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  27-04-2018 23:36 via twitter.com
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• As if you needed more reason to get hype for Game 6... get off the charts stoked with your @AFCU Instant Rewind ⏪… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-04-2018 22:57 via twitter.com
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - After Game 5 letdown, Jazz look to close out series against OKC tonight

  27-04-2018 22:34 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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• Three arrested and charged by Utah authorities for attempting to steal cash by blowing up ATMs

  27-04-2018 22:33
  Three men in their early 30s have been charged with destroying property after a string of ATM explosions around the Salt Lake Valley. Four times the men tried to blow up various ATMs, reportedly to get to the money inside. Police have said that in each instance, the men left empty-handed. Each man has been charged in Utah’s U.S. District Court with destruction and attempted destruction of property used in interstate commerce by fire or explosive, according to a federal indictment unsealed
  
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• Here’s the list of Utah educators who won a Huntsman Excellence Award — and $10,000 each — for 2018

  27-04-2018 22:15
  Utah’s Huntsman family has released the full list of winners for this year’s Huntsman Awards for Excellence in Education.Each year, 11 educators — seven teachers, three administrators and one school volunteer — are selected for the honor, which includes recognition at an awards banquet and a check for $10,000.Traditionally, winners were given strict instructions by Jon Huntsman Sr. — who died in February — to use their prize money to treat themselves and not a
  
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• Bureau of Indian Affairs director resigns after 6 months

  27-04-2018 22:11
  Washington • The director of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has resigned after six months on the job.Bryan Rice, a veteran federal administrator and citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, resigned earlier this week, a BIA spokeswoman said Friday. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke named Rice to the post in October.BIA spokeswoman Nedra Darling did not offer a reason why Rice resigned and declined further comment.Darryl LaCounte, director of the agency’s Rocky Mountain Region, wi
  
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• Rolly: The audacity of San Juan County’s good-old-boy network is on display — again

  27-04-2018 21:43
  There is an eerie feel to what’s going on in San Juan County and surrounding areas of rural southern Utah that I am surprised has not attracted more national attention and outrage.I’m talking about the ridiculous felony charges the San Juan County attorney’s office filed against an environmental activist and her husband for closing a gate on a rancher’s grazing area and the judge’s refusal to consider evidence showing just how bogus the prosecution’s allegatio
  
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• How did Dell Loy Hansen end up with the Utah Royals? His friend, Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson, played a big role.

  27-04-2018 21:41
  Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson answered the phone to hear Royals owner Dell Loy Hansen on the line the day of the Utah Royals’ home opener.“Thank you,” for bringing the opportunity to launch the Royals to him, Hansen said.Paulson was touched, but he couldn’t help but think that it should be him and the league thanking Hansen.Hansen and Paulson, who also both own MLS teams, have known each other since the Portland Timbers joined the league in 2011. Hansen was a mino
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump and Kim is no joke

  27-04-2018 21:40
  Coral, one of the top British bookmakers, has Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un as favorites — at 2/1 odds — to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. They’re ahead of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Saudi activist Raif Badawi, Pope Francis and other potential winners. If their talks go as well as Friday’s summit between Kim and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, and peace is restored to the Korean peninsula, they’ll both deserve it.There’s
  
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• Netflix documentary explores RFK’s legacy 50 years later

  27-04-2018 21:36
  Boston • He was once called the most likely American in the 20th century to become president. But Robert F. Kennedy’s bid to follow in his older brother’s footsteps as commander in chief was cut short the same way John F. Kennedy’s White House term was: by a man with a gun.Fifty years later, Bobby Kennedy’s life and transformation into a liberal hero are coming to Netflix in a new four-part documentary series available Friday, April 27. Through archival footage and i
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - OKC coach Billy Donovan won't say how he plans to use Carmelo Anthony Friday night

  27-04-2018 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... like Monday night when it was whistled for four technical fouls, same as the Jazz. “This is a great environment to play in, there’s a lot of energy and passio ...
  
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• OKC coach Billy Donovan won't say how he plans to use Carmelo Anthony Friday night

  27-04-2018 21:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Oklahoma City went on its 32-7 run over the final eight minutes of the third quarter Wednesday night to turn a Utah Jazz runaway into a tie game and eventual OKC victory, one of the Thunder’s top players was on the bench the whole time.Carmelo Anthony, who averaged more than 16 points a game in his first season with the Thunder, played the first four minutes of the third quarter when he made three free throws but he didn’t play the rest of the quarter when
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell vows to play with more intensity after team let down guard vs. Thunder

  27-04-2018 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  ... is series and reach the Western Conference semifinals, currently up 3-2. The Jazz were forced to play without both of their twin towers, mire in foul trouble...
  
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  27-04-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell, Lamar Jackson share Louisville bond as rising stars in NBA, NFL

  27-04-2018 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... ersey within the next few weeks,” Mitchell said, smiling. FOOTBALL DAD: Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone and his family are preparing for a special moment as his...
  
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• Robert Redford: The Environmental Protection Agency is failing at its core purpose — so Pruitt has to go

  27-04-2018 21:15
  President Donald Trump should follow the suggestion of many — including some within his own party, and reportedly even his chief of staff — and replace Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.Pruitt’s conduct as head of the EPA is beyond disappointing; it’s disgraceful. The list of indefensible actions grows each week: from sweetheart condo deals with the wife of an energy lobbyist, to unfair raises for favored appointees and apparent punishments for th
  
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• Donovan Mitchell, Lamar Jackson share Louisville bond as rising stars in NBA, NFL

  27-04-2018 21:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — During the summer of 2015, Donovan Mitchell and Lamar Jackson both arrived on the University of Louisville campus as true freshmen.Three years later, Mitchell has emerged as one the most dynamic young scorers in the NBA as Jackson enters the NFL as one of the most exciting young quarterbacks.On Thursday night, the Baltimore Ravens shocked everyone by trading back into the first round to draft Jackson — the former Heisman Trophy winner — with the 32nd overall pi
  
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• Ben McAdams, Jenny Wilson will each have to defeat 3 Democratic challengers to move on to face Republican rivals

  27-04-2018 21:12
  It may seem as though Ben McAdams has been running for Congress against U.S. Rep. Mia Love, but the Democratic Salt Lake County mayor first must clear the field of three challengers within his own party hoping for a spot in the race.It might also feel as if there’s been an ongoing race between Democratic Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson and Republican Mitt Romney, but Wilson must beat three fellow Democrats at the party’s state convention on Saturday or in a primary: Larry
  
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• .@spidadmitchell’s Shootaround kicks 👀 https://t.co/gR6wbF8yR0

  27-04-2018 21:02 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah’s Brian Head Fire started while a cabin owner was doing yard work to protect his home from a potential wildfire, says defense attorney

  27-04-2018 20:53
  The irony isn’t lost on Andy Deiss. A wildfire that burned more than 71,000 acres last June started at a Brian Head property where Robert Ray Lyman, 61, was trying to create space around his cabin, to protect it from potential wildfire, according to Deiss, who is Lyman’s defense attorney. “This whole business arose, ironically, because he was making or creating a fire break,” Deiss said during a Thursday interview.A fire break is a barrier of open space that works as an o
  
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• Headed into Game 6, Jazz look to shake loose the disappointment of Thunder comeback

  27-04-2018 20:47
  As Donovan Mitchell saw his teammate Rudy Gobert trapped by a media scrum Friday morning, he did what any good teammate would do: try to distract him during his interviews.The 21-year-old rookie made exaggerated martial arts gestures and sound effects directly in Gobert’s eyeline, forcing him to snicker into a gaggle of microphones. Donovan Mitchell making sure Rudy Gobert can focus during interviews. pic.twitter.com/gDGajNeVue— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) April 27, 2018The atmosphere? Loo
  
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• Children playing near Utah canal find human remains; police are investigating

  27-04-2018 20:38
  Utah officials are working to find out whose remains were discovered in a West Valley City canal earlier this week.On Sunday, a woman called West Valley City police to report that her children had spotted what appeared to be a shoe with a bone sticking out of it while playing at a canal near 2700 South and 2500 West, according to a Friday news release from police.The woman told police that said her children — who had been with a group of kids ages 5 to 13 — had spotted the remains a
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Game 6 isn’t a must-win, but should be viewed that way

  27-04-2018 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... ble to challenge OKC’s smaller lineup or clean up the offensive glass as the Jazz may have otherwise liked. 3 reasons the Utah Jazz will be just fine after Ga ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Game 6 isn’t a must-win, but should be viewed that way

  27-04-2018 20:07
  The Utah Jazz still have two chances to close out their first-round series, but getting it done at home in Friday’s Game 6 should be an absolute priority. I know, guys, I know, let me get this out of the way before I even get started. The Utah Jazz won in Game 7 last year […]
  Utah Jazz: Game 6 isn’t a must-win, but should be viewed that way - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: NBA assigns veteran officiating crew for Game 6

  27-04-2018 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... t’s sending some of its most experienced officials to Salt Lake City for the Jazz’s second go at the close-out. Scott Foster, Ron Garretson and Eric Lewis hav ...
  
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• Game 6 #OKCatUTA 📺: @attsportsnetrm (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 449, Hopper: 412-37) 📍: @vivintarena 📡:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-04-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  Game 6 #OKCatUTA 📺: @attsportsnetrm (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 449, Hopper: 412-37) 📍: @vivintarena 📡:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Letter: Trump’s dinner with Macron, paid with our tax dollars, was all about the 1 percent

  27-04-2018 20:00
  When we have company for dinner we all want to put our right foot forward to honor our guests — food, setting, entertainment.The White House state dinner for French President Macron reeked of exclusivity and in no way represented the majority of our nation. Think what could have been if a wider net had been cast to represent issues relevant to both nations: economy, immigration, international relations, daily life of the country.A few suggestions: People of minimum wage could tell of their
  
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• Utah Jazz: NBA assigns veteran officiating crew for Game 6

  27-04-2018 19:51
  Officiating has been a hot topic throughout the Utah Jazz’s first-round series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Game 6’s crew has a wealth of experience calling the action. If you’re a Utah Jazz fan, you’ve likely had a rough couple of days recently. After all, when your team has a 25-point lead midway through a […]
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• Worst. Night. Ever. Utahns share their stories of when prom went wrong.

  27-04-2018 19:50
  Ah, high school prom — that teenage rite of passage that will yield a lifetime’s worth of memories about a night of pure perfection.Riiiiiiight.No matter how much planning goes into it, almost nobody’s prom goes off without a hitch. Maybe you found out too late your date was the spawn of Satan. Or your haircut went so badly awry that a homeless passerby sized you up pityingly and suggested you shoot your barber.With prom season wrapping up, we asked Tribune readers to share the
  
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• Braving frigid headwinds and torrential rain, two Utah women with degenerative eye conditions tied themselves together to compete in the Boston Marathon

  27-04-2018 19:31
  Becky Andrews and Alanna Whetsel were nine miles into the Boston Marathon when doubts crept in.The two Utah women had been warned of hypothermia in the sub-freezing wind chills. Their ponchos clung to their soaked jackets, and their gloves dripped uselessly at their belts. The 35 mph wind gusted so ferociously that they couldn’t hear each other speak — a particular disadvantage for runners in the visually impaired division.Pelted by rain and slogging through ankle-deep puddles, Andre
  
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• Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams will have to defeat 3 Democratic challengers to get the chance to face Rep. Mia Love

  27-04-2018 19:30
  It may seem as though Ben McAdams has been running for Congress against U.S. Rep. Mia Love, but the Democratic Salt Lake County mayor first must clear the field of three challengers within his own party hoping for a spot in the race.It might also feel as if there’s been an ongoing race between Democratic Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson and Republican Mitt Romney, but Wilson must beat three fellow Democrats at the party’s state convention on Saturday or in a primary: Larry
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: After their collapse in OKC, is Game 6 a must-win for the Utah Jazz?

  27-04-2018 19:16
  Donovan Mitchell walked off the court in Oklahoma City and made a promise to the Thunder fans.“We’ll see y’all next year.”Will the star rookie’s guarantee of sorts play out better than Russell Westbrook’s promise to shut down Ricky Rubio? Or will Westbrook and company force a Game 7 in Oklahoma?On this episode of the Weekly Run podcast, we preview tonight’s game at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Among the topics we discuss:• Are the Jazz mentally resilient
  
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• Netflix documentary about Rachel Dolezal is a fascinating, well-crafted look at race in America

  27-04-2018 19:04
  There’s a scene at the end of the Netflix documentary about controversial figure Rachel Dolezal when she enters a DMV and comes out a few minutes later with a new name. “A new start,” she says. The whole process seems painless and courteous. If only she could change other parts of her identity so easily.“The Rachel Divide” is a fascinating, comprehensive and well-crafted documentary about a onetime civil rights activist in Washington state whose life unraveled after
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump is running America just like his businesses — right into the ground

  27-04-2018 19:04
  Video: President Trump’s chief of staff, John F. Kelly, has brought discipline to the White House, sometimes to the frustration of Trump. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde/Photo: Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
  Throughout the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged that if elected, he’d run government like a business.“If we could run our country the way I’ve run my company, we would have a country that you would be so proud of,” he promised during one debat
  
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• Gov. Herbert appoints civil attorney to fill 3rd District Court vacancy

  27-04-2018 19:02
  Gov. Gary Herbert has appointed Salt Lake City civil attorney Richard Mrazik as a judge on the 3rd District Court.“Richard Mrazik is a dedicated worker with an excellent understanding of the law,” Herbert said in a Friday news release. “I am confident that he will be a strong addition to the bench.”Mrazik has most recently worked as an associate attorney at Parsons Behle & Latimer, and has served as municipal counsel for the Town of Alta. He was previously at Rooker M
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Uinta Brewing Co. gets a new CEO with decades of industry experience and a name you will remember

  27-04-2018 19:00
  Imagine your favorite beverage — water, coffee, energy drinks, beer, wine or even spirits.John Lennon has been a top leader in companies for every one of those drink categories.Those jobs have taken Lennon all over the country and the globe and recently have brought him to Utah, where he will serve as the new chief executive officer of Uinta Brewing Co. Lennon, who has been on Uinta’s board of directors since 2015, replaces Steve Mills, who left in February to take a position with Ma
  
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• Letter: A few questions about Smith’s handheld scanner program

  27-04-2018 19:00
  Recently, The Tribune devoted nearly a full page worth of coverage to Smith’s Food’s “Scan, Bag, Go” program. This new service will supposedly add a new level of convenience to the shopper’s experience. Great.First, some questions:1. How will this affect the number of employees at the check stand and those looking for work while the nation bemoans a lack of jobs?2. Will this service (i.e., saving on manpower) actually be passed on to the customer or line the pockets
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Donovan Mitchell Is Not Performing Like an NBA Rookie | SI.com

  27-04-2018 18:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... st NBA playoff experience, pushing his game to another level and leading the Jazz offense as a rookie. That's no small task, and the Open Floor podcast crew g ...
  
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• Alexandra Petri: ‘Fox & Friends,’ stuck with Donald Trump for all eternity

  27-04-2018 18:35
  Stars spun into existence in the deep womb of the sky and burned out again, and planets rose and set, and at the end of the last age of men the great wolf Fenris rose from the deep and swallowed the Earth — and Donald Trump was still on the phone with “Fox & Friends” after calling in with a lot of opinions he wanted to share, against the best legal advice, and also probably the advice of his lawyers.The leader of the free world, a man who could order the launch of nuclear w
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - These factors made up the magic recipe of a Thunder 25-point comeback vs. Jazz

  27-04-2018 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  ... irst 2:37 of the third quarter, quickly taking a seat with four of them. The Jazz led by 20 before his departure. He would return four minutes later, only to...
  
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• The Brian Head Fire started while a cabin owner was doing yard work to protect his home from a potential wildfire, says defense attorney

  27-04-2018 18:15
  The irony isn’t lost on Andy Deiss. A wildfire that burned more than 71,000 acres last June started at a Brian Head property where Robert Ray Lyman, 61, was trying to create space around his cabin, to protect it from potential wildfire, according to Deiss, who is Lyman’s defense attorney. “This whole business arose, ironically, because he was making or creating a fire break,” Deiss said during a Thursday interview.A fire break is a barrier of open space that works as an o
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Fans create Utah Jazz shrine; LHM employees give back (+weekend planner)

  27-04-2018 18:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... 2,300 employees of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies honored the former Jazz owner and philanthropist during the annual LHM Day of Service, paying forwar ...
  
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• Morning links: Fans create Utah Jazz shrine; LHM employees give back (+weekend planner)

  27-04-2018 18:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jazz fans have made a shrine to pay tribute to their favorite NBA team outside of The Green Ant furniture store downtown.“My favorite part?” wrote Tom Millar, who shared a photo of the shrine on Twitter. “The headshot of Joe Ingles in a Deseret Industries gold frame. #takenote”https://twitter.com/transport_tom/status/989875903147556864Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, a huge Jazz fan who isn’t shy about sharing his love for the team on social media,
  
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• ‘The people lost their fear’: How Nicaragua’s new revolution took shape

  27-04-2018 18:01
  Managua, Nicaragua • Every day now, flag-waving crowds taunt a man who has ruled them for more than a decade, a man who does not allow protests.Daniel Ortega, a 72-year-old Marxist guerrilla famed for his Cold War duels with Washington, held near total power in recent years, decorating the capital with billboards in his honor. Now protesters march down streets tagged with fresh graffiti reading: “Get out Ortega” and “Death to Daniel.”The most momentous upheaval in th
  
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• Letter: If Romney will be an independent, conservative voice, he is right for the job

  27-04-2018 18:00
  The April 24 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contained two out-of-state letters written to discredit Mitt Romney as a senator. One letter from Georgia specified when Romney (and most other high level Republicans) was critical of candidate Donald Trump when the video surfaced of him discussing grabbing and kissing women. The other letter from Maine was concerned that Romney would not absolutely support Trump along party lines.We need more independent representatives who think beyond party line v
  
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• Trump delays release of some JFK files until 2021, bowing to national security concerns

  27-04-2018 17:00
  Washington • After President Donald Trump vowed last year to release all the long-secret files related to the JFK assassination, the administration announced Thursday that some documents will remain redacted until October 2021 for national security reasons.In a White House memo, Trump said that the nation’s intelligence community persuaded him to keep some parts of documents secret because their exposure could harm “identifiable national security, law enforcement, and foreign af
  
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• Letter: GOP’s the party for you — provided you’re rich and white

  27-04-2018 17:00
  Based upon their actions and policies, the following is the Republican Party Platform.1. Work to restrict voting by minorities and poor.2. Talk about fiscal responsibility, which means cutting programs for the poor and middle class, while giving large tax cuts to the rich.3. Work to undermine our public education system.4. Work to turn segments of our society against one another, using fear and religion, so they will not notice how they are getting fleeced by the rich and corporations.5. Protect
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA playoffs 2018: Thunder must bench Carmelo Anthony in Game 6 with their season on the line - CBSSports.com

  27-04-2018 16:46 via sportspyder.com
  ...save their season.  Carmelo Anthony is having a tough time against the Utah Jazz. USATSI For Oklahoma City to force Friday's Game 6, it had to go on a stunni ...
  
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• GOP-led House panel officially clears Trump in Russia probe

  27-04-2018 16:28
  Washington • The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday officially declared the end of its Russia probe, saying in its final report that it found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign.The report’s conclusion is fiercely opposed by committee Democrats, who say the committee did not interview enough witnesses or gather enough evidence to support its finding.The investigation began with bipartisan promise but ultimately
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Chris Broussard explains how Russell Westbrook can lead the OKC Thunder to victory over Jazz in Gm 6

  27-04-2018 16:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... sard explains how Russell Westbrook can lead the OKC Thunder to victory over Jazz in Gm 6 Video Details Apr 27, 2018 at 9:31a ET | First Things First | Durati ...
  
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