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• 21 young people, many who have lived in Utah since they were little, take the oath as U.S. citizens

  06-08-2018 23:27
  Eliseo Hernandez had just watched two of his daughters raise their right hand, recite an oath and become naturalized U.S. citizens. What did he think? He had a hard time putting it into words.“What can I say,” the father, who migrated here from Mexico nine years ago, told The Salt Lake Tribune. “I don’t know, I don’t know what to say. Well, I’m just happy for them that they are citizens and that they are going to be OK, you know? In the future, here.”Xim
  
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• Poll suggests religious freedom push is having an effect

  06-08-2018 23:25
  Standing beneath the cast aluminum statue of Lady Justice in the Department of Justice’s Great Hall, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a bold statement last week: “Many Americans have felt that their freedom to practice their faith has been under attack.”He spoke of Catholic nuns being forced to buy contraceptives. (Actually, the Affordable Care Act required the nuns to cover the costs of contraceptives in their employees’ health plans.) He cited judicial nominees quest
  
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• We have @buckleupboler in the house answering your questions over on Instagram! Have any burning questions for the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-08-2018 23:14 via twitter.com
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Air We Breathe

  06-08-2018 22:15
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Aug. 7 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/08/03/bagley-cartoon-orrins/" target=_blank><u>Orrin’s Outrage</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/08/02/bagley-cartoon-enemy" target=_blank><u>Enemy of the People</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/0
  
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• Holladay rejects voter petition on former Cottonwood Mall site but schedules special election just in case

  06-08-2018 22:03
  In moves Holladay officials hoped would resolve community conflict over the former Cottonwood Mall site, city leaders have voted to schedule a special election for November.At the same time, the city has notified a community group that its 8,000-signature petition seeking a vote on the issue is ineligible for a spot on the ballot.So will there be a special election? That, it appears, will be up to a judge.Holladay officials have argued for months that the city’s decisions in approving a hi
  
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• Holladay rejects voter petition on former Cottonwood Mall site — but also schedules special election

  06-08-2018 21:07
  In moves Holladay officials hoped would resolve community conflict over the former Cottonwood Mall site, city leaders have voted to schedule a special election for November.But at the same time, the city has notified a community group that its 8,000-signature petition seeking a vote on the issue is not eligible for a spot on the ballot.So will there be a special election? That, it appears, will be up to a judge.Officials in Holladay have argued for months that the city’s decisions in appro
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Niang, Mitrou-Long, Hornacek and Tinsley return to Iowa St.

  06-08-2018 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  ... ecord and a Sweet 16 berth before they were felled by No. 1-seeded Virginia. Jazz legend Jeff Hornacek, who starred for the Cyclones in the mid-’80s, was also ...
  
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• He’s ‘gone through a lot,’ and Utah center Lo Falemaka wants to make the most of his extra year of eligibility

  06-08-2018 21:02
  The moment ranks high on Utah center Lo Falemaka's list of potentially life-altering events, although not necessarily at the top. As the Utes concluded a session of spring football practice in late March, offensive line coach Jim Harding gathered his players and told them the news they all wanted to hear: The NCAA granted Falemaka's waiver for a sixth season of eligibility in 2018.Otherwise, he would have become a pro football player the very next day.The Utes were staging the annual Pro Day for
  
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• Robert Redford to take last bow as an actor; will academy finally reward him with an acting Oscar?

  06-08-2018 20:54
  After nearly 60 years of playing outlaws, journalists and other outsiders, Robert Redford is ready to hang up his acting hat.The actor, filmmaker and founder of the Utah-based Sundance Institute has announced he will retire from acting, and that his next movie, “The Old Man and the Gun,” will be his last in front of the camera.Redford, who turns 82 on Aug. 18, made this announcement in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, posted online Monday. A spokeswoman for Redford confirmed t
  
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• Utah Jazz: Niang, Mitrou-Long, Hornacek and Tinsley return to Iowa St.

  06-08-2018 20:44
  A quartet of players past and present with Utah Jazz ties — Georges Niang, Naz Mitrou-Long, Jeff Hornacek and Jamaal Tinsley — returned to their alma mater over the weekend. Ames, Iowa was just a bit more jazzy than usual this past weekend. Multiple players with Utah Jazz ties were on-campus at Iowa State University. The occasion […]
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• Lyme disease is now in all 50 states

  06-08-2018 20:04
  If you thought you were safe from Lyme disease because you don’t live in New England, where the tick-borne illness first appeared, think again. Now, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have residents who have tested positive for Lyme, a bacterial infection that can cause a wide variety of symptoms, including joint aches, fatigue, facial palsy and neck stiffness.This news comes from a report from the clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics, which analyzed the results of 6 million bloo
  
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• Child abuse charges filed after 11 children rescued from underground trailer, sheriff says

  06-08-2018 20:00
  Five adults are facing child abuse charges after authorities rescued 11 children from a makeshift underground compound that a New Mexico sheriff described as “the saddest living conditions and poverty” he’d ever seen.The children, ages 1 to 15, looked like "third-world country refugees' and had only “dirty rags for clothing,” Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said. Aside from a few potatoes and a box of rice, there was no food or water in the filthy compound, which
  
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• MoviePass slashes the number of movies a user can see by 90 percent

  06-08-2018 19:37
  MoviePass will reduce the number of movies its subscribers can see by 90 percent, with subscribers in the $9.95 monthly fee tier seeing their movie allowance decrease from one per day to three per month. The change will be rolled out starting Aug. 15, the latest in a series of changes to the company's customer experiences as it struggles to stay afloat.The company said in a statement that the new limit, which is supposed to reduce the amount of cash MoviePass burns through, will only affect the
  
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• Salt Lake City hiring a full-time census coordinator to avert an undercount many fear is likely with Trump’s new immigration question

  06-08-2018 19:20
  The 2020 U.S. census is still two years away, but it has already generated a large amount of national attention and controversy — particularly after the Trump administration’s announcement in March that it would ask respondents about their immigration status.Responding to that and to other changes, Salt Lake City recently approved funding for a full-time employee who will work specifically to coordinate the census in an effort to ensure responses even among traditionally hard-to-coun
  
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• Utah athletic director Mark Harlan promotes Kyle Brennan to chief operating officer, adds Scott Kull as deputy athletic director

  06-08-2018 19:00
  Utah athletic director Mark Harlan on Monday reorganized his executive staff by promoting Kyle Brennan to Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Athletics Director for Internal Operations and naming Scott Kull Deputy Athletics Director for External Operations.Kull was Harlan’s deputy A.D. at the University of South Florida from 2016-18 and has been serving as USF’s interim athletics director since Harlan departed for Utah in June.“Kyle Brennan has been invaluable, not only to me, but t
  
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• Utah Valley University releases salary of incoming president

  06-08-2018 18:52
  Orem • Utah Valley University’s first female president will start on Sept. 16, with an annual salary of just under $300,000.The institution has released details to the Daily Herald about the position soon to be filled by Astrid Tuminez. She is leaving a job with Microsoft as regional director for corporate and legal affairs Southeast Asia to take the position in Orem.The presidential position comes with a housing allowance of $21,300 a year, which Tuminez can use to rent the universit
  
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  06-08-2018 18:49 via twitter.com
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• Provo exhibit allows visitors to color on the art

  06-08-2018 18:45
  Provo • A new art exhibit in Provo has turned gallery space into a giant coloring book by allowing visitors to fill in the elaborate drawings of comic book style heroes and villains.Utah Valley University's Woodbury Art Museum is hosting the "Heroes and Villains: How Mythology Made Comics" exhibition, which runs through mid-September, The Daily Herald reported .The exhibit features 44 canvases measuring 40 inches by 60 inches (102 centimeters by 152 centimeters) with line drawings from 12 d
  
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• Air Force planning detonation operations in west desert

  06-08-2018 18:42
  Ogden • Officials at Hill Air Force Base say they’re planning a number of “large detonation operations” at the Utah Test and Training Range through next month.Two to three times a week, the Air Force will destroy rocket motors and solid fuel for ballistic missiles.Base officials say the detonations are part of an effort to reduce the number of ballistic missiles.More than 300 rocket motors have been destroyed at the west desert military site since 2012.The explosions can s
  
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• Grand Canyon closes North Rim road, trails due to wildfire

  06-08-2018 18:38
  Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. • Grand Canyon National Park is closing a scenic road to a North Rim vista and two trails because of a lightning-caused wildfire that has grown to 3.5 square miles.Park officials said Cape Royal Road, Cape Final Trail and Cliff Spring Trail would be closed Saturday night for public and firefighter safety.The closure does not affect most North Rim facilities, including lodging and other services near Bright Angel Point.The fire started July 21. Fire managers
  
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• NTSB: Air ambulance had repairs before Elko crash in 2016

  06-08-2018 18:34
  Elko, Nev. • Federal investigators say an air ambulance that crashed after takeoff in Elko in November 2016 was repaired three times in the six weeks before it went down, killing all four people on board.But the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday there was no evidence of mechanical malfunction or engine failure when the twin-engine aircraft bound for a Salt Lake City hospital crashed near the Elko airport.The NTSB said earlier a witness reported the plane operated by American
  
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• Commentary: Conservationists can work with Zinke to protect wildlife corridors

  06-08-2018 18:10
  Americans support conservation. We have protections for water, air, land and animals, though many of these are now being called into question. The discord mostly arises about details: the what, the where, the how, and — of course — the cost.So consider this. The year is 2007, the state is Wyoming, and Dirk Kempthorne, the one-time governor of Idaho, sits at the helm of the Department of Interior for the administration of George W. Bush. The head of Agriculture is Mike Johanns. It was
  
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• Good luck, riders! Will you be watching? twitter.com/TourofUtah/sta…

  06-08-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
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• Good looking #12 jersey twitter.com/pirates/status…

  06-08-2018 17:42 via twitter.com
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• Projecting the Top 30 shooting guards for 2018-19

  06-08-2018 17:25
  At the moment, the shooting guard position is marked with wide-ranging skill sets, and is as diverse as any spot the league has to offer.
  Some of the Association’s best 2-guards loathe dribbling, preferring to spot-up and drain threes instead; others are poor outside shooters, but use their ball-handling chops and breathtaking athleticism to get to the basket and finish effortlessly among the trees. Some of them take pride in their defense; others have merely improved in that facet only so
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Could Kevin Durant or LeBron James handle guarding Karl Malone?

  06-08-2018 16:53 via sportspyder.com
  ...Carlos Boozer, among others. I forgot about this commercial, this was a fun jazz team — Adam (@prodigyJF) “Hey, English!” I can’t write a beat about commerci ...
  
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• Where did Salt Lake City’s mountains go? Haze is enveloping northern Utah.

  06-08-2018 16:39
  If you are among the Salt Lakers who looked east and wondered where the Wasatch Mountains went, or looked west trying to find the Oquirrh Mountains, keep squinting.The Utah Division of Air Quality is forecasting increased particulate matter through Wednesday. The biggest culprit appears to be wildfire smoke, said Donna Kemp Spangler, spokesperson for Utah Department of Environmental Quality.“I would treat it like an inversion," she said, "what we see during the winter time where it’s
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump says for the first time the 2016 meeting with Russian attorney was campaign-related

  06-08-2018 16:15
  The meeting between President Donald Trump’s campaign and a Russian attorney with links to the Kremlin took its latest twist on Sunday. Brigham Young University’s Honor Code was changed last year to give amnesty from school discipline to students who report sexual assault, but a recent case at the school’s Idaho campus sheds light on a possible “loophole” in the new policy.Happy Monday.President Donald Trump admitted Sunday that the focus of a June 2016 meeting betw
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - 50 NBA Players Who Are Currently Better Than Carmelo Anthony

  06-08-2018 16:08 via sportspyder.com
  ...the Jazz through his defensive dominance. Other players such as Thunder teammates Pau ...
  
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• Letter: Mike Lee insults constituents’ intelligence with sham ‘town halls’

  06-08-2018 16:00
  Dear Sen. Mike Lee,I listened to your “tele-town hall” tonight (Aug. 1).I used to take offense that you would call these phone calls a “tele-town hall.” I've attended many of these calls. Then tonight you took the term “tele-town hall” to an even more offensive low.First, most, if not all, of this call was pre-recorded. I'm not providing evidence of this; it is clear to most individuals who just listen to it.Second, individuals who called in with questions wer
  
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• Letter: Mia Love and other ‘pro-life’ politicians are really just ‘pro-birth’

  06-08-2018 16:00
  A Catholic nun, Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. (the Order of Saint Benedict), sums up the hypocrisy in the pro-life movement:“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? It’s because you don't want any tax money to go there. That&
  
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• Letter: Bagley’s bias is another symptom of Tribune’s slant

  06-08-2018 16:00
  The Salt Lake Tribune positions itself as an independent voice here in Utah, yet time after time it demonstrates it is not independent, rather dependent on the ideas opposite those of conservatism. A truly independent news institution would do its due diligence to promote accuracy and integrity in its reporting, no matter the political view. There are no independent news voices left in this world, certainly not The Salt Lake Tribune.Case in point: On Aug. 2, you published an editorial cartoon de
  
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• Letter: Athletes, not Trump, are fostering a racial divide

  06-08-2018 16:00
  I agree with LeBron James that sports are a great unifier of different backgrounds and races. He is to be commended for his passion for advocacy of social justice. Unfortunately, Mr. James fails to acknowledge that it was at a sports event where major division was sowed when players failed to stand for the national anthem. It wasn’t President Donald Trump who “kinda” divided the nation along racial lines. He invited all players of the team to the White House. Given Mr. James&rs
  
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• What’s the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to get around Salt Lake City? We put TRAX, scooters, bikes, Lyft and our own legs to the test.

  06-08-2018 15:39
  You’re in downtown Salt Lake City without a car and need to get from point A to point B. What do you do?You have options. You could hop on TRAX — free within the downtown area — rent a GREENbike or e-scooter, call a Lyft, or keep it old school and walk.Or, if you’re the staff of The Salt Lake Tribune, you could try all the above with a slightly juvenile race.The CatalystWhen the dockless e-scooter companies Bird and Lime arrived in Salt Lake City — seemingly overnig
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert trolls Donovan Mitchell’s moment of deep thought

  06-08-2018 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... Jazz news: Rudy Gobert trolls Donovan Mitchell's moment of deep thought Connect w ...
  
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• Gehrke: I demand a rematch in the Great Scooter Challenge!

  06-08-2018 15:08
  Let’s get this out of the way right now: I was robbed.There is no other explanation as to how I would have finished second in The Tribune’s not-super-scientific test of downtown transit options — scooters, bikes, trains, car share and a brisk walk.I came in looking like a champion — although maybe not to the same extent as government reporter Ben Wood, who rode GreenBike and showed up decked out like he’d just finished the Tour de France and, I assume, a monthslong
  
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• ‘You’ll never have it again’: Residents warn a big downtown project could sweep aside what’s left of Salt Lake City’s historic Japantown

  06-08-2018 15:03
  Prominent members of Utah’s Asian community worry that a major mixed-use and hotel development planned in downtown Salt Lake City could effectively wipe away a century-old cultural enclave known as Japantown.Most of the historic neighborhood, once a hub for Japanese residents whose ancestors came to work the region’s mines and railroads, was razed in the mid-1960s to make way for a previous version of the Salt Palace Convention Center. But the Japanese Church of Christ and the Salt L
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Why no competent lawyer would have allowed the Trump Tower meeting

  06-08-2018 15:00
  Former White House counsel Bob Bauer explains on lawfareblog.com some basic election law:"The ban on foreign national involvement in federal elections is exceptionally broad. It applies to any spending to affect an election: The prohibition applies to 'contributions,' 'expenditures,' 'donations,' and 'disbursements.' A 'contribution' for this purpose includes any 'thing of value.' The rules reach 'promises' of such spending whether express or 'implied,' and to campaign spending provided either d
  
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• Commentary: Utah can’t afford a new energy tax

  06-08-2018 15:00
  Energy in any form is essential in our daily lives. In Utah, we have both fossil and renewable energy resources and we are a net energy supplier to neighboring states. Put simply, our resources are valuable, and any legislation regarding these resources should focus on decreasing costs and improving efficiency to make the essentials in our lives more affordable and accessible.Yet, House Climate Solutions Caucus members, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., recently i
  
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• Commentary: Republicans used to celebrate volunteerism and service. What happened?

  06-08-2018 15:00
  A few weeks ago, during a campaign rally in Montana, President Donald Trump was praising the effectiveness of his sloganeering when he made a quick, unfortunate detour. "Thousand points of light?" he quizzed the crowd, referring to the phrase George H.W. Bush popularized to evoke the power of voluntary service. "I never quite got that one. What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out?"The remarks earned quick rebukes from an older generation of Republican stalwarts, not merely for
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Ways to improve on the best home court advantage in the NBA

  06-08-2018 14:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... ld be happening sooner than later. The level of sound will be deafening, the Jazz will have to learn certain hand signals for plays. But this is an advantage! ...
  
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• Outside firm will head Ohio State’s Urban Meyer probe; expected to take 2 weeks

  06-08-2018 07:11
  Columbus, Ohio • Ohio State will rely on an outside law firm to investigate what coach Urban Meyer knew and did about domestic abuse accusations against a former assistant, a process expected to be completed within two weeks, the university said Sunday night.Ohio State said in a release that a trustees’ committee formed to coordinate the investigation had an initial meeting and has hired a firm to conduct the probe of Meyer, who says he followed proper protocol when informed of a 2015
  
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• Dutch win 8th Women’s World Cup field hockey title

  06-08-2018 05:54
  London • Ireland’s first Women’s World Cup field hockey final ended in defeat as the Netherlands retained the title with an emphatic 6-0 victory on Sunday.Ireland, the second-lowest ranked country in the tournament, was unable to produce a fairy-tale ending at Lee Valley Hockey Center.Goals from Lidewij Welten, Kelly Jonker, Kitty van Male, Malou Pheninckx, Marloes Keetels and Caia van Maasakker capped a dominant performance from the Dutch as they won the competition for a recor
  
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• Utah Royals FC gets back on track with 2-1 victory over Houston Dash

  06-08-2018 05:49
  Christen Press scored in the 77th minute and Katie Stengel scored in the 83rd as Utah Royals FC overcame a halftime deficit and defeated the Houston Dash 2-1 on Sunday night at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.The Royals, who entered on a four-game winless streak and seventh in the NWSL, leapfrogged over the Dash with the victory.Houston scored first, with a header by Veronica Latsko off a free kick in the 41st minute.Press tied the score at 1-1 when she stole the ball from Amber Brooks — w
  
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• Hall of Fame speeches get political in Canton, Chattanooga

  06-08-2018 04:08
  Canton, Ohio • Just as the demonstrations during the national anthem have become a means of expression for NFL players, the stage at the Hall of Fame inductions often turns into a political platform. It certainly did Saturday night.Ray Lewis did so with his words, and Randy Moss with his tie.There even were political tones with a different target 600 miles away during Terrell Owens’ speech at his personal celebration of entering the pro football shrine.Lewis was a man on the prowl as
  
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• Taste of the Wasatch draws crowd, but questions about its broken promises to charities leave ‘bad taste’ in mouths of some attendees

  06-08-2018 02:58
  Solitude • For more than a decade, Dewey Yeargin has come to Utah from Greenwood, S.C., and attended the Taste of the Wasatch, an annual event of wine tasting, beer drinking and food sampling from dozens of elite chefs.He liked his first experiences so much, the event is now central to his annual trips to Utah. He and his wife, Despina, started bringing their friends and, on Sunday, they all sat in the shade of a tent, while hundreds of attendees ate and drank in the sun at Solitude Mountai
  
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• Chase Elliott wins at Watkins Glen, his first Cup victory

  06-08-2018 02:27
  Watkins Glen, N.Y. • Like father, like son.Mired in a confounding losing streak since the start of his NASCAR Cup career in 2016, Chase Elliott finally broke into the win column Sunday, holding off road course ace Martin Truex Jr. at Watkins Glen.The son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, who also won his first Cup race on a road course (Riverside in 1983 in his 124th start), Chase celebrated a triumph he will cherish forever. Out of fuel after the finish, he was pushed to victory lane by the b
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Will reform be the silver lining in a cloud of scandal?

  06-08-2018 02:00
  Washington • Politics is regularly described in terms of “left” vs. “right.” But other binaries can be more relevant. “Forward” vs. “backward” often define a choice facing an electorate better than the standard ideological categories. And the most powerful face-off of all may be “reform” vs. “corruption.”Much commentary on the 2018 midterm campaign has focused on a drift or a lurch left in the Democratic Party, the meas
  
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• One of Utah’s last movie rental stores is thriving as the industry fades. ‘We have customers that threaten us — if you ever close, I’ll kill you.’

  06-08-2018 00:16
  Bountiful • Lona Earl has never watched a movie on Netflix. Or Amazon Prime. Or Hulu.“I’m one of those who has never streamed. Ever,” she said.“But she has 30,000 movies here, so she's OK,” her husband, Lee Earl, added with a laugh.The Earls own Top Hat Video in Bountiful — which is sort of a blast from the past. It’s a traditional video store stuffed full of DVDs, Blu-rays, 4K and video games.Nothing rents for more than $4. Memberships are free. An
  
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