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• Redd Owen’s title defense helps Brighton Bengals win 5A crown

  19-05-2018 23:20
  Redd Owen watched the ball falling back to earth and then took one last swing, a giant overhead smash, to finish the job.The Brighton High sophomore dropped his racket, took off his hat and pumped his fist. And for the second straight year, Owen could claim his spot as the top singles tennis player in Utah’s Class 5A.“I love both of them,” Owen said comparing his back-to-back state titles.A year ago, Owen might have been a surprise champion. This year, it was clear he would get
  
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• Lone Peak’s Brigham Andrus leads Knights’ sweep of Class 6A state boys’ tennis championships

  19-05-2018 23:18
  Lone Peak tennis coach John LaCognata knows he doesn’t have to say much to his star senior. When Brigham Andrus struggles, he’s often the one who tells his coach that it will be OK, that he’s warming up, that he’ll find his groove.So even though he was on the wrong side of a 40-0 late in the second set of a state title match, Andrus wasn’t worried.“I’m going to come back from this game,” he said.When the rally was complete, and Andrus’ promis
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - For the other Jazz basketball team in Utah, playing video games for a living is a dream come true

  19-05-2018 22:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... tam, also known as Stambreezy at a Jazz Gaming team practice on Thursd... (Christopher Kamrani | The Salt Lake Tribu ...
  
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• For the other Jazz basketball team in Utah, playing video games for a living is a dream come true

  19-05-2018 22:21
  West Valley City • Like any good floor general does, the point guard is shouting out instructions to his teammates during practice.“Over there! Over there! Get that! Get that!”And when the play ends with a big, one-handed put-back dunk, Shaka Browne jumps up and pumps his fists and shouts with joy. Then he puts down his controller and asks his teammates if they want to grab some In-N-Out burgers for lunch.Welcome to the NBA 2K League.With teams from Raptors Uprising in Toronto t
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Targets for the Utah Jazz

  19-05-2018 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... eason. Regardless of where their pick actually is, there are a few boxes the Jazz should be looking to check with their next first-rounder: Wing or Guard who...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz ’17-18 review: His name is Jonas (Jerebko)

  19-05-2018 21:55 via sportspyder.com
  ... ent on to start 10 straight games from November 13-December 1 and helped the Jazz stay afloat in the standings. Over that span, he averaged nearly 10 points a ...
  
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• Utah Jazz ’17-18 review: His name is Jonas (Jerebko)

  19-05-2018 21:42
  Journeyman big Jonas Jerebko became an important bench player for the Utah Jazz over the course of the 2017-18 season. Full disclosure — I’m a Jonas Jerebko fan. I still contend that big things were in store for him had he not suffered a ruptured Achilles ahead of his second year with the Detroit Pistons. […]
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• ‘I didn’t think it was fair that boys got to do all the fun activities’: Utah girls prepare to join formerly boys-only Scout troops

  19-05-2018 21:37
  Taylorsville • Some girls wouldn’t want to do what their big brother does, but Miriam Cook loves it.When Miriam, now 11, saw her older brother, Kolbie, going to his Cub Scout meetings in Tooele, she would tag along.“I always go to his pack meetings and den meetings and wanted to do what he did,” Miriam said. “I didn’t think it was fair that boys got to do all the fun activities. I wanted girls to learn how to do stuff like that.”That’s how Miriam, a
  
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• Federal investigators are looking into Tesla’s autopilot crash in Utah

  19-05-2018 21:00
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into a South Jordan crash involving a Tesla Model S that was reportedly in autopilot mode when the accident occurred, according to the agency.The crash occurred last week when the Tesla, traveling about 60 miles per hour, rear-ended a fire truck stopped at a red light. The driver, who sustained a broken right ankle, told police that her car was in autopilot mode and failed to brake before the violent impact decimate
  
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• Kragthorpe: How did this happen? Warriors are the more lovable team in their matchup with the Rockets

  19-05-2018 20:39
  Barely more than a year after the “Nightlife” series, the Golden State Warriors have become lovable in Utah. They can thank Houston for that upgrade. The Rockets did not exactly create a great impression around here in the Western Conference semifinals. James Harden and Chris Paul have replaced Golden State’s Draymond Green and Kevin Durrant as the most disliked Jazz playoff opponents in recent history. Somehow, the Warriors have become the more tolerable team in the West final
  
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• Fire restrictions starting at Utah’s national parks and monuments

  19-05-2018 20:30
  Moab • Heightened wildfire conditions have prompted the National Park Service to impose fire restrictions at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and two national monuments in southeastern Utah.The restrictions imposed Friday also apply to Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.Officials say fires will be permitted only in designated fire grates in developed campgrounds and picnic areas.Open fires are prohibited in backcountry campsites but petroleum-fueled stoves and grills will
  
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• Former Runnin’ Ute Chris Seeley is headed for Fresno State

  19-05-2018 20:27
  Chris Seeley is indeed heading home.The former University of Utah forward announced late Friday night that he’s returning home to Fresno, Calif., committing to his hometown Fresno State Bulldogs. Seeley is one four players on last year’s roster to transfer or leave the team, including guards Jake Connor and Kolbe Caldwell as well as forward Jakob Jokl.The 6-foot-8 forward graduated from Central High in Fresno in 2016, averaging 16.1 points per game his senior season of high school.In
  
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• Commentary: What that yanny-or-laurel meme can teach us about political conversations

  19-05-2018 19:59
  The other night I played an audio clip to a friend and asked her what she heard. We both heard the word “laurel.” I told my friend that some people were hearing the word “yanny.” She quickly expressed disbelief in the idea.This reaction mirrors the reactions of many on the internet who are adamant that the word they hear on the recording is the accurate one. The whole situation is not unlike “the dress” meme a few years back. Both memes can be explained by sci
  
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• Tribune editorial: Why are these groups so afraid of letting Utah voters decide?

  19-05-2018 19:55
  It’s just a little democracy. What are people so afraid of? In this, the year of the citizen initiative, Utahns have taken lawmaking into their own hands at a level not seen in decades, perhaps ever. It will be two more weeks before we know which of four initiatives have enough signatures to be on the ballot in November — but we already know who is feeling threatened.Two of the four faced late rescission campaigns, in which petition-signers were tracked down and asked to take back th
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz ’17-18 Review: Raul Neto fights through injuries to remain ready

  19-05-2018 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... sions. On Friday, I reviewed the season of Dante Exum and mentioned that the Jazz could have some tough decisions regarding his future. The same holds true fo ...
  
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• Utah Jazz ’17-18 Review: Raul Neto fights through injuries to remain ready

  19-05-2018 19:34
  Raul Neto was riddled with injuries all throughout the 2017-18 season, but he still stepped up and contributed for the Utah Jazz when his name was called. Given that today (Saturday) is the birthday of Utah Jazz backup point guard Raul Neto, it felt like as good an opportunity as any to review his contributions […]
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• Meghan Markle’s wedding gown was beautiful, but the woman wearing it was unforgettable

  19-05-2018 19:33
  The dress isn’t everything but it is a lot. And the Givenchy haute couture gown chosen by Meghan Markle for her marriage to Prince Harry told a story about contemporary romance, geopolitical history and the institution into which she has married. But mostly, most importantly, it offered a bit of insight into the bride herself.The sleek white gown, with its six strategically placed seams, was stitched from a heavy silk with a subtle sheen. A simple bateau neckline gracefully framed her face
  
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• Photos: Kids compete at Lagoon’s science day for prizes and scholarships

  19-05-2018 19:16
  Some 9,000 high school and middle school students from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada were at Lagoon Amusement Park on Friday for a day of “gut-churning science fun.” At stake were prizes and several scholarships to Utah State University.
  
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• After Houston school shooting, Utahns protest gun violence

  19-05-2018 19:13
  Local March for Our Lives organizers gathered at the Utah Capitol on Friday, hours after a gunman killed 10 people at a Houston-area high school.“We are heartsick and furious about the inaction on the part of Congressional leaders that has allowed this violence to take hold of the lives of students across the country,” the group wrote in a news release. “Lives were ruined today because of the continued prioritization of weapon access over human lives.”
  
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• Monson: Pac-12 is no longer the Conference of Champions, it’s the Conference of Trying to Stay Afloat

  19-05-2018 19:11
  The Pac-12 once puffed itself up as the “Conference of Champions.”Now, it’s the “Conference of Teams Trying to Get By With Less.”And if the league’s current slump, on and off its fields and its courts and its studios and its headquarters, continues, that first title could become nothing more than a self-inflicted parody. A parody with a punchline drawing laughs from nobody at Utah or USC or Arizona State or Stanford or Washington. Of all the Power Five leagues
  
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• After the lead actor in Pioneer Theatre’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ breaks a leg (really), the show goes on

  19-05-2018 18:53
  The theater adage “break a leg” has new meaning this week at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company.During Monday’s performance of the jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!,” lead actor Coleen Sexton fractured her left fibula while stepping off a trunk on set.Through tears, Sexton was able to finish the song — “Dancing Queen,” ironically enough — then the cast took an early intermission to assess the situation.The show must go on, of course. Se
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Congress takes food from 2 million poor people — and doesn’t even save money

  19-05-2018 18:50
  Leave it to Congress to take food away from 2 million poor people and somehow save no money in the process.The House farm bill failed on Friday after Freedom Caucus members withheld their votes in the hope of getting immigration legislation to the floor. But assuming this farm bill gets revived, it would completely revamp the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as food stamps). In many ways, the legislation — which, in a break with tradition, was written entirely by R
  
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• Nevada senator’s campaign paid the politician’s son — who owns a Utah music recording business — $52K for social media work

  19-05-2018 18:49
  Reno, Nev. • U.S. Sen. Dean Heller’s campaign paid the Nevada Republican’s son at least $52,500 over the past two years, according to a review of campaign finance records by the Reno Gazette Journal.Harrison’s Heller, 29, has no other employees at his Utah-based music recording business Heller Enterprises LLC, and the company has not been listed as a paid vendor for any other federal election campaign, the newspaper reported Friday.Heller’s campaign said in a stateme
  
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• Utah girls prepare for their first steps in formerly boys-only Scout troops

  19-05-2018 18:23
  Taylorsville • Some girls wouldn’t want to do what their big brother does, but Miriam Cook loves it.When Miriam, now 11, saw her older brother, Kolbie, going to his Cub Scout meetings in Tooele, she would tag along.“I always go to his pack meetings and den meetings and wanted to do what he did,” Miriam said. “I didn’t think it was fair that boys got to do all the fun activities. I wanted girls to learn how to do stuff like that.”That’s how Miriam, a
  
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• George Pyle: Sadly, our editorial predicted what would happen with the Salt Lake City port

  19-05-2018 18:21
  Did we call this? Or what?In an editorial back on March 17, The Salt Lake Tribune noted that there was little reason to expect that anyone would correct the many flaws in a bill creating a new inland port authority to oversee development of a large chunk of northwest Salt Lake City. Even though Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Gov. Gary Herbert and the original sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Jerry Stevenson, all seemed to agree that the process was messed up.That prediction was made because Hebert did e
  
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• Utah investigating E. coli contamination report at Bryce Canyon National Park

  19-05-2018 18:17
  Utah authorities are investigating reports of drinking water contaminated by E. coli linked to prairie dogs at an iconic Utah park but said Tuesday that tests so far show the water is clean.Bryce Canyon National Park saw 2.5 million visitors last year, and county leaders are alarmed about contamination reports linked to feces from prairie dogs near the well that supplies water to visitor facilities and cabins.Park officials said contaminated samples came from untreated water. Treated water is sa
  
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• Payroll fraud is so rampant in Utah’s construction industry that legitimate firms say they are being forced out of business

  19-05-2018 18:09
  Payroll fraud is now so widespread in Utah’s construction industry that unions, government investigators and contractors agree it is pushing legitimate companies out of business — because they can’t compete financially with rulebreakers.“It’s very blatant,” said Brendan Call, an assistant Utah attorney general.The groups delivered that message to the Legislature’s Business and Labor Interim Committee this week, but offered few solutions. State and federa
  
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• Happiest of birthdays, @RaulTogni! https://t.co/lJ7YuD1VRl

  19-05-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  
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• Special teams lift Lightning back in East finals against Caps

  19-05-2018 07:36
  Tampa, Fla. • The Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back in the Eastern Conference final against the Washington Capitals, thanks in part to a thriving power play and suddenly reliable penalty-killing unit.To regain control of the best-of-seven matchup that continues Saturday night, the Caps need a lift from their special teams, too.“The series is tied 2-2,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “It doesn’t matter how you got there.”Tampa Bay, which has taken two straight
  
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• For some players, changes to NBA draft rules may come too late

  19-05-2018 07:19
  Chicago • Mo Bamba is fully convinced that he’s ready for the NBA.He also believes that was the case a year ago.If Bamba — the massive Texas center who will likely be taking his 7-foot-10 wingspan to a lottery team at the NBA draft next month — was a high school senior in 2020, he probably would have bypassed college and made the jump straight to the league. The expectation around the NBA is that will be the year where so-called “one-and-done” rule will come of
  
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• After social media outcry, a German shepherd ‘tased’ by Utah police is safe from euthanasia — for now

  19-05-2018 05:51
  An outside agency will determine the fate of Champ the dog, who was “tased” by officers trying to investigate a reported domestic violence situation earlier this month and later slated for euthanasia.The German shepherd was initially set to be euthanized Friday, The Spectrum reported, causing an outpouring of social media criticism. By Friday morning, the city manager had requested an independent party examine the dog.St. George police encountered the German shepherd May 3, after a w
  
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• 1 shot, 1 killed at Georgia high school graduation, police say

  19-05-2018 05:27
  Jonesboro, Ga. • Police say one person was killed and another wounded in a shooting between people leaving a high school graduation ceremony in Georgia.A Clayton County Police statement said “one person is now confirmed deceased” after the shooting, which followed a ceremony for graduates of the Perry Learning Center, which prepares students for careers as an alternative to traditional high schools.The county schools’ safety chief, Thomas Trawick, said the shots were fired
  
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• Reilly Smith’s third-period goal lifts Vegas to 3-2 win over Jets

  19-05-2018 05:18
  Las Vegas • Reilly Smith scored on a breakaway late in the third period to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 of the Western Conference final Friday night.Vegas, a 500-to-1 long shot to win the title when the season started, can advance to the Stanley Cup final when the series resumes Sunday in Winnipeg.William Karlsson and Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas, and Marc-Andre Fleury, ninth all-time for postseason wins, made 36 saves to earn his 73rd
  
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• Herriman wins five of six throwing events at state 6A track and field championships

  19-05-2018 05:15
  Provo • Herriman throws coach Darin Beierle stepped up on the lower bar on the waist-high fence running around the track, and leaned over top of the fence as he waited for the throw distance to flash on the scoreboard under Blake Freeland’s name.“179,” he shouted, and he and whistled in celebration.That was the throw Freeland won the boys’ javelin with, claiming Herriman’s fifth 2018 UHSAA 6A title in a throwing event and setting a state record (179 feet, 51/2
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - “Chicago Fire” TV show to insert Utah Jazz easter eggs in season finale

  19-05-2018 04:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... osen to represent. — Sarah Hunt (@sarahrebecca227) It’s amazing how much the Jazz have shaped the culture in Utah in such a short amount of time. The is now i ...
  
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• With alleged leaders and distributors of GlenMob gang’s drug trafficking operation off Salt Lake County’s streets, police predict a decline in violent crime

  19-05-2018 04:06
  Months of surveillance on suspected high-profile members of a Salt Lake County gang led to the arrest of a dozen people on suspicion of drug trafficking — an operation authorities believe will improve countywide crime rates.Federal prosecutors in Utah filed a complaint against 15 people allegedly associated with the GlenMob gang, so called because of its affiliation with the Glendale neighborhood in west Salt Lake City, according to court documents unsealed Friday.Known for its suspected f
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz ’17-18 Review: David Stockton and the Nostalgia Factor

  19-05-2018 03:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... ted playing time while with the Jazz, it’s more than likely that Stockton will not be in the team’s long-term pla ...
  
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• Utah Jazz ’17-18 Review: David Stockton and the Nostalgia Factor

  19-05-2018 03:23
  Despite only playing in three games, David Stockton provided Utah Jazz fans with a glimpse into the past. His statistical contributions to the team might not have been significant, but it was meaningful for fans to see him on the court. It’s not every day that the son of a Hall of Famer gets the chance […]
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• Preakness looks like Justify’s race to lose after Derby win

  19-05-2018 02:34
  Baltimore • Opposing trainers at the Preakness always want to see the Kentucky Derby winner up-close and then set their sights on trying to beat that horse.This year, they can see Justify. They just don’t know if they can beat him.There’s such a sense of awe about Justify and an aura around the heavy favorite that it’s clear it’ll take something significant to beat him. Watching Justify hold off Good Magic in the Derby impressed trainer Chad Brown enough to calm his
  
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• In a stunning and sweeping move, Chile’s bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up

  19-05-2018 02:18
  Vatican City • In the biggest shake-up yet in the Catholic Church’s long-running sex abuse scandal, every active Chilean bishop offered to resign Friday over what Pope Francis said was their “grave negligence” in investigating abuse and protecting children.The bishops announced at the end of an emergency Vatican summit that all 31 active bishops in Rome had signed a document offering to resign.Francis can accept the resignations, reject them or delay a decision, and the bi
  
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• At the NBA draft combine, mystery is more valuable than getting on the court

  19-05-2018 02:03
  Chicago • This was like all those summer tournaments Jerome Robinson once played in, balls bouncing on three different courts, scouts filling the gym, coaches meeting their team for the first time and sending kids into action with nothing but an offensive set or two.Except there was one big difference at the NBA draft combine on Thursday. Robinson could watch five-on-five scrimmages squeak up and down the court, but he could not play.“It hurts, it hurts, it does hurt, man,” said
  
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• Former Utah doctor performs Idaho’s first stem cell transplant on woman with leukemia

  19-05-2018 02:00
  Boise • Doctors have performed Idaho’s first allogeneic stem cell transplant.Boise television station KTVB reports that Idaho residents fighting serious diseases like lymphoma, multiple myeloma and leukemia previously had to leave the state to get the potentially life-saving treatment, which involves transplanting stem cells or bone marrow from a donor into the patient’s body.On Thursday, doctors at St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise performed the procedur
  
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• Medical marijuana opponents sue to stop initiative from reaching voters, say state employees would be “aiding and abetting” lawbreaking

  19-05-2018 01:57
  Opponents of a Utah initiative to legalize medical marijuana for a broad list of patients are suing to stop it, hoping to block the lieutenant governor from putting the measure on November’s ballot.The group, Drug Safe Utah, noted that, if passed, the measure would violate federal law, which prohibits marijuana possession — despite 30 U.S. states allowing use of the plant for medical purposes and eight others legalizing possession by adults 21 and older.The group is asking the 3rd Di
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Notes: Team Options, Coaching Staff, Williams-Goss

  19-05-2018 01:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... making a major transaction splash, it’s conceivable that the vastly improved Jazz take another leap forward next season. Not bad considering that they won’t h ...
  
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• Championship mettle: Provo sprinter Meghan Hunter becomes the first girl in state history to win the 100, 200, 400 and 800 in the same meet

  19-05-2018 01:09
  Provo • Provo High sprinter Meghan Hunter walked onto the track for her preliminary heat of the 400 meter sprint last season, and her father, Iain Hunter, could tell the race wasn’t going to go well.He called Meghan, who had been dealing with hamstring, back and hip flexor pain, over to the fence next to the starting line.“Meghan, what do you need to do?” he said.He hoped she would take herself out of the race and she walk away no worse for the wear.“I need to run,&r
  
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• Medical marijuana opponents hope lawsuit blocks initiative from reaching voters, saying state employees would be “aiding and abetting” lawbreaking

  19-05-2018 01:02
  Opponents working to stop a Utah initiative to legalize medical marijuana for a broad list of patients filed a lawsuit against it Friday in 3rd District Court, hoping to block the lieutenant governor from putting the measure on the November ballot. The group, Drug Safe Utah, noted that if passed, the measure would violate federal law, which prohibits marijuana possession — despite 30 U.S. states allowing use of the plant for medical purposes and eight others legalizing possession by adults
  
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• Utah mayor taking leave of absence for cancer treatment

  19-05-2018 01:00
  North Logan • The North Logan mayor is taking a leave of absence to undergo cancer treatment.The Herald Journal reports Mayor John Bailey is leaving amid an ongoing debate on the best law enforcement options for the city.Bailey was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer 15 years ago and is currently experiencing a relapse.City council chose Councilman Damon Cann to serve as mayor pro-tem during Bailey’s absence on Wednesday.Bailey supported the decision.Cann will act as mayor and take on t
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Column: Atlanta hockey fans cheering Anybody But The Jets

  19-05-2018 00:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... tter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Quiz: Do you know these Utah Jazz players? In Fizdale, Knicks get coach LeBron likes and players praise Snyder ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Big rebound: Cavs confident they can bounce back vs Celtics

  19-05-2018 00:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... tter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Quiz: Do you know these Utah Jazz players? In Fizdale, Knicks get coach LeBron likes and players praise Snyder ...
  
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