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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz fans should pump the breaks on Jimmy Butler daydreams

  19-09-2018 23:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... living on borrowed time with Kawhi Leonard. Also — let’s not forget that the Jazz are a little over a year removed from failing to convince their own, home-gr ...
  
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• Ricky Rubio reveals purple and gold Jazz throwback jersey

  19-09-2018 23:27
  Last year, the Jazz made headlines by wearing two primary colors they’ve never tried before: the gold of the “Statement” jersey and the gradient orange of the “City” jersey.This year, they’re making headlines by bringing some old colors back.Point guard Ricky Rubio revealed the Jazz’s throwback jersey on social media on Wednesday morning, one of six different jerseys that the Jazz will have at their disposal during the 2018-19 season.🔥🔥&#
  
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• Study: Salt Lake City International Airport rebuild injects $5.5B into local economy, creates more than 3,300 jobs

  19-09-2018 23:13
  The new Salt Lake City International Airport’s construction costs of $2.9 billion will boost the local economy by $5.5 billion — including creating an average of 3,319 jobs a year, a new study says.That study is “measuring the ripple effect” of every dollar spent on construction as it passes through the economy, Kristine Richmond, director of planning and economic development for GSBS Consulting, told the Airport Advisory Board on Wednesday.That includes “paying wor
  
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• Southern Utah sheriff’s office shares anti-marijuana video, urges residents to vote ‘no’ on ballot initiative in possible election-law violation

  19-09-2018 23:02
  The video opens on an image of Idaho pine trees and deep blue mountains, followed by wholesome images of Friday night football, Saturday morning baseball, and bikers and kayakers enjoying a pristine natural landscape as instrumental music swells in the background.It almost feels like a “Visit Idaho” commercial.But suddenly, the scene changes. A coarse male voice says, “You guys like to smoke weed, right?” and the screen fills with smoke, images of marijuana leaves and of
  
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• How the Jazz have used misdirection to become one of the trickiest teams in the NBA

  19-09-2018 22:42
  Remember Gordon Hayward’s devastating broken leg five minutes into his Celtics career, the injury that ended his season?The Celtics called this play after a timeout, and I wonder if it was with the intention of getting their new star player going. It’s a set that should look familiar to Jazz fans: Hayward starts to cut up to the top around a screen as he typically does, but quickly changes direction towards the basket to catch the alley-oop. Unfortunately, the Cavs defense sandwich H
  
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• [NBA] - Bear’s Mascot Bowl raises funds for local charities

  19-09-2018 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... m glad Bear invites me every year.” Then, after arriving by helicopter, Utah Jazz players Royce O’Neale, Georges Niang and Naz Mitrou-Long presented Bear with ...
  
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• Utah Jazz fans should pump the breaks on Jimmy Butler daydreams

  19-09-2018 22:14
  Jimmy Butler may be on his way out of Minnesota, but his fit with the Utah Jazz would be less than ideal. Without question, the Utah Jazz have one of the most impressive young cores in the NBA. They may not be Steph and KD, but Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell and Coach Quin Snyder are […]
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• Owner of 3D-printed gun company accused of sex with minor

  19-09-2018 21:50
  Dallas • The owner of a Texas company that is being sued by several states over its plan to disseminate blueprints for making untraceable 3D-printed guns had sex with an underage girl and paid her $500 afterward, police allege in an affidavit filed Wednesday.The girl accused Cody R. Wilson of having sex with her at an Austin hotel on Aug. 15, Austin police Detective Shaun Donovan wrote in a request for a warrant to arrest Wilson on a sexual assault charge. The court filing doesn't say how o
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Should the Utah Jazz trade for Jimmy Butler?

  19-09-2018 21:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... 018, 12:08pm MDT Share Should the Utah Jazz trade for Jimmy Butler? Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports Hahahaha. We good. We ...
  
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• Report: One-third of households struggle to pay energy bills

  19-09-2018 21:32
  New York • One in five U.S. households went without food, medicine or other necessities to pay their electricity or gas bills.The Energy Information Administration said Wednesday nearly a third of households had trouble paying their energy bills. The group says the problem is mainly impacting racial minorities and low-income households with children.At the same time that people were reporting these problems, overall energy-related spending was at its lowest point in more than a decade.Trace
  
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• 'May we all remain vigilant’: Elizabeth Smart reacts to the release of Wanda Barzee, one of her kidnappers

  19-09-2018 21:31
  One of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers, Wanda Barzee, was released Wednesday from the Utah State Prison after spending more than 15 years locked up for her crimes, the Department of Corrections announced just after 8 a.m.Smart posted on Instagram just after Barzee’s release was announced Wednesday morning, thanking those who have supported her over the last several weeks.“May we all remain vigilant in watching over our families, friends, and community from anyone who would seek to
  
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• After returning from two knee injuries, sixth-year senior Gavin Fowler was the unsung hero in BYU’s stunning win over Wisconsin

  19-09-2018 21:07
  Provo • Squally Canada ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns. Tanner Mangum solidly managed the game. Sione Takitaki made a sack and 13 tackles and earned National Defensive Player of the Week honors. Zayne Anderson recorded his third career interception to set up a go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter.But the BYU football player who “won the game for us” against national power Wisconsin, according to head coach Kalani Sitake, was sixth-year senior Gavin Fowler.Who?Fowler, 25,
  
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• Mesquite detective accused of sexually abusing Utah teen

  19-09-2018 21:01
  Mesquite, Nev. • A veteran Mesquite police detective has a been arrested on charges accusing him of sexually abusing a southern Utah teen he met on a social networking app geared toward gay and bisexual men.Gary Erickson was arrested Sept. 12 in Las Vegas. He's awaiting extradition to St. George, Utah on one count of sexual abuse of a minor, one count of dealing in material harmful to a minor and three counts of sexual exploitation.Citing court records, The St. George Spectrum reports he ar
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Notes: Mitchell USU visit teased, Zanik misses out on Philly GM job, and more

  19-09-2018 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  ... sses out on Philly GM position It was reported earlier in the week that Utah Jazz Assistant GM Justin Zanik was on the shortlist for the Philadelphia 76ers’ v ...
  
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• Body camera footage shows a Salt Lake City police officer shot twice as a fleeing man broke through a glass door into an occupied office building

  19-09-2018 20:22
  Body camera footage released Wednesday by the Salt Lake City Police Department shows an officer fired twice at a man who had fled police, moments after the man shot through the door of an occupied office building in early September.Police found the man they were chasing, 35-year-old Michael Zahn, inside the building about 25 minutes later. He was dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police officials released the footage of the Sept. 5 confrontation under a mayoral order that requir
  
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• Woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault wants FBI to investigate before testifying

  19-09-2018 20:21
  Washington • The woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago wants the FBI to investigate her allegation before she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee — a demand that came as President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans increasingly rallied to the defense of the embattled Supreme Court nominee."A full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner, an
  
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• Trump: ‘We will be 100 percent’ with storm victims

  19-09-2018 20:07
  New Bern, N.C. • Handing out hot dogs, hugs and comforting words, President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to soothe those who suffered losses in Hurricane Florence, declaring that “America grieves for you” as he surveyed damage the powerful storm left behind.After being briefed on the recovery effort, Trump helped hand out Styrofoam containers of hot dogs and chips at a Baptist church in New Bern, a riverfront city on the coast that experienced severe flooding. Trump's motorcade
  
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• Feds plan funding boost to fight assaults on Native women

  19-09-2018 20:05
  Albuquerque, N.M. • The U.S. Justice Department will double the funding it grants tribes for public safety programs and crime victims as it seeks to tackle the high-rates of violence against Native American women, a top official said.In an interview, the Justice Department's third-highest ranking official told The Associated Press that officials are seeking, in part, to address the issue with more than $113 million in public safety funding for 133 tribes and Alaska Native villages that will
  
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• Study: More than half of car seats installed incorrectly

  19-09-2018 20:01
  Salt Lake City — Utah authorities say more than half of car seats are installed incorrectly, a concerning number given that vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children under age 13.That data comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which found six in 10 car seats weren't installed correctly, leaving children at risk if they're in a car crash. Thousands of children die in crashes every year.The agency also found that 20 percent of people didn't read any
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell in top 25 of ESPN’s rankings

  19-09-2018 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... to evolve his floor game by embracing aggressive three-level scoring. If the Jazz keep up their winning ways as expected, Mitchell could contend for a Western ...
  
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• Alexandra Petri: I am a horse. I know horseplay. That’s not what this is.

  19-09-2018 19:31
  Speaking on CNN, Carrie Severino, one of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh’s defenders, said that Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations (that Kavanaugh cornered her in a bedroom, forced himself on her, attempted to remove her clothes and covered her mouth when she attempted to scream) “cover a whole range of conduct from boorishness to rough horseplay to actual attempted rape.” To comment, I have a horse (not that Kavanaugh was even at the party, of course, of course
  
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• Mayors from around Salt Lake County express support for refugees and immigrants

  19-09-2018 19:28
  Mayors from around Salt Lake County participated in a ceremonial kickoff of Welcoming Week, a national effort intended to make communities feel like home to refugees and immigrants.The mayors of Salt Lake County, Riverton, Cottonwood-Heights, South Salt Lake, Holladay, Taylorsville and Draper joined in the effort. They unveiled an art display featuring local food-business owners who are immigrants. The subjects were also in attendance.Minority-owned restaurants and hotels employed nearly 4,000 p
  
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• Dana Milbank: Texas creates the perfect curriculum for the Trump age

  19-09-2018 19:26
  Washington - I tip my 10-gallon hat to the Texas school board, which just voted to “streamline” the public-school curriculum in a way that will surely Make America Great Again.The board, on which Republicans have a two-thirds majority, agreed with recommendations that it is "not necessary" for students to learn about Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller or the father of modern conservatism, Barry Goldwater, the Dallas Morning News reported.Eleanor Roosevelt and Betty Friedan were also deeme
  
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• Utah Jazz Notes: Mitchell USU visit teased, Zanik misses out on Philly GM job, and more

  19-09-2018 19:14
  Donovan Mitchell will likely be headed to the USU Football game this weekend. In other news, Utah Jazz Assistant GM Justin Zanik is staying put. With just 10 days remaining before the start of NBA preseason, things are starting to happen across the league as excitement grows. Before you know it, media day and training […]
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  19-09-2018 19:02 via twitter.com
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• New Salt Lake City bistro One0Eight will open in the former Sea Salt building

  19-09-2018 18:35
  After nine months of sitting vacant, the building on the northeast corner of 1300 South and 1700 East in Salt Lake City is showing signs of new life, including a new sign above the door that reads: One0Eight.While the number 108 has long been considered a sacred number in Hinduism and yoga, this won’t be a place to practice downward dog or plank, said James Dumas, the former executive chef at Park City’s High West Distillery. “But it’s been a good cover during remodeling.
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Vernal detective’s focus on sex-for-cash cases highlights the fine line between investigation and entrapment

  19-09-2018 18:09
  The vernal police department has made a priority of investigating sex solicitation cases, typically involving adult men looking to pay for casual sex with adult women. And the department’s approach relies on an undercover detective engaging in sometimes lengthy online conversations with alleged perpetrators.But critics say Vernal’s investigative tactics may be stepping into the realm of entrapment, and prompting men to commit a crime when they otherwise would not. Those critics say t
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Breaking down what lies ahead in the Utah Jazz's 2018-19 schedule

  19-09-2018 18:07 via sportspyder.com
  ...Arena and the 17th in Beantown). While there will be lots of travel for the Jazz in November, just six of its 16 opponents in the month made the postseason d ...
  
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• After more than 15 years behind bars, one of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers is now free

  19-09-2018 18:03
  One of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers, Wanda Barzee, was released Wednesday from the Utah State Prison after spending more than 15 years locked up for her crimes, the Department of Corrections announced just after 8 a.m.Barzee has admitted to helping her husband, Brian David Mitchell, kidnap then-14-year-old Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom at knifepoint in 2002.Mitchell raped Smart almost daily during nine months of captivity, which included a journey to California and back to Utah. Sm
  
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• Breaking down what lies ahead in the Utah Jazz's 2018-19 schedule

  19-09-2018 17:58
  The start of the NBA's 2018-19 regular season is now less than a month away.There are certainly high expectations surrounding the Utah Jazz, and while much of their success or lack thereof will depend on the talent of the team, how head coach Quin Snyder manages them and if they can avoid major injury, their schedule will play a part as well.Are there stretches that could be easier or harder than others based on factors such as game locations, quality of opponent and whether or not the Jazz will
  
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• 🗣️ Attention all drummers‼️ Auditions for the Utah Jazz street drumline are Friday September 28th from 6:00-9:00pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-09-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  🗣️ Attention all drummers‼️Auditions for the Utah Jazz street drumline are Friday September 28th from 6:00-9:00pm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The biggest story of Pac-12 football so far is the so-so South, featuring the struggling Utes and the unbeaten Buffaloes

  19-09-2018 17:43
  Colorado was a popular pick to finish fifth or even sixth in the Pac-12 South. So the Buffaloes' status as the division’s only unbeaten football team through three games is either a compliment to them or a commentary about the other schools.“Maybe all those people that have them at the bottom of the league don’t know what they’re talking about,” UCLA coach Chip Kelly said this week.By that logic, questions should be raised about those who picked Kelly’s Bruins
  
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• Orem, Sandy make Money magazine’s list of the best places to live

  19-09-2018 17:11
  According to Money magazine, Frisco, Texas, is the best place to live in the United States — and two Utah cities made the top 50.Orem came in 13th, and Sandy is ranked 35th.• After poking a bit of fun at Orem for calling itself “Family City USA” (“corny, perhaps — but valid"), Money lauded the city for its “quality schools and day hikes easy enough for the little ones” and pointed to “a modest cost of living [that] enables residents to stash m
  
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• Firefighters are making progress against Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires, but don’t expect full containment until October

  19-09-2018 16:38
  Firefighters are making “significant” progress against the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires — but evacuation orders remain in effect for 6,000 people. There’s no indication when they might be able to return to their homes, according to fire officials.Lots of activity yesterday on the #BaldMountainFire... Burnout operations on the south side were highly visible in the late afternoon. There has been a lot of aeriel support the last few days, helping firefighters make sign
  
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• Rock On: Ex-Ute Steve Smith has a Ph.D. in smack

  19-09-2018 16:24
  HONORS PROGRAMSteve Smith is retired from football, but that doesn't mean he's off his game.During an NFL Network segment on Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, Michael Irvin said Flacco hadn't had a trustworthy receiver since Anquan Boldin left in 2012. But Smith, a former Ute, played for the Ravens in 2014-16."I understand you have the rings," Smith told Irvin, "but I passed you statistically years ago. There ain't no route I could run that you hoped you could run. I got a doctorate in route run
  
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• ‘We haven’t had anything like this before’: Norovirus has spread to at least 10 schools in Salt Lake County

  19-09-2018 15:33
  More than 600 students stayed home from school in Utah County earlier this month — some sick with the highly contagious norovirus, but most just afraid of catching it.Now, it’s creeping north into Salt Lake County classrooms. And the outbreak, hitting much earlier in the year than normal, is worrying public health officials who say the fast spread of the illness doesn’t portend well for flu season.“We’re definitely concerned that this may be an indicator of a worse
  
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• Political Cornflakes: President Trump says proving ‘hoax’ of Russia collusion investigation will be among his ‘crowning achievements’

  19-09-2018 15:22
  Donald J. Trump predicts his push to release internal FBI documents and texts will go a long way to exposing the “hoax” that is the FBI investigation of Russian collusion in the 2016 election.Happy Wednesday. Proving the probe is a fraud will be among the “crowning achievements” of his presidency, Trump declared in an exclusive interview with The Hill newspaper. He also said his only regret in firing former FBI Director James Comey was not doing it sooner — perhaps
  
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• Letter: Listen to biologists, not money

  19-09-2018 15:00
  The state recently came out saying we are in a severe drought that is affecting our wildlife. Yet a state agency is increasing the limit on hunting cougars, with no real clue on how many are out there.But you have to protect the deer and elk for revenue and also for those who raise sheep (even though they are compensated for their losses). Start thinking and listening to the biologists and not how much money the state can get from deer and elk licenses.Paul Jerominski, Salt Lake CitySubmit a let
  
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• Letter: Kirby needs to check his white, male privilege

  19-09-2018 15:00
  Note to Robert Kirby: In the future, before expressing your views on how sexual abuse victims should behave in church, or approaching female writers with sexually charged statements and offering still-illegal substances for consumption, please pause a moment and think how you would want your wife, daughter or granddaughter to be treated. I would also add that had Kirby been black, his offer of edibles in public would have likely resulted in an arrest. Check your white, male privilege.With that s
  
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• Letter: Kirby is a kind and generous person

  19-09-2018 15:00
  I would like to counter the current vilification of Robert Kirby by relating my recent interaction with him.In my home in Pahoa, Hawaii, I kept the books of my four favorite authors: Pat Corrigan, Bart Ehrman, Robert Kirby and P.G. Wodehouse. Sadly, in May, Madame Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire, claimed my house and its contents. I particularly treasured a signed copy of "Wake Me for the Resurrection." I emailed Mr. Kirby, telling him of my loss and asking if he would inscribe his book if I
  
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• Letter: Hatch has no understanding or empathy

  19-09-2018 15:00
  As a proud Utah woman, I would like to know how it is Sen. Orrin Hatch can come to the conclusion that Brett Kavanagh’s accuser is “mistaken” without so much as ever meeting her or hearing her side of the story? Is that a concept they taught at the law school he attended — prejudging a witness before testimony or full investigation?Very few victims of sexual assault don’t remember in detail their experience and the fear and degradation they experienced. Obviously, H
  
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• Letter: Excommunication is a spiritual death sentence

  19-09-2018 15:00
  The punishment of excommunication for a man who wanted to improve on the LDS Church’s possible harmful interviews with young teenagers is an eternal spiritual "death sentence." His baptism, priesthood ordinances and his outlook to reach the highest glory with God in the eternities are all stripped away from him.It's like someone protesting against something that's wrong or unreasonable and getting the death penalty for it. Oh, the power of churches through the ages.Ria van Lent, Woods Cros
  
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• Letter: Don’t compare us to Colorado

  19-09-2018 15:00
  Why can't the opposition to the medical marijuana initiative have comments from all the other states that have passed a similar law? It seems to me to keep pointing to Colorado, where recreational marijuana has passed, defeats the point. We are trying to pass medical, not recreational, usage. The LDS Church is trying to scare people away from something that can be useful to some people. Why can’t either side get comments and interviews from the other 28 states where medical marijuana is le
  
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• Letter: Crowds are ruining the canyon experience

  19-09-2018 15:00
  Years ago we could walk our canyons in peace. Now we must get out of the way of aggressive mountain bikers whose need for a mechanized thrill experience threatens our experience of a peaceful walk in the woods.This is not the only threat to our canyons, as we parked along the little Cottonwood Creek we spent most of our time picking up cans, plastic bottles and assorted clothing items and wrappers. As if this were not enough, we’ve discovered that a ski resort wants to expand and developer
  
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• Letter: About Nikki Haley’s curtains

  19-09-2018 15:00
  I just finished reading the Saturday — yes, Saturday — edition of The Salt Lake Tribune. There I saw a New York Times regurgitated article on page 2 regarding United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s $52,000 curtain bill. It implied the Trump administration’s waste while cutting funds at the State Department. It was reported Thursday — yes, Thursday — that these curtains were ordered by the Obama administration, which The Tribune failed to mention. So much for
  
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• Leonid Bershidsky: Why we’re choking on Amazon cardboard

  19-09-2018 15:00
  In the courtyard of my apartment building in Berlin, one of the eight containers for various kinds of garbage (Germans are fanatical about trash separation) is for paper and cardboard. That blue container is emptied every Wednesday, and it's always chock-full by Thursday. My wife and I have taken to watching the container and running to it after the weekly pickup with our pile of cardboard from Amazon and other online stores; that's mostly what our neighbors cram into the blue bin, too.This is a
  
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• Jared Bernstein: The economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs are often exaggerated. But they still stink.

  19-09-2018 15:00
  If Trump is crazy, he's crazy like a fox (or, if you watch cable news, like a Fox). I'm not talking about his political prowess, which was underestimated at great cost to the country. I'm talking about his trade policy.His policy of sweeping tariffs is misguided, as it ignores the extent to which global supply chains have scrambled the omelet of goods production in a way that cannot, or at least, should not, be unscrambled (see here for a description of how integrated goods' production has becom
  
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• Commentary: Marking the anniversary of Grand Staircase

  19-09-2018 15:00
  This week, communities in southern Utah are celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. As a local business owner and the president of the Escalante and Boulder Utah Chamber of Commerce, I have experienced first hand how protected public lands contribute to our region’s thriving tourism economy and benefit our way of life.Visitors from across the country and around the world travel to southern Utah to marvel at Grand Staircase-Esc
  
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• Cass Sunstein: The problem with all those liberal professors

  19-09-2018 15:00
  Suppose that you start college with a keen interest in physics, and you quickly discover that almost all members of the physics department are Democrats. Would you think that something is wrong? Would your answer be different if your favorite subject is music, chemistry, computer science, anthropology or sociology?In recent years, concern has grown over what many people see as a left-of-center political bias at colleges and universities. A few months ago, Mitchell Langbert, an associate professo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Joe Ingles is great at everything, including mixtapes

  19-09-2018 14:27 via sportspyder.com
  ...GM who does great work for the team. As frustrated as Zanik no doubt feels, Jazz fans are lucky to still have him with a big free agency coming up next year. ...
  
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