September, all Utah Jazz fans looked ahead and immediately recognized that the month of […]
  Jazz-Celtics Key Matchup: Donovan Mitchell vs. Jayson Tatum - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks new Trump rules on birth control

  15-12-2017 21:57
  Philadelphia • A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women’s access to free birth control.Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the government from enforcing the policy change to former President Barack Obama’s health care law.The law required most companies to cover birth control at no additional cost, though it included exemptions for religious organizati
  
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• Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics: Keys to beat Hayward’s new team

  15-12-2017 21:54
  The Utah Jazz face a difficult game against the Boston Celtics to try to stop a four-game losing streak. 2008. That’s the last time the Utah Jazz won playing in Boston. As we all know, in the excruciating month of December, it will be easier for Jazz fans to find clean air in Salt Lake […]
  Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics: Keys to beat Hayward’s new team - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz Daily: Jazz prepare to face the Boston Celtics with Gordon Hayward out

  15-12-2017 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  ...want to smack them and they want to smack us," Ingles said. Mostly, though, Jazz players and coaches alike tried to quickly answer or avoid the questions abo ...
  
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• Letter: What will be the fallout of reduced tax revenue?

  15-12-2017 21:35
  Tax reform means reducing taxes. Tax reform means reducing income to government programs. What will be the unintended consequences that this decreased revenue have on the federal and state budgets? What money will be left to “establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare”? There is a case for revisiting taxation but not for reducing revenue. Taxation should be consistent with the idea of a free society.Alden H. Laney, Mil
  
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• Tonights 🔑 Matchup: Rudy Gobert vs. Al Horford Tipoff: 5:30PM MT #UTAatBOS https://t.co/VNFnH0xfSa

  15-12-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Tonights 🔑 Matchup: Rudy Gobert vs. Al HorfordTipoff: 5:30PM MT#UTAatBOS https://t.co/VNFnH0xfSa
  
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• With Rubio onboard, GOP leaders finalize huge tax package

  15-12-2017 21:19
  Washington • Republicans finalized the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax laws in three decades Friday, sweetening the child tax credit to placate a reluctant GOP senator as they pushed to muscle the bill through Congress next week and give President Donald Trump his first major legislative victory.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had been holding out for a bigger child tax credit for low-income families. After he got it, Rubio tweeted that the change is “a solid step toward br
  
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• Letter: Spread the holiday cheer — tip your server

  15-12-2017 21:07
  Just a reminder as you spend time this holiday season with your family shopping or checking out the lights downtown, if you do decide to grab a bite to eat or get a cup of hot chocolate, please remember to tip your server.The person serving you is making $2.25/hour and relies on tips to make a living. I’ve heard from servers stories that make me cringe. Here’s one for you: A group of 25 people come into the restaurant for breakfast, receive great service, their bill is around $400 a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz players talk about Gordon Hayward before taking on the Celtics

  15-12-2017 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... d friendship throughout their tenure in Utah and met up on Thursday once the Jazz arrived in town. “We had some food last night,” Joe Ingles said. “It’s good...
  
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• Holly Richardson: Lessons learned from an astronaut

  15-12-2017 21:06
  I have listened to hundreds of podcast episodes this year but the one I just listened to with astronaut Jerry Linenger is one of the best I have ever heard. I was completely captivated listening to author and business guru Donald Miller interview Linengar.Linengar’s bio is mind-boggling: Naval Academy grad, M.D. and Navy surgeon, Ph.D. in epidemiology and master’s degrees in systems development and public health. He is also a Navy fighter pilot, a SCUBA diver, triathlete and NASA ast
  
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• KRCL radio hires beloved former employee as its new general manager — a ‘big relief’ after a year of drama

  15-12-2017 21:05
  Between the early June departure of its popular afternoon drivetime host and the subsequent resignation of the station’s general manager, KRCL 90.9 FM got a sizable dose of drama in 2017.So it’s perhaps not altogether surprising that the public radio station’s recent nationwide search to fill its leadership void culminated in the hiring of a familiar face.Tristin Tabish — announced Friday morning as KRCL’s next GM — hasn’t worked there in two decades, bu
  
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• Jazz players talk about Gordon Hayward before taking on the Celtics

  15-12-2017 20:55
  BOSTON — Donovan Mitchell is balling.Joe Johnson and Rodney Hood are back.The Utah Jazz are in the toughest stretch of the season.With all these storylines centered on the team, they couldn’t get around coming to Boston for the lone time this year and not hearing about former Jazzman Gordon Hayward at Friday’s shootaround.Nope. That wasn’t happening.“Hopefully today will be the last day we have to talk about Gordon,” said Jazz forward Joe Ingles. “It is
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face Hayward-less Boston Celtics: The revenge game that wasn’t

  15-12-2017 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... remembers this: The return of Joe Johnson Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports The Jazz announced yesterday that Johnson would be available to play tonight after be ...
  
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• Monson: Here's what you need to know about new BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes

  15-12-2017 20:41
  Jeff Grimes’ eyes narrowed and his brow creased, adding — just in case his soft Texas drawl left any erroneous doubt — even more to the urgency and fervency of the words tumbling out of his mouth.He said: “I want guys who can impose their will on others. I tell guys to finish a block, even if a defender is out of a play. I want my offensive lineman to put him on the ground, and have all 300 pounds land on him, just so he knows how that feels. I’m not talking about d
  
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• In small win for Democrats, final tax bill won't include provision to allow churches to endorse political candidates

  15-12-2017 20:34
  Washington • In a minor win for Democrats, the final GOP tax bill will not include a repeal of the Johnson Amendment, a change which would have enabled religious institutions and all nonprofits organized as 501(c)3s to endorse political candidates.President Donald Trump had advocated strongly in favor of the repeal.Trump promised to "totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment at the National Prayer Breakfast in February. Getting rid of it has been a priority of some spiritual leaders, especiall
  
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• Gordon Hayward will be in the building and Joe Johnson will play when Jazz meet Celtics tonight

  15-12-2017 20:21
  Boston • Rarely have the Jazz gone into a game with as many different storylines as tonight’s meeting with the Boston Celtics at TD Bank Garden.A reunion with Gordon Hayward is the most obvious. The Jazz will see their former teammate for the first time since he bolted for the Celtics in free agency over the summer. Jazz forward Joe Ingles went to dinner with Hayward on Thursday night. On Friday, Hayward is expected to be in the building, though it is unclear if he will make himself a
  
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• Letter: Our leaders' support of Trump teaches kids Trump's ‘values’

  15-12-2017 20:12
  How, in a state that espouses morals and values steeped in decency can our “leaders” continue to tolerate a president who instead prizes bullying, demeaning and fear tactics. He is teaching by example, and acceptance that there is no value in truth, knowledge, patience or compromise to reach a common goal.By staying silent, or worse, standing with and behind him, our representatives are telling us that they are also okay leading our children down this path of intolerance, ignorance
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The religious right isn't doing much for religion

  15-12-2017 20:11
  Secularization of America, as in all Western democracies, has been a long, gradual process. That said, to a degree not seen in Europe, the United States has retained a robust, primarily Christian, faith tradition with high numbers of Americans who confirm to pollsters their belief in God, practice of praying, attendance at religious services and other indications of religiosity.Nevertheless, at a time when a great many evangelical conservatives have abandoned any pretense of concern for ethical
  
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• Utah homeless shelter seeks new funding after grant expires

  15-12-2017 20:00
  St. George, Utah • The only homeless shelter in a southwestern Utah city is looking for new funding after a state grant has dried up.KUTV-TV reports the Switchpoint Community Resource Center in St. George has received more than $400,000 in state grant funding each year.Officials say the grant money has funded its case management program that helps residents fill out heath care paperwork, build resumes and hunt for jobs.Switchpoint board member Mary Helen Stricklen says the shelter is lookin
  
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• How a Utah choir director is taking 140 young singers to create One Voice — and teach lessons of music and life

  15-12-2017 19:50
  The One Voice Children’s Choir has grown since the days when founder-director Masa Fukuda squeezed 45 folding chairs into the living room of his apartment for rehearsals. “My downstairs neighbor hated me,” said Fukuda, who now makes his home in Sandy with his wife, Alyssa.Rehearsals now are split into two weekly sessions, one at a middle school in Salt Lake County and the other in Utah County. (It’s all the same choir, so singers simply choose the rehearsal that’s m
  
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• Watch FCC’s Ajit Pai dress up as Santa and wield a lightsaber to mock net neutrality rules

  15-12-2017 19:35
  Washington • On the eve of a historic vote at the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Ajit Pai starred in an eccentric video that featured him dressed as Santa, wielding a lightsaber and clutching a fidget spinner to defend his contentious move to repeal net neutrality and mock the criticism against it.In a so-called public service announcement laced with pop culture references and internet iconography, Pai listed the "7 things you can still do on the internet after net neutrality."
  
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• After five years of treatment, Utah man accused of killing his grandmother is still not competent

  15-12-2017 19:31
  Even after five years at the Utah State Hospital, a Utah man accused in the violent death of his grandmother still hears voices in his head.Zachary Cole Weston believes he is a god, a judge wrote in a Thursday finding, or maybe a fallen angel.Weston also believes he can read the judge’s mind, 3rd District Judge Mark Kouris wrote, and that his own thoughts are being broadcast into the courtroom.And while Weston has made strides in understanding the legal process and his attorney’s rol
  
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• White House urges Roy Moore to concede, as supporters look for evidence of ‘voter fraud’

  15-12-2017 19:30
  Two days after losing Alabama's special Senate election, Republican nominee Roy Moore has yet to concede the race to Democrat Doug Jones — even after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that he should."I think the president's position is pretty clear in his outreach to Doug Jones directly," Sanders said at Thursday's briefing with reporters. "He likes Doug Jones and looks forward to meeting him in person. and hopes that he will come and follow through on his commitment
  
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• Tillerson backtracks on offer of unconditional NKorea talks

  15-12-2017 19:28
  Washington • America’s top diplomat stepped back Friday from his offer of unconditional talks with North Korea, telling world powers the nuclear-armed nation must earn the right to negotiate with the United States.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s declaration before the U.N. Security Council marked a stunning reversal after he proposed discussions with Pyongyang without preconditions earlier this week. That overture was almost immediately rebutted by White House officials.Still
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Hayward will be in the building and Joe Johnson will play when Jazz meet Celtics tonight

  15-12-2017 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... stern Conference. Truth be told, that’s the only thing Jazz coach Quin Snyder is worried about. “The Celtics. It’s easy to see why they...
  
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• Yes we will... #5ForTheFight ✋ https://t.co/RjmPm2S3T8

  15-12-2017 19:27 via twitter.com
  
  Yes we will...#5ForTheFight ✋ https://t.co/RjmPm2S3T8
  
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• Police searching for man who allegedly splashed roommate with gasoline and set a small fire around their home in Millcreek

  15-12-2017 19:12
  Police were searching for man Friday morning who allegedly splashed his roommate with gasoline and set a small fire around his home before leaving the scene.
  Unified Fire Authority spokesman Taylor Sandstrom said firefighters were called to a possible arson at a home near 1400 East and 4100 South in Millcreek about 1:30 a.m.Witnesses told investigators there was a dispute between the two men outside their residence, and one man took a can of gas and splashed it onto the other, according to Sands
  
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• Catherine Rampell: New tax bill is a feast for ‘regulatory parasites’

  15-12-2017 19:05
  The GOP tax plan’s top beneficiaries aren’t actually rich people, or even corporations, though both groups will indeed benefit mightily. The biggest winners are the nation’s tax planners, thanks to the tax-sheltering bonanza this bill is about to unleash.As my own CPA father likes to say: Congress has once again taken pity upon the nation’s poor accountants and guaranteed them all lifetime employment.Tax-filing is already unbelievably resource-intensive. Every year, the n
  
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• Police warn Utah County business owners to beware after four phony $50 bills were used in a week

  15-12-2017 18:40
  Police are warning business owners to beware of counterfeit money in light of four cases of fake $50 bills being used in Utah County in the last week.Three of those cases occurred at Provo convenience stores, said Provo police Sgt. Nisha King on Friday. The bills used in all four exchanges had the same serial number printed on them: CG11392396A.She urged businesses to use a verification pen to determine that bills are legitimate to avoid future cases like these. The ink in verification pens turn
  
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• Lady Gaga's big performance thrills Salt Lake City's Little Monsters

  15-12-2017 18:33
  Lady Gaga is unquestionably one of the biggest pop stars in the world. And after finally seeing one of her live performances, it’s not hard to understand why.Gaga visited Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Thursday night on one of the final shows in the North American leg of her “Joanne” world tour. There were plentiful bells and whistles between a main stage up front, a secondary stage at the rear, two midpoint landing pads with retractable bridges to span the gaps,
  
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• George Pyle: Philosophy majors don't serve fries. They make you one with everything.

  15-12-2017 18:29
  One might think, after 40 years of sitting across the table from various governors — 11 of them, as different as Olene Walker and Eliot Spitzer — that I would no longer be in awe of or intimidated by such worthies.But when Gary Herbert threw me a set-up the other day during his annual budget briefing with The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board, all I could think to do was toss back the expected punch line.The governor of Utah was going on, as he often does, about the importance of an
  
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  15-12-2017 18:07 via twitter.com
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• Kirby: Voters may retire Hatch, but only he can decide if he’s too old to run

  15-12-2017 18:02
  Sen. Orrin Hatch keeps calling my house. I don’t know why. He knows I’m not a Republican. Also, I keep hanging up on him.I like Hatch on a personal level, but our political differences are significant. I believe that all legislative decisions should be decided by pay-per-view congressional hammer fights. He doesn’t. But we still get along.A couple of years ago, my mom was in St. Mark’s Hospital for surgery. The entire family showed up to get the news. We milled around in
  
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• Hiring of new GM at KRCL caps tumultuous year, signals optimism for future

  15-12-2017 17:59
  Between the early June departure of its popular afternoon drivetime host, and the subsequent resignation of the station’s general manager, KRCL 90.9 FM got a sizable dose of drama in 2017.So it’s perhaps not altogether surprising that the public radio station’s recent nationwide search to fill its leadership void culminated in the hiring of a familiar face.Tristin Tabish — announced Friday morning as KRCL’s next GM — hasn’t worked there in two decades, b
  
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• White House: FBI records show 'extreme bias' against Trump

  15-12-2017 17:41
  Washington • The White House said Friday newly revealed FBI records show there is “extreme bias” against President Donald Trump among senior leadership at the FBI. The accusation came hours before Trump was scheduled to speak at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Va.Trump, who has described the agency as “in tatters,” is to speak at a ceremony at the FBI campus for law enforcement leaders graduating from a program aimed at raising law enforcement standards.Deputy
  
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  15-12-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
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• Utah liquor stores are selling thousands of 2-for-1 holiday gift packs with pirate ice trays, kitschy coffee mugs and other drinking doodads

  15-12-2017 17:24
  West Valley City • Why give a bottle of spiced rum for Christmas, when, for the same price, you could give a spectacular two-for-one package that includes rum AND a tray that makes sexy pirate ice cubes?And wouldn’t someone who takes thousands of photos on their cell phone be thrilled to receive a give pack that includes a bottle of Jagermeister and a miniature smart phone camera lens?
  The holiday gift sets found at Utah’s state-owned liquor stores are filled with all sorts of b
  
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