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• Swipe UP to see @rudygobert27 take flight 🛫 https://t.co/KKYyI9Yzf6

  27-08-2018 23:47 via twitter.com
  
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• Hatch, Lee favor renaming Senate office building after the late Sen. John McCain

  27-08-2018 23:43
  Washington • Utah’s senators said Monday they favor renaming a Senate office building after the late Sen. John McCain, a movement that appears to be gaining momentum since the chamber’s top Democrat called for the name change in the wake of the Arizona Republican’s death Saturday.“Senator Hatch believes it’s a worthy goal and looks forward to working with the majority leader to accomplish it,” Hatch's deputy chief of staff, Matt Whitlock, said Monday afte
  
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• Under pressure, Trump re-lowers White House flag for McCain

  27-08-2018 23:07
  Washington • Bowing to pressure, President Donald Trump on Monday ordered American flags at U.S. buildings lowered to half-staff for Sen. John McCain until his burial on Sunday. Trump’s proclamation came just hours after the White House flag had been returned to full-staff, drawing complaints from right and left.Trump, who had traded bitter criticism with McCain since before the election, declared his order "a mark of respect." At the same time, he said he'd accede to the family's req
  
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• BYU names eight team captains for 2018 football season, four on defense, four on offense

  27-08-2018 23:07
  Provo • Unlike Washington State coach Mike Leach, BYU coach Kalani Sitake believes team captains should be used for more than just the coin toss.Sitake announced at his weekly news conference on Monday that eight BYU players — four on offense and four on defense — will be team captains in 2018. The list includes seven seniors and just one junior, receiver Micah Simon.“I think for me, as a [coach], I needed to have specific roles and responsibilities for each one of them, a
  
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• A Utah principal apologizes after ‘inappropriate’ classroom survey asked students if they are Mormon or had ever had suicidal thoughts

  27-08-2018 22:49
  Are you a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Do you ever worry about whether there will be food to eat at home? Have you or anyone you know ever had thoughts or feelings of suicide? Are you adopted?Those are a few of the 25 questions 7th grade students at Indian Hills Middle School were asked last week in a survey conducted on the first day of class. After several parents called with concerns, the principal apologized and said the questionnaire was “inappropriate.&r
  
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• [NBA] - Best of the best—Jazz Bear wins third Mascot of the Year award

  27-08-2018 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  ... he Magic Dragon, of the Orlando Magic, won the award the past two years. The Jazz and Bear were also recently honored by the Information Display and Entertain ...
  
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• A deeply divided Moab reopens for business after ICE raid

  27-08-2018 22:05
  Business reopened in Moab on Monday, although the ICE raid that resulted in nine residents being taken into custody left the community deeply divided.The Moab Chamber of Commerce didn’t have any immediate figures about how many restaurants and hotels were affected by the loss of employees who were arrested or who chose to stay home. “But I know there were businesses over the weekend that had to close down, or at least cut back to half menus,” said chamber director Lacey Shumway
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: talking Dante Exum, Rudy Gobert’s play in pickup games, potential NBA rule changes

  27-08-2018 22:03
  It’s the doldrums of the NBA’s offseason, and while some Jazzmen are already in Salt Lake City working out, others are going elsewhere to find top competition to play against.In this week’s edition of the Weekly Run podcast, Tony Jones and Andy Larsen examine tape of Rudy Gobert and Dante Exum playing in Rico Hines' pickup games in California, where they faced some of the toughest competition in the NBA, including Kevin Durant and Paul George. How did Gobert and Exum look?We al
  
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• NCAA gives the ‘08 Utes credit as national champion

  27-08-2018 22:02
  Ten years later, Utah's 2008 football team is a national champion.The NCAA's Football Records Book has been updated to include the Utes as No. 1 in the final Anderson-Hester computer rankings, used in the formula for determining the contestants in the BCS national championship game in that era. Utah is mentioned below Florida, the BCS winner.Utah (13-0) was ranked No. 2 in the final Associated Press poll after beating Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl. The Anderson-Hester rankings lifted the Utes
  
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• Ladies and gentlemen, @utahjazzbear has won his third Mascot of the Year award ❤️ 🏆: on.nba.com/2PbTyE9 https://t.co/XUZHxrlmD5

  27-08-2018 22:01 via twitter.com
  
  Ladies and gentlemen, @utahjazzbear has won his third Mascot of the Year award ❤️🏆: on.nba.com/2PbTyE9 https://t.co/XUZHxrlmD5
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: talking Dante Exum, Rudy Gobert’s play in pickup games, potential NBA rule changes

  27-08-2018 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... the NBA eliminating Euro-fouling on fast breaks? How much does that hurt the Jazz? You can subscribe and listen on iTunes. Or, hey, just listen below on Sound ...
  
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• Manu Ginobili, a 4-time champion with Spurs, retires at 41

  27-08-2018 21:02
  Manu Ginobili retired at age 41 Monday after a "fabulous journey" in which he helped the San Antonio Spurs win four NBA championships in 16 seasons with the club.The left-handed guard with the quick move and sure shot had a pro career that lasted 23 seasons in all, starting with stints in Italy and his native Argentina. He came to San Antonio in 2002 and formed what was a "Big 3" with the Spurs, alongside Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.That era is now officially over: Duncan has been retired, and Pa
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - On the road, Jazz forward Georges Niang keeps putting in work

  27-08-2018 20:59 via sportspyder.com
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• Jennifer Rubin: No one in the Senate can fill the void left by John McCain

  27-08-2018 20:58
  On Sunday, the country continued to absorb the loss of its greatest contemporary political figure — a senator who will rank up there among Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and Everett Dirksen. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who passed away on Saturday, played three critical roles that are not easily filled — international statesman, bipartisan dealmaker and reformer.McCain’s knowledge of foreign policy and his international relationships — with leaders, activists, military men, etc
  
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• Alexandra Petri: These perfectly normal symptoms of being bitten on the neck by Trump

  27-08-2018 20:57
  Do not be concerned. These things are to be expected, when you allow Donald Trump to inject himself into your party.You will still be able to do all the activities you enjoyed before: tax reform, trumpeting family values (it might take a little while to get back in shape for this, but you will surely get there), tending to the military, fretting over the deficit, attending closed-door fundraisers with business leaders. If you permit just the slightest erosion of parliamentary norms, you might ev
  
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• Judge blocks online plans for printing untraceable 3D guns

  27-08-2018 20:56
  A U.S. judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration Monday from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns, agreeing with 19 states and the District of Columbia that such access to the plastic guns would pose a security risk.The states sued to stop an agreement that the government had reached with Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, saying guidelines on how to print undetectable plastic guns could be acquired by felons or terrorists.U.S. District Judge
  
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• Trump will not attend John McCain’s funeral, McCain family spokesman says

  27-08-2018 20:49
  President Donald Trump will not be attending the funeral or memorial services in Washington for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a McCain family spokesman said Monday.Rick Davis, who is also McCain's campaign manager and longtime adviser, said at a news conference in Phoenix that Vice President Mike Pence will serve as the Trump administration designee at a ceremony honoring McCain on Friday at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda."The president will not be, as far as we know, attending the funeral. That's just a
  
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• Police: Man sets couch on fire with marijuana ashes

  27-08-2018 20:45
  Logan • Logan Police say a man set his couch on fire and burned his hands after he put his marijuana ashes in a paper bag.The Herald Journal reports the man was hurt when he tried to put out the fire with his hands after smoking the pot on Thursday afternoon. Eventually, someone in the house got a garden hose and doused the blaze shortly before fire trucks from multiple agencies arrived at the house.Logan Police Capt. Tyson Budge says officers seized a small amount of marijuana but did not
  
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• Utes name Jason Shelley No. 2 QB, ahead of Jack Tuttle; BYU transfer Francis Bernard is a backup LB

  27-08-2018 20:36
  Redshirt freshman Jason Shelley is Utah’s No. 2 quarterback and former BYU linebacker Francis Bernard is the backup rover, according to the Ute depth chart announced Monday.Shelley was awarded the backup QB job ahead of freshman Jack Tuttle, a celebrated recruit. Tuttle has a redshirt year available and coaches hope to preserve it, although he could appear in as many as four games and retain that status, via the NCAA’s new rule.Bernard began practicing in pads Aug. 15 after completin
  
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• Manu Ginobili, a four-time NBA champion with the Spurs, retires at age 41

  27-08-2018 20:35
  Manu Ginobili has announced his retirement at age 41, ending a career in which he helped the San Antonio Spurs win four NBA championships in 16 seasons with the club.Ginobili's pro career lasted 23 seasons in all, starting with stints in Italy and his native Argentina before he came to San Antonio in 2002. He formed what was a "Big 3" with the Spurs, alongside Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.On Monday, that era for the Spurs was officially over: Duncan has been retired, and Parker elected this summer
  
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• One-and-done: Simona Halep 1st becomes No. 1 seed to lose first U.S. Open match

  27-08-2018 20:14
  New York • Simona Halep made a quick-as-can-be exit from the U.S. Open on Monday, becoming the first No. 1-seeded woman to lose her opening match at the Grand Slam tournament in the half-century of the professional era.Halep simply was overwhelmed by the power-based game of 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-4 in a match that was stunningly lopsided and lasted all of 76 minutes.It was the first match at the rebuilt Louis Armstrong Stadium, which now has a retractable roof, and what a
  
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• You wanna be on a TV show with Kevin Costner? Here’s your chance.

  27-08-2018 20:10
  Are you a Kevin Costner fan? Have you ever wanted to be a TV show? Have you ever wanted to be in a TV show with Kevin Costner?Here’s your chance. The Paramount Network series “Yellowstone” is currently in production here in Utah on its second season, and they’re looking for paid extras.There's no guarantee you'd end up in a scene with the Oscar-winning Costner, but you might. Or you could end up standing behind one of the show's other stars — may Wes Bentley, Kelly
  
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• #GraciasManu https://t.co/mv39oZ5TRe

  27-08-2018 20:10 via twitter.com
  
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• A look at the quiet but firm faith of the late Sen. John McCain

  27-08-2018 20:08
  Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Saturday at age 81.McCain was diagnosed in July 2017 with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.The longtime Arizona Republican senator, reared in the Episcopal Church, attended a Southern Baptist megachurch in his later years. He viewed himself as a Christian but had “a distrust of the religious right and a faith that is too public, too political,” author Stephen Mansfield
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Don't drive like an APE! - Jazz Bear

  27-08-2018 20:04 via sportspyder.com
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• Pope Francis on McCarrick claims: ‘I won’t say a word about it’

  27-08-2018 20:04
  Aboard the papal plane • Pope Francis declined Sunday to confirm or deny claims by the Vatican’s retired ambassador to the United States that he knew in 2013 about sexual misconduct allegations against the former archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, but rehabilitated him anyway.Francis said the 11-page text by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, which reads in part like a homophobic attack on Francis and his allies, “speaks for itself” and that he wouldn’t commen
  
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• Trump announces separate U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, says Canada may join later

  27-08-2018 19:55
  Washington • President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States has reached agreement with Mexico on a new trade deal that he declared will not be called NAFTA — a name he said has bad connotations."It's a big day for trade. It's a big day for our country," Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office to watch him speak by phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.Trump said he would see if Canada could be part of the deal, but that a separate deal with Canada wa
  
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• Even while traveling and putting on clinics with @JazzYouth, @GeorgesNiang20 didn't stop putting in work of his own… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-08-2018 19:55 via twitter.com
  Even while traveling and putting on clinics with @JazzYouth, @GeorgesNiang20 didn't stop putting in work of his own… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• It once hosted Babe Ruth and Abbott and Costello, but the 100-year-old Utah Theater’s future is now in doubt

  27-08-2018 18:37
  Prospects of a comeback for the 100-year-old Utah Theater in downtown Salt Lake City are looking bleak.Almost a year into the latest study of how to revive the dilapidated historic theater on Main Street, city staffers report the concept still faces substantial obstacles over parking and building access — along with a projected funding gap of at least $20 million.The city’s Redevelopment Agency (RDA) bought the theater and a nearby retail space in 2010 and has been in exclusive talks
  
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• What works besides ‘Mormon’? Ziontologist? Saint? Ex-Mo? It may be harder to find a new word than to stop using the old one

  27-08-2018 18:35
  So if “Mormon,” “Mormonism” and “LDS” are out, what’s in?Go ahead. You find an appropriate one-word stand-in for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its people and its principles.It must be clear and universally acceptable. It must tie the Utah-based faith to Christianity and its own history without confusing it with other denominations.Oh, and it must be short, recognizable and straightforward. You know, like “Mormon.”Moments af
  
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• Canyons group to unveil battle plan for combating Little Cottonwood graffiti

  27-08-2018 18:35
  To address the plague of graffiti in Little Cottonwood Canyon, one group has drafted a plan to reclaim damaged sites and prevent future vandalism.The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation will host a public meeting Thursday to explain the severity of the problem and share its plan, which calls for beefed-up law enforcement, stiffer penalties for perpetrators, aggressive graffiti removal and limiting youths’ access to spray paint.The presentation will include a West Valley City gang detective who w
  
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• Pac-12 preview: Chip Kelly’s challenge is to make UCLA distinctive in his return to the conference

  27-08-2018 17:51
  This year's arrival of Arizona's Kevin Sumlin, Arizona State's Herm Edwards and UCLA's Chip Kelly in the Pac-12 South marks the second time those schools have made coincidental coaching changes since Utah joined the conference.Ute coach Kyle Whittingham is impressed with all of the newcomers. Yet when he was asked during the Pac-12 Media Day about competing against Kelly's offense, Whittingham changed the subject. “It still boils down to players,” he said. “Players are what it'
  
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• War against graffiti seems a losing battle in Utah’s scenic Little Cottonwood Canyon, but armies of volunteers keep fighting it

  27-08-2018 16:26
  Scott Whipperman is a man on a mission. His task brings to mind the mythical figure Sisyphus, condemned to rolling a stone up a hill for eternity.Whipperman’s rocks don’t need to be moved but rather cleared of spray-painted graffiti that keeps reappearing — endlessly — on Little Cottonwood Canyon’s granite boulders.Spray. Scrub. Rinse. Repeat.The vandalism has reached an epidemic in the beloved natural area that once was mined for the stones that gave rise to downto
  
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• Political Cornflakes: The grudge-holding abilities of President Trump are on full display with passing of Sen. McCain

  27-08-2018 16:22
  Trump nixes presidential statement of praise for the late John McCain. The LDS Church opposition to the medical pot initiative has put faithful members who use cannabis in a tricky position. Anti-initiative group drops religious discrimination claims.Happy Monday. How long can President Donald Trump hold a grudge? A long time. While world leaders and politicos of every stripe issued statements honoring Sen. John McCain — longtime senator, Vietnam vet and POW, and maverick — Trump rej
  
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• UTA bus, truck struck by gunfire in Fruit Heights

  27-08-2018 16:07
  A UTA bus and a Geneva Rock truck were struck by gunfire on US-89 in Fruit Heights on Monday morning, and police are searching for the shooter.“Nobody was hurt. That's the good news,” said Utah Transit Authority spokesman Carl Arky.The bus — en route from Ogden to the University of Utah — was stopped at the Fruit Height park-and-ride lot at 300 N. Country Way about 5:15 a.m. and was taking on passengers when it was struck about eight times. One bullet passed through a pas
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Hold your horses: Grayson Allen should not have a rotation spot over Alec Burks right away

  27-08-2018 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  ...time each. Burks’ play during that month wasn’t talked about enough. If the Jazz lost a few of the games Burks starred in, the season would’ve ended totally...
  
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• Hold your horses: Grayson Allen should not have a rotation spot over Alec Burks right away

  27-08-2018 15:54
  After being bombarded with injuries over the last several years, Alec Burks has become an underrated piece to the Utah Jazz. Did Alec Burks look nervously over his shoulder when the Utah Jazz selected Grayson Allen in the 2018 NBA Draft? Probably. Should he be worried about the rookie from Duke taking his spot in […]
  Hold your horses: Grayson Allen should not have a rotation spot over Alec Burks right away - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Teenager stabbed to death in Salt Lake City

  27-08-2018 15:39
  Salt Lake City police are investigating the death of a teenager who was stabbed during a fight early Monday morning.According to police, they were called to the scene — near Kensington Avenue and State Street — about 1:30 a.m. Reportedly, two groups were fighting with each other, and a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the torso.The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he later died. He has not yet been identified, pending notification of family members.Police are interview
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: John McCain embodied time-honored virtues

  27-08-2018 15:37
  Never have we needed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., more. He died Saturday after a heroic battle with brain cancer, which he bore without self-pity.He embodied time-honored virtues — courage, loyalty, patriotism, honor. His unimaginable resolve and bravery as a POW in North Vietnam freed him in a sense to fear nothing in the realm of politics — not losing, not unpopularity, not venom from his critics.As a result, he made every other politician look small and craven. Voting out of expedie
  
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• E.J. Dionne: John McCain and the last of human freedoms

  27-08-2018 15:36
  Washington • Few politicians who fail to win the presidency are subsequently judged to be giants in our history.Among the select few are Robert F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater and Hubert H. Humphrey in the 20th century; Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun in the 19th century; and William Jennings Bryan, who straddled the two.There would certainly be lively debate about other political figures who deserve inclusion on such a list, and many non-politicians have earned places in our nat
  
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• Max Boot: McCain leaves the stage when we need him most

  27-08-2018 15:33
  Abraham Lincoln said, "Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was the real thing, and that is why his reputation will cast such a long shadow over our politics for years to come.McCain was the rare celebrity who was even more impressive in person than on television. I first met him after the publication of my 2002 book, “The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American
  
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• Letter: Utah’s Catholic Diocese should be investigated

  27-08-2018 15:00
  I grew up in Utah, attending parochial school for 11 years. My parish priest was an honorable man whose compassion and kindness were key to processing my brother's death and parents' divorce during elementary school. These good experiences, though, mean nothing in comparison to the systematic evil described in the Pennsylvania grand jury report released last week. I would like to know when Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is going to open a grand jury to investigate the Roman Catholic Diocese of
  
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• Letter: Trump and Putin get along because they’re both liars

  27-08-2018 15:00
  Eugene Robinson, in a recent column, claims that President Donald Trump’s whole enterprise “has been a lie, a fraud, a grift, a cruel deception … to obscure inconvenient truth.” In this, Trump is ably matched by his beloved Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who, after the Kursk disaster in 2000 where the whole crew died, blamed the media, stating, “Television? They are lying! They are lying! They are lying!”After that, Putin took over the media, and under his con
  
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• Letter: Inland Port Authority needs to stop with the secrecy

  27-08-2018 15:00
  The Inland Port Authority isn't the first government group to subvert Utah's transparency laws and probably won't be the last. If the authority isn't violating the letter of the law, it is certainly violating the spirit of the law. It now joins the open-meetings “black hole” notables including Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee and State Board of Regents (just to name a few).It’s interesting that there is a strong correlation between eventual claims
  
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• Letter: If only God had thought to capitalize ‘the Church’

  27-08-2018 15:00
  President Russell M. Nelson is absolutely right to assert that our latter-day faith is correctly called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, I’d prefer that he stop mentioning that this full name was revealed by the Lord in the Doctrine and Covenants.Here’s the problem: If we’re going to insist that we should follow the Doctrine and Covenants, some wise guy is going to point out that in the Doctrine and Covenants, whenever “the church” stands al
  
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• Letter: How far will Trump followers go to deny their mistake?

  27-08-2018 15:00
  After I read the letter by Ray Astin, “Who’s not colluding?,” I was surprised (not) that there are people who would still defend President Donald Trump and his “fake news” claims.Like the robber who has to lie about all the money he now has, and now has to eliminate the ones he lied to and questioned his lies, and has to lie about how they disappeared, and has to lie about where he was at the time of their disappearance, and has to have others lie for him —thi
  
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• Letter: Hatch could win my respect by standing up to Trump

  27-08-2018 15:00
  It is becoming clearer every day that President Donald Trump may have violated the law.What is needed are a few brave souls in the Senate and House of Representatives to put aside the blind partisanship and do the right thing.We desperately need a Howard Baker — someone who will do his or her duty and do the right thing.Orrin Hatch, you are the elder statesman of the Senate. You have the potential to make your legacy one of unselfish service to the country by removing the blinders and doin
  
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• Gehrke: Why’s the governor raising big money if he’s not running again? And what do donors get out of it?

  27-08-2018 15:00
  A “Save the Date” notice for Gov. Gary Herbert’s annual fundraising gala showed up in my inbox. The Utah Symphony will be performing at a black tie event in the ballroom at the Salt Palace.Now you might be thinking, hey, I thought Herbert said he isn’t running for re-election, so why is he holding a fundraiser that has traditionally brought in anywhere from $500,000 to a million bucks?Good question. And there’s really not a very good answer.
  This "save the date" ema
  
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• Utah Jazz minutia: A by-the-numbers look at the 2017-18 season

  27-08-2018 06:51
  Some random stats from the Utah Jazz’s 2017-18 campaign that lend credence to the idea that the team was underrated last season and is set to break out next year. Over the course of an 82-game season, hoops bloggers like myself see more than their fair share of number. For just about every story I […]
  Utah Jazz minutia: A by-the-numbers look at the 2017-18 season - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz minutia: A by-the-numbers look at the 2017-18 season

  27-08-2018 06:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz alums: Jeremy Evans will be balling in Turkey next season by Ryan Aston ...
  
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