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• Through the first four games of the season, @rudygobert27 has averaged 14.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.3 blocks, whil… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 23:31 via twitter.com
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• At BYU, the starting quarterback is the Big Man on Campus and Provo’s top celebrity. How is freshman Zach Wilson dealing with it?

  25-10-2018 23:30
  Provo • Having grown up a University of Utah football fan while also emulating his favorite professional football quarterback, Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers, Zach Wilson wasn’t fully aware of what it meant to be the starting quarterback at BYU when he arrived in Provo last winter.He does now.More people ask him for his autograph. Fellow students whisper and nod in his direction in class. People occasionally interrupt him at dinner with congratulatory words. He was even recogniz
  
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• Jazz’s win against the Rockets was needed, but ‘you don’t want to overreact’

  25-10-2018 23:27
  Houston • Wednesday’s win against the Rockets was a big step for the Jazz after consecutive home losses to the Warriors and Grizzlies.Up next comes another big step, against the Anthony Davis-led New Orleans Pelicans, who are looking increasingly like they’re the real deal.And then another, versus the improving Mavericks, who seemingly have been re-energized by rookie Luka Doncic and bolstered by the addition of DeAndre Jordan.And still another, against the decidedly fractured b
  
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• Utah says no — for now — to accepting depleted uranium from military

  25-10-2018 23:21
  Retired munitions won’t be buried in Utah’s West Desert anytime soon under a decision issued Thursday by state regulators, who rejected EnergySolutions’ emergency request to accept several thousand tons of armor-piercing projectile points made of heavier-than-lead depleted uranium.The radioactive-waste processor had petitioned the Department of Environmental Quality for an exemption to Utah’s provisional prohibition on burying depleted uranium, or DU. But agency staff con
  
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• Country bluesman, hit songwriter Tony Joe White dies

  25-10-2018 23:16
  Nashville, Tenn. • A record label representative says Tony Joe White, the country rocker and hit songwriter behind such hits as “Polk Salad Annie” and “A Rainy Night in Georgia,” has died at age 75.A statement from the record label Yep Roc Music Group said White's family confirmed the rocker died Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. The label did not have any details on his cause of death.White, originally from Louisiana, had a hit in 1969 with "Polk Salad Annie" and h
  
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• Salt Lake County DA won’t charge two officers who shot and killed man after he stole a police truck

  25-10-2018 23:02
  Two West Jordan police officers won’t face charges after they shot and killed a man who had just robbed a convenience store, pointed a gun at an officer and stole that officer’s police truck, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.The two officers, J. Whitehead and T. Shepherd, declined to give prosecutors a statement about the May shooting — just as four other Salt Lake County officers have done so far this year. District Attorney Sim Gill exp
  
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• Donovan Mitchell Woke Up And Lit Up The Rockets

  25-10-2018 23:01 via deadspin.com
  Donovan Mitchell had still been kneading the sleep out of his eyes during the first week of his sophomore season. Coming into last night’s game against the Rockets, he’d been unable to get any offense going—not from any region of the court, not off-the-dribble, not catch-and-shoot, not getting to the free throw line.…Read more...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Lady Vols' Davis ready for expanded role in sophomore season

  25-10-2018 22:54 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Experienced Hawkeyes know D will lead the way in '18-19

  25-10-2018 22:54 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Illinois rebuilding program, hopes new recruits can help

  25-10-2018 22:53 via sportspyder.com
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• 🎙 | 🎵 The Note 🎵 has special guest @bigTbailey on this week! Download & subscribe! 🍎 Apple podcasts:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 22:53 via twitter.com
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• ‘Behind the Headlines:’ Tragedy strikes at the University of Utah, members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe express concern about water pollution and more

  25-10-2018 22:47
  Tragedy struck the University of Utah this week when a student athlete was shot and killed on campus approximately one year after the shooting death of another student at the University. A debate between candidates for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District revealed stark differences in the race. And members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe are expressing concern about water pollution near a Utah uranium mill.At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner and Taylor Stevens, editor
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: It’s a Man’s World

  25-10-2018 22:41
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/10/25/bagley-cartoon-critiquing/" target=_blank><u>Critiquing the Saudis</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/10/23/bagley-cartoon-we-dont/" target=_blank><u>We Don’t Not Need Education</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Hoosiers take on completely new look in Miller's 2nd season

  25-10-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Harden likely to miss Friday's game with hamstring injury

  25-10-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Edwards takes lead as No. 24 Purdue replaces 4 starters

  25-10-2018 21:56 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Turgeon counting on youth to get Maryland back to NCAAs

  25-10-2018 21:29 via sportspyder.com
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• Utes can take another step toward Pac-12 South title Friday night vs. UCLA at the Rose Bowl

  25-10-2018 21:10
  Utah's successful October is making memories of September blurry to the Utes' offensive players. August? That month, they remember.The Utes suddenly look like the team they thought would become, as of preseason football camp in August. That’s when they were passing, running and generally stressing one of the country’s best defenses in practice. Then came the struggles of September, a month that now seems so long ago that Britain Covey, the team’s star receiver and storyteller,
  
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• A decade after the big Delta-Northwest merger, the airline says its Salt Lake City hub has prospered

  25-10-2018 21:09
  Ten years ago this month, Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest — and promised that would finally create stability for customers and employees, help hubs including Salt Lake City to prosper, and show that consolidation is good for the industry.Delta is marking the anniversary of that fusion — the first of a flurry of mergers that sought to help airlines survive bankruptcies, low-cost competitors, high fuel costs and recession — by saying it kept all those promises, and that Sal
  
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• Gov. Herbert says there will be no ‘ideal’ medical marijuana law until Congress acts

  25-10-2018 21:05
  The Governor's Monthly News Conference | October 2018Thursday at 10AM, it's The Governor's Monthly News Conference, a live, unedited exchange between Utah reporters and Governor Gary Herbert.Posted by KUED Channel 7 on Thursday, October 25, 2018Medical marijuana laws will likely remain a “work in progress” for years, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday, despite a proposed state-run cannabis program expected to be taken up by lawmakers next month.That’s because the federal gov
  
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• Monson: Dante Exum’s long, winding road has brought him to a place where he knows he can not only compete, but also help the Jazz win

  25-10-2018 20:55
  The first time Dante Exum took the floor in plain view as a member of the Utah Jazz was during a summer league scrimmage in July, 2014.The last time, as in the most recent, was Wednesday night when the Jazz played Houston in the fourth game of the 2018-19 season.Exum’s road from the first to the last has been circuitous, but hardly serendipitous, not to any advantage. Unless, of course, bad fortune now leads to good, a turn that may already have begun. It’s long overdue. He did sign
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - With veteran lineup, Huskers are setting their sights high

  25-10-2018 20:49 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Northwestern hopes to restore buzz from NCAA run 2 years ago

  25-10-2018 20:48 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Happ, Badgers see defense as key to returning to NCAAs

  25-10-2018 20:48 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Odds stacked against Oklahoma State after departures

  25-10-2018 20:20 via sportspyder.com
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• This week in Mormon Land: A church pledge on medical marijuana, a missionary-friendly airport and talk of prophetic fallibility

  25-10-2018 20:19
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.This week’s podcast: Beyond the myths about Latter-day Saint women
  (Courtesy photo | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)Belle S. Spafford with Relief Society General Board.Colleen McDannell has taught reli
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Oklahoma opens post-Trae Young era with new faces

  25-10-2018 20:19 via sportspyder.com
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  25-10-2018 20:08 via twitter.com
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell honors slain Utah student Lauren McCluskey

  25-10-2018 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  ... h us ClutchPoints Jazz star Donovan Mitchell honors slain Utah student Lauren McCluskey by October...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Led by Wigginton, Iowa State loads up after down season

  25-10-2018 19:38 via sportspyder.com
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• Eye On The Y: Tanner Mangum continues to show remarkable maturity and class after midseason benching

  25-10-2018 19:36
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering all things BYU athletics. Subscribe here.No fewer than a half-dozen reporters gathered around Zach Wilson as the freshman quarterback paused for interviews after football practice earlier this week.Tanner Mangum strolled past the throng, head down a little bit, and casually glanced over at the attention that used to belong to him on Wednesday afternoons when offensive players are made available to the media.Then a member of
  
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• [NBA] - The Note: Thurl Bailey reflects on the early days of the Utah Jazz, making Utah his home, and expectations for this season

  25-10-2018 19:24 via sportspyder.com
  ...When he was drafted by the Utah Jazz with the seventh pick in the 1983 draft, Thurl Bailey was ecstatic—even if h ...
  
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• State law-enforcement vet to take over as police chief of West Jordan

  25-10-2018 19:19
  Longtime state lawman Ken Wallentine has been picked to be the West Jordan Police chief.City Manager David Brickey proposed the 35-year veteran for the post and the City Council approved the appointment 6-0 Wednesday night.Wallentine’s career began in 1982 as a police officer in the city of Provo. Most recently, he served as a special agent for the Utah Attorney General’s Office directing a training center for use of force using virtual reality technology.During his career, he has se
  
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• Donny & Marie Osmond will end their Las Vegas run in 2019 after 11 years playing the Flamingo

  25-10-2018 19:16
  Two of Utah’s leading exports — singing stars Donny and Marie Osmond — will wrap up their long run at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in 2019.“Next year is our final year,” Donny Osmond announced on a Las Vegas TV talk show recently. “We’ve been talking about it for a long time. But, definitely, our countdown has started. It was supposed to be six weeks at the Flamingo. It will be 11 years, and it will be the end.”The final show, according to the sibling
  
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• Utah governor calls for investigations after death of University of Utah student

  25-10-2018 19:14
  Days after a University of Utah student was killed by a registered sex offender on parole, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called for an investigation into the Utah Department of Corrections and said he believes the university, too, will examine its police department for “where we may have had some errors and mistakes.”“We will make sure that we get answers to the questions we have and take whatever necessary corrective actions are required,” he said Thursday during his monthly ne
  
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• Donovan Mitchell used his sneakers to pay tribute to Lauren McCluskey, the U. student-athlete shot and killed this week

  25-10-2018 19:13
  Houston • Donovan Mitchell, who’s endeared himself to fans around Utah with his public appearances and random acts of kindness, showed once again Wednesday he has his finger on the pulse of the community.Against the Rockets, he wore sneakers adorned with the name “Lauren McCluskey” — the University of Utah student-athlete who was fatally shot by an ex-boyfriend this week.Mitchell spoke passionately about issues related to domestic violence and violence against women
  
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• Guilty verdicts set precedent in fighting shady recruiting

  25-10-2018 19:11
  A federal jury found three men guilty of fraud charges for channeling secret payment to the families of top-tier recruits to influence their choices of schools, apparel companies and agents.Wednesday's verdicts place the blame firmly on the men for exposing the universities to NCAA sanctions, essentially portraying the schools as victims.The NCAA may view the verdict differently.In fact, the organization that oversees college athletics may now have a deeper reach when it goes after rogue program
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Texas Tech looks to compete again after Elite Eight run

  25-10-2018 19:07 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Rutgers looks for first winning hoops season since 2005-06

  25-10-2018 19:07 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - No. 1 Kansas to lean on team loaded with transfers, freshmen

  25-10-2018 19:07 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Kansas State returns nearly everyone from Elite Eight run

  25-10-2018 19:06 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Cavs' Love raises mental health awareness with 'locker' talk

  25-10-2018 19:06 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - 50-50 at Texas: Shaka Smart facing a big season in Austin

  25-10-2018 19:05 via sportspyder.com
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• Scott D. Pierce: The real question is — why did NBC hire Megyn Kelly in the first place? Her blackface comments were no surprise

  25-10-2018 19:04
  So Megyn Kelly expressed racist views on NBC. Is anyone surprised?Certainly her employers can't claim this caught them off guard. NBC knew what it was getting when it hired Kelly away from Fox News, where Kelly defending the use of blackface for Halloween costumes wouldn't have caused anyone to blink.Yes, blackface. And, according to multiple reports, two days later Kelly was out at NBC.In Tuesday's edition of “Megyn Kelly Today,” the host went off on how “political correctness
  
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• Defense attorney pleads guilty to bringing drugs into the Weber County jail

  25-10-2018 19:03
  A Utah defense attorney has pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree felony possession of a controlled substance in a jail, admitting he smuggled heroin and cocaine into the Weber County jail last April. Forgery and drug paraphernalia charges were dismissed as part of a plea deal.Tony Miles faces a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison on each count when he is sentenced Dec. 12. Court documents indicate Miles will be participating in drug court.Prosecutors allege Miles smuggled in dr
  
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• Red All Over: There’s depth in Utah Athletics, as the response to Lauren McCluskey’s death reminds us

  25-10-2018 18:58
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Every collegiate athletic program has its flagship sports. Utah's are football, men's basketball and women's gymnastics.Yet among the points driven home this week after the death of track and field athlete Lauren McCluskey is there’s much more to Utah’s program — and those of other schools — than the high-profile sports. The tragedy shook the entire athletic department and resonated
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The connection between hateful rhetoric and terrorizing acts is glaringly obvious, but some refuse to see it

  25-10-2018 18:55
  The gesture was small, but it contained multitudes.At a raucous rally in Montana last week, a Trump supporter — juiced up by the president’s crude praise of a congressman who body-slammed a reporter — looked directly at CNN reporter Jim Acosta.Then he ran his thumb across his throat. And laughed.Later, Acosta described "the Trump effect.""It has normalized and sanitized nastiness and cruelty in a way that I just never thought I would see," he said, shortly after that Montana ra
  
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• Dana Milbank: Stop the mob, Mr. President

  25-10-2018 18:51
  Video: It should be no surprise that homemade bombs have been sent to high-profile officials, a news network and a philanthropist, opinion writer Paul Waldman says. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
  Washington - What hath Trump wrought?Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., last year pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist. President Trump last week celebrated the assault."Any guy that can do a body slam, he's my kind of — he's my guy," Trump said to cheers.CNN's Jim Acosta said one man at t
  
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• Trump doubles down on blaming media as suspicious packages continue to surface

  25-10-2018 18:47
  Washington • President Donald Trump doubled down Thursday on blaming the media for the nation’s incivility, as suspicious packages sent by a suspected serial bomber continued to target Trump’s outspoken critics."A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News," the president said in a morning tweet. "It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond descriptio
  
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• After U. student is shot to death, Odyssey Dance removes violent segments of ‘Thriller’ from Kingsbury Hall performances

  25-10-2018 18:26
  In the wake of the killing of a University of Utah student, Odyssey Dance Theatre has pulled two segments from its on-campus performances of “Thriller.”“We feel it incumbent upon us to remove two long-standing segments from our Thriller performances at Kingsbury Hall for the remainder of this year’s run,” said Derryl Yeager, ODT’s founder and artistic director.Thriller performances continue at Kingsbury through Tuesday, Oct. 30. On Monday, University of Utah s
  
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