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• Utah Jazz: Ranking Utah’s potential playoff matchups

  27-03-2018 23:58
  With just over two weeks left in the Utah Jazz’s 2017-2018 regular season campaign, the playoff picture should be starting to clear itself up, right? Wrong. Which teams should Jazz fans hope to see in a potential first-round matchup? Just four games separate the Western Conference’s three and eight seeds, which leaves a handful of […]
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to star in Young Hollywood digital docu-series

  27-03-2018 23:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... ood TV, Amazon and Facebook Watch. Click here to view the trailer. RECOVERY: Jazz guard Raul Neto continues to rehab from a left wrist fracture. The Brazilian ...
  
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• Lawmaker withdraws anti-porn bill, citing ‘dubious origins’

  27-03-2018 23:51
  Providence, R.I. • A proposal that would have required a filter for online pornography that could be lifted with a $20 fee was withdrawn Tuesday by a lawmaker who cited its “dubious origins.”Sen. Frank Ciccone said he pulled the bill after The Associated Press reported Monday that the legislation had been pushed around the country by a man with a history of outlandish lawsuits including one trying to marry his computer as a statement against gay marriage.The measure, pushed in s
  
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• Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to star in Young Hollywood digital docu-series

  27-03-2018 23:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — From being featured on magazine covers to appearing in local commercials to jumping over comedian Kevin Hart, it’s no secret that Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell is becoming a star.The NBA’s top-scoring rookie is now one of the subjects of a short-form digital docu-series.Mitchell will star in Young Hollywood’s “Rookie On The Rise” video, which will provide behind-the-scenes access from his first NBA All-Star Weekend experience in Los Angele
  
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  27-03-2018 23:39 via twitter.com
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• Former Celtic Jae Crowder sees strong system similarities between Boston and Utah

  27-03-2018 23:37
  It might seem natural, given that the Boston Celtics (51-23) are second in the Eastern Conference, have won their last four games, and seven of their last 10.It’s less obvious, however, when considering who has been missing: Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart. While Brown returned to the court on Monday against the Phoenix Suns, the Celtics have been making patchwork lineups work with Terry Rozier, Shane Larkin and other former role players. And for the former Celtics on the Jazz
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Family History

  27-03-2018 23:35
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Getting to the Bottom of It<br>Warmonger<br>One Word – Plastics<br>Adoration of the Donald<br>Bloodsuckers<br>Killing Justice<br>A Tale of Two Moabs<br>Nesting Fib Face<br>The Kids Are Alright<br>Putin on Fifth Avenue<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebook.
  
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• Utah County steps back from mail-in vote despite opposition from cities

  27-03-2018 23:29
  It’s no secret that Utah County has had more than its share of recent election-related problems. In the county’s first venture with vote by mail last year, it mistakenly sent ballots for the Republican congressional primary (meant only for those registered with the GOP) to 68,000 unaffiliated voters. Election night ballot counting was marked by long delays — which the county clerk said was due to a special request from U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to make the tally as
  
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• Mitt Romney says Dreamers must ‘do more to justify’ legal status

  27-03-2018 23:12
  Washington • When Mitt Romney announced his Senate bid, he signaled a compassionate approach to immigration. “Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world,” Romney said in a recorded video. “Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion.” Pressed further that day, Romney, a Republican, said he had opposed a law to allow immigrants brought to America as children to have some legal protection but that was “water under the bridge” because then-P
  
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• West Valley City settles lawsuit with police officer who shot Danielle Willard, but appeal is planned

  27-03-2018 23:03
  West Valley City and former police officer Shaun Cowley have settled the last claim in his lawsuit against the municipality, though Cowley still plans to file an appeal to a higher court. Cowley, who almost 5 1/2 years ago fired the bullet that killed drug suspect Danielle Willard, and the city on Tuesday filed a joint motion saying an agreement had been reached on the final claim — that West Valley City violated Cowley’s Fourth Amendment rights by searching his locker.Both sides ask
  
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• YouTube’s logo will be on the NBA Finals court this year, here’s why

  27-03-2018 23:00
  YouTube and the NBA have agreed to a major multiyear advertising deal that will allow YouTube TV to add its logo to the courts featured in the NBA Finals beginning this year, according to a press release.Under the agreement, the NBA Finals will be addressed as "The Finals Presented by YouTube TV."The logo for YouTube TV will be featured throughout the Finals, even making it on the court for whichever teams play in the NBA's championship playoff series.Here's one example of what the logo could lo
  
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• Trump’s spelling is so bad, online dictionaries are seeing an ‘unpresidented’ boost in traffic

  27-03-2018 23:00
  Americans are taking note of President Donald Trump’s habit of muddling words on his Twitter feed.Every time Trump tweets a misspelling or misuses a word, there is a surge in dictionary searches for the “exact configuration” of the letters he used, according to data released by Dictionary.com. These searches indicate people are taking it upon themselves to fact-check the president in real time.In one of his first tweets as president, Trump wrote he was “honered” to
  
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• Rich Lowry: Teenagers are making our public debate even less civil

  27-03-2018 23:00
  All you needed to know about student activist David Hogg’s speech at the “March for Our Lives” in Washington, D.C., over the weekend was that he affixed a price tag on the microphone to symbolize how much National Rifle Association money Sen. Marco Rubio took for the lives of students in Florida.The stunt wasn’t out of place. Indeed, it perfectly encapsulated the braying spirit of the student gun-control advocacy in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.These
  
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• NIT appearance in 1992 served as motivation for Utah to return to NCAA Tournament, former Ute Jimmy Soto says

  27-03-2018 22:50
  New York • Not only will Jimmy Soto have a prime view of how the Utes’ NIT Final Four run unfolds this season, but he was in the middle of the action on the court the last time they advanced to New York in 1992.Soto is the longtime radio analyst for the Utah men’s basketball game broadcasts on ESPN 700 radio, alongside play-by-play man Bill Riley. He made the trip to Madison Square Garden to call Tuesday’s semifinal game against Western Kentucky.
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• Maker of 2007 documentary “The Mormons” explores how we go gently — or kicking and screaming — into that good night

  27-03-2018 22:46
  A week after she receives her terminal cancer diagnosis, Phyllis Tickle is sitting on her porch in Tennessee, talking about death.“I know quite a few people who get excited about having that spiritual body and being with God,” the renowned religious historian says. Then she looks at the camera.“I like my body. And I’m not ready to be a spirit yet.”Ready or not, 81-year-old Tickle’s body was laid to rest three months later — before her longtime friend Hel
  
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• Oil and gas company is shirking its royalty obligations to Utah’s school fund, state regulators say

  27-03-2018 22:39
  Two oil and gas companies operating on Utah trust lands have failed to report their production for more than a year, effectively stiffing the state’s school trust fund hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties that would otherwise support Utah public education.In filings with the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining, the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) is asking regulators to temporarily close down 52 wells operated in the Uinta Basin on state lands leased by E
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Game of Life: Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko juggles hoops, family and esports ownership

  27-03-2018 22:13 via sportspyder.com
  ... dication to the Renegades organization.” he added. “He’s a great boss.” Utah Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko is the majority owner of the Detroit Renegades e-sport ...
  
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• Rolly: Fake news tried to keep Utah kids away from march against gun violence

  27-03-2018 22:10
  Someone tried a bit of trickery Saturday in an apparent attempt to lower the turnout for the march from West High to the Utah Capitol by mostly teenagers wanting something to be done about gun violence in schools.Russian trolls? Gun rights activists? Or just a 400-pound guy sitting on his couch — as Donald Trump might say? Whoever it was, it was fake news.It didn’t really work.The rally, organized by “March for Our Lives SLC,” was set to gather at 11 a.m. at West. It attr
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The sliming of Parkland students shows the spreading stain of media polarization

  27-03-2018 22:00
  Six months ago, the conservative radio host and blogger Erick Erickson wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, inspiringly titled “How to Find Common Ground.”“We owe it to one another to disagree agreeably, without anger or intimidation,” he wrote, noting that social media has put us all in polarized bubbles.“A little more grace among us would go a long way toward healing the nation.”Erickson is one of many who hasn’t done a great job of taking tha
  
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• A bride-to-be sent an invitation to the wrong address. It came back with this note.

  27-03-2018 22:00
  Cassandra Warren was in a rush and feeling a little overwhelmed with her work and planning her upcoming 200-person wedding.As she was getting invitations for her June nuptials in the mail two weeks ago, she hurriedly addressed one to her aunt and uncle at their home in Eugene, Oregon, about 20 minutes from where she lives.Last week, the invitation came back. She had mistakenly jotted in the wrong address.A handwritten note was scrawled on the return envelope: “I wish I knew you — thi
  
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• First place for @nathanwchen at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships! (Killer shirt choice 🙃) https://t.co/8sLzCleLeo

  27-03-2018 21:57 via twitter.com
  
  First place for @nathanwchen at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships!(Killer shirt choice 🙃) https://t.co/8sLzCleLeo
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Game of Life: Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko juggles hoops, family and e-sports ownership

  27-03-2018 21:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... dication to the Renegades organization.” he added. “He’s a great boss.” Utah Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko is the majority owner of the Detroit Renegades e-sport ...
  
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• Game of Life: Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko juggles hoops, family and esports ownership

  27-03-2018 21:30
  ROCHESTER, Mich. — Fresh off Sunday’s 110-91 win in Oracle Arena against the defending champion Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz forward Jonas Jerebko didn’t turn up or enjoy a night out on the town in Oakland, California.The 31-year-old logged onto Twitch.He watched. He listened. He observed.Jerebko made it just in time to catch the tail end of his other teammates closing out a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive video game battle nearly 2,500 miles away in Rochester, Michigan.Th
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz injury update: Raul Neto (wrist) set to be reevaluated in one week

  27-03-2018 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  ...the Phoenix Suns. Raul Neto Injury Update pic.twitter.com/V1GZo0i1wO — Utah Jazz PR (@UtahJazzPR) March 27, 2018 Exum will likely continue to serve as the ba ...
  
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• BYU will play ‘small ball’ on defense this season to get more speed and playmakers on field

  27-03-2018 21:24
  Provo • BYU’s spring football practices this month have mostly been about the offense after Jeff Grimes was hired to replace Ty Detmer and made sweeping changes to the offensive staff and the Cougars’ attack. BYU’s defense, which had a role in the woeful 4-9 season but did not get as much blame as the offense did, is not standing pat either, linebackers coach Ed Lamb said Monday. “Both in terms of personnel and tactically, we want to grow a little bit as well,”
  
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• Video: Car in Sardine Canyon hits Utah Highway Patrol trooper and throws him into the air during a snowstorm

  27-03-2018 21:15
  Dashcam footage from a Utah Highway Patrol trooper’s vehicle shows the officer on foot as he approaches a car that slid off the highway in Sardine Canyon, when he is suddenly hit from behind by another car and launched into the air.On Sunday, Sgt. Cade Brenchley became the 11th state trooper to be hit by a car in 2018, while a total of 10 troopers were hit in all of 2017, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety.After he was hit, several passersby stopped to render aid to the troo
  
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• We're auctioning off a signed Ricky Rubio ball and jersey for #5ForTheFight with all proceeds going to cancer resea… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-03-2018 21:08 via twitter.com
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• Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time toy's dirty secret

  27-03-2018 21:00
  Bern, Switzerland • Scientists now have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are — as some parents have long suspected — a haven for nasty bugs.Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside the toys and say the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.The bacteria found included Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump’s economic team needs to grow up — fast

  27-03-2018 21:00
  Last week, for the 10-year anniversary of the Bear Stearns failure, Marketplace released an hourlong interview with the key economic policymakers involved: former Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke, George W. Bush administration treasury secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., and former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy F. Geithner, who would later become President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary.Listening to their recounting of the start of the financial crisis, I found myself u
  
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• Utah Jazz injury update: Raul Neto (wrist) set to be reevaluated in one week

  27-03-2018 20:52
  Utah Jazz backup point guard Raul Neto appears to be inching closer to a return from his fractured wrist as he is set to be reevaluated in one week. With the Utah Jazz battling for playoff position in the Western Conference, they are going to need all hands on deck. Raul Neto may not be […]
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - NBA: Why Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell should be named Co-Rookie of the Year

  27-03-2018 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... sists, and 1.5 steals per game. He is already the leading scorer of the Utah Jazz, who have exceeded all expectations this season. At 21 years of age, Simmons ...
  
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• We've signed David Stockton to a second 10-day contract. https://t.co/E1CzI7MbX6

  27-03-2018 20:44 via twitter.com
  
  We've signed David Stockton to a second 10-day contract. https://t.co/E1CzI7MbX6
  
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• Poll: Trump is benefiting from his economic policies

  27-03-2018 20:00
  Washington • A growing American economy and passage of a Republican tax overhaul appear to be helping President Donald Trump lift his approval ratings from historic lows, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Trump remains unpopular with the majority of Americans, 58 percent. But 42 percent say they now approve of the job he’s doing as president, up seven points from a month ago. That’s a welcome change in trajectory for a White
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Shark Person (The Stormy Daniels Story in the style of ‘Cat Person’)

  27-03-2018 20:00
  Like many viewers (including my colleague Christine Emba), I was struck by Stormy Daniels’ remarks on “60 Minutes” that she wound up engaging in a sexual encounter with Donald Trump because “I had it coming for making a bad decision for going to someone’s room alone.” I think the best way of showing how screwed up this is is to rewrite her account à la “Cat Person.”“Shark Person”Stormy met Donald on a weekend night in the middle
  
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• With hiring of Craig Smith as their new men’s basketball coach, Aggies hope to bring back the ‘Spectrum Magic’

  27-03-2018 19:50
  Logan • When he was an assistant coach at Colorado State nearly, scouting some of the teams in the Mountain West Conference, Craig Smith first took notice of Utah State basketball.“I loved watching them because the spirit and atmosphere was incredible,” Smith said.Nearly a decade later, Smith has been tasked with bringing that feeling back to USU.On Tuesday, Utah State introduced Smith as its new men’s basketball coach, during a news conference heavy on enthusiasm and prom
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Jazz may have brightest future among the West’s up-and-comers

  27-03-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...into next year, and barely $50 million committed in the summer of 2019, the Jazz have plenty of flexibility to build around their rising stars. The Jazz will ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Hawks loss leads to Jazz stumble in some NBA Power Rankings

  27-03-2018 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  ...be big, though, as Denver is only one game back in the loss column. But the Jazz remain high in my power rankings because Donovan Mitchell is so damn enterta ...
  
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• Cannon: What my friends want to hear at Mormon conference — it’s OK to be gay, denunciation of racism, more talks by women and about Heavenly Mother

  27-03-2018 19:21
  Mormons all over the world look forward to General Conference weekend — both as a break from the regular routine (pajama church) and as a source of inspiration. There’s also an element of mild suspense whenever another session convenes. Who will say what? Will it be business as usual? Or will there be surprises? And, of course, members tune in hoping to hear things that resonate with them.I wrote a column last fall listing a few things I hoped to hear. This time I asked Mormon Facebo
  
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• One in five Americans wants the Second Amendment to be repealed, national survey finds

  27-03-2018 19:08
  One consequence of the success of the National Rifle Association’s expansive gun-rights agenda — and its lobbying power in Congress — is that groups favoring more gun control have pared down their ambitions in recent years.The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, for instance, no longer talks about banning handguns. Advocates have moved away from the term “gun control” in favor of more specific language like “gun violence” and “gun safety.&rdquo
  
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• Derek Miller to take Lane Beattie’s place atop the Salt Lake Chamber

  27-03-2018 19:03
  A familiar figure in Utah’s business community will be the newest leader of the 130-year-old Salt Lake Chamber.Derek Miller, who most recently was president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah after serving as Gov. Gary Herbert’s chief of staff, will take over the helm of the chamber and its affiliated Downtown Alliance in May. He is replacing Lane Beattie, who is retiring after 15 years as the chamber’s president and CEO.“Utah’s economy has flourished because of goo
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Huge help in the playoff race, Trey Burke goes full AI

  27-03-2018 18:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... 5 in the second half to lock-down a 19-point win. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz notes: Stockton gets second contract, Braun to Germany Three-Point Threat Ep ...
  
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• Decision to add citizenship question to census draws protest

  27-03-2018 18:48
  Washington • The 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats, who said it would intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating.The population count taken every 10 years is more than an academic exercise. It’s required by the Constitution and used to determine the number of seats each state has in the House as well as how federal funds are distributed to local communities. It helps communities de
  
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• Utah man arrested in Arizona car crash that killed 3 women

  27-03-2018 18:45
  Quartzsite, Ariz. • Authorities say a Utah man has been arrested in connection with a wrong-way crash in western Arizona that killed three California women in another vehicle.Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say 49-year-old Dana Michael Cavanaugh of Washington, Utah, has been booked into jail on suspicion of homicide.They’re still trying to determine if Cavanaugh was driving impaired at the time of Saturday’s crash on Interstate 10 east of Quartzsite.It was unclear
  
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• "His ability to see something in practice and apply it as quickly as he has is amazing.” @ChrisMannixYS sits down… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-03-2018 18:32 via twitter.com
  "His ability to see something in practice and apply it as quickly as he has is amazing.”@ChrisMannixYS sits down… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Huge help in the playoff race, Trey Burke goes full AI

  27-03-2018 18:22
  The Utah Jazz were aided in their playoff pursuits by two big-time losses on Monday. Also — former Jazzman Trey Burke has a career night. In the Western Conference playoff race, every win or loss has the potential to change the landscape. Such was the case when the Utah Jazz fumbled a game against the […]
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• Baton Rouge police officers won’t be charged in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

  27-03-2018 18:21
  Prosecutors in Louisiana said Tuesday that the Baton Rouge police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling will not face criminal charges, a decision announced nearly two years after his death prompted intense protests.Sterling was killed in July 2016 by officers responding to a call about a man who had threatened someone with a gun. The Baton Rouge officers then encountered Sterling, 37, selling CDs outside a convenience store and fatally shot him during an interaction that las
  
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• Albert R. Hunt: Paul Ryan should be safe in November, but isn't

  27-03-2018 18:17
  Randy Bryce is a Wisconsin ironworker who has badly lost two state legislative races. He’s now running for Congress against one of the country’s most powerful Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who clobbered his last opponent by a margin of more than 2 to 1.Before laughing, consider this: By the end of this week, Bryce will have raised more than $4.5 million, three-quarters of it in contributions of less than $200. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just moved the con
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Gordon Who? Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are the kings of this town

  27-03-2018 18:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... ammate was not that critical to what was being built here. He was right. The Jazz have played better at points over the past two months than they did at any p ...
  
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• Monson: Gordon Who? Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are the kings of this town

  27-03-2018 18:03
  It was supposed to be the most anticipated game of the year.The Boston Celtics against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena.And then, Gordon Hayward’s ankle bent in a way that hadn’t been seen since the 1940s, back when Bugs Bunny mangled Yosemite Sam’s boot in an unmerciful, albeit animated way.Hayward’s injury was most real. And he has yet to play since.The revenge factor, the luster, then, has dulled a bit for Wednesday night’s matchup — but not as much
  
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• NBA Rookie Of The Year Watch – 3/27/18

  27-03-2018 18:00 via basketballinsiders.com
  With only a few weeks remaining in the 2017-18 season, a check-in on this strong rookie class is long overdue.
  
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