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• Utah Jazz have four legitimate contenders for end-of-year NBA awards

  08-03-2018 23:57
  Due to some spectacular Utah Jazz performances this season, they deserve consideration for four specific NBA awards. When it comes to national praise and recognition, the Utah Jazz aren’t typically near the top of the list. Despite boasting one of the more successful franchises in terms of playoff appearances over the course of the last […]
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• [Torn By Sports] - Jazz Playoff Watch: 17 Games to Go

  08-03-2018 23:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed Final Record 538: 46-36 (t-6th) ESPN BPI:45-37 (8th) BaskRef: 45-37 (8th) Jazz record in head-to-heads POR: 2-1 NOP: 2-1 SAS: 3-0 MIN: 1-2 OKC: 1-3 LAC: 2- ...
  
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• Some Salt Lake City leaders are worried it would be ‘unreasonable’ to close the downtown homeless shelter as planned

  08-03-2018 23:47
  Members of the Salt Lake City Council are worried the plan to help Utah’s homeless may be unrealistic, given the state’s expected population growth. Three new homeless shelters/resource centers with a total of 700 beds are planned to open in the next year and a half. But then The Road Home shelter on Rio Grande Street, which has a capacity of 1,100 beds, is set to close in June 2019. That means there’s a 400 bed reduction and District 4 Councilman Derek Kitchen raised concerns
  
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• Police arrest a suspect 11 years after slaying of West Valley City business owner

  08-03-2018 23:47
  More than 11 years after a West Valley City man was found dead on the floor of his pool hall, police announced they think they finally know who killed him.Tri Xuan Phan was last seen Jan. 9, 2007, as he closed up his Vui Vui pool hall, at 1839 W. 3500 South, for the night.He never made it home, and a friend found his body inside the pool hall on the floor the next day.On Thursday, police made an arrest in the case, West Valley Police spokeswoman Roxeanna Vainuku said in an afternoon news release
  
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• Utah Legislature last day: Governor’s son speaks out against governor-supported proposal to abolish state school board

  08-03-2018 23:39
  The 2018 Utah legislative session ends at midnight. Here are some of the more interesting happenings as the lawmaking comes to a close:You know who doesn’t want to get rid of the state school board? Nathan Herbert, the son of Utah’s governor.Gov. Gary Herbert has already voiced support for SJR16, which in its current form would replace the elected state school board with a state superintendent appointed by the governor.But in a Wednesday email to lawmakers, Nathan Herbert expressed h
  
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• KUTV’s owner orders anchors to read statement decrying ‘fake news’ from national outlets

  08-03-2018 23:36
  The Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns three television stations in Utah — KUTV, KJZZ and KMYU — is requiring its local news anchors to read on-air statements decrying “fake stories” on social media and “national media outlets.”Channel 2-produced newscasts air on all three stations. In documents obtained by CNN, Sinclair instructs its local news anchors to tell viewers that they are “extremely proud of the quality, balanced journalism” the stati
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Is Quin Snyder or the Utes’ Larry Krystkowiak a better coach? Any chance Favors comes back?

  08-03-2018 23:26
  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.
  #TonyTalks better coach Quinn or Larry K— Corey Christiansen (@coreyc04) March 6, 2018
  Quin Snyder is leading the Jazz to the playoffs without Gordon Hayward. Larry Krystkowiak took the Utes to third in the Pac-12 without Kyle Kuzma and won coach of the year in the conference. Who is better? I think both
  
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• Salt Lake City rally celebrates voices, contributions of women on International Women’s Day

  08-03-2018 23:14
  In celebration of International Women’s Day, radio station KRCL hosted Amplifying Women’s Voices, a rally held at the Utah Capitol.A number of women spoke, including Catherine Weller of League of Women Voters, Leslie Henderson of Utah Women of Color Council, Meher Ayesha of Global Chamber of Salt Lake City, and Marina Gomberg, a Salt Lake Tribune columnist and Equality Utah board member. Brooklyn musicians Lucius performed a short acoustic set during the rally.See photos from the eve
  
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• NBA officiating czar meeting with Jazz and other teams to improve player-ref relations

  08-03-2018 23:14
  Whenever a player called him “ref” or “sir,” Monty McCutchen asked them to try again — he wanted to be called by his name.McCutchen grew up in a small town in Texas. Making it to the NBA as a professional referee from his humble beginnings felt like achieving the dream of a lifetime. Quickly into his career, he realized that every NBA job — player, coach, scout, manager and more — required a certain level of work, self-pride and dedication to reach. So h
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz finally in virtual tie for 8th place in Western Conference as the prepare to play lowly Memphis Grizzlies

  08-03-2018 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... ’s fourth straight victory. Added Gobert, who has essentially guaranteed the Jazz will be in the postseason, “There’s a focus in the locker room. It’s great....
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda tells a Salt Lake City crowd about the creativity and challenges behind writing ‘Hamilton’

  08-03-2018 23:02
  When you write all the parts, you get to play all the parts, Lin-Manuel Miranda told a Salt Lake City crowd on Thursday, as he rapped some of the lyrics of his world-beating musical, “Hamilton.” The musical, he says, “is just a love letter to everything I love,” from contemporary hip-hop lyrics by Tupac or Biggie to great musical theater characters, such as Fanny Brice and Mama Rose.“It’s that need to communicate and make your mark,” said Miranda, as he
  
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• Utah Jazz finally in virtual tie for 8th place in Western Conference as the prepare to play lowly Memphis Grizzlies

  08-03-2018 23:00
  The playoffs are officially within the Utah Jazz’s reach.Despite winning 16 of their last 18 games, the Jazz have remained on the outside looking in at the top eight in the Western Conference thanks to the fact that they were 4.5 games out when the run began and because a bunch of teams ahead of them have been hot, too.But after finally getting some help Tuesday night as the three teams in front of them (the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and LA Clippers) all lost and then seeing th
  
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• No charges for agent accused of groping Terry Crews

  08-03-2018 23:00
  Los Angeles • Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a talent agent whom actor Terry Crews said groped him at a Hollywood party.The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Adam Venit, an agent at William Morris Endeavor, twice grabbed Crews by the groin, but because there was no contact with his skin, and no restraint involved, the allegations were not a felony.They sent the case to the Los Angeles city attorney, who prosecutes misdemeanors. The city attorney&
  
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• Magic Johnson says at Qualtrics X4 event that all of his life's most 'powerful' moments happened in Utah

  08-03-2018 23:00
  For Earvin "Magic" Johnson, some of the biggest moments in his life happened in Utah.He won the NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City 39 years ago. He competed against the Utah Jazz as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.And, after a short visit to Salt Lake City, he learned he was diagnosed with HIV."All the things in my life that were powerful happened in Utah," he said. "My championship game in college was here. The day I got called home about HIV. Where was I? Utah."Johnson was one of the speaker
  
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• Charles Koch: Tariffs are a step in the wrong direction

  08-03-2018 23:00
  By many measures, America’s economy is strong. Unemployment is down, the stock market is up and consumer confidence is rising. Although far too many barriers still keep a large portion of our population from fully participating in these benefits, we are making real progress.Several recent policies have contributed to this improvement. They include federal tax reform (which is far from perfect, but is a step in the right direction), the administration’s regulatory reforms and many imp
  
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• Trump imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum but offers possible relief to allies

  08-03-2018 22:43
  Washington • President Donald Trump will sign a pair of proclamations Thursday that impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but offer relief to some U.S. allies.The tariffs, which take effect in 15 days, initially will not apply to imports from Canada and Mexico so that U.S. officials can assess progress toward a new North American Free Trade deal, according to a senior administration official.Other countries with a "security relationship" to the United States may seek exemptions by o
  
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• Kirby: Meeting the real ‘bionic man’ conjures dreams of other magic body parts

  08-03-2018 22:38
  Orem • On Wednesday, I drove to Utah Valley University for a news conference featuring Hugh Herr, professor and director of the Biomechatronics research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.I wasn’t going to go. From the news release, it obviously had something to do with science.While I’m aware that science exists, I don’t understand much beyond the fact that banging two rocks together and saying the appropriate prayer will cause fire to miraculously occur.A
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Magic Johnson says at Qualtrics X4 event that all of his life's most 'powerful' moments happened in Utah

  08-03-2018 22:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...said he was visiting Salt Lake City for an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz in 1991 when he received a phone call from his doctor, who told him to come...
  
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• A nondescript warehouse on the west side is where you can find the beach — and beer — in Utah

  08-03-2018 22:07
  North Salt Lake • Outside the SandBar, it’s winter — snow on the mountains, ice chunks in the parking lot, temperatures below freezing.But inside this new beach volleyball venue, it’s summertime. The atmosphere is lively; shorts and tank tops are the official uniform; and players find something addicting about sinking their bare feet into 18 inches of clean, soft sand.“I love it,” said Laena Drake. “I’m here three or four nights a week.”She is
  
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• Hundreds of Canadian doctors demand lower salaries

  08-03-2018 22:00
  In a move that can only be described as utterly Canadian, hundreds of doctors in Quebec are protesting their pay raises, saying they already make too much money.As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 700 physicians, residents and medical students from the Canadian province had signed an online petition asking for their pay raises to be canceled. A group named Médecins Québécois Pour le Régime (MQRP), which represents Quebec doctors and advocates for public health, start
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Doug Robinson: Thanks to rookie sensation, post-breakup Utah Jazz are on a tear

  08-03-2018 21:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... Sefolosha has been shelved since January with a knee injury. But somehow the Jazz have hit their stride. In the second half of the season they are 18-6 and co ...
  
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• Doug Robinson: Thanks to rookie sensation, post-breakup Utah Jazz are on a tear

  08-03-2018 21:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — For a team that went through the worst split since Brad and Jen, the Utah Jazz seem to be having way too much fun this season. You'd never know that last summer they were dumped by Gordon Hayward, who spurned their pledge of love, money and commitment and ran away with another suitor.The Jazz are one of the best stories of the season. They are thriving. They are 35-30, they have a new (and better) franchise player to build around, the new-and-improved arena is packed and t
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The dark days of the 10 seed are almost over

  08-03-2018 21:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... rotation. Crowder also adds some pretty considerable twitter strength to the Jazz, which was put on display with some recent beef with Jimmy Butler. I’M A BIG ...
  
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• Utah Legislature last day: Tesla has been banned from opening a dealership in Utah — but that could change

  08-03-2018 21:17
  The 2018 Utah legislative session ends at midnight. Here are some of the more interesting happenings as the lawmaking comes to a close:The Senate voted 26-1 to approve HB369, a bill that would allow Tesla to own and operate car dealerships in Utah.Tesla has been prevented from operating dealerships under the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, a law that doesn’t allow car manufacturers to have direct ownership interest in any new dealerships in Utah.Tesla has been butting up against the law since
  
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• The best kind ❤️🧡💛 #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/GoGoGaryUnicor…

  08-03-2018 21:11 via twitter.com
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• Best scar story ever, tbh. #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/McCadeP8/statu…

  08-03-2018 21:08 via twitter.com
  Best scar story ever, tbh.#NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/McCadeP8/statu…
  
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• What a great story 💕 #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/bentleyjmitch/…

  08-03-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
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• Noah Feldman: The rule that Kellyanne Conway broke should be unconstitutional

  08-03-2018 21:00
  The Office of Special Counsel, the federal ethics watchdog, has found that President Donald Trump’s adviser Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act last year by endorsing Republican candidate Roy Moore and opposing Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate race.Conway did arguably break the rules. But the provision of the law that she broke seems at least borderline unconstitutional as applied to her. The circumstances of the case show why the First Amendment should be interpreted to prote
  
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• Kellyanne Conway won't say if she was punished over Hatch Act issue

  08-03-2018 21:00
  Washington • White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says she’s spoken with President Donald Trump about a federal watchdog’s finding that she violated a federal law that bars government officials from using their positions to influence political campaigns.But Conway isn’t providing details about the conversation.It’s up to Trump to decide how — and whether — Conway is punished.She said during a Fox appearance that she’s “not going to comment o
  
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• After walking away from $12M at Oregon State, Gary Andersen is back at Utah — and he’s all smiles

  08-03-2018 21:00
  Gary Andersen glanced back to see who was trailing him up the ramp from the Eccles Football Complex toward the weight room. He heard the cleats clacking against the pavement. It was one of his guys. Rushing to catch up with his new coach was 6-foot-5, 317-pound defensive tackle Leki Fotu. Andersen slowed his pace, Fotu eventually pulled even and said something to his new position coach. And what does a guy who just walked away from $12 million and a coaching job in the Pac-12 do?He laughs. When
  
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• North Salt Lake’s new SandBar is where you can play beach volleyball even in winter and have a beer

  08-03-2018 20:58
  North Salt Lake • Outside the SandBar, it’s winter — snow on the mountains, ice chunks in the parking lot, temperatures below freezing.But inside this new beach volleyball venue, it’s summertime. The atmosphere is lively; shorts and tank tops are the official uniform; and players find something addicting about sinking their bare feet into 18 inches of clean, soft sand.“I love it,” said Laena Drake. “I’m here three or four nights a week.”She is
  
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• 💙☝️💙 #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/katiemcarling/…

  08-03-2018 20:55 via twitter.com
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• How many of you have gotten closer to family members because of Jazz basketball? #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/Jazzbug20/stat…

  08-03-2018 20:52 via twitter.com
  How many of you have gotten closer to family members because of Jazz basketball?#NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/Jazzbug20/stat…
  
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• Here's to having an incredible Twitter community ❤️ #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/Silverarrow82/…

  08-03-2018 20:42 via twitter.com
  Here's to having an incredible Twitter community ❤️#NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/Silverarrow82/…
  
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• Some Salt Lake City leaders are worried a growing population means closing the downtown homeless shelter as planned is ‘unreasonable’

  08-03-2018 20:41
  Members of the Salt Lake City Council are worried the plan to help Utah’s homeless may be unrealistic, given the state’s expected population growth. Three new homeless shelters/resource centers with a total of 700 beds are planned to open in the next year and a half. But then The Road Home shelter on Rio Grande Street, which has a capacity of 1,100 beds, is set to close in June 2019. That means there’s a 400 bed reduction and District 4 Councilman Derek Kitchen raised concerns
  
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• It's our happy, too! #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/RealMcKoye/sta…

  08-03-2018 20:36 via twitter.com
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• Rudy Gobert quietly has become a master at screens, powering the Jazz offense

  08-03-2018 20:35
  Memphis, Tenn. • The finish is what gets your attention. When Rudy Gobert rocks home a dunk, he puts a flourish on it — he wants everyone in the arena to feel the power of the slam. He’s had 99 dunks this year, and it’s been hard to miss any of them.But there’s something the 25-year-old does that gets almost no attention, and usually it’s the exact thing that precedes his dunks: screening. Gobert quietly has become one of the best screeners in the NBA, and that
  
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• #NBAVoices #IWD2018 twitter.com/emili_jones/st…

  08-03-2018 20:25 via twitter.com
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• BYU’s Zayne Anderson could fill Fred Warner’s spot at linebacker — if he can gain some weight, maintain speed

  08-03-2018 20:17
  Provo • Nobody on the current BYU football roster can adequately replace outside linebacker Fred Warner, one of the best defensive players in program history.But Zayne Anderson is going to give it a try. Yes,we’re talking about that Zayne Anderson, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior who played safety last season and was the fifth-leading tackler on the team with 61 takedowns. In one of the surprise moves of spring camp, which began Monday, Anderson has been taking reps at the “flash
  
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• The $560 million secret behind this lottery ticket

  08-03-2018 20:00
  The mysterious winner of a $560 million lottery ticket in New Hampshire has finally claimed her prize, through her legal team, but she is still fighting to keep her identity a secret.William Shaheen, a lawyer for the woman who has thus far remained anonymous, accepted the check for a lump sum of $352 million, about $264 million after taxes, reports said.The first thing he did was give a total of about $249,000 to a couple of nonprofits — Girls Inc. and three chapters of End 68 Hours of Hun
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks in Salt Lake City

  08-03-2018 19:59
  Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the blockbuster hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” is speaking in Salt Lake City on Thursday as one of a galaxy of star talent featured at the three-day Qualtrics X4 Experience Management Summit. Follow Ellen Fagg Weist’s tweets to see the latest:Tweets by tribartslive Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post, now CEO of Thrive Global, spoke to the more than 7,000 conferencegoers at the Salt Palace Convention Center on Wednesday.Keynot
  
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• New York art foundation acquires art in Utah desert

  08-03-2018 19:41
  New York • A New York art foundation says it has acquired ownership of a concrete art installation in Utah’s Great Basin Desert.The Dia Art Foundation says the desert work “Sun Tunnels” was acquired from the Holt-Smithson Foundation alongside a room-sized installation, “Holes of Light,” which will be exhibited in the Chelsea neighborhood this fall. The New York Times reports both works are by land artist Nancy Holt, who died in 2014.Holt-Smithson Foundation Exe
  
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• Olympus junior Rylan Jones earns Gatorade player of the year award for boys’ hoops

  08-03-2018 19:34
  Junior Rylan Jones helped guide Olympus to an undefeated season that ended with a Class 5A boys’ basketball state title.The University of Utah commit was named the Gatorade Utah boys’ basketball player of the year for his efforts.He averaged 18.3 points. 9.9 assists, 6.6 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game for the 27-0 Titans.“Rylan Jones is the best basketball player I’ve seen in a while,” Highland coach Jim Boyce said in a release. “He can do everything: score,
  
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• Michelle Quist: I wish I were kidding about how embarrassing Utah’s Legislature was

  08-03-2018 19:29
  A future conversation with a visitor to Utah:Welcome to Utah! You’ve read about us recently in the national and international newspapers? Great. Well, I’m glad you came to visit; let me show you around.These are Utah’s famous national parks. Utahns have repeatedly voted Zion National Park as our favorite, but Bryce Canyon National Park and Arches National Park near Moab offer similarly stunning views of our redrock topography. There’s nothing like our national parks anywh
  
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• Dana Milbank: There's an easy way for Trump to end all this unpleasantness

  08-03-2018 19:21
  Washington • Watching former Trump adviser Sam Nunberg perform his televised exercise in self-destructive and Trump-destructive behavior this week, I wondered: Is there nothing President Trump can do to stem the daily tide of bad news?The next day brought more of the same: Economic adviser Gary Cohn was resigning from the White House in protest, causing worry on Wall Street, and porn actress Stormy Daniels was suing Trump and claiming the hush agreement she has with him is invalid.Then it h
  
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• LIVE: ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is speaking in Salt Lake City

  08-03-2018 19:18
  Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the blockbuster hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” is speaking in Salt Lake City on Thursday as one of a galaxy of star talent featured at the three-day Qualtrics X4 Experience Management Summit. Follow Ellen Fagg Weist’s tweets to see the latest:Tweets by tribartslive Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post, now CEO of Thrive Global, spoke to the more than 7,000 conferencegoers at the Salt Palace Convention Center on Wednesday.Keynot
  
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• Salt Lake’s new Sandbar is where you can play beach volleyball even in winter and have a beer

  08-03-2018 19:15
  North Salt Lake • Outside the Sandbar, it’s winter — snow on the mountains, ice chunks in the parking lot, temperatures below freezing.But inside this new beach volleyball venue, it’s summertime. The atmosphere is lively; shorts and tank tops are the official uniform; and players find something addicting about sinking their bare feet into 18 inches of clean, soft sand.“I love it,” said Laena Drake. “I’m here three or four nights a week.”She is
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Doug Robinson: Thanks to rookie sensation, post-breakup Jazz are on a tear

  08-03-2018 19:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... Sefolosha has been shelved since January with a knee injury. But somehow the Jazz have hit their stride. In the second half of the season they are 18-6 and co ...
  
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• Holly Richardson: International Women’s Day is time to #PressforProgress in Utah

  08-03-2018 19:03
  March 8 is International Women’s Day, a time to honor women and to #PressforProgress, this year’s theme.Begun in the United States in 1909 — 11 years before women had the right to vote — and adopted two years later by the international community, it is a day to reflect on the progress made and the progress needed, as well as celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, doing extraordinary things.Women like Malala, who wanted to read, Rosa Parks, who want
  
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• Trump to meet with video game industry representatives

  08-03-2018 19:00
  Washington • President Donald Trump plans to meet with video game industry representatives as he considers responses to gun violence after the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.The White House says attendees at Thursday’s meeting include representatives of the Entertainment Software Association, the Entertainment Software Rating Board and the Parents Television Council. Others represent the Media Research Center, a video game distributor, a software company, along with the
  
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