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• Utah lawmakers say U.S. Senate candidate Mike Kennedy used their names, faces without permission

  08-06-2018 23:37
  State Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, has picked up endorsements from a number of his colleagues in the Legislature. His campaign released a list on Friday of 24 current and former members of the Utah House and Senate backing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.But at least one of those names, Rep. Scott Chew, R-Jensen, was released in error.“I really like Mike Kennedy and have enjoyed working with him,” Chew told The Tribune on Friday. “But I haven’t OK’d anybody to say
  
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• Trump calls Romney a ‘straight shooter’ for predicting that a growing economy will lead to the presidents’ re-election

  08-06-2018 22:58
  Park City • He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney now predicted that Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term. And Trump, in return, called Romney a “straight shooter.”Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now a Republican Senate candidate in Utah, made the prediction Thursday evening as he welcomed dozens of high-profile
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Host 32 Free Agents At Veteran Mini-Camp

  08-06-2018 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... ni-camp won’t ever play in an NBA game, the event has paid dividends for the Jazz in the past. As writes, made a strong impression on the franchise during a f ...
  
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• A SLC detective recorded talks with a prosecutor she felt was unethical. She’s now suing, saying the department retaliated against her.

  08-06-2018 22:08
  A retired Salt Lake City police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the department, saying she was forced out for bringing to light unethical behavior by a Salt Lake County prosecutor.Hilary Gordon, who worked at the department for two decades, claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that she was retaliated against and wrongly disciplined for recording conversations with a homicide prosecutor whom she felt was acting unethically. She later gave the recordings to Salt Lake County District Attorn
  
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• New ‘biker’ bar geared toward cyclists and any other thirsty patrons, glides into Salt Lake City’s Marmalade neighborhood where Club Jam used to be

  08-06-2018 22:04
  Salt Lake City’s booming Marmalade neighborhood has a new watering hole that offers residents a twist on the traditional “biker” bar.
  The HandleBar, 751 N. 300 West, opened earlier this week and is geared toward thirsty cyclists and anyone who appreciates a thick, twisting mustache, said David Morris, co-owner with Jesse Wilkerson.
  Those names might sound familiar. HandleBar is the fifth Utah bar for Morris — who sports an impressive mustache and sideburns. He currently o
  
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• RSL gets its first look at the Galaxy’s newest superstar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, on Saturday

  08-06-2018 22:02
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s MLS debut was such a big deal league-wide that after boarding their flight from Toronto to Salt Lake City, several Real Salt Lake players huddled around one phone to watch him score his first goal before takeoff. Now, the Galaxy are 2-5-1 in the past six weeks and Ibrahimovic has scored just two goals in that timespan. “Zlatan is an incredible player. World-class,” said Petke, whose team faces the Galaxy Saturday night at the Home Depot Center. “I&rsq
  
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• One dead, five injured when car hits outdoor table at Starbucks in Millcreek

  08-06-2018 21:57
  Millcreek • One person has been killed, and five injured, when a pickup truck careened into a Starbucks coffee parking lot in Millcreek Friday morning, hitting an outside cafe table where patrons sat.The accident occurred at about 9:15 a.m. at the Starbucks at 4750 S. Highland Drive in Millcreek.Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said the Dodge Ram sped west from the parking lot of the Subway sandwich shop on the east side of Highland Drive, crossed the street, hit a curb, and flipped on
  
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  08-06-2018 21:50 via twitter.com
  
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• Senate candidate Mike Kennedy rolls out high-profile Utah endorsements, but at least one of them isn’t real

  08-06-2018 21:46
  State Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, has picked up endorsements from a number of his colleagues in the Legislature. His campaign released a list on Friday of 24 current and former members of the Utah House and Senate backing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.But at least one of those names, Rep. Scott Chew, R-Jensen, was released in error.“I really like Mike Kennedy and have enjoyed working with him,” Chew told The Tribune on Friday. “But I haven’t OK’d anybody to say
  
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• Commentary from Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan: We must keep fighting to outlaw abortion

  08-06-2018 21:41
  The Rev. Thomas J. Reese recently suggested that the pro-life movement should accept the sad fact of legalized abortion and now simply work to reduce the number of pre-born babies whose lives are brutally ended. While appreciating any thoughtful conversation and counsel on this pivotal issue, and agreeing with some of his suggestions for reducing abortions, as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, I want to indicate my serious reservations about Re
  
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• Resident pushback to high-density Olympia housing project prompts Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams to hit the pause button

  08-06-2018 21:36
  The 7-1 vote Tuesday to approve a planned community development of some 8,800 housing units on a 931-acre parcel in southwest Salt Lake County may not have been as decisive as it seemed.A massive pushback from local city leaders and thousands of residents has caused Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to hit the pause button.He has asked that a scheduled vote next week by the the Municipal Services District Board be postponed. That delay, he wrote late Thursday to the board, could provide “
  
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• Stanley Cup winner Alex Ovechkin may just be getting started

  08-06-2018 21:25
  Washington • It sure looked like Alex Ovechkin was slowing down, at least by his standards.This time a year ago, Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals were limping away from another early playoff exit. His 16 even-strength goals in the regular season tied for the lowest of his career. Injuries limited him to five goals in 13 playoff games.Then a funny thing happened. Coach Barry Trotz took time from visiting his son in Russia to meet with Ovechkin and talk about changing and evolving his gam
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz use free agent mini-camp as opportunity to find next Royce O’Neale

  08-06-2018 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... d two-way swingman contributor, averaging 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds for a Jazz team that reached the second round. Had it not been for the mini-camp, O’Nea ...
  
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• Rafael Nadal beats Juan Martin del Potro at French Open, faces Dominic Thiem in Sunday final

  08-06-2018 21:20
  Paris • Under pressure at the outset, Rafael Nadal already had cast aside three break points in his French Open semifinal’s third game when, at 4-all, Juan Martin del Potro held another three.If Nadal’s march toward an 11th championship at Roland Garros was going to be stopped on this day, things were going to have to go del Potro’s way right then. Both men knew that full well.“That,” del Potro would say later, “was my chance.”Ah, but there’s
  
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• Utah Jazz use free agent mini-camp as opportunity to find next Royce O’Neale

  08-06-2018 21:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — Royce O'Neale arrived in Salt Lake City during the summer of 2016 for the fourth annual Utah Jazz free-agent mini-camp, just three days after his 23rd birthday.After not being selected in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Baylor product was one of 30 prospects that accepted an invite for the two-day event on June 8-9.Let's just say the rest is history as mini-camp player No. 77 put on a show at the Jazz practice facility.Bart Taylor, Utah's director of scouting and Salt Lake City St
  
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• Special counsel Mueller indicts associate of Paul Manafort

  08-06-2018 20:33
  Washington • A longtime business associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was indicted Friday on charges he conspired to obstruct justice as investigators probed a past secret lobbying scheme on behalf of Ukraine.Konstantin Kilimnik was charged in a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. The new charges revolve allegations that he and Manafort tried to influence two potential witnesses in a case involving the failure to register as foreign lobbyi
  
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• Trump says he may pardon Muhammad Ali — a move the late boxer’s attorney calls unnecessary

  08-06-2018 20:20
  Washington • Continuing to draw on his clemency powers, President Donald Trump said Friday that he may soon pardon Muhammad Ali — a sentiment that a lawyer for the late boxer quickly said was appreciated but unnecessary.Ali was convicted in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War. His local draft board rejected his application for conscientious objector classification.“He was, look, he was not very popular then, certainly
  
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• Child sex abuse charges filed against third member of Knights of the Crystal Blade

  08-06-2018 20:19
  Prosecutors in central Utah have filed a child sex abuse charge against another member of the Knights of the Crystal Blade — a small religious group that believes in polygamy and that a doomsday was nearing.Robert Roe, 34, was charged Thursday in Utah’s 6th District Court with one count of sodomy on a child. The charge carries the possibility of life in prison. Court records list Roe as a resident of Castro, Calif. Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels said Roe is not yet in custody.
  
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• Trump administration won’t defend ACA in case brought by GOP states

  08-06-2018 20:16
  Washington • The Trump administration said Thursday night that it will not defend the Affordable Care Act against the latest legal challenge to its constitutionality — a dramatic break from the executive branch’s tradition of arguing to uphold existing statutes and a land mine for health insurance changes the ACA brought about.In a brief filed in a Texas federal court and an accompanying letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the Justice Department agrees in lar
  
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• Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated to G-7, threatens allies on trade

  08-06-2018 20:12
  Quebec City • President Donald Trump on Friday said Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven leading economies, breaking with other world leaders who have insisted Moscow remain ostracized following its involvement in the 2014 Crimean crisis.“Now, I love our country. I have been Russia’s worst nightmare . . . But with that being said, Russia should be in this meeting,” Trump said Friday as he left the White House. “It may not be politically correct, but we h
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Would Paul George really sign with the Utah Jazz in free agency? Here's how it could happen

  08-06-2018 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... first round of the NBA playoffs in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 27, 2018. Jazz win 96-91 and close out the Thunder. If George was in the fold, so much pres ...
  
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• Would Paul George really sign with the Utah Jazz in free agency? Here's how it could happen

  08-06-2018 19:51
  On Thursday morning, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski published a podcast with Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell as his guest for the episode.The two discussed a variety of topics, with one of them near the end being how Mitchell will try to recruit free agents to the Beehive State. Specifically, Wojnarowski asked Mitchell about Paul George, the Oklahoma City Thunder star wing who was a driving force in Mitchell deciding to enter the NBA draft last year, and who has a player option on his cont
  
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• Trump not inviting NBA champions to White House

  08-06-2018 19:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Whichever team wins the NBA championship, President Donald Trump says he won't be inviting them to the White House.LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors have both said their teams have no interest in a visit.Trump told reporters on Friday: "I didn't invite LeBron James, and I didn't invite Steph Curry. We're not going to invite either team."Trump canceled a visit by the Philadelphia Eagles to commemorate their Super Bowl wi
  
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• 2 Western senators want to repeal Trump’s solar tariffs

  08-06-2018 19:02
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Two U.S. senators from western states joined the legislative fight Thursday to repeal President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported solar panels, saying the higher taxes on foreign producers are jeopardizing jobs in the U.S.Republican Dean Heller of Nevada and Democrat Martin Heinrich of New Mexico introduced a measure that calls for duties and tariffs for solar cells to revert to previous rates and to allow for companies affected by the tariffs hike to seek reimbur
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Terry Francona has advice for Cavs, LeBron on 0-3 comebacks

  08-06-2018 19:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... to work on that. Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Jazz to unveil farthest north community court Snyder, Gobert and Mitchell Finalis ...
  
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• Nashville-turned-Utah musicians ‘honored and humbled’ to perform at Orrin Hatch’s ‘Giant in Our City’ event

  08-06-2018 18:25
  The Salt Lake Chamber will honor Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as the 39th annual “Giant in Our City” this Saturday evening at the Grand America Hotel’s Grand Ballroom.And while U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who is giving the keynote address, will be the marquee guest at the black-tie event, Grammy award-winning musician-songwriters Monty Powell and Anna Wilson will also be in attendance, and count themselves as “honored and humbled to be a part of this big night.&rdq
  
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• NEXT UP! Which was your favorite? When we beat the Warriors at home by 30 on the night we debuted our City Edition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-06-2018 18:16 via twitter.com
  NEXT UP! Which was your favorite?When we beat the Warriors at home by 30 on the night we debuted our City Edition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #NationalBestFriendsDay https://t.co/0TCdY7q4v8

  08-06-2018 18:06 via twitter.com
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Donovan Mitchell Says He'll Try to Recruit Paul George to Jazz in Free Agency

  08-06-2018 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... h Jazz Donovan Mitchell Says He'll Try to Recruit Paul George to Jazz in Free Agency Alec Nathan @@AlecBNathan Twitter Logo Featured Columnist Jun ...
  
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• 89-year-old former Cache County mayor killed by a car while walking his dog

  08-06-2018 17:28
  A former Richmond mayor was killed Thursday when he became distracted while walking his dog and stepped into the street in front a car.Marvin A. Traveller, 89, was hit about 7:45 a.m. on Main Street at 400 West in Richmond, according to Utah Highway Patrol.A Richmond city employee confirmed the victim was the former mayor. Traveller served from 1978 to 1990.In post on the city’s Facebook page, Mayor Jeff Young said residents had lost a great man in the community.“Hope those that knew
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Kim Jong Un impersonator questioned on arrival in Singapore

  08-06-2018 16:43 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Trump not inviting NBA champions to White House

  08-06-2018 16:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... Trump says he w… Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Jazz to unveil farthest north community court Snyder, Gobert and Mitchell Finalis ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell talks about the 'joyride' of last season and the 'hardest' thing he's ever done

  08-06-2018 16:30 via sportspyder.com
  ... is week. “I went on my vacation, just went to relax.” The toughest part, the Jazz rookie admitted during The Woj Pod, has been not playing basketball in the a ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Player Profile: Jacob Evans

  08-06-2018 16:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... way to pull down more boards. Fit? On the surface, Evans is exactly what the Jazz need and what looks for in his players. He plays smart team defense and is a ...
  
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• Homeowner shoots, kills reported burglar in West Jordan

  08-06-2018 16:18
  A homeowner in West Jordan shot and killed a burglar early Friday, a police spokesman says. The shooting happened about 6 a.m. near 6800 W. 7600 South. West Jordan police Sgt. J.C. Holt said the home owner is fine. WJPD on scene of fatal shooting where it appears homeowner shot intruder or burglar, more on GDU pic.twitter.com/SMuDdIIZmW— scott mckane (@macfox13) June 8, 2018The burglar, a woman, was pronounced dead inside the home, Holt said. Police remained on the scene Friday morning inv
  
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• 2 boys in northern Utah wanted to start a small fire. It spread to a school.

  08-06-2018 16:04
  Two 12-year-old boys are accused of starting a grass fire that damaged a northern Utah school on Thursday. Bear River Middle School suffered $4,000 or $5,000 damage, said Garland Police Chief Chad Soffe. The school was already on summer recess. The fire began about 8 p.m. Thursday. Soffe said the boys went behind some bushes at the school and started a small fire. They threw paper on top of it to make it bigger, Soffe said, and the blaze ignited the bushes and spread to the eaves on the roof. So
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell talks about the 'joyride' of last season and the 'hardest' thing he's ever done

  08-06-2018 16:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... is week. “I went on my vacation, just went to relax.” The toughest part, the Jazz rookie admitted during The Woj Pod, has been not playing basketball in the a ...
  
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• Morning links: Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell talks about the 'joyride' of last season and the 'hardest' thing he's ever done

  08-06-2018 15:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell admitted the last two months have been "a whirlwind" for him. The interesting but wild stretch has included the Utah Jazz unexpectedly making the playoffs, winning a first-round series, falling in the Western Conference semifinals, him rehabbing an injury incurred in the postseason and visits to the EuroLeague Final Four in Serbia, a vacation in Greece, a camp in Connecticut and a jaunt to the NBA Finals as a celebrity guest."It's been crazy," Mitchell tol
  
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• Resident pushback to high-density Olympia housing project prompts Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams to push the pause button

  08-06-2018 15:51
  The 7-1 vote Tuesday to approve a planned community development of some 8,800 housing units on a 931-acre parcel in southwest Salt Lake County may not have been as decisive as it seemed.A massive pushback from local city leaders and thousands of residents has caused Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to push the pause button.He has asked that a scheduled vote next week by the the Municipal Services District Board be postponed. That delay, he wrote late Thursday to the board, could provide &ldquo
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Mitt Romney says President Trump will win re-election in 2020

  08-06-2018 15:50
  Mitt Romney says President Trump will win re-election in 2020. ICE hits SLC International Airport with ‘enforcement action.’ Supporters unveil plans to build a George Washington museum in Utah.Happy Friday. Mitt Romney, who is seeking a Senate seat from Utah, says that President Donald Trump would win re-election in 2020 because the economy is good and Democrats are likely to nominate someone outside the mainstream. “I think President Trump will be re-nominated by my party easi
  
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• Petula Dvorak: At Target and Walmart, Pride is profitable. The Supreme Court ought to drop by.

  08-06-2018 15:22
  Say what you want, Supremes, nobody’s going back into the closet.The Supreme Court decision this week on the case of fragile baker Jack Phillips, who said his religious beliefs kept him from making two men a cake for their Colorado wedding reception back in 2012, is — in the grand scheme of American culture — a big zero.Market forces, not a narrow court ruling, are winning the day.I know, it can feel dangerous, a decision like this. The bigots celebrated. Haters hated. It didn&
  
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• Eugene Robinson: The Trump-Kim summit may not work, but it’s worth the try

  08-06-2018 15:20
  Washington • The bombastic, belligerent, inexperienced and unpredictable leader of a nuclear-armed nation, a man who flouts international norms and agreements, is scheduled to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday. What could go wrong? How much time do you have?President Trump’s on-again, off-again summit with Kim has been hastily slapped together. The necessary groundwork has not been laid. The Trump administration’s stated goal — full denucl
  
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• EPA finds space to store sludge from Gold King Mine wastewater plant

  08-06-2018 15:18
  Silverton, Colo. • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found a place to store sludge from a treatment plant cleaning up wastewater from a southwestern Colorado mine.The Durango Herald reported Wednesday a landowner agreed to let the EPA store the sludge at an existing mine waste pile a few miles from the plant. The plant was running out of room for sludge.The plant was installed in 2015 after the EPA inadvertently triggered a 3-million-gallon spill of wastewater from the Gold King
  
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• Did climate trigger toxic algae bloom hurting Oregon capital’s water?

  08-06-2018 15:17
  Salem, Ore. • One of the hottest and driest months of May on record may have contributed to the growth and spread of the toxic algae bloom wreaking havoc in Salem’s drinking water.The algae bloom was originally spotted in Detroit Lake on May 8 and reached highly toxic levels around May 21, according to officials.The record heat and dry conditions apparently kept the bloom strong, allowing the toxins to spread from the reservoir, into the North Santiam River and finally into Salem&rsqu
  
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• For many people in this Utah polygamous community, shooting stray animals is part of life. An animal rescue group says that needs to change.

  08-06-2018 15:16
  A string of animals being shot in the Utah town of Hildale has left the community fighting over whether such behavior is abuse — or just part of how things have always been in the small, mostly polygamous community.In the last few months, St. George’s RSQ Dogs has been called out to Hildale to rescue dogs and cats that have been shot by either guns or pellet guns. The nonprofit has set up a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.The first victi
  
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• Yellowstone’s leader announced his retirement last week. Now, he says the Trump administration is forcing him out months early after clashes over park’s bison plan.

  08-06-2018 15:15
  Billings, Mont. • Yellowstone National Park’s superintendent said Thursday that he’s being forced out in an apparent “punitive action” following disagreements with the Trump administration over how many bison the park can sustain, a longstanding source of conflict between park officials and ranchers in neighboring Montana.Superintendent Dan Wenk announced last week that he intended to retire March 30, 2019, after being offered a transfer he didn’t want. He said
  
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• Kirby: My town is getting its first bar, and that’s fine by me — just don’t bring in anymore fast food joints, credit unions and churches

  08-06-2018 15:15
  My little town of Herriman is growing up. Proof is that we soon may have our first legal saloon. ’Bout Time Pub & Grub, 5502 W. 13400 South, is close to becoming an actual bar.Yes, a place that sells liquor, a place that doesn’t allow elementary school kids to come in and shoot whiskey before going home to dinner and chores.’Bout Time already has signs on its doors telling people under age 21 to stay out. That’s about the only change anyone in Herriman will notice fro
  
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• Steely Dan first came to Salt Lake City ‘around ’74,’ and on Sunday, they’ll do it again

  08-06-2018 15:14
  Even as Donald Fagen navigates lawsuits and countersuits from the family of the late Walter Becker, his affection for his Steely Dan co-founder and on-and-off collaborator of half a century remains unaffected.When Becker died from esophageal cancer last September, Fagen quickly made the decision to carry on the influential jazz-rock band. But that didn’t make stepping onstage without his other musical half the next month any less bizarre a feeling.“It was pretty strange — I rea
  
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• Anthony Bourdain, chef and TV host, dies at 61 of an apparent suicide, CNN says

  08-06-2018 15:08
  Anthony Bourdain, the chef who became a world-traveling storyteller, has died at age 61, according to CNN.He died in France, while working on an episode of his CNN show, “Parts Unknown.” Bourdain was found unresponsive in his hotel room by a close friend, French chef Eric Ripert, on Friday morning, CNN said.Bourdain was best known for his travel shows, where he told the stories of people and cultures from around the world through the food they ate. “Parts Unknown” was the
  
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• Utah’s Lego murder case retold on cable TV

  08-06-2018 15:07
  A 27-year-old Utah murder takes center stage Sunday on the Investigation Discovery channel, playing out like a mystery to anyone who doesn’t remember how it turned out in 2014.The installment of “Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris” focuses on the 1991 murder of Lucille Johnson, a 78-year-old grandmother who was beaten to death in her Holladay home.“The silence is hardly ever broken here in Holladay,” Harris intones, a line that strikes a decidedly odd tone. Althoug
  
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