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• Win a pair of 🎟🎟 to the game against the @warriors & two all-you-can-eat passes to the #FordFanZone‼️ All you have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 23:49 via twitter.com
  Win a pair of 🎟🎟 to the game against the @warriors & two all-you-can-eat passes to the #FordFanZone‼️All you have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Skyridge’s Ma’a Notoa excels after returning from severe knee injury

  18-10-2018 23:48
  Lehi • It’s late fourth quarter of a close game at Viewmont High School. The Skyridge High School football team is on the verge of its fourth straight win to start the 2017 season. Naturally, the Falcons turn to then-junior star running back Ma’a Notoa to make a play.Notoa receives the handoff and looks up the field. He sees a defender looking to make a tackle. Notoa has two options: turn the corner and run upfield, or cut inside the opposing safety. He chose to cut. He’s
  
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• Clergywomen numbers increased significantly in two decades, sometimes equaling men

  18-10-2018 23:47
  The share of women in the ranks of American clergy has doubled — and sometimes tripled — in some denominations during the past two decades, a new report shows.“I was really surprised, in a way, at how much progress there’s been in 20 years,” said the report’s author, Eileen Campbell-Reed, an associate professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tenn. “There’s kind of a circulating idea that, oh well, women in ministry has kind o
  
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• If West Coast Conference teams — including BYU — have Gonzaga Fatigue, they didn’t show it at the league’s annual basketball media day

  18-10-2018 23:34
  Las Vegas • The hierarchy in the West Coast Conference men’s basketball race is often referred to as the “Big Three” because Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s and BYU — usually in that order — have ruled the league since the Cougars joined it in 2011.In reality, it should be called the Big One, because the Zags are so far above everyone else in terms of national prestige and profile that mentioning another WCC program in the same sentence is usually a waste of time.&
  
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• Feds investigate alleged abuse by Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania

  18-10-2018 23:27
  Washington • The Justice Department has launched an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of youths by Catholic clergy across Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with the matter.The move by the Justice Department to launch such a probe, even one limited to a single state, marks a major escalation in the government’s response to allegations that the church spent decades hiding the extent of the sexual abuse problem among its priests, and allowing pedophiles to continue to work
  
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• Monson: Utah is losing Jack Tuttle, its best-ever quarterback recruit. Who’s to blame?

  18-10-2018 23:22
  Jack Tuttle, the best quarterback recruit Utah has ever landed — no, I did not say the best quarterback — is transferring and we’ve got to find somebody to blame. It is our duty. You don’t just let a four-star guy coming out of California’s quarterback hotbed, a QB who was wanted by Alabama, LSU, Wisconsin, a fistful of teams in the Pac-12, and a bunch of other programs, just walk away without exacting a pound of flesh.From who, though?Who screwed this up?Kyle Whitt
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Utah’s Twitter account strikes back after opening-night win over Kings

  18-10-2018 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... u thought about building your arena on a different street? — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) Who knew the Golden 1 Center was located on L Street? It’s quite ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell wants to improve passing after hearing criticisms when compared to Ben Simmons’ playmaking

  18-10-2018 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  ... e has that killer mindset already and plays with a chip on his shoulder. The Jazz have an extremely bright future with Donovan Mitchell as the main cog. He’s...
  
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• MoviePass operations under investigation by New York attorney general

  18-10-2018 23:00
  New York • The company that runs the beleaguered MoviePass discount service for movie tickets is being investigated by the New York Attorney General on allegations that it misled investors.Parent company Helios and Matheson of New York said in a prepared statement that it is aware of the investigation, but that it believes, "our public disclosures have been complete, timely and truthful and we have not misled investors."The investigation was first reported by CNBC.Helios and Matheson has st
  
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• Letter: We are all non-Mormons now

  18-10-2018 23:00
  Being non-Mormon for many years, I was surprised to hear that all members of the LDS Church have, by prophetic edict, become non-Mormons. Welcome. Now we’re all non-Mormons.Joe Watts, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Trump could have been somebody

  18-10-2018 23:00
  Donald Trump could have been somebody. He could have had a positive legacy, instead of the one he has now and will forever wear.Simply appointing a woman to the Supreme Court would have given him some grace in history and demonstrated his open, forward thinking and show he is really not a total swine. But apparently he can’t see past it, so his legacy will be that of the pig icon in the times of #MeToo.William Bradford, MurraySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Don’t give in. Vote.

  18-10-2018 23:00
  A man accused of sexual assault has a lifetime appointment on the country’s highest court in spite of allegations of sexual misconduct from at least three women.Christine Blasey Ford courageously came forward to testify even though she knew she faced the possibility that her words would be disbelieved, her pain disregarded and her life upended — and rightly so. Sen. Mitch McConnell described assault survivors as “bullies who didn’t care about facts.” Sen. Orrin Hatc
  
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• Letter: It’s time to have another woman in office. Vote for Jenny Wilson.

  18-10-2018 22:59
  When I raised my hand to be sworn in as Utah’s attorney general in 1993, that moment represented a first for Utah, as I was the first woman to be elected statewide in Utah. At the time, I assumed I was the first of many. Sadly, 25 years have passed and I remain alone as the only woman elected statewide in Utah.But we can change this in November by electing Jenny Wilson to the U.S. Senate.Utah women were among those leading the rallying call for a woman’s right to vote, and Utah was t
  
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• Letter: Check the caller ID on that call from God

  18-10-2018 22:54
  War, famine, disease, global warming, drug epidemics, human trafficking, human rights abuses, Donald Trump, sexual assault (oh, I’m sorry, the last two were redundant) and God picks up the phone and calls Russell Nelson about nicknames.I am fairly certain, President Nelson, that this was a prank call. You had better check your caller ID.I am always disinclined to denigrate any belief system; after all, I was raised in a church that teaches I am eating the body and blood of a guy who has be
  
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• Letter: It is time to act on climate change

  18-10-2018 22:52
  I recently returned from a three-week work-related trip to Europe. It was encouraging to see steps being taken there to mitigate the effects of climate change.National governments are passing fossil fuel cap-and-trade laws. In Germany, mile after mile of solar panel arrays flank freeways. In Amsterdam, bicycling is not just a sport. It’s also a free, healthful and environmentally friendly means of commuting to work. One of the days I was in Paris was car-free to celebrate the Paris Agreeme
  
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• Fav for Fav https://t.co/ro79Bm4eDL

  18-10-2018 22:46 via twitter.com
  
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• Teen sues Gunnison school officials after alleged sexual assault by three football players

  18-10-2018 22:36
  A 14-year-old boy who says he was sexually assaulted by three members of his high school football team last month in rural Gunnison has filed a federal lawsuit alleging school officials knew the players had a “pervasive and extensive history” of harassment stretching over the past two years and did nothing to address it — leaving him vulnerable to the attack.The discrimination lawsuit comes after prosecutors filed charges of rape and forcible sexual abuse against the 16-year-ol
  
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• Red All Over: Utah’s coaches properly kept a short-term view, choosing Jason Shelley over Jack Tuttle as the No. 2 QB

  18-10-2018 22:08
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. Amid the news last week that BYU was switching quarterbacks, I jokingly wished that Utah’s QBs would do something to drive interest.No, I didn't see Jack Tuttle's transfer coming this week.I did wonder about the coaching staff’s failure to use him against Arizona, with five minutes left and Utah leading 42-10, but it’s also true that No. 2 QB Jason Shelley needed work. Shelley had taken o
  
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• Former Newtown officials push back against report critical of shooter’s education

  18-10-2018 22:00
  Hartford, Conn. • Former educators in the Connecticut town where 20 children and six adults were shot to death in an elementary school are pushing back against a state report that was critical of how the shooter’s education was handled.The former Newtown officials gave state senators Thursday a 22-page rebuttal to the 2014 report by the state child advocate's office on the upbringing and education of Adam Lanza.The 20-year-old Lanza, who grew up in Newtown, killed 26 people and himsel
  
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• Democrats, third party candidate have little chance of representing Utah in the 1st and 3rd Congressional districts, new poll shows

  18-10-2018 21:58
  A new poll shows the incumbent Republican congressmen in Utah’s 1st and 3rd districts appear safe as they head into the final weeks of the election, with what seem to be insurmountable leads over their opponents and strong job-approval ratings.A Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, conducted Oct. 3-9, shows Rep. Rob Bishop, who serves northern Utah’s 1st District, with a 32-point lead over his opponents. In the 3rd District, Rep. John Curtis is ahead by an even wide
  
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• Tell the Tribune: How do you remember the New Yorker?

  18-10-2018 21:42
  The New Yorker was a downtown dining staple for 40 years — first as a private club and later as an upper-end restaurant. It served its last meals recently. We’d like to hear from you about your memories of this iconic restaurant.window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.3.min.js"><\/script>')
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• With an average age of 88½, Nelson, Oaks, Eyring make up the oldest First Presidency in LDS history

  18-10-2018 21:27
  The LDS Church’s First Presidency of today is the oldest threesome in the faith’s nearly 200-year history.According to statistician Christian Anderson, the male trio governing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has gotten older and older as the religion moved from its beginnings in 1830 to its just-completed 188th Semiannual General Conference.Founder Joseph Smith was 26.3 years old in March 1832, when he organized the fledgling faith’s original First Presidency &m
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - After stellar rookie season, Donovan Mitchell ready to up the ante: 'The goal is a championship'

  18-10-2018 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... Stein, left, and Yogi Ferrell look on Wednesday. (AP) More Nevertheless, the Jazz are a team on the rise with — the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year...
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and BTG Wine Bar have moved and are now open in the historic Eagle Building on 400 South

  18-10-2018 21:21
  The Eagle Building, former home of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and more recently The Bay dance club, is the new home of Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and its affiliated BTG Wine Bar.The Italian restaurant and bar officially moved into the historic spot at 404 S. West Temple in mid-September, after spending 25 years near the Salt Palace Convention Center.The move was necessary to make way for a possible development.But it required months of renovations, which focused on updating the build
  
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• G League to offer $125,000 contracts to elite prospects

  18-10-2018 21:18
  Miami • The G League will begin offering “select contracts” worth $125,000 next year to elite prospects who are not yet eligible for the NBA, a move that could slightly lessen the handful of one-and-done players at the college level.It is unclear how the players would be selected, but the league said Thursday it is establishing a working group to identify players who could be offered the contract.Players will be eligible to sign the select deal if they turn 18 by Sept. 15 prior
  
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• Logan man charged with mailing ricin to Trump pleads not guilty

  18-10-2018 21:16
  The Logan man charged with sending ricin in the mail to the White House, the Pentagon and FBI headquarters pleaded not guilty on Thursday.William Clyde Allen III entered the plea despite confessing to the crime when interviewed by authorities. A four-day trial is scheduled to begin on Dec. 26.According to an affidavit from the FBI, Allen admitted to mailing envelopes that contained crudely ground castor beans — used to make the poisonous ricin — to President Donald Trump, Secretary o
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell emphatically states the goal for Utah is a championship

  18-10-2018 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... e 2017 draft. The former Louisville Cardinal was later traded to the Jazz for the 24th pick (Tyler Lydon) and . Mitchell officially signed a four-year ...
  
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• The Jazz owned the defending champ Warriors last season, but that may not mean much in facing Golden State now

  18-10-2018 20:58
  It is, perhaps, a less-than-ideal situation that, in their season debut Thursday night, the Utah Jazz struggled mightily to vanquish a Sacramento team that has not qualified for the NBA Playoffs since the 2005-06 season.Fortunately, however, the Jazz should have every opportunity to put on a more dominant display in the follow-up, considering Friday’s nationally-televised home opener at Vivint Smart Home Arena comes against an apparently middling opponent that Utah absolutely owned a seaso
  
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• Mia Love calls for 'unethical’ Ben McAdams to withdraw from race after FEC belatedly backs her fundraising

  18-10-2018 20:57
  Rep. Mia Love says challenger Ben McAdams is so “unethical” he should drop out of their race — a call made after she obtained belated written proof that the Federal Election Commission will let her keep most of the $1 million raised she raised for a never-held primary.“I honestly believe that Mayor McAdams should pull out of this race. I think it’s that unethical that he should pull out of this race if he is willing to try and destroy totally a fellow Utahn for poli
  
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• Why is celebrated QB Jack Tuttle bailing on the Utes halfway through his freshman season?

  18-10-2018 20:45
  Jack Tuttle smiled and laughed Tuesday afternoon as he walked off Utah's football practice field with starting quarterback Tyler Huntley. That scene became a clue regarding the future of the freshman QB, who has left Utah's program and intends to transfer.In August and September, Tuttle usually was among the last players to leave, doing individual drills and working with receivers. But he exited right after Tuesday's session ended, and now he's gone from the team after never taking the field in
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and BTG Wine Bar are now open in the historic Eagle Building on 400 South

  18-10-2018 20:44
  The Eagle Building, former home of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and more recently The Bay dance club, is the new home of Salt Lake City’s Caffe Molise and its affiliated BTG Wine Bar.The Italian restaurant and bar officially moved into the historic spot at 404 S. West Temple in mid-September, after spending 25 years near the Salt Palace Convention Center.The move was necessary to make way for a possible development.But it required months of renovations, which focused on updating the build
  
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• The number of Utahns worried about housing costs is rising, particularly in Salt Lake County

  18-10-2018 20:33
  The ranks of Utahns worried about affordable housing have grown dramatically since 2015 and conditions appear to be worst for renters living in Salt Lake County, according to a new study.The nonprofit Utah Foundation reports that of 20 measures in its yearly Community Quality of Life Index, public perceptions on housing affordability have seen the largest declines in recent years.In 2015, nearly 16 percent of the state’s population labeled the availability of quality affordable housing in
  
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• Weber State men picked second in Big Sky basketball poll

  18-10-2018 20:32
  The Weber State men’s basketball has been picked to finish second in the Big Sky for the second straight season, according to a vote of the league’s head coaches and media. The Wildcats were picked second in both polls, with Montana tabbed as the preseason favorite.Montana had 10 first-place votes in the coaches poll and 33 first-place votes in the media poll to finish first in the voting.Weber State had been picked first in the preseason polls in eight of nine years prior to last ye
  
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• Utah’s Jason Chaffetz criticized for tweet mocking Sen. Elizabeth Warren by posing with cigar-store American Indian statue

  18-10-2018 20:21
  Reactions were divided on Thursday to a social media post by former Congressman Jason Chaffetz that poked fun, perhaps indelicately, at the claims of native ancestry by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts.The post shows Chaffetz posing next to a wooden, cigar store-style American Indian statute and references the recent controversy over Warren releasing results of her DNA testing that suggest a distant native ancestor.“At Disneyland today with Senator Elizabeth Warren,” reads a ca
  
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• Five things you should know about the $87M road bond question on your Salt Lake City ballot

  18-10-2018 20:00
  Salt Lake City voters will have final say on an $87 million road bond city leaders say is needed to fix failing streets.The question on residents’ ballots asks voters whether they want to authorize the city to execute a 20-year bond that would “pay all or a portion of the costs to improve various streets and roads throughout the City and related infrastructure improvements."While supporters cite a desire to improve street conditions, opponents express concern about debt, recent unrel
  
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• Downtown Farmers Market ends Saturday with a Howl-o-ween costume contest for pets, pumpkin decorating for kids and fall vegetables for everyone

  18-10-2018 20:00
  Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market comes to a close on Saturday, Oct 20.Celebrate the final day of this popular summertime event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pioneer Park, 300 South and 300 West. Farmers still have plenty of local produce to sell, organizers say.
  (Leah Hogsten|The Salt Lake Tribune) In 2017, Snoopy dressed as a lion and Lucy dressed as a pig for the Downtown Farmers Market's Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest. (Leah Hogsten/)Other activities include:9 a.m. to 1 p.m. •
  
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• Remembering Terry Furlow and the tragedy of a once-rising talent for the Utah Jazz

  18-10-2018 19:44
  FLINT, Mich. — Countless alumni and athletes returned to Michigan State University for the first weekend in October to celebrate homecoming.Spartans basketball players Benny White and Bill Kilgore were among the old-timers on campus, along with ex-assistant coach Vernon Payne, who celebrated the festivities but also decided to make a pit stop to former head coach Gus Ganakas' house as he's up in age at 92 years old.With the gang intact, the legendary tales began to flow. They even FaceTime
  
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• 40 years ago Terry Furlow was a rising talent for the Utah Jazz, but then tragedy struck

  18-10-2018 19:44
  FLINT, Mich. — Countless alumni and athletes returned to Michigan State University for the first weekend in October to celebrate Homecoming.Spartans basketball players Benny White and Bill Kilgore were among the old-timers on campus, along with ex-assistant coach Vernon Payne, who celebrated the festivities but also decided to make a pit stop to former head coach Gus Ganakas' house as he's up in age at 92 years old.With the gang intact, the legendary tales began to flow. They even FaceTime
  
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• Eye On The Y: Rejoice! After a bye this week, BYU gets a rare home afternoon game next week against Northern Illinois

  18-10-2018 19:16
  Eye On The Y is a weekly Salt Lake Tribune newsletter covering all things BYU athletics. Subscribe here.Remember when former BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall was interrupted by an elderly gentleman during a speech at a booster gathering a few years ago? The fan stopped Mendenhall in mid-sentenced to remind him that BYU home football games were no longer played in the afternoons anymore.He was mostly right, which is why the humorous interaction got plenty of air-time play.I’ve been told
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

  18-10-2018 19:12
  A note from Karen Attiah, Washington Post Global Opinions editor:I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together. Now I have to accept: That is not going to happen. This is the last piece of his I will edit for The Post. This column perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the Ar
  
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• Another USA gymnastics official faces charge in Nassar fallout

  18-10-2018 19:02
  The Texas indictment of former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny for allegedly tampering with evidence is the latest fallout from the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.Numerous other people have been criminally charged, fired or forced out of their jobs during the investigations into the once-renowned gymnastics doctor. He was sentenced to decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually abused them under the guise of medical tre
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Don’t get all politically correct. It’s OK to have a show with 8 sons and no daughters.

  18-10-2018 18:38
  I’m a big believer that television should reflect diversity, multiculturalism and progressive attitudes toward gender. But I’m also willing to admit it’s unrealistic — and unnecessary — to expect every show to conform to that standard.Like when one of my colleagues asked the creator of the new ABC sitcom “The Kids Are Alright” why he didn't add some girls to the cast. This question came after Tim Doyle told us that the show “is inspired by my child
  
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• In 1st District debate, Democrat and United Utah Party candidate cast Bishop as career politician incapable of representing Utah voters

  18-10-2018 18:33
  Logan • The Democratic and United Utah Party candidates in Utah’s 1st Congressional District came out swinging against incumbent Rep. Rob Bishop, a Republican, at the Utah Debate Commission’s debate on Wednesday night.It will be up to voters in November to decide whether they landed any of their punches.Bishop’s opponents seemed to take little notice of one another but aimed to paint the Republican as a career politician who represents special interests rather than Utah vo
  
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• Navy veteran in Utah to appear in court in ricin-letter case

  18-10-2018 18:31
  A Navy veteran in Utah accused of sending letters to President Donald Trump and other leaders containing substance from which the poison ricin is derived is set to appear in court.William Clyde Allen III is expected to enter a plea on Thursday on charges including threatening to use a biological toxin as a weapon.Authorities say the envelopes containing ground castor beans were intercepted after being mailed to Trump, the FBI director, secretary of defense and the Navy’s top officer. They
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz are back, and they are 1-0

  18-10-2018 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... hree, and it was awesome to see these guys come through for the Jazz and get an opening night win. Jinglin’ is a freakin’ treasure. carried the J ...
  
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• Teen sues Gunnison school officials, saying they showed ‘deliberate indifference’ and left him vulnerable to sexual assault by three football players

  18-10-2018 18:10
  A 14-year-old boy who says he was sexually assaulted by three members of his high school football team last month in rural Gunnison has filed a federal lawsuit alleging school officials knew the players had a “pervasive and extensive history” of harassment stretching over the past two years and did nothing to address it — leaving him vulnerable to the attack.The discrimination lawsuit comes after prosecutors filed charges of rape and forcible sexual abuse against the 16-year-ol
  
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• Poll shows Utah voters are behind Prop 3, expanding Medicaid, which state lawmakers oppose

  18-10-2018 17:35
  Support has grown for a ballot initiative seeking to fully expand Medicaid and provide health care to roughly 150,000 low-income Utahns, according to a new Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.The poll shows 59 percent of Utah voters in support of Proposition 3, up from 54 percent in a similar survey conducted in June. The share of voters opposing the initiative fell slightly from 35 percent to 33 percent between the two polls.“This is fantastic,” Prop 3 campaign man
  
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• Hear from @spidadmitchell after last night's W in our season opener 🎙️ https://t.co/hcooSka0vp

  18-10-2018 17:22 via twitter.com
  
  Hear from @spidadmitchell after last night's W in our season opener 🎙️ https://t.co/hcooSka0vp
  
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• ICYMI: Our roundup of last night's W in Sacramento 📖 » on.nba.com/2QWaoYi https://t.co/mkl5ou4tZ8

  18-10-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Our roundup of last night's W in Sacramento 📖» on.nba.com/2QWaoYi https://t.co/mkl5ou4tZ8
  
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• ‘Mormon Land:’ British bishop talks youth interviews, the faith’s future in Europe and more

  18-10-2018 17:08
  It’s the toughest assignment a member can get in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — bishop.It’s a lay calling that brings with it no pay but heavy demands. The bishop is responsible for the spiritual and even temporal well-being for hundreds of families and individuals in his area. All of this on top of the needs of his own loved ones and full-time job.Ross Trewhella has been serving in this taxing but rewarding task for nine years, shepherding his Latter-day Sai
  
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