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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Five intriguing story lines that have emerged from 2018 Playoffs

  04-05-2018 23:54 via sportspyder.com
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell expects Ben Simmons will bounce back after 1-point performance in Game 2

  04-05-2018 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... e field. However, fellow rooking shooting guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz provided some support for Simmons. According to , Mitchell said that he isn’ ...
  
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• Count My Vote director records ‘dirty, deceptive’ robocall asking people to remove names from its initiative petition

  04-05-2018 23:45
  Taylor Morgan, executive director of the Count My Vote ballot initiative campaign, was surprised and then infuriated by a robocall he received late Thursday.A recording of it says officials of his group “are facing criminal charges for forging signatures. You might be surprised to hear your signature appeared on their petition. Not only were hundreds of signatures forged, but most citizens feel they were deceived when they signed the Count My Vote petition.”The automated message goes
  
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• Utah Jazz: Five intriguing story lines that have emerged from 2018 Playoffs

  04-05-2018 23:41
  As the mind-blowing 2017-18 season continues for the Utah Jazz, there are several story lines that will be incredible to watch both this summer and beyond. The 2017-18 Utah Jazz season has been a magical story in and of itself. From losing Gordon Hayward and second leading scorer George Hill during the offseason, to trading […]
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• Now with the Washington Spirit, former BYU Cougar Ashley Hatch returns home to take on the Royals

  04-05-2018 23:33
  Former BYU forward Ashley Hatch sported a United States jersey the last time she stepped onto the field at Rio Tinto Stadium. The fourth official held up her number and the section directly opposite her, filled with her BYU teammates, leapt up, screamed Hatch’s name and waved wildly.“We all lost our minds,” Royals broadcaster and former BYU player Carla Haslam recalled. “... We were totally fan-girling our own teammate just because we were so excited for her.”Hatch
  
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• U.S. Rep Rob Bishop says he supports statehood for Puerto Rico

  04-05-2018 23:30
  San Juan, Puerto Rico • Another Republican official has declared his support for granting Puerto Rico statehood.U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah said Friday, however, that the U.S. territory first has to have a vibrant economy and a stable government. The island is trying to restructure a portion of its more than $70 billion public debt load amid an 11-year recession.Bishop visited the island with Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress, Jenniffer Gonzalez, who said he has been a great a
  
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• Some Game 3 motivation for everyone (as if you need it lol). @AFCU #TakeNote https://t.co/DzTOx9KYXv

  04-05-2018 23:30 via twitter.com
  
  Some Game 3 motivation for everyone (as if you need it lol).@AFCU #TakeNote https://t.co/DzTOx9KYXv
  
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• Iowa governor signs strictest abortion regulation in U.S.

  04-05-2018 23:27
  Des Moines, Iowa • Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a law banning most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, or at around six weeks of pregnancy, marking the strictest abortion regulation in the nation — but setting the state up for a lengthy court fight.The Republican governor signed the legislation in her formal office at the state Capitol as protesters gathered outside chanting, “My body, my choice!” Reynolds acknowledged that the new law would likely f
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz fans need these new t-shirts from BreakingT

  04-05-2018 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ey to your co-worker, nobody expected the Jazz to defeat the Thunder – until they did. Then no one expected them to steal a ...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz shootaround: Jazz getting national attention, but they don't need it to succeed

  04-05-2018 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  ... onally for his coaching in the first round of the series and for leading the Jazz to a Game 2 win. Mitchell, for what it's worth, knows that he has a uniquely ...
  
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• Utah Jazz fans need these new t-shirts from BreakingT

  04-05-2018 22:59
  The hard-nosed Utah Jazz continue to defy the odds in the NBA Playoffs. After stealing home-court advantage from Houston, it’s time to gear up. The Utah Jazz continue winning games that no one gave them a chance in. From Charles Barkley to your co-worker, nobody expected the Jazz to defeat the Thunder – until they […]
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• Scott D. Pierce: Holy Sith! The live-action ‘Star Wars’ TV series is a terrible idea

  04-05-2018 22:58
  May the fourth … er, uh, the force be with you, and may you be spared from ever having to watch a prime-time live-action “Star Wars” television series.I say this not because I hate “Star Wars,” but because I love it. I also love TV. And television is not the right place for a live-action “Star Wars” series.There are some things that belong on the big screen. This is one of them. (Clarification: This does not apply to animated “Star Wars” ser
  
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• Kirby: Thank God that the day I was almost killed in the line of duty is over — or is it?

  04-05-2018 22:51
  Six months after I was sworn in as a police officer, someone tried to kill me.I hadn’t been to the police academy yet. In 1978, an agency had up to 18 months after hiring a new officer before it was required to send the candidate to the academy.As a result, most of my training for the better part of a year came from veteran officers’ advice, a few training classes and making painful mistakes, including the one that almost ended my life.On that day, I was in the office doing what even
  
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• .@RickyRubio9 has been a great ambassador this year for the #5ForTheFight campaign. ✋ Jazz fans, RT to vote… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-05-2018 22:49 via twitter.com
  .@RickyRubio9 has been a great ambassador this year for the #5ForTheFight campaign. ✋Jazz fans, RT to vote… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• [Give Me Sport] - WATCH: The GiveMeSport NBA Playoff Show, episode four - did the Jazz really figure out James Harden? | GiveMeSport

  04-05-2018 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ranchise model versus the British need for local ties 18:40: How do the Utah Jazz slow James Harden? 22.37: Start Alec Burks? 24.07: Is Harden's playing style ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Called shot: LeBron's fadeaway has Raptors endangered

  04-05-2018 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... witter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Ingles' career night leads Jazz over Rockets 116-108 Harden's 41 points lead Rockets over Jazz in Game 1 Uta ...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Liar’s Club

  04-05-2018 22:18
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, May 6, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below.<br> Utah Jazz and Hamilton <br>Sucking Newspapers Dry<br>The Mudslinging Begins<br>Butchering the Truth <br>Road to the Peace Prize <br>Teacher’s Pest <br> The Dr. Seuss Reboot <br>Good Guy Without a Gun<br>The Right Stuff<br>Enfant Terrible<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan
  
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• [ESPN] - Jazz's Exum chooses mission to handle Harden

  04-05-2018 22:17 via sportspyder.com
  ... recast panel predicts the outcome of all four series after two games. One of Jazz coach Quin Snyder's adjustments after Harden torched Utah for 41 points in t ...
  
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• Win a pair of 🎟🎟 to game 3 against the Rockets & two all-you-can-eat passes to the Ford Fan Zone‼️ All you have to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-05-2018 22:08 via twitter.com
  Win a pair of 🎟🎟 to game 3 against the Rockets & two all-you-can-eat passes to the Ford Fan Zone‼️All you have to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Utah, you ready? #TakeNote https://t.co/XtldrEtr7L

  04-05-2018 22:03 via twitter.com
  
  Utah, you ready?#TakeNote https://t.co/XtldrEtr7L
  
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• 11. #ROY twitter.com/hoopshype/stat…

  04-05-2018 22:03 via twitter.com
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• Bountiful pawnshop clerk shoots and kills suspect in attempted armed robbery, police are searching for a second suspect

  04-05-2018 21:58
  We’re at the Bountiful Pawn shop, where there was a shooting during a robbery earlier today pic.twitter.com/DyMby4Tc7i— Mariah Noble (@mnoblenews) May 4, 2018Bountiful • A store clerk at a Bountiful pawnshop apparently shot and killed one of two men who reportedly attempted to rob the store Friday morning.About 10:10 a.m. 911 dispatchers began getting calls of shots fired at Bountiful Pawn and Sales, 135 S. and 500 West, Bountiful police Lt. Dave Edwards said.The two men —
  
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• Weber County Sheriff’s employee was high on meth, overdosed at work, failed to submit rape kits and other evidence, report says

  04-05-2018 21:54
  For years, deputies at the Weber County Sheriff’s Office — trained to detect people on drugs — reported that their evidence room technician was high on methamphetamine. They pointed to numerous times she struggled to maintain balance; how she could never find evidence; her perfuse sweating or inaudible rambling; the white residue pooling in the corners of her mouth. They said her appearance had changed. She cut all her hair off and replaced it with a “cheaply made wig.&rd
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz unfazed by national perception as playoff underdogs

  04-05-2018 21:54 via sportspyder.com
  ...I love the fact that they won.” Comments like those aren’t unusual when the Jazz are brought up in national discussions. Sure, Mitchell is getting plenty of...
  
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• Utah students take their shot, rapping and singing about history on the ‘Hamilton’ stage

  04-05-2018 21:51
  It took about three weeks for Alton Phonepraseuth and his classmates at West Valley City’s Granger High School, Ivan Padilla and Bailey Beacham, to write their rap about the Boston Massacre — and another week to memorize it.Annsheri Reay, a student at Monticello High School south of Moab, picked Abigail Adams’ name because it was first on a list of prominent figures of the Revolutionary War, and wrote a rap in about an hour.And Kiysa Gorley, a student at Delta High School in th
  
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• #MayThe4thBeWithYou 🐻⚔️ #RoarForChange https://t.co/Dfv2dGal9A

  04-05-2018 21:51 via twitter.com
  
  #MayThe4thBeWithYou 🐻⚔️#RoarForChange https://t.co/Dfv2dGal9A
  
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• Trump salutes 2nd Amendment, urges NRA members to vote GOP

  04-05-2018 21:49
  Dallas • President Donald Trump on Friday linked the sanctity of the Second Amendment to his party’s prospects in the 2018 midterm elections, telling supporters at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention that “we’ve got to get Republicans elected.”Trump struck a tough tone months after he briefly strayed from the NRA’s message in the days after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. He vowed that the Second Amendment will “never ever be
  
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• Utah Jazz unfazed by national perception as playoff underdogs

  04-05-2018 21:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — Even after stealing Game 2 on the road Wednesday, 116-108, against the mighty Houston Rockets, some of the national media still aren’t believers in the Utah Jazz.Respecting Utah was the topic of Thursday’s Pardon The Interruption discussion on ESPN, where longtime journalists Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser debated on whether or not the last game changes this Western Conference semifinals series.Wilbon was stunned by the outcome and still expects Houston to
  
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• [KSL] - Have You Seen This? Utah Symphony performs battle fanfare for Utah Jazz

  04-05-2018 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... ns. While you may be wearing your Jazz shirt to work today or sporting a #TakeNote sticker on your car, I think the ...
  
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• Salt Lake Community College graduates 3,603 students at 2018 commencement

  04-05-2018 21:22
  Utah’s top provider of workforce training graduated 3,603 students on Thursday as Salt Lake Community College held its 2018 commencement ceremonies in West Valley City.Graduating students, faculty, friends and family members assembled in the Maverik Center heard from New England Patriots wide receiver and award-winning children’s book author Malcolm J. Mitchell, who delivered the event’s keynote speech.Mitchell, who attended the University of Georgia before being drafted by the
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Column: Time's up for cheerleaders/dancers at NFL, NBA games

  04-05-2018 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... witter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Ingles' career night leads Jazz over Rockets 116-108 Harden's 41 points lead Rockets over Jazz in Game 1 Uta ...
  
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• Organizers say Utah’s Medicaid expansion initiative has enough signatures to be on the ballot

  04-05-2018 21:16
  The grassroots initiative to enact Medicaid expansion in Utah appears to have enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, according to the latest count.Supporters needed to gather a requisite number of signatures in 26 of 29 state Senate districts and a total of 113,143 statewide. As of Friday, the signature count had met the 26-district threshold and surpassed 139,500 for the state as a whole. The numbers still require certification by the lieutenant governor’s office later this m
  
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• Trump says Giuliani needs to ‘get facts straight’ on Stormy

  04-05-2018 21:13
  Washington • President Donald Trump insisted Friday that “we’re not changing any stories” about the 2016 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even as he further muddied the explanations by suggesting the new face of his legal team needed to “get his facts straight.”Trump said that Rudy Giuliani, who upended the previous White House defense this week by saying the president knew about his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s payment to Daniels, was &ldq
  
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• Donovan Mitchell takes the high road on Ben Simmons struggles: ‘It happens to everybody.’

  04-05-2018 21:13
  For a player some have criticized for taking too many shots, Donovan Mitchell wasn’t ready to pull the trigger Friday morning.The Rook was given two opportunities to give his thoughts on an ugly Game 2 from Ben Simmons, the Philadelphia phenom who is considered his greatest challenge for Rookie of the Year. Even though the votes were cast last month, a fiery (and sometimes unsavory) debate between fans and media has continued in the case of Mitchell vs. Simmons.But Mitchell still wouldn&rs
  
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• "I think that's what the playoffs are about, being able to sustain through adversity and when things get hard, not… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-05-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  "I think that's what the playoffs are about, being able to sustain through adversity and when things get hard, not… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Idaho school can’t find small bit of weapons-grade plutonium

  04-05-2018 21:08
  Boise, Idaho • An Idaho university says it can’t find a small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter, and federal officials are proposing an $8,500 fine.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a statement Friday that Idaho State University can’t account for a third of an ounce (1 gram) of the material that’s used in nuclear reactors and to make nuclear bombs.Officials say the amount is too small to make a nuclear bomb but cou
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 'Houston, you have a problem': Utah Symphony performs 'battle cry' for Utah Jazz ahead of Game 3

  04-05-2018 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... or and Music Director Thierry Fischer and the entire Utah Symphony wear Utah Jazz jerseys t-shirts while playing the "Sunrise" fanfare from German composer Ri ...
  
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• Karen Tumulty: Trump gives a new political cachet to the criminal class

  04-05-2018 21:00
  When he accepted the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump pronounced himself the “law and order candidate.”Instead, he has bestowed a new political cachet on the criminal class.Sure, the mention of Hillary Clinton’s name can still provoke chants of “Lock her up!” at Trump’s rallies. And the president continues to blame immigrants for the imaginary violent crime wave that he says is gripping the nation.But an actual criminal record has become a bad
  
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• 'Houston, you have a problem': Utah Symphony performs 'battle cry' for Utah Jazz ahead of Game 3

  04-05-2018 20:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Symphony is sending the Utah Jazz into its next battle with the Houston Rockets with a battle cry.The symphony recently filmed a video message in which Conductor and Music Director Thierry Fischer and the entire Utah Symphony wear Utah Jazz jerseys t-shirts while playing the "Sunrise" fanfare from German composer Richard Strauss' free-form symphonic piece "Also sprach Zarathustra."Director Stanley Kubrick brought the swelling piece to a new generation when he used
  
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• "I know the crowd is going to be even better than the OKC series." #TakeNote https://t.co/wSG1t7AMHW

  04-05-2018 20:56 via twitter.com
  
  "I know the crowd is going to be even better than the OKC series."#TakeNote https://t.co/wSG1t7AMHW
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio out for Game 3 vs. Rockets

  04-05-2018 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  ...pretty fluid. — Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) Rubio suffered the injury in the Jazz’s last series against the , originally expected a timetable of 10 days for r ...
  
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• Don’t miss this chance to experience playoff basketball—there’s nothing else like it! >> bit.ly/2IdrQHm https://t.co/O0hXdPpUo4

  04-05-2018 20:54 via twitter.com
  
  Don’t miss this chance to experience playoff basketball—there’s nothing else like it!>> bit.ly/2IdrQHm https://t.co/O0hXdPpUo4
  
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• "It's just within us, it's always been within us. The fact that now it's the playoffs and more cameras are starting… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-05-2018 20:39 via twitter.com
  "It's just within us, it's always been within us. The fact that now it's the playoffs and more cameras are starting… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Is tonight’s Game 3 a bellwether for the Utah Jazz?

  04-05-2018 20:38
  They say it’s not a real series until a team wins on the other team’s court.So welcome to the second round, Jazz fans.Quin Snyder and company flipped the script in Game 2, turning Donovan Mitchell into a point guard, getting Rudy Gobert to the rim, and out-running the fast-paced Rockets.With the series tied at 1-1, tonight’s game in Salt Lake City certainly feels like a bellwether moment in this matchup.On this episode of the Weekly Run podcast, we relive the highlights of Game
  
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• Man bites police dog, Salt Lake City police say

  04-05-2018 20:19
  A man was arrested Thursday evening after he apparently randomly attacked police officers and, later, bit a police dog.About 10 p.m., the man spotted gang detectives while he was standing near a van about 1200 W. Lexington. Officers said the man started yelling at them before getting into his van and driving toward them “at a very high rate of speed,” according to a news release.The man was reportedly trying to ram the officers’ vehicle, but police narrowly avoided that attempt
  
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• Bountiful pawn shop clerk shoots and kills suspect in attempted armed robbery, police are searching for a second suspect

  04-05-2018 20:12
  We’re at the Bountiful Pawn shop, where there was a shooting during a robbery earlier today pic.twitter.com/DyMby4Tc7i— Mariah Noble (@mnoblenews) May 4, 2018Bountiful • A store clerk at a Bountiful pawn shop apparently shot and killed one of two men who reportedly attempted to rob the store Friday morning.About 10:10 a.m. 911 dispatchers began getting calls of shots fired at Bountiful Pawn and Sales, 135 S. and 500 West, Bountiful police Lt. Dave Edwards said.The two men &mdash
  
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• Rich Lowry: Rosenstein has botched the Mueller investigation

  04-05-2018 20:00
  Rod Rosenstein is doing a star turn as principled defender of the law, but he’s performed abysmally as deputy attorney general, and President Donald Trump would be fully justified in firing him.The leaked questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask Trump in a prospective deposition are, if accurate, a sign that Mueller has spun out of control on Rosenstein’s watch.The questions (drafted by Trump’s legal team after consultations with Mueller’s investigators)
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz Are Hitting All the Right Notes | SI.com

  04-05-2018 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... mate to clean up his mistakes. It’s an entire tough-love support system. The Jazz rely on Mitchell to generate offense, but the structure of the team envelops ...
  
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• Mormon church to send second survey to areas where missionaries reported ‘multiple safety concerns’

  04-05-2018 19:41
  A year ago, the LDS Church sent out a survey to its nearly 70,000 full-time missionaries across the globe, asking them about safety issues.Though the Utah-based faith provided no data to the public, it has decided, based on those results, to target a second survey at missions where the Mormon proselytizers reported “multiple safety concerns,” church spokesman Daniel Woodruff said in a news release.“Information from this follow-up survey will be shared with mission presidents,&r
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Chris Paul still doesn’t know what a homer is

  04-05-2018 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... from last year, when he was with the LA Clippers, really drew the ire of the Jazz faithful. Although he spoke at length about the great crowds in Salt Lake at ...
  
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