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• Bagley Cartoon: Nesting Fib Face

  15-03-2018 23:46
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, March 16, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br> The Kids Are Alright <br> Putin on Fifth Avenue <br>DeVos at the Wheel<br>Democratic Senior Discount<br> Trade War<br>Counting the Minutes <br> Boys and their Broomsticks<br>GOP Talking Points<br>Driven by Spite<br>Plan to Pave Paradise<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on
  
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• Chuck D knows. twitter.com/MrChuckD/statu…

  15-03-2018 23:44 via twitter.com
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• ‘Behind the Headlines’: Utah’s Senate president is out, a GOP House member is challenging Mitt Romney and students walk out to protest gun violence

  15-03-2018 23:43
  More than 20 lawmakers have announced their departure from the Utah Legislature, including Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy. A Republican from the Utah House jumps into the U.S. Senate race in opposition to Mitt Romney. And thousands of students walk out of Utah schools, joining in solidarity with students protesting gun violence nationwide.At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Lee Davidson and Benjamin Wood, and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to ta
  
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  15-03-2018 23:37 via twitter.com
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• An Idaho science teacher reportedly fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle, now the school is getting threats of violence

  15-03-2018 23:25
  Police officers have been stationed outside an Idaho junior high school after threats of violence were posted online in reaction to accusations that a teacher fed a puppy to a snapping turtle.The story of Preston Junior High science teacher Robert Crosland reportedly feeding a sick puppy to the turtle last week has spread like wildfire online, causing a sharp reaction from animal rights groups and their supporters.Local police informed the FBI that the criticism has veered into threats, accordin
  
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• Commentary: The Solution is Me

  15-03-2018 23:00
  I watched, listened to and talked about the student walk-outs (my children included) to find a solution for the unacceptable violence in our schools. Frankly, I tire from the ever-frustrating brain dumps of proposed solutions and the resulting conflict amongst us. I am united with those suffering and frustrated over what isn’t working and I, like so many of you, continue to search for solutions. I read about the solutions, I search, I analyze, I discuss. Gun control legislation, better bac
  
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• Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters

  15-03-2018 22:59
  Washington • A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.A review by The Associated Press of the backgrounds and social media posts of the 16 board members appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke indicates they will agree with his position that the best way to protect critically threat
  
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• After eight years, case of Utah day care owner allegedly abusing children ends in split verdict: jury acquits on one count, hangs on two others

  15-03-2018 22:51
  A Murray day care owner accused of abusing three children to the point of hospitalization has been acquitted of one count of child abuse. Following the eight-day trial, the jury was hung on the other two counts.Thursday’s split verdict came after a lengthy pre-trial process for defendant Kami Tollefson, which included 11 trial date settings — the first one scheduled for 2011 — and a plea deal that was rejected by a judge.Tollefson was accused of assaulting three children who su
  
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• Madness! Buzzer-beater lifts Loyola over Miami in NCAA return

  15-03-2018 22:50
  Dallas • Donte Ingram hit a long 3-pointer just before the buzzer, lifting Loyola-Chicago to a thrilling 64-62 win over Miami on Thursday in its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.Ingram's shot from well above the key — from the edge of the March Madness logo that spans midcourt, in fact — came after Lonnie Walker IV missed a free throw with a chance to give the Hurricanes a three-point lead with 9 seconds remaining.The 11th-seeded Ramblers (29-5) matched the school re
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Dante Exum returns in tonight’s matchup against the Phoenix Suns

  15-03-2018 22:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... d in the 1st quarter against the Detroit Pistons, but realistically the Utah Jazz should be able to put this game out of reach early. The bigger, bigger pictu ...
  
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• Commentary: Herbert should veto bill that mandates AG opinions

  15-03-2018 22:48
  Last year, the Utah Office of the Attorney General provided advice to the governor regarding the special election to replace Rep. Jason Chaffetz. The Legislature asked the AG to provide an opinion regarding the special election. The governor objected, and the AG did not provide the opinion. (Subsequently the governor consented to the release of a draft opinion, and it has been made public.)Now the Legislature has passed HB198, which requires the AG to issue an opinion when the Legislature reques
  
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• Healthy again, Becky Sauerbrunn helps start the Tomb Raider training challenge

  15-03-2018 22:40
  When the Utah Royals’ Becky Sauerbrunn returned from her injury, she didn’t just return to soccer. She began training for raiding tombs.Well, sort of.Magnus Lygdbäck, the personal trainer and nutritionist who helped actress Alicia Vikander put on 12 pounds of muscle to play Laura Croft in the latest Tomb Raider movie, flew out to Utah to train with Sauerbrunn and promote the movie. They produced a video of the Tomb Raider training challenge and began to spread it through social
  
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• ‘I thought I was the only queer person at BYU’: LGBT students host panel focused on faith and gender identity at Mormon church-owned university

  15-03-2018 22:38
  Gabriel Cano’s professor doesn’t call on him. Maybe he’s just paranoid. Maybe he just isn’t raising his hand high enough. Maybe. But probably not. Cano suspects it’s because he’s transgender. His professor knew him when he had long hair and wore plain skirts. And he’s in his class again, two years after transitioning, now wearing suspenders and thick glasses. He doesn’t look the same, and he isn’t looked at the same. At LDS Church-owned Brigh
  
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• A surprise at first live scrimmage of BYU spring practice: quarterbacks get hit, tackled

  15-03-2018 22:34
  Provo • How desperate is BYU’s football coaching staff to get things turned around in Provo after going 4-9 last season? They are letting their quarterbacks get hit, tackled and roughed up in spring camp. The Cougars held their first fully padded live scrimmage Thursday, and despite having to move it indoors due to wintry weather in Provo, quarterbacks Zach Wilson, Beau Hoge and Joe Critchlow were forced to play like they would in a live game. Tanner Mangum, who is recovering from an
  
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• Bagley, Duke rout Iona 89-67, breeze into second round

  15-03-2018 22:28
  Pittsburgh • Marvin Bagley III dominated in his NCAA Tournament debut, pouring in 22 points to go with seven rebounds as Duke rolled by Iona 89-67 on Thursday.The Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year made 10 of 14 shots in 32 minutes, grabbed seven rebounds and knocked down his lone 3-point attempt as the second-seeded Blue Devils overwhelmed the 15th-seeded Gaels.Grayson Allen scored 16 points and added a game-high nine assists for Duke (27-7), Trevon Duval finished with 19 points
  
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• Salt Lake not a finalist city for 2026 World Cup bid

  15-03-2018 22:18
  New York • Chicago, the home of the U.S. Soccer Federation, dropped out of the North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup as 23 cities were chosen to be included in documents to be submitted to FIFA on Friday.Minneapolis also quit because of FIFA's demands. Vancouver, British Columbia, said its bid was rejected because it refused to comply with FIFA's requirements that include tax waivers and putting agreements under Swiss law. Fix other U.S. cities were cut: Charlotte, N.C.; Glendale, A
  
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• A friendly reminder... #tbt @AFCU https://t.co/nEhJjdxLsg

  15-03-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  
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• After students walk out, Utah lawmakers say they’ve heard a message, propose meetings and study of school safety, ‘rampage violence’

  15-03-2018 22:13
  Utah legislators say they heard the concerns raised by thousands of students who walked out of their classrooms to raise awareness of shooting victims, gun violence and school safety. The lawmakers want to hear more and plan to meet with students and also will launch a study on “rampage violence” and teen suicide in the coming months.More than a dozen lawmakers have signed on to host meetings, which they say will be in high school auditoriums to encourage student participation. Dates
  
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• A science teacher reportedly fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle, now the school is getting threats of violence

  15-03-2018 22:11
  Police officers have been stationed outside an Idaho junior high school after threats of violence were posted online in reaction to accusations that a teacher fed a puppy to a snapping turtle.The story of Preston Junior High science teacher Robert Crosland reportedly feeding a sick puppy to the turtle last week has spread like wildfire online, causing a sharp reaction from animal rights groups and their supporters.Local police informed the FBI that the criticism has veered into threats, accordin
  
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• Top-seeded Kansas comes alive, beats Penn 76-60 in NCAAs

  15-03-2018 22:03
  Wichita, Kan. • Devonte Graham ignited sluggish Kansas midway through the first half, pouring in 29 points and lifting the top-seeded Jayhawks to a tough, grind-it-out 76-60 victory over No. 16 Pennsylvania in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.Graham, perhaps atoning for a miserable performance
  
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• Norvell Jr. makes key 3 to help Gonzaga escape UNCG 68-64

  15-03-2018 22:02
  Boise, Idaho • Zach Norvell Jr. hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 20.8 seconds left to help Gonzaga escape a major scare in the West Region on Thursday with a 68-64 victory over UNC Greensboro.The fourth-seeded Bulldogs (31-4) trailed 64-62 with 1:48 left after squandering a 12-point lead they took early in the second half.Josh Perkins tied the game at 64, and after Greensboro's Francis Alonso forced up a miss, Gonzaga got the rebound and worked the ball to Norvell, a redshirt freshman, who s
  
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• 'Multiple' fatalities after pedestrian bridge collapses onto vehicles at Florida college

  15-03-2018 22:01
  MIAMI (AP) — A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said.Search and rescue missions were underway. Eight people were taken to hospitals. The number of fatalities was not immediately known."The main focus is to rescue people." said Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez. "As soon as those efforts are over, our homicide bureau will take the lea
  
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• McNeese State tabs BYU assistant Heath Schroyer as its next head basketball coach

  15-03-2018 22:00
  Provo • Assistant basketball coach Heath Schroyer’s second stint at BYU was shorter than his first. Schroyer, who joined coach Dave Rose’s staff last summer when North Carolina State’s staff was released, was named McNeese State’s new head basketball coach on Thursday by Director of Athletics Bruce Hemphill.Schroyer made his only season at BYU count, breathing life into a program that struggled defensively and in its halfcourt offense.“Grateful to have worked w
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The Trumpiest thing Trump has done this week

  15-03-2018 22:00
  President Donald Trump’s firing – by tweet – of his secretary of state was true to form, as was hiring a TV commentator for his chief economic adviser (while telling him he looked “handsome” on TV). It was very Trump-like to suffer an apparent loss in a deep-red congressional district and then lie by saying Democrat Conor Lamb supported Trump’s policies. (He did not – on guns, health care, taxes, abortion, etc.)The Trumpiest moment came, however, when he
  
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• Jewish delegation visits Mormon Welfare Square, temple, seeks to broaden mutual understanding

  15-03-2018 21:47
  A Jewish delegation praised its tour of LDS Church’s welfare and temple facilities in Utah this week for strengthening interfaith ties and understanding.“People just want to be understood,” said Saba Soomekh, who teaches religious and women’s studies along with Middle Eastern history at UCLA. “[It is] important to learn about other faiths, especially in the time that we’re living in today where there is so much misunderstanding and so much animosity.”She
  
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• [KSL] - Dante Exum excited to play after 'long, slow road' to return

  15-03-2018 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... is ability to defend, rebound, and then push the ball, he can do very well," Jazz head coach Quin Snyder noted. Exum's conditioning has sometimes been in ques ...
  
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• Commentary: Hallelujah! Mormon women’s temple garments just got a lot better

  15-03-2018 21:27
  Last month on social media, I started seeing cryptic references to improvements to the fit and fabric of Mormon women’s temple garments. Women were waxing rhapsodic about this, like Lululemon levels of rhapsodic.In general, I’m skeptical about rumors like these, having heard many times that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was “just on the verge” of creating a sleeveless top, for example, and then seeing nothing come of it. Ditto with wild rumors about thes
  
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• 🗝: Rubio 🆚 Payton Tipoff⌚️: 7PM MT #TakeNote https://t.co/Bx4CWxEi51

  15-03-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Report: ESPN president resigned over cocaine extortion plot

  15-03-2018 20:54
  Los Angeles • The former president of ESPN said he resigned from the sports network after an extortion plot by someone who sold him cocaine.John Skipper told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Thursday that the drug seller, whom he did not name, tried to extort him in December. He said he hadn't had dealings with the seller before, and previously had been "careful" about buying cocaine."They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk,
  
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• Tennessee wins NCAA opener, routs Wright State 73-47

  15-03-2018 20:31
  Dallas • Admiral Schofield had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Tennessee advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 73-47 win over Wright State with coach Rick Barnes back in familiar territory Thursday.Lamonte Turner had 19 points and a career-high nine assists for Tennessee(26-8), SEC co-champions in the regular season after being picked in the preseason to finish 13th in the 14-team league. Grant Williams added 14 points and nine rebounds.The Volunteers never had much troubl
  
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• Oklahoma, ripped for being in NCAA Tournament, loses to Rhode Island

  15-03-2018 20:29
  Pittsburgh • E.C. Matthews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime and one more that sealed it to help Rhode Island hold off dynamic scorer Trae Young and beat Oklahoma 83-78 Thursday in the Midwest Regional.The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) won a game in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season and will play Saturday the winner of Duke-Iona.The 10th-seeded Sooners (18-14) late-season fade ended with a thud when Young failed to carry them as he had so many times this season. The pheno
  
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• Dante´ Exum finally gets to contribute on the court for the Jazz again

  15-03-2018 20:21
  Hit the shoulder. Don’t play nice.As he got closer to returning from a left shoulder injury, the biggest challenge the 22-year-old Exum faced was to convince his teammates that he could take contact even though he’s been sitting out the last five months.“I mean, you don’t even think about it. It just kind of happens,” he said. “We’ve tried as much as possible to train falling if I get into that situation. I’ve strengthened it so much, I’m not
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Return of Dante Exum, Vol. II

  15-03-2018 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... and you might have not noticed it without looking at his shooting stats. The Jazz have been winning a lot of games over the last two months, and fans are crow ...
  
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• Kirby: My profession sure is changing (after all, you’re probably not getting any ink on your hands reading this) and, sure as shooting, so will yours

  15-03-2018 20:11
  This is a 1913 picture of a Utah news reporter in the field. He’s a Salt Lake Telegram correspondent reporting on a manhunt. That’s not an oversized pencil under his arm. It appears more like a .30-.40 caliber Krag-Jorgensen carbine.The reporter’s name is lost to time, but not the fact that, in addition to being a news gatherer, he also was an armed member of a Salt Lake County sheriff’s posse.Another example of old-time police reporting is a 1922 Salt Lake Tribune announ
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dante Exum finally gets to contribute on the court for the Jazz again

  15-03-2018 20:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... es this week to work in five-on-five full-contact situations. With Exum, the Jazz add length and a versatile, switchable defender who, in the past has been on ...
  
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• Several people are hurt after a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University

  15-03-2018 20:06
  Miami • A brand-new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles. Several people were seen being loaded into ambulances and authorities said they were searching for people.There was no immediate report of injuries or any fatalities from authorities.Gov. Rick Scott tweeted that he had spoken with Miami-Dade County Police Chief Juan Perez about the bridge collapse at Florida International University.“I will be in constant c
  
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• ‘Great Outdoors Bandit’ gets 5 years for bank robberies

  15-03-2018 20:02
  Boise • A serial bank robber nicknamed the "Great Outdoors Bandit" has been sentenced to more than five years in prison and ordered to pay $31,000 in restitution. Witnesses described him as outdoorsy.Josue Daniel Alfaro of Portland, Oregon, received the sentence of five years and three months Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boise. The sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.Bank security cameras caught images of Alfaro, 32, wearing flannel shirts, jeans and a Cabela
  
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• Utah company that used child labor from polygamous sect to pick pecans must still pay $200,000 to compensate kids, federal appeals court rules

  15-03-2018 20:00
  A federal appeals court has upheld most of the ruling against a company affiliated with a polygamous church and which was found to have used child labor, though the company did win one point. The contempt of court finding against Paragon Contractors Corp. and its owner, Brian Jessop, stands, and they still must pay $200,000 into a fund to compensate the children who harvested pecans on a ranch near Hurricane in 2012.But the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal judge in Salt Lake City was
  
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• Alexandra Petri: The good news about all these firings

  15-03-2018 20:00
  The good news is that President Trump feels much more comfortable now. According to the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, Trump finally feels like he has a handle on this presidency thing and is making the changes he wants to make. Good. So Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is gone.Poor Tillerson. The former ExxonMobil executive had wished to be invisible and inaudible just to the media but had forgotten to specify that he should be visible and audible to Trump when he cast that ill-fated wi
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Dante Exum excited to be back in Jazz lineup tonight for first time in more than five months

  15-03-2018 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... couple of weeks. “He’ll get an opportunity to play, that’s the intent,” said Jazz coach Quin Snyder. “The expectation is he competes and does the things that...
  
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• Utah gymnastics team hopes team closeness pays off in crunch time

  15-03-2018 19:39
  Competing for three meets on the road wasn’t ideal for Utah’s gymnastics team, but the Utes made the best of the situation by considering all that extra time together a chance to work on an element they hope will help them as the postseason looms — team bonding.The Utes, who hold offseason camps and other events to emphasize team togetherness, believe their latest road swing gave them a chance to form a better team in the “team sense.”The Utes said that is crucial a
  
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• Afghan baby named Donald Trump proves divisive

  15-03-2018 19:39
  Kabul, Afghanistan • When Asadullah Poya’s wife gave birth to their third child in a tiny village in rural Afghanistan, he immediately thought of Donald Trump.Not Donald Trump the upstart politician, who at that time was in the thick of the 2016 presidential campaign, but Donald Trump the celebrity businessman. He had just recently read a Dari translation of what appears to be “Trump: How to Get Rich,” published in 2004 by the then-star of “The Apprentice,” and
  
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• This or that with Alec Burks! ⏱ #OnTheClock https://t.co/WpR8NuImw1

  15-03-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  
  This or that with Alec Burks! ⏱#OnTheClock https://t.co/WpR8NuImw1
  
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• Dante Exum excited to be back in Jazz lineup tonight for first time in more than five months

  15-03-2018 19:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Dante Exum is officially back. The Jazz guard will be back in the lineup tonight against the Phoenix Suns, the same team the Jazz were playing when he injured his left shoulder in a preseason game back on Oct. 6.“I’ve been waiting to play and excited to finally get out there tonight and join the guys and fit right in,” Exum said. “It’s been a long slow road.”The fourth-year Jazz guard is coming off his second major injury, having missed
  
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• When will the sales begin? And other Toys R Us-related questions, answered.

  15-03-2018 19:29
  Big-box chain Toys R Us, which filed for bankruptcy late last year, is planning on closing or selling all 800 of its U.S. stores in the coming months. The company says it was burning through $50 million to $100 million in cash a month as it struggled to pay back billions in debt."The stark reality is that [Toys R Us is] projected to run out of cash in the U.S. in May 2018," the company said in a court filing on Thursday.Bankruptcy lawyers say the chain, which also includes Babies R Us stores, mu
  
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• Dylann Roof’s sister accused of bringing weapons to school

  15-03-2018 19:26
  Columbia, S.C. • The sister of the man sentenced to die for killing nine people at a South Carolina church in 2015 has been arrested at her school and charged with bringing pepper spray, a knife and marijuana onto the campus.Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested Wednesday at A.C. Flora High School after a school administrator contacted the school resource officer, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said in a news release.She is charged with two counts of carrying a weapon on school grounds and one c
  
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• "I'm just excited finally get out there tonight and join the guys in the successful season that they've had, so hop… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 19:19 via twitter.com
  "I'm just excited finally get out there tonight and join the guys in the successful season that they've had, so hop… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Dante Exum should be used to cut to the basket in return to the Jazz

  15-03-2018 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... e has not been given a tremendous amount of opportunity to show this for the Jazz. Exum has averaged 1.35 points per possession on cutters since entering the...
  
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• "One of the things Danté has is the ability to play multiple positions. So, I don't want him to play like Raul, I d… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-03-2018 19:06 via twitter.com
  "One of the things Danté has is the ability to play multiple positions. So, I don't want him to play like Raul, I d… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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