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• South Korean officials discuss North Korea performance as part of Olympic closing ceremonies

  23-01-2018 23:44
  Seoul, South Korea • South Korean Olympic organizers say it's too late to include a North Korean taekwondo performance in the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Games, but it might still occur at the Olympic Stadium on Feb. 9.Song Seung-hwan, the creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies, said Tuesday there are discussions on whether to include the North Korean taekwondo demonstration team in a program ahead of the opening ceremony. A Pyeongchang organizing committee o
  
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• Larry Krystkowiak happy with selfless attitudes of Utes upperclassmen

  23-01-2018 23:38
  Perhaps part of Utes coach Larry Krystkowiak’s previous gripes about playing so many consecutive Sunday games were in part because it cut into his book club time. When asked during his weekly news conference about the improved dynamic among the players on this season’s team, Krystkowiak referenced a team discussion Monday about the book “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz. Krystkowiak asked the players to each read the book duri
  
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• Max Boot: President Trump has already destroyed America‘s reputation

  23-01-2018 23:30
  For years, as a seller of real estate and star of reality TV, Donald Trump made a living wooing customers and viewers. His selling skills were good enough that he even persuaded voters to elect him as president in spite of his near-total lack of qualifications.Yet once in office, he has proved to be the worst salesman America has ever had. Far from winning over other countries, he is actively repelling and repulsing them.Trump is singularly failing to “close the deal” for America abr
  
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• Utah Rep. Chris Stewart: The real scandal isn’t possible Russian meddling in election, it’s taint of politics in CIA and FBI

  23-01-2018 23:18
  Rep. Chris Stewart said he’s spending a considerable amount of time in Congress investigating the real scandal in the wake of the 2016 election: the possible politicization of the FBI, Department of Justice and CIA.“We are unraveling or peeling back an onion there that is extraordinarily concerning to me,” Stewart, Utah’s only member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday on the Utah Senate floor. “When it comes to the politicalization of agencies like th
  
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• Filmed-in-Utah horror drama ‘Hereditary’ might be the scariest movie at Sundance this year

  23-01-2018 23:18
  Park City • One of the scariest, most mind-warping movies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival premiered in the wee small hours Sunday — and it was all filmed in Utah.“Hereditary,” a dark story of family grief that takes a twisted turn into the supernatural, had the audience at Park City’s Egyptian Theatre gasping at the jump scares and talking about its dread-filled tone on the shuttle buses.“It doesn’t feel like we’ve been gone very long,&r
  
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• Can’t get enough of @spidadmitchell?? Never fear. He wants you to add him on Snapchat!! 🤳 https://t.co/YrOdrTaxOp

  23-01-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
  
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• Alex Dargenton plays key role for Utah State … when he‘s healthy

  23-01-2018 23:10
  Logan • Alex Dargenton’s height and, consequently, his choice of sport made him a little bit different than most on the Caribbean island of Martinique.While almost everyone played soccer, Dargenton and his siblings tended toward hanging out at the basketball court. “As you can imagine, the biggest difference was the weather,” Dargenton said. “It was pretty simple. The biggest difference for me is we don’t have competitive sports within the schools, so I was pla
  
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• What will Utah look like in 2050? Public officials plan for the state‘s future.

  23-01-2018 23:07
  Without a plan to address the projected 1.5 million additional residents who will live in Utah by 2050, the future may look something like this: worsened air quality, increased traffic congestion and a continued lack of affordable housing. But as elected officials, business leaders, community organizers, transportation agencies and developers came together downtown Tuesday morning, they outlined a different vision — one that would provide more transportation choices and housing options, pr
  
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• Sessions interviewed by Mueller team in Russia investigation

  23-01-2018 23:00
  Washington • Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. He’s the highest-ranking Trump administration official and first Cabinet member known to have submitted to questioning.The interview came as Mueller investigates whether President Donald Trump’s actions in office, including the firing of FBI Director James Comey, constitute efforts to obstruct th
  
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• 2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect in custody

  23-01-2018 22:49
  Benton, Ky. •A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 17 others and sending hundreds fleeing for safety.Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. It was the nation’s first fatal school shooting of 2018.The teen will be charged with murder and attempted murder, Kentucky State Police Lt. Michael Webb said.“He was apprehended by the sheriff’s department here on site, at the sc
  
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• Australian Open quarterfinalist deletes tweets some say link him to alt-right movement

  23-01-2018 22:48
  Melbourne, Australia • Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren said in an interview on Tuesday that he deleted several years of tweets to "move forward" and create a "version of a cleaner start" after he was questioned about his connections with right-wing activists on social media.Sandgren's social media activity has been closely examined during his surprising run to the final eight at Melbourne Park. He was asked after his fourth-round win over Dominic Thiem about his links to con
  
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• Dana Milbank: Senators take the wheel from an erratic president

  23-01-2018 22:47
  Washington • The head is missing, but the body is still alive.The president killed off all attempts at compromise, then went dark after the government shut down, refusing to say what he would support on immigration or even to engage in negotiations. But in this leadership vacuum, something remarkable happened: Twenty-five senators, from both parties, rediscovered their role as lawmakers. They crafted a deal over the weekend that offers a possible path forward, and, in dramatic fashion on th
  
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• Ex-Kellogg workers win court appeal after claiming they were fired from Utah plant for religious reasons

  23-01-2018 22:34
  Ogden, Utah • A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of two northern Utah residents who claim they were fired from their jobs at the Kellogg Co. in 2012 because their religious beliefs prevented them from working on Saturdays.Richard Tabura and Guadalupe Diaz argued in their appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal in Denver that they were honoring their beliefs as Seventh-day Adventists when they refused to work on the Sabbath at Kellogg's former frozen foods plant in Clearfield
  
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• Name a better sports sound than a basketball snapping the net, we'll wait. |🎥| @MountainAmerica THREES OF THE WEEK… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-01-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  Name a better sports sound than a basketball snapping the net, we'll wait.|🎥| @MountainAmerica THREES OF THE WEEK… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Tomorrow at Detroit Rodney Hood (lower leg contusion) is questionable. #UTAatDET

  23-01-2018 22:21 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth Injury Report: Tomorrow at Detroit Rodney Hood (lower leg contusion) is questionable. #UTAatDET
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: How to end the Senate‘s astonishing dysfunction

  23-01-2018 21:36
  Remember Roscoe Conkling? Few people do, even though for many years the New Yorker was the “first man” in the Senate and king of patronage.How about Henry Cabot Lodge? “Something about the League of Nations?” you ask, if you are going off your college days or AP history prep. “No, wait, Nixon’s running mate!” you say, and head to Wikipedia to discover both fragments of memory are right. The Lodges were a father-and-son team of senators.How about Robert T
  
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• Bagley cartoon: For the children

  23-01-2018 21:34
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Who’s a good legislature?<br>Party of personal responsibility<br>Government shutdown showdown<br>Diversity not for the birds<br>Trump and the religious right<br>Trump Tower<br>Walmart severance<br>It’s a hard knock life<br>The Never Ending Story<br>Trump trolls Ameri
  
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• Breast-feeding in public is already legal in Utah, but this lawmaker wants to make it crystal clear

  23-01-2018 21:02
  Utah is known as a family-friendly state with high birth rates and big families. But it’s not so friendly when it comes to legally allowing mothers to breast-feed in public.“There are 48 states that have this legislation in place today” to clearly allow public breast-feeding, says Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden. “Utah is one of the two that does not.”So his HB196, formally introduced on Tuesday, seeks to change that.“I guess it’s surprising to me that
  
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• As Jazz struggle, Joe Ingles defends the locker room and tries to keep things together

  23-01-2018 20:39
  Detroit • It’s a matter of time now. Donovan Mitchell knows it.Joe Ingles will have his revenge.After the 30-year-old swingman tied his career high with 21 points on Saturday night against the Clippers, Mitchell — as he’s done to other veterans this season — ambushed Ingles during his postgame interview by squirting him with a water bottle. After the two exchanged a series of threatening Instagram comments, Mitchell now knows on a day not too long from now, he’
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Could the Utah Jazz pull off a trade for Damian Lillard?

  23-01-2018 20:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... to the promised land. Further fueling speculation is the fact that the 19-28 Jazz are in desperate need of a shake-up. In order to get back into the West’s pl ...
  
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• Could the Utah Jazz pull off a trade for Damian Lillard?

  23-01-2018 20:16
  Damian Lillard reportedly had a one-on-one meeting with Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen to discuss the team. Could the Utah Jazz prying him from PDX be a possibility? Every now and again, something happens elsewhere in the NBA that grabs the interest of Utah Jazz fans in a major way. Such was the case on […]
  Could the Utah Jazz pull off a trade for Damian Lillard? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How Rudy Gobert worked his way back from second knee injury

  23-01-2018 20:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... hallenges, but he worked his way back into shape through intense drills with Jazz coaching associate Desagana Diop and rookie Tony Bradley. “He’s done everyth ...
  
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• How Rudy Gobert worked his way back from second knee injury

  23-01-2018 20:03
  ATLANTA — Two clear ice packs were stamped on the knees of Rudy Gobert as he fiddled through his phone after Monday’s loss in Philips Arena.Moments after a 104-90 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, the Jazz center needed a moment to regroup while sitting at his locker.He had just logged 28 minutes, posting six points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and three steals in his third game back since returning from a second knee injury this season.“I feel pretty good, conditioning was better today
  
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• 2 dead, 19 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect in custody

  23-01-2018 20:01
  Benton, Ky. • A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school Tuesday morning, killing two of his classmates, injuring 19 and sending hundreds fleeing for safety.Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs and said the suspect will be charged with murder. It was the nation’s first fatal school shooting of 2018.Students ran for their lives out of Marshall County High School, jumping into cars and running down a highway, some not stopping u
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: If American athletes protest during Olympics, NBC will air it. Probably.

  23-01-2018 19:51
  As presented by NBC Sports, the Olympics are a feel-good festival of nationalism, positively packed with American flags and chants of “USA! USA!”A protest by American athletes might take a bite out of that narrative. Particularly if such a protest came, say, during the Opening Ceremony — if something took place equivalent to Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City or NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem.So what wi
  
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• Monson: Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey is going to be busy at the NBA trade deadline — and he will hate every minute of it

  23-01-2018 19:44
  Dennis Lindsey recently was asked what life is like for him in the run-up to the NBA trade deadline, a date that is now just over two weeks out (Feb. 8).He said it’s terrible.He said it’s one of the worst periods of his calendar year.He said he loathes it.The Jazz general manager wasn’t referring to the extra work he has to put in as his phone constantly rings and he punches up other GMs looking to organize possible deals in the remaining time and space. He wasn’t pointin
  
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• The life and death of Utah’s ‘otherworldly’ Cinamon Hadley — ballerina, goth queen and comic book character

  23-01-2018 19:37
  Cinamon Hadley couldn’t help but make an impression. She projected an unforgettable image with her long dreadlocks, her tall and wispy, tattooed and pierced figure, her goth couture, her 6-inch-high heels.But there was far more to it than that. She entranced people with her dancing. She inspired the look for the Death of the Endless character from DC Comics’ “The Sandman” series. Mostly, she enchanted those she came across with the kindness of her spirit.
  “She was p
  
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• She’s Poppy — and she’s coming to Sundance with her new YouTube Red series about a jealous mannequin and a deal with the devil

  23-01-2018 19:37
  Poppy Chan was surprised when she learned that her short film had been accepted at the Sundance Film Festival. “First I thought, ‘Wow. Are you sure it’s me? Are you sure that the real Poppy just got her film at Sundance?‘” she said in an interview with The Tribune. “And then they said yes, so I was just in shock.” Her expressed surprise is about the only thing Poppy has in common with a lot of other stars at Sundance. Because Poppy isn’t your typi
  
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• Sutherland Institute names Rick Larsen as new president

  23-01-2018 19:27
  Utah’s conservative public-policy think tank, the Sutherland Institute has named Vice President Rick Larsen as its new president. Larsen will replace Boyd Matheson, who announced his departure last week. “Rick … is a trusted executive who knows how to inspire and lead people, organizations and communities from dreaming dreams to designing a better world and delivering extraordinary results,” Matheson said in a press release. Larsen has a history of working in the communi
  
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• Sex abuse victim sues Red Rock Canyon School for allegedly failing to protect students from sexual predator

  23-01-2018 19:20
  A victim of sexual assault at the hands of a staffer at a St. George school for troubled youth has sued the school in civil court for allegedly failing to protect him from the abuse.The lawsuit was filed against Red Rock Canyon School — a psychiatric residential treatment center for adolescents — and its subsidiaries Thursday. It seeks damages to be determined at trial.The lawsuit alleges an employee at the school, Diarra Fields, was 27 years old in the summer of 2012 when he engaged
  
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• After poaching a desert bighorn in Utah, prominent Arizona guide loses hunting rights in 47 states

  23-01-2018 19:20
  Most big-game hunters can go their entire lives and never get a chance to legally shoot one of Utah’s desert bighorn sheep, a privilege reserved for fewer than 40 lucky hunters each year.After 21 failed tries, Arizona big-game hunting guide Larry Altimus finally landed such a permit in 2014 soon after taking up residence in Kanab, the Utah town on the Arizona line in the heart of desert bighorn country. But a jury later determined that Altimus was merely pretending to be a Utah resident fo
  
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• Gun industry gathers just a few miles from mass shooting

  23-01-2018 19:07
  The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many of them fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire.What exactly will be among the thousands of products crammed into the exhibition spaces at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show convention, running from Tuesday through
  
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• Three people injured during shootout in residential Utah County neighborhood

  23-01-2018 19:06
  Three adults were injured Monday night in a shootout on a residential street in Payson, police say.About 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired near 650 West and 500 South, about a block west of Wilson Elementary School, a news release from Payson police said.At the scene, they found two men and a woman with gunshot wounds, the release said. Investigators determined that the two men had been in an altercation, and one of them pulled out a handgun and shot the other ma
  
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• Official: Americans killed, injured in attack on Kabul hotel

  23-01-2018 18:58
  Washington • Multiple American citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban’s 13-hour siege of an upscale hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the State Department said Tuesday.No exact figures were immediately available for either the U.S. fatalities or injuries. In total, 22 people were killed in the attack including 14 foreigners, Afghan officials have said. Eleven of the 14 foreigners had been previously identified as working for the private Afghan airline KamAir.“We offer our de
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Just so you know — Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey hates the NBA trade deadline

  23-01-2018 18:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... at the Jazz have won six games out of their last 23 and now are feeling crazy urgency to ...
  
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• Idaho lawmaker installs private camera inside Capitol

  23-01-2018 18:53
  Boise, Idaho • An Idaho House leader said Monday he’s set up a security camera in his legislative office to record meetings with fellow lawmakers, lobbyists and constituents in response to the wave of sexual misconduct allegations erupting across the country.House Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane, a Republican from Nampa, says he felt the need to take extra steps to protect his reputation after seeing multiple lawmakers face accusations of sexual misconduct in Idaho and Washingto
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Jazz appear steady despite upcoming roster shakeup

  23-01-2018 18:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... happen in the next two weeks, and having lost 16 of their last 22 games, the Jazz appear to be operating at their regular, steady pace. Steadiness has become...
  
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• Here are photos of a few of the celebrities who have been on the Sundance red carpets

  23-01-2018 18:32
  With the Sundance Film Festival in full action, here are a few of the celebrities we’ve seen so far in Park City.
  Daveed Diggs, co-producer, co-writer and co-star of “Blindspotting,” poses at the film’s premiere on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival, Thursday, Jan. 18.Kathryn Hahn, a cast member in "Private Life," is interviewed at the premiere of the film on the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 18. Molly Shannon, a cast member in "Pr
  
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• Using a government laptop or smartphone to play politics? If so, that’s a public record under proposed legislation.

  23-01-2018 18:25
  Using an office computer for a personal Google search or printing a non-work-related document on the clock generally goes unnoticed by employers. But it definitely matters more if you’re a public employee or elected official using your work email to coordinate a political campaign. A state legislator wants to discourage state and local government employees from using taxpayer resources for personal political communication. Rep. Justin L. Fawson, R-North Ogden, is proposing a bill during th
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Blame McConnell and Ryan for the shutdown

  23-01-2018 18:00
  It was neither the #TrumpShutdown nor the #SchumerShutdown. It wasn’t even the #StephenMillerShutdown.It was always the #McConnellRyanShutdown.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan are responsible for the completely avoidable three-day federal shutdown that ended Monday. They will likewise be responsible for the catastrophe coming in a few weeks if Congress can’t get its act together to raise the debt ceiling.McConnell and Ryan, after all, not only lead t
  
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• Jazz mailbag: The Jazz aren’t going to tank. Consider this rough patch more of a hiccup.

  23-01-2018 17:55
  Tony Jones, one of the Tribune’s Utah Jazz beat reporters, will answer questions submitted on Twitter each week in his Jazz mailbag. Here are this week’s questions and answers.
  #TonyTalks Seems unusual for a player to be so openly discussed as tradable by the Jazz. Am I off on that assessment? Or is this a result of Hood himself saying he wants out. Was the booing a factor?— BHodges🎙 (@LifeOnaPlate) January 22, 2018
  This analysis would be spot-on in a normal season. The
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz’s Nike City Jersey has Arrived!

  23-01-2018 17:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... ts put out a recent piece on the Here’s what they had to say about the worst Jazz contract: Utah Jazz Player: Ricky Rubio Remaining contract: 2 years, $28.9 m ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Kyle Kuzma among Laker rookie greats; Kyle Collinsworth reportedly to get another Mavs deal

  23-01-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... d meeting with Portland Trail Blazers owner to discuss future And finally... Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell's rise was the subject of an in-depth analysis on ESP ...
  
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• Morning links: Kyle Kuzma among Laker rookie greats; Kyle Collinsworth reportedly to get another Mavs deal

  23-01-2018 17:12
  There's no doubt that a bunch of the NBA's greatest players of all time has suited up for the Los Angeles Lakers, and former University of Utah forward Kyle Kuzma has joined part of that elite company.ESPN recently ran a graphic showing that Kuzma was fourth all-time in scoring among rookies in Lakers history with an average of 16.8 points per game, behind just Elgin Baylor, Magic Johnson and Jerry West.https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/953808277472768000Kuzma entered Tuesday's games just back
  
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• Here's photos of a few of the celebrities who have been on the Sundance red carpets

  23-01-2018 17:10
  With the Sundance Film Festival in full action, here‘s a few of the celebrities we’ve seen so far in Park City.
  Kathryn Hahn, a cast member in "Private Life," is interviewed at the premiere of the film on the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Molly Shannon, a cast member in "Private Life," poses at the premiere of the film on the opening night of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018.Actor Nicolas Cage is interviewed at the premie
  
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• A flood of Academy Award nominations for ‘The Shape of Water,’ as Oscar embraces genre films

  23-01-2018 17:10
  The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards broke more than a few long-standing conventions.One of the biggest surprises in Tuesday’s nominations announcement was the embrace of genre films — most notably the fantasy romance “The Shape of Water,” the story of a love between a mute woman and an aquatic creature, which led all nominations with 13.Another genre movie, the racially charged horror thriller “Get Out,” cracked into four of the major categories, inclu
  
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• Sundance ’17 films ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ ‘Get Out’ and ‘Mudbound’ score multiple Oscar nominations

  23-01-2018 17:01
  Two of the nine movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture got their first public screenings this time last year at the Sundance Film Festival.Director Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name,” recounting a teen’s first romance during an Italian summer, premiered to rave reviews in Park City last year and earned four nominations Tuesday. And Jordan Peele’s racially charged horror thriller “Get Out,” which also snagged four nominations, was s
  
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• Using government laptop, smartphone to play politics? If so, that’s a public record under proposed legislation.

  23-01-2018 16:59
  Using an office computer for a personal Google search or printing a non-work-related document on the clock generally goes unnoticed by employers. But it definitely matters more if you’re a public employee or elected official using your work email to coordinate a political campaign. A state legislator wants to discourage state and local government employees from using taxpayer resources for personal political communication. Rep. Justin L. Fawson, R-North Ogden, is proposing a bill during th
  
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• Rolly: Utah may finally dump its porn czar, but don’t fret, late-night comics — the Legislature will provide more punchlines

  23-01-2018 16:43
  The Utah Legislature is finally getting around to repealing that embarrassing law passed in 2000 that created an “obscenity and pornography complaints ombudsman,” commonly called a porn czar, that generated international jokes and razzing.Rep. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, is sponsoring HB50, which will erase the position from the state’s law books. (The post hasn’t been funded since 2003.)When Utah became the only state to have an official “porn czar,” late-ni
  
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• Nick Rimando re-signs with Real Salt Lake, joining Kyle Beckerman for another season

  23-01-2018 16:31
  Nick Rimando has re-signed with Real Salt Lake.The team made it official Tuesday, announcing Rimando’s new multiyear contract before the team’s first full preseason training session Tuesday morning. RSL did not disclose the terms of the deal.“I couldn’t be happier continuing my career with Real,” Rimando said in a team release. “This is home, and I couldn’t fathom leaving this club that means so much to me. I was here in the glory days and want to help b
  
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