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• Justin Bibbins and Sedrick Barefield turning into a potent backcourt for Utes

  09-02-2018 23:58
  Utes guards Justin Bibbins and Sedrick Barefield looked like a dynamic two-headed monster Thursday night. It took time, but that duo seems to have meshed in a way that will help them both as the Utes attempt to push into the top third of the conference.Bibbins’ addition as a graduate transfer from Long Beach State figured to give Utah interchangeable parts capable of putting pressure on a defense in multiple ways. However, Bibbins presence had relegated Barefield to a supporting role for
  
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• Utah Royals announce the hire of seven technical staff members

  09-02-2018 23:54
  What began as a sprinkle of hiring announcements — a coach hiring here, an assistant coach there — has turned into a flash flood. Utah Royals FC has completed the hiring of its technical staff, the team announced Friday, revealing seven new members of the organization. Among them were managing director Stephanie Lee, assistant coach Amy LePeilbet and head athletic trainer Emily Fortunato. They join already-announced coach Laura Harvey and assistant Scott Parkinson.Lee, who worked wit
  
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• NBA Daily: Buyout Market Watch

  09-02-2018 23:36 via basketballinsiders.com
  The trade deadline is behind us, which means it's time to turn our attention to this season's buyout market.
  
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• Suspect who led cops on a five-day manhunt following shootings is charged with attempted aggravated murder

  09-02-2018 23:31
  More than two weeks after his five-day run from the law ended in an arrest in Spanish Fork, Justin Gary Llewelyn has been charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder for allegedly shooting at a police officer and shooting a resident in Riverton.
  Llewelyn, 33, was also charged Friday in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony counts of aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, third-degree felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor failure to stop at the command of an officer.On Fr
  
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• Timpview’s Oyler tops West’s Wolfgramm in showdown between reigning state champs

  09-02-2018 23:20
  Bountiful • Timpview’s Rachel Oyler, like most top-level swimmers, tends to look at personal-best times as a good indication of how she’s doing.That didn’t happen for Oyler on Friday, but it was a good day nevertheless at the Class 5A state swimming meet.The defending Class 4A state champion in the 50-yard girls freestyle claimed a second straight crown in that event — this one in Class 5A — as she raced the two lengths of the South Davis Aquatic Center pool in
  
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• Class 5A state swimming: Day 1 standout performers and key numbers

  09-02-2018 23:19
  Blayze Kimble, CottonwoodThe Colts junior came into the 200-yard individual medley as the Class 5A defending state champion, and he pulled away from teammate Colin Dailey and Woods Cross senior Addison Morris for a second straight title, touching in 1 minute, 55.56 seconds. It was 2 seconds better than second-place Dailey. Kimble also will swim the 100 breaststroke, where he has the second-best qualifying time.Rachel Oyler, TimpviewThe sophomore sped to victory in the 50 freestyle, an event that
  
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• 🔥🔥🔥 twitter.com/jashin_mizuho/…

  09-02-2018 22:46 via twitter.com
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• These record-breaking pictures were taken by the farthest camera from Earth

  09-02-2018 22:42
  They may not look like much more than blue-green smudges, but the images are record-breakers. The machine that took these photos was farther from Earth than any other functioning camera in existence.NASA released the pictures, captured at the end of 2017 by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, on Thursday. The imager is one of seven instruments aboard the New Horizons spacecraft that reached Pluto in 2015. The camera photographed three subjects in December: a star group nicknamed the Wishing We
  
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• Trump says it's a ‘tough time’ for former Hatch, White House staffer accused of abuse

  09-02-2018 22:36
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that a former aide accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives had done a “very good job” at the White House, adding, “We certainly wish him well.” Trump emphasized that former staff secretary Rob Porter maintains his innocence, and the president made no mention of the women who have reported physical and emotional abuse.It was Trump’s first comment on the allegations against Porter, who has been one of his most tru
  
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  09-02-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
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• Come get your drinks in the #FordFanZone tonight! 🎉 https://t.co/CllqVkA1l2

  09-02-2018 22:26 via twitter.com
  
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• [KSL] - Larry H. Miller sells Fanzz to Maryland-based operating company

  09-02-2018 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  ...the Fanzz name and the currently open stores. The two stores located in the Jazz's sporting venues, the Utah Jazz Team Store and the Salt Lake Bees Team Shop ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz get a passing grade at the deadline

  09-02-2018 22:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... e untouchable, but for some reason, it didn’t work out in Cleveland. For the Jazz, Crowder is a worthy gamble who should lock down the other wing position nex ...
  
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• Missed your shot at ‘Hamilton’ tickets in Salt Lake City? Here are some ways to try again — or console yourself

  09-02-2018 22:02
  So you’re one of the many Utahns who missed your shot at the “Hamilton” online box office. Or maybe you were unwilling to invest your entire tax cut or take out a second mortgage on your house to buy tickets.Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for the April 11-May 6 Salt Lake City run at the Eccles Theater and were sold out by 2 p.m.On a popular online resale site, asking prices for tickets ranged from $278 to more than $1,000. Original prices ranged from $75 to $165 (plus f
  
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• Protesters target Salt Lake City appearance by Trump’s Interior Secretary, slam his industry-friendly public-lands policies

  09-02-2018 22:01
  About 150 protesters gathered outside of the Salt Palace Convention Center in anticipation of the arrival of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who was visiting Salt Lake City Friday.“Secretary Zinke has continued a legacy of people in power pushing folks off public lands,” said Olivia Juarez, a community organizer for the environmental group Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, which coordinated the protest. Zinke was expected to announce what aides said was a conservation initiative abou
  
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• New study of Utah’s use of the death penalty suggests life without parole costs less, prompts another call to abolish capital punishment

  09-02-2018 22:00
  A group of Utah attorneys, advocates and state staff have spent the last year studying the state’s death penalty. The working group, created by Utah’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, examined several areas, including costs, aggravating factors and public attitude.The CCJJ report, released Friday, noted there were “fundamental difficulties inherent in analyzing death penalty policy.” The group did not make any recommendations or proposed changes to Utah’
  
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• Utah lawmaker’s resignation over claims he solicited sex complicates a proposed overhaul for the state’s technical colleges

  09-02-2018 21:53
  A bill before the Utah Legislature to alter governance of the state’s higher education systems is intended to “harmonize” oversight of traditional colleges and universities with that of its technical colleges, says the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Ann Milner, R-Ogden.But the background on HB300 was murky and complicated even before Tuesday’s resignation of its original sponsor, Rep. Jon Stanard, over allegations he solicited a prostitute.Milner alluded to the situation i
  
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• Planes from Hill Air Force Base could fly over a military parade, but the Utah National Guard will need an order from Trump to march in it

  09-02-2018 21:48
  Precedence and proximity to Washington D.C. could prevent Utah-based service members, especially reservists, from participating in President Donald Trump’s proposed military parade — although the Pentagon says all options are on the table.The logistics of such a parade — which White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders characterized in the Wednesday media briefing as “literally in a brain storming” phase — are unclear.But Utah National Guard spokesman
  
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• Taxpayers paid for hotel stays allegedly used by Rep. Jon Stanard for tryst with prostitute

  09-02-2018 21:46
  Taxpayers paid for two hotel stays that former Rep. Jon Stanard, R-St. George, allegedly used for a tryst with a prostitute.Greg Hartley, chief of staff for the Utah House, said Friday that records show the state paid for hotel rooms at the Fairfield Inn in Salt Lake City on exact dates that a call girl told the Daily Mail of London that Stanard paid her $250 for two one-hour sessions of sex.“We do have hotel receipts,” he said. Hartley provided copies, showing that the state paid $1
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Why it makes sense to part with newly acquired Derrick Rose

  09-02-2018 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... t, 2020 second round pick (via Heat), cash For the Jazz, they sent away two solid second unit pieces in Hood and Johnson, who are tw ...
  
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• Man who led cops on a five-day chase following shootings is charged with attempted aggravated murder

  09-02-2018 21:43
  More than two weeks after his five-day run from the law ended in an arrest in Spanish Fork, Justin Gary Llewelyn has been charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder for allegedly shooting at a police officer and shooting a resident in Riverton.
  Llewelyn, 33, was also charged Friday in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony counts of aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, third-degree felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor failure to stop at the command of an officer.On Fr
  
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• Holly Richardson: Begin by believing women

  09-02-2018 21:43
  “The first time he called me a ‘f***ing b****’ was on our honeymoon. (I found out years later he had kicked his first wife on theirs.)”So wrote Jennifer Willoughby months ago about her first husband, Rob Porter. While she did not use his name, she did use hers. The abuse was not a secret. But no one seemed to care. Rob Porter was on his way up.This week’s exhibit 5,394 of the muting of women starts with Jennie and Rob’s first wife, Colbie Holderness, both surv
  
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• The Olympics might miss Sage Kotsenburg, but the Park City snowboarder isn’t exactly missing them

  09-02-2018 21:34
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • There will be no shortage of massive airs and stylish grabs as dozens of riders vie for a shot at a slopestyle medal on the first day of snowboarding at these Olympic Games. There however will be one expected but noticeable absence.Sage Kotsenburg, the reigning Olympic champ, long ago decided not to show up.Four years ago in Russia, as the Park City native stood at the top of a similar course in Russia, a man at the start offered him some friendly advice.“Ha
  
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• Utah lawmakers fearing manufactured scandals after strange woman came to a senator’s hotel room and said ‘I’m your date’

  09-02-2018 21:33
  Utah legislators were put on high alert after a senator says an unknown woman knocked on the door of his Salt Lake City hotel room and told him she was his date for the night, the same day a news report claimed a member of the House who resigned Tuesday met with a prostitute twice last year.Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, said he’s instructed lawmakers to be cautious, that there may be people seeking to “entrap” them in an apparent scandalous situation to make mon
  
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• Net safety program that trains Utah students at risk in attorney general budget cuts

  09-02-2018 21:29
  A program that provides internet safety education to students across the state free of charge may be on the chopping block as Utah lawmakers work to shave state budgets.The Utah NetSmartz program, which is funded by a grant through the budget for the Utah Attorney General’s Office, is managed and run by the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County, although NetSmartz officials say their staff work in Boys and Girls clubhouses across the state.It apparently was a pet project of former House Speak
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - NBA Rumors: Buyout updates, latest news after deadline | SI.com

  09-02-2018 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... nderman,  South Florida Sun Sentinel) • Joe Johnson, who was traded from the Jazz to the Kings, will be bought out by Sacramento. Two teams he could sign with ...
  
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• New Jazzman Jae Crowder unlikely to play vs. Charlotte after arriving in Utah late Thursday

  09-02-2018 21:14
  Jonas Jerebko is a social media hawk on trade deadline day ever since he was traded to Boston a few seasons back. He updates his Twitter feed constantly.So he was one of the first Jazzmen to see that Jae Crowder, his teammate for three years with the Celtics, was coming to join him in Utah. And he was one of the first to reach out and call him to offer words of welcome.“I was happy when I had seen Jae came here,” Jerebko said. “For three years, we had some great times together.
  
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• Millions will witness Provo woman’s Olympic performance — as Canadian pair skate to her song

  09-02-2018 21:11
  April Meservy was as surprised as anyone that she wound up at the Canadian National Skating Championships in Vancouver last month.And it was certainly beyond her wildest dreams to find out she’d be going to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and to realize that millions of people around the world will be taking in her performance during the pairs figure skating competition.After all, she’s not even a skater.But considering a two-time world-champion skating team wanted t
  
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• Mormons to reopen flood-damaged Houston Temple in wake of Hurricane Harvey

  09-02-2018 21:09
  LDS Church leaders will reopen the faith’s Houston Temple in late April about seven months after the structure was heavily damaged by floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.In a letter dated Wednesday, the church’s governing First Presidency announced a rededication service set for Sunday, April 22. M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will preside.The proceedings will be kept simple, not including the usual open houses or cultural celebration events
  
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• Trump says it's a ‘tough time’ for ex-aide accused of abuse

  09-02-2018 21:01
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday that a former aide accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives had done a “very good job” at the White House, adding, “We certainly wish him well.” Trump emphasized that former staff secretary Rob Porter maintains his innocence, and the president made no mention of the women who have reported physical and emotional abuse.It was Trump’s first comment on the allegations against Porter, who has been one of his most tru
  
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• Michael Lewis: Looking for Trump in all the wrong places

  09-02-2018 21:00
  Back when he was president, Barack Obama told me that only two people treated any interaction with him as a zero-sum game. One was Vladimir Putin, the other congressional Republicans. Both behaved as if there was no such thing as a win-win situation: Any gain for Obama was a loss for them, and any gain for them must also entail a loss for Obama. The moment that the Russian president or congressional Republicans saw he wanted something, they went to work trying to keep him from getting it —
  
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• Rolly: When Rove talks about divisive, dirty politics, listen up. He’s a master of those tactics.

  09-02-2018 20:56
  The irony surrounding Karl Rove’s speech this week at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics was hard to ignore.The conservative political consultant told his small but friendly audience not to despair over the current turmoil in Washington and the crude and divisive behavior of President Donald Trump because the country has survived worse.He cited numerous historical examples of political discord and boorish, even mean and nasty, behavior on the part of presidents,
  
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• New position has BYU’s Zac Seljaas trying to regain his pre-mission shooting touch

  09-02-2018 20:56
  Provo • Expectations for coach Dave Rose’s BYU basketball team were lowered significantly entering the 2017-18 season after Eric Mika turned professional and Nick Emery withdrew from school a day before the opener. Given those notable personnel losses, the Cougars (19-7, 8-5 WCC) have overachieved by most accounts, although the schedule has been fairly soft. Jeff Sagarin rates it as the 162nd most difficult in the country to date. BYU has received an unexpected contribution from Weber
  
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• BYU picked No. 1 in WCC baseball preseason coaches poll

  09-02-2018 20:40
  Provo • BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood doesn’t put a lot of stock into preseason polls, but he appreciates the recognition nevertheless. Littlewood’s Cougars have been picked by the league’s coaches to win the West Coast Conference baseball championship. The season begins Feb. 16. “When we were picked to finish low the last few years, I didn’t lose sleep, and I won’t get too excited knowing we have been picked to finish first this year,” Littlew
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz fans freak over Rodney Hood trade in Twitter vids

  09-02-2018 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... zz vs. Charlotte Hornets: Jazz finally return home 6h ago Utah Jazz trade aftermath: Joe Johnson, Derrick Favors and, yes, Boris Diaw 16h ago Ut ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz welcome Jae Crowder to Salt Lake City, but it's unlikely that he'll play tonight

  09-02-2018 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  ...him to do is to be instinctive and try to adapt to this and let it evolve.” Jazz coach Quin Snyder on acquiring Jae Crowder: “We think it’s an excellent fit. ...
  
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• [USA Today] - Cavs GM Koby Altman: Trades were about improving culture, making team 'fun again'

  09-02-2018 20:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... s had called Utah about Rodney Hood’s availability, and Altman had talked to Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey, who runs a tight and quiet ship in the shado ...
  
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• Watch these musical kids from Utah win $15,000 and get a visit from ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’

  09-02-2018 20:20
  Utah teacher April Nielsen and her 75 orchestra students at Lava Ridge Intermediate School in Santa Clara were celebrating Friday after winning $15,000 and a visit from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”The class earned the grand prize in the Scotch Brand’s Most Gifted Wrapper contest, in which DeGeneres encouraged her DIY viewers to submit a picture of their most creatively wrapped holiday gifts.Utah viewers can see the surprise announcement on the daytime show Friday at 4 p.m. on KU
  
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• "One of my all-time favorite teammates really, he's a great guy." 🎥: on.nba.com/2EfGexv https://t.co/uzZKmWWHje

  09-02-2018 20:18 via twitter.com
  
  "One of my all-time favorite teammates really, he's a great guy."🎥: on.nba.com/2EfGexv https://t.co/uzZKmWWHje
  
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• Utah Jazz welcome Jae Crowder to Salt Lake City, but it's unlikely that he'll play tonight

  09-02-2018 20:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — A new player was spotted strolling around the Utah Jazz practice facility in a light gray Nike sweatsuit, gripping a basketball.New acquisition Jae Crowder is learning his way around.He arrived in Salt Lake City late Thursday night and met with coach Quin Snyder ahead of Friday’s shootaround, but isn’t officially on the roster until all players involved in the three-team trade clear their physicals, so he can’t do anything on the court.It’s highly u
  
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• Utah Jazz fans freak over Rodney Hood trade in Twitter vids

  09-02-2018 20:15
  A couple of Utah Jazz fans took news of the Rodney Hood/Joe Johnson trade really, REALLY hard. Here’s the video evidence… When the Utah Jazz chose to part ways with Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson before the NBA trade deadline, fan reaction to the move ran the gamut. For the most part, the sentiment in […]
  Utah Jazz fans freak over Rodney Hood trade in Twitter vids - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Hear Head Coach Quin Snyder on the departure of Rodney Hood, Joe Johnson and the arrival of Jae Crowder 🎙️⬇️ 🎥:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-02-2018 20:09 via twitter.com
  Hear Head Coach Quin Snyder on the departure of Rodney Hood, Joe Johnson and the arrival of Jae Crowder 🎙️⬇️🎥:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah man sentenced to probation for his part in 1991 fatal stabbing at Laotian community dance

  09-02-2018 19:57
  After agreeing to testify against his two co-defendants in an upcoming murder trial, Hoomphanh Vanvilay was sentenced to probation Friday, and was to be released from jail.Vanvilay, 46, has spent the past 744 days in jail for restraining 25-year-old Youthaloth Oudanonh while his friend fatally stabbed the man in the neck at a Laotian community dance in Salt Lake City in 1991.Vanvilay and his co-defendants — brothers Viengkeo and Vienphet Sundara — fled in a vehicle following the stab
  
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• 🗣️ JAE IN THE BUILDING 🙌 @CJC9BOSS https://t.co/QC0hWafyOh

  09-02-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  🗣️ JAE IN THE BUILDING 🙌@CJC9BOSS https://t.co/QC0hWafyOh
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - 76ers president Bryan Colangelo: Markelle Fultz might miss rest of season

  09-02-2018 19:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... . All that doesn’t make the business side of the NBA any easier. Tuesday the Jazz shipped out Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson in a three-team trade with the Caval ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz-Charlotte Hornets: Gobert, Howard battle for paint supremacy

  09-02-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...could be the X-factor in the contest. In terms of wins and losses, Gobert’s Jazz have drawn even with Howard’s teams over the years. The big men are 4-4 agai ...
  
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• Utah's warm winter drives elk out of Hardware Ranch, leading to the early end of another popular outdoors event

  09-02-2018 19:23
  Utah’s warm winter has forced the state’s popular elk-viewing wagon rides in Hyrum to close this weekend as the Hardware Ranch elk herd heads to the hills weeks earlier than usual.Wagon rides through the meadows of the Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area will end Saturday, Feb. 10, according to the state Division of Wildlife Resources. Rides had been scheduled to continue until Feb. 26.Only 90 elk in the herd of 700 remained in the meadows as of this week, said Hardware Ranch WMA
  
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• ✊ #5ForTheFight ✋ https://t.co/C4bpBEInPu

  09-02-2018 19:22 via twitter.com
  
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• USOC: No plans for American bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

  09-02-2018 19:19
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • If the U.S. Olympic Committee is going to bid for the Winter Games soon, it will be a bid for 2030, not 2026.USOC Chairman Larry Probst ruled out the possibility of bringing the Olympics to Salt Lake City, Denver or Reno two years before the Summer Games return to the United States, in Los Angeles.“It would make things extremely complicated from a financial standpoint with Los Angeles,” Probst said Friday.When a U.S. city wins the right to host, the US
  
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• Rich Lowry: Yes, have a parade

  09-02-2018 19:17
  The Pentagon has confirmed that it is in the preliminary stages of planning a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue — one of President Donald Trump’s fondest desires.Trump was, understandably, impressed in a visit to France last July by the pageantry of the Bastille Day parade. The parade dates back to the 1880s. Nothing the United States comes up with will match its resonance or its beloved, unifying nature.Trump’s motivation for ordering up a parade anyway is pretty obviou
  
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