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• Letter: Monument reduction (and its climate change implications) may turn Utahns into refugees

  29-12-2017 23:56
  There’s no shortage of reasons to condemn the Trump administration for shrinking Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. But one that gets less attention is its implications for climate change and migration.With millions of acres newly available for oil and gas development, we will likely increase Utah’s carbon footprint, hastening the impacts of climate change.By 2050, climate change is expected to displace 200 million people, none of whom will be considered refugees under the 1951
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert set for re-evaluation, Raul Neto’s status

  29-12-2017 23:51
  We’ve reached a moment of truth for Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert’s recovery from a knee injury. Also — an update on Raul Neto’s status against the Cleveland Cavaliers. To say that the Utah Jazz have missed Rudy Gobert recently is a massive understatement. December would have been tough-sledding for the team regardless, but the […]
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz might end up with a December hangover

  29-12-2017 23:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... ougars’ win. He was joined by and . Whole squad here on their day off — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) It’s nice too see Mitchell becoming part of the community, going ...
  
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• NBA cites Jazz guard Ricky Rubio for charitable contributions

  29-12-2017 23:23
  Getting recognition for charity has never been the point, Ricky Rubio said.Asked after Friday’s practice about receiving the NBA’s Community Assist Award for November, the Jazz point guard instead thought to another moment. Recently he held an event in Park City where he met Special Olympians, and he thought back to how happy they were to see him.“Their smiles was a gift from them to me,” he said. “We’re in a privileged spot where we can give back to the commu
  
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• We have assigned Tony Bradley to the @slcstars... again 😅 https://t.co/D9yYU1JhNE

  29-12-2017 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  We have assigned Tony Bradley to the @slcstars... again 😅 https://t.co/D9yYU1JhNE
  
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• Custom chocolates spur Pleasant Grove chocolatier's success

  29-12-2017 22:58
  Pleasant Grove • With a name like the Truffle Cottage, you might be surprised at how this Pleasant Grove custom chocolate business made a name for itself.Hint: It had very little to do with hearts or flowers, and very much to do with superheroes and frozen Han Solos.The Truffle Cottage has been quietly operating since 2013 in the basement of Jennie Hales' 150-year-old home in Pleasant Grove. In her commercial kitchen there, she creates custom chocolate truffle creations that regularly sell
  
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• Letter: Skipping over the major culprits of divisiveness in his op-ed, Herbert chose party line

  29-12-2017 22:36
  As one of Jewish faith, I immediately gravitated to the opinion piece by Gov. Gary Herbert published in the Dec. 12 issue of The Salt Lake Tribune concerning the meaning of Hanukkah.Herbert rightly derided Steve Bannon for his anti-Mormon statements regarding Mitt Romney. He furthermore denounced the intentional divisiveness of “Bannon and his ilk.” Unfortunately, Herbert failed to mention these remarks occurred at a rally for Roy Moore, the Alabama senatorial candidate who has been
  
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• Make It 3: Alabama, Clemson compete their classic trilogy

  29-12-2017 22:34
  New Orleans • When you're in the midst of a historic trilogy, it's hard to appreciate what it will mean to the ages.Alabama is focused on beating Clemson.Clemson is focused on beating Alabama.Taking time to savor the first two chapters between these college football juggernauts — and, ohhh, are they worth savoring — will only get in the way of preparing for the rubber match."I just try to take it day by day," Alabama center Bradley Bozeman said. "I'll look back on it when I'm 40
  
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• Report: Closer Wade Davis signs with Rockies

  29-12-2017 22:27
  It appears the Cubs will have a new closer for the 2018 season.Multiple reports say that Wade Davis has agreed to a three-year, $52 million deal with the Rockies. According to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan, the contract would be the highest per-year deal ever for a relief pitcher and includes a fourth-year vesting option that could raise the total to $66 million.Recently signed right-hander Brandon Morrow is the now likely candidate to replace the 32-year-old Davis as Cubs closer in ’18.The Cu
  
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• New Utah laws: Extra hotel tax, end of car safety checks

  29-12-2017 22:19
  Salt Lake City • Utah drivers in 2018 will save some money after lawmakers eliminated a required car safety check, but visitors to hotels, motels and campgrounds will feel a slight pinch in their pocketbooks under a new tax.The changes are among a handful of new laws taking effect Monday in Utah.Most of the roughly 500 laws passed by Utah legislators in 2017 took effect in May, a default date marking 60 days from the end of Utah’s short legislative session. A few dozen more took effec
  
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• Man killed by Virginia police had previous standoff in Utah

  29-12-2017 22:07
  Chester, Va. • Authorities in Virginia say a man who was killed in a standoff with police had previously been involved in an armed impasse with law enforcers in Utah.The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 38-year-old Kenneth Perna-Rutsky was involved in a 2014 armed standoff in Utah that ended without bloodshed. It wasn't clear if he was convicted of any charges in that incident near Salt Lake City.The information about the Utah standoff was confirmed by Chesterfield Police Maj. Edward Ca
  
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• Holly Richardson: Resolutions, SMART goals, CLEAR goals and BHAGs

  29-12-2017 22:07
  I love this time of year, this week of lag time between Christmas and the New Year. I love the promise of a fresh, new calendar and reflecting on the past year, the good, the bad and the ugly. I am grateful for years when the good outweighs the bad and the ugly. And, I love the chance to revisit goals and aspirations.I used to make “resolutions,” like so many of us. Unsurprisingly, for many years I was also part of the 92 percent whose resolutions have gone by the wayside by the time
  
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• How good is BYU? Saturday’s 2 p.m. showdown in Provo with Saint Mary's will tell the tale

  29-12-2017 21:53
  Provo • They have won nine-straight games, crept close to a top-50 RPI and held eight of their last nine opponents to fewer than 70 points with slightly better defensive play and a more deliberate pace when they have the ball.Coach Dave Rose’s 12-2 BYU basketball team has seemingly improved, but the question remains: Just how good are the new-look Cougars with junior Elijah Bryant and sophomore Yoeli Childs having replaced the Lone Peak Three as the club’s rising stars?Saturday,
  
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• Utah teacher to appeal firing after students see nudity in art

  29-12-2017 21:47
  Logan • A Utah art teacher says he will appeal a decision to fire him after his sixth-grade students saw nudity in classical paintings.The Herald Journal newspaper reported Thursday that Mateo Rueda was fired after police came to the school to investigate a classroom-pornography complaint filed over the educational postcards at the elementary school library in Hyrum.Rueda says he didn't know some works on the postcard set contained nudity, and took them away when they made students uncomfor
  
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• Letter: Give me better choices than the ‘lesser of two evils’

  29-12-2017 21:37
  When we were kids, we would contrive terrible choice situations and then ask “Which would you rather?” For example, “Would you rather be buried up to your neck in a hill of man-eating African army ants or stand 10 miles away from ground zero of a nuclear explosion?”Underlying that kind of “lose-lose” scenario is the assumption that you are going to lose; your only choice is how you lose. Our current political/cultural conflicts remind me of that game.Do you wa
  
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• Utah Royals trade for U.S. Women’s National Team defender Kelley O'Hara

  29-12-2017 21:22
  Utah Royals FC is bringing new meaning to building from the back this offseason.The new NWSL team has added a second U.S. women’s national team defender to its roster, acquiring Kelley O’Hara in a trade with Sky Blue FC, the Royals announced Friday. Along with O’Hara, Utah received midfielder Taylor Lytle and the 25th pick in this year’s NWSL College draft. In return, the Royals sent forward Shea Groom, defender Christina Gibbons and their fourth overall pick to the New J
  
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• Take a look back at our @AFCU Instant Rewind of the week! 📼 https://t.co/PWiX6CehtL

  29-12-2017 21:19 via twitter.com
  
  Take a look back at our @AFCU Instant Rewind of the week! 📼 https://t.co/PWiX6CehtL
  
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• George Pyle: What's really annoying about Orrin Hatch

  29-12-2017 21:13
  As is their wont, the folks on public radio gave me a lot more time to complete a thought than the guys who run cable TV news.So I had a much better one to offer the interviewer from KBUR’s “Here and Now” broadcast than I managed to squeeze into either of my auctioneer-speed talking head appearances on CNN or MSNBC.The thought being that Orrin Hatch’s primary embarrassment to Utah and to the nation is not so much his efforts to undermine the state’s status as an ete
  
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• Letter: Bagley's pollution cartoon not reality — consider Castle Country

  29-12-2017 21:12
  My sympathies for those who are enduring the continuing days of the inversion on the Wasatch Front. However, Pat Bagley’s attempt at humor in his cartoon caption, “Congratulations ‘hack’ you’re all getting coal for Christmas,” is not reality. Maybe the real reasons include the vast amount of smoke from the current devastating fires in California and the congestion of vehicles stuck on the freeways.I cordially invite Bagley to visit our scenic Castle Country an
  
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• 😯😯😯 #TakeNote https://t.co/bSphQJQnC0

  29-12-2017 21:12 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah man alleges ‘Dr. Phil’ show gave him alcohol, drugs before he appeared in disturbing 2013 episode

  29-12-2017 21:09
  In 2013, Utahn Todd Herzog made a shocking appearance on “Dr. Phil.” The winner of “Survivor: China” was so drunk and high he could barely walk, and the host declared, “In my opinion, you’re killing yourself, man.”Phil McGraw later added, “I’ve never talked to a guest who was closer to death.”But, according to Herzog — an admitted alcoholic — he was sober when he arrived at the Los Angeles studio where McGraw tapes his syndi
  
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• Letter: Lewinsky deserves credit for combating cyberbullying and online harassment

  29-12-2017 21:09
  James Oshust’s Dec. 12 letter about Monica Lewinsky’s appearance at the Park City Institute brought to mind my own confusion when I saw that she would be coming to speak. I also had no idea what exactly she could add to any public conversation.However, upon looking into her life after her ill-fated affair, and listening to her TED Talk (yes, that surprised me too), I have come to appreciate her efforts to effect change. I was born shortly before her affair came to light in 1998, but
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Orange Utah Jazz uniforms: What's not to like? All of it

  29-12-2017 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... r scheme might pay tribute to Utah’s color country, but I can’t picture many Jazz fans — even in Moab and St. George — liking it. Not if you grew up watching...
  
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• Letter: Twelve days of Trump — in a song

  29-12-2017 21:01
  On the first day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … Sar-ah Huck-a-bee.On the second day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … 2 ex-wives and …On the third day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … 3 groping denials.On the fourth day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … 4 international insults.On the fifth day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … 5 MISSPELLED TWEETS.On the sixth day of Christmas my POTUS gave to me … several gifts to Putin.On the seventh day
  
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• Orange Utah Jazz uniforms: What's not to like? All of it

  29-12-2017 21:00
  In the University of Utah fight song it says … We'll fight for dear old crimson for a Utah Man/Fan am I!Georgia Tech’s fight song includes this line: Oh! If I had a daughter, sir, I’d dress her in white and gold…One of Utah State’s fight songs says: The Aggie blue and fighting white…Those are colleges.Still, their colors are a tradition, as are professional team colors.Everyone gets alternate uniforms nowadays. A black version is the minimum. But the Jazz took it
  
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• Utah Royals trade for USWNT defender Kelley O'Hara

  29-12-2017 20:01
  Utah Royals FC is brining new meaning to building from the back this offseason.The new NWSL team has added a second U.S. women’s national team defender to its roster, acquiring Kelley O’Hara in a trade with Sky Blue FC, the Royals announced Friday. Along with O’Hara, Utah received midfielder Taylor Lytle and the 25th pick in this year’s NWSL College draft. In return, the Royals sent forward Shea Groom, defender Christina Gibbons and their fourth overall pick to the New Je
  
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• Salt Lake’s New Year’s Eve celebration will have food trucks, music and fireworks — but it won’t have the largest disco ball in America

  29-12-2017 19:55
  The giant MirrorBall, the 2,433-pound glittering orb so big it has to be hoisted on a crane, has been relieved of its end-of-year duties.After three years as the centerpiece of Salt Lake City’s New Year’s Eve celebration, the sparkling disco ball — aka The Illuminator — now sits in an undisclosed storage unit, unassembled, waiting for its next chance to shine.The MirrorBall was let go when the Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance decided to do away with its multiday winter fe
  
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• Man falls through ice into South Jordan lake

  29-12-2017 19:52
  A man fell through the ice into Oquirrh Lake in South Jordan on Friday morning.Fire crews were called out to the ice rescue about 11:21 a.m. at the Daybreak community, near 4500 W. Daybreak Parkway (11239 South), according to a Valley Emergency Communications dispatcher.The man was out of the lake by the time rescue crews arrived. They were treating him at the scene as of 11:45 a.m., the dispatcher said.The Tribune will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - LeBron James' games vs. Jazz have been memorable

  29-12-2017 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... , an undrafted rookie on a 10-day contract with the Jazz. He shot the 3 while falling backwards, and it went through, nothing but net ...
  
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• Happy New Year: Utah will not hike the gasoline tax to kick off 2018

  29-12-2017 19:45
  Low gasoline prices throughout 2017 are bringing drivers something extra to cheer as they ring in the new year: No increase in Utah’s fuel tax.In 2015, the Legislature passed a law that automatically increases the state gasoline tax once a year if average annual fuel prices have risen.The state charges 16.5 percent of the statewide average annual rack price for gasoline — and makes an adjustment to the price paid at the fuel pump once a year, on New Year’s Day.“Following
  
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• Injury-plagued Sarah Hendrickson aiming for return to ski jumping’s elite

  29-12-2017 19:44
  Park City • No matter where she is or what season she might be basking in, Sarah Hendrickson’s right knee throbs. It’s a dull pain, not sharp in discomfort, but it’s constant. It’s a reminder of how far she’s come, of this four-year cycle that hasn’t really given her a single break.“I can’t walk around a city without it hurting,” she said. “I’m basically in chronic pain. I manage it as much as I can.”The pioneer for Oly
  
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• How do Catholics, Protestants, Mormons, Muslims and Jews view heaven? Who gets to go there? Answers are out of this world

  29-12-2017 19:34
  The faithful — whether Christian, Jew or Muslim — share a belief that the hereafter offers a realm of blissful reward, perfection and eternal life.But who gets that ticket to heaven? Do good works deliver the desired destination? Is grace good enough? Or is it just the luck of the divine draw that decides a paradisiacal fate? Answers from clerics and scholars to those questions may surprise you — in both their commonality and their variety.Commonly held is the belief that the f
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - LeBron's career games vs. Jazz have been memorable

  29-12-2017 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... , an undrafted rookie on a 10-day contract with the Jazz. He shot the 3 while falling backwards, and it went through, nothing but net ...
  
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• LeBron James' games vs. Jazz have been memorable

  29-12-2017 19:20
  LeBron James has played his career in the Eastern Conference. As a result, the Utah Jazz only get one home game against him per season.It seems that the Jazz get up for every game against James. Maybe there's a sense of pride for each player to play his best against the greatest athlete in the world, or maybe the Jazz like putting on a show for their fans.Whatever the reason, Jazz vs. James usually feels more like a Game 7 rather than a regular season game. The Jazz face off against the Cavalier
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA honors Ricky Rubio with November Community Assist Award

  29-12-2017 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... the foundation, which raises money for cancer research and is patched on the Jazz jerseys as a sponsorship deal through Utah-based Qualtrics. “My mother was a ...
  
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• NBA honors Ricky Rubio with November Community Assist Award

  29-12-2017 18:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jazz guard Ricky Rubio continues to throw dimes to the Utah community.The NBA has certainly noticed and honored the floor general with the November NBA Cares Community Assist Award on Friday.The award recognizes an NBA player each month who reflects the passion the league and its players share for giving back to their communities, according to a press release.Rubio has been adamant about raising awareness and supporting research for lung cancer after unexpectedly losing hi
  
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• Sex abuse case against Mormon Church leaders in West Virginia will go to trial

  29-12-2017 18:29
  Martinsburg, W.Va. • A jury in West Virginia will hear the evidence against the Mormon Church in a lawsuit accusing local church officials of covering up allegations that the son of officials abused 12 children over more than five years.The Journal reports that the lawsuit filed by children who were between the ages of 3 and 12 when they say they were sexually abused by Christopher Michael Jensen will go to trial Jan. 8 in Berkeley County. Jensen was sentenced in 2013 to 35 to 75 years in p
  
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• Police: Utah man swindled out of $30,000 in computer scam

  29-12-2017 18:25
  Authorities say a northern Utah man was swindled out of $30,000 after allowing a scammer to access his computer remotely.KUTV-TV reports an individual claiming to represent a computer company called the 88-year-old man last week, saying the Oakley resident was owed a refund.The Summit County Sheriff's Office says the man was conned into giving the suspect access to his computer, and the suspect told the man too much of a refund was issued during the remote exchange.The suspect then convinced the
  
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• Police: Pedestrian was not in crosswalk when he was struck and killed on Redwood Road

  29-12-2017 18:25
  A 53-year-old man died after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing Redwood Road on Friday morning.The crash happened at about 7 a.m. as the man was crossing the road near 6200 South in Taylorsville, according to Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen.The pedestrian was not in a crosswalk, Hansen said, and was crossing against a green light when he was struck by a northbound vehicle and tossed against a UTA bus that was stopped.Hansen said investigators believe the man was running across the roa
  
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• A HUGE Congrats to @rickyrubio9 on winning the November #NBACares Community Assist Award in recognition of his many… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-12-2017 18:15 via twitter.com
  A HUGE Congrats to @rickyrubio9 on winning the November #NBACares Community Assist Award in recognition of his many… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Overlooked and underrated — the top 10 albums of 2017 you may not know but should

  29-12-2017 18:14
  I cooooooould compile the eleventy-millionth Top 10 Albums of 2017 list (aaaaaand be almost the eleventy-millionth person to tell you that, yes, Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” is, indeed, the album of the year).Ooooooorrrrrr …We can go in a slightly different direction, maybe give you something a bit more rarefied. Like, say, albums that were overlooked and/or underrated? The top 10 albums of 2017 that you may not know, but definitely should, perhaps?Executive decision: Let&rs
  
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• A secret deal no more? Davis County Attorney wants diversion agreement with former South Weber councilman made public

  29-12-2017 18:12
  The secret end to the embezzlement prosecution of a former South Weber councilman may soon become public, after all.William Michael Poff, who was charged in 2014 with embezzling more than $200,000 from a Bountiful assisted living facility, resolved the criminal case against him earlier this month by entering into a secret diversion agreement — which led to the dismissal of three communications fraud charges, each a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.The Dec. 15 set
  
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• Kirby: So we’re changing when my columns run to save you some stress — at least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it

  29-12-2017 18:00
  The Salt Lake Tribune recently spent a lot of money on market research for its columnists. Word is the bosses did this to determine which days readers are most likely to take offense at something we write.For purposes of this column — which will be the last one I write for Saturday’s print edition — I’ll focus on what the research revealed about me.For some reason, Thursdays and Saturdays are not good days for my print column, or, more specifically, for super-serious read
  
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• Commentary: Aren’t posthumous Mormon baptisms just an exercise of religious freedom?

  29-12-2017 17:37
  The doorbell rings. It’s two clean-cut guys in dark suits. Mormon missionaries. They ask if I’d like to know more about their religion. I say no thanks, I have one already. Judaism. They evince some interest. Another time, I say. Another time, they say. Goodbye. Goodbye. I shut the door.Do I appreciate the interruption? No. Do I wish they’d noticed the mezuzah on the lintel and, well, passed over to the next house? Yes. Do I think they have, and should have, every right to do w
  
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• Commentary: Hey, Mormons — leave dead Jews alone

  29-12-2017 17:36
  They’re at it again.They said that they would stop, but apparently, someone didn’t get that memo.I am referring to the news that the Mormons are once again baptizing dead Jews — effectively making them posthumous Mormons.That list of “new Mormons” comprises a veritable “who’s who” of contemporary Jewry. On the VIP list: the late Lubavitcher rebbe and his father; the grandparents of Carrie Fisher and Steven Spielberg; and the theologian Martin Buber
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: That time Utah State almost became the Highlanders (+weekend planner)

  29-12-2017 17:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... ague. Here's everything you need to know about the competition. • A Jazz fan does his own version of Utah's "City" jerseys. Weekend planner Friday Wo ...
  
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• Morning links: That time Utah State almost became the Highlanders (+weekend planner)

  29-12-2017 16:45
  Today's Arizona Bowl has been nicknamed the Aggies Bowl since the game pits two schools — Utah State and New Mexico State — both named Aggies.Arizona Daily Star columnist and former Aggie, Greg Hansen, wrote about the timethe Utah State administration tried to change the nickname of the athletic programs to the Highlanders.It did not go well.Hansen describes how the school made the announcement during a 1970 football game at Romney Stadium: "At halftime of that week’s football
  
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• Letter: Tribune’s reporting based on narrow-minded politics

  29-12-2017 16:44
  During my career in the consulting industry, one of my most enjoyable and professional associations was with the Huntsman Corp. When I heard that The Salt Lake Tribune had been purchased by the Huntsman group, I was elated to think that there would finally be fair, equal and consistent reporting.I couldn’t have been more incorrect. For example, when President Barack Obama released four heinous terrorists from Gitmo to obtain the release of an admitted traitor, this newspaper printed only a
  
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• Letter: Gov. Herbert's Hanukkah op-ed reasserted American values

  29-12-2017 16:43
  Winston Churchill famously said, “If Hitler invaded hell, I would make the devil at least a favorable reference in the House of Commons.” In like manner, I must applaud Gov. Gary Herbert for his op-ed concerning Hanukkah in the Tribune.Gov. Herbert has many shortcomings, but at least he had the courage to use the occasion of Hanukkah to speak out for inclusiveness, diversity, humanistic and spiritual values, and speak out against the wave of bigotry, exclusiveness and white supremacy
  
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