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• Sports on TV: Jazz national TV ratings are looking up

  25-04-2018 23:59
  Not all the numbers are in, but not only are the Utah Jazz doing better on the court than many expected during the NBA playoffs, but the team’s national TV ratings are looking up, too.Of course, given how poorly the Jazz fared on TNT and ESPN during the regular season, they’re pretty much have to do better in the postseason.Here’s how the Utah-Oklahoma City series is looking, in terms of TV:GAME 1 — April 15/TNT • 3.0 rating, 4.1 million viewers. That viewership numb
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Dr. Seuss Reboot

  25-04-2018 23:58
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br>Good Guy Without a Gun<br>The Right Stuff<br>Enfant Terrible<br>Serving Cats and Dogs<br>Congressional Obstruction<br>The Rent Is Too Damn High!<br>Hannity Dumpty<br>Storm Warning<br>Dotard’s Last Stand<br>Patriarchal Boost<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Faceb
  
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• North Texas forecast: Drafty. And no one knows what’s next

  25-04-2018 23:55
  Arlington, Texas • Anyone who thinks the draft pundits and even some team general managers have no clue what will happen in Thursday’s opening round of the draft should talk to the guys likely to get selected early.You won’t get much clarity. You will get the same shrugs, the same “it’s not in my control” replies.And you can get some perspective, too.“It’s not where or when you get drafted,” said Wyoming’s Josh Allen, one of four quarter
  
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• Drunken driver crashes into Utah home, hits crib and injures sleeping infant

  25-04-2018 23:54
  A 25-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly driving drunk when he crashed into a Davis County home, struck a crib and propelled a sleeping infant girl across the room.The child was taken to a hospital for treatment of a possible head injury, but the child returned home later that day, according to Davis County Sheriff’s Detective Ty Berger.The man was arrested on suspicion of class A misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol with injury and second-degree felo
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: A Ricky Rubio-Dante Exum dilemma is on the horizon

  25-04-2018 23:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... s to improve, he is going to want a larger role and more minutes. Unless the Jazz begin to roll out a Rubio/Mitchell/Exum lineup (which sounds intriguing to m ...
  
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• Jazz mailbag: Is Joe Ingles living in Paul George’s head? Did Russell Westbrook deserve a suspension?

  25-04-2018 23:49
  Tony Jones, one of The Tribune’s Utah Jazz beat reporters, will answer questions submitted on Twitter each week in his Jazz mailbag. Here are this week’s questions and answers.Is it true they x-rayed Paul George's brain and found Joe Ingles?— Curt Kinney (@Rogerisapunkass) April 24, 2018I’m going to say no only because Paul George has been so good in this series. He’s had two 30-point games and has been the most difficult OKC player by far for the Jazz to guard. Joe
  
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• Jazz expect another physical battle in Game 5 against Thunder

  25-04-2018 23:49
  Oklahoma City • The Utah Jazz aren’t looking at Wednesday’s Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder as a closeout game.Jazz coach Quin Snyder has preached to his team for much of the season to keep an even keel. And that approach worked. When the Jazz were 19-28 following a January loss to the Atlanta Hawks, the players didn’t allow themselves to get too low. When they proceeded to win 29 of the next 35 games, climb out of the 10th spot in the Western Conference and reach
  
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• Matt Kenseth returning to NASCAR with Roush Fenway Racing

  25-04-2018 23:47
  Charlotte, N.C. • Roush Fenway Racing wants to be among NASCAR’s elite again and recognized it needed help for its ongoing rebuild.The organization called on Matt Kenseth, one of its cornerstone former drivers, and asked him to come back. When Kenseth took the call from team owner Jack Roush, he had just one question: What took the team owner so long to reach out?“What took so long is there was a rawness from him leaving me,” Roush said Wednesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
  
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• College basketball commission: Ban cheats, let players go pro

  25-04-2018 23:47
  Indianapolis • The Commission on College Basketball sharply directed the NCAA to take control of the sport, calling for sweeping reforms to separate pro and college tracks, permit players to return to school after going undrafted by the NBA and ban cheating coaches for life.The independent commission, led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, released a detailed 60-page report Wednesday, seven months after the group was formed by the NCAA in response to a federal corruption investi
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Bledsoe, Bucks say point guard's left hand is fine

  25-04-2018 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... itter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Rubio's triple-double leads Jazz past Thunder 115-102 Mitchell scores 33, Jazz rout Thunder 113-96 Mitchell s ...
  
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• Let's fight with Ricky ❤️ #NBACommunityAssist #RickyRubio https://t.co/WetCWnuhio

  25-04-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
  
  Let's fight with Ricky ❤️#NBACommunityAssist #RickyRubio https://t.co/WetCWnuhio
  
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• All Royals players in Utah after Katrina Gorry returns from Australia

  25-04-2018 23:45
  Katrina Gorry was scheduled to arrive Wednesday in Salt Lake City, finally uniting the Utah Royals FC roster in Utah.Gorry, who was helping the Australia women’s national team qualify for the World Cup, was the last missing piece in the inaugural roster. She will work with the coaching staff in the upcoming days to determine her availability for Saturday’s match against Portland.Gorry reports to her new club after four matches in the Women’s Asian Cup.“I think her ability
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Thunder defense dissipating against the Jazz

  25-04-2018 23:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... 130.4 offensive rating. Within the opening minute of the second quarter, the Jazz were able to get an open three. George completely ignores Jerebko in the cor ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: A Ricky Rubio-Dante Exum dilemma is on the horizon

  25-04-2018 23:42
  Dante Exum was drafted to be the point guard of the future for the Utah Jazz in 2015, but Ricky Rubio’s play may have changed those plans. Heading into the 2017-18 season, expectations were high for Dante Exum. He showed flashes of brilliance in the Summer League and during the preseason. It looked like he […]
  Utah Jazz: A Ricky Rubio-Dante Exum dilemma is on the horizon - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• World War II Navajo Code Talker dies at 92

  25-04-2018 23:30
  Window Rock, Ariz. • A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died.The Navajo Nation says Roy Hawthorne Sr. died Saturday. He was 92.Hawthorne enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at 17 and became part of a famed group of Navajos who transmitted hundreds of messages in their language without error.The code was never broken.Hawthorne was one of the most visible survivors of the group. He appeared at public events and served as vice president
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Column: Don't bet on real reform in college athletics

  25-04-2018 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... itter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Rubio's triple-double leads Jazz past Thunder 115-102 Mitchell scores 33, Jazz rout Thunder 113-96 Mitchell s ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How fans can assist Ricky Rubio to win NBA service award

  25-04-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... rs of the NBA Cares Community Assist Award, which Rubio won in November. The Jazz point guard generated awareness, funds and support for lung cancer research...
  
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• How fans can assist Ricky Rubio to win NBA service award

  25-04-2018 23:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Like Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Quin Snyder, Ricky Rubio is also in the running for a prestigious NBA award.Rubio is one of 10 finalists for the season-long NBA Cares Community Assist Award thanks to his service as a 5 For The Fight cancer research ambassador. The award honors a player's commitment and positive impact on his team's community over the course of the season.An NBA executive panel and fan voting (through May 6) will determine the winner. As a prize, the
  
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• Tonight's Key Matchup - Donovan Mitchell vs. Corey Brewer Tipoff ⏰: 7:30PM MT #UTAatOKC #TakeNote https://t.co/WhLHGDfUm7

  25-04-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  
  Tonight's Key Matchup - Donovan Mitchell vs. Corey Brewer Tipoff ⏰: 7:30PM MT#UTAatOKC #TakeNote https://t.co/WhLHGDfUm7
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Kanter in town for Game 5, Rubio up for award

  25-04-2018 22:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... ad. When Kanter was traded to Oklahoma City from Utah, he instantly became a Jazz enemy thanks to the comments he made about the team and the state of Utah. H ...
  
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• Utah launches big three-year, $450 million project to widen I-15 in Lehi

  25-04-2018 22:48
  Gov. Gary R. Herbert ceremonially opened the new $450 million Interstate 15 Tech Corridor project in Lehi on Wednesday by piloting a drone to view the construction area.It will widen I-15 from four to six lanes in each direction between Thanksgiving Point and Main Street in Lehi. It is the last remaining section of I-15 between Salt Lake City and Spanish Fork where the freeway is only four-lanes wide. The project aims to alleviate east-west congestion there by building a new overpass to extend T
  
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• As C-SPAN’s bus hits Salt Lake City, here are the top 10 things you didn’t know about the public affairs network

  25-04-2018 22:45
  Washington • It’s not usually the channel you turn to for reality TV. But, minute by minute, it is the most reality you can find with your remote. For nearly 40 years, C-SPAN has aired live gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress and documented everything from mundane hearings to many of the most historical moments in U.S. history. For generations, journalists brought home the news from Washington. The column inches and TV clips were all you knew. C-SPAN, from its humbling beginnings in
  
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• Utah Jazz notes: Kanter in town for Game 5, Rubio up for award

  25-04-2018 22:37
  A familiar face has arrived in Oklahoma City for tonight’s showdown between the Utah Jazz and the Thunder. Also — Ricky Rubio is up for some year-end hardware. The Utah Jazz are up 3-1 on the Oklahoma City Thunder, and will look to close out the series tonight in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, a familiar face […]
  Utah Jazz notes: Kanter in town for Game 5, Rubio up for award - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• French President Macron charms both parties in an impassioned speech to Congress

  25-04-2018 22:30
  Washington • French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday delivered an impassioned call for multilateralism and U.S. engagement in the world, saying it was “an essential part of our confidence in the future.”Speaking to a joint session of Congress, amid frequent standing ovations and cheers, Macron recalled the long history of U.S.-French relations and shared values and culture on everything from democracy and freedom to human and civil rights, literature, jazz and the “M
  
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• 😱🤯 twitter.com/ThisIsMarlena/…

  25-04-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
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• Jazz mailbag:

  25-04-2018 22:09
  Tony Jones, one of The Tribune’s Utah Jazz beat reporters, will answer questions submitted on Twitter each week in his Jazz mailbag. Here are this week’s questions and answers.Is it true they x-rayed Paul George's brain and found Joe Ingles?— Curt Kinney (@Rogerisapunkass) April 24, 2018I’m going to say no only because Paul George has been so good in this series. He’s had two 30-point games and has been the most difficult OKC player by far for the Jazz to guard. Joe
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz shootaround: OKC faces elimination game, Rubio nominated for community service award

  25-04-2018 22:06 via sportspyder.com
  ...average, too. Certainly, a lot of those shots were bad attempts due to good Jazz defense (and ugly OKC offense), but you'd expect more of those to go in. The ...
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jae Crowder and Joe Ingles, now teammates, recall when they nearly fought

  25-04-2018 22:04
  The Jazz have long known, dating back to Jae Crowder’s first games in a Utah uniform, that the 27-year-old forward is not one to back down from a fight.Joe Ingles, though, knew long before that.As the two gave a light-hearted joint interview at Wednesday morning shootaround ahead of Game 5, Crowder — who was ejected Monday night after getting into a spat with Russell Westbrook — was asked about his willingness to throw himself into the middle of confrontations for a teammate. I
  
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• Letter: When given an order by a police officer, comply immediately

  25-04-2018 22:00
  For those who are concerned that there is an excess of violence on the part of our police, there is a relatively simple way to address their concerns.When given an order by a police officer, comply immediately; no running, no waving of arms, any attitude or loud complaints. Such actions will immediately make officers feel like the situation has escalated and they are in danger. Simply do what the officer says. Comply immediately; complain later (if you feel that you’ve been mistreated).All
  
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• ‘I shot her’: Transient charged with Utah motel murder bound over for trial

  25-04-2018 21:59
  A Utah transient accused of fatally shooting a Pleasant Grove woman during a drug bender in a Salt Lake City motel in November will move toward a homicide trial after a judge found there was probable cause for the charges.Third District Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills’ determination to bind 37-year-old Joshua Valasi Saunders over came after a preliminary hearing that started Tuesday and went into Wednesday morning. The hearing included testimony from Salt Lake City police detective Jessica Kil
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - No Laughing Matter: Gobert Putting His Stamp on Jazz-Thunder Series

  25-04-2018 21:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... e 2, as he got past Rubio on the wing and tried to shoot over the top of the Jazz big man. A few possessions later, he drove passed him and dished to a teamma ...
  
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• Utah State University crowns one of its first black beauty queens

  25-04-2018 21:42
  Alexis Cooper had lots of options for the talent portion of the Miss Utah State University pageant. She could play the viola or the piano, she thought, or she could dance. Instead, she decided to perform a spoken word poem about the challenges of being a woman of color on campus. People cautioned her that might not be a winning talent, but that was OK, she decided. She was there to make a point.She couldn’t see the crowd through the bright spotlight as she recited. After she finished, she
  
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• YOU GUYS ARE RUINING OUR DIET!! twitter.com/sqlrnnr/status…

  25-04-2018 21:41 via twitter.com
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz forward Jae Crowder embraces enforcer role on team: ‘This is my family’

  25-04-2018 21:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... hope we’re all here for a very long time.” Taming that inner beast is one of Jazz coach Quin Snyder’s many challenges to make sure that energy gets used in a...
  
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• Utah Jazz forward Jae Crowder embraces enforcer role on team: ‘This is my family’

  25-04-2018 21:31
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Emotions were on display Monday at Vivint Arena during Game 5 of the Utah Jazz versus Oklahoma City Thunder playoff series.So much so, that Thunder star Russell Westbrook picked up his second foul late in the first quarter after trying to bully Jazz guard Ricky Rubio with over-aggressive defense.Immediately after the play, the first person to jump in the face of Westbrook in defense of Rubio was Jazz forward Jae Crowder.The enforcer role isn’t a front for No. 99. Stan
  
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• U.S. tribe marks 150th anniversary of return to homeland

  25-04-2018 21:30
  Albuquerque, N.M. • A long-lost original copy of a historic treaty signed in 1868 by leaders of one of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes and the U.S. government will go on display later this year as the Navajo Nation commemorates a dark, but significant chapter of history.Navajo Vice President Jonathan Nez and other tribal officials gathered Tuesday in Albuquerque to detail some of the events that will mark the signing of the treaty 150 years ago.That treaty is what cleared
  
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• Former police officer named as serial killer

  25-04-2018 21:21
  Sacramento, Calif. • A suspected California serial killer who committed at least 12 homicides and 45 rapes throughout the state in the 1970s and ’80s was identified Wednesday as a former police officer, an official said.A law enforcement official identified Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was fired from the Auburn Police Department, as the Golden State Killer.The official confirmed the identity on condition of anonymity before an official news conference Wednesday.Armed with a gun, the
  
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• [USA Today] - Joe Ingles looks like Toby from 'The Office'

  25-04-2018 21:16 via sportspyder.com
  ...cooked out here by Toby Flenderson — Eric Fawcett (@Efawcett7) Watching the Jazz - Thunder game and I just realized that Joe Ingles looks strangely like Toby ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Josh Hart takes friendly jab at ‘old guy’ Channing Frye

  25-04-2018 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... oint during the game, Jazz’s forward Joe Ingles tried to get into Thunder star Paul George’s head after ...
  
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• “Physicality and energy and emotion are really a part of every game.” 🔊 Full interview: on.nba.com/2Kcij1c https://t.co/wGbFzM0uC2

  25-04-2018 21:03 via twitter.com
  
  “Physicality and energy and emotion are really a part of every game.”🔊 Full interview: on.nba.com/2Kcij1c https://t.co/wGbFzM0uC2
  
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• Letter: ‘Hamilton’ reminds us America was built by immigrants.

  25-04-2018 21:00
  These are the observations about “Hamilton” the musical, by a Latina woman whose grandparents are immigrants.“Hamilton” is a story about the founding of the United States, told by a Latino who is schooling us about U.S. history through the color-conscious casting of nonwhite actors who played the roles of our Founding Fathers and other historical figures.Moreover, when George Washington comes on the scene in his beautiful blue Continental Army uniform, no one even notices
  
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• When Utah increased its liquor prices last year, some restaurants paid too much for booze — while customers got bargains, audit says

  25-04-2018 20:55
  There were bound to be mistakes, last June, when employees entered 25,000 new price codes for all the wine, beer and spirits sold in Utah’s state-owned liquor stores. The codes were switched in a single night, from June 30 to July 1, the start of the fiscal year. Yet the errors were minimal and involved less than $2,000 in agency funding, a financial audit of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) shows.According to the audit, released Tuesday, there were under- and overp
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz look to close out the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5

  25-04-2018 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... T Sports Net - Rocky Mountain Radio: 1280 AM/97.5 FM The Zone Injuries: Utah Jazz: - knee - out for season Oklahoma City Thunder: - knee - out for season What ...
  
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• Jazz expect another physical battle in Game 5

  25-04-2018 20:51
  Oklahoma City • The Utah Jazz aren’t looking at Wednesday’s Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder as a closeout game.Jazz coach Quin Snyder has preached to his team for much of the season to keep an even keel. And that approach worked. When the Jazz were 19-28 following a January loss to the Atlanta Hawks, the players didn’t allow themselves to get too low. When they proceeded to win 29 of the next 35 games, climb out of the 10th spot in the Western Conference and reach
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: What does Mitt Romney’s primary election say about the Utah Republican Party?

  25-04-2018 20:48
  In this week’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporters Benjamin Wood and Courtney Tanner and columnist Robert Gehrke discuss last weekend’s Utah Republican Convention and the upcoming primary elections for Senate candidate Mitt Romney and incumbent Congressman John Curtis.A lightly-edited transcript of their conversation is included below.Benjamin Wood: On Saturday, an 11-hour Utah Republican Convention ended without a nominee for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat
  
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• Former Ute Kylie Fitts has intriguing NFL upside if he can shake injury bug

  25-04-2018 20:47
  Utes fans may throw around the word “if” in a longing manner when talking about dynamic edge rusher Kylie Fitts. As in: If he’d been able to stay on the field more, he’d have been even more of a menace to opposing teams.Meanwhile, some NFL evaluators likely look at Fitts’ package of raw physical attributes and salivate with intrigue as they contemplate what he can do for them if he reaches his potential. One of the those teams figures to roll the dice on Fitts this
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Steven Adams sure Enes Kanter will get warm reception for Game 5 vs. Jazz

  25-04-2018 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... nter has been a beloved character for every franchise he’s played with — the Jazz, the Thunder, and now the Knicks — endearing himself to the fan base due to...
  
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• Nom, nom, nom 🤤 twitter.com/riley_banks/st…

  25-04-2018 20:43 via twitter.com
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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies

  25-04-2018 20:30
  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require those receiving housing subsidies to work, according to the administration’s legislative proposal obtained by The Washington Post.The move to overhaul how low-income rental subsidies are calculated would affect more than 4.5 million families relying on federal housing assistance. The proposal legislation would require
  
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• Utah’s wildfire season begins as two blazes consume an estimated 150 acres

  25-04-2018 20:23
  One of Utah’s first wildfires of the season had burned 110 acres in northwest Emery County by Wednesday.Crews had 60 percent of the Crandall Fire contained, noting that a northeast containment line held despite gusty winds overnight, according to updates from the Emery County sheriff’s office and the Great Basin Coordination Center. Crews had also been working to secure the southwest line, according to news releases from the Manti-La Sal National Forest.Another wildfire, the North My
  
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