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• Commentary: What’s going on behind the justice system’s closed doors?

  01-09-2018 23:30
  “We the jury find the defendant guilty!” It’s a line you may have heard before as a dramatic case closing in a TV show or movie — but you probably haven’t heard it in real life, even if you or someone close to you has been charged with a crime.A vast majority of guilty verdicts in criminal cases — approximately 95 percent of all state and federal convictions — result from guilty pleas. While many are guilty, research of the Innocence Project shows that a
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen to get rotation spot early?

  01-09-2018 22:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... Jazz: Did Rockets-Suns trade hurt team’s bid for No. 2? Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell and Kyle Kuzma link up at first Ute home game Utah Jazz: I ...
  
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• Commentary: Robinson’s irresponsible comments about LGBT promiscuity in Utah are likely to increase discrimination, rejection and possibly suicide

  01-09-2018 22:30
  “You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear. You’ve got to be taught from year to year.”— Oscar Hammerstein II, “South Pacific”Perhaps it could be called “the Trump effect” — statements so wildly wrong, exaggerated and irresponsible that it is astonishing that anyone would believe them, let alone say them. That could certainly be said of recent statements about gay suicide deaths made by Dave Robinson, the communication director of the Sa
  
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• Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen to get rotation spot early?

  01-09-2018 22:22
  Utah Jazz newcomer Grayson Allen may have the opportunity to hit the hardwood and get meaningful minutes earlier than some may expect with Thabo Sefolosha set to serve a five-game suspension. It’s somewhat of a rarity in the NBA for late first-round draft picks to crack the rotation in their rookie season, partially due to […]
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• ‘He called on us to be better’: Washington eulogizes John McCain, with jabs at Trump

  01-09-2018 22:09
  Washington • A memorial service for the late Sen. John McCain on Saturday turned into a clear rebuke of President Donald Trump’s divisive politics as his daughter, two former presidents and political dignitaries used their tributes to call for a return to civility."The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great," daughter Meghan McCain said, setting the tone for eulogies by Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.The audience of Washi
  
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• Kyrsten Sinema once lived in a shuttered country store, surviving with the help of food stamps and local Mormons. Now she’s a rising Democratic star.

  01-09-2018 22:00
  Defuniak Springs, Fla. • The simple, cinder-block structure looks like it hasn’t been used in decades. A board covers one large window, and broken glass hangs in another. Rotten beams frame the roof. Out front, a tall, rusted light pole rises from an oval concrete pad, a ghostly reminder of the gas pumps that stood there long ago.This former gas station and country store on a rolling ribbon of rural highway in the Florida Panhandle, across the road from an endless vista of cotton fiel
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - STATS THREAD!: Deep dive into Dante Exum, Georges Niang, Tony Bradley and Grayson Allen’s Performance

  01-09-2018 21:18 via sportspyder.com
  ...may be on the track toward another successful developmental project for the Jazz. The Salt Lake City Stars outscored opponents by 3.1 points per 100 possessi ...
  
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• Woman allegedly raped by inmate assigned to fight Coal Hollow Fire

  01-09-2018 20:47
  An Idaho inmate assigned to a work crew fighting a Utah wildfire was charged Friday with raping a Coal Hollow Fire base camp worker.The man is accused of walking into the woman’s tent around 10 a.m. and sexually assaulting her, according to a probable cause statement.Crews have been fighting the Coal Hollow Fire, burning southeast of Spanish Fork, since Aug. 4. More than 200 people are assigned to the fire, which has devoured nearly 30,000 acres. It is 80 percent contained, according to st
  
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• An in-depth study of firefighters during wildfire season found declines in their health — but also more questions than answers

  01-09-2018 20:39
  Boise, Idaho • Randy Brooks' son had a request three years ago: What could his dad do to make wildland firefighting safer?To Brooks, a professor at the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources who deals with wildland firefighting, it was more of a command.His son, Bo Brooks, is a wildland firefighter who a few days earlier during that 2015 fire season fled a wall of flames that killed three of his fellow firefighters in eastern Washington.The result of the conversation was a
  
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• Rich Lowry: DeVos is fixing Obama’s ‘monstrously unfair’ Title IX guidelines

  01-09-2018 19:14
  A judicial process that doesn’t allow the accused to cross-examine his accuser or reliably see the evidence against him is a civil libertarian’s nightmare. It traduces every principle of fairness and is blatantly un-American.Yet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to get savaged for replacing just such a process with something more in keeping with our long-standing legal norms.The Education Department is preparing new rules that would roll back the monstrously unfair Obama-era r
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Three men unfit to eulogize McCain

  01-09-2018 19:04
  I can think of only one living American politician who can compare to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in physical and moral courage, in international stature, and in length of career and breadth of accomplishments: President George H.W. Bush, who was shot down as a young pilot in World War II, who went to serve in Congress, the CIA, the vice presidency and the presidency and, like McCain, represents time-honored virtues. Aside from him, everyone else is going to come up short. That said, there are pe
  
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• Utah running back Zack Moss used patience and his breakaway ability to arrive at 150 yards for the second game in a row

  01-09-2018 19:01
  Utah's Zack Moss is known for churning out consistent, 5-yard runs. The next phase of his development is becoming more of a breakaway threat, as he promised would happen.“Just get me through August,” Moss said on the first day of preseason camp, “and we'll see.”By the end of August, with the coaching staff having kept him from absorbing too many hits in practice, Moss showed that ability on his 13th carry of the season. His 86-yard touchdown run in Thursday’s second
  
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• Letter: For what the University of Utah pays him, Coach Whittingham had better treat his family well

  01-09-2018 18:59
  The Aug. 26 Salt Lake Tribune dedicated several full pages of column space (in the Sports section) to the life of Kyle Whittingham and how well he treats his family.Kyle Whittingham is the head coach of the University of Utah’s football team and is paid an annual salary of approximately $3.5 million.Let’s put this figure in perspective: Whittingham’s annual salary is nearly three times the annual budget of many academic departments at the University of Utah. Such budgets pay th
  
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• Inmate who killed Utah trooper during 1993 chase will be released from prison

  01-09-2018 18:25
  A Utah inmate convicted of fatally shooting a highway patrol trooper during a high-speed chase in 1993 was granted parole and will be released from prison in 2020, about 27 years after he committed the crime.Jason Scott Pearson was 18 in June 1993 when he led troopers on a chase down Interstate 70 in Emery County. Now 43, he recently told the parole board that he’s tried to better himself in prison and understands the repercussions of his actions.He is scheduled to be released from prison
  
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• Watch the latest from John McCain’s memorial

  01-09-2018 18:04
  Washington • The Latest on the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (all times local):11:50 a.m.Former President Barack Obama has paid tribute to his one-time political rival, delivering a eulogy for the late Arizona Sen. John McCain at Washington National Cathedral.Obama said: "We come to celebrate an extraordinary man, a warrior, a statesman, a patriot who embodied so much that is best in America."Obama spoke after former President George W. Bush, another former McCain opponent. Obama said of M
  
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• Holly Richardson: This summer I learned I need to plan for spontaneous fun

  01-09-2018 16:55
  Three months ago, when summer was just beginning, I wrote a column on being deliberate about seeing some of the many attractions Utah has to offer. As every summer is wont to do, this one sped by. My kids (and I) have been back in school for two weeks and there’s some color on the mountains.Our family worked deliberately to have a #summerofadventure. Until we hit mid-August, I was able to have some kind of “abventure” (as the 3-year-old called it) every day. Although let’
  
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• Thanks to social media, crowds keep discovering Utah’s ‘undiscovered’ scenic gems — and they’re laying waste to their beauty

  01-09-2018 16:53
  They come from all over — from Japan and Jordan, from China and Chile, from France and Florida. They come to Utah’s national parks, to scale Zion’s Angels Landing, to photograph Bryce Canyon’s Fairyland, to admire Arches’ Delicate Arch.There, visitors find awe, serenity and wonder. But they rarely, if ever, find one thing: solitude.Successful marketing campaigns, international exposure and touring packages have seen to that, turning these remote marvels into world-f
  
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• Invasive mussels are tightening their grip on Utah’s Lake Powell, forcing long delays on boaters

  01-09-2018 16:53
  For the first time in the six years since quagga mussels first appeared in Lake Powell, the alien mollusks are now clogging up boat engines, escalating fears that the prolific invaders could find their way into other popular lakes.Wildlife officials in Utah and surrounding states are desperate to contain the epidemic because these mussels, which can proliferate unchecked in the absence of natural predators, encrust underwater fixtures and disrupt ecosystems.Accordingly, boats exiting Lake Powell
  
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• Commentary: Utah’s board of education should be nonpartisan

  01-09-2018 16:52
  No one wants to take the state of Utah to court on a constitutional issue, but a group of civic-minded individuals and public interest organizations including the State PTA have done just that. The issue? Should elections for the State Board of Education be partisan or non-partisan?In 2016, the Utah Legislature passed SB78, which changed elections for the 15-member board of education from non-partisan to partisan elections. But in December, a district court issued a partial summary judgment and
  
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• Rich Lowry: Fixing the campus kangaroo courts

  01-09-2018 15:00
  A judicial process that doesn’t allow the accused to cross-examine his accuser or reliably see the evidence against him is a civil libertarian’s nightmare. It traduces every principle of fairness and is blatantly un-American.Yet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to get savaged for replacing just such a process with something more in keeping with our long-standing legal norms.The Education Department is preparing new rules that would roll back the monstrously unfair Obama-era r
  
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• Letter: Republicans don’t care about you or your family

  01-09-2018 15:00
  Regarding President Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain: During the 2016 campaign, our draft-dodging President “Bone Spurs” maligned John McCain, a much-respected veteran and true statesman. Now he has briefly refused to lower the American flag at the White House for this great patriot. This act again shows us that he only cares about himself and his inflated ego. He does not care one bit about this country and its people, and his repeated actions on all fronts bear this out.What shoul
  
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• Letter: Mia Love has been too quiet on air quality problems

  01-09-2018 15:00
  Why hasn’t Mia Love, Utah’s District 4 congressional representative running for re-election, not spoken out on the administration’s rolling back of clean air emission standards for vehicles? Surely, she understands the poor quality of Utah’s air and the many health problems it causes her constituents, including death.Utah’s air quality is rated worst in the nation, with Salt Lake City and Provo rated extremely high in ozone and small particulate pollution. Both citi
  
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• Letter: McCain showed integrity in defending Obama

  01-09-2018 15:00
  With the passing of Sen. John McCain, our nation has lost one of its rarest elected leaders, a person whose integrity motivated him to place country, his fellow citizens and the truth first, not just when it is advantageous or convenient. A classic McCain example came when he was running for president in 2008. At one of his campaign rallies he stopped a woman midstatement from publicly spreading a popular falsehood degrading his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. After he reclaimed the microphone from
  
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• Letter: For what the U. of U. pays him, Coach Whittingham had better treat his family well

  01-09-2018 15:00
  The Aug. 26 Salt Lake Tribune dedicated several full pages of column space (in the Sports section) to the life of Kyle Whittingham and how well he treats his family.Kyle Whittingham is the head coach of the University of Utah’s football team and is paid an annual salary of approximately $3.5 million.Let’s put this figure in perspective: Whittingham’s annual salary is nearly three times the annual budget of many academic departments at the University of Utah. Such budgets pay th
  
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• Letter: Doesn’t Hatch know that honest people live in New York?

  01-09-2018 15:00
  In a time when the presidency of Donald Trump is unraveling, he retains fierce supporters and apologists among the GOP. One of the most obvious and quick to speak up is Utah's Sen. Orrin Hatch. Here is a recent quote from The New York Times by Sen. Hatch:"I think most people in this country realize that Donald Trump comes from a different world. He comes from New York City, he comes from a slam-bang, difficult world. It is amazing he is as good as he is. If anything, you have to give him plaudit
  
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• Ken Burns: McCain’s best quality? He listened.

  01-09-2018 15:00
  In 2017, as Lynn Novick and I were finishing our film on the Vietnam War, I called Sen. John McCain to see if I could stop by his office and show some clips to him. He agreed, and when I asked if there were any sections of the 18-hour film that he’d particularly like to see, McCain said “the Vietnamese parts” — the stories that included the North Vietnamese soldiers and civilians.McCain and I had first spoken about the film a decade earlier, just as it was getting underwa
  
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• Commentary: Gun-friendly politicians are accomplices to murder

  01-09-2018 15:00
  On Sunday, Aug. 26, a disgruntled young man shot 11 people and killed two because he’d lost a video game. Every politician, Republican and Democratic, who allows for deadly firearms to be an easily purchasable commodity is an accomplice to those murders.As a young citizen of the United States of America, I am no longer giving the benefit of the doubt to politicians and elected representatives who are responsible for the deaths of so many young people in this country, and who have refused t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell roasts his bald haircut from high school

  01-09-2018 07:58 via sportspyder.com
  ...of the Year award, but he’s already cemented himself as the new face of the Jazz’s franchise. Donovan Mitchell can always go back to sporting a bald head jus ...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Hayward deserves major props for making ‘Daddy’s always happy’ a positive

  01-09-2018 07:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... purchase through the Daddy’s Always Happy online store. RELATED PRODUCT Utah Jazz New Era Two-Tone Low Profile 59FIFTY Fitted Hat - Heathered Gray/Navy Buy No ...
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Hayward deserves major props for making ‘Daddy’s always happy’ a positive

  01-09-2018 06:57
  Former Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward caught major flak for his ‘Daddy’s always happy’ moment, but has turned it around in a major way. I’m about to do something that a contingent of the Jazzland masses still can’t bring themselves to do — pay former Utah Jazz star Gordon Hayward a major compliment. I know, […]
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• Sources: 76ers to Interview Three GM Candidates

  01-09-2018 06:55 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Philadelphia 76ers have been granted permission to interview three front-office executives — Golden State’s Larry Harris, Houston’s Gersson Rosas and Utah’s Justin Zanik — for the franchise’s vacant general manager job, league sources told ESPN. Sixers ownership is planning to start meeting with candidates next week, league sources said. The Sixers have been operating with coach Brett Brown as […]
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Can the 2018-19 Utah Jazz experience a 2014-15 Warriors-like breakout?

  01-09-2018 06:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... o the current superteam iteration of the Warriors that stand in the way of a Jazz breakout. Even the Oklahoma City Thunder, who proved to be Golden State’s bi ...
  
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• Can the 2018-19 Utah Jazz experience a 2014-15 Warriors-like breakout?

  01-09-2018 06:20
  The Golden State Warriors flipped a major switch between the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. Can the Utah Jazz follow suit in 2018-19? Before we start talking about the Utah Jazz, let’s take a quick trip down memory lane, shall we? The year is 2014. The NBA Playoffs are just getting underway. The Golden State Warriors […]
  Can the 2018-19 Utah Jazz experience a 2014-15 Warriors-like breakout? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Pineview Reservoir, Powder Mountain resort reopen, but wildfire continues to burn in northern Utah

  01-09-2018 06:16
  Pineview Reservoir and Powder Mountain resort reopened Friday after a wildfire forced officials to close access to recreators in both areas on Thursday.Powder Mountain Ski Resort remained under precautionary evacuation orders until Friday evening, while the 780-acre Avon Fire burned north of Liberty and Eden in Weber County, fire officials said. The reservoir, which fire crews had been scooping water from to fight the wildfire, reopened earlier Friday.Crews were briefly diverted Friday afternoon
  
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• Kingston brother accused in $511 million Utah fraud scheme loses latest bid to get out of jail

  01-09-2018 06:13
  A federal judge Friday ordered a suspect accused of participating in a $511 million fraud scheme connected to a polygamous sect to remain in jail pending trial.It marked the second time in 72 hours that Isaiah Kingston lost a bid to leave jail.Friday’s ruling by Judge Brooke Wells at downtown Salt Lake City’s federal court seems to assure that Kingston will remain behind bars for weeks or months. Wells scheduled a five-week trial to begin Oct. 29, but that is likely to be postponed.K
  
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• No. 11 Michigan State fights past Utah State, 38-31

  01-09-2018 04:49
  East Lansing, Mich. • Connor Heyward scored his second touchdown with 2 minutes left to put No. 11 Michigan State ahead and the Spartans held on to beat Utah State 38-31 on Friday night.The Spartans trailed until the second quarter, built a 13-point lead late in the third and fell behind late in the opener for both teams.Darwin Thompson put the Aggies ahead with a 1-yard run, his second go-ahead score of the game, with 5:05 remaining. Their defense couldn’t make one more stop to beat
  
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• Utah’s first set of proposed rules for medical marijuana regulates production and distribution of industrial hemp

  01-09-2018 04:42
  The first set of draft rules for how the state would govern medical marijuana cultivation and distribution in Utah for terminally ill patients was inadvertently released Friday, outlining how the state would regulate the production, labeling and sale of industrial hemp.The rules were released in conjunction with a set of “right to try” laws this past legislative session. The law allows terminally ill patients to use the federally illegal plant and allows for state-run medical marijua
  
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• UTA says a switch from its own legal team to state attorneys would cost taxpayers, but the Utah A.G.’s office says that would save money

  01-09-2018 04:38
  The Utah Transit Authority is quietly attempting to reverse legislation that disbands its in-house legal team, telling lawmakers that a mandate to use the Utah attorney general’s office instead would cost $87,000 more annually.But emails obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune through an open-records request show that the attorney general’s office thinks UTA’s numbers are wrong and says the change would actually save taxpayers $193,000 a year.Emails and interviews also show that in e
  
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• Kingston brother accused in $511 million Utah fraud loses latest bid to get out of jail

  01-09-2018 02:17
  A federal judge Friday ordered a suspect accused of participating in a $511 million fraud scheme connected to a polygamous sect to remain in jail pending trial.It marked the second time in 72 hours that Isaiah Kingston lost a bid to leave jail.Friday’s ruling by Judge Brooke Wells at downtown Salt Lake City’s federal court seems to assure that Kingston will remain behind bars for weeks or months. Wells scheduled a five-week trial to begin Oct. 29, but that is likely to be postponed.
  
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• Gov. Gary Herbert passes over current UTA board members to appoint two new transit commissioners; misses deadline for a third

  01-09-2018 02:07
  While several members of the current scandal-tainted Utah Transit Authority Board sought appointment to a new three-member commission that will oversee the agency, Gov. Gary Herbert passed them over Friday in favor of fresh faces.He made two appointments, which are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate, while sidestepping a state law that also required a third and final appointment by Friday’s deadline for a seat to represent Utah and Tooele counties.“Governor Herbert will not b
  
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• Eugene Robinson: What’s at stake in November? Democracy.

  01-09-2018 02:00
  Washington • President Trump’s incoherence grows to keep pace with his desperation. These days he makes less sense than ever — a sign that this malignant presidency has entered a new, more dangerous phase.I can't be the only one who thinks he sounds less like an elected official than like the leader of some apocalyptic cult. Look at the way he rails against the news media at his revival-style campaign rallies. In Indiana last Thursday night, he seemed obsessed with news stories
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale sometimes forgotten off court, but not for long

  01-09-2018 01:45 via sportspyder.com
  ...to a roster spot with the Jazz this past summer. However, while Royce is very much an under-the-radar membe ...
  
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• The LDS Church is trying to combat the idea that missionaries have special protection — but the strength of that culture could make it a difficult task

  01-09-2018 01:35
  This is Part 2 of a two-part story on mission safety in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To read Part 1, click here.Provo • On a snowy night in January 2017, Maddy Cicotte listened to a near-stranger describe the worst day of her life.Camille Junca had been sexually assaulted two years earlier while serving as a missionary near Mexico’s western coast in Guerrero, which — though she didn’t know it at the time — had been the country’s most violent
  
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• Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale sometimes forgotten off court, but not for long

  01-09-2018 01:32
  Utah Jazz wing player Royce O’Neale tends to fly under the radar, but don’t count on that being the case for very much longer. Let me tell you about somewhat of a funny experience. Just a day ago, I wrote about how both Donovan Mitchell and Kyle Kuzma were spotted at the first University of […]
  Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale sometimes forgotten off court, but not for long - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Pineview Reservoir reopens but wildfire continues to burn in northern Utah

  01-09-2018 01:00
  Pineview Reservoir reopened Friday after a wildfire forced park officials to close access to recreationists on Thursday.But Powder Mountain Ski Resort remained under evacuation as the 780-acre “Avon Fire” continued to burn north of Liberty and Eden in Weber County, fire officials said.Crews were briefly diverted on Friday afternoon to suppress a small fire about a mile north of Utaba Reservoir, but they contained the blaze quickly and returned to the Avon Fire.Firefighters were diggi
  
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• Actress of ‘ER,’ ‘Stand and Deliver’ fatally shot by police

  01-09-2018 00:53
  Los Angeles • An actress who appeared on the TV medical drama “ER” and starred in the film “Stand and Deliver” was fatally shot by police officers in Southern California after they say she pointed a replica handgun at them.The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said Friday that 49-year-old Vanessa Marquez died at a hospital following the shooting at her South Pasadena apartment Thursday.Lt. Joe Mendoza says Marquez was having a seizure when South Pasadena officers arri
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Philadelphia 76ers to interview Justin Zanik for General Manager

  01-09-2018 00:34 via sportspyder.com
  ... ejoined the Jazz’s front office in 2017. Justin Zanik has been a strong addition for the Jazz ...
  
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• Vandals damage LDS Church meetinghouse in Spanish Fork

  01-09-2018 00:14
  Spanish Fork police are asking for the public’s help to identify vandals who caused more than $5,000 damage to an LDS Church meetinghouse.
  In the late evening or early morning hours of August 26 or 27, unknown individuals entered into the LDS church located...Posted by Spanish Fork Public Safety on Friday, August 31, 2018Someone broke into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 989 S. Spanish Fork Parkway (2550 East) sometime late Sunday or early Monday, according
  
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• Monson: Ease the suffering inside and outside of sports. Pass Proposition 2.

  01-09-2018 00:09
  During his years of playing college football, Steve Tate had seen athletes who had become dependent on opioids or otherwise gotten tangled up in drugs that allowed them to heal or play or walk or kill their pain. He was fully aware of cases — people — far and wide who got fooled by and hooked on those drugs.“It was a challenging issue,” he says. “A terrible issue.”If only there had been an alternative treatment.It wasn’t until the need presented itself i
  
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