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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Report: Kings angered Cavaliers and Jazz by trying to include Georgios Papagiannis in trade at last minute

  14-02-2018 23:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...the teams still found a workable solution. The Cavaliers ($2.1 million) and Jazz ($1.1 million) both sent Sacramento cash. That was was the most the Cavs, wh ...
  
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• Utah senator scolded for his speech during debate on a free-speech bill

  14-02-2018 23:34
  Animated testimony from Sen. Jim Dabakis on Wednesday — which at one point included the word ”hell“ — prompted a complaint during debate of a resolution encouraging free-speech rights and civil liberties on Utah’s college campuses.Rep. LaVar Christensen, R-Draper, raised a point of order during a hearing of the House Education Committee and reminded Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, that he was visiting the House, where they encourage a civil vocabulary.“I’m ju
  
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• Utah coach Bill Kinneberg suspended for first 14 games of the baseball season

  14-02-2018 23:30
  Utah has suspended baseball coach Bill Kinneberg for the first 14 games of the upcoming season for an NCAA rules violation involving a former staff member who engaged in impermissible practice and coaching activities.The university’s athletic department confirmed Wednesday morning the suspension, which represents 25 percent of the season.Kinneberg cannot participate in team functions, including practices and games, during the suspension. He may return to the bench March 12 against UNLV. As
  
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• Police: Florida high school shooter former student

  14-02-2018 23:22
  Parkland, Fla. • A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing “numerous” people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took him into custody.Frantic parents rushed to the scene and ambulances converged in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Live footage showed emergency workers appearing to treat possibly wounded people on the sidewalks.The Broward County Sheriff’s Offic
  
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• South African President Zuma resigns in televised address

  14-02-2018 23:18
  Johannesburg • South African President Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday in a televised address to the nation, avoiding his almost certain ouster in a parliamentary vote scheduled for Thursday after years of corruption scandals.Zuma’s resignation came after the ruling African National Congress party instructed him to leave office by the end of Wednesday or face the motion of no confidence in parliament. His departure ended a leadership crisis in one of Africa’s biggest economies
  
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• Teenager arrested after fatal shooting in West Valley City

  14-02-2018 23:10
  Police on Wednesday arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a fatal shooting episode in West Valley City.A 49-year-old man named Charles Baker died at the scene of the Tuesday afternoon shooting. Two others, a man and a teenage boy, were injured in the shooting. Baker, who is from California, had been staying with people he knew at an apartment complex at 3510 W. Parkway Blvd. (about 2700 South), according to West Valley City police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku. Two groups had been involve
  
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• More than 160,000 people applied to hike The Wave last year. Only a few thousand got in.

  14-02-2018 22:44
  Ranger Ron Kay glanced at an eager crowd crammed into a U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in Kanab. “All these hopeful faces,” he murmured as the minutes counted down to a drawing for permits to hike to The Wave, an iconic basin of striated orange sandstone just south of the Utah-Arizona state line. More than 80 applications were stacked in front of Kay on this Thursday morning in late December, with up to six names on each request. Only 10 people would get permits. Losers could
  
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• One person dead after vehicle rear-ends school bus in Riverton, but no bus riders are seriously hurt

  14-02-2018 22:40
  At least one person is dead after a vehicle hit a school bus from behind at 12600 S. Bangerter Highway in Riverton on Wednesday.The crash happened about 1:45 p.m., Det. Ken Hansen of Unified police said. Hansen said only two children were on the bus, and they suffered only minor injuries.Damage to the vehicle that rear-ended the Jordan School District bus was significant. “The damage to the vehicle is so severe that it’s probably going to take taking the vehicle apart” to deter
  
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• Utah is No. 4 — just out of the medals — for number of Olympians per resident among states

  14-02-2018 22:38
  Utah far outskates most states when it comes to producing winter Olympic athletes — but just missed the medal podium for best of the best, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.The statistics agency decided to slalom into the Olympics on Wednesday by figuring out which states produce the most winter Olympians overall, and which have the most per capita.Utah finished fourth for the rate of Olympians per resident, and fifth for total athletes overall in the current games.The bureau said the Be
  
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• Utah schools changing longtime policy that students can’t say no when asked to dance

  14-02-2018 22:36
  Sixth-graders will no longer be required to say “yes” when asked to dance at a Utah elementary school Valentine’s Day party that came under fire after a parent learned her daughter wasn’t allowed to decline boys’ invitations.“We are re-examining the procedures surrounding these dances,” Lane Findlay, spokesman for the Weber School District, said in a news release. “We have advised our schools to eliminate any sort of language in the instructions su
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: GOP Goes Clubbing

  14-02-2018 22:35
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. <br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Strange Attraction<br>Dystopian Dr. Seuss<br>Teaching Her a Lesson<br> Deficit Doggie <br> Parading one’s insecurities <br>The EnergySolutions solution <br>Release the Memo! <br>Dangling Donald <br>State of the Teleprompter<br> The Original Dreamers <br>Want more Bag
  
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• Former Hurricane Police employee pleads guilty to selling evidence

  14-02-2018 22:27
  A former Hurricane Police Department evidence technician has pleaded guilty in connection to allegations that he sold police evidence through his daughter’s online store.Kurt Tanner, 55, of St. George, pleaded guilty as charged Tuesday in 5th District Court to one count of third-degree felony misuse of public money.The plea was held in abeyance, meaning the case will be dismissed if Tanner does not commit any new crimes, completes 100 hours of community service and pays more than $1,200 in
  
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• ‘Agree to Disagree’: Is the Utah Legislature trying to confuse voters with conflicting bills?

  14-02-2018 22:23
  It’s been a busy session for the Utah Legislature. Politicians have worked to rally enough votes for bills and measures ranging from school funding initiatives to medical marijuana and more.The Legislature also has attracted criticism and praise for the way it’s handling sexual harassment in the state Capitol. All of which is to say, editorial page editor George Pyle and editorial writer Michelle Quist had a lot to discuss in the latest edition of “Agree to Disagree.” Lis
  
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• Going to the game tonight? You can sign up for the @UtahJazzDancers clinic at halftime! DETAILS >>… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  Going to the game tonight? You can sign up for the @UtahJazzDancers clinic at halftime!DETAILS >>… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Dr. Dunkenstein 101: Former Utah Jazz star Darrell Griffith offers dunk contest advice to Donovan Mitchell

  14-02-2018 22:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... like 8 and now that I’m apart of it, it’s going to be crazy,” Mitchell said. Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell says he hasn’t perfected his dunk contest routine ju ...
  
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• Bill that allows Utah liquor stores to be built at a quicker pace moves ahead in legislature

  14-02-2018 22:09
  A bill that would allow the state to build liquor stores at a faster pace was unanimously approved by the House Business and Labor Committee Wednesday.House Bill 149 creates a land acquisition fund of $7.5 million for the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The agency could use the pot of money to buy property in communities where new liquor stores are needed.
  The fund should save the state money over the next five to 10 years as land and construction costs rise, said the bill sponsor
  
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• 🎶I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over🎶 https://t.co/rXmcOTBHVF

  14-02-2018 22:09 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah on the verge of replacing Philo Farnsworth statue with Martha Hughes Cannon with House OK

  14-02-2018 22:06
  In 1920, supporters of the women’s suffrage movement wore yellow roses to the Tennessee General Assembly on the day the body decided whether to ratify the 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote. Rep. Becky Edwards, R-North Salt Lake, recounted on the Utah House floor Wednesday afternoon that the deciding vote approving the measure came from Harry Burn, the youngest member of the Legislature. Though Burn wore a red rose, he ultimately voted to support the motion after his mother sen
  
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• For Park City’s Ashley Caldwell, it‘s high risk, high reward in aerials

  14-02-2018 22:02
  Pyeongchang, South Korea • She does the same calculus in her head every time she prepares for competition: risk versus reward.The reward is tantalizing, shiny, golden. In the world of freestyle skiing, no female aerialist goes as big as often as Ashley Caldwell and, when she stomps her landing, almost no competitor can beat her. The risk is obvious, its toll physically and mentally painful. In the world of freestyle skiing, no female aerialist goes as big as often as Ashley Caldwell and, wh
  
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• Florida high school shooter at large; injuries reported

  14-02-2018 22:02
  Parkland, Fla. • A shooting at a Florida high school Wednesday sent students rushing out into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building, and police warned that the shooter was still at large. School officials said they had received reports of multiple injuries.Coral Springs Police said on their Twitter account Wednesday that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was locked down and that students and teachers inside should remain barricaded until police reach th
  
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• ‘Weekly Run’ podcast: The Jazz are the hottest team in the NBA. How did that happen?

  14-02-2018 22:01
  Happy Valentine’s Day. We are celebrating with a scintillating basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.But wait — the Jazz are winners of 10 straight games, the most for the franchise since 2009. Amid a season where so much went wrong early, where did Utah go right?We discuss on “Weekly Run,” the Tribune’s podcast about the Utah Jazz. We’re also talking about the new pieces Utah has added and what’s coming up for All
  
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• Dr. Dunkenstein 101: Former Utah Jazz star Darrell Griffith offers dunk contest advice to Donovan Mitchell

  14-02-2018 22:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — Inside the Zions Bank Basketball Center Tuesday, a private session was held between Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell and dunk coach Chuck Millan.Mitchell has just a few more days before he’s ready to display their secret routine during the Slam Dunk contest at 6 p.m. (MT) Saturday at NBA All-Star Weekend.There’s still some work to do, though.“I haven’t perfected it yet,” Mitchell said, smiling. “I got some practice yesterday and it was
  
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• Utes hope Donnie Tillman finds his way through freshman growing pains sooner than later

  14-02-2018 21:59
  Utah freshman Donnie Tillman showed electrifying potential in his first collegiate season, but he’ll likely need to take it a step further and show significant progress for the Utes to make a run at a top-four spot in the Pac-12 Conference and a potential NCAA Tournament bid.Tillman, a high-energy 6-foot-7, 225-pound combination of wing and power forward, made a name for himself almost immediately this season. He provided a nightly boost both offensively and on the boards Coming off the be
  
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• 🏀: #PHXatUTA 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 449, Hopper: 412-35) 📻: @1280sports ⏰: 7PM M… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 21:54 via twitter.com
  🏀: #PHXatUTA📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 449, Hopper: 412-35) 📻: @1280sports ⏰: 7PM M… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Watching Pyeongchang Winter Games gives Utah gymnastics star MyKayla Skinner that Olympics itch

  14-02-2018 21:37
  MyKayla Skinner saw the ads for the 2018 Winter Olympics while she was watching the Super Bowl and thought, “Hmmm, maybe.”“It made me think about my own chances,” she said this week. “Watching these Olympics is bringing back all the chills and good memories that I had.”They’ve also, of course, brought back the heartache that Skinner experienced when she wasn’t selected for the 2016 Olympic team despite producing higher scores in key selection meets
  
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• President Trump's military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, White House budget director says

  14-02-2018 21:30
  President Donald Trump's military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Wednesday.Mulvaney offered the estimate during questioning at the House Budget Committee. He said the White House hasn't yet budgeted for the parade and would either rely on Congress to appropriate funds, or use money that already has been approved."The estimates I've seen, they're very preliminary, is between 10 [million dollars] and 30 [million dollars] dep
  
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• Trib Caucus: Are lawmakers trying to avoid embarrassment by refusing to vote on a hate crimes bill?

  14-02-2018 21:27
  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. The Legislature got roiled by a sex scandal shortly after our last discussion, but before we get to that, let&r
  
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• "I just take it one game at a time and take advantage of the opportunity. Coach has a lot of confidence in me by pu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 21:22 via twitter.com
  "I just take it one game at a time and take advantage of the opportunity. Coach has a lot of confidence in me by pu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Flaming Hot Utah Jazz hope to outshine the languid Phoenix Suns

  14-02-2018 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... gness to shoot it. Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports Speaking of Joe Ingles, the Jazz are 22-11 whenever he scores 10 or more points, and 5-0 whenever he’s scored ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Hoops Show: 10 in a row for the Jazz, Donovan Mitchell ROY, and more

  14-02-2018 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... Managing Editor of Salt City Hoops, the ESPN TrueHoop affiliate for the Utah Jazz. He also hosts a radio show and podcast every week on ESPN700 AM in Salt Lak ...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Democrats, here’s how to win over the newly independent ex-Republicans

  14-02-2018 21:00
  The Washington Post reported this week:In 2017, the number of people who identify as Republican dropped off. The number of people who identify as Republican-leaning independent stayed about the same, and the number who identified as pure independent went up. … It’s often the case that political transitions happen gradually. In a presidential race, people usually don’t switch from one candidate to the other; they make a pit-stop in “undecided” first. It’s poss
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - After what happened in October, Utah Jazz won't be looking past lowly Suns tonight

  14-02-2018 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... ter the Suns had lost games by 48 and 42 the week before. The Jazz had easily beaten Phoenix in two preseason games, but in that late-October g ...
  
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• After what happened in October, Utah Jazz won't be looking past lowly Suns tonight

  14-02-2018 20:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are riding high with a 10-game winning streak, best in the NBA, and have a home game tonight against a team that has the worst record in the NBA and has lost nine of its last 10 games, including a 46-point blowout against Golden State Monday night.So the Jazz should easily cruise to their 11th straight win at Vivint Arena over the sorry 18-40 Phoenix Suns, who they beat by 32 points just two weeks ago, right?Of course they should, but the Jazz learned a lesso
  
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• A Westminster wow: Bichon frise becomes America's top dog

  14-02-2018 20:30
  New York • Flynn the bichon frise won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, a choice that seemed to surprise almost everyone in the packed crowd at Madison Square Garden.Fans who had been loudly shouting for their favorites fell into stunned silence when judge Betty-Anne Stenmark announced her decision.No matter, the white powder puff was picked and walked off as America’s top dog.Guided by expert handler Bill McFadden, Flynn beat out Ty the giant schnauzer, Bi
  
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• Intimacy is vital in marriage, says Jewish author visiting Utah, and he doesn’t mean just sex

  14-02-2018 20:29
  Rabbi Manis Friedman says he and singer Tina Turner have the same question: “What’s love got to do with it?”The “it,” the popular Hassidic author and speaker says, is true intimacy in marriage. And love, as society now defines it, truly is a “secondhand emotion,” he agrees.“We’ve lost the art of intimacy and we need to get it back,” says Friedman, who was in Salt Lake City on Valentine’s Day to speak Wednesday evening at the Chaba
  
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• The All-Star break is coming ... but Jazz coach Quin Snyder says no talking about it until business is handled

  14-02-2018 20:26
  Quin Snyder doesn’t want to hear about All-Star break plans yet. There’s plenty of reason to start looking ahead. Utah’s game Wednesday night is against the Phoenix Suns (18-40), a team tied for the worst record in the NBA. The Jazz are as hot as they’ve been in nine years, and they already beat Phoenix on the road during the 10-game winning streak.But Snyder doesn’t want his team to get too far ahead of itself amid all the confidence channelling Utah’s way an
  
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• BYU’s Yoeli Childs has avoided the sophomore slump that has plagued other promising Cougars. How did he do it?

  14-02-2018 20:25
  Provo • Yoeli Childs could have taken it easy last summer. Coming off a sensational freshman season when he surpassed all expectations, BYU’s affable 6-foot-8 post player didn’t see it that way, however. “I knew I had to get better,” he said. “I knew my game needed work.” Knowing he would be an even bigger part of the Cougars’ plans in 2017-18 with the departure of fellow big man Eric Mika to the professional ranks, Childs spent countless hours in t
  
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• Senate gives preliminary approval to expand birth control for low-income Utah women

  14-02-2018 20:21
  Amid arguments that it will help reduce both abortions and welfare assistance, the Senate gave an initial nod Wednesday to providing low-income women with long-acting birth control, such as an intrauterine device (IUD).HB12 passed 24-3, and previously passed the House 53-21. A final vote is likely weeks away, however, because senators now will wait to see if the estimated $800,000 a year needed to provide such services to about 600 women makes the cut as lawmakers weigh budget priorities.Two med
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: What counsel, if any, should LDS bishops give to spouses in abusive marriages?

  14-02-2018 20:19
  Mormon bishops and the counsel they give spouses in abusive marriages are in the news.What should — or should not — these lay leaders say and do in these confidential conversations?David Cook, a former LDS bishop, stake president and area Seventy, and Alice Faulkner Burch, president of the all-female Relief Society for the Genesis Group of black Mormons, discuss those questions and more in the latest edition of “Mormon Land.”Listen here:
  
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• Held in a Venezuelan prison for a year and a half, Josh Holt receives a letter of encouragement from Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch

  14-02-2018 20:16
  Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is asking Josh Holt not to give up on his faith, despite having spent a year and a half in a Venezuelan prison.Personnel from the U.S. Embassy delivered a letter from the Republican senator to Holt on Friday, assuring the 26-year-old man that Hatch and others continue to work “tirelessly for your freedom.”Hatch also told Holt in his letter that he is “confident that this dark chapter will close and you will soon be reunited with your family,” accordi
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Stockton, Stars’ Braun join USA Basketball, Hot Rod doc

  14-02-2018 20:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... s per game for Reno. More from The J-Notes Rudy Gobert: ‘No doubt’ that Utah Jazz will make the playoffs 1 h ago Utah Jazz vs Phoenix Suns key matchup: The ne ...
  
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• Weber County investigating former evidence room employee suspected of being under the influence at work

  14-02-2018 20:08
  A Weber County evidence room employee has been fired after appearing to be under the influence of “an unknown substance” at work, police say.A news release from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office said the agency is launching a “full-scale” investigation, and the county attorney’s office is conducting a criminal investigation.The worker, described as a “civilian nonsworn employee” assigned to the evidence room, has been fired, the release said.&ldquo
  
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• "I've been watching this since I was like 8, and now that I'm a part of it, it's going to be crazy." 🎥:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 20:03 via twitter.com
  "I've been watching this since I was like 8, and now that I'm a part of it, it's going to be crazy."🎥:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [NBA] - Jazz Recall Bradley and Mitrou-Long from Salt Lake City Stars

  14-02-2018 20:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... 8 Facebook Google Plus Twitter The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has recalled center Tony Bradley and guard Naz ...
  
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• Nathan Chen has brought the power to men’s figure skating, and that has created a backlash from the sport’s purists

  14-02-2018 20:01
  Gangneung, South Korea • Let Nathan Chen transport you inside the arena, on the ice with him. His skate cuts into the ice, leading to a launch point that draws gasps. Midflight, midspin, tucked together in the tightest of rotations, that’s where he hooks you. That fourth twirl, a daring endeavor every time he lifts his skate off the ice to attempt the move that’s forever changed international figure skating.Nobody garners attention like a revolutionary. He’s been highly ma
  
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• Which gif best represents your feelings about Valentine's Day? 💘 Poll brought to you by @Qualtrics

  14-02-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Which gif best represents your feelings about Valentine's Day? 💘Poll brought to you by @Qualtrics
  
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  14-02-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Blue Apron-style replacement for SNAP is a marvelous idea

  14-02-2018 20:00
  Some people have raised objections to the concept proposed by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney of replacing SNAP with a “Blue Apron-style” shipment of nonperishables. They point out that this is really nothing like Blue Apron, which sends perishables to families who choose to eat them every week. They say that this untested, difficult-to-scale approach is an insult on par with forcing people to pedal for hours on a stationary bike in order to receive housing ass
  
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• House panel opens investigation of ex-Trump aide Rob Porter

  14-02-2018 19:52
  Washington • Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know how former presidential aide Rob Porter was allowed to work at the White House under an interim security clearance — despite allegations of spousal abuse.Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to the FBI and White House on Wednesday as his panel opened an investigation into the matter. Porter, the president’s staff secretary, resigned last week after his two ex-
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Stockton, Stars’ Braun join USA Basketball, Hot Rod doc

  14-02-2018 19:49
  Two players with Utah Jazz ties could join Team USA for FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Also — the upcoming ‘Hot Rod’ Hundley doc now has broadcast dates. In less than two weeks time, qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup of Basketball will resume in Havana, Monterrey and Santa Cruz, California. After a 2-0 run […]
  Utah Jazz notes: Stockton, Stars’ Braun join USA Basketball, Hot Rod doc - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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