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• Pac-12 football is filled with new energy thanks to five debut coaches

  26-07-2018 23:57
  Los Angeles • The Pac-12 went 1-8 in its bowl games last season, leading to a winter of external criticism and internal soul-searching for most of its programs.The league also extended its national title drought to 14 years, the longest in the Power Five. Athletic directors openly worried about the Pac-12 falling farther behind the other big conferences in revenue and in exposure from its television network.After all the disappointment for its football programs late last year, this is a lea
  
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• Betsy DeVos’ family yacht untied, set adrift in Ohio

  26-07-2018 23:00
  A luxury yacht owned by the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suffered damage when someone untied it early Sunday in Ohio, sending it adrift on Lake Erie with the crew on board.A crew member on the SeaQuest called police to report that he and other members awoke to find the yacht floating away from the dock. The crew managed to gain control of the vessel, but not before it scraped the dock. The yacht suffered $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage, according to a Huron Police Department repor
  
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• South Salt Lake City Council member wonders if sexism put the kibosh on a pay hike for the mayor

  26-07-2018 22:58
  South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood was denied a salary increase by a 4-3 vote of the City Council on Wednesday — with the male-dominated no vote prompting one female council member to question whether sexism was a motive.Councilwoman Sharla Bynum tried to tell colleagues she saw the same thing happen in 2014 when a proposed raise for Wood also was rejected.”I’m not making any accusations," she said during Wednesday night’s meeting, “but I sometimes wonder if it&rsquo
  
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• Commentary: A religious freedom summit can’t undo Trump’s ‘disgusting’ record on Islam

  26-07-2018 22:56
  This week’s State Department ministerial on international religious freedom has been a well-orchestrated, if hastily organized, event with a sense of common purpose rarely seen in the current administration.It prominently features the work of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, as bipartisan a body as you’ll find in Washington these days. The foreign ministers and religious leaders from around the world all concur that politics should be the furthest thin
  
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• Police find Midvale man reported missing

  26-07-2018 22:47
  Police have found the 55-year-old man who went missing Thursday morning from Midvale.Darrel Lance was last seen just before 9 a.m. at 663 E. Acoma Rd. He was without his medication and believed to be endangered. Officers found him later that afternoon. He was in fair condition and was taken to the hospital, according to Unified Police.
  
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• Commentary: Fifty years later, scientist’s birth control finding still challenges Catholic teaching

  26-07-2018 22:46
  How will Pope Francis handle the 50th anniversary this month of “Humanae Vitae,” Pope Paul VI’s encyclical continuing the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on artificial birth control? Will the occasion be cause for joyous celebration or quiet commemoration? Why does it matter?The answer is twofold. First, Pope Paul’s decree, titled “Human Life in Our Day” and promulgated July 25, 1968, remains controversial. Debate and dissent have always been part of the Cat
  
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• ICYMI: Single tickets are now on sale for the preseason! We’re getting international: 🇦🇺 @PerthWildcats 🇨🇦… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-07-2018 22:39 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Single tickets are now on sale for the preseason!We’re getting international:🇦🇺 @PerthWildcats🇨🇦… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commentary: How the Mormon church’s past shapes its position on immigration today

  26-07-2018 22:33
  On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young and 146 other Mormon pioneers made their way into the Salt Lake Valley. They had left the United States and found themselves in Mexican territory.At the time, the Mexican-American War was raging, and within a year Mexico would cede the Salt Lake Valley to the United States. But that was not in the Mormons’ plans. They were trying to leave the United States to escape violence and persecution.But once they were in the new territory, they settled in the valley
  
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• Home prices are rising, but sales are down as the housing gap squeezes Utah markets

  26-07-2018 22:15
  Limited housing supplies on the Wasatch Front are stifling sales of single-family homes and pushing average prices to new highs.Following trends seen in many parts of the country, home sales fell between April and June in Salt Lake County as a result of tight inventories, declining by 4.6 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to new numbers released Thursday by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors.The region’s “strong economy continues to attract thousands of people,&r
  
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• Behind the Headlines: A loaded gun left in a bathroom, Utahns consider nuclear power and a SLCPD occupy an old Arctic Circle

  26-07-2018 22:13
  A loaded gun was left in a bathroom at the Living Planet Aquarium, where the property has a posted ban on weapons, but Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says no law was broken. At least 20 municipalities in Utah have signed on to buy power from a planned nuclear reactor, but environmental and economic costs are causing concern. And a new police station opens up on North Temple to combat crime pushed into the neighborhood by Operation Rio Grande. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune repo
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: 2A Toting Tots

  26-07-2018 22:06
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, July 26, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/07/25/bagley-cartoon-monumental/" target=_blank><u>Monumental Bull</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/07/23/bagley-cartoon-pioneer/" target=_blank><u>Pioneer Parade is for the Birds</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opini
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Former Utah Jazz big men Evans, Cooley join TBT Super 16 fray

  26-07-2018 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  ...T-Shirt Buy Now! Buy Now! The 6-foot-9 big man appeared in 16 games for the Jazz during the 2014-15 season, and was also a fixture during summer league and t ...
  
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• Romney fundraising haul dwarfs Democrat in Senate race

  26-07-2018 21:34
  Mitt Romney is vastly outraising his Democratic opponent in the Utah race to win the Senate seat left open by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch.Campaign-finance records show he raised $2.4 million this spring, a haul that dwarfs the $142,000 brought in by Democrat Jenny Wilson.He spent nearly that same amount between April and June, a reporting period that included his Republican primary election. He easily bested state lawmaker Mike Kennedy in the June 26 race.Wilson, who was unopposed, spent about as
  
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• Drought remains, but rains put dent in Southwest fire danger

  26-07-2018 21:26
  Albuquerque, N.M. • The threat of wildfire in the American Southwest has been significantly dampened by the monsoon season, but national fire and climatology experts said Wednesday the region is still grappling with the long-term effects of drought.The experts focused on the situation across Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, which is currently home to the largest swath of severe and extreme drought in the U.S."Most of the West is dry," said Nancy Selover, Arizona's state climatologist
  
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• Utah home badly damaged in fire sparked by used fireworks

  26-07-2018 21:20
  Provo • Authorities say a Utah home has been badly damaged by a fire sparked by used fireworks in a trash can.The Daily Herald reports the blaze started early Wednesday morning in Pleasant Grove, after the homeowners and others set off fireworks in the neighborhood on the popular holiday Pioneer Day.Fire Chief Dave Thomas says they threw them in the trash, where investigators believe the embers sparked a fire on a nearby wall that spread to the attic and torched much of the roof.Thomas says
  
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• Man sentenced for fatal shooting in drug deal gone awry

  26-07-2018 21:20
  Farmington • A 20-year-old man will serve at least the next five years in a Utah prison for the shooting death of a 19-year-old.The Standard-Examiner reports Layton resident Bostin Cole Osborn-Crookston was sentenced Wednesday after police say he shot Ogden man Bryan Brooks Jr. in the face Jan. 29, 2017, in Layton during a drug deal gone awry.Brooks died from his injuries the following day.Osborn-Crookston pleaded guilty to amended charges on March 7. He was originally charged with first-de
  
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• Former Utah Jazz big men Evans, Cooley join TBT Super 16 fray

  26-07-2018 21:17
  Utah Jazz alums, including Jeremy Evans and Jack Cooley, are vying for their share of $2 million in The Basketball Tournament’s Super 16. It pains me to say so, even now as it has dragged on for multiple weeks. Nevertheless, it remains an undeniable fact for Utah Jazz fans — we’re deep in the dog […]
  Former Utah Jazz big men Evans, Cooley join TBT Super 16 fray - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• In twist, Trump administration defends Obama’s monument expansion

  26-07-2018 21:12
  Salem, Ore. • A dispute over acts of Congress in 1906 and 1937 has put the Trump administration in court — and into the unusual position of supporting a proclamation by former President Barack Obama.Contrary to President Donald Trump's numerous efforts to shred Obama's legacy, U.S. Justice Department lawyers are in Obama's corner as they defend his expansion of a national monument in Oregon.That puts the Trump administration in direct opposition with timber interests that Trump vowed
  
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• The revenue gap is widening and the product has tailed off. Is there a way to fix what’s ailing the Pac-12?

  26-07-2018 20:46
  Los Angeles • Larry Scott, as Larry Scott does, dug in.When it was his turn at center stage during Wednesday’s Pac-12 Media Day in Hollywood, the Pac-12 commissioner went on the offensive when asked why the conference has fallen so far behind the other Power 5 leagues in terms of revenue and other metrics. The subject came up because, well, that has pretty much been the national narrative about the Pac-12 in what has been a nightmarish year for the conference.Pac-12 teams went a histo
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz TBT: The day I boarded the Donovan Mitchell bandwagon

  26-07-2018 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed to 21 points in the second half; a situation so dire that Jazz coach Quin Snyder waved the white flag and began trotting out the likes of M ...
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Leader yanks Utah woman’s temple recommend for breastfeeding her child at church; are teachings to blame for LGBTQ suicides?

  26-07-2018 20:30
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want Mormon Land in your inbox? Subscribe here.This week’s podcast: Pioneer myths
  (Courtesy Utah State Historical Society)Visitors are seen at the This Is The Place monument in 1955.By all accounts, the Mormon migration from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley was a monum
  
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• Jazz’s preseason schedule again has an international flavor

  26-07-2018 20:24
  Unsatisfied with earning just the adulation of a state, the Jazz are now trying to woo a continent of fans.For a second straight year, Utah has looked to Australia for its preseason opponents, hosting the National Basketball League’s Perth Wildcats on Sept. 29 and the Adelaide 36ers on Oct. 5 at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Last season, the Jazz played host to the Sydney Kings, the first NBL team to play an NBA team in the United States, and Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.In between, the Toronto R
  
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• Utah Jazz TBT: The day I boarded the Donovan Mitchell bandwagon

  26-07-2018 20:23
  After one year in the league, people are already calling Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell a superstar. His massive potential was evident from week one. Before the 2017 NBA Draft, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was unsure of his ability to make the move to the next level. 12 months later, he’s one of the […]
  Utah Jazz TBT: The day I boarded the Donovan Mitchell bandwagon - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• LoveLoud is back, Imagine Dragons frontman says, because ‘I’d be lying if I told you’ Mormon church has made big steps on LGBTQ issues

  26-07-2018 20:23
  It was perhaps not a big deal for Dan Reynolds, the Imagine Dragons frontman, to sell out a stadium in Utah County last summer for a concert. But Reynolds, a devout member of the Mormon church, knew what an accomplishment it was to get 17,000 people there for a show whose purpose was to generate awareness and support for LGBTQ youths.Reynolds also knows that, successful as 2017’s LoveLoud Festival was, it couldn’t be a one-time event if he wants to make a legitimate difference.&ldquo
  
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• Utah law says libraries and schools should have filters against internet porn. A new study says filtering doesn’t work.

  26-07-2018 20:17
  Since 2016, Utah law has mandated that any public school or library applying for state money must provide filtering software on its computers to prevent access to child pornography and other obscene material on the internet.A new study from the United Kingdom suggests the filtering technology isn’t up to the job.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, finds that such filters are “entirely ineffective” at keeping young people from getting to online porn
  
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• Police need help finding missing Midvale man

  26-07-2018 20:11
  Police are searching for a 55-year-old man who went missing Thursday morning in Midvale.Darrel Lance was last seen just before 9 a.m. at 663 E. Acoma Rd. He is without his medication and may be “agitated," according to Unified Police Department.Police cautioned those who see Lance not to approach him, but to call police at 801-743-7000.
  (Courtesy Unified Police Department) Darrel Lance
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What can we expect from the Jazz this season?

  26-07-2018 19:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... of this team going forward. With one year remaining on his contract with the Jazz, this season will be the tell-all for Ricky Rubio in Utah. If he can play li ...
  
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• Monson: Here are Utah’s 10 most compelling athletes, and why. Call them the Thunderous 10.

  26-07-2018 19:51
  Here is Utah’s Thunderous 10, which is a term I just made up, subjectively listing and labeling the top athletes in reverse order with some inexact mixture of the highest profiles, the biggest contributions, the best connections with ordinary people, the greatest athletic achievements and auras and promise across all sports and/or teams in the state.Let’s get to it.10. (Tie) Preston Summerhays and MyKayla SkinnerWe’ll start with a bit of a bail-out — a tie — right o
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz release 5-game preseason schedule

  26-07-2018 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... nal teams for the second straight season. The Jazz will open up its five-game preseason schedule on Sat., Sept. 29 against the...
  
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• Utah Jazz preseason schedule has an international flavor

  26-07-2018 19:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz will face two Australian teams, two American teams and one Canadian team this preseason, the team announced Thursday.The Jazz will host the Perth Wildcats on Sept. 29, Toronto Raptors on Oct. 2 and Adelaide 36ers on Oct. 5 before traveling to play the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 7 and Sacramento Kings on Oct. 11.It will be the first meeting for the Jazz vs. Perth and Adelaide. The Jazz defeated the Sydney Kings 108-83 in 2017, the first time teams from the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz preseason schedule has an international flavor

  26-07-2018 19:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... Kings on Oct. 11. Comment on this story It will be the first meeting for the Jazz vs. Perth and Adelaide. The Jazz defeated the Sydney Kings 108-83 in 2017, t ...
  
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• Monson: Utah’s Thunderous 10 — the most compelling athletes in the state

  26-07-2018 18:38
  What follows here is Utah’s Thunderous 10, which is a term I just made up, subjectively listing and labeling the top athletes in reverse order with some inexact mixture of the highest profiles, the biggest contributions, the best connections with ordinary people, the greatest athletic achievements and auras and promise across all sports and/or teams in the state.Let’s get to it.10. (Tie) Preston Summerhays and MyKayla SkinnerWe’ll start with a bit of a bail-out — a tie &m
  
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• A Utah County inmate was headed to trial and possible deportation. Then came his cancer diagnosis and medical bills nearing $1M.

  26-07-2018 18:18
  Gerardo Valerio-Romero was in Utah County custody, accused of repeatedly sexually abusing his 8-year-old stepdaughter, when he was diagnosed with cancer.The day after the medical determination, the 49-year-old Mexican citizen was in LDS Hospital receiving cancer treatment, marking the start of an ongoing saga that exposed a rift between the county’s sheriff and its commission as well as medical bills that threaten to top $1 million.Even at a discount, Valerio-Romero’s cancer treatmen
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz Announce 2018 Preseason Schedule

  26-07-2018 18:14 via sportspyder.com
  ... Adelaide 36ers of the NBL on Oct. 5. It marks the second-straight season the Jazz have played a team from Australia’s NBL, last season hosting the Sydney King ...
  
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• 🗣 The preseason schedule is herrrre! Get your tickets now ⤵️ >> on.nba.com/2AawTFs https://t.co/CYFNnnXANc

  26-07-2018 18:06 via twitter.com
  
  🗣 The preseason schedule is herrrre!Get your tickets now ⤵️>> on.nba.com/2AawTFs https://t.co/CYFNnnXANc
  
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• Made-in-Utah TV series ‘Yellowstone’ will return for a 2nd season

  26-07-2018 17:49
  As expected, the mostly-made-in-Utah TV series “Yellowstone” has been renewed for a second season.Which is good news for the local economy. According to the Utah Film Commission, the production will spend an estimated $28 million in the state during production of Season 2 — which will begin shortly — and employ about 320 Utahns as members of the cast and crew.
  “‘Yellowstone’s’ return to Utah is a strong testament for our professional crew and our b
  
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• Okay, Rudy, okay. twitter.com/rudygobert27/s…

  26-07-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  Okay, Rudy, okay. twitter.com/rudygobert27/s…
  
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• Letter: Please return my prosthetic device to Murray restaurant

  26-07-2018 16:08
  I am a disabled war veteran visiting from out of state who relies on his prosthetic walking cane. It was carried off by a fellow restaurant customer in Murray on Thursday, July 19.The culprit was caught on video. If he will return it to the restaurant, there will be no questions asked. Meanwhile, a disabled war veteran needs this prosthetic device.You know who you are, and so do we. Thank you for doing the right thing.J.B. Turner, Cottonwood Heights
  
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• Police searching for 13-year-old who ran away from youth program in Utah desert

  26-07-2018 16:00
  Police are looking for a 13-year-old boy who ran away from a wayward youth program in the remote desert area of western Beaver County.Roberto Madrigal, who is from California, has been in The Redcliff Ascent wilderness therapy program for about a month. A Beaver County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said early Thursday that he doesn’t know when Madrigal escaped, from where or how.While Madirgal is believed to have water, “dehydration is a concern because of the weather conditions,&
  
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• As Team USA gathers in Las Vegas, big NBA questions could be answered

  26-07-2018 15:29
  Las Vegas • A week after the NBA effectively wrapped up its league business with the conclusion of the summer league here, many of its best American players have returned to the desert to begin preparations for a busy upcoming two years for Team USA.As the group readies to return to action in the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, starting with practices at UNLV on Thursday and Friday, here are some of the questions that will potentially be answered this wee
  
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• Political Cornflakes: ‘What about Mick?’ Trump is considering a new chief of staff

  26-07-2018 15:13
  President Trump considers a new chief of staff. Bishop, Dems introduce bill to maintain national parks. Utah communities push for new nuclear reactor.Happy Thursday. President Donald Trump loves to crowdsource staffing advice from outside advisers and current or former White House aides, and lately he’s been asking: “What do we think about Mick?” That’d be “Mick” as in Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman and now head of the Office of Management and Budget. Whi
  
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• Utah chef and UVU cooking instructor wins national Chef of the Year title after coming up short seven years ago

  26-07-2018 15:12
  Utah chef and culinary instructor Todd Leonard tried seven years ago to capture the national Chef of the Year title, competing against three other regional chefs in a fast-paced, timed competition.While he came up short in 2011, the national honor still remained a career goal, he said. “So I’m super crazy and thought I’d give it one more try.”This time, he came out on top. The 41-year-old emerged as the 2018 winner of the prestigious cooking competition, held during the A
  
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• Midvale’s Bohemian Brewery — famous for Czech beer and brats — gets new owners who like saving homegrown Utah eateries and historic buildings

  26-07-2018 15:11
  Midvale’s Bohemian Brewery, famous for European-style lagers and bratwurst, has new owners — three businessmen who, in recent years, have saved other homegrown eateries and historic buildings in Utah.Bohemian now is the fifth eatery for partners Matt Bourgeois, Byron Lovell and Brian O’Meara, who also own and operate Porcupine Pub and Grille in Salt Lake City and Cottonwood Heights, The Dodo in Sugar House and the Rio Grande Cafe in downtown Salt Lake CityAll the restaurants ar
  
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• Tribune editorial: Utah law should empower property owners over gun carriers

  26-07-2018 15:00
  If the whole concept of private property means anything, it should mean the ability to decide, without government interference, that you don’t want anyone toting firearms into your building.Because it’s unsafe. Because it’s bad for business. Or just because you think guns are icky. It doesn’t matter. Your building, your rules.Which is why it was troubling to hear that no laws were broken when someone apparently left a loaded handgun in a restroom at the Loveland Living Pl
  
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• Max Boot: Without the Russians, Trump wouldn’t have won

  26-07-2018 15:00
  President Donald Trump is willing, under duress, to briefly and begrudgingly admit that Russian “meddling” took place in 2016 before reverting to calling it a “big hoax.” But he always maintains that the plot against America had no impact; he describes it as a “Democrat excuse for losing the ’16 Election.” Faithfully echoing the president, other Republicans, such as House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., say it’s “clear” that the Russian inte
  
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• Martha Raddatz: I reported alongside soldiers in foxholes. The president can’t take that away.

  26-07-2018 15:00
  Like so many of my colleagues, I have covered this nation's wars for decades, working side by side with our soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen. I have shared foxholes and flight decks with these brave Americans, and I have felt our mutual respect for the responsibility that each of us holds in our chosen professions. It has been an honor covering them and the families who support them. I am proud that I can tell their stories.It is the job of the press to rigorously cover the military and to
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Disney’s axing director James Gunn for his atrocious tweets was understandable, but it was wrong

  26-07-2018 15:00
  Let's say this up front. Writer-director James Gunn wrote some appalling things on Twitter years ago.His jokes about rape and sex with children not only cross the decency line, they continue to run for another couple of miles at full speed.It’s not hard to understand why Disney — with its vast, rich empire resting on a foundation of wholesomeness and family friendliness — cut him loose late last week, despite his monumental success at the helm of Marvel’s “Guardians
  
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• Letter: Washington representatives didn’t help Utahns’ taxes

  26-07-2018 15:00
  When all of our Utah senators and Congress voted to pass the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” tax overhaul this year, prompting Sen. Orrin Hatch to exclaim that President Donald Trump is “one heckuva leader” and possibly the “best president, maybe ever,” they must have been joking when telling Utah constituents what a great deal this was going to be for all of us. Now our own Utah Legislature has passed a $30 million tax cut to “offset” the impact of this g
  
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• Letter: Salt Lake County property tax is unacceptable

  26-07-2018 15:00
  We need to start a conversation about our current property taxes. I just received my notices about the proposed property taxes in Salt Lake County for this year. All I can say is "Really!!??"I keep copies of my taxes and I looked back on the past 10 years for my son's property in Salt Lake County and my property in West Valley City. I am appalled at what I saw. On both properties, my taxes have increased by $600 in the past 10 years. I cannot see any improvement in services, meaning roads, garba
  
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• Letter: Please return my prosthetic leg to Murray restaurant

  26-07-2018 15:00
  I am a disabled war veteran visiting from out of state who relies on his prosthetic walking cane. It was carried off by a fellow restaurant customer in Murray on Thursday, July 19. The culprit was caught on video. If he will return it to the restaurant, there will be no questions asked. Meanwhile, a disabled war veteran needs this prosthetic device. You know who you are, and so do we. Thank you for doing the right thing.J.B. Turner, Cottonwood Heights
  
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