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• In case affecting Utah mines, judge orders trial on challenge to Oakland coal ban

  11-01-2018 23:56
  In a case with major implications for Utah’s coal producers, a federal judge in California has ordered a trial over the city of Oakland’s prohibition on shipping coal through its ports on the San Francisco Bay.After hearing arguments on motions that could have resolved the costly lawsuit Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria decided instead to hear testimony on a key claim raised by developer Phil Tagami, who holds contracts with Oakland to build an export terminal on the for
  
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• D-Mitch will be on @SportsCenter with @notthefakeSVP TONIGHT at 10 p.m. 🕙 Tune in 📺 twitter.com/spidadmitchell…

  11-01-2018 23:43 via twitter.com
  D-Mitch will be on @SportsCenter with @notthefakeSVP TONIGHT at 10 p.m. 🕙Tune in 📺 twitter.com/spidadmitchell…
  
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• The conglomerate that bought Deer Valley finally has a name — Alterra Mountain Co.

  11-01-2018 23:39
  With the first word a blend of altitude and terrain, Alterra Mountain Co. is the name of Deer Valley Resort’s new parent company.
  Denver-based Alterra burst onto the scene in 2017. Formed by a joint venture of the private equity firm KSL Capital Partners and the investment firm Henry Crown and Co., the company acquired longtime ski-industry player Intrawest in July, then surprised the Utah ski world a month later with its acquisition of Deer Valley for an undisclosed price.The partnership
  
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• Francis Wilkinson: Democrats should give Trump his border wall

  11-01-2018 23:30
  Someone, somewhere, somehow is going to have to give President Donald Trump a piece of wall to stand in front of. It might as well be the Democratic congressional leaders Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.The wall is not a good idea; it’s a colossal boondoggle in the making. That’s why many Republicans as well as Democrats oppose the president’s signature initiative. Walls are ill-suited to much of the geography of the U.S.-Mexico border, and much of that geography happens to be
  
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• 🎟️🎟️🎟️ More tickets have just been released to see the Jazz take on the Golden State Warriors 🎟️🎟️🎟️ Come see us m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  🎟️🎟️🎟️ More tickets have just been released to see the Jazz take on the Golden State Warriors 🎟️🎟️🎟️Come see us m… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Count My Vote, meet Keep My Voice: New ballot plan would allow parties to ban signature-gathering candidates

  11-01-2018 23:05
  Opponents of a controversial Utah election law signaled this week that — after sputtering at the state Capitol and in the courts — they may take their fight directly to voters this November.A new proposed ballot initiative, the sixth filed with the state, would alter the way candidates are nominated four years after the state changed election rules to give voters more influence in picking candidates.At stake is the way candidates are nominated in Utah, and whether candidates must rea
  
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• ‘Behind the Headlines’: No re-election for Hughes, bad air may kill and Utah lawmaker wants to change water rules

  11-01-2018 22:51
  Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes announces that he won’t seek re-election, stoking speculation that he will run for Utah governor in 2020. A new Harvard study adds to the growing body of evidence that air pollution, even in small amounts, can be deadly. And Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, proposes legislation to remove cities’ ability to regulate watersheds.At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Paul Rolly and reporters Emma Penrod, Brian Maffly and Lee Davidson join KCPW’s Roger
  
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• Environmentalists worry Utah regulators let violations at radioactive waste site ‘fly under the radar‘

  11-01-2018 22:33
  Some Utah environmentalists have expressed concern about a proposed settlement between state regulators and a hazardous waste disposal site located in Tooele County.The state Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control wants EnergySolutions to pay more than $50,000 in penalties — a hefty fine that will require special approval — after the company repeatedly violated the terms of its permit at its Clive waste disposal facility.Environmental advocates at HEAL Utah endorse those
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz Notes: Mitchell on SportsCenter, Favors/Hood updates, Gary Payton comments

  11-01-2018 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ble for tomorrow’s contest against the Charlotte Hornets. Whether or not the Jazz end up making a Favors trade, it’s almost certain that they’ll want him in a ...
  
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• Utah declares victory over quagga mussels at popular boating spot

  11-01-2018 22:21
  Apparently the quagga mussel threat at Deer Creek Reservoir is no more.A sample of the pesky invasive species, which takes over fisheries and clogs up pipes, was discovered in a water sample from the reservoir at Deer Creek State Park in October 2014.But Nathan Owens, the aquatic invasive species coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, said the reservoir has gone three years without further detection.So, as of Thursday, Deer Creek is no longer classified as a quagga-suspected waterwa
  
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• Utah Jazz Notes: Mitchell on SportsCenter, Favors/Hood updates, Gary Payton comments

  11-01-2018 22:08
  In a break between the third and fourth games of the Utah Jazz’s current road trip, some interesting bits of news have surfaced. Donovan Mitchell SportsCenter appearance Rookie Donovan Mitchell has been far and above the most exciting story line for the Utah Jazz this season. The electrifying guard out of Louisville leads all rookies […]
  Utah Jazz Notes: Mitchell on SportsCenter, Favors/Hood updates, Gary Payton comments - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blo
  
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• NBA Trade Watch: The Northwest

  11-01-2018 22:03 via basketballinsiders.com
  Dennis Chambers breaks down the Northwest division and how each team fairs heading into the trade deadline.
  
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• Daneesha Provo's increased scoring has been a boost for the Utes, who host No. 14 UCLA on Friday

  11-01-2018 21:49
  High-scoring junior Daneesha Provo and the Utah women’s basketball team know they have a chance to notch a big win on their home court on Friday night.The Utes (12-3, 3-1) enters this weekend as the highest-scoring Pac-12 Conference team since the start of conference play (81.3 points per game, 36.6 percent of its 3-pointers). When they host No. 14 UCLA (11-4, 2-2) on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Hunstman Center, it will be a match-up of the the conference’s most productive offensive team
  
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• Police arrest California man charged with leaving scene of fatal Utah crash in 2015

  11-01-2018 21:44
  A California man is awaiting extradition to Utah after being arrested for allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal Taylorsville crash more than two years ago.U.S. marshals arrested 26-year-old Tyler Mackenzie Hurt in Redding, Calif., on Tuesday, a news release from the Unified Police Department said. He was booked into a jail in Shasta County on a $50,000 warrant.On Nov. 22, 2015, about 2:35 p.m., 19-year-old Edgar Osvaldo Frayre-Rodriguez was riding a motorcycle in Kearns with two other motorcycl
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Fire kindling? Nah, donated Gordon Hayward Jazz jerseys put to much better use

  11-01-2018 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... ference or, for that matter, didn’t have a clue who and what Hayward and the Jazz even are. “I think they were mainly excited to have jerseys,” Harding said....
  
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• Millcreek city celebrates its one-year anniversary

  11-01-2018 21:11
  As he stood before Millcreek residents Wednesday night at the city’s first birthday celebration, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams couldn’t help but remember how different his previous encounter with the group had been.“The last time I stood in front of a group of Millcreek residents this large, it was in 2014 and they were all yelling at me,” he said. “So it’s great to be back in a celebratory occasion.”The years of divisive back-and-forth on the issue
  
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• It's halftime in the NBA: 10 things to watch from here

  11-01-2018 21:07
  It's halftime in the NBA.Officially, Thursday night's Cleveland at Toronto game was the 615th on the NBA schedule for this season — the exact midway point on the 1,230-game regular-season slate. Everyone tends to call what follows the All-Star Game as the second half, but it's more like two-thirds of the season that will be in the books before that showcase in Los Angeles next month.Here's a look at 10 storylines for the second half:The trade deadline comes earlyAlways a big deal, this see
  
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• Fire kindling? Nah, donated Gordon Hayward Jazz jerseys put to much better use

  11-01-2018 21:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — After the #stayward campaign went #wayward when Gordon Hayward chose Boston over Utah, videos of No. 20 uniform cremations circulated on social media.The jersey burnings gave Jazz fan Zach Harding an idea. Why not put the G-Time clothes to good use by donating them to kids in Africa instead of testing their flammability?“We’d be excited,” Harding said at the time, “to see a bunch of little kids running around with Jazz jerseys in Ghana.”Severa
  
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• Fire kindling? Nah, donated Hayward Jazz jerseys put to much better use

  11-01-2018 21:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — After the #stayward campaign went #wayward when Gordon Hayward chose Boston over Utah, videos of No. 20 uniform cremations circulated on social media.The jersey burnings gave Jazz fan Zach Harding an idea. Why not put the G-Time clothes to good use by donating them to kids in Africa instead of testing their flammability?“We’d be excited,” Harding said at the time, “to see a bunch of little kids running around with Jazz jerseys in Ghana.”Severa
  
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• Baseball agent fired after reports he filmed clients showering

  11-01-2018 20:42
  Atlanta • A baseball agent has been fired after an accusation he used a camera to surreptitiously record clients in a shower.CSE Talent, the agency headed by Lonnie Cooper, said in a statement Wednesday that it had fired Jason Wood, who had headed its baseball division since last April.FanRag Sports reported a player, whom it did not identify, discovered the camera while using a shower at Wood's home."For over 32 years, CSE Talent has prided itself on our moral and ethical standards and hav
  
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• Another possible hepatitis A exposure in Spanish Fork: Tabitha's Way Food Pantry

  11-01-2018 20:33
  Tabitha’s Way Local Food Pantry in Spanish Fork is the latest Utah food establishment where patrons may have been exposed to the viral liver disease hepatitis A, according to the Utah County Health Department.Patrons who picked up non-canned food from the pantry between Dec. 29 and Jan. 3 should go to health.utah.gov/investigation, to find out if they should get a vaccination to prevent illness, health officials said Thursday morning.Residents can also contact the Utah County Health Depart
  
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• Four stars for ‘Paddington 2,‘ an inventive and funny movie that delivers a warm bear hug

  11-01-2018 20:24
  Even if theaters started serving marmalade sandwiches, the giddy experience of seeing the witty and whimsical “Paddington 2” could not be any more sweet.The prospects for “Paddington 2” were grim at the outset. Here is a children’s movie tossed off in the post-holiday doldrums, a sequel to a 2015 British import that didn’t exactly set the North American box office on fire, and jumping studios because its original American distributor, The Weinstein Company, ha
  
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• The Hurricane Revival: How one U.S. Olympic aerialist decided to honor the late Speedy Peterson

  11-01-2018 20:23
  She wants nothing more than to shut her eyes and remember every flip and every twist he did, with nothing but the sky as the backdrop to his brilliance. It was, at one point in her life, impossible to forget.But now the gaps in her memory are far more frequent than before.It hasn’t been the same since she lost her son, the daredevil, trailblazing Olympic medalist.“I guess your brain shuts down to kind of protect you,” she said.Linda Peterson does her best to piece together the
  
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• ‘It is an honor ... to come and see him’ — Mormons line up to pay last respects to their prophet, Thomas S. Monson

  11-01-2018 20:20
  Throngs of Mormons filed past the casket of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson on Thursday, many having gathered in the pre-dawn darkness to pay their final respects.The doors of the downtown Salt Lake City Conference Center initially were not to open until 8 a.m. — church employees entered at 7 a.m. — but early-arriving mourners were allowed to wait inside the sprawling structure as a concession to freezing temperatures.Stephen and Landryanne Steenblik, of Salt Lake City, were gr
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Expected To Waive Naz Mitrou-Long

  11-01-2018 20:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... Lake City Stars. [RELATED: ] Mitrou-Long, 24, signed a two-way pact with the Jazz in December after the team waived . The 6’4″ shooting guard made his NBA deb ...
  
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• Utah fines radioactive waste handler $50K for failure to control dust — but it's not the dust that worries environmentalists

  11-01-2018 20:19
  Some Utah environmentalists have expressed concern about a proposed settlement between state regulators and a hazardous waste disposal site located in Tooele County.The state Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control wants EnergySolutions to pay more than $50,000 in penalties — a hefty fine that will require special approval — after the company repeatedly violated the terms of its permit at its Clive waste disposal facility.Environmental advocates at HEAL Utah endorse those
  
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• Halfway through the season, the Jazz have struggled without ‘anchor’ Rudy Gobert

  11-01-2018 20:19
  Charlotte, N.C. • It wouldn’t be quite right to say Rudy Gobert has been hovering in the background this season.The Frenchman stands out by the very nature of his sprawling 7-foot-1 form. Even on the 23 nights Gobert hasn’t played this year, he’s accentuated his appearance with vivid red, green and sometimes leopard-print shirts, drawing the eyes of onlookers even when he’s not on the court.The Jazz are 17-24 at the halfway point and clawing to keep ahold of 10th pla
  
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• Utah man arrested after allegedly burying mother's body in coal bin at their Panguitch home

  11-01-2018 20:17
  A man is behind bars in Garfield County after he allegedly buried his mother’s body in a coal bin at their Panguitch home.Police found the 90-year-old woman’s body Wednesday “buried under a large amount of coal in the coal bin of her home” more than two weeks after she reportedly died, a news release from the sheriff’s office said.Her 66-year-old son, who lived with her at the time, was booked into the county jail later that day, said sheriff’s office spokeswo
  
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• Utah State Prison on lockdown after apparent gang-related brawl

  11-01-2018 20:16
  Eight inmates with apparent gang affiliations attacked each other Wednesday night with self-made weapons, prompting a lockdown at both of Utah’s state-run prisons.The fight broke out in a dayroom at the Utah State Prison’s maximum security Uinta Facility, located in Draper, in a part of the prison used to house inmates with gang ties, according to a news release from the prison.Three inmates were hospitalized from the brawl, but were considered to be in stable condition as of Thursda
  
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• Rideshare diaries: The passenger sits in the front seat and slowly puts on black latex gloves

  11-01-2018 20:16
  Editor’s note: In her spare time, Brodi Ashton, a New York Times best-selling author, is an Uber and Lyft driver in the Salt Lake City area. She’s sharing stories from the road in this occasional column.I picked him up in what some consider a sketchy neighborhood. He wore black pants, a black shirt, black jacket, black sunglasses, and his hair … black and slicked back. He sat in the front seat, which is uncommon but not rare. He was quiet, which was fine by me. Other than noti
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-Wizards react: Ekpe Udoh leads bounce-back effort

  11-01-2018 19:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... ontender or is allowed to walk after this season. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz Notes: Trade talk madness, speculation and phone smacking 5h ago Utah Jazz:...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to appear on ESPN SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt

  11-01-2018 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  ...CITY — DaDaDa Dadada… A familiar face will be on SportsCenter tonight. Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell will be making an appearance on ESPN at 10 p.m. toni ...
  
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• Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to appear on ESPN SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt

  11-01-2018 19:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — DaDaDa DaDaDa…A familiar face will be on SportsCenter tonight.Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell will be making an appearance on ESPN at 10 p.m. tonight with popular sportscaster Scott Van Pelt.The league’s top scoring rookie is a regular on the network for his highlight dunks, as he averages 18.4 points per game.Utah (17-24) is coming off a much-needed 107-104 win in Washington Wednesday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. He posted 16 points, five rebou
  
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• Utah Jazz-Wizards react: Ekpe Udoh leads bounce-back effort

  11-01-2018 19:36
  Following a hard-fought loss in South Beach, Ekpe Udoh led the Utah Jazz to a bounce-back win over John Wall and the Washington Wizards. Sometimes inspiration comes from the most unlikely of places. Such was the case on Wednesday night when the Utah Jazz squared off with the East’s No. 5 squad, the Washington Wizards. […]
  Utah Jazz-Wizards react: Ekpe Udoh leads bounce-back effort - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA trade drama heating up as deadline slowly approaches

  11-01-2018 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... ut the Rookie of the Year award Subscribe: — Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) The Jazz signed former Iowa State star to a two-way contract. Niang is a talented big ...
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump proves he is a parrot

  11-01-2018 19:28
  Washington • President Trump, it has long been observed, has a propensity to agree with the last thing he hears.Certainly he has core convictions — Hillary is crooked, there was no collusion, he is very successful and brilliant — but beyond that he has shown himself to be swayed with remarkable ease: He said he was rethinking his position on Obamacare after a post-election talk with President Obama, revised his views on NATO after speaking with Europeans, softened his views on C
  
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• George Pyle: Plato and Aristotle they ain't. Still ...

  11-01-2018 19:27
  OK. This is how odd my mind is.I saw this...And thought of this ...The School of Athens. This is a detail of a huge fresco by Raphael, finished in 1511, in the Apostolic Palace in The Vatican. These blokes are Plato (left) and Aristotle. As described on Wikipedia:The popular idea that the rhetorical gestures of Plato and Aristotle are kinds of pointing (to the heavens, and down to earth) is very likely. But Plato’s Timaeus – which is the book Raphael places in his hand – was a
  
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• "This is a group of guys that have a lot of character. When you compete, you make good stuff happen." The Roundup—… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  "This is a group of guys that have a lot of character. When you compete, you make good stuff happen."The Roundup—… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah school bus hits and kills pedestrian in Kearns

  11-01-2018 19:05
  A woman is dead after being hit by a school bus near a Kearns intersection Thursday morning.The 37-year-old pedestrian, identified as Becky Bell, was hit by the Granite School District bus near the intersection of 5240 West and 5400 South just before 7 a.m., according to Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen.At the time of the crash, the area was still somewhat dark, Hansen said. Bell, who lives nearby, was crossing 5400 South and was in the inside westbound lane, Hansen said. While there is not a
  
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• Groups document voting rights abuses in Indian Country

  11-01-2018 19:00
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Election sites far from reservations. Poll workers who don’t speak tribal languages. Unequal access to early voting sites.Native Americans say they’ve encountered a wide range of obstacles that makes voting difficult. Advocates have been spending the last few months gathering stories from around Indian Country in hopes that tribal members can wield more influence in elections, and improve conditions among populations that encounter huge disparities in health,
  
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• 3 inmates hospitalized in fight at Utah state prison

  11-01-2018 18:51
  Three inmates have been hospitalized and an investigation is under way after a fight broke out at a Utah state prison.Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Maria Peterson says no employees were injured in the altercation that broke out Wednesday evening at the Uinta facility in Draper about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.One inmate was flown to the hospital by a helicopter and two others were transported by ambulance.Peterson says the fight involved fewer than 10 inmates. She doesn’
  
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• Rain records, avalanche warning in Utah

  11-01-2018 18:48
  An avalanche warning is in effect and precipitation records are falling after a winter storm made its way through Utah with snow in the north and heavy rain in the south.The Utah Avalanche Center says high avalanche danger continues Thursday across northern Utah.The most snow fell Wednesday night in the Wasatch Mountains south of Interstate 80 with up to 21 inches reported at Brighton Crest. About 9 inches was reported at Powder Mountain east of Salt Lake City.In southern Utah, the .93 inch of r
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 136: Utah Jazz, Playoffs, Tanking, Trades, and the Golden Globes

  11-01-2018 18:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ossibility or should we be all in on tanking? Should the Jazz trade for Nikola Mirotic and does it improve the team’s chances? John discus ...
  
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• Alexandra Petri: The Somewhat Revised Art of the Deal

  11-01-2018 18:22
  Washington • President Trump is a master negotiator.This is a non-negotiable fact and thus, if Trump negotiates somewhat differently than might have been anticipated from his reputation, published works or a study of the meaning of the word “negotiation,” it is our understanding of what “negotiation” means that must be updated.On Tuesday, Trump offered a master class in negotiating with a bipartisan delegation from Congress on the subject of the Deferred Action for C
  
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• Roseanne goes easy on her home state of Utah, but defending Trump stirs controversy as she promotes return of her sitcom

  11-01-2018 18:18
  Pasadena, Calif. • Almost three decades after she exploded into sitcom stardom, Salt Lake native Roseanne Barr is back — older, perhaps wiser and seemingly more mellow as ABC prepares to revive “Roseanne” for a nine-episode run.She’d pretty much have to be calmer this time around. From 1988-97, her battles with the show’s writers and network executives were legendary. She screamed. She fired people. She ranted to the press.“It was really hard … 30
  
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• Monson: Could Utah or BYU, even if they were good enough, win a football national championship? 50 bucks and a flawed system say no

  11-01-2018 17:56
  Could Utah or BYU win a national championship in modern college football?Even if — a huge if, granted — they were good enough, talented enough to win one?The answer to that question comes in the words of former Utah quarterback Brian Johnson, who stood on the field after the 2009 Sugar Bowl, confetti dropping on his head in the Superdome, having just defeated Alabama. “We,” he said, pointing to himself and his teammates, “were the only ones who believed we could do
  
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• SLC Stars re-sign former BYU player L.J. Rose

  11-01-2018 17:49
  Former BYU guard L.J. Rose and the Salt Lake City Stars have been reunited.The Stars re-signed Rose and waived Jermaine Taylor ahead of the NBA G League Showcase, which begins today.Rose's most recent tweet reflects an attitude of optimism.https://twitter.com/5boogie/status/951330626224951296?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EtweetSLC opens the showcase against the Delaware 87ers at 4 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast live on Twitch.The 6-3, 200-pound Rose began the season with t
  
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• [NBA] - The Roundup—Jazz 107, Wizards 104

  11-01-2018 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... e) combined for more turnovers (13) than the entire Jazz team (12). Overall, the Jazz forced 23 turnovers and outscored the Wizards 2 ...
  
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• House Speaker Greg Hughes won’t seek re-election, but says he’s no ‘lame duck’

  11-01-2018 17:29
  House Speaker Greg Hughes announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election as speaker nor for his House seat — but opened up the possibility that he may run in the future for governor or Congress or even serve in the Trump administration.However, the Draper Republican said he doesn’t want to “start measuring for drapes [for another office] while I am on the clock. I have a job to do.”He added, “There’s a lot of heavy lifting in front of us in this coming
  
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• Jazz plan to sign Georges Niang to two-way contract

  11-01-2018 17:17
  The Utah Jazz plan to sign power forward Georges Niang to a two-way deal, league sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune.The Jazz will have to waive either Erik McCree or Naz Mitrou-Long, their current two-way players, to make room for Niang, who has played with the G-League Santa Cruz Warriors this season. Sources say the Jazz possibly could waive Mitrou-Long and keep him with their G-League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars.Niang has started 26 games for Santa Cruz this season, averaging 18.4 poi
  
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