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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Clock likely ticking on Rodney Hood’s time in Utah

  07-02-2018 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... ssment by stating that as many as 15 teams (half the league) have called the Jazz with interest in Rodney. In all, as many as 15 teams have called the Jazz co ...
  
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• Detectives have requested phone records, Facebook pages in hopes of finding details in case of missing Juab teenagers

  07-02-2018 23:53
  Detectives requested phone records and Facebook pages connected to two teenagers who were reported missing early last month and may be the victims of a homicide, according to an affidavit for search warrants that were unsealed on Wednesday. Riley Powell, 18, and Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson, 18, were reported missing Jan. 2. They had left Tooele about 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, reportedly to go to their Eureka home, according to family members. But the teenagers never arrived.Sanpete County
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series will be back in 2018 after all

  07-02-2018 23:52
  The show must go on — and now, for Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series, it will. The board of the Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation is expected to sign an agreement with concert promoter Broadway Media to host Twilight’s 2018 series. City and Arts Council officials and company representatives planned to announce more details at a news briefing Wednesday evening.Amid declining revenues and cost overruns, the popular Pioneer Park concert series planned last fall to go dark f
  
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• Southern Utah teacher now accused of abusing 4 elementary students in his class and another girl in his home, court documents say

  07-02-2018 23:50
  Five alleged victims have now come forward to accuse a St. George teacher of sexually abusing them while they were elementary school students.Curtis William Payne, 59, of Santa Clara, who was charged last week with three counts of child sex abuse, now faces 12 additional charges filed in 5th District Court on Wednesday.Payne was accused in court documents filed last week of sexually abusing a former fourth-grade student when she was in his class at Sunset Elementary School in the late ’90s
  
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• Utah Jazz: Clock likely ticking on Rodney Hood’s time in Utah

  07-02-2018 23:37
  Some recent developments have made it seem all the more likely that the Utah Jazz and Rodney Hood will part ways at the trade deadline. As the trade deadline has drawn ever nearer, rumors and speculation have increased significantly as well. The Utah Jazz were always primed to be participants leading up to this year’s […]
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• Sitake preaches patience with BYU’s recruiting class, which earns low marks nationally

  07-02-2018 23:29
  Provo • BYU football coaches stressed Wednesday the importance of developing players and finding diamonds in the rough — guys who probably won’t be able to play right away but will contribute down the road — when they announced the eight new signees who will join the 14 players they signed back in December to form the school’s 2018 recruiting class.In other words, don’t judge this class by what the folks who put together the national recruiting rankings think o
  
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• Utah artist told he must change his strip club mural design — and that all murals must be painted with ‘neutral earth-tone‘ colors

  07-02-2018 23:20
  A Utah artist said he’s been told to change the design for a mural he had planned to paint on the side of a South Salt Lake strip club — and that all murals in the city must now follow neutral color palettes.Shae Petersen, an award-winning artist who signs his work SRIL, says he met with South Salt Lake officials on Wednesday and was told to alter his proposal to paint a stylized panther and a woman teasing a bare shoulder on the side of the Exotic Kitty, a strip club at 3055 S. Stat
  
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• How formative years at Salt Lake City’s Ballet West helped make Nathan Chen America’s next figure skating star

  07-02-2018 23:20
  When those previously not in the know suddenly are, it’s not questions from aspirational figure skaters that immediately follow for Cati Snarr. It’s requests. A bombardment of requests. That’s what happens when you spent several years teaching one of America’s next figure skating superstars.Snarr instructed Nathan Chen in ballet, and considering that the 18-year-old has captivated the Olympic realm so swiftly and confidently — like one of his many quad jumps on the
  
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• Bagley cartoon: Parading one's insecurities

  07-02-2018 23:10
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below. <br> The EnergySolutions solution<br>Release the Memo!<br>Dangling Donald<br>State of the Teleprompter<br>The Original Dreamers<br>Image problem<br>How laws are made<br>For the children<br>Who’s a good legislature?<br>Party of personal responsibility<br>Want more Bagley?
  
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• Striking Gold: How Vegas became the NHL’s best team

  07-02-2018 23:00
  Before Gerard Gallant embarked on his journey to coach the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, he and former boss Doug MacLean sat down for breakfast and wondered what was ahead."He didn't know what the situation was," MacLean said. "He thought it was going to be tough."No one saw this coming — not Gallant, general manager George McPhee, their players, Vegas odds makers or anyone in hockey. Thanks to a never-before-seen combination of speed, motivation, confidence and goaltending, the Golden K
  
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• RSL closes the Tucson preseason leg with a 1-1 draw vs. San Jose

  07-02-2018 22:57
  Tucson • Center back Justen Glad sent a long ball arcing diagonally across the field to land at Sebastian Saucedo’s feet.Saucedo crossed the ball to Brooks Lennon, who sprinted in from the left wing. But Lennon’s near-post shot was blocked by goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell.Real Salt Lake’s first shot on goal in its 1-1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes at the Kino Sports Complex on Wednesday came after a series of long balls over the top of San Jose’s back line — a
  
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• Kragthorpe: BYU’s Kalani Sitake is kidding around, and that’s a good sign on signing day

  07-02-2018 22:55
  Provo • Kalani Sitake’s wry nature resurfaced. That development may have said as much about the vibe of BYU’s football program as anything else that emerged Wednesday as the second phase of recruiting ended.A couple of months after presiding over the Cougars’ first losing season in 13 years and having completed the biggest coaching staff overhaul in school history, Sitake joked about his undefined job description of working with the defense. How, exactly, will anyone recog
  
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• Dozens of exotic animals seized from Utah warehouse

  07-02-2018 22:33
  Midvale • Salt Lake County animal-control officers on Wednesday seized dozens of exotic species from a Midvale warehouse where a well-known animal rescuer is believed to be storing them.Authorities started taking inventory of the animals on Tuesday. They include venomous snakes, poisonous spiders, alligators, lizards and dozens of turtles.Animal control staff took 60 animals from the warehouse Wednesday, said spokeswoman Callista Pearson. The haul included turtles, tortoises, chameleons, sn
  
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• Utah will seek to host the Olympics again, aiming for 2030, but would take 2026

  07-02-2018 22:29
  Utah will bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2030 — but the state may get to make its case for welcoming the world again even sooner.If the U.S. Olympic Committee decides by March 31 to pursue the 2026 Winter Games — and designates Salt Lake City as its interested city — advisers recommended Wednesday that Utah should establish a candidature committee to pursue the opportunity.“We are in a great, tremendous position to host the Winter Olympics again,&r
  
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• Trib Caucus: Without secret recordings, how would we know about Romney’s 47 percent, Gov. ‘Available Jones’ Herbert or the arrest of Nurse Wubbels?

  07-02-2018 22:22
  Every week during Utah’s legislative session, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists will chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Benjamin Wood (education reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which will be convening weekly during the 2018 legislative session. Over the last week, lawmakers have kicked into a higher gear so there’s a lot to discuss: let’s di
  
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• The Utah Department of Public Safety says violent crime is increasing, but that it’s losing officers to higher-paying jobs

  07-02-2018 22:22
  Utah has recently faced an increase in violent crime, but without more money and manpower, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) warns it may remain understaffed while trying to face this new trend.In a presentation Wednesday before the state Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, DPS officials outlined many of their growing concerns regarding employee retention and additional measures that need to be taken.Utah Highway Patrol Col. Mike Rapich said law enforcement ag
  
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  07-02-2018 22:21 via twitter.com
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Red-hot Jazz rolling for seven in a row in Memphis

  07-02-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... : AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain Radio: 1280 and 97.5 The Zone Injuries: Utah Jazz: - OUT (Shoulder) - OUT (Knee) - OUT (Personal Reasons) Memphis Grizzlies: - ...
  
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• Utes begin home-friendly stretch against Stanford on Thursday

  07-02-2018 21:49
  The Utes sit one game under .500 almost two-thirds of the way through the Pac-12 schedule, and they’re hoping to find help in the form of their home court.Utah hosts Stanford at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Jon M. Huntsman Center —– Jon M. Huntsman Sr. will be honored before tip-off — and the game marks the start of a seven-game stretch, which includes five home games, to close the regular season. The Utes (13-9, 5-6) sit tied for seventh in the Pac-12 Conference standings alon
  
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• Trib Caucus: Mormon church-backed bill to ban secret recordings — would we know about Romney’s ‘47 percent,’ Herbert’s ‘Available Jones’ and shady dealings at an Orem Krispy Kreme?

  07-02-2018 21:41
  Every week during Utah’s legislative session, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists will chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Benjamin Wood (education reporter): Welcome to this week’s Trib Caucus Slack chat, which will be convening weekly during the 2018 legislative session. Over the last week, lawmakers have kicked into a higher gear so there’s a lot to discuss: let’s di
  
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• Utah will seek to host the Olympics again, aiming for 2030, but will take 2026

  07-02-2018 21:40
  Utah will bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2030 — but the state may get a chance to make its case for welcoming the world again even sooner.If the U.S. Olympic Committee decides by March 31 to pursue the 2026 Winter Games — and designates Salt Lake City as its interested city — advisers recommended Wednesday that Utah should establish a candidature committee to pursue the opportunity.“We are in a great, tremendous position to host the Winter Olympics
  
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• White House Staff Secretary, and former chief of staff to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rob Porter resigns after allegations of spousal abuse

  07-02-2018 21:38
  Washington • Rob Porter, the former chief of staff to Sen. Orrin Hatch, resigned as White House staff secretary on Wednesday after allegations surfaced by his two ex-wives that he had abused them.Porter denies the charges.Jennifer Willoughby, Porter’s second wife, told the Daily Mail that Porter was abusive and that she was “walking on eggshells” during their marriage because of his anger.His first wife, Colbie Holderness, told the British paper that Porter was “verb
  
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• Eight of Utah State‘s 10 signees hail from in-state schools

  07-02-2018 21:36
  Utah State supplemented its early signing day class with an additional 10 high school commitments Wednesday.Aggies football coach Matt Wells said the program was looking to bolster its offensive and defensive lines, but the best chance for incoming freshmen to make an immediate impact could be at wide receiver.Among the most recent signees was Deven Thompkins, a wideout from Fort Myers, Fla., who will join early signee Tim Patrick from San Diego.“How well they’ll do that early, it&rs
  
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• 2-year-old in hospital after being hit by car in front of Herriman preschool

  07-02-2018 21:29
  A 2-year-old boy was flown to the hospital Wednesday morning in serious condition after the child was hit by car in Herriman, police say.The boy was injured while a father was picking up his own child from a preschool near 4600 West and 14200 South at about 11 a.m., according to Unified police. After the man put his child in the car, the 2-year-old boy — who had been on the front porch with a few other kids — walked in front of the car, according to Unified police Detective Ken Hanse
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies: Utah aims for seventh straight win

  07-02-2018 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  ...that can be slept on. Memphis certainly falls in that category tonight. The Jazz will benefit from the fact that the Grizzlies will be playing on the second...
  
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• In face of increasing crime, ‘wage war,’ Utah Department of Public Safety faces employee shortages

  07-02-2018 21:23
  Utah has recently faced an increase in violent crime, but without more money and manpower, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) warns it may remain understaffed while trying to face this new trend.In a presentation Wednesday before the state Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, DPS officials outlined many of their growing concerns regarding employee retention and additional measures that need to be taken.Utah Highway Patrol Col. Mike Rapich said law enforcement ag
  
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• [The Score] - Rodney Hood has 'gut feeling' Jazz will trade him before deadline

  07-02-2018 21:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng' Jazz will trade him before deadline John Chick 20m ago Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY S ...
  
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• How formative years at Salt Lake’s Ballet West helped make Nathan Chen America’s next figure skating star

  07-02-2018 21:16
  When those previously not in the know suddenly are, it’s not questions from aspirational figure skaters that immediately follow for Cati Snarr. It’s requests. A bombardment of requests. That’s what happens when you spent several years teaching one of America’s next figure skating superstars.Snarr instructed Nathan Chen in ballet, and considering that the 18-year-old has captivated the Olympic realm so swiftly and confidently — like one of his many quad jumps on the
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Report: Utah Jazz’s Rodney Hood expects to be traded

  07-02-2018 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... es has an update for us on that. In all, as many as 15 teams have called the Jazz concerning shooting guard Rodney Hood, league sources tell The Salt Lake Tri ...
  
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• Rep. Jon Stanard resigns abruptly with little explanation

  07-02-2018 21:11
  Rep. Jon Stanard, R-St. George, abruptly resigned from the Utah House on Tuesday, but the reasons were not clear.A terse resignation letter said he was stepping down immediately for “personal and family reasons.”Stanard told The Associated Press in a text message Wednesday that he is going to spend a few weeks out of state with his father while he can.The lawmaker spoke about his father’s cancer in 2016 at an event at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, AP reported. Stanard said the
  
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• Dana Milbank: Become a Hatch-Level Applauder and avoid execution

  07-02-2018 21:05
  “I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl, and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time.”— President Trump“I live for the applause, applause, applause“I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause”— Lady GagaWashington • Many are denouncing President Donald Trump for saying Monday that those who didn’t
  
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• Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies: Utah aims for seventh straight win

  07-02-2018 21:02
  The Utah Jazz will look to extend their win streak to seven and sweep their current road trip as they visit the Memphis Grizzlies tonight. It’s been smooth sailing for the Utah Jazz of late as they’ve put together an impressive six-game winning streak that’s seen them come out on top against some of the […]
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Report: Jazz Trying To Land Marco Belinelli

  07-02-2018 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... ublished 1 min ago on February 7, 2018 By The Jazz are not one of the teams vying for Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Marco Beline ...
  
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• Report: Jazz Trying To Land Marco Belinelli

  07-02-2018 20:40 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Jazz are not one of the teams vying for Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Marco Belinelli, league sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune — Tony Jones (@tribjazz) February 7, 2018
  
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• Report: Jazz Not Trying To Land Marco Belinelli

  07-02-2018 20:40 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Jazz are not one of the teams vying for Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Marco Belinelli, league sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune — Tony Jones (@tribjazz) February 7, 2018
  
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• Holly Richardson: Utah Legislative Bill-Reading 101

  07-02-2018 20:35
  During Utah’s 45-day legislative session, there is undoubtedly at least one bill that might pique your interest enough to want to follow along and maybe even try to help the bill (or kill the bill). If you are new to Utah’s political process, though, even reading a bill might be a bit confusing. I know it was for me. When I read my first bill, I wondered what in the strange heck was going on with all the numbers down the left side of the page. I’ve since learned that the line n
  
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• Televangelist suggests alternate flu shot: 'Inoculate yourself with the word of God'

  07-02-2018 20:31
  More than 37 children across the country have died during a nasty flu outbreak that is already one of the worst on record, even though the season typically peaks in February.But Texas televangelist Gloria Copeland thinks there's nothing to worry about. In fact, she says she doesn't believe there's such a thing as a flu season."We got a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season," she said in a video posted to Facebook last week. "And don't receive it when somebody threatens you w
  
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• ‘You are evil,’ Deserae Turner tells teen accomplice to her shooting, prior to him being sentenced to prison

  07-02-2018 20:27
  Logan • The teenage boy who was an accomplice to the shooting last year of then-14-year-old Deserae Turner has been sentenced to prison.Jayzon V. Decker, 17, was sentenced to 15 years to life at the Utah State Prison by 1st District Judge Brian Cannell.The judge said Decker was no less culpable than his co-defendant, 17-year-old Colter Danny Peterson, who pulled the trigger.Last week, Judge Kevin Allen sentenced Peterson to a 15-years-to-life term in prison.“What kind of person are yo
  
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• Bill seeks to limit how Utah city and local officials speak up in favor of public-lands protections

  07-02-2018 20:24
  A bill aimed at regulating how city and other government officials in Utah advocate for federal protections of public lands got its first hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday and is moving ahead. As first drafted, HB136 sought to bar those officials from publicly supporting land protections, but the measure was amended Tuesday to instead require them to consult the Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee for feedback before proceeding.If it passes, some wa
  
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• Bears Ears' mining rush falls flat as no one bothers to show up

  07-02-2018 20:24
  Early on Friday morning, vast swathes of the red-rock high plateau that surrounds federally protected buttes in southern Utah were officially thrown open to miners.A controversial decision weeks earlier by President Donald Trump had shrunk the size of two national monuments — known as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — by hundreds of thousands of acres, enraging environmentalists and American Indian groups who feared a stampede of mine and oil wildcatters would rush in and de
  
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• Wedding cake is an 'artistic expression' that baker may deny to same-sex couple, California judge rules

  07-02-2018 20:17
  Forcing a baker to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage over her religious objections violates her right to free speech, a California judge has ruled."A wedding cake is not just a cake in a Free Speech analysis," wrote Superior Court Judge David R. Lampe in a decision late Monday. "It is an artistic expression by the person making it that is to be used traditionally as a centerpiece in the celebration of a marriage. There could not be a greater form of expressive conduct," he said.As a
  
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• Signing Day Live: Utah lands coveted four-star WR Solomon Enis

  07-02-2018 20:09
  The Utes addressed a major need in a big way with the addition of wide receiver Solomon Enis from Arizona. The 6-foot-4 Enis, a four-star prospect and son of former Penn State running back Curtis Enis, picked the Utes over Penn State, USC and Arizona State.Enis, who is from Phoenix, provides a huge lift to a wide receiver group that loses All-Pac-12 selection Darren Carrington II to graduation as well as the team’s second-leading receiver Raelon Singleton as a graduate transfer. Enis, an E
  
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• FBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey

  07-02-2018 20:04
  Washington • The day in July 2016 that FBI Director James Comey defended to Congress the bureau’s decision in the Hillary Clinton email probe, two FBI officials traded admiring texts about his verbal dexterity — and mocking jibes at the lawmakers questioning him.Congress, wrote FBI lawyer Lisa Page in one text, is “utterly worthless.” ″Less than worthless,” replied Peter Strzok, a seasoned FBI counterintelligence agent assigned to that investigation. &ldq
  
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• Photos and review: The Killers power through the flu to rock the ‘Delta Center’ — er, The Viv — in Salt Lake City

  07-02-2018 20:02
  Brandon Flowers, frontman of alt-rock/synth-pop band The Killers, opened and closed Tuesday night’s concert at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City by noting that the band had originated from “fabulous Las Vegas.”
  At many points in between, though, the singer reminded the adoring audience that he was a Utahn, too.True, he relocated his family to Park City last year, but he also spent some of his formative years in the Beehive State.
  “If you would have told me after m
  
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• .@UofUHealth report for #UTAatMEM: Ekpe Udoh (personal reasons) is not with the team.

  07-02-2018 19:55 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth report for #UTAatMEM:Ekpe Udoh (personal reasons) is not with the team.
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Breaking down the trade odds for Jazzmen on the market

  07-02-2018 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... h Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies: Battle of the Bigs by Hayden Van de Maat ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies: Battle of the Bigs

  07-02-2018 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... oven to be the best defender in the NBA. Although, his work is not done. The Jazz have one more important game to close out the road trip, and one of the best ...
  
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• Cedar man sentenced to jail, probation for sexual assaults

  07-02-2018 19:12
  St. George • A Cedar City man has been sentenced to nearly one year in jail and three years of probation for sexually assaulting two teenagers.The Spectrum reports 19-year-old Jakey Joshua Wall was sentenced Tuesday to 360 days in jail and 36 months of probation for one count of attempted unlawful sexual activity with a minor.He is also charged with attempted forcible sexual abuse for an attack on a second victim.Previous reports say a 14-year-old girl told police that Wall sexually assault
  
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• Man was running across Utah freeway when a vehicle struck and killed him, police say

  07-02-2018 19:11
  A 24-year-old man was hit and killed by a car on Interstate 15 in Kaysville on Tuesday night, police say.Cody C. Ashment, of Layton, was on foot and running across southbound lanes of the freeway “for an unknown reason” just before 10:15 p.m. when a sedan hit him, according to a news release from the Utah Highway Patrol.The car was changing lanes to exit at 200 North when it struck Ashment.Police said Ashment was killed on impact. The woman driving the car and her daughter were uninj
  
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• Utah Jazz at Memphis Grizzlies: Battle of the Bigs

  07-02-2018 19:08
  The Utah Jazz are red hot after reeling off six straight wins against some of the best teams in the NBA. Rudy Gobert, who has resurrected the Jazz’s season, will have another tough task ahead as he takes on Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies. The Utah Jazz have put together a tremendous stretch of […]
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