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• Man who harassed Yellowstone bison arrested at Glacier park

  03-08-2018 23:58
  Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. • An Oregon man who was caught on video harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park has been arrested in Glacier National Park.The National Park Service says 55-year-old Raymond Reinke of Pendleton, Oregon, caused a disturbance Thursday in Many Glacier Hotel. He appeared in U.S. court Friday and was jailed pending a court hearing next week.Reinke had been cited for drunken and disorderly conduct in a third national park, Grand Teton, last Saturday and was releas
  
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• Urban Meyer says he followed protocol for 2015 abuse allegations

  03-08-2018 23:56
  Ohio State coach Urban Meyer insisted Friday that he followed proper reporting protocols regarding domestic violence allegations against an assistant coach in 2015, defending himself and his storied career in his first extensive comments since he was put on paid leave earlier this week amid a university investigation.Meyer, who coached at Utah in 2003-04, posted a statement addressed to Buckeyes fans on Twitter on Friday as his team, expected to be one of the best in the nation, opened practice
  
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• Lady Gaga collaborator known as Zombie Boy dead at 32

  03-08-2018 23:55
  Montreal • Rick Genest, a Quebec model known for his head-to-toe tattoos and participation in the Lady Gaga music video “Born This Way,” has died, his talent agency said.Dulcedo Management confirmed on Facebook late Thursday the passing of Rick Genest, who was better known as Zombie Boy. Dulcedo said it "was in shock" and called the 32-year-old represented by the agency an "icon of the artistic scene and of the fashion world."Lady Gaga said on her official Twitter account Thursd
  
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• Show @NazzyJML some B-Day love 🎈 twitter.com/nbagleague/sta…

  03-08-2018 23:50 via twitter.com
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• Senate Democrats say new mining claims in Grand Staircase are ‘illegal’ while monument boundary dispute is in court

  03-08-2018 23:47
  Washington • Some Democratic senators are demanding Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke explain how a Canadian company has snatched up a dozen mining claims inside the former boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.Such actions aren’t permitted, they argue, because President Donald Trump didn’t have the authority to shrink the monument in the first place — an assertion at the heart of an ongoing court battle.“New mining within the boundaries of a nati
  
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• Senate Democrats say new mining claims in Grand Staircase are ‘illegal’ while monument boundary dispute tied up in court

  03-08-2018 23:34
  Washington • A group of Democratic senators are demanding Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke explain how a Canadian mining company has snatched up a dozen mining claims inside the former boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.Such actions aren’t permitted, they argue, because President Donald Trump didn’t have the authority to shrink the monument in the first place — an assertion at the heart of an ongoing court battle.“New mining within the boundar
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - China, Serbia, Greece & Barcelona: DM talks international travel

  03-08-2018 23:23 via sportspyder.com
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• “It’s pretty special for me to have that moment.” DM on his trip to China and being on the cover of NBA 2k Online… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 23:17 via twitter.com
  “It’s pretty special for me to have that moment.”DM on his trip to China and being on the cover of NBA 2k Online… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [NBA] - Donovan Mitchell’s world tour takes him to China for NBA 2K cover party

  03-08-2018 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... ot a commercial with Houston Rockets star James Harden and hung out with his Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio. In Serbia, he watched future Dallas Mavericks draft ...
  
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• One month into new bulk waste pickup program, trash continues to pile up on Salt Lake City streets

  03-08-2018 23:08
  A run-down dresser with a missing drawer sits perched atop a blanket of tree branches in a neighborhood off 300 South and 800 East. It’s one of the smaller piles across the city, but neighbor Peter Conover said “it seems to be growing” — though the mattress that was there before has recently disappeared.Salt Lake City’s new bulk waste pickup program, Call2Haul, was touted as a way to crack down on this illegal dumping. But one month in, trash continues to pile on st
  
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• Democrat Jenny Wilson challenges Mitt Romney on immigration

  03-08-2018 23:00
  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson is throwing down the gauntlet to Mitt Romney on immigration.Wilson said in a news conference Thursday Romney is “out of touch” with Utah voters on the issue. She says Romney’s policies are harsh, including ending so-called chain migration, a term critics use to describe family-based immigration. He’s also supported a border wall backed by President Donald Trump.Wilson says the one-time presidential candidate should "come out o
  
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• Here’s why several expected contributors aren’t on BYU’s 2018 preseason camp roster

  03-08-2018 22:57
  Provo • There were a few personnel surprises when BYU released its preseason training camp roster Thursday afternoon.Most notably, receiver Trey Dye was not on it. Head coach Kalani Sitake said the oft-injured Dye has lingering medical issues and has decided to retire from playing football.“I love Trey, and he is going to be involved with us, the team,” Sitake said. “It is unfortunate that he had some injuries and medical issues. But I love having him around. You saw him o
  
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• 3 years after Colorado mine spill, victims awaiting payment

  03-08-2018 22:43
  Denver • Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered a massive mine spill that polluted rivers in three states, the federal government still has not repaid any of the victims for the millions of dollars in economic damage they claimed.The EPA said this week it is making progress on reviewing about 380 claims for lost income, fallen property values and other losses from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado.But the agency has not said when it
  
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• Zion reopens climbing routes after falcon nesting season

  03-08-2018 22:16
  Springdale • Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs.Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but biologists did not record any successful offspring.The park's cliffs are home to a relatively large number of breeding falcons every season, and the park service works to protect sensi
  
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• ‘You have a place’: More than a hundred people from 41 countries naturalized as U.S. citizens and honored at the Utah Capitol

  03-08-2018 22:12
  “Mission accomplished.”That is how Benjamin Lamah described his feelings Friday as he and scores of other Utahns were naturalized as U.S. citizens and honored at the state Capitol.Lamah, a Utah resident who came to the United States from Guinea eight years ago, was one of 110 immigrants – representing 41 nations – who were celebrated by Utah officials, including state Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo, and U.S. Rep. Mia Love, and presented documentation of their citizenship by
  
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• Ramesh Ponnuru: The new health care debate divides the right

  03-08-2018 22:00
  America's health-care debate is entering a new phase. Liberals, inspired by self-described socialists such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who recently won the Democratic primary in New York's 14th congressional district, are excited about the possibility of "Medicare for All." Republicans have at the same time largely abandoned efforts to enact major reforms of health care.This new phase of the debate is full of opportunity for Republicans, and peril for conservativ
  
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• Philip Bump: Trump is in a never-ending battle against the media because it works

  03-08-2018 22:00
  Not everyone who attended President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Thursday was a fervent Trump supporter. Asked how they'd rate Trump on a scale from 1 to 10, some respondents ranked him as low as an 8. (Others, of course, gave him a 10 or an 11 or an 11-and-a-half or a 20.)There were concerns about his implementation of tariffs, though not from John, 30, a soybean farmer who saw the tariffs as "a small loss for a big-time gain."There were concerns about his twe
  
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• The @jazzstuntteam is representing at the #NBAAfricaGame! Good luck ❤️ https://t.co/IVAprsGXAt

  03-08-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
  
  The @jazzstuntteam is representing at the #NBAAfricaGame!Good luck ❤️ https://t.co/IVAprsGXAt
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell pays for iPhone repair for a fan who couldn't afford it - CBSSports.com

  03-08-2018 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... Slam Dunk Competition. He went on to lead the Jazz to a playoff series win over the Thunder and became a fan favorite against t ...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Best/Worst Case Series: Derrick Favors’ big year ahead

  03-08-2018 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  ... ay healthy. He managed to do so last year and it paid huge dividends for the Jazz. Doing so once again will be a key to Utah’s success in 2018-19. Just when y ...
  
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• BYU senior linebacker Butch Pau’u is back, smiling again, and ready to atone for ‘terrible’ junior season

  03-08-2018 21:15
  Provo • Butch Pau’u burst onto the BYU football scene in a big way in 2016, breaking tackling records and developing a reputation as the fiercest hitter on the team.Known for flashing a broad smile after devastating hits and helping opponents to their feet after many of his tackles, Pau’u became a fan favorite as a sophomore before injuries dampened his breakout season.Still, the middle linebacker from Servite High in Anaheim, Calif., finished with 83 tackles that season, includ
  
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• Utah Jazz Best/Worst Case Series: Derrick Favors’ big year ahead

  03-08-2018 21:10
  Derrick Favors has the opportunity to have a big year with the Utah Jazz thanks to a solid role on the team and incredible chemistry with his teammates. Derrick Favors has had one of the more interesting careers of any current player on the Utah Jazz roster. He was traded to Utah in his rookie […]
  Utah Jazz Best/Worst Case Series: Derrick Favors’ big year ahead - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• It’s August and the heat is on: Real Salt Lake knows it needs to start collecting wins as the MLS season hits the stretch run

  03-08-2018 21:10
  Leave it up to one of the kids to put it into context.“This is where teams have to have found their form and are hopefully clicking at this point in the season,” said Justen Glad. “This is it.”Real Salt Lake’s 21-year-old center back isn’t fooling.It might seem like there’s plenty of time left in RSL’s 2018 regular season with 12 matches remaining, but roughly 65 percent of the season is in the books, and RSL is clinging to one of the six playoff s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell featured on Sportscenter in SVP’s ‘1 Big Thing’

  03-08-2018 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... center in SVP’s ‘1 Big Thing’ - SLC Dunk clock menu more-arrow no yes a Utah Jazz community ✕ Donovan Mitchell featured on Sportscenter in SVP’s ‘1 Big Thing’ ...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Orrin’s Outrage

  03-08-2018 20:57
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/08/02/bagley-cartoon-enemy" target=_blank>Enemy of the People</a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/08/01/bagley-cartoon-bringing/">Bringing Copiers to a Gun Fight</a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/07/31/bagley-cartoon-smoke-gets/">Smok
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - ICYMI: Gordon Hayward caught watching Utah Jazz highlights

  03-08-2018 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... um Taylor Griffin— Sooo Gordon Hayward is playing video games.. and watching Jazz highlights?? 🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/TZeebKPn38 — Taylor Griffin (@griffdunk) Aug ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - STATS THREAD!: A statistical deep dive into Ricky Rubio’s performance

  03-08-2018 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  ...And this week, ’s our subject. To recap, we’re taking a look at the 2018-19 Jazz roster through a statistical lens. And each week will feature a different pl ...
  
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• ICYMI: Gordon Hayward caught watching Utah Jazz highlights

  03-08-2018 20:33
  A recent social media post revealed former Jazzman Gordon Hayward checking out some Utah Jazz highlights in his spare time. Sometimes after a breakup, you may find yourself missing your former lover. Even if you were the one that called it off, surely there were some good times spent together prior to the fallout that […]
  ICYMI: Gordon Hayward caught watching Utah Jazz highlights - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Paraplegic race car driver scores 1st pro win, seeks more

  03-08-2018 19:49
  Michael Johnson’s big grin never seems to disappear because he is doing what he loves.The smile sticks out as he drives the No. 54 Audi for JDC-Miller Motorsports in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. So does his other set of wheels — the wheelchair he uses when he's not behind the wheel."I do it (racing) to get myself out of the wheelchair. It's a big thing," said Johnson, who is paralyzed from the waist down. "I'm a totally separate person (in the car). I don't have to deal
  
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• Central Idaho man charged with starting large wildfire

  03-08-2018 19:43
  Boise, Idaho • A central Idaho man authorities say started a wildfire by shooting exploding targets is facing charges and could ultimately have to pay the cost of fighting the fire that grew to 85 square miles on Friday.Blaine County prosecutors on Thursday charged 35-year-old Ryan Jensen of Bellevue with a misdemeanor under an Idaho law that involves malicious injuries to property.Nearly 500 firefighters are fighting the Sharps Fire about 6 miles east of Bellevue. The fire is burning timbe
  
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• #ThisIsWhyWePlay twitter.com/jrnba/status/1…

  03-08-2018 19:37 via twitter.com
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• Utes have just 13 seniors on their roster this season, but nobody’s saying 'wait till next year’

  03-08-2018 19:27
  Utah 's football program will stage a Senior Day observance Nov. 24, when the Utes host BYU. The pregame ceremony won't last long.Next year's event, though? That one will take awhile.The Utes have only 13 seniors (including one non-scholarship player) in 2018, about half as many as in the previous two classes and tied for the fifth fewest among Power Five programs. In contrast, they’re projected to have a record number of seniors next season — nearly three dozen, counting several wal
  
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• Logan finds new shelter after rift with humane society

  03-08-2018 19:26
  Logan • Police who had been keeping stray animals in kennels at the station following a split with a northern Utah humane society say they’ve found a new shelter.Logan police said in a statement Thursday they've contracted with neighboring Brigham City police to house the animals until they can find a more permanent solution. Any animals they picked up in Logan will be held temporarily in police-station kennels and transferred to the shelter in Brigham City.The city was left without a
  
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• Eat, drink and vote for Utah’s best new mobile food vendor Saturday at the Food Truck and Brewery Battle

  03-08-2018 19:19
  On Saturday, Aug. 4, bring your appetite and your party spirit to the second annual Food Truck and Brewery Battle. This summertime bash for all ages runs from 4 to 10 p.m. at The Gateway, 100 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City. The event will have 18 food trucks serving square pizza, burritos, Southern-style mac ’n’ cheese, deep-fried Utah scones and more. Those who attend can vote for Utah’s Best New Food Truck and see who wins the Editors' Choice award given by The Salt Lake T
  
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• Zion re-opens climbing routes after falcon nesting season

  03-08-2018 19:18
  Springdale • Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs.Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but biologists did not record any successful offspring.The park's cliffs are home to a relatively large number of breeding falcons every season, and the park service works to protect sensi
  
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• Utah State goes to Tinder to prevent sexual assault

  03-08-2018 19:15
  Logan • Utah State University’s sexual assault prevention office has started a Tinder profile aimed at reaching students on the dating app.Coordinator Felicia Gallegos tells the Herald Journal a number of people have "swiped right" or "liked" the profile promoting the importance of consensual sex, though they haven't gotten any direct messages yet.In the future, she expects Utah State to use the app to feature messages about healthy relationships, stalking prevention and domestic viol
  
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• No kidding: Dozens of goats chow down in Idaho neighborhood

  03-08-2018 19:10
  Boise, Idaho • About 100 escaped goats have munched on manicured lawns in Idaho’s capital city before being rounded up and hauled away.Multiple news outlets captured the goats calmly eating grass and shrubs in a Boise neighborhood Friday morning before a trailer arrived amid applause from neighborhood residents.
  Scores of goats much on the flora and fauna in a residential area of Boise, Idaho, Friday, Aug 3, 2018. About 100 escaped goats munched on manicured lawns in Idaho's capital c
  
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• Catherine Rampell: We’ve finally learned Trump’s grand plan for fixing health care: Stay healthy or drop dead

  03-08-2018 18:53
  During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to replace Obamacare with "something terrific."For a long time, that "something terrific" was left unspecified. Now, more than a year and a half into Trump's presidency, we have finally learned his grand plan for reducing Americans' health-care costs.It is: Don't get sick. Ever.That, at least, was the message of the administration's new rule expanding the availability of junk insurance plans, finalized Wednesday.The rule deal
  
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• Timpview guard Nate Hansen commits to play basketball for BYU

  03-08-2018 18:51
  Provo • The past few weeks haven’t been great for BYU’s basketball program, as Cougar coaches have watched a pair of the state’s top recruits commit to play for the rival University of Utah.Sky View’s Mason Falslev and Pleasant Grove’s Matt Van Komen both pledged to Utes coach Larry Krystkowiak in late July.However, on Thursday night BYU coach Dave Rose landed a commitment from another 6-foot-3 guard from Timpview, rising senior Nate Hansen.“So happy to s
  
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• 🚨 Important poll! 🚨 Who did it better? Presented by @Qualtrics 📊

  03-08-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
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• #FridayFeeling https://t.co/K9HctDSkxG

  03-08-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  
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• Syracuse man accused of punching teen in church for making rude gesture at the man’s daughter

  03-08-2018 18:20
  A Syracuse man faces two counts of child abuse after being accused of punching a 15-year-old boy in the jaw at church.The Davis County Attorney’s office has filed charges — one third-degree felony, one Class A misdemeanor — this week against a 40-year-old man over an incident in a Syracuse church on May 6.According to the probable cause statement, the man told a Syracuse Police officer the boy made a sexual gesture toward the man’s daughter. The man then called the boy ba
  
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• 20 years ago, a Utah high school blocked students from forming a gay-straight alliance. Now the case is being celebrated as ‘an important milestone in gay rights.’

  03-08-2018 18:00
  They wanted to talk about their experiences, how to tackle anti-LGBT bullying and how to prevent suicides. They wanted to create a safe space to express themselves.So, in 1995, a group of students at Salt Lake City’s East High School filled out an application to start a new club: a gay-straight alliance.They ended up setting off a five-year fight that involved administrators, state lawmakers, national conservative leaders, a slate of attorneys and two lawsuits.“It’s funny looki
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell featured on Sportscenter in SVG’s ‘1 Big Thing’

  03-08-2018 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... center in SVG’s ‘1 Big Thing’ - SLC Dunk clock menu more-arrow no yes a Utah Jazz community ✕ Donovan Mitchell featured on Sportscenter in SVG’s ‘1 Big Thing’ ...
  
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• ‘Being Muslim’ offers an alternative history of Islam in America

  03-08-2018 17:32
  Sylvia Chan-Malik never expected to become Muslim, let alone an expert on Islam in America.A scholar of American and gender studies at Rutgers University, she was raised in California by Chinese immigrants who were culturally Buddhist but not religious. In high school, she was nearly baptized but decided against it. (The pastor said she couldn’t attend a Madonna concert). When she began working on her doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley in 2001, shortly after the Los Ange
  
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• Commentary: What the early church thought about God’s gender. Hint: Think ‘She,’ not ‘He.’

  03-08-2018 17:17
  The Episcopal Church has decided to revise its 1979 prayer book, so that God is no longer referred to by masculine pronouns.The prayer book, first published in 1549 and now in its fourth edition, is the symbol of unity for the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion founded in 1867. While there is no clear timeline for the changes, religious leaders at the denomination’s recent triennial conference in Austin, Texas, have agreed to a demand to rep
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell does it again, pays for fan’s iPhone

  03-08-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... ng the man’s plight. It was obviously an incredible act of kindness, but the Jazz star’s actions didn’t surprise Simeona one bit. From Andy Larsen, The Salt L ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell saves the day; What's Hayward watching?

  03-08-2018 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  ...an old Utah game. Sooo Gordon Hayward is playing video games.. and watching Jazz highlights?? 🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/TZeebKPn38— Taylor Griffin (@griffdunk) Augu ...
  
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