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• Joe Ingles needs to get back in the flow if Jazz offense is to run more smoothly in Game 2

  16-04-2018 23:57
  Oklahoma City • By now, we all know about Paul George’s Game 1 exploits, the 36 points, the eight 3-pointers, the incessant trash-talking.But, as the Jazz and Thunder prepare for Wednesday Game 2, the Jazz chose to focus on limiting George’s impact on the defensive end. And, specifically, his impact on Joe Ingles. George took largely took Ingles out of Sunday’s Game 1, from which the Thunder emerged with a 116-108 win at Chesapeake Energy Arena. With George sticking to Ing
  
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• 7 inmates killed as prisoners fight over money, territory

  16-04-2018 23:49
  Columbia, S.C. • Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. An inmate who witnessed the violence told The Associated Press that bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other.”At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina prisons chief Bryan Stirling said. The first figh
  
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• Man charged with allegedly — accidentally — shooting himself and three bystanders at West Valley City grocery store

  16-04-2018 23:34
  A man accused of firing a bullet last week at a West Valley City grocery store that injured himself and three others — including a 3-year-old girl who has cancer — was charged with several felonies and misdemeanors on Monday. Rufino Joseph Cervantez, 36, said the gun went off when he “nearly dropped” it at 1:47 p.m. on Wednesday, outside Smith’s grocery store at 4065 S. Redwood Road in West Valley.The firearm used in the shooting, a .22-caliber handgun, was reported
  
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• Balance-of-power struggle set for next showdown in veto override session Wednesday

  16-04-2018 23:29
  The Utah Legislature is now scheduled to hold a veto override session on Wednesday beginning at 1 p.m., according to a call issued by House Speaker Greg Hughes and Senate President Wayne Niederhauser.Legislative leaders had announced last week that they would call the session soon, after polling of their rank and file showed they had the two-thirds majority support needed to do so.They aim to override two vetoes by Gov. Gary Herbert of bills that are part of a yearlong turf war between him and l
  
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• [KSL] - Donovan Mitchell diagnosed with foot contusion, and more from Jazz practice Monday

  16-04-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... ven worse shooting from George wouldn't have done it. On the other hand, the Jazz were only down nine when they switched to the aggressive pick and roll trapp ...
  
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• Game 1 revealed the Thunder’s biggest goal: Limit Rudy Gobert’s impact.

  16-04-2018 23:17
  Oklahoma City • On Monday afternoon as Carmelo Anthony dissected his team’s 116-108 win, he celebrated that the Thunder had managed to minimize Rudy Gobert’s impact.How are they doing that?“I can’t tell you that,” Anthony quipped. “I’m pretty sure Utah’s looking at these interviews.”While Melo may zip his lips when it comes to the game plan, it’s no great secret. Oklahoma City’s offense in the series with the Jazz hinges on h
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell’s status unclear for Game 2 after left foot contusion

  16-04-2018 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... by the MRI. Mitchell said he hasn’t tried to run on his the foot yet, as the Jazz will have a couple days to rest between games. “Naw, there is no need to,” M ...
  
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• Commentary: The collapse of U.S.-led world order has done more harm than we realize

  16-04-2018 23:08
  The bloody mess that is Syria stands as Exhibit A of what is happening to global order with the retreat of American leadership. The carefully circumscribed strike ordered by President Donald Trump last week will do nothing to change the reality that he, like Barack Obama before him, has left a power vacuum in the heart of the Middle East. The beneficiaries are Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Turkey and a host of jihadists who will haunt the region — and the West — long after the end of the
  
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• Police release identity of 3-year-old girl killed in Provo car crash

  16-04-2018 23:03
  Three-year-old Chelsey Parkinson was killed in a car crash in Provo on Sunday. The girl’s mother and fifteen-month-old sister were also critically injured in the crash, according to Provo police. At about 4:48 p.m. Sunday, a Pleasant Grove utility truck was traveling south on University Avenue in Provo. It was near 3700 North when the driver veered off into the left lane and rear-ended a station wagon, according to Provo police Detective Nick Dupaix. The crash sent the station wagon into a
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz G Mitchell has left foot bruise, uncertain for Game 2

  16-04-2018 22:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... nday, saying there was no need to. He said he expects to be able to help the Jazz bounce back. ”We were stagnant,” he said. ”The ball didn’t move as much as w ...
  
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• "Ingles fires up the three, BANG...!" 👌 #ThreesoftheWeek @MountainAmerica https://t.co/crq0bwDC4E

  16-04-2018 22:51 via twitter.com
  
  "Ingles fires up the three, BANG...!" 👌#ThreesoftheWeek @MountainAmerica https://t.co/crq0bwDC4E
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Jazz G Mitchell has left foot bruise, uncertain for Game 2

  16-04-2018 22:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... 18 Updated 5 min ago Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Ad ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell’s status unclear for Game 2 of playoffs after left foot contusion

  16-04-2018 22:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... by the MRI. Mitchell said he hasn’t tried to run on his the foot yet, as the Jazz will have a couple days to rest between games. “Naw, there is no need to,” M ...
  
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• Commentary: Pope Francis says he’s sorry — what could be more Christian?

  16-04-2018 22:38
  The catchphrase “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” was more memorable than the film “Love Story,” where it was uttered twice. At first the words sounded nice, but on reflection they made no sense at all, especially to a Christian.Saying you are sorry is itself an expression of love. It can be an expression of sympathy toward someone who is suffering or it can be an expression of regret for having hurt someone.What could be more loving?Lawyers often tell t
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz G Mitchell has left foot bruise, uncertain for Game 2

  16-04-2018 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  ... d Apr 16th, 2018 @ 2:32pm  2 photos 0        OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has a left foot contusion, and his status is uncertai ...
  
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• Tremonton police investigating fatal shooting

  16-04-2018 22:29
  An argument early Monday morning led to a shooting that killed a man in Tremonton.At about 3:45 a.m. Tremonton officers were dispatched to an area near 3600 West and 1000 North, after the alleged shooter, 30-year-old Brandon Keith Thompson, called police.When police arrived they declared the 33-year-old male victim dead and arrested Thompson, of Hyrum. Police have not yet identified the victim, pending notification to family, according to a police news release.Thompson has been booked into the B
  
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• Utah Highway Patrol stops pickup truck hauling more than 300 pounds of marijuana bound for Minnesota

  16-04-2018 22:25
  Utah Highway Patrol troopers on Monday seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana on Interstate 80, the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) said.About 7:30 a.m. Monday, a UHP trooper stopped a pickup truck on I-80 at milepost 158 — several miles south of Coalville — for making an improper lane change, according to a DPS news release.After speaking to the driver, the trooper became suspicious of criminal activity. In his conversation with the driver, the trooper was made aware the p
  
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• Trump lawyer Michael Cohen did legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity

  16-04-2018 22:22
  President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen did work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity in the past year, one of just three legal clients Cohen represented after leaving his post as a counsel for Trump’s private company in early 2017, his attorney told a federal judge Monday.Cohen’s work for Hannity was revealed during a court hearing in Manhattan Monday, according to The Associated Press, and confirmed by a source familiar with the relationship. Cohen also did
  
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• Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years later, interest in David Koresh still strong

  16-04-2018 22:22
  Waco, Texas • The curious keep coming.They turn onto a gravel road 10 miles east of Waco and pass through a black gate leading to a rural complex where David Koresh — leader of an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians — and 75 followers perished in a firestorm on April 19, 1993. That came after six Branch Davidians and four federal agents earlier died amid a flurry of gunfire in the government’s initial Feb. 28, 1993, raid on the 77-acre Mount Carmel pro
  
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• ‘Those events will be with me for the rest of my life’ — Waco tragedy and David Koresh’s beliefs still haunt former FBI agent

  16-04-2018 22:21
  Waco, Texas • Twenty-five years ago, Oklahoman Bob Ricks was the FBI’s main spokesman during the 51-day standoff outside Waco between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians.Ricks, 73, who earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Baylor University in Waco, has spent almost 50 years in law enforcement, first as an FBI special agent and later as the police chief in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond.Before the deadly inferno that killed Branch
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell’s status unclear for Game 2 of playoffs with left foot contusion

  16-04-2018 22:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... wed by the MRI. Mitchell said he hasn’t tried to run on the foot yet, as the Jazz will have a couple days to rest between games. “Naw, there is no need to,” M ...
  
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• In his home state of Oklahoma, Jazz center Ekpe Udoh is building a legacy of helping others

  16-04-2018 22:03
  Oklahoma City • Ekpe Udoh may be a native son, but in Oklahoma this week, roots have been momentarily pushed aside.In every other window around town is a sign pledging loyalty to the Thunder, who are under great pressure to beat the Jazz in the first round of NBA playoffs. Every other person walking down the block wears a Thunder jersey, or failing that, a shirt reading “In Russ We Trust.”Guy Hardaker, who hails from the northern Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, is with the rest
  
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• Letter: Thirst for profits and empire brings about a ‘spiritual death’

  16-04-2018 22:00
  Do I understand this correctly? U.S. political elites claim outrage over an alleged but unproven chemical weapons attack? They are bent on going to war with Syria (and Russia?), yet they support the ongoing genocide in Yemen. They expressed approval as Israeli soldiers shot through the towering electrified fence that encages Gaza, killing 34 unarmed Palestinian protesters.President Trump gloats about attacking Syria with “nice, new and smart” missiles.What he doesn’t mention is
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s status unclear for Game 2 after left foot contusion

  16-04-2018 22:00
  OKLAHOMA CITY — After a stellar playoff debut, Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell’s status for Game 2 is currently unclear.An MRI has revealed a left foot contusion after Mitchell went off for 27 points and 10 rebounds in Utah’s Game 1 loss to Oklahoma City, 116-108, on Sunday.“I can walk. I’m good. I’m not limping,” Mitchell said during Monday’s practice. “I think tomorrow will be the deciding factor but I feel fine right now.”https://t
  
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• High winds close I-80 to high-profile vehicles from Lake Point to Wendover

  16-04-2018 21:34
  Due to high winds on Monday afternoon, high-profile vehicles were prohibited in both eastbound and westbound directions on Interstate 80, from milepost 1 in Wendover to milepost 99 at Lake Point, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning, in effect until 10 p.m., for the Great Salt Lake Desert, including the Tooele Valley and the Salt Flats.The southerly winds were predicted to be 25 to 35 mph, with local gusts up to 65
  
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• Kirby: Even part Neanderthals can learn not to sexually harass co-workers

  16-04-2018 21:33
  Thursday was mandatory review day at The Salt Lake Tribune for our nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy. The entire newsroom was summoned.These periodic reviews are to ensure that socially indifferent employees like me remain permanently on notice and therefore much easier to fire (or hang) if we get out of line. The reviews cannot be avoided. Case in point is this email exchange I had with Tribune Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce.Me • “As the most unrepentant and discriminatory
  
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• 📍 https://t.co/usG7xI1iWl

  16-04-2018 21:23 via twitter.com
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Donovan Mitchell's Foot Injury Diagnosed as Contusion, Game 2 Status TBD

  16-04-2018 21:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... s with the on Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena is up in the air.     The Jazz Monday that Mitchell suffered a left foot contusion in their 116-108 defeat...
  
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• “Offensively, just learning how they play, learning how they defend us…” -@Joeingles7 https://t.co/guKrRvHjRD

  16-04-2018 21:16 via twitter.com
  
  “Offensively, just learning how they play, learning how they defend us…” -@Joeingles7 https://t.co/guKrRvHjRD
  
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• MLS week in Review: Zlatan fills Toyota Park to historic levels, only to beat the Chicago Fire in front of its own fans

  16-04-2018 21:13
  The 21,915 soccer fans that bought tickets to see Zlatan Ibrahimovic play at Toyota Park Saturday didn’t realize they were lining up to see Ibrahimovic’s first MLS start. They made the trek out to Bridgeview, Ill. just to get a glimpse — even for only 20 minutes — of the soccer legend. Instead, they got more than their money’s worth.Ibrahimovic scored the lone goal in Saturday’s match, lifting the L.A. Galaxy over the Chicago Fire in front of the largest crowd
  
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• [ESPN] - Jazz's Mitchell has contusion; status TBD

  16-04-2018 21:11 via sportspyder.com
  ...X-ray on the foot before returning and playing through apparent pain in the Jazz's 116-108 loss. "I just stubbed my toe," Mitchell said after the game. "Noth ...
  
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• “It’s fun. It’s a whole new season. Different environment.” -@BucketsONeale00 https://t.co/cPYYksgfaZ

  16-04-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  
  “It’s fun. It’s a whole new season. Different environment.” -@BucketsONeale00 https://t.co/cPYYksgfaZ
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell’s MRI determines left foot contusion

  16-04-2018 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... thout Mitchell, their leading scorer, could be a huge potential blow for the Jazz, who could see fits trying to keep OKC contained enough to outscore them on...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Billy Donovan looking to improve rebounding, other inconsistencies for Game 2

  16-04-2018 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... er have the talent edge with three All-Star-caliber players on the team, the Jazz are disciplined and boast the best defensive lineup in the league, capable o ...
  
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• “We have balance. That’s how we’ve played.” https://t.co/mGeV9P11vK

  16-04-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
  
  “We have balance. That’s how we’ve played.” https://t.co/mGeV9P11vK
  
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• Letter: The monument land grab isn’t finalized; I expect to see real maps

  16-04-2018 21:00
  In the past two weeks I’ve gone into the Bureau of Land Management offices at Salt Lake City and at Kane Gulch in the location previously known as the Bears Ears National Monument for maps and information. I was immediately struck by the absence of the official and legal maps for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears.Apparently, Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke and the Trump administration think the illegal downsizing of our national monuments is a done deal.However, u
  
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• .@spidadmitchell taking Qs https://t.co/iCYvbYRAeW

  16-04-2018 20:53 via twitter.com
  
  .@spidadmitchell taking Qs https://t.co/iCYvbYRAeW
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - After a game one loss, the Utah Jazz ‘will be fine’

  16-04-2018 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... nts in the paint. That is a great sign for the Jazz’ defense in future games. The stats also suggest that the Jazz played a fine ...
  
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• Donovan Mitchell’s MRI revealed a left foot contusion. His status for Wednesday’s game will be determined tomorrow.

  16-04-2018 20:49 via twitter.com
  Donovan Mitchell’s MRI revealed a left foot contusion. His status for Wednesday’s game will be determined tomorrow.
  
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• A good omen... 🕸 https://t.co/2Ur9ff6Kll

  16-04-2018 20:38 via twitter.com
  
  A good omen... 🕸 https://t.co/2Ur9ff6Kll
  
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• Desiree Linden becomes first American woman to win Boston Marathon since 1985; Utah’s Sarah Sellers finishes second — best ever for a state resident

  16-04-2018 20:24
  Boston • Desiree Linden splashed her way through icy rain and a near-gale headwind to a Boston Marathon victory on Monday, the first American woman to win the race since 1985.The two-time Olympian and 2011 Boston runner-up pulled away at the end of Heartbreak Hill to finish in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds. That was more than four minutes better than second-place finisher and Utah native Sarah Sellers, one of seven Americans in the top 10, but the slowest time for a women’s winner s
  
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• Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi surges to win men’s Boston Marathon

  16-04-2018 20:11
  Boston • Japan's Yuki Kawauchi (YOO-kee KA-wa-oo-chee) surged with a mile to go to overtake Geoffrey Kirui to win the Boston Marathon on Monday.Kawauchi crossed the finish line in a time of 2:15:58. He becomes the first Japanese man to win Boston since Seko Toshihiko took the title in 1987.Kawauchi said through an interpreter that the wind and cold were the "best conditions possible" for the race.Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui was second in 2:18:23, followed by American Shadrack Biwott in 2:18:35.
  
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• Trump’s re-election committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year

  16-04-2018 20:07
  President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign spent more than $1 out of every $5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult-film star.Of the $3.9 million Trump’s committee spent in the first quarter of 2018, more than $834,000 went to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal fees, according to new Federal Election Commission records filed Sunday.The latest figures bring the Trump ca
  
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• Letter: We are barreling toward government exclusively for the wealthy, by the wealthy

  16-04-2018 20:00
  I want to point out how working families were left out of the December $1.5 trillion tax deal. We were promised “big” tax cuts, increases in wages and “major” job creation. But the reality is far from the rhetoric.Some 13 million people have had their health care taken away; most have seen meager, temporary increases in paychecks (equivalent to tax increases in the next decade) and an inability to itemize deductions on their taxes.Meanwhile, 129 major companies are receiv
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell’s season echoes Carmelo Anthony’s early run

  16-04-2018 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... uy experiencing a similar run in his rookie season. Mitchell has carried the Jazz offensively, becoming the first rookie to lead a playoff team in scoring sin ...
  
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• [KSL] - Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox crowdsources Jazz-themed UDOT signs in honor of playoffs

  16-04-2018 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... world talent turned everything around. With the ROY, DPOY & COY, the Jazz are legit. (And DUI was the perfect safety tie-in by @ScottTheAmazing). pic. ...
  
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• Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell’s season echoes Carmelo Anthony’s early run

  16-04-2018 19:30
  OKLAHOMA CITY — With fresh cornrows, draped in a platinum six-button suit, a 19-year-old Carmelo Anthony patiently waited to hear his name called in Madison Square Garden on June 26, 2003.“With the third pick in the 2003 NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets select Carmelo Anthony from Syracuse University,” former NBA commissioner David Stern announced.In one of the most anticipated drafts in NBA history, Anthony would quickly establish himself as one of the best in a class that includ
  
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• Trump’s reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year

  16-04-2018 19:29
  President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign spent more than $1 out of every $5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult-film star.Of the $3.9 million Trump’s committee spent in the first quarter of 2018, more than $834,000 went to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal fees, according to new Federal Election Commission records filed Sunday.The latest figures bring the Trump cam
  
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• An Alaska man kicked a moose — in return, the moose stomped his foot

  16-04-2018 19:17
  Anchorage, Alaska • A man was injured north of Anchorage after a moose that he had just kicked stomped his foot in return, state officials said.KTVA-TV reported the man escaped major injuries in the encounter Thursday with the moose and her calf.“It sounds like the moose were on a trail and in this case, it sounds like the guy was trying to go through them,” State Department of Fish and Game spokesman Ken Marsh said. “That’s never a good idea.”The two moose lef
  
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• Police department ‘arrests’ winter, asks weather-predicting groundhog to turn himself in

  16-04-2018 19:15
  Depew, N.Y. • An upstate New York police department fed up with lingering cold weather has placed winter under arrest.
  Dear Winter,
  You are hereby placed under arrest. You have the right to remain silent and out of sight, but apparently...Posted by Depew Police Department on Friday, April 6, 2018The Post-Standard reports the Depew Police Department wrote Friday in a humorous Facebook post that it had arrested the season. Police said any more snow winter produces would be held against i
  
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