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• Husband of Iowa's 1st woman governor gets 'first lady' doll

  20-12-2017 23:55
  Des Moines, Iowa • The husband of Iowa’s first female governor broke the mold Wednesday when he unveiled a doll of himself at the state Capitol, adding a twist to a popular — and some would say quirky— tradition honoring the state’s first ladies.Kevin Reynolds, husband of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, was on hand as a doll with his likeness became the newest addition to a permanent display case at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. The porcelain doll, dressed in a tuxed
  
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• Utah football locks up four-star quarterback Jack Tuttle as early signing period begins

  20-12-2017 23:37
  Utah started the first day of the early signing period by securing one of the top high school passers in the nation, signing Jack Tuttle from San Diego to a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday morning.Tuttle, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound quarterback out of Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, Calif., becomes the highest-rated quarterback signing in program history. National powerhouses such as USC, Alabama and LSU vied for the four-star prospect during the recruiting process.The Utes signed six
  
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• Aggies’ early signing haul includes 12 recruits, with an emphasis on offensive linemen

  20-12-2017 23:17
  Utah State’s first early-signing class is in the books, with the Aggies signing a dozen players on Wednesday.
  Like a year ago, much of the focus was on offensive linemen.But this year was different in that the emphasis was on younger players. For the 2017 season, Utah State had a completely retooled offensive line and it was a unit compromised primarily of JC transfers.“I’m really excited about these guys. We got big real quick,” Wells said. “The big focus was on ou
  
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• Gymnast McKayla Maroney says settlement covered up sex abuse

  20-12-2017 23:15
  Los Angeles • Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney was forced to sign a confidential settlement with the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts to keep allegations that she was sexually abused by team doctor Larry Nassar a secret, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.Maroney, who won a team gold and an individual silver on vault as part of the “Fierce Five” U.S. women’s team at the 2012 Olympics in London, said Nassar’s abuse started in her early teens and contin
  
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• Utah Jazz: Thanks for the memories, Carlos Boozer!

  20-12-2017 23:13
  Former Utah Jazz PF and NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer has called it a career. His time in Utah was a mixed bag for some, but he unquestionably made his mark. Earlier this week, Carlos Boozer announced on ESPN that he’s officially retired as a basketball player. The 36-year-old former Jazzman last played in the NBA […]
  Utah Jazz: Thanks for the memories, Carlos Boozer! - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Holly Richardson: '1984' was meant to be a warning, not a guide book

  20-12-2017 22:59
  “Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.” — George Orwell, “1984”Watching recent political theater reminds me of the novel “1984.” Let’s play a little game. Who said this about Bear’s Ears? “It’s an unconstitutional land grab! No president should have that much power.”The answer? Both sides! Republicans screamed it last year when President Obama created the national monument by executi
  
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• Texas, Washington swoop in to sign East linemen

  20-12-2017 22:33
  East High four-star recruits Junior Angilau and Sam “Taki” Taimani lined up side-by-side Wednesday morning, but not on the offensive line this time.Their motto has been, “East guards for life,” but they sat down in the high school commons in front friends and family to sign the National Letters of Intent that would send them in opposite directions. Angilau signed with the University of Texas and Taimani with the University of Washington when the early signing period opene
  
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• Last uncounted ballots: Moore can't close 20,000-vote loss

  20-12-2017 22:32
  Montgomery, Ala. • Republican Roy Moore hasn’t conceded his 20,000-vote loss to Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama’s Senate race, and military and provisional vote totals announced Wednesday aren’t enough for Moore to close the deficit.Jones beat Moore on Dec. 12 to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Alabama in a quarter-century. Moore was beset by allegations of sexual misconduct involving teenage girls decades ago.Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill ann
  
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• Commentary: Killing Mike Lee’s child tax credit plan reveals the GOP to be the party of welfare for the rich.

  20-12-2017 22:24
  Before I began my current job at a free-market think tank in Washington, I spent more than a year working on the sales floor of a Target store in Cary, North Carolina. As I contemplated transferring colleges, I pieced together some additional income here and there, but for the most part I got by on just over $8 an hour. Some weeks, I got almost a full 40 hours, some only 12. But I managed: As a single, childless young man, I had few expenses beyond my own minimal upkeep.I’ve been working s
  
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• Coming 12/27/17. #MACUMoment #TakeNote https://t.co/Wm5vb9AWgM

  20-12-2017 22:21 via twitter.com
  
  Coming 12/27/17.#MACUMoment #TakeNote https://t.co/Wm5vb9AWgM
  
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• Prairie dog endangered-species plan eases rules under Trump

  20-12-2017 22:16
  Salt Lake City • Wildlife managers under the Trump administration are moving to loosen contentious endangered-species protections for Utah prairie dogs, flipping the script in a face off over federal policies.A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan would allow prairie dogs to be killed or removed from private property, relaxing federal regulations designed to protect the threatened species.The agency said Wednesday the plan will preserve the prairie-dog numbers while helping southern Utah
  
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• Caroline Stringfellow's phenomenal freshman soccer season earns her Tribune Player of the Year honors

  20-12-2017 22:11
  The 2017 girls’ soccer season proved a rarity when the rookie of the year also proved to be the most valuable player.Freshman midfielder Caroline Stringfellow burst onto the high school soccer scene, scoring 29 goals and assisting on 32 to lead the resurgence of Syracuse soccer. The Titans capped a historic season with a 17-3 record, the school’s first Region 1 soccer title, first playoff victory and first state championship appearance.Her performance earned her the Tribune Player of
  
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• Meet the 2017 girls’ soccer All-Tribune team

  20-12-2017 21:45
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• Trump celebrates after Congress wraps up massive tax package

  20-12-2017 21:27
  Washington • President Donald Trump cheered a massive overhaul of U.S. tax laws Wednesday, saying “we broke every record.”Flanked by Republican lawmakers, the president took a bow outside the White House shortly after the House finished its last-minute re-vote to pass the $1.5 trillion bill that provides generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families.Democrats call the legislation a boon to the ric
  
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• 2017 girls’ soccer all-state teams

  20-12-2017 21:12
  The TribPreps staff invited all the girls’ soccer coaches to vote for players in their team’s classification. These are the results of the balloting.Class 6AFirst teamF • Kendall Petersen, Sr., NorthridgeF • Sarah Wynn, Fr., SyracuseF • Ashlyn Hall, Soph., SyracuseF • Bry Carson, Sr., Pleasant GroveMF • Caroline Stringfellow, Fr., SyracuseMF • Jamie Shepherd, Jr., American ForkMF • Emma Lightfoot, Sr., HerrimanMF • Zoe Jacobs, Jr., DavisD &bull
  
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• Tonights 🗝 Matchup: Rodney Hood vs. Paul George Tipoff 🕰: 6PM MT #UTAatOKC https://t.co/RMQ6RdjKDP

  20-12-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  Tonights 🗝 Matchup: Rodney Hood vs. Paul GeorgeTipoff 🕰: 6PM MT#UTAatOKC https://t.co/RMQ6RdjKDP
  
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• BYU signs a three-star QB from Texas, but will have to wait on undecided Corner Canyon QB Zach Wilson

  20-12-2017 20:55
  Provo • BYU will have a lot of quarterbacks competing for the starting job next fall, but that didn’t stop the Cougars from going after more QBs as the new early signing period for college football prospects began Wednesday across the country.Last weekend, BYU invited Corner Canyon quarterback Zach Wilson to campus for an official visit after Wilson backed away from a longtime pledge to Boise State. Wilson cancelled a planned visit to Iowa to go to Provo instead.However, Wilson said W
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - How the Utah Jazz have been better this season without Rudy Gobert

  20-12-2017 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... ma City Thunder: Keys to close out the road trip with a win The J-Notes Utah Jazz react: Gordon, CP3 and Capela crush in the clutch The J-Notes 2017-18 NBA Po ...
  
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• Bundy ranch standoff case declared mistrial

  20-12-2017 20:47
  Las Vegas • A U.S. judge in Nevada declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against a states’ rights figure, his two sons and another man accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents during a cattle grazing dispute.Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro in Las Vegas dismissed a jury seated last month for the long-awaited trial of Cliven Bundy, his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and self-styled Montana militia leader Ryan Payne.It is the latest in a string of failed prose
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell will miss tonight's Jazz-Thunder game with toe contusion

  20-12-2017 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... p, in order to keep Hood the leader of a potent second unit. Either way, the Jazz will be shorthanded without Mitchell, his scoring prowess and his sheer athl ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Potty-mouthed ex-NBA star rants about stolen toilet

  20-12-2017 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  ...of Lorenzen Wright charged with murder in 2010 death Gobert, Favors hurt in Jazz's 107-95 win over Celtics Bryant scores season-high 29, BYU beats rival Utah ...
  
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• If Carrie went to college, it might be like ’Thelma,’ a scary and sexy thriller

  20-12-2017 20:16
  To avoid giving away the delicious chills of Joachim Trier’s dark thriller “Thelma,” I won’t divulge the details of the movie’s most quietly spooky scene. I’ll only call it the “windowpane shot,” and you’ll have to see for yourself what I mean.But that’s only one of the edge-of-the-seat shocks in this effective thriller, which the Utah Film Critics Association voted the best non-English-language movie of 2017.Thelma (Eili Harboe) is you
  
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• Donovan Mitchell will miss tonight's Jazz-Thunder game with toe contusion

  20-12-2017 20:15
  Oklahoma City • The Jazz will regain the services of one of their starting five, but lose another.
  They will be without the services of their dynamic rookie, Donovan Mitchell, at least for Wednesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.Meanwhile, Derrick Favors has cleared concussion protocol and is probable for tonight’s game.Mitchell will miss the first game of his career because of a toe contusion.Jazz at Thunder<br>When • Wednesday, 6 p.m. MST<br>TV • ATTS
  
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• Gary Oldman shines brightly as Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour‘

  20-12-2017 20:01
  It’s an odd thing to hear Winston Churchill laugh, but laugh he does — in the face of his political opposition, the weight of history and Adolf Hitler — in “Darkest Hour,” a historical drama that is a showcase for a grand performance by Gary Oldman.The gaunt Oldman dons a fat suit and plenty of prosthetic makeup, painstakingly designed by makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), to portray the gruff, growling Churchill. Oldma
  
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• Jennifer Rubin:Americans have a much bigger concern than taxes

  20-12-2017 20:00
  While the White House and congressional Republicans fixate on the tax bill, most Americans have their eyes on other issues. According to Gallup:“Americans named dissatisfaction with government as the most important problem facing the nation in 2017, the third time in the past four years that government has been at the top of the list. The second most frequently mentioned problem in 2017 was healthcare, followed by race relations, immigration, the need to unify the country, and the economy.
  
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• Inversion clears over Utah’s Wasatch Front, replaced by a dirty wind-blown dust storm

  20-12-2017 19:53
  Utah endured several hours of nasty air on Wednesday morning as a wind storm all but clogged the state’s dust-detecting air monitors.One state Division of Air Quality sensor pollution located in Herriman reported 900 micrograms of particulate matter on Wednesday — the highest reading the device is capable of detecting, according to Bo Call, who oversees state air-quality monitoring.But unlike frigid and stagnant weather conditions in recent weeks that create inversions and trap air p
  
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• [KSL] - Patrick Kinahan: Jazz have a new franchise player — again

  20-12-2017 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  ...future. With Hayward gone, along with starting point guard George Hill, the Jazz climb up the Western Conference standings was thought to be nothing more tha ...
  
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• Utah State Prison officer accused of sending sexually explicit online messages to law enforcement officer posing as a 13-year-old

  20-12-2017 19:49
  A now-fired Utah State Prison corrections officer has been accused of sending sexually explicit messages through a social media website to a law enforcement officer posing as a 13-year-old.On Dec. 11, Ross Marco Cameron, 35, was arrested on suspicion of enticing, soliciting, seducing or luring a minor over the internet. Formal charges have not been filed.Cameron had been a correctional officer for two years before he was fired on Dec. 12, confirmed Utah State Prison spokeswoman Maria Peterson, w
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell has healed the wound left by Gordon Hayward

  20-12-2017 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... r.” — NBA TV (@NBATV) The trade deadline is coming and expect moves from the Jazz. Here are some things to look for according to Bobby Marks from ESPN. What t ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell out against Thunder with bruised big toe

  20-12-2017 19:33 via sportspyder.com
  ...in position to win the game.” Russell Westbrook talks about facing the Utah Jazz tonight. Only Russ will bite his nails during the interview. 😂 pic.twitter.c ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Turkey wants to jail former Jazz star Enes Kanter for insulting president Recep Erdogan

  20-12-2017 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  ... ing more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter, a former Utah Jazz player, on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Anadolu Agen ...
  
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• It's a done deal: Congress wraps up massive tax package

  20-12-2017 19:17
  Washington • Congressional Republicans delivered an epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, bringing generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families.In a re-vote due to a last-minute hiccup, the House passed the massive $1.5 trillion tax package that affects everyone’s taxes but is dominated by breaks for business and higher earners. Democrats call the legislation a boon to
  
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• Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell out against Thunder with bruised big toe

  20-12-2017 19:10
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The league’s reigning MVP is unbothered.Immediately following shootaround Wednesday, Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook takes questions from the media while chowing on his nails like they’re a fresh bucket of KFC chicken.Some he answers, some he skips.“Next question,” he tells one guy.At 6 p.m. MT, Westbrook and the Thunder will tipoff against the visiting Utah Jazz in the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Utah will be playing without it star rookie
  
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• Off beat: 7 movie musicals that are beyond the normal

  20-12-2017 19:08
  Of course, people don’t break out into song at the most emotional moments of their lives. That’s why we have musicals.But audiences these days don’t necessarily want the classic strains of “Oklahoma!” or “My Fair Lady.” They’re after something a little more unusual and challenging.With the musical P.T. Barnum biography “The Greatest Showman” and the a cappella-filled “Pitch Perfect 3” hitting theaters this pre-Christmas week
  
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• Letter: Dugout Ranch — where cattle and climate research meet

  20-12-2017 19:08
  File this under “Environmental politics make for strange bedfellows.”The Nature Conservancy owns Dugout Ranch. A buffer zone adjacent to Canyonlands National Park, it’s the largest public and private parcel within Bears Ears National Monument, a little over 20 percent of the total. The environmental group runs a climate-change research station there and a bunch of cattle.Many supporters of the monument have roundly criticized ranchers, justly in many cases, as contributing to
  
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• Turkey wants to jail former Jazz star Enes Kanter for insulting president Recep Erdogan

  20-12-2017 19:07
  Ankara, Turkey • Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for NBA player Enes Kanter, a former Utah Jazz player, on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Anadolu Agency says an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office accuses the New York Knicks player of insulting the president in a series of tweets he posted in May and June 2016.Kanter said he wasn't concerned and continued his criticisms of Erdogan, sayi
  
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• Letter: Americans subjected to the greatest tax fraud in years

  20-12-2017 19:07
  The poor and middle class are on track to be subjected to the greatest tax fraud in years. Donald Trump and the Republican leadership have repeatedly said that their reform proposal is focused primarily on tax cuts for the middle class. It’s a clever disguise designed to hide the fact that it is a massive tax cut for corporations and the super rich including Trump himself.Many experts cite evidence that most corporate tax cuts go primarily to stockholders and greater profits for corporati
  
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• U.S. women's hockey hopes for gold rest on trio of rookie goaltenders

  20-12-2017 19:05
  Wesley Chapel, Fla. • Maddie Rooney, Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby all are Olympic rookies. Even though Robb Stauber has coached Americans in the Winter Games before, Pyeongchang will mark his debut as head coach on the biggest stage for women's hockey.They all have something else in common.They are all goaltenders, used to the pressure of being a team's last line of defense. Stauber, who played 62 games in the NHL with Los Angeles and Buffalo, believes simply being a goalie prepares a pla
  
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• Rays trade franchise legend Evan Longoria to Giants for four players

  20-12-2017 19:03
  San Francisco • The San Francisco Giants have acquired infielder Evan Longoria and cash from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Denard Span, infielder Christian Arroyo and two minor league pitchers.The teams announced the moves Wednesday.The 32-year-old Longoria leaves Tampa as the longest-tenured player in franchise history, after spending nearly 10 seasons in a Rays uniform. He is the club's all-time leader with 1,435 games played, 261 home runs and 892 RBIs. Of the 30 postseason games in
  
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• Real Salt Lake signs Brooks Lennon to new deal, after getting him on loan from Liverpool last season

  20-12-2017 18:46
  At first, Brooks Lennon wasn’t expecting to get a permanent deal from Real Salt Lake, after coming here on loan from Liverpool.“When I came on loan it was just to get more playing time and experience MLS a little bit,” he told The Salt Lake Tribune.Lennon achieved that, and more on Wednesday. RSL announced that it has signed Lennon to a new contract, acquiring the RSL Academy product on a permanent basis from Liverpool. The team did not disclose the terms of the agreement. &ldq
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Donovan Mitchell (right great toe contusion) is out.    Derrick Favors (concussion) i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-12-2017 18:45 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report:Donovan Mitchell (right great toe contusion) is out.   Derrick Favors (concussion) i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah is seeing faster population growth than every state except for Idaho and Nevada, say new Census estimates

  20-12-2017 18:43
  Utah is the third-fastest growing state in the nation, according to new census data released Wednesday.Over the past year, the population increased by 1.9 percent — or slightly more than 57,500 people — and closely followed behind similar surges in Idaho at 2.2 percent and Nevada at 2.0 percent.The main reason for the Beehive State’s boom? Is a continuation of its high-birth rate, relative to the rest of the nation.“Domestic migration drove change in the two fastest-growi
  
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• Real Salt Lake signs Brooks Lennon, whom they had on loan last season from Liverpool

  20-12-2017 18:16
  Real Salt Lake has signed academy product Brooks Lennon, the team announced Wednesday.“Lennon is another key player in what we believe to be one of the youngest and most exciting attacking groups in the league,” RSL general manager Craig Waibel said in a team release, “and Brooks adds depth to the choices the coaching staff possess each day as he can fill multiple roles within the front four and play them all very well.”Lennon, 20, came to Real Salt Lake on loan from Live
  
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• Winners of The Tribune’s charity drive prize drawing announced

  20-12-2017 18:14
  The Salt Lake Tribune and Mark Miller Subaru’s charity drive to benefit Volunteers of America, Utah has concluded — thank you for providing these needed items for homeless teens and young people.All those who entered our drawing for prizes provided by The Tribune and Mark Miller Subaru during this event will be able to see if they’ve won during a livestream of the drawing this morning.Prizes include Row 1 Jazz tickets; a ski package; movie tickets; lunch with Tribune humor colu
  
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• Kirby: My heart goes out to those poor elves — you know who they are — as the Christmas clock counts down

  20-12-2017 18:14
  At this moment, countless elves are feverishly hammering away to fill the Christmas gift demands of people all over the world. It’s an ugly business.From the garage, where Santa’s sled is getting a final tuneup, to the paddocks, where reindeer are being given preflight enemas, to the last elf on the assembly line, placing “batteries not included” stickers on items, the entire North Pole is a hive of hysterical activity.Imagine the elves. These poor creatures — of wh
  
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• Utah town of Bluff will burn dancing bears in effigy in nod to monument controversy

  20-12-2017 18:12
  Rising on the north side of U.S. Highway 191 in the tiny Utah town of Bluff is a curious sculpture, fashioned from willows and branches and depicting two bears embraced in a traditional Ute dance step.On Thursday night, the 15-foot-high effigy will go up in flames as Bluff residents and their friends gather for an annual celebration of the winter solstice — this year, with a nod to the former Bears Ears National Monument.The fleeting sculptures are the handiwork of Bluff artist Joe Pachak,
  
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• Jazz // Thunder // TONIGHT 🙌 Tipoff: 6PM MT #UTAatOKC https://t.co/eas6o779oC

  20-12-2017 18:07 via twitter.com
  
  Jazz // Thunder // TONIGHT 🙌Tipoff: 6PM MT#UTAatOKC https://t.co/eas6o779oC
  
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• Utah is seeing faster population growing than every state except for Idaho and Nevada, say new Census estimates

  20-12-2017 18:05
  Utah is the third-fastest growing state in the nation, according to new census data released Wednesday.Over the past year, the population increased by 1.9 percent — or slightly more than 57,500 people — and closely followed behind similar surges in Idaho at 2.2 percent and Nevada at 2.0 percent.The main reason for the Beehive State’s boom? Is a continuation of its high-birth rate, relative to the rest of the nation.“Domestic migration drove change in the two fastest-growi
  
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• Utah football locks up four-star quarterback Jack Tuttle to start early signing period

  20-12-2017 18:04
  Utah football started the first day of the early signing period by securing one of the top high school passers in the nation, signing Jack Tuttle from San Diego to a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday morning.Tuttle, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound quarterback out of Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, Calif., becomes the highest-rated quarterback signing in program history. National powerhouses such as USC, Alabama and LSU vied for the four-star prospect during the recruiting process.Tuttle, who
  
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• BYU lands three-star QB from Texas

  20-12-2017 17:48
  Provo • BYU never has played an African-American quarterback in a college football game, but that soon could change.The Cougars signed their second black quarterback in three years Wednesday as the early signing period began, getting the signature of Stacy Conner, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound prospect from Wylie, Texas.Maple Mountain QB Jaren Hall, son of former BYU running back Kalin Hall and brother of current BYU RB KJ Hall, signed with BYU in 2016 but is on a church mission and will return in
  
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