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• Truck rollover on Bangerter expected to block traffic for hours

  06-02-2018 23:56
  A crash involving four vehicles has closed east- and westbound lanes on Bangerter Highway and 12600 South.About 2 p.m. Tuesday, a large truck outfitted with a crane and carrying a load of drywall was southbound on Bangerter when the signal changed. The man driving didn’t think he could stop, so he attempted to turn right onto 12600 South, Det. Ken Hansen of the Unified Police Department said.The load shifted and the truck rolled onto a small white Honda. The truck also hit two other vehicl
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - Trade Deadline: Top 5 Hottest NBA Rumors

  06-02-2018 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... t Washington is reportedly set to be quite aggressive in their pursuit.   3. Jazz Interested in Avery Bradley According to several reports, the Utah Jazz woul ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Rested Timberwolves are back in gear for latest road test

  06-02-2018 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs to replace 'Red Panda's' stolen $25k unicycle Rubio's double-double leads Jazz to 129-99 win over Warriors AP source: Struggling Cavaliers don't plan to fi ...
  
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• George Pyle: In the Utah Legislature, two steps forward. One step back.

  06-02-2018 23:13
  A step forward:— Lawmaker pulls plan to delay Medicaid, CHIP coverage for new immigrants — Lee Davidson | The Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 6“Sen. Allen Christensen says he is withdrawing legislation that sought to require legal immigrants to reside in the state five years before they could qualify for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He had said his SB48 aimed to encourage self-reliance and to curb creeping ‘socialism.’ But critics called
  
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• Utes try to solidify their 2018 recruiting class as national signing day approaches

  06-02-2018 23:12
  The NCAA stole a lot of the thunder of this February’s national signing day when it pre-empted the traditional signing period by allowing prospects to sign in December.That change eliminated a large chunk of the anxiety and uncertainty from Wednesday, when high-school seniors can sign a National Letter of Intent, but the Utes are one of few Pac-12 Conference teams that have roughly half of the recruiting class yet to sign.Utah already signed seven players, including three junior college tr
  
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• From foreign to familiar: Justen Glad, Danilo Acosta and Brooks Lennon back with RSL after first call-up to the U.S. men’s national team

  06-02-2018 23:06
  After 18 days of an entirely new experience — training with the senior national team — Justen Glad, Danilo Acosta and Brooks Lennon returned to Arizona, where their playing careers together began.The trio rejoined Real Salt Lake in Tucson last week, where the team set up a little over an hour’s drive from Casa Grande, the former site of the RSL Academy. Glad, Acosta and Lennon missed the first week of RSL preseason for U.S. national team January camp, all receiving their first
  
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• With last-minute change, Utah Senate passed a bill that leaves lawmakers out of toll road decisions, while opening door to tolling

  06-02-2018 23:05
  Senators made a surprise, last-minute change before passing a bill that would open the door to tolling on all Utah highways, not just newly built ones.Lawmakers made the policy change Tuesday on the Senate floor that will keep them out of the decision to add open-road tolling in places like the Wasatch Canyons, West Davis Corridor and Mountain View Corridor.As lawmakers prepared for a typically procedural final vote before sending SB71 to the House, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, propose
  
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• Deadly earthquake strikes Taiwan's east coast

  06-02-2018 22:55
  Taipei, Taiwan • A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two hotel employees and injuring more than 200 other people, officials said.The Central News Agency reported that the ground floor of the Marshal Hotel in Hualien county had caved in, causing the deaths of the two employees.Other buildings were shifted on foundations and rescuers used ladders, ropes and cranes to get residents to safety.Taiwanese media reported that a separate hotel known as the Bea
  
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• Woman says store-bought lettuce had a 3-inch lizard in it

  06-02-2018 22:53
  Kittery, Maine • A Maine woman who prepared a salad says she realized after a couple of bites that her fork was stuck in a 3-inch lizard, minus the tail.After vomiting and getting over her shock, Michelle Carr, a nurse from Kittery, said she feared she could have ingested harmful bacteria. A biologist friend believes she found a blue-bellied lizard from California.Carr said she bought a bag of store-brand romaine lettuce at a supermarket in Portsmouth, N.H., on Jan. 26. The lettuce was dist
  
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• Which dunk are you hoping to see Donovan Mitchell compete with this year at the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk contest? 🕷️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-02-2018 22:24 via twitter.com
  Which dunk are you hoping to see Donovan Mitchell compete with this year at the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk contest? 🕷️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Boy Scouts of America dismissed from lawsuit filed by Utah hunting guide who was shot in the eye during a pheasant hunt

  06-02-2018 22:12
  The Boy Scouts of America and the local Trapper Trails Council have been dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit filed by a Cache County hunting guide who was shot during a Scouting-oriented pheasant hunt in 2014.Hunting guide Craig Bingham filed the lawsuit in 2016 against the BSA, local council and a number of Scoutmasters. He alleges the defendants were negligent during a pheasant hunt on March 22, 2014, when someone in the party shot him in the eye, hand and thigh.Bingham was permanently blinde
  
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• Max Boot: Congress should censure Nunes, just like McCarthy

  06-02-2018 21:56
  The last time a member of Congress made a reckless and baseless attack on a revered pillar of America’s security, it did not end well for him. Sen. Joseph McCarthy got away with smearing the State Department, which has never received the popular esteem it deserves, but when he took on the U.S. Army, accusing it of harboring a subversive dentist (really!), he went too far.During the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, Army counsel Joseph Welch delivered his famous rebuke — “Have you no
  
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• Utah Legislature assures no state government shutdown games by passing ‘base budgets’

  06-02-2018 21:35
  Utah legislators on Tuesday approved a series of safety-net “base budgets,” designed to prevent the sorts of shutdowns that the federal government is constantly flirting with when Congress and the president clash on spending.The federal government had a three-day shutdown last month, and worried about the possibility again this week. In 2013, a 16-day shutdown led to furloughing hundreds of thousands of workers. Utah, at the time, managed to reopen national parks here by guaranteeing
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz: Win streak, other teams' recent moves may change team's approach at the trade deadline

  06-02-2018 21:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’s money for next season. But over the last few weeks, and especially as the Jazz have gone on a six-game winning streak in which they’ve been rather incredib ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Win streak, other teams' recent moves may change team's approach at the trade deadline

  06-02-2018 21:15
  For quite a while now, it’s been thought that the Utah Jazz might be “sellers” at the NBA’s trade deadline this year, but as Thursday at 1 p.m. draws nearer, a few factors have developed that may make it a quieter one for general manager Dennis Lindsey and his staff.First, why did many think the Jazz might be a ready and willing trade partner? To start, they’ve got a bevy of players whose contracts will be expiring after this season who may not be part of the organi
  
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• Mormon church backs bill that could prevent recording bishop interviews

  06-02-2018 20:54
  The LDS Church is supporting a bill that could protect church leaders from being recorded without their knowledge or consent.“Church representatives have spoken with legislators to express support for House Bill 330, which is intended to protect the confidentiality of sensitive private conversations, including those between ecclesiastical leaders and their members,” spokesman Eric Hawkins confirmed in an emailed statement on Tuesday. The statement came after the church on Monday had
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - NBA Trade Deadline Preview: Will DeAndre Jordan Be on the Move? | SI.com

  06-02-2018 20:49 via sportspyder.com
  ...and Emmanuel Mudiay talks heat up between the Celtics and Nuggets. The Utah Jazz have made all players aside from Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingle ...
  
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  06-02-2018 20:46 via twitter.com
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Have the starters finally figured it out? Why isn’t Ingles lobbing 3s at All-Star weekend? Is George Hill coming back?

  06-02-2018 20:41
  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.@tribjazz Hey Tony, what is going on that the starters are finally starting to play well together? Is it as simple as time or has Q made some changes? #TonyTalks— Peter Hayward (@phayward9) February 6, 2018
  Ricky Rubio is playing as well as he has all season, and Rudy Gobert has returned to his All-NBA se
  
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• BYU LB Fred Warner among six from Utah schools invited to NFL Combine

  06-02-2018 20:22
  Provo • BYU linebacker Fred Warner has received an invitation to the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine after a standout performance at the Senior Bowl. Warner is the only Cougar invited to this year’s combine, which runs Feb. 27 to March 5 in Indianapolis.NFL.com projects Warner, a four-year starter at BYU, as a fourth- or fifth-round draft pick and compares him to another former Cougar, Alani Fua. Some NFL draft experts were calling Warner a top-50 draft prospect the week of the Senior Bowl
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Fox 13 sportscaster Joe Wren almost died on the air

  06-02-2018 20:17
  Fox 13 sportscaster Joe Wren almost made local TV news history in the worst possible way a few years ago. He nearly died on the air.Walking on set to do an interview with Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller in 2007, “I was dizzy. I could hardly even read the teleprompter. My arm hurt,” Wren said. “All classic symptoms of a heart attack. I was thinking, ‘Am I going to die on live TV?’”Of all the ways you don’t want to become a viral video, that’s at the to
  
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• Commentary: Predators depend on bystanders to do nothing

  06-02-2018 20:15
  Enough is enough.More than 200 victim impact statements by women sexually assaulted over the course of two decades when they were girls, some as young as 6 years old, by a Michigan State University physician. The Ingham County, Mich., judge, in her words, signed his death warrant in sentencing him up to 140 years.Administrators, coaches and others were told what Dr. Larry Nassar was doing to the girls. All turned a blind eye.So did those who knew what Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer were doing.
  
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• Gehrke: A Utah lawmaker was stripped of his leadership post after twice being told to correct his behavior toward women. How is this still happening?

  06-02-2018 20:01
  House Speaker Greg Hughes stripped Rep. Norm Thurston of a committee leadership post last week after Thurston made what was deemed an inappropriate comment to a woman working at the Capitol.House leaders had previously admonished the Provo Republican for his behavior toward women and did so again in a closed-door meeting, during which Hughes removed Thurston as vice chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, two Capitol sources say.The move marks the first known instance in recent ye
  
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• Amy Rodriguez commits to Utah Royals for 2018

  06-02-2018 20:01
  Amy Rodriguez’ return to FC Kansas City last season culminated in a 48th minute goal against the Boston Breakers in the season opener.She tore her ACL minutes later.Rodriguez, 30, is set to make her second comeback in as many years, this time with Utah Royals FC. The team has received a commitment form the striker for the 2018 season, the Royals announced Tuesday. “We are excited to get Amy into Salt Lake and help finish off her rehabilitation so she can again show what a huge talent
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz rumor: OKC willing to trade first-round pick for Hood or Burks

  06-02-2018 20:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... an unrestricted free agent). So he may be the better long-term addition. The Jazz are likely apt to move one or both players (as well as big men Derrick Favor ...
  
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• Landfill near shore of Great Salt Lake triggers concerns

  06-02-2018 19:52
  Ogden • A landfill under construction near the shore of the Great Salt Lake is triggering concerns that it could harm the ecology and wildlife.The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reports that construction on the southern tip of Promontory Point west of Ogden started last year. The company, Promontory Point Resources LLC, is seeking approval from Utah state regulators and Gov. Gary Herbert.The type of garbage they’ll be taking is unknown.Lynn de Freitas of Friends of the Great Sal
  
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• As their gymnastics rivals lean more on specialists, Utes are going all-in on all-arounders

  06-02-2018 19:48
  While more and more teams are relying on two and three-event performers, Utah’s gymnastics team seems to be going in the opposite direction.The inclusion of Kari Lee in the all-around in Saturday’s win over Washington gives the Utes a possibility of four all-around competitors with Missy Reinstadtler, MyKayla Skinner and MaKenna Merrell-Giles all having competed as all-around gymnasts this year.Lee went in place of Reinstadtler on the floor Saturday because the coaches wanted to rest
  
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• Utah Jazz rumor: OKC willing to trade first-round pick for Hood or Burks

  06-02-2018 19:43
  The Oklahoma City Thunder are rumored to be exploring potential trades for one of two Utah Jazz guards — Rodney Hood or Alec Burks. Will they or won’t they? That is the prevailing question surrounding the Utah Jazz with just days remaining until the NBA trade deadline arrives. Several Utah Jazz players have featured heavily […]
  Utah Jazz rumor: OKC willing to trade first-round pick for Hood or Burks - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and
  
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• Bombs away! Jazz bury Pelicans from beyond the arc. READ ⤵️ on.nba.com/2EJHuWt https://t.co/qVtAe3qnsA

  06-02-2018 19:42 via twitter.com
  
  Bombs away! Jazz bury Pelicans from beyond the arc.READ ⤵️ on.nba.com/2EJHuWt https://t.co/qVtAe3qnsA
  
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• Here’s your best shot for buying ‘Hamilton’ tickets on Friday

  06-02-2018 19:37
  Single tickets for the touring show of “Hamilton” will go on sale in Salt Lake City at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at arttix.artsaltlake.org and at the Eccles Theater box office, 131 S. Main St.Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about the “10-dollar Founding Father without a father” will play at the Eccles from April 11 through May 6. Prices range from $75 to $165 (plus fees), with some $300 premium seats.Here are ticket-buying tips from the presenters of the Broadway at the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - A.M. notes: Utah analyst talks market drop, Utah Jazz win again, Democrats to release memo

  06-02-2018 19:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... nd, according to the Deseret News. The Jazz won their sixth-straight game on Monday night, thanks to Hood’s 30 points ag ...
  
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• A.M. notes: Utah analyst talks market drop, Utah Jazz win again, Democrats to release memo

  06-02-2018 19:20
  Here's a look at the news for Feb. 6, 2018.Utah analyst responds to market dropOne Utah economist said that Monday's market drop on the New York Stock Exchange was to be expected, according to the Deseret News.Jeff Steagall, economics professor and dean of the Goddard School of Business & Economics at Weber State University, said a market correction was expected after the market earned big gains in January."The market went up about 6 percent in January, that's a huge amount for one month," h
  
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• Push to move U.S. public land managers west wins new support

  06-02-2018 19:07
  Denver • From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Bureau of Land Management oversees some of the nation’s most prized natural resources: vast expanses of public lands rich in oil, gas, coal, grazing for livestock, habitat for wildlife, hunting ranges, fishing streams and hiking trails.But more than 99 percent of that land is in 12 Western states, hundreds of miles from the nation’s capital. Some Western politicians — both Republicans and Democrats — are as
  
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• Wisconsin DOJ contracts with 2 more labs, including one in Salt Lake City, to test rape kits

  06-02-2018 19:05
  Madison, Wis. • The state Department of Justice is contracting with two more private labs to analyze untested sexual assault kits.The Joyful Heart Foundation has been pushing states to analyze untested kits in hopes of developing DNA profiles for serial offenders. Nearly 4,000 Wisconsin kits have been designated for testing. Analysis has been completed on 862 kits so far.The state contracted with Bode Cellmark Forensics in November 2016 to perform testing beginning in January 2017. DOJ anno
  
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• Southeastern Utah makes Lonely Planet's list of ‘U.S. destinations you need to see in 2018’

  06-02-2018 19:02
  Lonely Planet, the travel guidebook company, put California’s Redwood Coast No. 1 on its top 10 list of U.S. destination for 2018 .Lonely Planet recommended the region, which includes Redwood National Park, as a place to “lose all track of time” — along with your cell signals. This year the national park marks 50 years since it was founded.Second on the list was Boise, Idaho, which Lonely Planet described as epitomizing “what cool looks like before the rest of the w
  
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• Group marches in support of keeping Navajo coal plant open

  06-02-2018 18:58
  Phoenix • A coalition of groups is marching to the state Capitol on Tuesday to support extending the life of a coal-fired power plant near the Arizona-Utah border.The Navajo Generating Station in Page is set to close at the end of 2019 unless a new owner can be found. It's considered a long-shot, but the company that owns the supply mine is trying.The power plant is a major revenue source for the Navajo and Hopi tribes. The electricity generated there also powers a series of canals that del
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-NOP: Jazz play sweet music to the tune of six straight

  06-02-2018 18:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... veThirtyEight, the Jazz have a 75 percent chance of the playoffs. While this isn’t everything, that’ ...
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Should recent Jazz winning streak change trade deadline plans?

  06-02-2018 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... wise, he hadn’t played in the previous four games. Related: The Triple Team: Jazz supernova offense continues in 133-109 win over Pelicans Three thoughts on t ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump‘s lapdogs now accept the labeling of opponents as ‘treasonous’

  06-02-2018 18:43
  Lucy and her football have nothing on President Donald Trump. Just as surely as she pulls the ball away from Charlie Brown, sending him skyward and crashing flat on his back, Trump repeatedly lures his apologists into cooing about his new “presidential” voice and rationalizing his absurdities. And each and every time, he leaves them humiliated, flat on their backs.A week ago at the State of the Union, Trump declared, “Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences,
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: The Nunes memo revealed a damning omission

  06-02-2018 18:43
  Having reviewed hundreds and hundreds of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant applications as the final stop between the FBI and the desks of Attorneys General William French Smith and Edwin Meese III, I read the Nunes memo as revealing one major fact that stands out above all other revelations: The FISA warrant for surveillance on Carter Page (and the three subsequent renewals of the warrant) omitted a material fact.While the FBI admitted that the information came from a politically mo
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Is Trump to blame for the market dive?

  06-02-2018 18:42
  Video: The Washington Post’s Heather Long explains what’s going on with the Dow Jones industrial average, which experienced its worst drop in about two years.(Jhaan Elker, Heather Long | The Washington Post)President Trump has been bragging about the stock market since he took office, attributing any upward movement to his stewardship of the economy. Curiously, with the market tumbling in recent days, he’s been a teensy bit shyer about taking credit for market performance.So:
  
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• Dana Milbank: Reality is catching up with Trump — everywhere

  06-02-2018 18:41
  Video: President Trump on Feb. 5 praised the GOP tax overhaul during a speech in Blue Ash, Ohio. But he also warned Republican voters against “complacency” in the midterm elections. (Bastien Inzaurralde | The Washington Post)Washington • President Trump, in his State of the Union address last week, boasted to the nation about stock-market gains: “The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining $8 trillion and more in value in just this short period of time.
  
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• Utah Jazz-NOP: Jazz play sweet music to the tune of six straight

  06-02-2018 18:37
  The Utah Jazz knocked down the conference-rival New Orleans Pelicans 133-109 for their sixth straight win. The Utah Jazz are hot. Scorching hot. So hot they are doing crazy things not done by the Jazz for over 30 years and even some things that have never been done. Their latest act, a 24-point win on […]
  Utah Jazz-NOP: Jazz play sweet music to the tune of six straight - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Undefeated week propels Jazz in NBA Power Rankings

  06-02-2018 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... tern Conference (along with the ’ tough February schedule) have provided the Jazz with an opportunity, and has them . The streak includes wins over Toronto, G ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jimbo’s Mailbag – A Cow-Tipping Center, Waterbeds and Utah’s Dream Team

  06-02-2018 18:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... d hold and squeeze during games. Whenever I held the ball a certain way, the Jazz would play well. My stupid sister backed over it in our driveway on her way...
  
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• Lawmaker pulls plan to delay Medicaid, CHIP coverage for new immigrants; poll shows most Utahns opposed mandating such a wait

  06-02-2018 18:05
  Sen. Allen Christensen says he is withdrawing legislation that sought to require legal immigrants to reside in the state five years before they could qualify for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).He had said his SB48 aimed to encourage self-reliance and to curb creeping “socialism.” But critics called it a mean-spirited attack against new legal immigrants, who are mostly Latino.“I just didn’t have the political support I need for it,”
  
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• Rock On: A (strange) Philadelphia Story

  06-02-2018 18:02
  VICTORY FORMATIONSuper Bowl revelers climbed light poles, collapsed a hotel awning, started fires, overturned a car and stole a police horse. According to U.S. News & World Report, one fan even ate horse biscuits in celebration.The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau website promotes the city as “Your American Adventure.”That you are, Philly. That you are.NEXT UP: EVERYONE’S ADVANTAGE
  
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• Young U.S. women’s mogul skiers eager to build own legacy in South Korea

  06-02-2018 17:50
  Hannah Kearney, the two-time Olympic medal-winning mogul skier, ate dinner with her friends from the U.S. ski team late last month and offered some tips for their upcoming trip. Much of what she said was simply practical (“you’re going to walk through a lot of metal detectors”) and some was meant to help on the hill (“the pressure isn’t real, it’s all in your head”).What Kearney did not tell them was how to fill her ski boots.Team USA knew for years it w
  
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• Letter: To back up his words, Herbert must denounce gerrymandering

  06-02-2018 16:59
  Dear Gov. Herbert,In your State of the State message you said, “This is Utah’s unique spirit of collaboration. It is based on a moral commitment that when we say ‘We the People’ we mean all the people.”If you really mean those words, then I implore you to denounce the undemocratic and immoral gerrymandering in Utah that has ensured that all six members of Congress are Republicans. When Democrats are not represented in our national delegation, not all the people are
  
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• To trade or not to trade? Jazz’s answer may be changing with current winning streak

  06-02-2018 16:57
  New Orleans • Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey has a difficult job this week.The NBA’s trade deadline is Thursday, and the Jazz have been active in talks. They’ve assessed and reassessed the roster, asking themselves what moves they should make. There have been multiple reports on who may or may not be available on the trade market.But as the Jazz prepare to face the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, there’s another question they must face.Should they make a mo
  
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