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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Jazz can clinch a playoff spot tonight

  07-04-2018 23:57 via sportspyder.com
  ...been such a wild ride this season, especially the last couple of weeks. The Jazz have been playing their best basketball, and have moved all the way up into...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Doug Robinson: What about Utah Jazz's Quin Snyder for Coach of the Year?

  07-04-2018 23:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... record might be if not for their early-season difficulties. Predictably, the Jazz struggled while trying to adjust to all the changes. They lost seven of eigh ...
  
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• Commentary: If affordable housing sinks, we all sink with it

  07-04-2018 23:30
  Almost daily we read about the affordable housing crisis in Utah, and I picture many people reading the articles and thinking, “That’s too bad for young families.” But do they really know how it affects them when their home is worth much more?This is how the real estate market works. If you put your home up for sale for $900,000, it will likely attract a buyer who sold their home for $700,000. The buyer for that home sold theirs for $500,000, after securing buyers who just sold
  
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• Breezy and Riley remembered during first of two funerals for the slain teens

  07-04-2018 23:27
  Eureka • Two Utah teenagers who disappeared and died together in Utah’s West Desert, were laid to rest Saturday in the first of two joint funeral services.Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson, 17, and boyfriend Riley Powell, 18, had been dating about four months when they disappeared early Dec. 30 near Eureka.After months of searching for any trace of the teenagers, police found their bodies March 28 inside an abandoned mineshaft just outside the former silver mining town, where the
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau falls out of contention after 45 holes of the Masters

  07-04-2018 23:22
  Augusta, Ga. • Tony Finau made four consecutive bogeys on the front nine Saturday and posted a 3-over-par 39, losing considerable ground in the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.The Lehi resident started the third round with a nice par save on No. 1 and a routine birdie on the par-5 No. 2. But beginning at the par-3 No. 4, he found either a greenside bunker or a fairway bunker on five straight holes and bogeyed four of them.Finau is 1-over par for the tournament in a tie for 24th place.
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz injury curse extends to Gordon Hayward’s dog?!

  07-04-2018 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ormer Jazzman Gordon Hayward broke his ankle in October, some joked that the Jazz’s injury curse had followed him to Boston. When it was revealed recently tha ...
  
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• New book reveals secret to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable partnership

  07-04-2018 23:00
  Given how large Rodgers and Hammerstein have loomed over the theatrical landscape and how many books have been published about them, is there anything really new to say? Well, no, but Todd S. Purdum offers a great introduction for newbies and enough fresh insights to engage readers familiar with the story. A veteran political reporter, Purdum goes moonlighting to delightful effect in “Something Wonderful.” His journalistic skills are evident in this affectionate tribute to the team t
  
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• Utah Jazz injury curse extends to Gordon Hayward’s dog?!

  07-04-2018 22:59
  The injury curse of the Utah Jazz has real power. So much so, in fact, that it extends to a former Jazzman’s dog. Just ask Gordon Hayward. Stifling defense, a penchant for overachieving and a ceaselessly biting injury bug — over the last three or four years, these are the things the Utah Jazz have […]
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• Body found in West Valley City drainage pipe identified as female

  07-04-2018 22:52
  Police released a few more details about a body found Friday afternoon in a drainage pipe at a West Valley City parking lot.Due to an “advanced state of decomposition,” police have not been able to identify the body or estimate its age, West Valley police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku said. Police did say Saturday that the body was female and that it had no signs of trauma.It is not known how long the body had been in the water. It was spotted just before 12:20 p.m. in the parking lot
  
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• Letter: Those in immigrant detention centers should be shown dignity and humanity

  07-04-2018 22:47
  Regarding Shirley Ann Higuchi’s commentary “For-profit immigrant detention centers are an echo of a sad past.”Many of the rights we expect as citizens in our criminal courts do not extend to immigrants in detention centers who are navigating our civil immigration courts. There is no right to a speedy trial (because of the current backlog in immigration hearings individuals detained in detention centers may remain locked up for years), no right to a court-appointed lawyer and no
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz playoff predictions, end of season awards and Holiday World

  07-04-2018 22:41 via sportspyder.com
  ...you Joe House!!! By Apr 7, 2018, 2:07pm MDT Share Jazz playoff predictions, end of season awards and Holiday World SLC Punks is an...
  
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• Commentary: Republicans should move on immigration reform

  07-04-2018 22:00
  As vice president of my College Republican Club and member of the Utah GOP, I am frustrated with my party’s inability to act on immigration reform.I have watched a wave of anxiety spread over my campus, now that Dreamers – those young immigrants who came here as undocumented children – may be subject to mass deportation. And yet, as President Trump has made clear, Congress has the ability to solve this problem. So why don’t they?I’m not alone in my frustration. Acro
  
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• .@UofUHealth for #UTAatLAL: Raul Neto is available. Jae Crowder is available. Ricky Rubio is questionable. Thabo Sefolosha is out.

  07-04-2018 21:16 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth for #UTAatLAL:Raul Neto is available.Jae Crowder is available.Ricky Rubio is questionable.Thabo Sefolosha is out.
  
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• ‘That kid is just way too fast’: East’s Will Prettyman dazzles with his speed, composure

  07-04-2018 21:14
  East High junior Will Prettyman crossed the finish line with enough space between him and the rest of the pack to fit a small motorhome.“That kid is just way too fast,” a spectator said to the woman next to her as they watched the boys’ 200 meters at Thursday’s All-City Meet.Prettyman, the defending Class 4A state champion in the 100, 200 and long jump, entered this season as the guy to beat in his classification. With a host of national championships under his belt, the
  
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• Commentary: Public Market at Rio Grande area? There is no there there.

  07-04-2018 21:14
  The recent discussion regarding a new public market is a downtown project advanced by the Downtown Alliance and the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency. The RDA is claiming that, from two studies, neither of which studied the Fair Park site, the area west of the Rio Grande Depot is the better opportunity over the Fair Park site. James Rogers, the city councilman for the area, stated he has asked the RDA to study the Fair Park area for two years and now a study is about to begin. The steering com
  
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• Commentary: Solar industry should be unfazed by new tariffs

  07-04-2018 20:30
  As the CEO of a small solar company relying on foreign imports, what I know to be true of our country and the industry in which I work casts a shadow on any frustration I’m supposed to have over the new tariffs imposed this year.The solar industry is like America itself: Strong, enduring, resilient and willing to fight to improve not just the human condition, but also the most sacred place in our nation’s psyche – the sole item preceding the white picket fence in the last and g
  
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• Johnnie Bryant works behind the scenes, but his impact on the Jazz is unmistakable

  07-04-2018 20:24
  He hacks. He shoves. His critiques are quiet, yet they cut.Johnnie Bryant finds a player’s limit in a workout then he pushes him past it.He still playfully argues with former Jazzman Ronnie Price about an offseason workout they had a few years back. After a particularly frustrating session of trash talk while being guarded by Bryant, Price tried to smash his nose with a high sweep of his elbow.It’s a sign of Bryant’s personality — and his results — that he found Pri
  
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• Here are three great new children’s and young-adult books

  07-04-2018 20:17
  “Hello Hello” • Brendan Wenzel’s “Hello Hello” (Chronicle, ages 3-6) is exuberant and captivating, even if this ode to the wonderfully diverse but fragile world of animals has a solemn underlying message.The bright palette is delicious – the colors seem to vibrate and glow with warmth. Wenzel’s animals, made with oils, pastels, pencils and digitally, have a slightly manic quality, with their large round eyes and expressions that suggest laughter. Ec
  
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• Letter: News organizations must make it clear when they use pre-scripted stories

  07-04-2018 20:12
  Recent coverage in The Salt Lake Tribune revealed that Sinclair Broadcasting (owner of KUTV News) requires anchors, at times, to read corporate scripts. I am deeply concerned about these scripted partisan messages.Local news has traditionally been non-partisan reporting that features real journalism. The latest message stated other stations are producing “Fake News” and was very non-specific and included no details or proof to support these claims. This is irresponsible reporting and
  
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• Letter: “Death penalty” for abortion? Don’t even go there

  07-04-2018 20:05
  “Mr.” Bob Nobini: Shut up. Until you can get pregnant, give birth, raise and nurture a child you have no right to talk about abortions (Salt Lake Tribune, April 4, “Punishment for abortion should include death penalty”). Only women have the right to choose what happens to or what they do with their bodies and lives. Males, shut up!David G. Lord, Bountiful
  
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• New Mexico district eyes Spanish, Navajo dual-language plan

  07-04-2018 20:00
  Farmington, N.M. • A school district in New Mexico’s Four Corners regions wants to have some students fluent in Spanish or Navajo by the time they graduate from high school.The Daily Times in Farmington reports kindergartners in the Farmington Municipal School District next school year have the chance to enroll in a dual-language program in Spanish or Diné.The Diné class will be taught at Apache Elementary School, while Spanish will be taught at McCormick Elementary Scho
  
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• Fort Campbell says 2 soldiers killed in helicopter crash

  07-04-2018 19:39
  Fort Campbell, Ky. • Army officials say two soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash at a Fort Campbell training area.Fort Campbell officials say the AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed Friday night. The sprawling Army post straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee line.The soldiers’ names were not immediately released pending notification of their families. Fort Campbell says they were members of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).Fort Campbell says the cr
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - By the Stats: Ingles makes history in Utah’s win over LA Clippers

  07-04-2018 19:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...least five FGA — as many as all other Jazz players combined since 2013-14 (the year Gobert was drafted). In three games ...
  
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• Commentary: Dreamers like me just want to do their jobs

  07-04-2018 19:30
  I’m a recovery trauma nurse at Intermountain Hospital. If you come into the emergency room after a car accident, I will be the one who takes care of you after surgery. I’ll remove your breathing tube, comfort you while you wake up from anesthesia and treat your pain and nausea. I always treat patients with respect and try to cultivate strong relationships with doctors so I can be your advocate.I’m also an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who came to this country when I was 14
  
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• Vehicle crashes into German crowd, leaves 3 dead, 20 injured

  07-04-2018 19:17
  Berlin •A vehicle crashed into a crowd Saturday outside a popular bar in the western German city of Muenster, killing three people and injuring 20 others, police said.Police spokesman Andreas Bode told reporters the driver of the vehicle killed himself after the crash. He said the driver’s identity was not yet known and that it was too early to speculate about his motive.He also said six of the 20 injured people were in severe condition.Police tweeted that residents should “avoi
  
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• Monson: As his stardom rises higher and higher, will Donovan Mitchell become a jerk? I asked him.

  07-04-2018 19:12
  You can tell a lot about a person by the way he reacts when he accidentally bumps into somebody in a crowded locker room, especially in the space directly in front of his own locker, in his space.When Donovan Mitchell slightly nudged a reporter as he stretched out his arm to put on his jacket, all while answering questions after the Jazz beat the Clippers the other night, he immediately apologized. It wasn’t a double-clutch kind of deal that was processed through his brain and purposely an
  
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• Tony Jones: Injuries to key players will loom large once the playoffs begin

  07-04-2018 19:11
  There will be no Kyrie Irving.The dynamic point guard for the Boston Celtics will miss the remainder of the season with an infection in his knee that will require surgery. The Celtics will have to rely on Terry Rozier instead of Irving in the playoffs.There will be no Stephen Curry. At least not in the first round for the Golden State Warriors. He suffered a sprained knee a few weeks ago and has been ruled out through the first round. Of course, the Warriors are well equipped and can soldier on
  
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• This painting of @spidadmitchell tho!! 🎨🕷 twitter.com/yellaxoxo/stat…

  07-04-2018 19:02 via twitter.com
  This painting of @spidadmitchell tho!!🎨🕷 twitter.com/yellaxoxo/stat…
  
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• Letter: Before sealing off mines, make sure no one is trapped inside

  07-04-2018 18:40
  After finding two young people, Breezy and Riley, in the depths of an old Utah mineshaft, I hope authorities will send down cameras into all abandoned mines before sealing them off. There’s no way to know how many more missing people they’ll find.Anna Florin, South Jordan
  
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• In Utah canyons where an ancient civilization once flourished, the feds are now inviting oil and gas drilling

  07-04-2018 18:37
  Blanding • Rising between Montezuma and Recapture canyons east of the southern Utah town of Blanding, Alkali Ridge once teemed with Native Americans who thrived for centuries. They cultivated squash and maize, hunted wild game and decorated rock faces with prehistoric versions of social media posts that resonate across the ages.Before their mysterious decline, they erected large settlements housing hundreds of people in stone along the long mesa top where one can look across the canyon coun
  
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• 14 die when truck collides with hockey team's bus in Canada

  07-04-2018 18:30
  Nipawin, Saskatchewan • Fourteen people were killed and 14 others injured when a truck collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in western Canada, authorities said Saturday.The bus driving the Humboldt Broncos had 28 passengers, including the driver, when it crashed at about 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 35 in Saskatchewan, Canadian police said.“We can now confirm fourteen people have died as a result of this collision,” The Royal Canadian Mounted Police sa
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Doug Robinson: What about Snyder for Coach of the Year?

  07-04-2018 18:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... record might be if not for their early-season difficulties. Predictably, the Jazz struggled while trying to adjust to all the changes. They lost seven of eigh ...
  
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• Letter: Immigrant detention centers and the pursuit of justice and dignity

  07-04-2018 18:05
  Regarding Shirley Ann Higuchi’s commentary “For-profit immigrant detention centers are an echo of a sad past.”Many of the rights we expect as citizens in our criminal courts do not extend to immigrants in detention centers who are navigating our civil immigration courts. There is no right to a speedy trial (because of the current backlog in immigration hearings individuals detained in detention centers may remain locked up for years), no right to a court-appointed lawyer and no
  
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• Letter: We want the Second Amendment enforced, not ignored

  07-04-2018 18:01
  In answer to the, “How ironic” opinion letter by D. A. Dungan (Salt Lake Tribune, April 3), yes we did notice those guarding us as we marched at the national protests. We noticed, appreciated and thanked the “well-regulated militia” guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Why was that militia present? We assumed they stood to protect against unruly persons as well as against any threats we may have experience by those carrying poorly regulate
  
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• Doug Robinson: What about Utah Jazz's Quin Snyder for Coach of the Year?

  07-04-2018 18:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —The Jazz have launched a campaign to promote Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell for postseason awards. Fine, but haven’t they forgotten someone?What about Quin Snyder? You know, the coach — the guy with the carefully disheveled hair and gunslinger mien. This guy can coach. Give him three schmucks from the YMCA and he’d still find a way to win.Which is a big reason why the Jazz find themselves in their current position. After all the turmoil of the last few m
  
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• Doug Robinson: What about Snyder for Coach of the Year?

  07-04-2018 18:00
  SALT LAKE CITY —The Jazz have launched a campaign to promote Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell for postseason awards. Fine, but haven’t they forgotten someone?What about Quin Snyder? You know, the coach — the guy with the carefully disheveled hair and gunslinger mien. This guy can coach. Give him three schmucks from the YMCA and he’d still find a way to win.Which is a big reason why the Jazz find themselves in their current position. After all the turmoil of the last few m
  
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• Commentary: More research needed before increasing the cost of flushing your toilet

  07-04-2018 17:49
  Some people call it reclaimed water, others call it wastewater, while still others call it just plain treated sewage. Whatever we call it, everyone creates wastewater but few think about it until they are asked to pay more to treat it. The Wasatch Front’s fast-growing population, changing conditions and new technology are spurring the Utah Division of Water Quality to look at increasing water quality standards, and this means that most of Utah’s publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)
  
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• Letter: Make families safer by removing firearms from the family home

  07-04-2018 17:42
  Dads, moms and their kids are more likely to suffer injury and death when a firearm is in the home. It is curiously frustrating that, in a state where our representatives claim to be tireless advocates for family values, no one is advocating for keeping families safer by removing firearms from the family home.Of course, ignorant parents will always make ignorant decisions that place their children and spouses at increased risk of injury or death. None of us is perfect and we all make mistakes. H
  
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• Pluralsight is the first of Utah’s ‘Silicon Slopes’ high-tech ‘unicorns’ looking to go public

  07-04-2018 17:33
  Pluralsight is the first “unicorn” from Utah’s Silicon Slopes cluster of high-tech companies to try to go public.The company, which produces educational training programs on technical issues for many large corporate clients, quietly announced Tuesday that it had “confidentially submitted” a draft application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an initial public offering (IPO) and begin selling stock.“The initial public offering is expected
  
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• Commentary: We need to have a paradigm shift with guns

  07-04-2018 17:29
  Gun control! It’s frightening! They’re coming for your guns! They’ll start with the ARs! It’s a slippery slope! They’ll take ’em all!“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”The Second Amendment has been debated and litigated ad nauseam. (I suggest reading the Wikipedia history.) However, I do not intend here to debate the amendment. I do, howe
  
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• [Jazz Fanatical] - Highlights of Opponent Game Thread Highlights 2017-2018: Dearly or Otherwise Departed

  07-04-2018 15:02 via sportspyder.com
  ... ey Hood (DAL) ** Rodney Hood is a **** fuckface (NYK) ** I’m so happy the Jazz traded Rodney Hood. He had been killing us all season (SAS) RODNEY HOOD VS....
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Team USA sees Donovan Mitchell as part of their future

  07-04-2018 14:56 via sportspyder.com
  ...USA sees Donovan Mitchell as part of their future by April 7, 2018 The Utah Jazz have been one of the more surprising teams in the 2017-18 NBA season and gua ...
  
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• John Isner, Sam Querrey give US 2-0 lead in Davis Cup quarterfinals

  07-04-2018 07:52
  Nashville, Tenn. • The United States has a big advantage at least in world rankings, and John Isner and Sam Querrey have given the Americans a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup quarterfinals over Belgium.First, Isner beat Joris De Loore 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4, and Querrey followed with a straight-sets victory, beating Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 7-6 (5), 7-5 Friday night to put the U.S. a victory away from reaching the semifinals for the first time since 2012.“We also know the job isn’t do
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA playoff tracker: Utah Jazz maintain one-game edge for No. 4 spot in West; Pelicans, Timberwolves both win

  07-04-2018 07:23 via sportspyder.com
  ...into the final period and cruised to a 113-96 victory. How this affects the Jazz The Jazz (46-33) remain the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference, one game a ...
  
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• NBA roundup: Sixers edge Cavaliers for 13th straight victory

  07-04-2018 07:19
  Philadelphia • Ben Simmons topped LeBron James in a triple-double battle to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their 13th straight win in their biggest game in six years, 132-130 over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.With a buzz in the city over the Sixers that hasn’t been felt since the pre-Process days, they romped toward a 30-point lead over the Cavs in the first half and scored 78 points at the break.Simmons had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists. James had 44 points (17-of-
  
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• NBA playoff tracker: Utah Jazz maintain one-game edge for No. 4 spot in West; Pelicans, Timberwolves both win

  07-04-2018 07:15
  This is an updated look at the NBA playoff picture and how it relates to the Utah Jazz.What happened FridayTwo Friday night games impacted the Western Conference playoff race.New Orleans built an 18-point lead after one quarter and cruised to a 122-103 victory over Phoenix. It was the Pelicans' second straight win over a team eliminated from the postseason after New Orleans lost four straight games to playoff-bound teams.In the other game of importance to the West race, Minnesota trailed the Los
  
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• Oscar winner Brie Larson posts tribute to Air Force pilot and Utah Valley grad killed in Thunderbirds crash

  07-04-2018 05:58
  Movie star Brie Larson has posted a heartfelt tribute to the U.S. Air Force pilot who was killed when his Thunderbirds jet crashed during a practice aerial maneuver in the Nevada desert this week.Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, 34, was killed Wednesday when his F-16 Fighting Falcon, known as Thunderbird 4, crashed in the Nevada Test and Firing Range north of Nellis Air Force Base, outside Las Vegas.Del Bagno was a 2005 graduate of what was then Utah Valley State College in Orem, a former civilian flight
  
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