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• Letter: A fond farewell to The New Yorker

  21-10-2018 23:59
  My heart is full of fond memories of The New Yorker restaurant, as it was such a part of my life over the past 40 years: birthday celebrations, book club gatherings, the opportunity of the shuttle service, after fine dining, to the ballet, opera and symphony (a very nice perk). Memories of friends who still are in my life, memories of friends who have passed on.The food was always delicious and plated so beautifully, the staff was amazingly attentive and so engaging. Walking down the stairs was
  
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• Letter: Ghorbani would help protect public lands

  21-10-2018 23:58
  I am writing this letter from Colt Mesa, the site nestled deep between the Escalante canyons and Capitol Reef National Park, where a Canadian mining company has staked claim now that Utah’s congressional delegation and President Donald Trump are attempting to remove this land from the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.Let me assure you, this is not the place. This is not the place for industrial noise, dust and other forms of pollution. This is not the place for a mining operatio
  
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• The water around a Utah uranium mine is growing more polluted. What does it mean for the nearby town?

  21-10-2018 23:56
  The following was researched and written by Emma Penrod for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.There once was a time when the children of White Mesa played outdoors without their parents fearing for their health.But for as long as Yolanda Badback can remember, the remote town in southeastern Utah has worried about the smell emanating from the plant to the north and the trucks that signal the plant’s awakening after periods of dormancy.&ldquo
  
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• Tribune editorial: Eric Eliason is 1st District’s choice for true change

  21-10-2018 23:55
  There is an element of Sisyphus in Rep. Rob Bishop. The mythical Greek character, who endlessly pushed a rock up a hill only to see gravity push it back down each time, could appreciate Bishop’s persistence.Bishop’s rock is the 10th Amendment, the last amendment in the Bill of Rights that spells out that the powers not delegated to the U.S. government “are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”In simplest terms, Bishop wants the federal government general
  
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• In a league obsessed with talent, the Utah Jazz say their chemistry makes a real difference

  21-10-2018 23:38
  In Wednesday night’s season-opening game in Sacramento, Ricky Rubio had arguably his worst outing with the Jazz, scoring just a single point. But his backup, Dante Exum, stepped up with 13.And while star guard Donovan Mitchell has been pressing the first two games, the backcourt backups have picked up the slack, with Alec Burks scoring 13 points against the Kings, and Exum again notching 13 in Friday’s home opener against the Warriors.Derrick Favors, meanwhile, was limited to just fi
  
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• Fight in LeBron's home Lakers debut, 124-115 loss to Houston

  21-10-2018 23:25
  LOS ANGELES — Once the fists started flying late in the fourth quarter, LeBron James' home debut with the Los Angeles Lakers was relegated to the undercard.A wild multiplayer fight that included the normally mild-mannered Chris Paul and Brandon Ingram stole part of the spotlight shining on LeBron's official landing on the West Coast.The Houston Rockets stole the rest with a gritty victory.James scored 24 points, but Paul, Ingram and Rajon Rondo all were ejected after trading blows late in
  
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• Here’s why the Jazz and just about every other NBA team are suddenly scoring so many points

  21-10-2018 23:15
  We’ve had only five days of NBA games, and already the league’s scoreboard operators are calling in sick, complaining of exhaustion.OK, not really. But have you seen the scores so far? We’ve had 35 games through Saturday. In all but six, both teams scored more than 100 points. We haven’t had a game yet in which neither team reaches triple digits.But the raw numbers get crazy too. The Pelicans dropped 149 points in regulation on the Sacramento Kings on Friday, after puttin
  
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• Letter: LDS Church seeks ‘plausible deniability’ on Prop 2

  21-10-2018 23:05
  According to the LDS Church's “Handbook 2,” only the governing First Presidency can speak on official behalf of the church in regard to a measure such as Proposition 2.One will not find a statement, anywhere, in opposition to Proposition 2 that actually bears the imprimatur of the First Presidency, nor any specific citation of such by other church personnel. Technically and logically, then, the very notion of “church opposition to Proposition 2” is a hoax — one that
  
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• [NBA] - Willie Reed a clear choice for Stars amid the chaos of the G-League Draft

  21-10-2018 22:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... still there, but everyone looks at it differently.” Tags , , Related Content Jazz October 20, 2018 October 20, 2018 Copyright © 2018 NBA Media Ventures, LLC....
  
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• Trump prizes strength, but the world may see weakness in his reluctance to confront Saudis

  21-10-2018 22:30
  When then-candidate Donald Trump debuted his "America First" foreign policy, he argued that the nation under President Barack Obama had "absolutely no respect" and was being "laughed at all over the world."For Trump, little is more important than appearing to project strength. And in that April 2016 speech, he vowed again and again that he alone would make America strong again.The challenge now facing President Trump is that his waffling public response to the Oct. 2 killing of dissident journal
  
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• Utes jump into the Top 25 after dominating USC

  21-10-2018 21:37
  The Utah Utes are once again a Top 25 football team, after crushing USC on Saturday.The Associated Press poll lists Utah 23rd, a spot ahead of Stanford. The USA Today’s Coaches Poll has the Utes 24th, one spot below Stanford.In both polls, the Utah State Aggies were high in the "others receiving votes" category, essentially coming in 27th in both polls.The Utes beat Pac-12 South rival USC 41-28 behind a suffocating defense and an aggressive offense. The media and coaches took notice. Utah
  
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• Commentary: Critic of religion uses a straw man to justify rudeness

  21-10-2018 21:36
  Gregory Clark’s Oct. 10 column, “Ridiculous, repugnant ideas don’t deserve respect,” responding to Holly Richardson’s op-ed, “We can know God’s will and see his hand,” rang seriously off-key to me. He either misread and misconstrued her main points, or at the least pursued a narrow, contorted interpretation.Mostly it appeared a straw-man argument, bolstered by other basic logical fallacies (i.e. a real God wouldn’t allow such-and-such, so bel
  
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• Commentary: Ben McAdams will work to make health care affordable

  21-10-2018 21:33
  In 2012, I learned that my mom had been diagnosed with a rapidly developing form of breast cancer. Then, a few years later, my dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. My mom has been in remission for a few years, but she still faces many medical complications from her treatments. My dad, on the other hand, faces a likely lifetime fight with MS ahead of him.Insurance coverage is what has kept our family afloat. That’s why I was so disheartened to see our congresswoman, Mia Love, vote to
  
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• Commentary: Reject the top-down Obama era Medicaid expansion that is Prop 3

  21-10-2018 20:40
  Recently I joined a delegation to The Tribune editorial board to explain our opposition to Proposition 3, full Medicaid Expansion under the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA). Such was our reception that board member George Pyle later published an “apology” for his rather animated response in the meeting.His apology included a charge that we lied. We did not. The discussion about emergency rooms was part of a much greater whole and simply acknowledged that our local health care
  
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• Utes in review: A trip to the Rose Bowl is in play for Utah, beyond this week’s game vs. UCLA

  21-10-2018 20:03
  Cody Barton’s words hardly seem silly now.After the Utah offense struggled through a 21-7 loss to Washington in a Pac-12 opener, the senior linebacker targeted a rematch in the conference championship game. “I’m confident that we’ll meet them again,” Barton said.It could happen. Or maybe the opponent will be Washington State, another current Top 25 team that the Utes believed they should have beaten in September. What's clear is a 41-28 victory over USC created all
  
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• Dozens are hurt in floor collapse at South Carolina condo party

  21-10-2018 19:55
  Clemson, S.C. • The floor of a condominium clubhouse near Clemson University collapsed during a large private party early Sunday, hurtling dozens of people into the basement, authorities said.About 30 people were taken to local hospitals after the center of the floor caved in at the clubhouse near the South Carolina university. Clemson City Police said nobody was trapped and none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.Video posted on social media shows a large part of the first flo
  
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• Northern Illinois, which held high-flying Utah’s offense in check last month, visits BYU on Saturday

  21-10-2018 19:19
  Provo • Is the relatively unknown college football team that visits LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a first-ever matchup with BYU better than the high-profile team that limped out of Rice Eccles Stadium Saturday night?Comparatively speaking, yes.At least, the Northern Illinois Huskies gave the Utah Utes a much better game six weeks ago than the USC Trojans did Saturday. Utah outlasted NIU 17-6 in DeKalb, Ill., on Sept. 8, while it blasted USC 41-28 in a game that wasn&rsquo
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - No. 1 Salt Lake City Stars pick Willie Reed brings NBA experience, holds close ties to Utah Jazz

  21-10-2018 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  ... with his new Stars teammates. Reed is also familiar with members of the Utah Jazz organization, including assistant coach Alex Jensen, his college assistant c ...
  
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• Utah State battles past Wyoming, 24-16, for sixth straight win

  21-10-2018 18:51
  Laramie, Wyo. • Its high-scoring offense largely kept at bay, Utah State turned to defense and special teams to earn its sixth straight victory, 24-16 over Wyoming on Saturday.Jontrell Rocquemore’s 20-yard interception return on the first play of the second half set up a 3-yard TD run by Darwin Thompson, and Savon Scarver’s 99-yard kick return late in the third — his third career scoring return — put Utah State (6-1, 3-0 Mountain West) up 24-6.In his first appearance
  
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• No. 1 Salt Lake City Stars pick Willie Reed brings NBA experience, holds close ties to Utah Jazz

  21-10-2018 18:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — Winters in Utah can get cold.That's why Willie Reed is prepared to dress for the occasion as he starts a new chapter of his basketball journey."Luckily, I still have my same coat from when I was with the Brooklyn Nets," said Reed, who was drafted No. 1 overall during Saturday's NBA G League draft by the Salt Lake City Stars."So, I still have that plain black coat in here so I'm going to make sure I bring a lot of sweatpants and hoodies, couple pairs of socks and make sure
  
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• Class-action lawsuit accuses e-scooter companies of ‘gross negligence’

  21-10-2018 18:00
  The nation’s electronic-scooter companies are facing more blowback as concerns rise about the safety of these devices — this time in the form of a class-action lawsuit filed Friday in California.The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses two of the largest e-scooter companies, Lime and Bird, as well as other e-scooter firms, of “gross negligence” and “aiding and abetting assault.”The lawsuit, filed on behalf of eight initial plaintiffs, s
  
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• Migrant caravan grows to 5,000 resumes advance toward U.S.

  21-10-2018 17:42
  A group of Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River aboard a raft made out of tractor inner tubes and wooden planks, on the the border between Guatemala and Mexico, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. After Mexican authorities slowed access through the border bridge to a crawl, hundreds of migrants are boarding the rafts or wading across the river and crossing into Mexico illegally. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (Moises Castillo/)Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico • Despite Mexi
  
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• Colorado ski industry virtually protected from drought

  21-10-2018 17:30
  Denver • Reservoirs have turned to dust. Farmers have fallow fields.But don't expect the skiing to languish.Ski resorts have spent many decades amassing water rights and water storage and continuously upgrading snowmaking systems to make the state's vibrant, multibillion-dollar resort industry virtually immune to drought — so long as this winter, farmers and ranchers have repeatedly said over the summer, is wetter than last winter and those critical reservoirs are filled to brimming c
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Kevin Durant feels Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell faces more pressure in Year 2 than most NBA rising stars

  21-10-2018 17:15 via sportspyder.com
  ... an Jonas Jerebko. Both Jazz sharpshooter Joe Ingles and Warriors star Draymond Green compared the game t ...
  
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• Commentary: The debate over rape culture Is generational

  21-10-2018 17:10
  After the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings, partisan lines were immediately drawn. On one side, Kavanaugh was the clear victim: a respectable judge caught in the crosshairs of a partisan smear campaign. And on the other side was Christine Blasey Ford: another woman who fell victim to sexual assault and understandably stayed quiet and suffered immeasurable consequences that would span a lifetime once she came forward.Personal opinion aside, the amount of response I have heard describing the
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Utahn returns as ‘Hot Dumbledore’ in spinoff of ‘The Vampire Diaries’

  21-10-2018 17:04
  Turns out that death didn’t mean the end of Utahn Matt Davis’ character on “The Vampire Diaries.” It didn’t keep Alaric Saltzman from returning to that show or transitioning to the spinoff, “The Originals.”And now Davis is at the center of yet another spinoff, “Legacies.” This time, Alaric is the headmaster of The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted — where the student body includes witches, vampires and werewolves.&ldquo
  
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• Gomberg: In an act of radical respect, I’m breaking up with politeness and telling people when they cross the line

  21-10-2018 17:04
  Does raising a kidlet in the #MeToo era have any other parents questioning the value of politeness? Because it’s been on my well-mannered mind a lot.I started noticing it when I felt like I had to shield my son, Harvey, from overzealous admirers who wanted physical contact when he didn’t, and I wondered if our well-meaning insistence on hugs and kisses might be blurring the lines of consent for our young’uns.It occurred to me that making Harvey politely endure unwanted closenes
  
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• ‘My own desert dialect’ — 3 Utah women write about wilderness and nature

  21-10-2018 17:03
  Edward Abbey roamed what is today Arches National Park as a seasonal ranger in the 1950s, treasuring the isolation and the harsh but fragile landscape that surrounded him. His observations and experiences became “Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness,” considered a classic of nature writing that helped spur the modern environmental movement.To mark the 50th anniversary of its publication in 1968, Back of Beyond Books in Moab commissioned Amy Irvine to contribute a 3,000-word e
  
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• Kevin Durant feels Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell faces more pressure in Year 2 than most NBA rising stars

  21-10-2018 17:03
  SALT LAKE CITY — A slightly irked Donovan Mitchell addressed a scrum of reporters outside the locker room following the Utah Jazz's home opener Friday.With a sellout crowd in attendance at Vivint Arena to welcome the defending champion Golden State Warriors, the Jazz came up short 124-123 after allowing a game-winning tip-in from former Jazzman Jonas Jerebko.Both Jazz sharpshooter Joe Ingles and Warriors star Draymond Green compared the game to a playoff type atmosphere with an ESPN broadc
  
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• Commentary: I’m ashamed to call myself a Mormon

  21-10-2018 17:00
  I’m ashamed to call myself a Mormon.It’s not because of anything President Russell M. Nelson has said. It’s not because I no longer believe the Book of Mormon is “true.”It’s for a much more essential reason.I was baptized into the Mormon church on Feb. 5, 1971. I served as the Aaronic Priesthood secretary and as seminary class president, and performed in our stake’s production of “Saturday’s Warrior.” I served a full-time mission in Ita
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell had the perfect GIF reaction to Chris Paul-Rajon Rondo fight

  21-10-2018 16:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... . Former Jazz forward had his revenge moment as he tipped in the game winner for his new s ...
  
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• Ute tribal members living near a uranium mine fear contaminants beneath the mill could seep into White Mesa drinking water

  21-10-2018 16:18
  The following was researched and written by Emma Penrod for The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.There once was a time when the children of White Mesa played outdoors without their parents fearing for their health.But for as long as Yolanda Badback can remember, the remote town in southeastern Utah has worried about the smell emanating from the plant to the north and the trucks that signal the plant’s awakening after periods of dormancy.&ldquo
  
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• Utah voter enthusiasm driven by Trump, Romney and marijuana, poll shows

  21-10-2018 16:10
  To err on the safe side on Election Day, Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen said her office planned for a 70 percent voter turnout rate — an “unprecedented” level of balloting in a nonpresidential election year.Despite the extra preparations, Swensen said she’s still hiring additional poll workers and support staff in the final weeks before the 2018 midterms.“We have so many registration forms coming in,” Swensen said. “We’re having a hard time
  
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• Only 19 of Utah’s 90 legislative races are competitive financially. Here’s a look at a few that stand out.

  21-10-2018 16:01
  Of Utah’s 90 races for the Legislature this year, only 19 are even moderately competitive in campaign fundraising. The others are financial blowouts, suggesting most races are not close with voters either, an analysis of disclosure forms shows.“Those donations are symptomatic of the larger challenge the state faces in terms of having a vibrant electoral democracy. Competitive elections are a way to hold politicians accountable, and too many are not competitive,” said Chris Karp
  
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• How will the inland port, a massive project near the Great Salt Lake, affect air quality and the ecosystem?

  21-10-2018 16:00
  Even under their best-case scenarios, opponents of Utah’s inland port — which has been billed as the state’s largest-ever economic development project — say it will likely worsen air quality and damage the Great Salt Lake’s already fragile ecosystem.Without an environmental impact study, it’s hard to say what, exactly, the effects could be of the planned 20,000-acre distribution hub in Salt Lake City’s westernmost area, which is expected to bring increas
  
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• Commentary: George Romney inspired me to be an activist. And to vote for Jenny Wilson.

  21-10-2018 16:00
  George Romney is one of the people who inspired me to activism, and I have been an activist for over 50 years. When I was 8, my family lived in Palo Alto, Calif. There were issues that concerned us at a neighborhood level, as well as the national level. My parents were involved in campaigns, and I loved helping them.I remember hearing about George Romney’s work, especially concerning fair housing and civil rights. His name came up as one who stood up to the racist policies of the past and
  
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• Gehrke: If you see a road sign saying there’s a drug checkpoint ahead, it’s a trick, but it still helps Utah police catch dealers

  21-10-2018 15:30
  Hey, stoners. Put the bong down for a minute. I’ve got something you might be interested in.I heard a story last week from some folks coming from Colorado to camp in southern Utah. Along Interstate 70, there was one of those electric road signs warning police were ahead and on the lookout for people transporting drugs.Officers conducting that operation were from the Western Colorado Drug Task Force, but I found out it’s a tactic the Utah Highway Patrol has also been using for some ti
  
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• Commentary: The ACLU is wrong about Operation Rio Grande

  21-10-2018 15:30
  As outspoken liberals, the Caputos normally find ourselves on the same side of an issue with the ACLU. As a business owner in this neighborhood for over 20 years and a resident walking to work in this neighborhood for over a decade, I feel compelled to speak up.The ACLU’s opposition to Operation Rio Grande is off base. While I cannot speak to whether the operation has an imbalance, something had to be done. What was transpiring here in our neighborhood was a paradigm shift from a mere nuis
  
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• Commentary: My advice to my fellow millennials: Vote!

  21-10-2018 14:30
  Millennials are projected to surpass baby boomers next year as the largest adult generation in the United States. While millennials have the power to change politics, there’s a problem. We don’t vote.In the 2016 presidential election, only 51 percent of millennials actually voted, a significantly lower percentage than the baby boomer and silent/greatest generations, whose voter rates were 69 percent and 70 percent, respectively. The voter turnout is even lower during midterm election
  
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• Letter: Make America Hoppy Again!

  21-10-2018 14:00
  It’s one thing for climate change to kill fellow citizens on our storm-battered coasts and in the wildfire-ravaged West. But now, coal-fired power plants and auto emissions are threatening to kill our beer supply. Enough, already!Recent reports by the publication Nature Plants and Yale Climate Connections warn that the increased frequency of extreme heat and drought associated with climate change poses threats to the cultivation of barley and hops. Pricier beer! Then, no beer?!?You can bet
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Down memory lane with Stevie, Aretha and Gladys

  21-10-2018 14:00
  Boy, this takes me back.That’s what I kept thinking the other night as I paged through a new coffee table book, “Soul R&B Funk: Photographs 1972-1982” by my friend and former colleague Bruce W. Talamon. Another friend had sent it for my birthday — thanks, Herschel — and I opened it up, intending to spend a couple minutes with it. Next thing I knew, a couple hours had passed.I had spent them in the company of Marvin and Stevie, Gladys and Aretha, the O’Jays
  
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• E.J. Dionne: The hidden costs of the GOP’s deficit two-step

  21-10-2018 13:30
  Washington • A truly gifted con artist is someone who pulls off the same scam again and again and keeps getting away with it.Say what you will about Republicans and conservatives: Their audacity when it comes to deficits and tax cuts is something to behold, and they have been running the same play since the passage of the Reagan tax cuts in 1981.Republicans shout loudly about how terrible deficits are when Democrats are in power — even in cases when deficits are essential to pulling t
  
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• George F. Will: Arizona voters can save their judiciary from its spiral into politics

  21-10-2018 13:00
  Washington • This year’s election that most implicates fundamental issues of American governance will not fill a legislative or executive office. And its importance is not primarily that it will either repudiate or reward dishonesty and cynicism in the service of factional grasping. Rather, Arizona’s judge-retention election will decide whether judges should be vulnerable to punishment if their punctilious application of a law annoys a self-aggrandizing interest group.Two years
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - What went right and wrong in the Jazz Warriors game?

  21-10-2018 10:44 via sportspyder.com
  ... ought to you by SLC Dunk the Utah Jazz affiliate of SB Nation. Every week Mychal Lowman and James Hansen discuss fe ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - | Salt City Hoops

  21-10-2018 09:00 via sportspyder.com
  ... Star transplant DeAndre Jordan (22-and-10) are adding hope for the 1-1 Mavs. Jazz-Mavs: The Jazz swept last season’s three games and have won six of seven in...
  
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• Fight in LeBron James' home Lakers debut, 124-115 loss to Houston (+video)

  21-10-2018 08:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in his wild home debut, which included three players getting ejected for fighting late in the fourth quarter of the Houston Rockets' 124-115 victory Saturday night.Chris Paul and the Lakers' Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo were tossed with 4:13 to play after a prolonged series of confrontations that put an ugly end on a celebratory night for Lakers fans eager to welcome James to the West Coast.The game was close unt
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz live and die by the 3-point shot in record fashion in loss to Warriors

  21-10-2018 07:48 via sportspyder.com
  ... ly reached 16 points at 98-82 midway through the third quarter. However, the Jazz missed three straight 3-pointers in less than a minute and were just 4-of-16 ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Patterson-led No. 6 Michigan tops No. 24 Michigan State 21-7

  21-10-2018 07:03 via sportspyder.com
  ...center Anze Kopitar sidelined by illness Jerebko, Durant lead Warriors past Jazz 124-123 Mississippi State women's hoops team aims to take final step Latest...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Lillard has 29 and Portland beats San Antonio 121-108

  21-10-2018 07:03 via sportspyder.com
  ...center Anze Kopitar sidelined by illness Jerebko, Durant lead Warriors past Jazz 124-123 Mississippi State women's hoops team aims to take final step Latest...
  
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