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• [Fox Sports] - Nuggets ditch happy trails to host struggling Jazz (Dec 26, 2017)

  25-12-2017 23:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... nues below ... Malone hopes that belief carries over to the game against the Jazz, who have won both matchups this season. The Nuggets collapsed in the fourth ...
  
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• Letter: Trump talks like a sailor, but has the GOP in ship shape

  25-12-2017 23:31
  I stand all amazed at how many expected the Donald Trump presidency to split the Republicans in two. As I saw Utah’s heavy hitters Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Rob Bishop, Gary Herbert up there on the podium with Donald Trump’s Bears Ears speech, it seemed to me Republican unity is better than I’ve ever seen it before within my lifetime so far.We Democrats can only dream of the kind of unity and discipline the Republicans have these days. I don’t think we can even take it for g
  
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• Letter: Bigotry should not be allowed to hide behind religion

  25-12-2017 23:31
  I believe in freedom “of” religion. All are free to worship whomever or whatever they choose, in their own environment: Home, church, synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.I also believe in freedom “from” religion. People cannot use their beliefs as a shield to protect their bigotry and prejudices from those who do not agree with them. The public should not have to tolerate others’ intolerance.Glen V. Ruff, Springville
  
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  25-12-2017 23:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Burning Man ticket prices hold steady for 2018

  25-12-2017 23:30
  Reno • Burning Man organizers say there will be no increase in the price of tickets to this summer’s annual counter-culture event in the northern Nevada desert.The Reno Gazette-Journal reports ticket prices will range from $190 to $1,200 each — the same as last year. Vehicle passes will remain $80.The bulk of the ticket sales offered in a series of tiers will occur during the main sale in March.But so-called Burners can pre-register with Burning Man online for the early sale of
  
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  25-12-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa in ‘The Sound of Music,’ dies at 68

  25-12-2017 22:53
  Los Angeles • Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 68.Her son, actor Ryan Urich, told Variety that his mother died late Sunday in Frankford, Ontario. She recently had been diagnosed with brain cancer.“She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest,” Urich said.Menzies-Urich played Louisa von Trapp, the third-oldest of the seven von Trapp
  
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• Utah man wearing body armor and wielding a battle ax shot by police in standoff

  25-12-2017 22:42
  St. George • Authorities in Utah say police shot a man in the chest after he claimed he had explosives in his home and wielded a medieval-style battle ax, but he survived with no serious injuries because he was wearing body armor.Cedar City police say two officers first tried using stun guns, but the darts had no apparent effect before an officer shot 38-year-old Benjamin Dee Wilcken early Monday morning.Wilcken later surrendered and was arrested.The Spectrum of St. George reports that an I
  
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• Ute football backer: ‘The team needs fans more than my kids need me on Christmas’

  25-12-2017 22:31
  The day-after-Christmas date and the driving distance of the Heart of Dallas Bowl are big deterrents.Those factors likely will result in Utah’s crowd Tuesday afternoon at the Cotton Bowl Stadium being among the lowest during the school’s modern era of bowl appearances, beginning 25 years ago. And that’s exactly why Terri Treat insisted on going to Dallas.“The team needs fans more than my kids need me on Christmas,” she said.So she and her husband, Terry, Taylorsvill
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - A Christmas Miracle: Utah Jazz release Nike City Uniforms!

  25-12-2017 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  ...and the primacy of the honeybee. "They were good ideas," says Steve Starks, Jazz president. "People would have liked them. But we challenged Nike. This was a ...
  
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  25-12-2017 22:30 via twitter.com
  
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• Letter: Trump's M.O.: Fire at will and act like a king

  25-12-2017 22:10
  It is clear that President Trump is attempting to run his presidency based on two principles.First, he is clearly functioning as the host of The Apprentice, firing people at will. He has decimated his cabinet and created both a vacuous Department of State and cleaned out the federal judiciary so that he can feel free to appoint lawyers only of his choosing.Secondly, he has been trying to behave as a king, appointing members of his family to high Cabinet positions initially and, recently, declari
  
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• Letter: Design a transit system where we all share the costs equally

  25-12-2017 22:08
  Transit in the valley needs to copy the pattern established all over our bigger cities. Force the cost of downtown parking so high that the folks from Draper, Daybreak and the high priced enclaves in Davis County will pay far more than the price of a current transit ticket to avoid needing to drive to work. And then hike fares accordingly.The Red Line and the Blue Line during every rush hour are taken with commuting fat cats, spread all over sparse seating, to the extent that any of the folks f
  
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• Utah will have to disrupt West Virginia’s top-ranked offense if it wants to win the Heart of Dallas Bowl

  25-12-2017 22:05
  Dallas • West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen sat at the dais and quipped sarcastically that with the vast amount of time since the end of the season he’d installed three or four new offenses to accommodate his backup quarterback taking over as the starter.The Utes’ hopes of defeating the Mountaineers (7-5) in the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl at 11:30 a.m. MT Tuesday, finishing the season with a winning record and capturing a fifth consecutive postseason victory likely hinge
  
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  25-12-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Albert R. Hunt: Some good things actually happened in 2017

  25-12-2017 21:58
  I’m a critic of President Donald Trump, so most of the 150 columns I’ve written this year have been negative. Now, in the holiday spirit, it’s time to celebrate the good stuff that happened in 2017.• A groundbreaking ceremony for the Jackie Robinson Museum took place in April, 70 years after the Brooklyn Dodger great broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier and ended almost 80 years of segregation. Located in lower Manhattan, this tribute to the civil rights pione
  
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• In their new redrock-inspired uniforms, the Utah Jazz are aiming to be bold

  25-12-2017 21:22
  Before you fill out the comment card, know this: The Jazz have already heard the complaints that the new uniform isn’t blue.That was never the point of Utah’s fourth and most enigmatic jersey unveiling: The Jazz wanted something beyond the norm. Initially, when Nike approached the organization a year ago with a handful of pitches for “City” uniforms to represent Salt Lake City, the Jazz asked the company to look a little deeper.“They came with some initial concepts
  
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• Kragthorpe: Is the Ute offense really better? Whittingham says so, but more proof is needed vs. West Virginia.

  25-12-2017 21:01
  Last December, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s degree of disgust with his offense was so high that not even a drive to a game-winning field goal in the Foster Farms Bowl could satisfy him.The offense’s shortcomings in losses to Oregon and Colorado to end the 2016 regular season were enough to drive staffing changes soon after the 26-24 bowl victory over Indiana. Andy Phillips’ four field goals in that game illustrated the problem, as opposed to a winning solution.A year later, go
  
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• For his role in the shrinking of Bears Ears and the passage of a tax bill, Sen. Orrin Hatch is The Tribune’s Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2017 20:46
  Washington • Love him or hate him, Sen. Orrin Hatch racked up big wins in 2017 on long-promised Republican goals of overhauling the U.S. tax code, erasing Obamacare’s individual mandate and gutting two sprawling national monuments that angered many southern Utahns and Hatch’s conservative base.President Donald Trump even took a day — during a time when the tax overhaul, North Korea and other pressing matters were on his plate — to fly to Utah to announce the sweeping
  
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• Why a man left a box of manure on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s doorstep

  25-12-2017 20:45
  It was one of those gag cards you can buy in a drugstore. "Merry Catsmess!" read the caption. And in a personal touch, as if for emphasis, Robby Strong had enclosed a box of horse manure."To Stevie," he wrote on the envelope, meaning Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, for whose doorstep the manure was bound."We're returning the 'gift' of the Christmas tax bill. It's b--." Strong wrote on the card. "Warmest Wishes, The American People."And then, he says, he went through with it. On Saturday, Stro
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Now we know why Republicans are attacking the FBI

  25-12-2017 20:39
  CNN reported that Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe this week testified before the House Intelligence Committee and then before members of the House Intelligence, Oversight and Judiciary committees that former FBI director James Comey told McCabe that President Donald Trump had asked for a pledge of loyalty. Comey previously testified that the president had requested loyalty; Trump has denied that this took place.Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Commit
  
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• A Closer Look. #Nikexnba https://t.co/0yEQS8cg1n

  25-12-2017 20:32 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz deliver Christmas gift to state by unveiling new 'City' jerseys

  25-12-2017 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  ...concept that we loved and then we’ve refined it together since that point.” Jazz x City Edition | For Utah The Details: https://t.co/0IRwk3yRL7 pic.twitter.c ...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz reveal red rock-inspired alternate jersey, court

  25-12-2017 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... ad four uniforms: "Association," "Icon," "Statement" and "City" jerseys. The Jazz's white, navy, and gold jerseys were released in August and September. The f ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - In their new redrock-inspired uniforms, the Utah Jazz are aiming to be bold.

  25-12-2017 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... nd that’s just what the Jazz wanted. “A little bit of the feedback we’ve gotten from leaks and stuff like ...
  
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• Utah Jazz deliver Christmas gift to state by unveiling new 'City' jerseys

  25-12-2017 20:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Surprise!Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas.For Utah Jazz fans, Santa Claus has delivered with an exclusive first-look at the new Nike “City Edition" uniform.Originally scheduled to unveil on Dec. 27, Utah’s alternate uniform is being rolled out today.“It’s our Christmas present to Utah,” said Frank Zang, Utah’s senior vice president of communications.The threads are inspired by the state of Utah’s natural beauty, including the red rocks,
  
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• Happy Holidays from all of us at the Utah Jazz!! https://t.co/uho87dcnnv

  25-12-2017 19:32 via twitter.com
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Why Orrin Hatch is Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2017 18:19
  These things are often misunderstood. So, lest our readers, or the honoree himself, get the wrong impression, let us repeat the idea behind The Salt Lake Tribune’s Utahn of the Year designation.The criteria are not set in stone. But this year, as many times in the past, The Tribune has assigned the label to the Utahn who, over the past 12 months, has done the most. Has made the most news. Has had the biggest impact. For good or for ill.The selection of Sen. Orrin G. Hatch as the 2017 Utahn
  
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• Winter storm brings a white Christmas — and a high avalanche warning — to Utah

  25-12-2017 17:16
  A winter storm brought a white Christmas to Utahns along the Wasatch Front.The National Weather Service reports about four inches of snow fell overnight in Salt Lake City. It’s not as much as last year — more than eight inches fell on Christmas day in 2016 — but Monday’s storm brought more snow than the entire 2017 winter season so far. Only 3.7 inches of snow had fallen prior, according to NWS.Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-30s on Monday in northern Utah, and
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - How Tribune readers voted on who should be Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2017 17:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng immigrants, 150 Christine Durham, retiring Utah justice, 145 Gail Miller, Jazz owner, 147 Ryan McKnight, Mormon leaker, 83 Article continues below Related...
  
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• The Salt Lake Tribune names Sen. Orrin Hatch, who urged Trump to trim Bears Ears and guided a tax overhaul through Congress, as Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2017 16:59
  Washington • Love him or hate him, Sen. Orrin Hatch racked up big wins in 2017 on long-promised Republican goals of overhauling the U.S. tax code, erasing Obamacare’s individual mandate and gutting two sprawling national monuments that angered many southern Utahns and Hatch’s conservative base.President Donald Trump even took a day — during a time when the tax overhaul, North Korea and other pressing matters were on his plate — to fly to Utah to announce the sweeping
  
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• How Tribune readers voted on who should be Utahn of the Year

  25-12-2017 16:59
  To say that Salt Lake Tribune readers may not agree with the editors’ choice of Orrin Hatch as Utahn of Year could be a colossal understatement.After all, Utah’s senior senator finished next to last in an unscientific online poll of potential nominees.Far and away, the survey winner — towering over all others, including 7-foot Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert and University of Utah nurse Alex Wubbels — was Savannah, the brave 13-year-old from Eagle Mountain who came out as a le
  
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• Meet the female Brigham Young University professors who cross academic boundaries and tackle women’s issues — by playing football

  25-12-2017 16:38
  Provo • The group of professors huddled around a table in the basement of the Harold B. Lee Library on Brigham Young University’s campus could be discussing 16th century English literature, or liberation movements in South Africa.Instead, they’re discussing football. And as associate English literature professor Brandie Siegfried walks into the room and holds up several neon colored sheets of paper, the group bursts into laughter.This is the playbook for their intramural flag fo
  
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• Gehrke: Did you get these Christmas cards from Utah politicos? They were strangely on-point

  25-12-2017 16:10
  Christmas is, of course, a time for tradition, and there isn't much that is more traditional than politicians sending out thousands and thousands of Christmas cards. But for some reason, the Christmas card haul was a little light this year.Maybe the cards got lost in the mail. Maybe our officials were just too busy working. But chances are it was the mail thing.So as a public service, I’ve taken the liberty to put together a few cards that I feel capture the year that was for several gover
  
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• #TheDeliverer 🎅📬 twitter.com/desnewssports/…

  25-12-2017 09:32 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Donovan Mitchell not a fan of Jonas Jerebko’s driving?

  25-12-2017 08:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... ns to battle Russell Westbrook 1 d ago Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell probable (!) for Saturday’s bout vs. OKC 1 d ago Utah Jazz ...
  
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• Fresno State beats Houston 33-27 in the Hawaii Bowl

  25-12-2017 08:07
  Honolulu • Marcus McMaryion could not have envisioned this success when he joined Fresno State four months ago.McMaryion threw for a career-best 342 yards and Jimmy Camacho made four field goals to help Fresno State beat Houston 33-27 on Sunday in the Hawaii Bowl.The Oregon State-transfer completed 33 of 48 passes to tie the Hawaii bowl record for completions set by Hawaii's Colt Brennan against Arizona State in 2006 and also matched by Fresno State's Derek Carr against SMU in 2012."I defin
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Donovan Mitchell not a fan of Jonas Jerebko’s driving?

  25-12-2017 07:52
  Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell is apparently unimpressed by Jonas Jerebko’s driving, while a YouTuber is unimpressed by the Jazz Bear. Long-time Utah Jazz fans can probably remember when former Jazzman Mehmet Okur started to take the ball to the rack. Okur, one of the league’s prototype stretch bigs, always had the 3-ball and some […]
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• Park City Institute sparks controversy with event featuring Monica Lewinsky, who’s ‘aggressively taking control of her own narrative’

  25-12-2017 03:00
  Mention the name Monica Lewinsky, and she still sparks controversy. Just ask Park City Institute artistic director Teri Orr, who booked Lewinsky to speak Jan. 6 as an activist against cyberbullying.“Is this the best the Park City Institute can come up with?” asked James F. Oshurt, of Millcreek, in a Salt Lake Tribune Public Forum letter last week, which prompted more than 100 online comments.Those comments prompted a Google alert to mortgage-industry executive Vincent Valvo, who plac
  
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• Pope Francis on Christmas: Bethlehem trek is like today’s migrations as refugees flee ‘Herods’ of the world

  25-12-2017 02:38
  Vatican City • Pope Francis in Christmas Eve remarks Sunday likened the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem to the migrations of millions of people today who are forced to leave homelands for a better life, or just for survival, and he expressed hope that no one will feel “there is no room for them on this Earth.”Francis celebrated late evening Christmas vigil Mass in the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, telling the faithful that the ‘’simple story”
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Christmas turned the world upside down

  25-12-2017 02:03
  Washington • When you ponder what Christmas celebrates, the holiday’s claim is staggering.N.T. Wright, the widely read biblical scholar and former Anglican bishop, captures its import by noting that the Gospels do not cast Jesus as “parachuting down from a great height to dispense solutions to all problems nor zapping everything into shape like some kind of Superman.”Rather, Wright observes in his book “Simply Good News,” Christ is shown as “living in the
  
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• Trump risks primary challenge from a GOP centrist, Flake says. And the Arizona senator isn’t ruling himself out.

  25-12-2017 01:38
  President Donald Trump is likely to face a challenge from an independent candidate, and possibly a fellow Republican, if he runs for a second term, as voters thirst for a more centrist alternative, Sen. Jeff Flake said Sunday."If the president is running for re-election, if he continues on the path that he's on, that's gonna leave a huge swath of voters looking for something else," said the Arizona Republican, who plans to leave the Senate at the end of 2018.Flake, who's emerged as one of the pr
  
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• Arizona State hires SDSU's Gonzales as defensive coordinator

  25-12-2017 00:59
  Tempe, Ariz. • Arizona State has hired San Diego State's Danny Gonzales as defensive coordinator.Gonzales, whose hiring was announced Sunday, spent the last seven seasons with the Aztecs. He was the safeties coach until being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2017.Gonzales replaces Phil Bennett, who opted not to join new coach Herm Edwards' staff because of personal and health reasons.San Diego State finished the season 11th nationally in total defense under Gonzales, allowing 303.5 yard
  
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• Businesses promise to interview at least one woman for top-level jobs— a move they hope will diversify new hires

  25-12-2017 00:33
  There are no women on the 11-member executive team that leads Overstock.com, a Utah-based online store that sells designer brands and home goods.On its board, a woman serves as chair. There are several women on its vice presidential team. But there are no women at the senior vice president level and above.In a step toward changing that gender imbalance, Overstock.com has joined at least 27 other Utah-based companies in signing the ParityPledge — a vow to interview at least one qualified wo
  
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• These heroic rats detect land mines. Now they might help save an endangered anteater.

  25-12-2017 00:15
  The pangolin, an endangered anteater that is one of the world's most poached animals, could use a hero. Fortunately, a big rat is training for the job.Actually, 11 African giant pouched rats are. At a research center in central Tanzania, the 2-foot-long rodents are learning to detect the smell of pangolins' armor-like scales, which are smuggled to Asia for use in sham traditional remedies. If the rats succeed, they and their twitching noses could eventually deploy to ports, national park borders
  
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• Overnight snow expected to increase avalanche danger on Christmas Day in Utah

  25-12-2017 00:14
  A backcountry avalanche watch issued Sunday for northern Utah mountains is expected to develop into dangerous avalanche conditions by Christmas morning with overnight snowfall.The Utah Avalanche Center said the avalanche watch is in effect until 6 a.m. Monday, when it could be upgraded to a warning. Both human-triggered and natural avalanches will become more likely, according to the center.The affected areas include the Wasatch range, Ogden-area mountains, the Bear River range and the western U
  
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