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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio, Dante Exum injury updates

  22-02-2018 23:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... leading up to the break with hip soreness. Although the red hot Jazz still managed to win each of those contests, there were definitely moments w ...
  
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• #tbt All-Star Weekend 2007 🌟 https://t.co/bqqRX2T7e0

  22-02-2018 23:51 via twitter.com
  
  #tbt All-Star Weekend 2007 🌟 https://t.co/bqqRX2T7e0
  
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• Mueller files 32 new charges in Manafort, Gates case

  22-02-2018 23:33
  New charges were filed Thursday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, ratcheting up the legal pressure on them as they prepare for a trial later this year.A new indictment has long been expected in special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecution of Manafort and his right-hand man, Rick Gates, on fraud and money laundering charges. Manafort served as President Donald Trump's campaign chairman from June to August 2016. Gates also served as a top official on Tr
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio, Dante Exum injury updates

  22-02-2018 23:30
  Ricky Rubio went through practice today and is questionable for the Utah Jazz’s bout tomorrow, while Dante Exum is participating in non-contact portions of practice. Without question, one of the most important factors in the Utah Jazz’s 11-game win streak leading up to the All-Star break was the suddenly sensational play of Ricky Rubio. Although […]
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• Marina dredging project closes Utah Lake State Park

  22-02-2018 23:05
  While it may be tempting to do some fishing, launch a boat or even camp at Utah Lake State Park, those activities are temporarily unavailable.Utah State Park officials announced this week that the park is closed due to ongoing construction to dredge the marina to make it more useable for boaters.There are closed signs posted at the main launch ramp, visitor center and parking lot. The closure also includes the river bank exposed below the high water mark of the Provo River, within the boundaries
  
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• Michelle Quist: Utah is ‘pro-life’ — but why does that apply only to abortions, and not to gun control or the death penalty?

  22-02-2018 22:24
  “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”What does it mean to be pro-life?In the abortion context, pro-life means valuing the life of a fetus more than the rights of the woman who carries her. As a society, we seek to provide protection for the baby who can’t speak for herself. In our liberty-centered tradition, i
  
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• Margo Price, who has rocketed from struggling artist to one of the most important voices in country music, plays The State Room on Friday

  22-02-2018 22:05
  Margo Price burst on the country music scene with her 2016 largely autobiographical debut “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter,” earning her breakthrough artist of the year accolades, it was reasonable to wonder how she’d follow it up.The answer, it seems, was along the lines of: “Here, hold my whiskey.”Her second LP, “All American Made,” is a rager, full of feminist-fueled anger, rocking protest anthems and heart-aching disappointment at a political landsca
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: NRA School

  22-02-2018 21:56
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>This is the NRA<br>Echo Chamber Chumps<br>Russian Medal Scandal<br>Utah Priorities<br>Crazy Talk<br>GOP Goes Clubbing<br>Strange Attraction<br>Dystopian Dr. Seuss<br>Teaching Her a Lesson<br>Deficit Doggie<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Utah senators vote to give more money to some school districts, despite concerns it means less money for all

  22-02-2018 21:49
  If a family moves from Draper to Riverton, the money spent by public schools to educate each of their children drops by roughly $1,200, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, said Thursday.And even larger shifts follow a family that moves from Moab to Blanding, he said, or from Park City to the unincorporated areas of Summit County.“If you live in Salt Lake City and then move to North Salt Lake, that’s three miles,” Fillmore said. “Your education funding goes down by $2,1
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Be honest — how far can this team go? What can we expect from Exum this season?

  22-02-2018 21:44
  Tony Jones, one of the Tribune’s Utah Jazz beat reporters, will answer questions submitted on Twitter each week in his Jazz mailbag. Here are this week’s questions and answers.
  @tribjazzwhat would an Exum return mean for this team? How muck or how little?#TonyTalks— ChristopherPietz (@Christo48574912) February 20, 2018Dante Exum is scheduled to return to action in mid March. His impact depends on his ability to re-acclimate to the system. I think he would have made a significan
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Excuse me, director, I have some questions about my role in the spring play as crisis actor

  22-02-2018 21:30
  Dear Mr. Spencer,First, I am SO excited to be cast in the spring production this year as a crisis actor, and I look forward to giving the role my all! Since I have previously starred as Courtney (“Legally Blonde”), Chorus (“Grease”) and Factory Worker 3/Third Alternate for Madame Thenardier (“Les Mis”) among other roles, you know you can expect 100 percent commitment from me, even though I am only a sophomore.As an actor this gives me what I have always craved
  
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• After silence on Parkland, NRA pushes back against law enforcement, media, gun-control advocates

  22-02-2018 21:00
  After a week of media silence following the school shooting in Florida, the National Rifle Association has gone on the offensive in its first public response to the massacre, pushing back against law enforcement officials, the media, gun-control advocates and calls for stricter gun laws made by the teenage survivors of the attack.The gun rights group — a powerful force in American politics — used a series of statements, speeches and videos to try to blunt an emotionally charged wave
  
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• Noting Utah’s high inmate death rate, lawmakers want jails to report on in-custody deaths every year

  22-02-2018 20:16
  County jails and the Utah Department of Corrections would have to report how many inmates die in custody each year under a bill on its way to the Senate floor.
  SB205 follows a spike in Utah deaths in county jails, where many inmates haven’t been convicted of a crime and are in custody awaiting trial.
  Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said he filed the bill after reading news reports that detailed deaths of inmates, some of whom didn’t receive medication they were taking before they we
  
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• Zion National Park closes climbing cliffs to protect falcons

  22-02-2018 20:12
  Springdale, Utah • Zion National Park in Utah is closing access to 13 popular rock-climbing cliffs as part of an annual effort to protect sensitive nesting sites for peregrine falcons.The National Park Service officials announced this week that climbing routes will close March 1 while wildlife biologists to monitor nesting activity of the formerly endangered raptors.Affected routes include Angels Landing, Cable Mountain, North Twin Brother, Mountain of the Sun and Tunnel Wall.Officials plan
  
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• [NBA] - Darrell Griffith to Make Jazz Alumni Appearance

  22-02-2018 20:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... Contest Trophy Posted: Feb 22, 2018 Facebook Google Plus Twitter The Utah Jazz announced today that Jazz alumnus Darrell Griffith will make an appearance o ...
  
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• Man accused of killing University of Utah student now charged in jail attack

  22-02-2018 20:10
  The man accused of fatally shooting an exchange student at the University of Utah in October is now facing new charges for allegedly attacking a fellow jail inmate with sharpened nail clippers.Austin Jeffrey Boutain, 23, is charged with aggravated murder and a dozen other felonies for allegedly shooting and killing ChenWei Guo on Oct. 30.Boutain and his wife, Katheleen Boutain, 23, had planned to kidnap someone with a car, hold that person hostage while driving the Boutains to Tennessee, and the
  
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• Darrell Griffith will present @spidadmitchell with his #VerizonDunk trophy this Friday 🏆 >> on.nba.com/2BGpCwt https://t.co/PFp4Qy6UP2

  22-02-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  
  Darrell Griffith will present @spidadmitchell with his #VerizonDunk trophy this Friday 🏆>> on.nba.com/2BGpCwt https://t.co/PFp4Qy6UP2
  
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• Dabakis has 2 cocktails before meeting to show lack of alcohol impairment, but it still doesn’t convince committee to change Utah’s drunken driving law

  22-02-2018 19:57
  Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, said he had two cocktails before Thursday’s 8 a.m. legislative hearing to prove a point about alcohol consumption and the need to delay implementation of Utah’s tough new 0.05 drunken driving law.“I went out and had breakfast and had two mimosas,” he told members of the Senate Transportation Committee, “and I feel perfectly fine.”Dabakis said after his morning meal he took a Breathalyzer test said his blood-alcohol content (
  
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• A poster advertising a BYU Women in Math panel — featuring only men — draws criticism online

  22-02-2018 19:48
  A poster advertising an event for Brigham Young University’s Women in Math club has sparked mocking irritation online for its seemingly inconsistent visual featuring four men. As of Thursday morning, one tweet that asked “...is this satire?“ had received more than 16,000 retweets online. Others criticized the Provo school, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for failing to include at least one woman on the panel. Shortly after the post began circulating on
  
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• From the first TV tubes to Brigham Young’s hair, Utah’s historical treasures sit in a leaky basement

  22-02-2018 19:47
  The first Utah state flag ever sewn lies on a table in front of a cluster of valves for the fire sprinklers in the Rio Grande Depot in Salt Lake City.Plastic sheeting hangs where the ceiling once leaked onto shelves that held masonry tools used to build the Mormon temples in St. George and Manti, mementos from Utah’s World War I veterans, and glass tubes created by Philo Farnsworth for his early television developments.A wedding dress from 1843, brought from Nauvoo, Ill., by one of Utah&rs
  
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• Utah high school soccer coach charged for alleged sexual contact with 16-year-old girl

  22-02-2018 19:46
  A Salt Lake City man who worked at Summit Academy High School in Bluffdale has been charged for having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girlTrevor Lawrence Ott, 31, was charged earlier this month in 4th District Court with five counts of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.Ott, who was a part-time coach at the high school at the time of Jan. 29 arrest, has resigned, according to KUTV.
  According to a probable cause statement, Ott twice engaged in sexual activity with the tee
  
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• [KSL] - Utah Jazz forward Royce O’Neale’s journey to the NBA

  22-02-2018 19:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed NBA game today, O’Neale’s skill set has become especially valuable to the Jazz. “With all the 3-point shooting and getting up and down, and guys who can pl ...
  
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• Rockmonster Unplugged: Karl Malone, look what happened — the All-Star Game matters!

  22-02-2018 19:40
  The NBA is getting good reviews for staging an All-Star Game that actually turned out to be a game.It’s about time.Maybe I’ll come back as a viewer.I was on vacation during this year’s All-Star Weekend, mainly because I scheduled it that way. I figured the last thing I needed to watch was that. Traditionally it has been as interesting as a glass of milk. Zero defense. Dumb setup dunks. Players hamming it up. So this year they changed the format to involve a draft. Meanwhile, to
  
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• [Sporting News] - Five big NBA questions that need answers down final stretch of 2018 season

  22-02-2018 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  ...Utah is one game behind LA and 1.5 games behind New Orleans for eighth. The Jazz’s streak has created a logjam in the West, as 2.5 games separate the fifth a ...
  
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• Kirby: When salespeople call and ask how you’re doing, go ahead and tell them ... and tell them ... and tell them

  22-02-2018 19:20
  Got a call Monday from someone in Wisconsin. At least my phone said it was from there. Area code 920 could be in the Antarctic, but you never know. I answered it.The caller said, “Good morning, Robert. How are you today?”I told him I was doing poorly, that my wife had told me to shovel the walk but I forgot, and she came home to a driveway she expected to be cleared. Now I was in trouble.Me • “I have no idea how long she’s going to stay mad at me this time. Once, she
  
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• PLUS his arm bobbles, too! 🤯 twitter.com/slcstars/statu…

  22-02-2018 19:18 via twitter.com
  PLUS his arm bobbles, too! 🤯 twitter.com/slcstars/statu…
  
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• Anyway, who's excited for Friday when Jazz basketball is back? https://t.co/mYgij8PrW9

  22-02-2018 19:09 via twitter.com
  
  Anyway, who's excited for Friday when Jazz basketball is back? https://t.co/mYgij8PrW9
  
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• Utah prosecutors claim double murder suspect is faking mental illness — but a judge rules he is not competent for trial

  22-02-2018 19:08
  A Utah judge has ruled that a man accused of killing two people is not competent for trial, disagreeing with prosecutors’ assertions that Brandon Beau Warren has been faking a mental illness.Warren was charged in October 2016 with two counts of first-degree felony murder, accused of shooting Stevan Chambers and Shelli Marie Brown in August 2015 in Magna. He also is facing 11 firearms-related charges.But a month before the murder charges were filed, Warren was deemed incompetent for trial i
  
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• People freaked out after robot dogs opened a door. Now they're resisting humans.

  22-02-2018 19:07
  In one of the scariest moments in the movie "Jurassic Park," a pair of intelligent Velociraptors, brought back to Earth by man's hubris, defy an assumption about their limitations: They open a kitchen door.Now imagine that the raptors are real, transformed into headless robot dogs that can negotiate stairs, fling open doors with their robotic claws and generally overcome the puny obstacles offered up by the human technicians at Boston Dynamics.The robotics company last week posted a video showin
  
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• Dana Milbank: Why won't pro-lifers act against our deadly gun culture?

  22-02-2018 18:53
  Washington • Let us hear no more lectures from Clarence Thomas on the sanctity of human life.The Supreme Court justice, with timing that could be charitably described as clumsy, issued his latest paean to gun rights Tuesday, as the child victims of last week’s school shooting were still being buried.Reacting to his colleagues’ refusal to hear a case challenging California’s waiting period for gun purchases, he complained that justices would hear similar challenges to abort
  
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• U.S. curlers to play for Olympic gold after upsetting Canada

  22-02-2018 18:50
  Gangneung, South Korea • John Shuster and his U.S. team will play for a gold medal against Sweden after a 5-3 semifinal upset over Canada, a country that has struggled at the Pyeongchang Olympics despite dominating the world of curling for years.The U.S. victory Thursday was a remarkable comeback story for team which had never beaten Canada at the Olympics and hadn’t made the podium since the 2006 Turin Games, when they won a bronze medal.Just as remarkable was the loss for Canada, wh
  
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• Eye-popping and mind-bending, ‘Annihilation’ is a love-it-or-hate-it trip into the unknown

  22-02-2018 18:03
  When the end credits started rolling on Alex Garland’s brain-twisting “Annihilation,” the first thought that popped into my head was: If Stanley Kubrick tried to make “2001: A Space Odyssey” today, would a risk-averse, marketing-dependent studio have backed him?It’s not an idle question, because Garland’s science-fiction horror thriller has much of the same visual flourishes, intellectual weight and soaring ambitions as Kubrick’s landmark space epi
  
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• “To be a champion is incredible.” twitter.com/NBA/status/966…

  22-02-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  “To be a champion is incredible.” twitter.com/NBA/status/966…
  
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• A poster advertising a BYU Women in Math panel — featuring only men — draws criticism

  22-02-2018 17:50
  A poster advertising an event for Brigham Young University’s Women in Math club sparked mocking irritation online Wednesday for its seemingly inconsistent visual featuring four white men. As of Thursday morning, one tweet that asked “...is this satire?“ had received more than 16,000 retweets online. Others criticized the school, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for failing to include at least one woman on the panel. Shortly after the post began circulat
  
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• Trump endorsees raising minimum age to 21 for more weapons

  22-02-2018 17:30
  Washington • President Donald Trump endorsed stricter gun-control measures Thursday, including raising the minimum age to 21 for possessing a broader range of weapons than at present. He tweeted his strongest stance as president one day after an emotional White House session where students and parents poured out wrenching tales of lost lives and pleaded for action.Trump said on Twitter, “I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Rais
  
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• Trump’s tax bill gave Utah politicians $80 million in an election year. Now they have to decide what to do with the tax windfall.

  22-02-2018 17:17
  Faced with an influx of cash from a booming economy and federal tax changes, Utah politicians are having a debate over how they’ll spend about half a billion dollars. Much of that money will pay for existing or expanded government services and education. But a bill in Congress that cut federal taxes will actually boost state tax collections by about $80 million, some of which lawmakers may give back in what could have the appearance of an election-year tax cut. Republicans appear committed
  
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• Marco Rubio and the NRA confronted by shooting survivors, grieving parents at tense town hall

  22-02-2018 17:00
  There appeared to be little room for nuance Wednesday evening at CNN's emotionally charged town hall, which brought survivors, lawmakers and a prominent Second Amendment advocate together for the first time since the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.Little room for discussing whether a ban on "bump stock" devices — which allow semiautomatic guns to fire faster — could have prevented a 19-year-old from entering the school last week and kill
  
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• Letter: A plea from a Democrat to anointed Sen. Romney: Represent us all

  22-02-2018 17:00
  Hey Mitt, as you’ve already been given the Senate seat for Utah, can you do one thing for a Democrat fellow Utahn? Live up to your hype and represent us all as Americans first.Not Pence’s mantra of Christian first, conservative second and Republican third.Keep the Christian first, but, if you do, govern like Christ would.Break this Republican homage role being honored by your fellow Republicans to Trump and party. Maybe you will start a trend.Really, I don’t think it’s to
  
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• Delta’s Snow Goose Days event takes place Friday and Saturday

  22-02-2018 17:00
  Few things in nature are quite as spectacular as hearing and seeing thousands of snow geese.That’s why Delta’s celebration of Snow Goose Days this Friday and Saturday is definitely worth a trip to Millard County.The Delta Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual event that includes seeing up to 20,000 geese in and around Gunnison Bend Reservoir as well as some other fun events, such as a walk and run called the Wild Goose Chase, an arts and crafts fair, and a quilt show.The Division of W
  
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• How Doug Varone is keeping the faith in modern dance with a new work to be performed at the University of Utah this weekend

  22-02-2018 16:53
  Modern dance master choreographer Doug Varone’s new work, “in the shelter of the fold,” is described as exploring the questioning inherent in faith.That’s a pretty deep philosophical idea. But Varone said he has faith the work will find a receptive audience when his company performs it this weekend at the University of Utah.“The work is meant to allow every person to see some aspect of themselves in these dances and understand the world from their perspective,&rdquo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - How long will the winning streak last?

  22-02-2018 16:45 via sportspyder.com
  ...SAS, @ GSW, @ MIN, @ POR— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) Just the fact that the Jazz are favored to beat Houston is pretty incredible. This team has clawed, scra ...
  
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• Utah already allows concealed weapons on campus. Could arming teachers stop shootings?

  22-02-2018 16:00
  In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, President Donald Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed “he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.”Revisiting an idea he raised in his campaign, Trump’s comments in favor of allowing teachers to be armed come as lawmakers in several states are wrestling with the idea, including in Florida, where the 17 most recent school shooting victims are being mourned.Assistant football c
  
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• Plant-based Boltcutter heats up Salt Lake City with bold flavors, sophisticated street tacos and more

  22-02-2018 16:00
  Boltcutter, that’s like a hardware store, right? New metal band? Garage bar?If those are your first thoughts behind the name of the new Boltcutter restaurant in Salt Lake City, try again. And if, after learning that it is an all plant-based restaurant that sounds more macho than its concept, definitely think again.Because Boltcutter packs a punch.The name — a nod to the tool that activists often use in the animal liberation movement — reflects the boldness of its gourmet street
  
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• New Ikon ski pass provides 14 days of turns for $899 next winter at Deer Valley, Alta/Snowbird

  22-02-2018 16:00
  The new Ikon Pass is set to compete with Vail Resort’s Epic Pass to become next winter’s season’s ski pass of choice.For $899, purchasers will get access to 14 days of skiing at the three Utah resorts in the package, Ikon Pass parent companies said Thursday. That includes seven days at Deer Valley Resort and seven days at Alta or Snowbird, or split between them. The pass also is good for unlimited skiing at 12 other North American resorts, while offers are restricted to a week
  
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• Letter: Trump and his enablers betray their oath to protect and defend the nation

  22-02-2018 16:00
  Just in time for Presidents Day, our “president” spent nine hours continuously tweeting profanity, misspellings and attacks at the special counsel investigating Russian social media and cyberattacks on America (and his campaign’s witting or unwitting involvement), his own national security adviser, the FBI, Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, Democrats in Congress, CNN and anyone else he could think of.Do you think this was a good use of his time?A real president wo
  
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• Letter: Mike Lee should make banning assault weapons one of his ‘laudable pursuits’

  22-02-2018 16:00
  Over the holidays, I noticed a full-page advertisement in The Tribune from a local gun store. Half the guns listed for sale were assault-style weapons with 30-clip magazines. Also included were a few that I would call sawed-off shotguns. The balance were traditional hunting guns.Believing that there is no legitimate need for public ownership of assault weapons, I mailed the ad to Sen. Mike Lee asking his position on why this type of weapon was needed in society. To no surprise, I never received
  
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• Letter: If you need 30 or more rounds to kill a deer, here's what you really need

  22-02-2018 16:00
  I have owned guns for 50 years and, as some of the other letter writers, I was trained to use assault weapons in the Army. I still remember the instructor saying, “This weapon (M-16) is not for ‘popping’ squirrels or shooting deer. It is for killing and injuring the enemy.” It is designed to kill people.Any hunter who needs 30 or more rounds to kill a deer doesn’t need a high-capacity magazine, they need rifle training and practice.I see no logical reason why civili
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Bernie Sanders says Hillary Clinton should have done more to stop Russian meddling

  22-02-2018 15:34
  Bernie Sanders says Hillary Clinton should have done more to stop Russian meddling. House advances bill to end the death penalty; Herbert says he may sign it.Happy Thursday. President Donald Trump says there was no collusion between his team and Russia during the 2016 election and that it’s President Barack Obama’s fault for not doing enough to combat the foreign nation’s efforts to undermine America’s democracy. Now Sen. Bernie Sanders is getting into the game. Amid repo
  
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• Third wave of snow expected to impact the Friday morning commute

  22-02-2018 15:32
  A third wave of snow this week is expected to hit Thursday night and impact the Friday morning commute.The National Weather Service said most of the state will see cold temperatures and precipitation from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon, though accumulations will be lighter than they were earlier in the week.Mountains and valleys from the Wasatch Front to St. George and Kanab will see snow, according to the NWS, and travelers along Interstate 15, Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 89 as far sou
  
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• Letter: It is ludicrous to blame the problems of society on guns

  22-02-2018 15:13
  I am greatly saddened by the recent shooting in Florida. How can you not be when human beings commit such a tragedy on one another?It is a fallacy to say that guns are the problem. It’s a human being problem. To outlaw guns would not solve the problem. Let’s use logic here. You should outlaw cars — they kill people. Outlaw spoons and forks — they make people overweight and die young. No more fast food places, too many people become addicted.We, Americans, have had guns in
  
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