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• Best measure of Tiger Woods is when he has the lead

  14-08-2018 23:59
  St. Louis • Tiger Woods once said it could not be considered a truly great year without winning a major.Five years ago, he never would have said it could be a good year without winning any tournament.This year is an exception.Woods closed with a 64 on Sunday at Bellerive, his lowest final round in a major. He finished at 266, breaking by three shots his personal best over 72 holes in a major. Neither was enough to win the PGA Championship.His last major was 10 years ago. His last victory of
  
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• Las Vegas oddsmakers have the Jazz pegged to win at least 48 games this season. Can they match that, or outperform it?

  14-08-2018 23:52
  How many games are the Jazz going to win this season?After an offseason with little change, it’s easier to project where the Jazz will end up than many other teams trying to merge new pieces into their rotations. But there are still some questions.The Jazz probably can’t win all year long at the pace at which they finished the regular season last year, a 29-6 stretch that would mean 68 wins over a full season. But it’s probably best to expect the Jazz to start the season better
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Waive Guard David Stockton

  14-08-2018 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  ...Germany with Medi Bayreuth. Stockton had a non-guaranteed contract with the Jazz for the upcoming season. Stockton joined Utah on a pair of 10-day contracts, ...
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - John Stockton's Son David Reportedly Waived by Jazz

  14-08-2018 23:30 via sportspyder.com
  ...Jazz John Stockton's Son David Reportedly Waived by Jazz Scott Polacek @@ScottPolacek Twitter Logo Featured Columnist August 14, 2018 ...
  
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  14-08-2018 23:10 via twitter.com
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• A company accidentally put the Mormon temple on ‘Beauty and the Beast’ phone cases, and the internet bought them all

  14-08-2018 22:42
  Katie Hoyos didn’t know what was missing from her “Beauty and the Beast” collection until she saw it: a phone case featuring Belle and the Beast striding toward the LDS temple in Salt Lake City.She thought it was amusing that the Australian manufacturer probably had no idea that the majestic granite six-spired building isn’t a fairy-tale castle but rather a place where Mormons complete religious rites, including baptisms for the dead and eternal marriages.It was the perfe
  
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• Las Vegas oddsmakers and others have the Jazz pegged to win at least 48 games this season. Can they match that, and even outperform it?

  14-08-2018 22:24
  How many games are the Jazz going to win this season?After an offseason with very little change, it’s easier to project where the Jazz will end up than many other teams, who are trying to merge in new pieces into their rotations. But there are still some questions.The Jazz probably can’t win all year long at the pace at which they finished the regular season last year, a 29-6 stretch that would mean 68 wins over the course of the full season. But it’s probably best to expect th
  
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• BYU addresses its need for speed on defense with plenty of position changes in preseason camp; they may be working, but Kalani Sitake isn’t crowing about it yet

  14-08-2018 22:11
  Provo • Can a defense get speedier but still remain stout against the run when it faces the likes of Arizona, Washington, Wisconsin and Utah?BYU football coach Kalani Sitake is determined to find out.A theme of preseason training camp for the Cougars this month has been the need for speed on defense. To accomplish that, Sitake has made plenty of position changes, drawing upon what he used to do as Utah’s defensive coordinator.It is all part of Sitake’s oft-stated goal to get the
  
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• ‘A master of his craft:’ Experienced Draper firefighter dies battling a huge blaze in California

  14-08-2018 22:01
  Draper • A career wildland firefighter from Draper died Monday while battling the massive Mendocino Complex Fire in California.Draper Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett 42, suffered injuries while at the Ranch Fire — one of multiple blazes comprising the larger complex. His survivors include a wife and 6-year-old son.“The one thing I would want people to know about him is he was just a good, good soul,” Unified Fire Authority Assistant Chief Mike Watson said Tuesday. “
  
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• Monson: Stop the player abuse. College coaches should be teachers and motivators, not dictators

  14-08-2018 21:42
  Britton Johnsen didn’t know exactly how to answer the question, the one about Rick Majerus and his sometimes extreme and eccentric behavior while he coached — and won, won a lot — at Utah.Looking back at it, Johnsen, now a full-grown adult who would never put up with that kind of treatment from anyone, was baffled that college athletes — himself included — subject themselves to being treated, at times, as though they are some kind of cattle to be herded, allow thems
  
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• What better way to celebrate #NBABlockWeek than to get a new high score on Super Rudy Block? 🕹… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-08-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  What better way to celebrate #NBABlockWeek than to get a new high score on Super Rudy Block?🕹… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How does @GeorgesNiang20 work on his off season game? With the @jazzyouth in Shelley Idaho of course!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-08-2018 21:13 via twitter.com
  How does @GeorgesNiang20 work on his off season game?With the @jazzyouth in Shelley Idaho of course!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Abby Huntsman will be a great fit on ‘The View’

  14-08-2018 20:53
  Abby Huntsman has confirmed the widespread reports that she’s ditching Fox News for “The View.”Huntsman bid farewell to the weekend edition of “Fox & Friends” on Sunday; she'll be joining joining Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Meghan McCain and Sunny Hostin on ABC's weekday morning show (10 a.m., KTVX-Channel 4).Humbled and honored to have been part of this family the past 3 years! So many amazing memories of goofing around, breaking news, and everything in between
  
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  14-08-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
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• Holladay residents, hoping to block a high-density development on the former Cottonwood Mall site, file a lawsuit seeking a special election

  14-08-2018 20:41
  Two Holladay residents have gone to court to overturn the City Council’s rejection of a petition seeking a special election on plans for redeveloping the former Cottonwood Mall site.Residents Paul Baker and Stephen Stuart, members of a group called Unite For Holladay, filed a writ in 3rd Disrict Court on Monday. In it, they argue that council members “acted in a legislative manner” in their approval of a high-density housing and retail project, making that decision subject to p
  
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• Steve Bannon plans a far-right ‘supergroup’ in Europe, but some key far-right leaders say they’re not interested

  14-08-2018 20:35
  Stephen Bannon has already been ousted from his job as White House chief strategist, frozen out by the far-right media organization he helped lead into the spotlight and publicly lambasted by his former boss, President Donald Trump. Now the would-be far-right leader is being told once again that he’s not welcome — this time, in Europe.Over the weekend, reports emerged that Alexander Gauland, co-chairman of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), had bluntly dismissed
  
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• A traumatic brain injury may increase the risk of suicide, study says

  14-08-2018 20:29
  Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in young adults in the developed world. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. Though the reasons for any particular suicide are often inscrutable, research published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that at least a fraction of the blame could be placed on traumatic brain injuries.Researchers found that of the nearly 7.5 million people who make up the popul
  
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• Rich Lowry: Turkish leader stokes anti-Americanism for his own selfish purposes

  14-08-2018 20:25
  It's never a good idea to negotiate with a hostage-taker, but when it's a NATO ally, there isn't much choice.The Trump administration has been trying to get back a Christian pastor detained in Turkey since October 2016, and when a possible deal at the sidelines of the NATO summit fell through, decided to drop the hammer.A couple of weeks ago, the administration sanctioned Turkey's justice and interior ministers — remember, these are top officials of a fellow NATO country. The action hit th
  
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• Tribune editorial: Not in my back yard? Then Utah’s growth problems will show up at the front door

  14-08-2018 20:23
  After years of fits and starts over development of the old Cottonwood Mall site, the Holladay City Council voted last week to reject a petition to put the latest development plan to a vote, and then went ahead and scheduled the vote anyway.The council maintains it has the authority to approve the development without putting it on the ballot, but it admits that a judge hearing a possible lawsuit on the matter may think differently.The decade-long failure to develop the site has become legendary.
  
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• The next five years will be ‘anomalously warm,’ scientists predict

  14-08-2018 20:21
  The past four years have been the four warmest that humans have ever recorded — and now, according to a new scientific forecast, the next five will also probably be “anomalously warm,” even beyond what the steady upward pace of global warming would produce on its own.That could include another record warmest year, even warmer than the current record year of 2016 — although it is still too early to say for sure. It could also include an increased risk of heat extremes and
  
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  14-08-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  
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• Tell The Tribune: Are you an active Mormon who uses medical marijuana?

  14-08-2018 20:05
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• Psst. Want to buy some surplus land? Utah’s transportation department has so much, it doesn’t have a full inventory yet.

  14-08-2018 20:00
  Utah would like to sell surplus land scattered around the state. The trouble is, it isn’t sure where all of it is exactly. And it hasn’t had much success in getting the public to take a look at what may be hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of land.These parcels were initially purchased for highway projects, often through condemnation. But not all of it was used. So, it has sat vacant, growing weeds, for perhaps decades.The state realized it had the equivalent of valuable g
  
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• Hatch Center launches $40M fundraising push for next chapter

  14-08-2018 19:49
  Park City, Utah • Orrin Hatch is stepping down, but he’s not planning on fading away.The long-serving Republican senator spoke Monday at an event kicking off a $40 million fundraising campaign to build the Hatch Center library and think tank.The 83-year-old says it isn't easy to retire after more than 40 years, but he's more comfortable knowing he recruited Mitt Romney to run as his replacement. Romney is the heavy favorite to win in November.His foundation aims to raise the money ove
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Foreign ballers, the Utah Jazz welcome you

  14-08-2018 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  ... eorges Niang, Naz Mitrou-Long and Thabo Sefolosha. The first Jazz team I covered as a beat writer, in 1990-91, had no foreign players. But Ame ...
  
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• Brad Rock: Foreign ballers, the Utah Jazz welcome you

  14-08-2018 19:40
  The Utah Jazz lost Serbian assistant coach Igorn Kokoskov to the Phoenix Suns this summer. They immediately hired Fotis Katsikaris, the league's first-ever Greek assistant coach.Welcome to the (Inter)National Basketball Association.Quin Snyder says it's not a planned thing. He's just looking for talent, whether players or coaches."It's not something we set out to do," Snyder told Mike Sorensen of the Deseret News last September. "It's not by design. We just try to get good basketball players."Ma
  
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• A Draper firefighter is killed battling a huge blaze in California. He’s the first Utah firefighter to die in a wildfire since 2006.

  14-08-2018 19:32
  Draper Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett 42, died Monday while battling the massive Mendocino Complex Fire in California.“The entire community of Draper is mourning his loss,” said Mayor Troy K. Walker, adding that Burchett left behind a wife and son. Flags at Draper City Hall were quickly lowered to half staff; the city fire department added a black band across its shield online.
  Posted by Draper City Fire Department on Tuesday, August 14, 2018Specifics of what happened to Burch
  
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• The heat is on as RSL — with no wiggle room in the West standings — heads out for start of three-game road trip

  14-08-2018 19:22
  Two months ago, Real Salt Lake found itself.Three wins in a week propelled RSL from the cellar, below the red line, back into playoff contention. If you can pull that off in Major League Soccer, that’s precisely what happens. You rocket up the standings. Coming off a 2-0 win over Seattle on June 4 — the second time RSL had topped their West rivals from the Northwest — RSL was an astonishing 14 points clear of the back-to-back MLS Cup finalists.As they tend to do, however, the S
  
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• Nebraska executes first inmate using fentanyl

  14-08-2018 19:13
  Lincoln, Neb. • Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with the lethal injection of four drugs in a combination never tried before, including the powerful opioid fentanyl.Carey Dean Moore, 60, was pronounced dead at 10:47 a.m. Moore had been sentenced to death for killing two cab drivers in Omaha in 1979. He was the first inmate to be lethally injected in Nebraska, which last carried out an execution in 1997, using the electric chair.Witnesses said that
  
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• Draper identifies Utah firefighter killed battling huge blaze in California

  14-08-2018 18:14
  Draper officials have identified the firefighter killed Monday battling the Mendocino Complex Fire in California as Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett, 42.“The entire community of Draper is mourning his loss,” said Mayor Troy K. Walker, adding that Burchett left behind a wife and son.The details of what happened to the firefighter, who died in a hospital after being injured earlier in the day, have not been released.
  Our hearts are breaking as we announce the loss of one of Draper City
  
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• Georges does a pretty good @Joeingles7 impression. https://t.co/DlaxRD4yis

  14-08-2018 18:11 via twitter.com
  
  Georges does a pretty good @Joeingles7 impression. https://t.co/DlaxRD4yis
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Joe Ingles is Ironman

  14-08-2018 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... ghts from year 1 in a jersey. Just a few of Tricky Ricky's 400+ assists in a Jazz uniform. | — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) Last summer, Garden Gnomewad left town. ( ...
  
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• Crime is down in Salt Lake City, but police say Operation Rio Grande shifted the homeless problem to other areas

  14-08-2018 17:34
  Officer Stephen Masters is a few minutes into his shift when the first call comes in.“There’s a male trespasser out in front of the Leatherby’s acting strange. Just urinated on the ground.”As Masters pulls into the parking lot on North Temple, just west of Interstate 15, an employee meets him. She says the man messed up her flower beds, and, indeed a swatch of the yellow and orange carnations outside the restaurant’s door is flattened.Officers find the man on the si
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Is Donovan Mitchell turning into Lavar Ball? Dante Exum trains with Ben Simmons

  14-08-2018 17:19 via sportspyder.com
  ...on this story Philadelphia 76ers budding star Ben Simmons has become one of Jazz fans' least favorite players after beating Mitchell out for the Rookie of th ...
  
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• Morning links: Is Donovan Mitchell turning into Lavar Ball? Dante Exum trains with Ben Simmons

  14-08-2018 17:12
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and LaVar Ball, the loud-mouthed father of Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, seem to be polar opposites in many ways, but last week Mitchell gave a little nod to the senior Ball on Twitter.When news broke that the Jazz will be playing on Christmas Day, Mitchell quoted a tweet he had sent on Christmas of last year in which he rhetorically asked if Utah would ever play on the holiday."Speak it into existence," Mitchell wrote last week, echoing LaVar Ball's words
  
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• At least 22 dead after highway bridge collapses over Italian city

  14-08-2018 16:33
  A highway bridge collapsed over Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday morning, causing people, cars and huge chunks of concrete to fall hundreds of feet onto the city below.At least 22 people were found dead in the rubble, government officials told Italy's ANSA news agency. Other accounts put the death told even higher, and Italy's transportation minister said he expected the final toll would be "an immense tragedy."Standing 300 feet high, according to the Associated Press, the Morandi Bridge spans a three-q
  
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• Political Cornflakes: ‘Year of the Woman?’ Maybe for Democrats. But amid resistance energy, Republican women are being told, ‘Don’t run this year.’

  14-08-2018 16:28
  A record number of women are running for office this year, prompting some to call 2018 the ‘Year of the Woman.’ But maybe that’s just for Democrats. The resistance energy in the midterms seems to be working against female Republicans, who have long resisted identity politics and are reluctant or unable to claim any advantage to being a woman among voters. “We’ve told a lot of women, ‘Don’t run this year,’” said the co-founder of Republican Wo
  
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• After Operation Rio Grande, crime is down in Salt Lake City — but without resources, the problem of homelessness remains

  14-08-2018 16:09
  Officer Stephen Masters is a few minutes into his shift when the first call comes in.“There’s a male trespasser out in front of the Leatherby’s acting strange. Just urinated on the ground.”As Masters pulls into the parking lot on North Temple, just west of Interstate 15, an employee meets him. She says the man messed up her flower beds, and, indeed a swatch of the yellow and orange carnations outside the restaurant’s door is flattened.Officers find the man on the si
  
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• BYU’s quarterback derby narrowed to two: senior Tanner Mangum and freshman Zach Wilson

  14-08-2018 16:08
  Provo • The worst kept secret in Provo was officially let out of the bag on Monday.BYU’s great quarterback derby of 2018 is now down to two candidates: senior Tanner Mangum and freshman Zach Wilson. The youngest and oldest of the contestants for the starting job when the Cougars open against Arizona on Sept. 1 have separated themselves for quite some time now, and solidified that feeling among the coaches with their play in Saturday’s closed scrimmage.“We feel like Tanner
  
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• Life on the other side: Former Ute stars Trevor Reilly and Brandon Burton are finding out the coaching business is tougher than it looks

  14-08-2018 16:05
  The course is Econ 3620, Mathematics for Economists. If that title is not intimidating enough, consider the University of Utah catalog description: “The use of mathematical language to formulate and solve problems in economics. Topics include linear algebra, differential and integral calculus and constrained optimization.”No wonder Trevor Reilly waited five years to tackle this class.The ex-Ute linebacker is back on the campus this month, working with the football program as a studen
  
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• Former Utah library director sentenced to jail, community service after spending $89K of library funds on ‘Game of War’ video game

  14-08-2018 16:03
  A former North Logan City Library Director was sentenced Monday for allegedly stealing $89,000 worth of library funds and spending it on the mobile video game, “Game of War.”Investigators said 38-year-old Adam Winger, who was director of the North Logan City Library for about three years, used North Logan City credit cards to buy hundreds of gift cards that he then used to play “Game of War,” FOX 13 reported.Winger agreed to pay $78,000 in restitution in June, according t
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: The J-Notes’ post-free agency West power rankings

  14-08-2018 15:46 via sportspyder.com
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• Utah firefighter killed battling huge blaze in California

  14-08-2018 15:39
  A Draper City firefighter was killed Monday battling the Mendocino Complex Fire in California.The details of what happened and the identity of the firefighter — who died in a hospital after being injured earlier in the day — have not been released.
  Our hearts are breaking as we announce the loss of one of Draper City's firefighters in the Mendocino Fire last night....Posted by Draper City Fire Department on Tuesday, August 14, 2018“Fact finding on the accident is ongoing a
  
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• Utah Jazz: The J-Notes’ post-free agency West power rankings

  14-08-2018 15:30
  How do the Utah Jazz currently stack up against the best squads in the Western Conference? Will the same roster yield better results? August is upon us and the NBA’s free agent frenzy is in the rear-view mirror. Of course, if you’re a fan of the Utah Jazz, there was never any frenzy to speak […]
  Utah Jazz: The J-Notes’ post-free agency West power rankings - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Car smashing into barrier outside Westminister terrorist incident, says London police

  14-08-2018 15:24
  London • A man crashed his car into security barriers outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament during Tuesday morning’s rush hour, injuring “a number of pedestrians” in what police are calling a terrorist incident.The driver was arrested at the scene on "suspicion of terrorist offenses," said police.The suspect, a man in his late 20s, was taken to a south London police station where he remains in police custody. His name has not been released."At this stage, we are tre
  
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• At least 11 killed after highway bridge collapses over Genoa, Italy

  14-08-2018 15:20
  A massive highway bridge collapsed over the Italian city of Genoa during a rainstorm Tuesday, causing concrete and cars to fall several stories onto buildings and killing at least 11 people, according to a state run news agency.About 650 feet of the Morandi Bridge fell onto an industrial section of the port city shortly before noon, according to the Associated Press. Local footage showed people screaming and a truck stopped just a few feet from the edge of the chasm.Multiple vehicles and "dozens
  
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• Ramesh Ponnuru: Stagnating wages don’t tell the whole story

  14-08-2018 15:00
  The average wage earned in America has been stagnating for four decades, according to the Pew Research Center. It's a shocking finding. Thankfully, there are two reasons to be less dismayed by it than an initial glance would suggest.In 2018, the average hourly wage was $22.65. Pew calculates that in inflation-adjusted terms, that's the same wage rate as in 1978. Back then, employees took home fewer dollars, but they went just as far. Looking at the inflation-adjusted wage of the worker in the mi
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Online activists hit hatemongers like Alex Jones where it hurts the most — in the wallet

  14-08-2018 15:00
  Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Matt Rivitz stumbled upon the Breitbart News website, which once called itself the "home of the alt-right."He was appalled by what he saw, including stories tagged "black crime."He wanted to do something about what he viewed as obvious racism. And as someone who had spent two decades in the advertising industry, he knew just how.So, working anonymously, the San Francisco resident founded Sleeping Giants.The name may sound daunting, but at first it w
  
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• Letter: We can’t erase our carbon footprint overnight, but we can take some action

  14-08-2018 15:00
  I am a hypocrite. Well, not entirely. I’ve paid out lots of American dollars to reduce our household's carbon footprint. But I have no intention of withdrawing into the woods and doing without automobile transportation, jet aircraft transportation, electric lighting, computers, etc. Actually, I might consider withdrawing into the woods if I had sufficient knowledge to utilize sunlight and atmospheric carbon to make anything I like.The way I look at it is we have a fossil carbon budget we c
  
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• Letter: Vote for officials who listen to constituents instead of checking their phones at hearings

  14-08-2018 15:00
  The voices of Utahns are not being heard. I attended the Bears Ears Monument hearings this year. A chairwoman instructed us to show respect for these elected officials. However, she did not require from them the same respect for us.Some listened, took notes and articulated reasons for their vote. Another legislator, however, sat chuckling with his buddy at something on his cellphone as a Navajo woman spoke with emotion about the land and the untimely death of her mother on the reservation.Now is
  
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