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• ‘Nightmare that won’t end’: Storm evacuees can’t return yet

  18-09-2018 23:24
  Wilmington, N.C. • Hundreds of people waited in long lines for water and other essentials Tuesday in Wilmington, still mostly cut off by high water days after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic floods, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with more than 10,000 evacuees around the state not to return home yet.The death toll rose to at least 35 in three states, with 27 fatalities in North Carolina, as Florence's remnants went in two directions: Water flowed downstream toward the Carolin
  
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• Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack wins top religion reporting prize for second year in a row

  18-09-2018 23:21
  For the second straight year — and the fourth time overall — The Salt Lake Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack has been named the nation’s top religion reporter among midsize newspapers.Stack earned the Religion News Association’s 2018 Cornell Award for her stories about a new Catholic bishop who is bringing diversity and dynamism to the Salt Lake City diocese, a former Mormon temple architect and lay leader who is building a new life as a woman, and how Utah Christians
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump’s tariffs could make Black Friday truly bleak

  18-09-2018 23:18
  Video: President Trump’s ideas about trade seem to be stuck in the 17th century, says columnist Catherine Rampell. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
  For years, Donald Trump and right-wing pundits warned us about the War on Christmas. We should have listened.Yes, they were mistaken about who would wage the assault. The anti-yuletide antagonist turns out to be neither Starbucks nor gay people nor the Obamas nor even the villainous American Civil Liberties Union.In truth, Scrooge is Trum
  
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• Utah lawmakers explore quick fix to state driver-license problem that could run afoul of federal airport security

  18-09-2018 22:39
  Utah leaders are considering calling a special session of the Legislature to quickly fix a problem that soon could prevent Utahns from using their driver licenses to pass through airport security.The Department of Homeland Security is requiring Utah to reissue all of its driver licenses by Oct. 1, 2020 — to include a gold star on front as a sign that Utah reviewed birth certificates or passports to prove license holders are U.S. citizens.Without the gold star — which allows officers
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Welcoming Deron Williams back to the fold

  18-09-2018 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... a no longer had to sell false hope about a bad coach or a middling team. The Jazz were different now, they had one of the smartest coaches in the league who e ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The 12 Days of Utah Jazz Basketball

  18-09-2018 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... e Jazz will use on ’s probable first return to the Vivint Arena hardwood. The best...
  
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• Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack wins nation’s top religion reporting prize for second year in a row

  18-09-2018 22:06
  For the second straight year — and the fourth time overall — The Salt Lake Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack has been named the nation’s top religion reporter among midsize newspapers.Stack earned the Religion News Association’s 2018 Cornell Award for her stories about a new Catholic bishop who is bringing diversity and dynamism to the Salt Lake City diocese, a former Mormon temple architect and lay leader who is building a new life as a woman, and how Utah Christians
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Salary cap projections paint a favorable picture

  18-09-2018 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  ...deal and Mitchell plays for his rookie-scaled $3.6 million next season, the Jazz could have somewhere in the neighborhood of $47 million under the cap ($70 m ...
  
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• Elizabeth Smart wants Wanda Barzee back in prison ‘as soon as she messes up’ federal probation, but it might not happen that easily

  18-09-2018 21:51
  Elizabeth Smart said she’s been told that a federal agent will keep a “close eye” on one of her former kidnappers, Wanda Barzee, who is set to be released Wednesday from the Utah State Prison.Smart told “CBS This Morning” in an interview broadcast Tuesday that she’s already met the federal agent who will be supervising Barzee that Barzee would be returned to the lockup “as soon as she messes up.” Smart is unhappy that Barzee is being freed, believe
  
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• German doctors: Pussy Riot poisoning ‘highly plausible’

  18-09-2018 21:00
  Berlin • German doctors treating Pyotr Verzilov, a member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot, said Tuesday that claims he was poisoned are “highly plausible” but stressed they can’t say how this might have occurred or who was responsible.Dr. Kai-Uwe Eckardt of Berlin's Charite hospital told reporters that Verzilov has been receiving intensive care since arriving in Berlin from Moscow on Saturday, but his condition isn't life threatening.Verzilov's symptoms, together with
  
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• Senate backs bill to avert shutdown, boost military spending

  18-09-2018 20:54
  Washington • The Senate on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging, $854 billion bill that funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year and provides a short-term fix to keep the government open through early December.The measure includes $675 billion for the Defense Department and boosts military pay by 2.6 percent, the largest pay raise in nine years. The bill also approves spending for Health and Human Services, Education, Labor and other agencies, including a 5 percent bo
  
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• Unified Fire Authority punts on decision of whether to sue to seek recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in allegedly misused public funds

  18-09-2018 20:43
  The boards of the Unified Fire Authority (UFA) and the Unified Fire Service Area (UFSA) punted on the decision of whether to attempt recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds that state auditors last year concluded were misused by UFA’s top administrators.A civil lawsuit would likely be the only way to go after that money because a more than yearlong investigation by the Utah Attorney General’s Office, released last week, ended with no criminal charges.“I thin
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - New Utah Jazz guard Jairus Lyles implements ‘Jedi training’ in quest to make final roster

  18-09-2018 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  ... the head skills trainer at IMG Academy and also spent time working with Utah Jazz signee Jairus Lyles during his pre-draft process. “He’s a UFO,” said Phillip ...
  
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• Unified Fire Authority punts on decision of whether to sue to seek recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in misused public funds

  18-09-2018 20:38
  The boards of the Unified Fire Authority (UFA) and the Unified Fire Service Area (UFSA) punted on the decision of whether to attempt recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds that state auditors last year concluded were misused by UFA’s top administrators.A civil lawsuit would likely be the only way to go after that money because a more than yearlong investigation by the Utah Attorney General’s Office, released last week, ended with no criminal charges.“I thin
  
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• New Utah Jazz guard Jairus Lyles implements ‘Jedi training’ in quest to make final roster

  18-09-2018 20:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Jairus Lyles arrived in Bradenton, Florida, near the end of April.Once the national attention died down from his historic NCAA Tournament run at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), he settled into the Academy Park Villas at IMG Academy to focus on his next goal: the NBA.The routine was pretty consistent once he locked in.For five days a week, Lyles would put in work with his on-court trainer, Rashad Phillips, which they dubbed "Jedi training."He would get u
  
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• In one Utah school, it costs $2,500 to be on the cheerleading squad. A state audit says high fees for sports and clubs are breaking the law.

  18-09-2018 20:32
  Utah schools are charging students excessive and unreasonable dues to participate in sports and extracurricular clubs, and in many cases, are ignoring fee waivers for low-income students, according to a scathing state audit.The new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, released Tuesday, looked at middle and high school programs in 20 districts across the state, including seven charters. In one school, it cost $2,500 to be a member of the cheerleading squad. In another, stude
  
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• Dana Milbank: This is what happens when you try to jam through a Supreme Court appointment

  18-09-2018 20:26
  Washington - Who is this man, and what have they done with President Trump?One can imagine the quantity of supplies — duct tape? zip ties? sweat socks? — needed to get the job done, but somehow White House staffers managed it: They kept Trump quiet for more than 24 hours after The Washington Post's Emma Brown reported Christine Blasey Ford's sexual-assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.And one can imagine what techniques of persuasion — hypnosis? m
  
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• More pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age, survey shows

  18-09-2018 20:22
  Columbus, Ohio • Half of Protestant pastors say they preach to their churches about domestic and sexual violence, an increase from four years ago, when only a third said they raised the issue, a new survey shows.LifeWay Research took a detailed look at Protestant clergy’s attitudes toward abuse and harassment and what they’ve done about it, surveying 1,000 pastors by phone during the summer of 2018 as the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements dominated the news.The research results we
  
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• Utah Jazz: Salary cap projections paint a favorable picture

  18-09-2018 20:18
  If leaked salary cap projections hold true, the Utah Jazz could have a lot of money to spend over the next two offseasons. The Utah Jazz’s decision to stand pat this summer didn’t exactly make for a thrilling offseason. Quite frankly, it was boring (especially for people who are tasked to cover it). Having said […]
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• Monson: Did aliens kidnap BYU’s football team and send back replicants? No, it just seems that way.

  18-09-2018 20:17
  Provo • One of the most oft-heard words in the sports lexicon these days is … culture, a favored noun that applies to both winning and losing. Teams, they say, either have to develop and maintain it or change it.BYU had to change it.The skeptic would suggest the best way to do that is to get better players.But anybody who’s watched just a couple of minutes of Cougar football thus far this season has noticed a considerable shift in the way the team goes about its business, even
  
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• SpaceX plans to fly a Japanese billionaire, several artists on trip around the moon

  18-09-2018 20:00
  Elon Musk attempted to write the next chapter in his quest to open up space to the masses by announcing on Monday night the first paying tourist that his company, SpaceX, would fly on a trip around the moon. Speaking at SpaceX's headquarters outside of Los Angeles, he introduced Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur who founded the fashion label, Zozo."Finally, I can tell you that I choose to go to the moon," Maezawa said.He said he would invite six to eight artists — sculpto
  
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• Wins over Arizona and Wisconsin validate BYU’s desire to play tough opponents early in the season

  18-09-2018 19:56
  Provo • Tom Holmoe was asked last month during BYU’s Education Week whether the independent Cougars should “soften” their schedule in an attempt to get more wins and an easier path to a bowl game.The BYU athletic director grimaced, then reminded the audience that the school has had some “legendary” wins over some of the top programs in college football. He said he would take BYU’s 28-21 win over No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Miami in 1990 o
  
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• Pope Francis’ popularity is plummeting in the U.S. after sexual abuse scandals

  18-09-2018 19:15
  Pope Francis’ once-overwhelming popularity in the U.S. has taken a major hit since a new report on sexual abuse was released in August, according to two new polls.A Gallup survey released Tuesday found that 53 percent of Americans said they had a favorable opinion of the pontiff, down from 66 percent in August, when respondents were questioned just before the release of a sweeping Pennsylvania grand jury report listing hundreds of Catholic clergy accused of sexual abuse and misconduct over
  
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• Hopefully you didn't miss this one 👉 Williams, Sloan put the past where it belongs 📝>> on.nba.com/2NRqwwE Li… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 19:14 via twitter.com
  Hopefully you didn't miss this one 👉 Williams, Sloan put the past where it belongs📝>> on.nba.com/2NRqwwELi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How investigators caught a postal worker who stole more than 6,000 greeting cards

  18-09-2018 19:00
  It was last August when residents in the greater Milwaukee area began suspecting that some of their mail was disappearing.Specifically, greeting cards addressed to two Zip codes in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, seemed to never make it to their final destination.What residents didn’t know then was that a U.S. Postal Service worker was ferreting away mail. For more than nine months, a mail carrier named Ebony Smith was — by her own later admission — plucking out greetings cards and steal
  
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• Aaron Blake: Why the Brett Kavanaugh accusation isn’t really a ‘he said, she said’ anymore

  18-09-2018 18:53
  In her must-read recap of how alleged sexual assaults are prosecuted, The Post's Deanna Paul quotes a former district attorney saying she doesn't like calling these cases "he said, she saids.""I stand to believe there's no such thing as a 'he-said-she-said' case," Linda Fairstein said. "As a prosecutor, it's your job to break down every minute of the encounter so that details on one side pushes the facts over the edge."This is an important point — and it's also key to our evolving understa
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Jimmy Butler and the Wolves Have Problems to Solve | SI.com

  18-09-2018 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... lems to solve.  You May Like 1:23 NBA Ricky Rubio 2.0: How the New, Improved Jazz Guard Became His Best Self Ricky Rubio grew up right before our eyes as a Sp ...
  
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• In a Florence flood, she tried to hold onto her baby. But the water ripped him away.

  18-09-2018 18:00
  Charlotte, N.C. • When Dazia Lee tries to bring order to the disorder of that night, it helps her to think in numbers. She thinks of the exact times of every decision, every call, every bit of bad news — reference points leading until the very last when, at 10:20 a.m. on Monday, she received a call from a county detective saying that the body of her 1-year-old son, Kaiden, had been found 15 feet underwater.The story of how that happened began the night before, on Sunday, at 7:02.All w
  
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• Audit: State could do more to recover $552 million in taxes left unpaid over past 5 years

  18-09-2018 17:32
  While Utah is getting better at collecting overdue taxes, a new audit says delinquent taxpayers still owe more than $552 million for the past five tax years.One key reason that more is not recovered: the state laid off the equivalent of five collection agents because of budget cuts, according to a legislative audit released Tuesday.The audit added that for every 2 cents spent on collection agents, the state tends to retrieve $1 in revenue.“We recommend that the Legislature consider funding
  
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• Utah wildfires continue to grow; Airbnb opens homes for evacuees

  18-09-2018 17:25
  Two wildfires burning in Utah County have surpassed a combined 90,000 acres as firefighters prepare for more windy days.The Pole Creek Fire was measured at 74,509 acres on Tuesday morning. The nearby Bald Mountain Fire is 15,635 acres.A tweet from the National Weather Service warned that a cold front is bringing breezy and dry weather for Tuesday and Wednesday. That will create hazardous firefighting conditions, the Weather Service said.90,000 acres so far & still growing, the Pole Creek &am
  
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• As the golf season ends, Utah’s Tony Finau is targeting $10 million and Daniel Summerhays and Zac Blair want to keep their jobs

  18-09-2018 17:09
  Tony Finau is playing for $10 million. Daniel Summerhays and Zac Blair would love to earn about $30,000.The historic convergence of three Utah natives as PGA Tour members could end this weekend, just as Finau’s career trajectory keeps rising. He’s playing in the Tour Championship in advance of next week’s Ryder Cup matches in Paris, while Summerhays and Blair need high finishes in the Web.com Tour Championship to keep their PGA Tour cards for the 2018-19 season that starts next
  
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• What the man accused of helping Kavanaugh assault a woman wrote about female sexuality

  18-09-2018 17:00
  A quote from a playwright runs alongside the family photos on Mark Judge's page in his high school yearbook: "Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs."Judge’s yearbook entry appears one page before the bio of his classmate at Georgetown Preparatory — federal judge and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Both men graduated in 1983 — a year after they allegedly locked a girl inside a bedroom at a house party, where she says a drunken Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed
  
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• ‘She was just evil and twisted.’ Elizabeth Smart talks about her captivity and Wanda Barzee.

  18-09-2018 16:55
  In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Elizabeth Smart discussed details of her time with kidnapper Wanda Barzee and why Smart thinks the woman is still dangerous.Barzee is scheduled to be released from prison Wednesday after 15 1/2 years in various jails, prisons and mental health facilities. Smart’s interview aired Tuesday morning. A transcript was posted online. The interview covered much of the same ground as Smart’s 2010 testimony in federal court.
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• ‘Mormon Land’: What writer Jana Riess' landmark study says about Latter-day Saint women

  18-09-2018 16:55
  In March, Religion News Service senior columnist Jana Riess joined us to talk about Latter-day Saint millennials, part of her groundbreaking multigenerational survey of Mormons and former Mormons.Now, with her new book — “The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church” — due out in less than six months, she’s back with us to discuss more specifically what her research revealed about women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Listen here:
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Joe Ingles makes ESPN’s Top 100 list at No. 53

  18-09-2018 16:32 via sportspyder.com
  ...fifth seed in the tough Western Conference. Ingles and the Jazz went on to beat the heavily-favored in the first round to cap off a truly ex ...
  
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• FBI alerts Saratoga Springs school of social media threat

  18-09-2018 16:27
  Provo • Saratoga Springs officials say they were able to thwart a social media threat related to Westlake High School that was discovered by the FBI.Principal Gary Twitchell said in a letter sent to parents on Saturday afternoon that the Saratoga Springs Police Department was alerted to the threat by the FBI.The Daily Herald reports the letter stated that law enforcement identified and located the individual and appropriate action was taken.Twitchell said in the letter that the posting did
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Who is Christine Blasey Ford? We’re just beginning to find out.

  18-09-2018 16:21
  Until Monday, Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Stanford and Palo Alto universities was a well-respected but mostly private individual. Soon she’ll be as ubiquitous in the news as Donald Trump.Happy Tuesday. The public’s introduction to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, has just begun. The biostatistics and psychology professor is known to colleagues as a serious and well-respected professional. She teaches and does consulting for pharm
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Jerry Sloan, Deron Williams make amends; Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles debate BYU-Utah

  18-09-2018 16:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... //t.co/7DC3L3YXQd— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) September 15, 2018 The Jazz! Lol— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) September 15, 2018 pic.twitter.com/FD7AXsE7rW ...
  
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• Morning links: Jerry Sloan, Deron Williams make amends; Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles debate BYU-Utah

  18-09-2018 16:17
  February 2011 was a major turning point in the Utah Jazz franchise when legendary head coach Jerry Sloan resigned and star point guard Deron Williams was traded a few weeks later.Both events were triggered by a feud between the two, and hard feelings have remained, although a lengthy feature that appeared on utahjazz.com Monday by Aaron Falk detailed how Sloan and Williams met together earlier this summer and made amends."It left me feeling really good about the situation," team owner Gail Mille
  
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• Mormon leaders call for new medical-marijuana plan in months

  18-09-2018 16:00
  Mormon church leaders are calling for Utah lawmakers to pass medical-marijuana legislation by the end of the year even as they urge people to vote against a ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state.Church leaders say they oppose the ballot measure because they believe it could allow recreational users get marijuana in Utah if it passes in November, but they still want patients with serious medical needs to have access, the Deseret News reported Sunday."This isn't 'let's
  
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• Paul Waldman: American women are watching the Kavanaugh controversy very closely

  18-09-2018 15:46
  After the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings gave the country a window into workplace sexual harassment — and featured a committee composed entirely of white men skeptically questioning the African-American woman detailing what she suffered at Thomas' hands — the next election, in 1992, was dubbed “The Year of the Woman.”That year, 24 women were newly elected to the House, and the number of women in the Senate tripled — from 2 all the way to 6.We're still a long
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: ‘Red America’ not looking so red right now

  18-09-2018 15:32
  Less than two years ago, the conventional wisdom told us that President Donald Trump had transformed the political map: GOP strongholds in the South had joined with gains in the Rust Belt (Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania) and upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Iowa), giving Republicans an electoral lock for years to come.Then came 20 months of the Trump presidency. Senate races in Ohio and Pennsylvania, once thought to be pick-up chances for Republicans, are not really in play. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., ap
  
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• Petula Dvorak: He got his diploma and a scholarship to college. But what he wanted most was a hug.

  18-09-2018 15:27
  I don't always have the urge to lunge across the table and give the person I'm interviewing a long, mamma-bear hug.But this time was different. And I bet anyone with a beating heart and moment to hear this story would understand.Because it's all about a kid and a hug.And man, this kid. He aced his AP and honors classes. Made honor roll. Killed it on the varsity soccer team. Sailed through his high school's Navy Junior ROTC program. Got a fat college scholarship. Held down a job. Babysat all the
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz should find a way to let Deron Williams retire as a Jazzman

  18-09-2018 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... at played a part in why I never reached out.” https://t.co/Nyp1ASFytm — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) September 17, 2018 It reports that Williams apologized sincerely ...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Reacting to Deron Williams meeting with Jerry Sloan

  18-09-2018 15:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... one. We then discuss Dennis Lindsey and Steve Starks and their impact on the Jazz and what they’ve done to move the team, and organization, forward. We also a ...
  
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• ’She wasn’t there to help me.’ Elizabeth Smart talks about her captivity and Wanda Barzee

  18-09-2018 14:44
  In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Elizabeth Smart discussed details of her time with kidnapper Wanda Barzee and why Smart thinks the woman is still dangerous. Barzee is scheduled to be released from prison Wednesday after 15 1/2 years in various jails, prisons and mental health facilities. Smart’s interview aired Tuesday morning. A transcript was posted online.Al Hartmann|The Salt Lake Tribune5/21/2010
A somber Wanda Barzee enters Judge Judith Atherton's district
  
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• Utah Jazz should find a way to let Deron Williams retire as a Jazzman

  18-09-2018 14:00
  After former Utah Jazz All-Star Deron Williams and former head coach Jerry Sloan made amends this summer, it would be cooler now than ever to let D-Will ride off into the sunset as a member of the team that drafted him. Among today’s Utah Jazz fans, there’s no question that Donovan Mitchell is the player […]
  Utah Jazz should find a way to let Deron Williams retire as a Jazzman - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz release details about what happened *THAT* night with Deron Williams and Jerry Sloan

  18-09-2018 08:18 via sportspyder.com
  ... he players lockers. As he passed Miller, the then-68-year-old coach told the Jazz CEO, “I’d like to have a word with you after the game.” ”Deron was right beh ...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Three Jazzmen appear in initial release of ESPN’s Top 100

  18-09-2018 07:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... te a discrepancy, to be sure. Honestly, I know I’m somewhat biased as both a Jazz fan and a staunch supporter of Derrick Favors, but I definitely think he was ...
  
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• Man and his horse struck and killed by a car in Riverton

  18-09-2018 06:59
  A man and his horse died after being hit by a car Monday evening in Riverton.The man, 35, was riding his horse about 7 p.m. near 2200 West and 13800 South when a westbound driver hit them, said Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray.The man died at the scene; the horse was euthanized, Gray said.The driver stayed at the scene and is speaking with investigators, but detectives don't yet have a "definitive answer" for why the car struck the horse and rider, Gray said."It's possible the sun was in his eyes
  
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