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• ‘Apocalyptic:’ 1 Florida town demolished by Michael

  11-10-2018 23:46
  Mexico Beach, Fla. • The small Gulf Coast community of Mexico Beach was known as a slice of Old Florida.Now it lies in splinters.Hit head-on by Hurricane Michael, numerous homes in this resort town of about 1,190 people were shattered or ripped from their foundations. Boats were tossed like toys. The streets closest to the water looked as if a bomb had gone off.What the 9-foot storm surge didn't destroy, the 155 mph (250 kph) winds finished off.Now, rescuers and residents are struggling to
  
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• RSL players take the onus for lopsided home loss against Portland

  11-10-2018 23:30
  Herriman • After Real Salt Lake’s 4-1 loss at home to the Portland Timbers on Saturday, coach Mike Petke was livid. His answers to questions from reporters were terse. The atmosphere in the room was tense.Petke opened his remarks with taking responsibility for the game. He said it was “on me,” that he got the tactics wrong.But RSL’s players came to Petke’s defense and put the loss on their own shoulders.“Yeah, coach said that but we are players and we are
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Face of the Supreme Court

  11-10-2018 23:28
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/10/07/bagley-cartoon-general/" target=_blank><u>General Conference Closed Captioning&nbsp;</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/10/02/bagley-cartoon-scary/"><u>Scary for Young Men</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion
  
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• Stocks plunge again on wide selling; Dow drops another 545

  11-10-2018 23:13
  New York • U.S. stocks sank more than 2 percent Thursday, the second day of steep declines around the globe driven by concerns about rising interest rates and trade tensions.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 546 points after dropping 831 points Wednesday. The two-day loss of 5.3 percent is the biggest for Dow since February. The S&P 500 is also down more than 5 percent over the two days and had declined for six straight days.The selling was widespread. Energy companies sank along
  
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  11-10-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Mail-in ballots have been sent out and comments from Latter-day Saint leader Dallin H. Oaks about the LGBTQ community cause controversy

  11-10-2018 23:00
  The November election ballots hit mailboxes this week, with 27 of Utah’s 29 counties voting primarily by mail. Plus, comments by Latter-day Saint leader Dallin H. Oaks about the LGBTQ community stir up controversy. And President Donald Trump’s approval rating in Utah keeps falling. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories. Every Friday at 9 a.m., stream &ldq
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Preseason Picks: Familiar Faces Among the West’s Best

  11-10-2018 22:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... est Division teams making the playoffs, just like last year. This proves the Jazz not only live in the toughest conference but also its toughest division. Rud ...
  
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• West Valley City Animal Services fatally shoots dog that was killing farm animals

  11-10-2018 22:22
  The feral dog that has been killing and injuring farm animals — including several at Roots Charter High School — over the past several months was fatally shot by a West Valley Animal Services employee on Thursday morningAccording to a press release from the city, the employee spotted the dog as it was tracking sheep in a pasture and, after verifying it was the German shepherd mix officials had been trying to capture for months, shot and killed the dog “safely and humanely&rdquo
  
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• After targeting review scandal blows up, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott says ‘I take responsibility’ for conference’s officiating disarray

  11-10-2018 22:10
  San Francisco • For the second consecutive year, a Pac-12 Conference Media Day has been overshadowed by scandal and malfeasance.Last October, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott was bombarded with questions regarding what was just the beginning to an investigation into deep, widespread corruption in college basketball, with reports pointing at several programs in his own conference.On Thursday morning in downtown San Francisco, Scott stepped to the same podium still asked to discuss the state o
  
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• Senate election foes Romney and Wilson agree on one thing: they’re pro-fry sauce

  11-10-2018 22:01
  Former Massachusetts governor and Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney may not be as Utahn as fry sauce, but he does enjoy the state’s signature — and divisive — hybrid condiment.Asked about his dipping habits, Romney told The Tribune that he had eaten tater tots and fry sauce during his lunch on Wednesday, and joked about the need for the Beehive State to purse legal action against the H.J. Heinz Company over its new “Mayochup Saucy Sauce” product.“[It] is
  
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• Can Utah follow through on its strong performance at Stanford? Arizona has a history of stepping on the Utes’ momentum.

  11-10-2018 22:01
  In the roughly 11 seconds that Utah cornerback Jaylon Johnson took to cover 100 yards with an interception return last weekend at Stanford, the Utes altered the outlook of their football season.They went from being winless in conference play to contending for the Pac-12 South title. Kyle Whittingham went from having people question his program’s trajectory to earning a national coaching award. The receivers went from being a liability to a capable, playmaking group when needed.Now comes th
  
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• The Golden State Warriors and the 14 Teams Chasing Them

  11-10-2018 21:17 via nytimes.com
  There was plenty of roster shuffling in the West, but Golden State still finds itself head and shoulders above the competition.
  
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• New York City prosecutors drop part of Harvey Weinstein case

  11-10-2018 21:16
  New York • Prosecutors in New York City abandoned part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence surfaced that a police detective coached a witness to stay silent about evidence that cast doubt on the account of one of his earliest accusers.With Weinstein looking on, a judge agreed to dismiss the lone charge in the case related to Lucia Evans, who helped spark the #MeToo movement when she told The New Yorker in an expose published a year ago Wednesday
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz can go undefeated in preseason with win over Sacramento Kings

  11-10-2018 21:05 via sportspyder.com
  ...control of the game as they face off against NBA-caliber starters. The Utah Jazz have dismantled the two NBL teams they have played while struggling against...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell is undoubtedly the future of the Utah Jazz

  11-10-2018 21:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... team, . Here is the summary for both the best and worst case. Best Case: The Jazz get the no. 1 seed out West, which pushes the and into the other side of the ...
  
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• Eye On The Y: Why are coaches turning to freshman Zach Wilson at quarterback? He’s a better athlete, for starters

  11-10-2018 20:56
  Eye On the Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things BYU athletics. Subscribe hereProvo • After observing college football for more than 30 years and focusing especially hard on it the past 10 years in my assignment to cover BYU, I’ve become convinced that offenses need an athletic, dual-threat quarterback to reach their full potential.You have to have a playmaker back there who can make plays with his arm and his feet. Unless they are protected by NFL-caliber
  
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• ‘High School Musical’ will return to Utah to film new Disney series

  11-10-2018 20:18
  A new version of “High School Musical” is coming to Disney — and it will be filmed in Utah, its original stomping grounds.On Thursday, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved tax incentives that helped lure production of “High School Musical: The Musical” to the Beehive State. It’ll be a homecoming of sorts: The original 2006 Disney Channel TV movie, its 2007 TV movie sequel and the 2008 theatrical release “High School Musical 3: Sen
  
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• Tiny skull has big implications for understanding the largest dinosaurs

  11-10-2018 20:00
  Sauropods were the biggest dinosaurs — and the biggest land animals — ever to stomp across the planet. Their long-necked group included apatosaurus, brontosaurus, camarasaurus and the even more massive titanosaurs, whose leg bones were longer than a person is tall.But each of their first steps on Earth were teensy. These great beasts came from little packages, hatching out of eggs no bigger than grapefruits or soccer balls. They must have had "a ridiculous growth rate," said D. Cary
  
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• Doughnuts are back. Here are 5 places in the Salt Lake Valley to find traditional or quirky versions of the deep-fried-dough dessert.

  11-10-2018 19:41
  Doughnuts never left Utah, but during the past decade they have taken a back seat to other trendy treats, from mini cupcakes and macarons to red velvet everything.Deep-fried dough, though, is hot again.“Doughnuts are back, for sure,” explained Darla Milligan, owner of Darla’s Donuts in West Valley City. “They are really at the forefront right now.”Milligan believes part of the rise in popularity has to do with the state’s changing demographics. “A lot of
  
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• Red All Over: Utes' finish at Stanford is encouraging; men’s basketball team gets a Finnish commitment

  11-10-2018 19:30
  Red All Over is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah athletics. Subscribe here.After the Utah offense showed some positive signs in a loss to Washington State, the coaching staff came out of the game “feeling like we didn’t finish,” tight ends coach Freddie Whittingham said. “We made progress, but we didn’t finish.”The Utes finished very well in last weekend's 40-21 victory at Stanford. Even before Samson Nacua's touchdown recepti
  
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• Freshman quarterback Zach Wilson will make his first career start for BYU against Hawaii on Saturday

  11-10-2018 19:27
  Provo • Barring an unforeseen turn of events in the next 48 hours, freshman quarterback Zach Wilson will make his first college start on Saturday when BYU hosts Hawaii at LaVell Edwards Stadium.Wilson has received the majority of the repetitions in practice this week and will replace senior Tanner Mangum, who started at quarterback in the Cougars’ first six games, according to a source close to the program.The change comes as no surprise because BYU coach Kalani Sitake hinted that it
  
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• A Logan man has been charged with raping a woman he met online. Police are looking for more victims.

  11-10-2018 19:27
  A Logan man has been charged with rape, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping of a woman he met through social media — and there may be other victims.According to Logan Police, three more women have come forward since Wyatt Dean Martin, 21, was arrested on Monday. Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Louise Speth at (435) 716-9491.According to court documents, a woman began communicating with Martin on Tinder and Snapchat, and he invited her to a party at his Logan r
  
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• Mortgage rates soar to seven-year highs

  11-10-2018 19:26
  Mortgage rates are at their highest levels since April 2011.According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average jumped to 4.90 percent with an average 0.5 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount.) The 19-basis-point jump (a basis point is 0.01 percentage point) was the largest one-week spike in the 30-year rate since November 2016, when it increased 37 basis points. The 30-year fixed rate was 4.71 percent a week ago
  
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• Accused killer of Sierra Newbold, 6-year-old kidnapped and raped in 2012, accepts plea deal

  11-10-2018 19:26
  The accused killer of 6-year-old Sierra Newbold — kidnapped from her West Jordan house, raped and left for dead in 2012 — has made a plea deal with prosecutors and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, according to FOX 13.Attorneys for Terry Lee Black entered an Alford plea Thursday morning to felony charges of aggravated murder, child rape and child kidnapping, FOX 13 reported.An Alford plea is similar to a “no contest” plea, in which a defendant maintains hi
  
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• 🚨Final preseason game!🚨 🏀 : #UTAatSAC 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 444, Hopper: 412-32… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  🚨Final preseason game!🚨🏀 : #UTAatSAC 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish: 444, Hopper: 412-32… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Utah State Hospital unveils memorial to honor patients

  11-10-2018 19:09
  Provo • Nearly 500 patients buried in unmarked graves after they died in what was once called the Utah Territorial Insane Asylum have been honored with a new memorial in Provo.The names of patients who died from 1885 to 1960 at the facility that is now the Utah State Hospital are inscribed on the memorial unveiled Wednesday at the Provo City Cemetery, The Daily Herald reported .The patient name plaques are embedded on a series of headstones placed near an obelisk recognizing the deaths."I a
  
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• State to poison unwanted fish in southwestern Utah reservoir

  11-10-2018 19:03
  St. George • A state agency is preparing to put poison in in Washington County reservoir in southwestern Utah to kill off unwanted fish that were dumped illegally.The Spectrum reports that state Division of Wildlife Resources biologists over the summer found yellow perch, bluegill sunfish and green sunfish in Kolob Reservoir and say those fish pose a threat to other fish in the lake.The reservoir's water level is being lowered prior to a rotenone treatment scheduled for early next week.The
  
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• Matthew Shepard, a gay man murdered in 1998, to be interred at National Cathedral

  11-10-2018 19:00
  When Matthew Shepard died on a cold night 20 years ago, after being beaten with a pistol butt and tied to a split-rail wood fence, his parents cremated rather than buried the 21-year-old, for fear of drawing attention to the resting place of a person who had become a global icon for combatting anti-gay hate.With the anniversary Friday of their son’s murder, the Shepards have decided to do just that, interring his remains inside the crypt of the prominent Washington National Cathedral, wher
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Ultimate 2018-2019 Utah Jazz Season Preview debuts Oct. 12th

  11-10-2018 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... ed those teams is enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In short, this and led Utah Jazz team could be the greatest iteration of Jazz basketball since the Stockton t ...
  
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• Body believed to be missing Utah hiker found in Provo Canyon

  11-10-2018 18:56
  Provo • Utah County authorities say a body found in Provo Canyon is believed to that of a missing 36-year-old hiker from Orem.The Sheriff's Office says its search and rescue team with help from a state Department of Public Safety helicopter recovered the body believed to be that of Jake Routt, who was missing since Sept. 16.The Sheriff’s Office says the body was recovered near the 9,000-foot level.A cellphone ping search led police to the Aspen Grove Trail in Provo Canyon where they f
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Three things to watch in Kings' preseason matchup vs Jazz

  11-10-2018 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  ...Giles III and will get their first look at former Duke teammate, , when the Jazz roll through town. The 23-year-old rookie was selected by Utah with the 21st ...
  
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• Border officials alarmed by migrants abandoned in the desert

  11-10-2018 18:00
  Phoenix • Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of Guatemalan and other Central American migrants in Arizona’s harsh cactus-studded Sonoran Desert near the border with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend is putting hundreds of children at risk.Collectively, more than 1,400 migrants have been left by smugglers in the broiling desert — or in one case in a drenching thunderstorm — in remote areas by the border since Aug. 20. One gr
  
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• Nearly 1 in 4 teens in some parts of Utah say they recently considered suicide, new report says

  11-10-2018 17:52
  A new study shows that more Utah teens appear to be struggling with mental health, with nearly 1 in 4 teens in some areas of the state reporting that they recently had seriously considered suicide.Of more than 34,000 teens statewide who completed questionnaires last year, more than a quarter reported that their feelings of sadness and hopelessness had gotten so bad that they had stopped doing some of their usual activities, according to research released Wednesday by the Utah Department of Healt
  
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• Melania Trump says she might be ‘the most bullied person’

  11-10-2018 17:52
  New York • First lady Melania Trump says she thinks she’s “the most bullied person” in the world, based on what “people are saying” about her.Mrs. Trump also says there are people in the White House she and President Donald Trump can’t trust. She didn’t name names but added that some of them “don’t work there anymore.”The Trump administration has dealt with numerous staff departures and an anonymous senior official's newspaper op-e
  
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• 1 dead, 1 in critical condition after truck slams into Garden City store

  11-10-2018 17:52
  One man is dead and another remained in critical condition Thursday after the truck they were in ran a stop sign and smashed into a Garden City sporting goods store, knocking it off its foundation.According to the Utah High Patrol, the accident occurred at 6:37 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of US-89 and state route 30. Video of the incident shows the truck running the stop sign and rolling onto its side as it attempted to turn right on SR-30, then slamming into the Pugstones Sporting store
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: What’s in a name? Will less church be more? Where were the women? Scholar, blogger discuss what did — and didn’t — happen at General Conference.

  11-10-2018 17:51
  President Russell M. Nelson and his colleagues did it again. They pulled off a momentous General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.They shortened Sunday worship services. They announced a dozen new temples. They gave sermons that made news. They even have members and outsiders talking about how they are supposed to be referring to members and their faith.For this week’s podcast, Patrick Mason, head of Mormon studies at Claremont Graduate University, and Emily Je
  
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• Hurricane Michael is leaving a path of destruction, but it isn’t done yet

  11-10-2018 17:51
  Panama City, Fla. • The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction across Florida and Georgia, destroying homes and shopping centers and felling trees that killed at least two people. And it’s not done yet.Hurricane Michael finally weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday, no longer a Category 4 monster packing 155 mph winds. But it was still menacing the Southeast with heavy rains, blustery winds and possible spinoff tor
  
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• Hatch backs Supreme Court case that would ban both federal and state prosecutions for the same crime

  11-10-2018 17:51
  Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch is weighing in on a Supreme Court case that could have far-reaching consequences on the judicial system and possibly affect the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections.The Utah Republican, a former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, filed a 44-page brief in the case of Gamble vs. the United States that deals with the long-standing precedent that charges can be filed against someone both in federal and state court, an exception to
  
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• Prop 2 supporters, opponents regroup after announcement of medical marijuana deal

  11-10-2018 17:50
  Last week, opposing factions in the state’s medical marijuana debate stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the Utah Capitol, many of them brimming with gratitude over their newfound collaboration.They’d gathered to reveal they’d coalesced around a Proposition 2 alternative — draft legislation that state lawmakers will take up next month in a special session. The once-warring interest groups declared that, although their underlying positions remained unchanged, they would lower th
  
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• Dana Milbank: The latest example of a Trump adviser going bananas

  11-10-2018 17:45
  Washington - Just in time for the election, the Trump administration is back to its monkey business.The acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency is the latest administration figure found to have trafficked racist imagery. HuffPost reported this week on Andrew Wheeler's "like" of a 2013 post showing President Obama and Michelle Obama looking longingly at a banana held by a white hand.Wheeler claims he can't recall the episode. Maybe he was distracted by his efforts to explain more recen
  
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• Holly Richardson: Engage in the fight against the opioid epidemic. Come to the Utah Solutions Summit on Friday.

  11-10-2018 17:36
  In 1984, Alema Harrington was a running back on the Brigham Young University football team. When he got injured, team doctors provided him with Percocet and he was hooked. Over time, he found himself snorting crushed Oxycontin and “graduating” to heroin. Now in recovery, he is one of the 80 percent of heroin users who started with legally prescribed opioids.Tenneson was also an athlete, a hockey player. He was prescribed opiates for a shoulder injury, which progressed quickly to a he
  
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• Federal judge orders new Manafort hearing

  11-10-2018 17:23
  Alexandria, Va. • The federal judge who oversaw Paul Manafort’s prosecution in Virginia is questioning one of the terms of a plea deal that saved President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman from facing a second trial in the District of Columbia.Calling the way the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election handled the remaining charges against Manafort "highly unusual," Judge T.S. Ellis scheduled a new hearing for Oct. 19.The jury that heard Ma
  
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• Utes picked eighth in preseason Pac-12 men’s basketball poll

  11-10-2018 17:07
  San Francisco • Utah’s young, but talented roster is expected to impress this season. They’ll have to prove it first, though. That much was obvious Thursday morning as the annual Pac-12 preseason media poll was released prior to Pac-12 Media Day in the Bay Area.The Runnin’ Utes were picked eighth.And for the second time in the last three years, the Oregon Ducks were picked as the odds-on favorite to win the Pac-12 by members of the media who cover the league. The Ducks rec
  
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• Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel—C from Saint-Quentin, France—is about to start his 6th season in the NBA since being drafted… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 16:44 via twitter.com
  Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel—C from Saint-Quentin, France—is about to start his 6th season in the NBA since being drafted… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Car collides with FrontRunner train in North Salt Lake, causes commuter delays

  11-10-2018 16:41
  The driver of a car that collided with a FrontRunner train in North Salt Lake on Thursday morning suffered minor injuries and no one on the train was hurt, but commuters are experiencing “significant delays.”FR Update 8:10 am: Bus bridge remains active between Woods Cross - North Temple. Expect a 30-minute delay on the next NB train from NT - Ogden. SB delays minimal at this time. Additional delays for passengers requiring bus bridge.— UTA (@RideUTA) October 11, 2018UTA issued
  
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• Review: Robert Redford goes out on a high note in free-spirited heist comedy ‘The Old Man & the Gun’

  11-10-2018 16:22
  Many movie buffs would argue that Robert Redford’s best years as an actor were from 1969 to 1976, when he was at the height of his movie stardom, with a string of heavyweight films that included “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid,” “Downhill Racer,” “Jeremiah Johnson,” “The Candidate,” “The Way We Were,” “The Sting,” “Three Days of the Condor” and “All the President’s Men.”That’s
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: USA Today gave Trump ‘leeway’ for his opinion; instead, he deceived in almost every line

  11-10-2018 16:19
  If there are any lingering questions about President Donald Trump's relationship with the news media, they should have been answered this week.Appallingly but predictably, Trump for many days failed to express outrage or vow to take tough action after a Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, reportedly was brutally killed in Turkey at the Saudi consulate. The Saudi journalist, a U.S. resident, was often critical of the Saudi government under de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Democrats' chances of winning the Senate seem about to be buried in North Dakota

  11-10-2018 16:18
  Democrats' hopes of taking over the U.S. Senate (in addition to the House) are sinking because of North Dakota. The war over the Utah medical marijuana ballot initiative continues on some fronts. Former Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder, a Democrat, endorses a Republican running for his old post.Happy Thursday. Republicans believe they are well on the way to defeating incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, thus sinking any hope Democrats can take over the Senate. Heitkamp&rs
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings: Keys to finishing perfect in preseason

  11-10-2018 15:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Raul Neto out of action at least two more weeks by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• Letter: We have become a country of deplorables

  11-10-2018 15:00
  Today we officially have become a country of deplorables. Yes, I said it, we are definitely not the moral compass for the world.Why do I say this? Because the Senate, or should I say the good old boys network — that is, Mitch and Orrin and the boys — have decided that it is all right to confirm alleged sex assaulter Brett Kavanaugh because boys will be boys. You have lost all credibility, and morals, by putting a man on the Supreme Court who basically told the Senate, “What goe
  
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