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• Trib Caucus: Whoa! Did y’all hear about Mitt Romney?!?!?

  21-02-2018 23:49
  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.As of tomorrow, we have a fortnight left. I’m starting to see a little light at the end of the tunnel, but
  
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• ‘He is now with the Lord he loved’ — Utahns, from faith leaders to Mitt Romney, celebrate the life of Billy Graham

  21-02-2018 23:38
  A Utah evangelical leader lauded him as a “humble farm boy” who helped changed the world. A Baptist pastor, who differed with him over theology, nonetheless recognized him as a trailblazer in the Christian cause. Even a politician, Mitt Romney, whose 2012 meeting with the “Protestant Pope” boosted Mormonism’s stature, saluted “this man of God.”Such were the expressions of praise, sorrow, rejoicing and gratitude that flowed from Utahns after news of the d
  
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• Utah lawmaker votes against an education bill he briefly sponsored

  21-02-2018 23:34
  An overhaul of Utah’s technical college system earned the overwhelming support of the Utah House on Wednesday, despite opposition of the bill’s one-time sponsor.
  Without debate, House members voted 68-3 for HB300, which creates the nickname “UTech” for the Utah System of Technical Colleges and changes the method for selecting and removing members of the system’s Board of Trustees.Among the three “no” votes against HB300 was Rep. Brad Last, R-Hurricane, w
  
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• Gov. Herbert on guns: 'A lot of things we can be doing and should be doing'

  21-02-2018 23:29
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert fielded several questions about gun control and gun safety in his monthly KUED press conference Wednesday. Here’s some of his question-and-answer with reporters::Question: We haven’t had any mass shootings in schools in Utah. What are you doing to try to keep that the case?“It’s a tragedy wherever we have them and it’s a like a ticking time bomb. You wonder and worry is something going to happen in our own backyard....”“What we&rsq
  
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• KSTU-Channel 13 will not be sold to KUTV-Channel 2’s owners after all

  21-02-2018 23:21
  KSTU-Channel 13 used to be owned by Fox. It’s possible that it could soon end up being owned by Fox again.But KSTU will not end up being owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, the parent company of KUTV-Channel 2, although Sinclair is in the process of buying KSTU’s parent company. Sinclair stipulated to that in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday.It’s not quite as confusing as it sounds.In May 2017, Sinclair announced that it would buy Tribune Broadcastin
  
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• An inside look at how Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma is stylin', how his T-shirts are flyin' and how he's livin' large in LA

  21-02-2018 23:20
  LOS ANGELES — His charming, light-skinned face is displayed on the cover of the Rolling Out Magazine’s latest All-Star issue.Even GQ has him posing for portrait studio shots on behalf of Neiman Marcus.It’s nothing for him to be in contact with West Coast rapper YG on a regular day or to see his 6-foot-9, 220-pound frame featured in ads for Nike House of Hoops, Dick’s Sporting Goods or A Bathing Ape.Everything from meeting for dinner with Kobe Bryant to attending GQ partie
  
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• Lawmakers back giving developers parts of Utah Lake for an island subdivision — in exchange for fixing the polluted lake’s many problems

  21-02-2018 23:10
  Utah Lake is an environmental wreck and state lawmakers hope to see major improvements without spending a nickel — but it may cost them some lakebed.A bill advancing to the Utah House of Representatives would authorize giving big swaths of the West’s third largest freshwater body over to developers if they can show that turning these state-owned “sovereign lands” into island subdivisions will improve Utah Lake’s water quality.The lake — long a disposal site fo
  
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• Woohoo! Utah legislators told they have an extra $204 million to spend

  21-02-2018 23:09
  Legislators received some unanticipated great news Wednesday: they have $204 million more than expected to spend in the budgets they are now preparing.That came from projections released by legislative analysts, the Governor’s Office and the Utah Tax Commission.“The good news is our economy continues to grow,” and is generating that extra unexpected money, said Rep. Brad Last, R-St. George, the House budget chairman.But somewhat ominously, he added, “The last time we have
  
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• Dana Milbank: Putin makes useful idiots out of Americans

  21-02-2018 23:00
  Video: Lawmakers release social media ads that Russians used to influence the 2016 presidential election. (Joyce Koh/The Washington Post)(Joyce Koh/TWP)
  Washington • Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s indictment of 13 Russians over their alleged efforts to elect Donald Trump set off a presidential paroxysm of self-exoneration.“The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong -- no collusion!” President Trump proclaimed in one of his
  
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• Squad is back https://t.co/AiqMcaAdHB

  21-02-2018 22:52 via twitter.com
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 19 Outlook, Predictions

  21-02-2018 22:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Does Donovan Mitchell now have the edge in ROY race? by John Keeffer ...
  
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• Utah women's basketball star Emily Potter goes public about her battle with depression

  21-02-2018 22:41
  Utah senior women’s basketball star Emily Potter decided that she’s done being afraid and she also wants to help others.A 6-foot-6 native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Potter and her three senior classmates celebrated Senior Day on Sunday. They earned a win in their final home game in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, and Potter has had the most prominent career of the group. She became the first player in the program’s history to score at least 1,500, grab at least 900 rebounds an
  
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• Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 19 Outlook, Predictions

  21-02-2018 22:32
  The Utah Jazz will look to extend their winning streak to 13 games as they return to action in the first week following the All-Star break. The Utah Jazz entered the All-Star break as the hottest team in the league as they rattled off an awe-inspiring 11 straight wins which included victories over the likes […]
  Utah Jazz 2017-18 Week 19 Outlook, Predictions - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• After hearing that fears about pollution are overblown, Utah lawmakers OK plan to pare back watershed protections

  21-02-2018 22:25
  The Utah House of Representatives will debate a pair of controversial water bills — against the advice of some of state’s top water-policy experts.Members of the state’s Executive Water Task Force have unanimously agreed that both HB135 and HB124 should be held for further study, but both drew favorable votes Wednesday from the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee.HB135 would limit the authority of Utah’s largest cities to regulate water
  
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• Contending Utah TV stations abuse employee contracts, House passes ‘noncompete’ bill

  21-02-2018 22:24
  Rep. Timothy Hawkes, R-Centerville, asked colleagues to look up at the press galleries in the Utah House chamber — and notice how no TV cameras or TV reporters were present to cover a big bill affecting their industry and perhaps the quality of their reporting.House Speaker Greg Hughes said TV reporters earlier told him that their stations — which oppose HB241 — ordered them not to cover the bill. But he said at least 65 reporters, producers and technicians told him they favor
  
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• Happy #WallpaperWednesday 🏆 https://t.co/83gKS6E4qp

  21-02-2018 22:17 via twitter.com
  
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• BYU basketball coaches insist they recruit international players, but landing them is difficult and complicated

  21-02-2018 22:05
  Provo • BYU basketball coach Dave Rose has been asked the question so many times the last couple of years that he has clearly grown tired of answering it. Why doesn’t BYU’s roster include more international players? It is complicated, Rose says, but quickly adds that his staff does recruit international players regularly. For instance, just last summer BYU was heavily involved for the services of a phenom from Russia. “We had a kid lined up, ready to go, but he didn’
  
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• You could say there were some real winners in this weeks @WasatchFord Dunks of the Week 😉🏆 #TakeNote https://t.co/exJvfoV0wu

  21-02-2018 22:02 via twitter.com
  
  You could say there were some real winners in this weeks @WasatchFord Dunks of the Week 😉🏆#TakeNote https://t.co/exJvfoV0wu
  
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• Rocky Mountain Power to expand wind development in 4 Wyoming counties

  21-02-2018 22:00
  Casper, Wyo. • Utility Rocky Mountain Power intends to expand in four Wyoming counties, growing its wind development in the state by 60 percent.The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the Salt Lake City-based utility on Tuesday said it’s pushing wind development and transmission in Wyoming ahead of a 2020 deadline in order to take advantage of federal tax credits.The largest wind farm will be a 500 megawatt project in Carbon and Albany counties. A 250 megawatt facility will also be built
  
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• George F. Will: Billy Graham was neither prophet nor theologian

  21-02-2018 22:00
  Washington • Asked in 1972 if he believed in miracles, Billy Graham answered: Yes, Jesus performed some and there are many “miracles around us today, including television and airplanes.” Graham was no theologian.Neither was he a prophet. Jesus said “a prophet hath no honor in his own country.” Prophets take adversarial stances toward their times, as did the 20th century’s two greatest religious leaders, Martin Luther King and Pope John Paul II. Graham did not.
  
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• Utah gun store owner removes ad for AR-15

  21-02-2018 21:57
  Ogden • The owner of a Utah gun store says he has taken down a sign with an advertisement for an assault rifle after a number of complaints from what he calls “anti-gun people.”Darin Kendall, operations manager for Impact Guns in Ogden, says the ad for the “Radical AR-15″ was posted before 17 people were killed in a mass school shooting in south Florida on Valentine’s Day.Kendall told KUTV in Salt Lake City he took it down Tuesday because the store no longer ha
  
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• Coming to the game Friday? Bring your flag! 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇺🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇦🇺 twitter.com/JazzDoingGood/…

  21-02-2018 21:57 via twitter.com
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• Businesses that are selling CBD – a cannabis byproduct – in Utah could do so legally under a bill that passed the Senate

  21-02-2018 21:53
  The second component of the Utah Legislature’s approach to cannabis this session moved from the Senate to the House on Wednesday, as lawmakers passed a bill that would allow the dozens of businesses already selling a cannabis byproduct to do so legally.The bill creates the legal framework to process and sell cannabidiol (CBD), a byproduct of cannabis that should have no psychoactive effects and is sought out for its purported medicinal properties. While the product is technically federally
  
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  21-02-2018 21:40 via twitter.com
  
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• Trib Caucus: Woah! Did ya’ll hear about Mitt Romney?!?!?

  21-02-2018 21:29
  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.As of tomorrow, we have a fortnight left. I’m starting to see a little light at the end of the tunnel, but
  
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• Freshman Alexia Burch used to wait in line for Utah gymnasts’ autographs as a kid; now she’s delivering on beam for the Utes

  21-02-2018 21:26
  Utah gymnastics coach Megan Marsden normally lets co-coach Tom Farden handle most of the recruiting duties. But when it came to Alexia Burch, a somewhat unheralded recruit out of Nevada, Marsden wasn’t about to let Farden pass her up.“She had such a cool story,” Marsden said. “She’d come to a meet when she was 10-years-old and stood in the autograph line and told her parents she was going to be on this team. Then when she won the Junior Olympic all-around, she went
  
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• As Utah lawmakers push forward a bill to abolish the death penalty, family members of murder victims make emotional pleas both for and against it

  21-02-2018 21:20
  After family members of murder victims testified both for and against a bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Utah, a legislative committee on Wednesday advanced the bill to the full House for consideration.Kaysville resident Christine Stenquist told lawmakers that after her sister was murdered in Georgia in 2010, her family was asked whether they wanted the death penalty for her killer. In the end, they asked that an execution not be sought, knowing they would spend decades waiting and
  
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• Vatican sex abuse investigator hospitalized in Chile

  21-02-2018 21:15
  Santiago, Chile • The special envoy sent by Pope Francis to investigate allegations that a bishop had covered up sex abuse underwent gallbladder surgery Wednesday in Chile, church officials said.Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna was stable and conscious after the surgery, and his hospital recovery will take between 48 and 72 hours, the curia for Scicluna’s archdiocese in Malta said in a brief statement issued by a Chilean hospital.Scicluna entered the hospital Tuesday after starting
  
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• Our current 11-game winning streak is the fourth-longest in franchise history. #TimeToLearn https://t.co/8vpyoLj6RQ

  21-02-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  Our current 11-game winning streak is the fourth-longest in franchise history. #TimeToLearn https://t.co/8vpyoLj6RQ
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: What to expect from Romney in his Senate run

  21-02-2018 21:00
  The Post reports:“A presidential tweet and a polite thank you in reply underscored the complicated path for Mitt Romney as he begins his quest for a Senate seat in Utah. Entering the competition was the first and perhaps easiest step in his return to public life. Deciding what to do if he wins presents more difficult choices. The tweet came Monday night, from President Donald Trump, Romney’s nemesis for the past few years. It was a formal endorsement of his candidacy. ‘Thank yo
  
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• HUGE congrats to Partizan on winning the Serbian cup and @NigelWG5 being named MVP. twitter.com/PartizanBC/sta…

  21-02-2018 20:34 via twitter.com
  HUGE congrats to Partizan on winning the Serbian cup and @NigelWG5 being named MVP. twitter.com/PartizanBC/sta…
  
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• ‘We have an absolute crisis in America’: Lawmaker pushes resolution calling on Utah attorney general to sue over opioid epidemic

  21-02-2018 20:13
  As the 2018 Legislative session opened, House Speaker Greg Hughes issued a “call to arms” and declared war on Big Pharma and opiate marketers. The session is now halfway through, and lawmakers are working to follow up on this promise.The House Judiciary Committee voted 10-0 Wednesday to send HJR012 to the floor. The resolution calls on Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to file suit against opioid manufacturers. If Reyes did sue, Utah would join 16 other states and several Utah countie
  
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• Police confirm identity of homicide victim whose body was unearthed at Utah construction company site

  21-02-2018 20:13
  DNA evidence has positively identified a man who was shot and buried five years ago in an industrial park west of Salt Lake City, police announced Wednesday. Officials unearthed the body of 41-year-old Jose Ignacio Valdez-Guzman, nicknamed “Nacho,” on Nov. 18.Carlos Clemente Trevizo, who leased the plot of land where Valdez-Guzman’s body was found under 7 feet of wet dirt, was arrested in connection with the death.Trevizo, 56, was charged Dec. 5 in 3rd District Court with first
  
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• About ‘Just as I Am’ — Billy Graham’s signature hymn

  21-02-2018 20:13
  For evangelist Billy Graham, it all came down to the “invitation,” the climactic point at the end of his crusades when he invited people to leave their seats and “make a decision for Christ.”And it wouldn’t be a Billy Graham invitation without “Just as I Am,” the slow-moving, soul-moving hymn that accompanied millions down the aisle and became Graham’s signature anthem and title of his 1997 autobiography.“Just as I am, without one plea, but t
  
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• Joke is on Pelicans' Anthony Davis as Jazz great Karl Malone poses as maintenance man in video prank

  21-02-2018 20:04
  “Get him outta here.”When New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis barked out those instructions while shooting a commercial video, he thought he was trying to rid the set of a grumpy, meddling maintenance man.But he was the one not in on the joke.The “maintenance man” was actually Karl Malone — the 14-time All-Star and Hall of Famer with the Utah Jazz. And while Redbull, who shot the video, had to do various gimmicks with Malone somewhat obscured to conceal his 6-
  
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• Billy Graham leaves a positive interfaith legacy, with a few blemishes

  21-02-2018 20:04
  When the National Archives released audiotapes in 2002 that revealed evangelist Billy Graham making anti-Semitic remarks during a conversation with President Richard Nixon, the incident was a rare tarnish on the otherwise rosy history between the prominent evangelical leader and the Jewish community.As Jewish and other non-Christian religious leaders remember Graham, who died Wednesday at age 99, the Nixon tape is on a short list of blemishes on the relationship between the evangelist and his no
  
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• Gov. Herbert says he might sign bill abolishing Utah’s death penalty

  21-02-2018 20:03
  Gov. Gary Herbert, a committed supporter of capital punishment, said Wednesday he could support pending legislation to abolish Utah’s death penalty to save money for taxpayers and spare victims’ families years of prolonged grief while appeals grind through the courts.“I’ve been a strong supporter for the death penalty for those most egregious and heinous of crimes,” the governor told reporters at his monthly KUED news conference Wednesday. “That being said, I
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The sliming of Douglas High students can't be ignored — it’s too disgusting for that

  21-02-2018 20:00
  When people act like cretins, should they be ignored? Does talking about their misdeeds merely give them oxygen?Maybe so. But the sliming — there is no other word for it — of the survivors of last week’s Florida high school massacre is beyond the pale.Here is the often-appalling pundit Dinesh D’Souza, outright mocking the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, after they showed their disappointment in a state legislature vote on assault weapons on Tuesday: “Wors
  
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• Knights of the Crystal Blade defendant, accused of kidnapping and marrying children, pleads guilty

  21-02-2018 19:56
  One of the two men accused of starting their own fundamentalist Mormon offshoot, and of marrying each other’s daughters, on Wednesday agreed to serve at least 25 years in prison. Samuel Shaffer, 34, pleaded guilty to rape of a child and child abuse in 5th District Court in Cedar City. The rape charge is a first-degree felony that carries 25 years to life in prison. The child abuse count carries up to 15 years in prison. A court docket entry says Shaffer will be sentenced April 10. Child ki
  
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• Utah Royals unveil their 2018 NWSL schedule

  21-02-2018 19:51
  The Utah Royals released their inaugural 2018 schedule on Wednesday, in conjunction with the unveiling of the National Women’s Soccer League slate.
  The Royals will play a 24-game schedule this season, opening their campaign on March 24 at Orlando and making their home debut on April 14 against Chicago.The Royals’ 12-game home schedule includes five Saturday afternoon games and three more Saturday night contests. Utah’s NWSL club will play just three midweek home games, all on W
  
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• Cinemark movie chain tightens safety rules, bans big bags and backpacks that could carry anything from popcorn to a gun

  21-02-2018 19:44
  Don’t go trying to smuggle a large bucket of popcorn into a Cinemark theater this weekend, because the theater chain is banning backpacks and large bags from its theaters nationwide — including 15 locations in Utah.A new policy, “to enhance the safety and security of our guests and employees,” goes into effect Thursday at the Cinemark chain, barring any bag bigger than 12 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches. That means most backpacks and large purses will not be allowed in th
  
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• Despite calls for further study, Utah lawmaker’s controversial plan on city drinking water supplies gets a second look

  21-02-2018 19:39
  Two controversial water proposals on Utah’s Capitol Hill have returned, after a short-lived hold on the measures that some hoped meant they were dead.Instead, HB135, which rolls back city authority over watershed protections, and HB124, aimed at increasing transparency in water sales in the state, are now scheduled for Wednesday morning hearings — even though the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee voted unanimously on Friday to table both bills.It
  
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• Shooting survivors issue call for action at Florida Capitol

  21-02-2018 19:31
  Tallahassee, Fla. • Survivors of the Florida school shooting descended on the state’s Capitol on Wednesday with one overarching message: It’s time for action.The students entered a gun-friendly political climate in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have rebuffed gun restrictions since Republicans took control of both the governor’s office and the Legislature in 1999.The students received attention and a warm reception, but politicians did not offer specific answers. The student
  
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• After removal of controversial language, House advances bill to allow breast-feeding in all public places

  21-02-2018 19:28
  After removing language that some lawmakers had worried could lead to immodest behavior, the Utah House advanced a bill Wednesday designed to make it crystal clear that breast-feeding is legal in public places.Representatives voted 66-5 to pass HB196, and sent it to the Senate for consideration.Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, its sponsor, amended out some language that created controversy in an earlier hearing.That language had said that breast-feeding was allowed in public places “irre
  
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• A Trump dating site used a sex offender as its model, and that’s not the only thing that’s odd about it

  21-02-2018 19:24
  Trump.dating is an odd site, and not just because it featured a convicted sex offender’s smiling face on its homepage. More on that shortly.It’s strange in nearly every way a dating site could be strange. Its all-caps slogan — “MAKE DATING GREAT AGAIN! FIND YOUR PRO-TRUMP MATCH TODAY” — may actually be the least weird thing about it.The site’s premise, at least, makes some sense: “Like-minded people have a far better chance at success in a relation
  
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• West Valley City hires its first — and one of Utah’s only — female police chief

  21-02-2018 19:13
  After more than two decades of service, Colleen Jacobs is now the chief of Utah’s second-largest city’s police department. And she is one of the few women in the state in such a position.Jacobs cleared her final hurdle in the hiring process Tuesday night after the City Council ratified her appointment. She has filled in as head of the department since Sept. 8, when Police Chief Lee Russo retired.Another woman who leads a police force in Utah is Jean Loveland, the chief of police for
  
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• Residents sue North Ogden over construction of a large amphitheater at a city park — allegedly against the wishes of the park’s former owner

  21-02-2018 19:11
  Three couples are suing North Ogden over the construction of a multimillion-dollar commercial performing-arts complex at the park across the street from their homes, arguing the venue breaches the original landowner’s terms of sale.When Ray and Fern Barker sold their property to North Ogden in 2000, city officials agreed to the stipulation that the land must become a public park, specifically a “traditional type city park” that is open to the public, according to court document
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - It was 25 years ago today that the NBA All-Star Game came to Utah

  21-02-2018 19:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... last Legends Game, which was replaced by the Rookie Game in 1994. Also, Utah Jazz guard Jeff Malone won the “Baby Ruth Shooting Stars Showdown,” a modified ga ...
  
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• It was 25 years ago today that the NBA All-Star Game came to Utah

  21-02-2018 19:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — At the time it was the biggest sporting event to come to Utah since the Final Four was played on the University of Utah campus. Or perhaps the 1993 NBA All-Star Game was the biggest thing ever as nearly 1,000 media folks from all over the world descended on the Beehive State — twice as many as for the Final Four — to cover the best players in the world in the sport of basketball.Fifteen of the 24 players in that All-Star Game became Basketball Hall of Fame play
  
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• Utah’s food scene is kickin’ it in 2018 with two chefs, a butcher, a jam maker and a whiskey distiller winning national awards

  21-02-2018 19:04
  Utah’s food and dining community is kicking the competition in 2018, winning four national awards since the beginning of the year. Two chefs from the tiny town of Boulder have been recognized by the James Beard Foundation; a butcher and jam producer from Salt Lake City received Good Food Awards; and a Park City distiller has been honored for making one of the best American malt whiskeys in the country.Here are a few more details about each of these Beehive winners:James Beard Awards •
  
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