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• Bagley Cartoon: Disney Hall of Presidents

  21-12-2017 23:54
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017.You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.GOP Disaster ReliefUtah Women and the Hive MindTax Cut Hail MaryMueller Gets BustedBargain Basement Bears EarsThe Nine Billion Names of TrumpBishop’s Interview QuestionChristmas is Carbon!Middle Class Has to Pony UpThe Drug CzarWant more? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Francis Wilkinson: Trump's hyper-partisan presidency

  21-12-2017 23:47
  Remember when President Donald Trump was going to exploit the vulnerability of Democratic senators from red states and entice them to vote for his agenda? On Wednesday, the Senate passed the Republican tax-cut plan without a single Democratic aye. It wasn’t an anomaly; party-line votes are a mainstay of the Trump era.Ten Democratic senators are up for re-election in 2018 in states won by Trump. These are the Democrats who were poised to work with Trump not just on an imagined infrastructur
  
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• Game of Throws podcast: Utah's early signing class, Darren Carrington's redemption, and bowl predictions

  21-12-2017 23:18
  What do you think Kyle Whittingham’s favorite Christmas movie is? Our guess this year: West Virginia game film.As the Utes prepare for a Dec. 26 bowl matchup with the Mountaineers, we’ll take a look at Utah’s early signing day haul, Whittingham’s postseason success, Darren Carrington’s season at Utah and Kamrani’s dislike for Zaxby’s.You can listen to Game of Throws on iTunes.Or via SoundCloud.
  
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• Democrat Jenny Wilson says tax reform bill is a lump of coal for Utah's working families, blames Sen. Orrin Hatch

  21-12-2017 23:18
  The Democrat seeking to unseat Utah’s seven-term Sen. Orrin Hatch says the massive tax reform bill the Republican pushed through Congress this week is a gift for only the wealthiest on Santa’s Christmas list and a lump of coal for the state’s poor and working families.“Merry Christmas everyone,” Jenny Wilson said at a new conference Thursday morning. “I’m sorry to report the Grinch has arrived and the Grinch is Orrin Hatch.”On Wednesday, Congress p
  
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• Utah mother and her boyfriend charged in the death of her 14-month-old daughter

  21-12-2017 23:13
  A Cedar City woman and her boyfriend have been charged with murder and child abuse in connection the April death of the woman’s 14-month-old daughter.Cherokee May Dea, 24, and Brendan Russell Dalton, 30, were each charged Wednesday in 5th District Court with first-degree felony murder for the death of the girl, identified in court documents as G.L.D.They each also were charged with three counts of second-degree felony child abuse and one count of third-degree felony child endangerment.An a
  
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• Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments

  21-12-2017 23:12
  New York • Papa John’s founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the NFL leadership over national anthem protests by football players — comments for which the company later apologized.Schnatter will be replaced as chief executive by Chief Operating Officer Steve Ritchie on Jan. 1, the company announced Thursday. Schnatter, who appears in the chain’s commercials and on its pizza boxes, and is the company’s b
  
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• Seahawks fined $100K for Wilson concussion violation

  21-12-2017 23:10
  Renton, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have been fined $100,000 for not properly following concussion protocol with quarterback Russell Wilson during a game in November.The NFL and NFLPA announced their decision on Thursday following an investigation that lasted more than a month. Along with the financial penalty, Seattle’s coaching and medical staffs will be required to attend remedial training regarding the concussion protocol.Seattle is the first team fined for such a violation.The
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs: Keys to victory

  21-12-2017 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... n (@andyblarsen) December 21, 2017 This play characterizes a night where the Jazz lost focus. This type of behavior has been there off and on throughout the s ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Imagining the Utah Jazz without Donovan Mitchell

  21-12-2017 22:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... hell, and it was terrifying. Now imagine how sad this season would be if the Jazz had not drafted up and selected Donovan Mitchell in the draft. Go ahead and...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - All the Utah Jazz want for Christmas is a healthy roster

  21-12-2017 22:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... ottery for a chance at Luka Doncic. What do you want Santa to bring the Utah Jazz? Is it spacing for Donovan Mitchell? Is it Dante Exum returning this year? I ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump just told the truth. He may wish he hadn't.

  21-12-2017 22:54
  Washington — On Wednesday, the 335th day of his presidency, Donald J. Trump did something most extraordinary and uncharacteristic. He told the truth.The president, celebrating his $1.5 trillion tax cut with fellow Republicans at the South Portico of the White House, was midway through his remarks when he veered sharply off message.“I shouldn’t say this,” Trump said, “but we essentially repealed Obamacare.”No, he probably shouldn’t have said it. But it&rs
  
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• Watch: Fun NBA debut for former BYU star Kyle Collinsworth

  21-12-2017 22:45
  If Kyle Collinsworth had a weakness during his stellar BYU career, it was his outside shooting. Though he was Mr. Versatile and established a new NCAA triple-double record, the guard only hit 28 percent of his 3-point shots over four seasons.It only made sense, then, that Collinsworth’s first points in the NBA came from behind the arc on a smooth-looking shot from deep.That unforgettable moment happened Wednesday night when Collinsworth made his NBA debut a day after signing a two-way cont
  
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• Rolly: How two driven Skyline students helped pass a $238M bond that will save their leaky Utah high school

  21-12-2017 22:40
  The recent voter approval of a $238 million bond for Granite School District to rebuild some outdated schools and renovate and improve several others came after a hard-fought campaign.But outside of the politics and the public debates between well-funded factions on both sides of the issue, an intriguing two-person advocacy group formed on its own, with no formal backing and no organizational structure.And this little band of brothers may have been as effective as any professional outfit in help
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Cavaliers assign Isaiah Thomas to G-League team to practice

  21-12-2017 22:14 via sportspyder.com
  ...of Lorenzen Wright charged with murder in 2010 death Gobert, Favors hurt in Jazz's 107-95 win over Celtics Latest in section Big first half carries Fort Wayn ...
  
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• Injuries hampered his promising career, but Utah's Kylie Fitts is determined to go out in style

  21-12-2017 21:55
  Kylie Fitts tugs at his shoulder pads with one of his massive hands. In the other, he dangles his crimson Utah helmet. It’s one of the final practices of the year, and for members of Utah’s 2017 senior class, one of the last ever on campus. Fitts has his No. 11 jersey on. His gloves, too.He eventually fields a question he’s not only heard repeatedly over the last month, but one that has unfortunately has resonated for the last two years of the defensive end’s collegiate c
  
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• ‘We’ll get it done,’ Sen. Orrin Hatch vows on extending CHIP health care for low-income kids

  21-12-2017 21:54
  With little time left before Congress breaks for the year, Sen. Orrin Hatch remains confident lawmakers will extend an already-lapsed insurance program for children in low- to middle-income families.But for how long? That’s not yet settled.While Hatch has pushed for a five-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a short-term patch is looking more likely as part of the spending bill package to avert a government shutdown this week.That’s “far from ideal,
  
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• Bingham out to reverse fortunes against Maryland state champ

  21-12-2017 21:51
  There aren’t many accolades Bingham High School football hasn’t already claimed. So the chance to achieve something no Miners team has before is motivating this year’s squad leading into the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series this weekend.The Miners will get their third try at a Champions Bowl victory Saturday in Phoenix. They were one of four state championship teams selected from around the country for the event, which will be broadcast on ESPNU. Bingham is slated to take on B
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Donovan Mitchell (right great toe contusion) is questionable. Rudy Gobert (left PC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 21:50 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report:Donovan Mitchell (right great toe contusion) is questionable. Rudy Gobert (left PC… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UPD officer released from hospital after being attacked outside Millcreek area smoke shop

  21-12-2017 21:34
  A Unified Police Department officer has been released from the hospital after being attacked Thursday by a man outside a smoke shop near 900 East and 4500 South.The 28-year-old man had been causing a “disturbance” at the Murray Smoke Shop, so employees locked him out, Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said. The man slammed his body against a large window, and cracked it, before the Unified police officer arrived at 11:15 a.m. The officer shouted at the man, Lohrke said, and the man mov
  
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• Tonight, we bounce back 👊 Jazz // @spurs Tipoff: 8:30PM MT 📺: @NBAonTNT #SASatUTA https://t.co/uClKcHimHE

  21-12-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight, we bounce back 👊Jazz // @spurs Tipoff: 8:30PM MT📺: @NBAonTNT #SASatUTA https://t.co/uClKcHimHE
  
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• Snow College linebacker Connor Taylor named national junior college defensive player of the year

  21-12-2017 21:29
  Snow College sophomore Connor Taylor has been named the 2017 NJCAA Defensive Player of the Year.Taylor, a graduate of Davis High School, helped lead the Badgers to a 10-1 record in 2017 including a victory over Blinn College in the El Toro Bowl earlier this month.A force on the defensive front, Taylor led the NJCAA with 139 tackles this season, including 75 solo stops. The Kaysville native tallied 21 tackles for a loss and three sacks while forcing four fumbles during his 2017 campaign.For his e
  
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• ‘If Utah isn’t enforcing current DUI laws, why is it passing controversial new ones?’ national group asks

  21-12-2017 21:07
  The American Beverage Institute is again taking a swing at Utah and its controversial new drunken-driving law.
  This time the national lobbying group is criticizing the state for failing to enforce its mandatory ignition interlock device law.Utah has the second-worst compliance rate in the country for the in-car breathalyzers, according to the Traffic Injury Research Foundation. The device will prevent a vehicle from turning on if alcohol is detected in the driver’s system.
  “If Utah i
  
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• Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs: Keys to victory

  21-12-2017 21:00
  The Utah Jazz take on the San Antonio Spurs in their fifth game in seven nights. The Spurs will have Kawhi Leonard back in the lineup for the third time this season. In true “NBA gods, the universe and national media hate the Utah Jazz” fashion, the Jazz meet the San Antonio Spurs for the […]
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• UN measure rejects U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

  21-12-2017 20:58
  The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a measure rejecting the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, which was repeatedly criticized as undermining the prospects for peace.Despite blunt warnings that U.S. aid to countries that backed the resolution and even funding for the United Nations itself may be cut, the resolution on "illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of occupied Palestinian territory" got 128 votes.
  
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• For $9.95, MoviePass offers a movie ticket a day — putting theater owners on the spot and sparking alternatives.

  21-12-2017 20:58
  Justin Roylance likes to go to two or three movies a week — and thanks to a new subscription service, he’s not busting his budget.Roylance, a satellite technician in Ogden, is one of the approximately 600,000 subscribers to MoviePass, a service that promises nearly unlimited movie tickets for $9.95 a month — roughly the price of a single ticket.“It’s very easy to use, once you learn how to use the app, which isn’t very complicated,” he said.Using the pho
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at OKC Thunder recap: Brutal month hits new low

  21-12-2017 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ony Jones (@tribjazz) December 21, 2017 The first quarter ended 25-9 and the Jazz became only the second team (Bulls) to have two single-digit quarters so far ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: What Trump’s handiwork will bring in 2018

  21-12-2017 20:39
  Video: Deputy editorial page editor and columnist Ruth Marcus counts the reasons why she thinks the GOP tax bill is awful. (Gillian Brockell,Kate Woodsome/The Washington Post)Depending on your perspective, the high-fiving and back-slapping at the White House celebrating passage of the Republicans’ tax bill will either be run in GOP celebratory ads next year or used to shame GOP lawmakers who ran up the deficit mostly to benefit wealthy people (especially those among them who invest in real
  
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• Meet the 2017 volleyball All-Tribune team

  21-12-2017 20:28
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• Tribune volleyball Player of the Year Heather Gneiting found her voice in competition

  21-12-2017 20:27
  Pleasant Grove • Heather Gneiting is as assertive as one might expect from the team leader of one of the best high school volleyball squads in Utah, someone who will carry on the tradition of her father by playing sports at BYU.But there was a time, about 10 to 15 years ago, when the Tribune volleyballl Player of the Year was a shy girl who did her talking through an older sibling.When she had something she wanted to say, that is.“When she was younger, she was always real quiet, but s
  
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• 2017 volleyball all-state teams

  21-12-2017 20:27
  The TribPreps staff invited all the volleyball coaches to vote for players in their team’s classification. These are the results of the balloting.Class 6AFirst teamOH • Kazna Tarawhiti, Sr., Pleasant GroveOH • Madi Robinson, Sr., Lone PeakMB • Heather Gneiting, Sr., Pleasant GroveMB • Kennedi Boyd, Jr., Lone PeakS • Tayler Tausinga, Sr., American ForkS • Jaquelyn Langhaim, Sr., Lone PeakOPP • Seleisa Elisaia, Sr., BinghamOPP • Megan Sintay, Sr., Plea
  
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• In stumbling satire ‘Downsizing,’ it’s the ideas that got small

  21-12-2017 20:06
  Is there anything sadder than a smart premise gone to waste through misguided execution, like the one director Alexander Payne squanders in the dreary satire “Downsizing”?Payne has a lot of targets in his sights, including consumerism, do-gooding scientists and the obliviousness of well-to-do people to see beyond their own navels. And the premise he and co-writer Jim Taylor devise seems like a perfect projectile to hit those targets: a near future where scientists have devised a way
  
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• Alabama finds no voter fraud after probe of TV interview

  21-12-2017 20:05
  Montgomery, Ala. • Alabama election officials say they’ve found nothing improper after investigating a TV interview that raised suspicions of voter fraud in the state’s closely watched Senate election.Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore on Dec. 12 to become the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Alabama in a quarter-century. Moore was beset by accusations of sexual misconduct involving teenage girls. He has denied the allegations.During the live, election-ni
  
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• Monson: Players catch flak for skipping bowl games, but can you blame them? They get trinkets while coaches reel in big bonuses and bowl execs make millions.

  21-12-2017 20:04
  Didn’t you used to love college bowl games?The tradition, the pageantry, the competition, the glory and the glamor they bring.Do you still love that stuff?Maybe not, not anymore. Not if you open your eyes.And if you don’t and you do, you’re not alone. Some players have lost their love, too, bailing on their teams that are playing in assorted postseason games.When Utah hits the field in the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl the day after Christmas, it will face a West Virginia
  
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• All-Star voting has BEGUN!! 🌟 Cast your vote NOW for all of your Jazz players!! 🎷 👉☑️: UtahJazz.com/vote 👈… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 19:52 via twitter.com
  All-Star voting has BEGUN!! 🌟Cast your vote NOW for all of your Jazz players!! 🎷👉☑️: UtahJazz.com/vote 👈… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Prayer may help relieve stress, but fewer Americans make time for it

  21-12-2017 19:45
  For many Americans, the days before Christmas are stress central.There’s the scramble to fit in one more shopping spree, the rush to post Christmas greetings, attend church services, volunteer at the soup kitchen, bake cookies, wrap gifts, fight traffic.And then, when families finally gather, there are the simmering feuds just waiting to erupt.Americans are feeling stressed during the holidays — and year-round.The American Psychological Association’s newest “Stress in Ame
  
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• Pope Francis prays for merciful final judgment for Cardinal Law, whose role in pedophile priest scandal was depicted in film ‘Spotlight’

  21-12-2017 19:31
  Vatican City • Pope Francis prayed Thursday for a merciful final judgment for Cardinal Bernard Law, presiding over the funeral rites for a man who epitomized the Catholic Church’s failure to protect children from pedophile priests and its arrogance in safeguarding its own reputation at all costs.In a final blessing at Law’s funeral Mass at the back altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis blessed Law’s coffin with incense and holy water and recited the ritual prayer co
  
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• Monson: Players catch flak for skipping bowl games, but they get trinkets while coaches reel in big bonuses and bowl execs makes millions. Can you blame them?

  21-12-2017 19:15
  Didn’t you used to love college bowl games?The tradition, the pageantry, the competition, the glory and the glamor they bring.Do you still love that stuff?Maybe not, not anymore. Not if you open your eyes.And if you don’t and you do, you’re not alone. Some players have lost their love, too, bailing on their teams that are playing in assorted postseason games.When Utah hits the field in the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl the day after Christmas, it will face a West Virginia
  
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• Thanks to cult status and James Franco, ‘The Room’ gets the fame it never earned

  21-12-2017 19:02
  A fair number of Utahns have stayed up late the past few weekends to watch a really, really awful movie.Since Thanksgiving weekend, the Tower Theatre has offered late-night screenings of “The Room,” the infamous 2003 melodrama that was self-financed by its preening star, Tommy Wiseau. The Tower, at 876 E. 900 South, is doing it again this weekend, with screenings Friday and Saturday at 11 p.m. and Sunday at noon (for those who don’t have any last-minute Christmas Eve chores).Th
  
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• Utah Jazz at OKC Thunder recap: Brutal month hits new low

  21-12-2017 19:00
  The Utah Jazz lost to the OKC Thunder in blowout fashion, 107-79. Russell Westbrook had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists in only 27 minutes of play. We all knew December was going to be rough for the Utah Jazz. Heading into this six-game road trip, the Chicago Bulls felt like the only winnable […]
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Paul George calls it ‘an honor’ to see Royce O’Neale, NBA foes in his Nike shoes

  21-12-2017 18:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... f Thunder blue, orange and white sneakers for the 107-79 victory against the Jazz. ...
  
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• Paul George calls it ‘an honor’ to see Royce O’Neale, NBA foes in his Nike shoes

  21-12-2017 18:55
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Jazz guard Rodney Hood is a Nike athlete.Some of his go-to kicks are Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George’s signature shoes, the Nike PG 1.But on Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Hood didn't want to give his opponent an edge so he decided to break out the brand new, black/white Nike Kyrie 4’s instead.His teammate Royce O’Neale decided to go with a custom pair of white/yellow Nike PG 1’s while being matched up against George.Hood said
  
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• Ruth Marcus: The tax bill is the worst domestic policy legislation in a lifetime.

  21-12-2017 18:45
  Watch: Deputy editorial page editor and columnist Ruth Marcus counts the reasons why she thinks the GOP tax bill is awful.(Gillian Brockell, Kate Woodsome/The Washington Post)
  
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• Letter: Our leaders failing to protect our most valued citizens

  21-12-2017 18:44
  On tap for Salt Lake City is haze in the air and confusion on the ground from Utah’s politicians and religious leaders. Trump declared Orrin Hatch a “fighter.” But who is Hatch fighting for?In 1997, he co-sponsored legislation for the Children’s Health Insurance Program; he now wants to defund it. As for Roy Moore, Hatch states that the things he allegedly did were “decades ago.” Hatch, a one time soldier for children, fights for those who perpetrate crimes ag
  
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• #tbt - Springfield, Massachusetts, December 1891. The game of Basketball is invented by Dr. James Naismith. 🏀 T… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  #tbt - Springfield, Massachusetts, December 1891.The game of Basketball is invented by Dr. James Naismith. 🏀T… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah County freeway shootout that injured two motorists started with a man locking his keys in his pickup truck

  21-12-2017 18:05
  A Utah County car chase and shootout that injured two people on Wednesday started after police tried to pull over a man who had shot out his pickup truck window because he had locked himself out of the vehicle.The man, 37-year-old Arturo Ray Gallemore-Jimenez, was in Nephi on Wednesday evening when he locked his keys inside his truck, according to Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon. He apparently didn’t want help from some passersby who had stopped and offered to call the poli
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Donovan Mitchell Is Relied Upon Like No Other NBA Rookie | SI.com

  21-12-2017 18:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... per game. There isn't much pounding to his game in his current context; many Jazz possessions whirl through the hands of the other four players before Mitchel ...
  
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• On the shortest day of the year, lower your expectations and let yourself hate the winter gloom if you want

  21-12-2017 18:03
  It’s 7:30 a.m. and the blue hour before dawn is lingering.Dec. 21 is a day of blue hours. The lowest sun of the year. Not long from now it’ll be over. Sunset is 5:03 p.m. A lot of us won’t see daylight today.I’m catching it, here at Ensign Peak, where I can see the clouds parting to cobalt in the distant sky. Mine are the first footsteps in yesterday’s snow — apart from deer tracks. It is cold and dark, and I’m alone.Let this be a day when cold, dark and
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz are in big trouble if Donovan Mitchell misses significant time

  21-12-2017 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... r an entire game. The Thunder absolutely punished the Jazz out of the gates, taking a 25-9 lead into the second quarter. Sure, the Jazz ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - The Utah Jazz point guard curse continues with Ricky Rubio

  21-12-2017 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  ...have been more evident. Hill instantly developed a solid chemistry with his Jazz teammates and began putting up career numbers. Yes, at long last it appeared ...
  
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• The Utah Jazz point guard curse continues with Ricky Rubio

  21-12-2017 17:55
  The Utah Jazz have been unable to find a true fixture at the point guard position since the Deron Williams days and unfortunately that curse seems to be continuing. Although there’s certainly been a lot of heartbreak throughout the history of the Utah Jazz, one of the most celebrated aspects among the Utah faithful is […]
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