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• Trump administration seeks more time to reunite families

  06-07-2018 23:38
  San Diego • The Trump administration asked a judge Friday for more time to reunite families who were separated at the border under its “zero-tolerance” policy to prosecute every person who enters the country illegally.After a two-hour hearing, the judge put the administration’s request off until at least Monday, ordering the Justice Department to share with the American Civil Liberties Union a list of the 101 children under 5 years old who are separated from their parents.
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Trade Ware Collateral Damage

  06-07-2018 23:31
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, July 8, 2018.<br>You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<br>Good News, Bad News<br>Declaration of Independence (abbreviated)<br>Dog Days of Independence<br>A Murder of Crows<br>Violence Against Journalists<br>Trumping Justice<br>Uncivil War<br>Yours,Ours and Mines<br>Deficit Deceit<br>Caught!<br>Want more Bagley? Become a fan on Facebo
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz aim for continued growth in bringing back free agents

  06-07-2018 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... ason with a winning record after being nine games below .500 on Jan. 22. The Jazz were 19-28 before their season-changing turnaround began. That strong finish ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Derrick Favors reveals why he’s staying in Utah

  06-07-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... e. I want to win a championship. He also talked about how much he loves this Jazz team, probably as much as we do. He mentioned some of the coaches, players,...
  
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• Belgium eliminates Brazil to reach World Cup semifinals; France awaits

  06-07-2018 22:50
  Kazan, Russia • Belgium reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 32 years by holding off five-time champion Brazil 2-1 Friday, sending Neymar home without living up to the expectations of being soccer’s most expensive player.Belgium scored the decisive goal on a counterattack just after a corner had been taken by Neymar. Romelu Lukaku surged forward with the ball and Kevin De Bruyne put it in the net to give Belgium a 2-0 lead in the 31st minute.“This was the bigge
  
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• [KSL] - Why the Jazz kept their free agents

  06-07-2018 22:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... to be reckoned with. In particular, Lindsey pointed out that the Jazz allowed opponents to shoot only 51.9 percent in the paint when Favors and Go ...
  
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• A tale of polygamy, syringes, teens and babies ends after drug cartel killings in Mexico

  06-07-2018 22:43
  Beth Stubbs got engaged on her 15th birthday. Her future husband — very future, she would explain later — Orson William Black Jr., was 37. He already had a legal wife and other women in his plural family along the Utah-Arizona line.That day, Stubbs and Black talked about having children. Stubbs would later tell investigators Black handed her a little book. She said the book instructed her on how to artificially impregnate herself with Black’s semen.dc.embed.loadNote('//www.docu
  
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• [Deadspin] - Inspiring: A Small Number of Jackasses Put Minimal Effort Into Remembering Some Onion Inc. Blogs

  06-07-2018 22:36 via sportspyder.com
  ... ath his boots, Mr. Autumn Man Dennis Clemons, … Read more Read Are You A Big Jazz Boy Or A Little Jazz Boy? Are You A Big Jazz Boy Or A Little Jazz Boy? Every ...
  
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• Princess the rhino officially debuts her one-of-a-kind pink fly mask

  06-07-2018 22:32
  Holding his 3-year-old son, Colton Matthews leaned toward Hogle Zoo keeper Jason Sorstokke to go through a round of questioning that has recently become familiar to zoo staff: What is on the rhino’s face?The gray mask, outlined with pink trim, stood out among the earthy neutrals of the exhibit, where its two senior inhabitants — a brother and sister pair of endangered white rhinos, both dusty gray — could blend into the background if they stood still long enough. Sorstokke deli
  
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• Here is our @NBASummerLeague roster! https://t.co/PEWa0UHvjj

  06-07-2018 22:25 via twitter.com
  
  Here is our @NBASummerLeague roster! https://t.co/PEWa0UHvjj
  
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• Not giving up, conservative leaders push Sen. Mike Lee for the Supreme Court

  06-07-2018 22:07
  Washington • Sen. Mike Lee is reportedly no longer under consideration by the White House to fill the Supreme Court vacancy but that’s not stopping conservative groups from pushing the Utah Republican for the high court.More than two dozen conservative movement leaders – including billionaire GOP donor Rebekah Mercer, the head of FreedomWorks and Sen. Rand Paul – urged the president to pick Lee because he is a “principled conservative who is committed to preserving t
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Derrick Favors makes it clear – a Utah Jazz championship is his goal

  06-07-2018 21:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... to describe his reasoning for remaining with the Jazz. While he alluded to several reasons, the following statement was among the...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz welcome back Dante Exum, Derrick Favors, Raul Neto to continue NBA title quest

  06-07-2018 21:52 via sportspyder.com
  ...in me.” Derrick Favors opens up about his decision to re-sign with the Utah Jazz. “It means a lot. They stuck by me through the ups and downs, they believed...
  
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• Bees manager Keith Johnson chosen to coach in MLB All-Star Futures Game

  06-07-2018 21:43
  Salt Lake Bees manager Keith Johnson was named third base coach for the U.S. team at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game in Washington D.C.Rosters for the game were announced by Major League Baseball today.The Futures Game is part of MLB All-Star Sunday featuring the top Minor League prospects from all levels in a U.S. vs. World Team format. The game will take place on July 15 at Nationals Park and will be broadcast at 2 p.m. MT on MLB Network and simulcast on MLB.com.Johnson is in his seventh year a
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 156: NBA Draft results, Summer League, Incredibles 2

  06-07-2018 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... transition to NBA Summer League. Grayson Allen impresses at Jazz summer league, while Trae Young struggles. Who else impressed? Utah Jazz ros ...
  
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• Derrick Favors makes it clear – a Utah Jazz championship is his goal

  06-07-2018 21:42
  In a recent piece written by Derrick Favors, he made his reasoning for staying with the Utah Jazz clear – to bring a championship to Salt Lake City. It’s been a good stretch of late for Utah Jazz fans. After one of the most exciting closes to a season in recent memory, the Jazz then […]
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• The Latest: Anthony, Thunder will be parting ways

  06-07-2018 21:39
  The Latest on NBA Free Agency (all times EDT):3:15 p.m.Carmelo Anthony has played his last game for the Oklahoma City Thunder, barring a massive change of plans.A person with knowledge of the negotiations said Friday that Anthony and the Thunder have mutually decided that he will not be on the team next season, though it remains unclear how that departure will actually happen. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because no buyout, trade or waiving has been executed
  
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• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @CJC9BOSS 😈 https://t.co/olj6ujn1GU

  06-07-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @CJC9BOSS 😈 https://t.co/olj6ujn1GU
  
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• Utah politicians to let off some steam and raise money for charity in the boxing ring

  06-07-2018 21:15
  Some Utah politicians will don boxing gloves to raise money for charity and, maybe, to settle a few vexing political disputes.The second “Draper Rising” charity boxing exhibition will feature bouts between State Sen. Jake Anderegg and Rep. Marc Robert and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and Dowtown Alliance leader Jason Mathis.State Sen. Todd Weiler, one of the most prolific tweeters in Utah politics will have a different kind of match with House Minority Leader Brian King —
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Yes, today's NBA kids still know who John Stockton is

  06-07-2018 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... This prompted me to ask Young whether he’s a student of Stockton’s game. The Jazz icon led the NBA in assists nine times, while Young led the NCAA last season ...
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Can China build an anti-U.S. alliance?

  06-07-2018 21:00
  President Trump is right about one thing. China really has been stealing many of America’s most valuable ideas.For years, the Chinese government turned a blind eye to counterfeited U.S. luxury goods, bootlegged Hollywood films, fake Apple stores, trade secrets pilfered from cutting-edge U.S. tech companies. It forced U.S. firms to hand over their technology if they wanted to operate in China.Now the Chinese government has decided to borrow one of our best foreign policy ideas, too: banding
  
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• Brad Rock: Yes, today's NBA kids still know who John Stockton is

  06-07-2018 21:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — He was coming off an unspectacular three-assist night, fast on the heels of an uninspiring four-assist night, but that didn't stop Trae Young from being a story.The media were there, surrounding his locker.Young led the nation in both assists and scoring last season at Oklahoma. He might be the next John Stockton. At the same time, he could be the next Trey Burke. Young was in a logical place to be either, this week, as a member of the Atlanta Hawks, playing in the Utah Su
  
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• With the Jazz roster now pretty much complete, Derrick Favors, Dante Exum and Raul Neto look ahead to the coming season

  06-07-2018 20:58
  It’s as open-and-shut as free agency gets.The Utah Jazz had a plan of bringing back the players from last season, did it within the first four days of negotiations, then made their contracts official the first hour they could. And everyone was back in Salt Lake City to celebrate on Friday.“I bought into the program and I’m happy to be back,” Derrick Favors said through a wide smile. “I’m happy Dante [Exum is] back, I’m happy Raul [Neto is] back. I’
  
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• Sen. Hatch visits Portugal and Germany to meet heads of state — and also tour a Mormon temple

  06-07-2018 20:51
  Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch spent this week visiting Portugal and Germany, meeting their heads of state and mixing in a visit to an LDS temple under construction and laying a wreath at a former concentration camp with a top Mormon church leader.Hatch’s office said the senator – who as the longest serving Republican, is the Senate president pro tempore – was invited to the two European countries to further bilateral relations as well as discuss trade.In Germany, Hatch, al
  
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• It smells like fire and the haze is thick. The Salt Lake Valley’s air faces a ‘double whammy’ from fires and ozone.

  06-07-2018 20:41
  Trees and homes aren’t the only things getting scorched by wildfires raging in Utah and Nevada this week.Pollution stemming from smoke along with soaring ozone levels are imperiling Wasatch Front residents’ lungs, prompting advisories from state officials to limit outdoor activities and avoid contributing to the problem with unnecessary driving and lawn mowing.“It’s a double whammy,” said Donna Spangler, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
  
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• 10-year-old boy dies while scuba diving in northwest Utah

  06-07-2018 20:38
  Wendover, Utah • Law enforcement authorities say a 10-year-old boy died while scuba diving with his father in northwest Utah.Tooele County sheriff’s office Lt. Ron Johnson says the boy died Wednesday. He had been at the 60-foot-deep Blue Lake with his father, who is a certified scuba diver.Johnson says the boy experienced “some issues from possibly ascending too quickly” to the surface and emergency personnel were unable to resuscitate him.A cause of death has not been det
  
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• Body of Utah teenager recovered in eastern Idaho river

  06-07-2018 20:34
  Wilford, Idaho • The body of a 14-year-old Utah boy has been recovered from the Teton River in eastern Idaho.The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Justin Grass of Sandy, Utah, was recovered Wednesday near the town of Wilford.Grass went missing June 24 while swimming near the Teton Dam and is believed to have drowned.Authorities say a fisherman spotted his body and called authorities.
  
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• Facebook censored a post for ‘hate speech.’ It was the Declaration of Independence.

  06-07-2018 20:32
  At first glance, the Vindicator’s Facebook promotion did not seem designed to make waves. The small newspaper, based out of Liberty, a Texas town of 9,175 outside of Houston, planned to post the Declaration of Independence on Facebook in 12 daily installments leading up to the Fourth of July — 242 years since the document was adopted at the Second Continental Congress in 1776. But on the 10th day, the Vindicator’s latest installment was removed by Facebook. The company told the
  
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• Utah author James Dashner says he’s working on new book

  06-07-2018 20:24
  Los Angeles • “The Maze Runner” author James Dashner says he’s working on a new book.Dashner tweeted late Thursday that he was working on new material and wasn’t using notes as a guide for his new project, which would be the first since he was dropped by publisher Three Penguin Random House imprints over sexual misconduct allegations in February.“I’m writing a book from scratch, with no input or guidance from agents or editors or publishers. First time in
  
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• Thai Navy SEAL dies while working on rescue effort of soccer team in cave

  06-07-2018 20:17
  Mae Sai, Thailand • A member of the Thai navy team attempting to rescue a group of young boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave fell unconscious from a lack of oxygen and later died in hospital, officials said Friday.Speaking at a press conference, a commander of the Thai navy SEAL group said the retired navy SEAL was placing oxygen tanks along an exit route to assist the boys in their escape from the cave when his own oxygen ran out. He was found unconscious around 1 a.m. Friday a
  
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• The trade war with China is finally here — and it won’t be pretty, analysts say

  06-07-2018 20:16
  Beijing • The United States has levied tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, a long-threatened move that may prompt Beijing to retaliate against American products and to plunge the two countries into a costly and increasingly unpredictable trade war.U.S. customs officers started imposing duties on $34 billion in Chinese goods at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Moments after the deadline, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a statement calling the U.S. move “typical trade bullying.&rdq
  
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• Man charged in stabbing outside Salt Lake City smoke shop

  06-07-2018 20:11
  Authorities in Salt Lake City have filed an assault charge against a 40-year-old man who they say stabbed someone outside a downtown smoke shop.Prosecutors said Thursday that Isaac Michael Terry got into a fist fight after asking someone for a cigarette in March. Terry allegedly stabbed the man, puncturing his lung and causing other injuries.Police say Terry told them he had been taking medication for schizophrenia but was off it at the time of the fight, which may have contributed to the stabbi
  
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• Poachers were looking for rhinos. They found hungry lions instead, game reserve says.

  06-07-2018 20:08
  Sometime after the sun set Sunday, a group of men entered a dark South African reserve carrying a high-powered rifle, a silencer, an ax and a wire cutter — tools that poachers use to shoot and kill rhinos before sawing off their horns, according to Nick Fox, the owner of Sibuya Game Reserve.At least one of them never made it out.Early the next morning, an anti-poaching dog on patrol started barking, and its handler heard a “loud commotion coming from the lions,” Fox told Herald
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kragthorpe: Insider’s book is a reminder that the Jazz once were a tough sell in Utah

  06-07-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  ... Snarr spent nearly 30 years (1986-2015) working in sponsorship sales for the Jazz, with name-rights deals among his most recognizable efforts. His writing cou ...
  
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• Mixing vodka and detox pills killed a Utah man. But should his wife, a doctor, go to prison for it?

  06-07-2018 19:50
  Utah physician Ina Amber called 911 at 2:16 a.m.Her husband, she told dispatchers, was dead. Next to Rustin James Orr’s body, Cottonwood Heights officers found a bottle of Gatorade mixed with vodka, along with pill bottles. A 30-pack of beer — 14 cans still left in the box — was on the floor near the recliner where Orr had died.Amber told police on that September morning in 2014 that her husband of nearly 20 years had been drinking a fifth of vodka each day, along with some bee
  
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• Kragthorpe: Insider’s book is a reminder that the Jazz once were a tough sell in Utah

  06-07-2018 19:49
  Any suggestion that the Jazz could draw 12,000-plus fans to a Summer League game would have seemed crazy in the mid-1980s, when the franchise rarely sold out the Salt Palace for regular-season games. That context is important in recognizing how the Jazz have become such a major element of Utah’s culture, and that history is captured well by former Jazz staff member Michael G. Snarr in a new book. “Long Shots and Layups: Memories and Stories from the Golden Era of the Utah Jazz”
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz announce the re-signings of Derrick Favors, Dante Exum and Raul Neto

  06-07-2018 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... of Yahoo Sports. Comment on this story By signing forward/center Favors, the Jazz keep the longest-tenured Jazz player, who averaged 12.3 points, 7.2 rebounds ...
  
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• Utah Jazz welcome back Dante Exum, Derrick Favors, Raul Neto to continue NBA title quest

  06-07-2018 19:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey arrived at his offseason meeting with Dante Exum on July 1 with a set of scenarios in his mind that he might have to address with the restricted free agent.Lindsey and Exum were joined by his agent, Brandon Rosenthal, and Jazz coach Quin Snyder and as they started negotiations for a new deal.But Exum had one concern."Is Fave gonna be back?" Exum asked Lindsey.Exum was referring to his teammate Derrick Favors who also hit unrestricte
  
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• Utah Jazz announce the re-signings of Derrick Favors, Dante Exum and Raul Neto

  06-07-2018 19:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz confirmed multiple reports on Friday that the team has re-signed Derrick Favors, Dante Exum and Raul Neto.The terms of the contracts were not disclosed by the team, but Favors has agreed to a two-year deal worth $36 million, according to a Deseret News source. The second year of the deal is not guaranteed. Exum has agreed to a to a three-year, $33 million deal, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, and Neto will return after signing a two-year, $4.4 million contrac
  
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• Review: ‘Saturday’s Voyeur’ at 40 shifts from nostalgia to anger to strong laughs as it critiques LDS patriarchy

  06-07-2018 19:32
  When people accuse Nancy Borgenicht — co-writer of “Saturday’s Voyeur,” a musical satire of Utah culture, since its inception 40 years ago — of bashing Mormons, she claims surprise. “We don’t come from that place,” Borgenicht said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune last month. “We actually come from a place of, ‘We live here, we’re all Mormons.’”Some years — when the satire focuses on Utah politics or mod
  
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• Utahns who say family members died from cancer because of radioactive fallout would be eligible for $150K under new bill.

  06-07-2018 18:10
  J Truman’s earliest memory is of sitting as a child on his father’s knee in Enterprise, Utah, transfixed by a show in the sky from nuclear-bomb testing in nearby Nevada, including watching pink-gray fallout clouds pass overhead.“My parents died from cancer,” he says, blaming those radioactive clouds. So Truman, director of Downwinders, Inc., has fought since the 1970s for compensation for victims. A bill by Sen. Orrin Hatch and the late Rep, Wayne Owens in 1990, and expan
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen scuffle with Trae Young largely overblown

  06-07-2018 17:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... under the radar, that’s how insignificant it truly was. RELATED PRODUCT Utah Jazz New Era Black & White Logo 9FIFTY Adjustable Snapback Hat - Black Buy Now! B ...
  
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• This man demanded money for a fake roof repair and duped a 90-year-old Utahn into giving him thousands of dollars.

  06-07-2018 17:42
  It started with a knock on the door from a stranger on Monday.The visitor, a white man with facial scruff in a maroon shirt and a black hat, told the 90-year-old man who answered that his roof needed some work and offered to fix it. The man agreed.A few minutes later, the so-called roofer said he was owed money for the repairs — which wasn’t true. None had been made.But the men drove together, in the victim’s car, to a bank in Millcreek. The visitor waited while the older man w
  
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• Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen scuffle with Trae Young largely overblown

  06-07-2018 17:37
  Utah Jazz rookie Grayson Allen and Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young got in a minor scuffle on Thursday night that was drastically overblown by the media. Without a doubt, Utah Jazz draft selection Grayson Allen was likely the most polarizing prospect in this year’s draft. Due to some questionable plays he made and some tantrums […]
  Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen scuffle with Trae Young largely overblown - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• These Utahns say family members died from cancer and other diseases because of radioactive fallout. Lawmakers think they’re eligible for $150K.

  06-07-2018 17:10
  J Truman’s earliest memory is of sitting as a child on his father’s knee in Enterprise, Utah, transfixed by a show in the sky from nuclear-bomb testing in nearby Nevada, including watching pink-gray fallout clouds pass overhead.“My parents died from cancer,” he says, blaming those radioactive clouds. So Truman, director of Downwinders, Inc., has fought since the 1970s for compensation for victims. A bill by Sen. Orrin Hatch and the late Rep, Wayne Owens in 1990, and expan
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA free agency 2018: Clint Capela, Marcus Smart among top free agents still available - CBSSports.com

  06-07-2018 17:03 via sportspyder.com
  ... way to go offensively and he's been so injury prone, but I can't imagine the Jazz front office wants to give up on him just yet. I wonder what they'd do if a...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Grayson Allen hasn’t changed and Jazz fans don’t care

  06-07-2018 16:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... becoming of his maturity and status as the longest-tenure member of the Utah Jazz roster. Shut up — Derrick Favors (@dfavors14) So while Favors took the short ...
  
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• [USA Today] - The Grayson Allen Era is here and it's already fun

  06-07-2018 16:41 via sportspyder.com
  ...story on USATODAY.com: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/07/utah-jazz-grayson-allen-nba-summer-league-trae-young-battle-video Cancel Send Sent! A...
  
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• “You leave college not knowing if you’ll ever see your teammates again." After leaving @CycloneMBB, Naz Mitrou-Lo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-07-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  “You leave college not knowing if you’ll ever see your teammates again." After leaving @CycloneMBB, Naz Mitrou-Lo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Reaction to Donovan Mitchell's BBQ surprises; Grayson Allen mixes it up with Trae Young

  06-07-2018 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  ... s Olsen (@975Hans) July 6, 2018 I was just telling my wife it reminds of the Jazz when I was a kid. Players were more accessible and seemed to genuinely enjoy ...
  
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