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• What to expect at viewing, funeral for Mormon leader Thomas S. Monson

  10-01-2018 23:53
  Thousands of mourners will pay their last respects to LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson on Thursday, solemnly filing past the 90-year-old Mormon leader’s casket.Church officials would not confirm specifics, but Monson, who died Jan. 2 at age 90 — one month shy of 10 years leading The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — was expected to be in an open casket, clad in the simple white tie and white shirt of Mormon temple attire as he lies in repose inside the Conferen
  
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• Utah National Guard survives Army's cut of reserve Apache attack-helicopter battalions

  10-01-2018 23:31
  Soldiers and civilians who work on Utah’s reserve battalion of Apache attack-helicopters were guaranteed their jobs last week, when the Army announced Utah’s National Guard was among four units chosen to retain the aircraft, while four other reserve battalions lost their helicopters to active duty.The decision saved 403 Utah jobs, including 143 full-time positions, that have been in limbo as military and government officials negotiated what to do with the helicopters — and wher
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Derrick Favors could be traded as Jazz may be headed to roster shakeup

  10-01-2018 23:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... rotic, per source. @TheSteinLine 1st. Also told Portland could join mix with Jazz and Pistons. Bulls motivated to get 1st round pick for Niko. — K.C. Johnson...
  
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• A week later, YouTube condemns a Logan Paul vlog of a suicide victim's body, says it’s looking at 'further consequences'

  10-01-2018 23:27
  A week ago, Logan Paul uploaded a video to his 15 million subscribers titled “We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest ...” The video’s thumbnail image — the still image that shows up on YouTube’s trending pages and search results as a preview for the video — showed a partially blurred dead body hanging from a tree in the background; in the foreground was the YouTube superstar’s worried face. Paul was wearing a funny green hat.The video title,
  
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• Derrick Favors could be traded as Jazz may be headed to roster shakeup

  10-01-2018 23:12
  The Utah Jazz are reportedly engaged in serious trade conversations to acquire 6-foot-10 big man Nikola Mirotic from the Chicago Bulls.
  Mirotic to the Jazz is real. Not saying it's done, but it's a real possibility. They're talking.
  — Spencer Checketts (@1280Spence) January 8, 2018Tony Jones reports that if they were to bring in Mirotic, they would likely need to include Favors (via The Salt Lake Tribune):
  “Utah is engaged in talks with the Chicago Bulls on a deal that
  
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• Bathroom reholstering ends in hospital visit after man shoots himself in hand

  10-01-2018 23:11
  While attempting to reholster a pistol in the stall of a downtown Salt Lake City business office, a man accidentally shot himself in the hand Wednesday afternoon.Police scanner chatter reported blood spattered around the stall, but the man sustained only minor injuries.Det. Robert Ungricht with the Salt Lake City Police Department said the man had a concealed weapon permit and was carrying the gun legally when he accidentally shot himself. The incident occurred on the 14th floor of the JC Penny
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: It's a Hard Knock Life

  10-01-2018 23:02
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>The Never Ending Story<br>Trump Trolls America<br>Alt-Slavery<br>Orrin’s Old Job<br>Comparing Arsenals<br>Farewell to Orrin<br>Whose Land Is This?<br>2017 Year in Review<br>Victory in the War on Christmas<br>Hatch and Trump Play the Lyre<br>Want more Bagley? Become a
  
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• Intellectual disability claim now at the center of decades-old death penalty case before Utah Supreme Court

  10-01-2018 23:01
  A Utah man who has been on death row for nearly 30 years is back in state court fighting his capital murder conviction.Attorneys for Michael Anthony Archuleta, now 55, argued before the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday that their client is intellectually disabled, and therefore, legally cannot be executed.The claim was initially made in a federal court appeal for Archuleta, who has been on Utah’s death row since his December 1989 conviction of the brutal murder of 28-year-old Southern Utah
  
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• Utes starting cornerback Casey Hughes to transfer

  10-01-2018 22:58
  Utes starting cornerback Casey Hughes announced Wednesday via Twitter that he has decided to transfer for his final season of eligibility.Hughes, a redshirt junior who started 11 games this past season, played mostly on special teams until earning a starting spot this past season. He finished the season with two forced fumbles (both against Arizona), 35 tackles and one pass breakup.Hughes did not play against Washington due to injury and had to leave the regular-season finale against Colorado af
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-Washington Wizards matchup: Can Mitchell contain Beal again?

  10-01-2018 22:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... me out on an efficient 8-of-13 shooting. It was a statement victory, and the Jazz will hope to sweep the season series tonight. Beal and the Wizards come into ...
  
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• Utah Jazz-Washington Wizards matchup: Can Mitchell contain Beal again?

  10-01-2018 22:20
  Rookie sensation Donovan Mitchell will look to repeat the success he had against Bradley Beal back in December, as the Utah Jazz take on the Wizards tonight in Washington. The Washington Wizards will be looking for redemption after suffering an embarrassing 47 point loss against the Jazz in Utah on December 4th. It was the […]
  Utah Jazz-Washington Wizards matchup: Can Mitchell contain Beal again? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• The state has a fever, and the only prescription is more @spidadmitchell 🕷️ Check out this INSANE display made by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-01-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
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• Staying power: Utes’ staff under Larry Krystkowiak has been together longer than any other in Pac-12

  10-01-2018 22:12
  Since the first game of Larry Krystkowiak’s tenure at Utah, he has had the same group of assistant coaches huddled around him during each timeout.That basketball brain trust assembled to transition Utah’s men’s basketball program into a Power Five program hasn’t changed since arriving on the hill seven years ago. No program in the Pac-12 can boast of a coaching staff together as long as Utah’s.Associate head coach Tommy Connor and assistants Andy Hill and Demarlo Sl
  
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• The twists and turns of Alfredo Ortuño's journey to RSL

  10-01-2018 22:11
  “Unforgettable story,” “huge mess,” and “Alfredo Ortuño’s torment” were some of the phrases Spanish media used in the six months between Ortuño’s last match and his signing with Real Salt Lake last week.Even RSL general manager Craig Waibel decided not to get caught up in the details of the striker’s transfer complications. All Waibel needed to know from Ortuño’s representation was if he was under contract, and if t
  
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• Weather delays recovery of what could likely be a missing Utah aircraft with two men aboard

  10-01-2018 22:00
  After a week of stormy weather across the state, searchers hope to make a dive on Saturday to begin recovery efforts in the Great Salt Lake for what could be an overdue aircraft carrying two missing men.The small plane — a red and white Cessna 172, tail number N4395R — took off from Ogden Hinckley Airport about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 29, but had not returned an hour later, as scheduled.The families of pilot Denny Mansell, 71, and passenger Peter Ellis, 74, reported them missing about 9:20 th
  
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  10-01-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
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• Clearfield woman says gutted Volkswagen in her tree is art, but police say it’s an ordinance violation

  10-01-2018 21:57
  A bug hanging out high in a tree is hardly noteworthy. Unless, of course, it’s a Volkswagen Beetle, in which case it will raise eyebrows and apparently result in police involvement.
  Janis Zettel, a 64-year-old resident of Clearfield, is at odds with the city after a complaint about what she considers a whimsical art installation — a gutted VW bolted into the branches of a tree in her yard — led to a “nuisance vehicle” ordinance citation and an order to take it down.
  
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• A pastor admitted a past ‘sexual incident’ with a teen. His congregation gave him a standing ovation.

  10-01-2018 21:55
  On December 1, as headlines across the country blared with news about Matt Lauer’s surprise firing from the “Today” show for sexual misconduct, a woman named Jules Woodson tapped out a short email. It ran only 78 words but was nearly 20 years in the making. “Do you remember?” the subject line read.“Do you remember that night that you were supposed to drive me home from church and instead drove me to a deserted back road and sexually assaulted me?” Woodso
  
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• This Utah Democrat is notorious for running his mouth on the political stage. Now Jim Dabakis will reveal a more personal side in a one-man show

  10-01-2018 21:50
  If there’s one thing Sen. Jim Dabakis is known for on Utah’s Capitol Hill, it’s his stories. You could call him a loudmouth. You could label his rants as diatribes or attention-grabbing monologues. But no matter your political persuasion, you’ve likely heard the torrential power of Dabakis’ words.This weekend, Dabakis is raising the political bar. He’s stepping into the spotlight to perform “Stories From My Soul,” a one-man show on the Chapel Theat
  
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• Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep

  10-01-2018 21:36
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents blitzed dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to interview employees and deliver audit notifications, carrying out what the agency said was the largest operation targeting an employer since President Donald Trump took office.ICE said its agents showed up at 98 stores and made 21 arrests, describing the operation as a warning to other companies who may have unauthorized workers on their payroll."Today's actions send a strong message to U.S
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Gary Payton would pick Stockton and Malone, pokes fun at The Mailman

  10-01-2018 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...— during his career. They'd actually cheer for The Glove — a star player Jazz fans loved to hate because of his trash-talking and rivalry with Utah back i ...
  
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• Gary Payton would pick Stockton and Malone, pokes fun at The Mailman

  10-01-2018 21:31
  SALT LAKE CITY — If Gary Payton had his way in an All-Star Game redo, Utah Jazz fans would find themselves in a position that never happened — or rarely did — during his career.They'd actually cheer for The Glove — a star player Jazz fans loved to hate because of his trash-talking and rivalry with Utah back in the day.And they'd certainly root for his teammates, one of whom Payton used to love to tease.In an entertaining Q&A, SLAM Magazine, a popular basketball public
  
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• Commentary: Conservatives should oppose shrinking national monuments

  10-01-2018 21:23
  The Western United States may be the last natural bastion of what it means to be a free American. The image of the Old West brings a sense of beauty, with sky-scraping mountain ranges, deep valleys and endless desert and woods. The feeling of utter freedom is something one must experience to understand.That sense of beauty and utter freedom is purely American, and for me, purely conservative. I first traipsed the romantic desolation of New Mexico as a Boy Scout long ago and came to understand th
  
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• Holly Richardson: 'The Greatest Showman' reminded me of how far we've come

  10-01-2018 21:21
  I finally went to see “The Greatest Showman” after high marks from my friends. I was not disappointed. I might have appreciated a warning, however, that it would definitely make me cry.If you haven’t seen it and don’t want any spoilers, come back to this column after you’ve watched this amazing musical.In the movie, P.T. Barnum, in an attempt to coax people into his museum, begins to hire people who were “outcasts” — often because of disabilities o
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Will the Utah Jazz trade for Nikola Mirotic?

  10-01-2018 21:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... e news about him being recalled and sent down every week, but it’s great the Jazz have this resource to give significant development to young prospects. Jazz...
  
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• [Sporting News] - NBA trade rumors: Jazz offer Derrick Favors in Nikola Mirotic talks with Bulls

  10-01-2018 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... liminary stage, and Mirotic, according to CBS Sports, is intrigued enough by Jazz coach Quin Snyder that he would be willing to waive his no-trade clause if t ...
  
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• Utah man sentenced to prison in child homicide case that occurred nearly 30 years ago

  10-01-2018 20:29
  With tears running down their faces, family members applauded as a 3rd District judge sentenced their 15-month-old baby’s abuser to prison nearly 30 years after she died.Louis Mark Duran, now 57, pleaded guilty last year to two counts of third-degree felony child abuse in the case of Vanessa Nieto as part of a plea agreement in which prosecutors dropped the original charge of first-degree felony murder.Vanessa had been left in the man’s care on Oct. 3, 1988. At the time, Duran was da
  
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• Dana Milbank: ‘Dreamers’ need to get out of their own way

  10-01-2018 20:29
  Washington • Once again, the left is eating its own.Democrats are in a good position as they negotiate with President Trump and the congressional majority over their legislative priorities for the next couple of months: children’s health care, nondefense spending, disaster relief and legalization of the “dreamers,” that group of immigrants brought here illegally as children. They also are within reach of retaking both chambers of Congress in November.But the dreamers have
  
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  10-01-2018 20:16 via twitter.com
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• Wizards want payback against visiting Jazz

  10-01-2018 19:58
  Washington • For the Jazz, it was a game to remember.But while a 116-69 Utah win on Dec. 4 may have been a game the Washington Wizards would rather toss, they haven’t forgotten, either.“We definitely are fueled by that,” Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. said. “You’re not just gonna forget a game like that where you get blown off the court. It’s just extra motivation.”Otto Porter Jr on the Wizards’ huge loss to Utah last month: “We definit
  
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• [KSL] - Patrick Kinahan: Jazz should make Favors trade

  10-01-2018 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ally best-suited to play the same position as Gobert, Favors is a luxury the Jazz cannot — and probably don’t want to — afford. Having learned from last seaso ...
  
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• Rock On: We have confirmation that BYU is all shook up

  10-01-2018 19:36
  CONFIRMEDBYU’s men’s basketball team was in the Bay Area in the wee hours of last Thursday morning when a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit.A school spokesperson said he thought it was a quake but he “checked Twitter to make sure.”Because, you know, everything on Twitter is for sure.NEXT UP: STRANGE, UNEXPLAINED
  
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• Sinclair station sales seen needed as Tribune review nears end

  10-01-2018 19:26
  Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. will likely face demands to sell TV stations in at least 10 cities to satisfy regulators who are wrapping up a review of the company's plan to buy Tribune Media Co. — a $3.9 billion deal that would create a national broadcasting giant.FCC staff members in a recent discussion focused on completing the review by a self-imposed deadline of Jan. 17, according to a person familiar with the deliberations who spoke on condition of anonymity because proceedings aren't
  
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• Navajo Times publisher facing DWI, speeding charges

  10-01-2018 19:26
  Gallup, N.M. • The publisher of the Navajo Times is facing charges of aggravated drunken driving and speeding following a traffic stop over the weekend in a community near the Arizona-New Mexico border.The newspaper reported Tuesday that Tom Arviso Jr. was stopped early Sunday by a New Mexico State Police officer in Gallup after he was clocked going more than twice the posted speed limit.The officer said Arviso's speech was slurred, he appeared disoriented and had bloodshot eyes.Authorities
  
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• Commentary: Baby Jesus was a Dreamer in Egypt

  10-01-2018 19:25
  I feel guilty that I have not written a column on “Dreamers,” those children who were brought illegally into the United States by their parents. The reason I find it difficult to write such a column is that, for me, the whole idea of deporting Dreamers is so mean and unjust that I find it incomprehensible that anyone would want to do it.No matter what you think of people coming into the country illegally, one can hardly blame children brought by their parents. And once these children
  
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• What's your all-time favorite song? Ten musicians who visited Utah in 2017 name the tunes they can’t stop listening to

  10-01-2018 19:24
  Just about anyone who likes music invariably has an all-time favorite song — not necessarily a “greatest song ever” candidate, but just that one tune that, if it appears on the radio on your evening commute, you’re not changing the station, or if it pops up on whatever streaming service you favor, you’re not skipping it, even though you’re hearing it for the 138,476th time.For me, it’s Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” F
  
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• A possible candidate for governor, Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes says he’ll leave the Legislature at the end of his term

  10-01-2018 19:23
  House Speaker Greg Hughes will not seek another term as speaker nor for his House seat, according to several sources familiar with his decision.
  Hughes told colleagues in a private meeting Wednesday how much he appreciates serving and how much he respects House members, but at the end of the year it is time to move on and let others advance in leadership.
  He also told state lawmakers that he expects his last session to be his best and that he will work harder than ever to do big things.
  Hughes d
  
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• Jimmy Buffett sails to aid of regatta on storm-hit St. Barts

  10-01-2018 19:22
  San Diego • Jimmy Buffett knows all about hurricanes and sailing, so it’s appropriate that the singer-songwriter has been enlisted to help promote a regatta on the Caribbean island of St. Barts and show that life is returning to normal after a direct hit from Hurricane Irma in September.Buffett will serve as U.S. ambassador for the Les Voiles de Saint-Barth, April 8-14, a mainstay on the Caribbean yacht racing circuit.“I sailed into the harbor in 1978 and it’s always kind
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Why the Utah Jazz need to go out and get Chicago’s Nikola Mirotic

  10-01-2018 18:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng Chicago is looking specifically for a 2018 first-rounder). Live Feed utah jazz Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 13 Outlook, Predictions The J-Notes Pistons, Blazers...
  
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• Former Ute Malia Nawahine flourishing in her new role at BYU

  10-01-2018 18:26
  Provo • Malia Nawahine still hasn’t peeled the University of Utah sticker off the back window of her car.“Too lazy,” BYU’s newest basketball star says. “I am all BYU now, but I’ve just got so much red stuff everywhere. People here are always saying, ‘We need to get you a new sticker.’ I am like, ‘Go ahead, you can take it off if you want to, but I am not going to.’”Playing for the Utes for four seasons will do that to a perso
  
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• Olympic qualifying pressure mounting for top U.S. freestyle athletes ahead of Deer Valley World Cup

  10-01-2018 18:10
  Deer Valley • Pressure?Ashley Caldwell feels it every day at work.“We do a bunch of backflips up in the air and we fall or land from 60 feet up in the air,” the Olympic aerialist says with a laugh. “So I have this much anxiety all the time.”But as Caldwell and the other skiers from Team USA take to the slopes this week, there will be even more pressure on them.Only two U.S. freestyle skiers — moguls skier Jaelin Kauf and aerialist Kiley McKinnon — have ea
  
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• Mice droppings and ‘general filth’ shut down Japanese steakhouse in Salt Lake County

  10-01-2018 18:00
  The Salt Lake County Health Department shut down a Japanese steakhouse in Sandy on Monday for having mice droppings, suspicious fish, food stored in grocery bags and “general filth.”
  In all, Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, 10849 S. State, received 56 health code violations — 27 that inspectors called critical to human health, a notice on the department’s website shows.
  “The establishment is closed for numerous critical violations,” the notice says, including “
  
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• Commentary: ‘Three Billboards’ wins best religious film with its message of sin, forgiveness and redemption

  10-01-2018 17:54
  I know, I know: Best Religious Film is not a Golden Globes category. Neither is it an Academy Awards category.Perhaps it should be.“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” got a lot of love Sunday at the Golden Globes — best motion picture, drama; best actress in a motion picture, drama (Frances McDormand); best supporting actor in a motion picture (Sam Rockwell); best screenplay — motion picture (Martin McDonagh).It deserved every award that it got. I had seen the mov
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - What would Nikola Mirotic bring to the Utah Jazz, and how could they acquire him?

  10-01-2018 17:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... iented Mirotic in the lineup would be a dramatic philosophical shift for the Jazz, but again, this season has shown it’s one they want to make. In addition to ...
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - The Jazz And Bulls Have Reportedly Discussed A Derrick Favors For Nikola Mirotic Swap

  10-01-2018 17:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... rst round pick as compensation for Mirotic, something they have inquired the Jazz about. Additionally, Jones wrote that talks between the two teams are “past...
  
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• New hepatitis A scare comes to Utah County on heels of exposures at Salt Lake County 7-Eleven

  10-01-2018 17:31
  More than 340 people had been referred for hepatitis A vaccinations as of Monday after they recently visited a West Jordan 7-Eleven store where an infected employee handled food — and more referrals are likely after Utah County officials announced Tuesday a possible outbreak there.The Salt Lake County Health Department has issued an alert that as many as 2,000 customers of the convenience store at 2666 W. 7800 South could have been exposed if they used the restroom there or consumed founta
  
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• What would Nikola Mirotic bring to the Utah Jazz, and how could they acquire him?

  10-01-2018 17:30
  In the world of NBA trades, having a month remaining before the annual deadline is seen as quite a long time, as teams often wait until as close to the end as possible to put forth their best proposals.So given that Monday marked one month until the Feb. 8 deadline, it’s a bit interesting that multiple reports over the last few days have indicated that the Utah Jazz are in rather hot pursuit of Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic, but there are a number of factors to consider before both
  
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  10-01-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Dangling Derrick Favors In Mirotic Talks?

  10-01-2018 17:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... e. Favors’ contract situation also makes him a prime trade candidate for the Jazz and an intriguing target for the Bulls. The former third overall pick is ear ...
  
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• Summer love turns steamy in gorgeous Oscar contender ‘Call Me by Your Name’

  10-01-2018 17:07
  Sure, stories about young love are as timeless as “Romeo & Juliet,” but I defy anyone to find a story of first love — its triumphs and heartbreaks, its feverish beginnings and its sad endings — that’s as passionate or as moving as the one told in “Call Me by Your Name.”Director Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of André Aciman’s novel of a teen’s memorable first romance is as languid and as steamy as the Italian summer in which it
  
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