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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Report: Utah Jazz could have landed All-Star PG Kyle Lowry

  09-11-2018 23:53 via sportspyder.com
  Was Gordon Hayward indirectly responsible for preventing the Utah Jazz from acquiring All-Star point-man Kyle Lowry? One report says yes. It's finally happ...
  
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• George Pyle: An army that is merciful, heroic and chivalrous

  09-11-2018 23:40
  “My almost perfect army will be picturesque as well as fearless. Their uniforms and flags will be designed by the foremost Hollywood scene and costume designers. The army will be as reckless as a suicide squad, as shifty as an American backfield, as merciful as the Red Cross, as relentless as the Northwest Mounted Police, as swift and terrible as a tank division, as heroic as the Coast Guard, as resourceful and tender as Tarzan, as chivalrous as a knight. It will be copied by all nations &
  
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• Report: Utah Jazz could have landed All-Star PG Kyle Lowry?

  09-11-2018 23:37
  Was Gordon Hayward indirectly responsible for preventing the Utah Jazz from acquiring All-Star point-man Kyle Lowry? One report says it’s possible. It’s finally happening. More than a year after he announced his decision to eschew the Utah Jazz in favor of the Boston Celtics via free agency, Gordon Hayward is set to make his long-awaited […]
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• Report: Utah Jazz could have landed All-Star PG Kyle Lowry

  09-11-2018 23:37
  Was Gordon Hayward indirectly responsible for preventing the Utah Jazz from acquiring All-Star point-man Kyle Lowry? One report says yes. It’s finally happening. More than a year after he announced his decision to eschew the Utah Jazz in favor of the Boston Celtics via free agency, Gordon Hayward is set to make his long-awaited return […]
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• Six-vote difference prompts Democratic challenger to seek recount in Idaho Senate race

  09-11-2018 23:30
  Boise, Idaho • Democratic challenger Jim Bratnober says he’ll pursue a recount in his race against Idaho Sen. Fred Martin, a Republican from Boise’s District 15.Bratnober in a statement Friday says he feels obligated to request the recount with just six votes difference in the unverified vote totals from Tuesday's election.Idaho doesn't typically do automatic recounts but does allow the loser of a race to request that a recount be done for free if the difference in votes is less
  
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• Gehrke: Latest election results break Love’s way and so we wait for a call in the 4th District

  09-11-2018 23:25
  Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include Friday’s new vote tallies from Utah County. More are expected from Salt Lake County at 3 p.m.Since Tuesday night, Mia Love’s campaign has been clinging to the hope that votes tallied after election night would bring substantially better news for her than the ones counted up to that point.With additional votes out of Salt Lake County on Thursday and Utah County this morning, not only have the numbers not gotten better, they h
  
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• “We’re only worried about ourselves. This is an important game for us to try and come out and win because we need i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-11-2018 23:19 via twitter.com
  “We’re only worried about ourselves. This is an important game for us to try and come out and win because we need i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz welcome back Gordon Hayward with video ahead of his return to Salt Lake City

  09-11-2018 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  The 21-second clip starts with former NBA commissioner David Stern introducing Hayward on draft night followed by a series of Jazz highlights and the caption “Welcome Back, Gordon.”
  
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• Passenger stops Utah Greyhound bus after driver passes out

  09-11-2018 23:11
  Salt Lake City • A Greyhound bus passenger got behind the wheel and steered the bus to safety after the driver began passing out on a Utah highway Friday morning, police said.Everette Elliott, 49, took over as the driver suffered a medical problem on Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City, the Utah Highway Patrol said.He brought the bus to a stop along the side of the highway. About 20 people were on board and no one was seriously hurt. The bus driver, a 30-year-old man, was taken to a hospi
  
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• Rep. Mia Love cuts into Ben McAdams' lead as Utah and Salt Lake counties update results

  09-11-2018 23:08
  Rep. Mia Love cut into the lead held by Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams on Friday as Utah County and Salt Lake County updated vote totals in the state’s highly watched 4th Congressional District race.But not by much.McAdams lead went from 7,128 to 5,286 after Utah’s two most populous counties updated vote totals, the first update for Utah County since Election Day.The new numbers are expected to be the only update from Utah County on Friday, with roughly 72,000 ballots still left
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - The Broken Promise of Patience: Jazz Fans’ Belief in Hayward Goes Way Back

  09-11-2018 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  This is a story about patience. Patience that almost paid off, until it didnt. And yet thats when they traded for him. Waiting, wishing, hoping. And thats fine. Thats fine. Ouch.
  
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• Arizona GOP sues over vote-tallying laws in tight Senate race

  09-11-2018 23:00
  Phoenix • As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic terrain, a judge Friday will hear a lawsuit by the GOP seeking to limit the tally — or expand it in the state’s conservative-leaning rural areas.Four local Republican parties filed a lawsuit Wednesday night challenging the state’s two biggest counties for allowing voters to help resolve problems with their mail-in ballot signatures after Election Day. If the signature on the voter registration doesn&r
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz welcome back Gordon Hayward with video ahead of first game back in Salt Lake City

  09-11-2018 22:54 via sportspyder.com
  The 21-second clip starts with former NBA commissioner David Stern introducing Hayward on draft night followed by a series of Jazz highlights and the caption “Welcome Back, Gordon.”
  
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• Jazz welcome back Gordon Hayward with video ahead of his return to Salt Lake City

  09-11-2018 22:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward's seven seasons with the Utah Jazz didn't go in vain.A surprise tweet from the Jazz's official Twitter account hit timelines of all 876,000 followers ahead of tonight's much-anticipated Utah Jazz-Boston Celtics matchup, where Hayward will return as a visitor for the first time.The 21-second clip starts with former NBA commissioner David Stern introducing Hayward on draft night in 2010, followed by a series of Jazz highlights before ending with the caption "W
  
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• [KSL] - How did the Jazz recover so quickly after Hayward left? It's in their culture

  09-11-2018 22:39 via sportspyder.com
  Gordon Hayward leaving wasn't the first time the Jazz have had a dark day. They recovered before and they recovered again.
  
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• Trump limits asylum, says migrants must ‘come legally’

  09-11-2018 22:31
  Washington • President Donald Trump issued an order Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States.Trump invoked the same powers he used last year to impose a travel ban that was upheld by the Supreme Court, and the new regulations were likely to draw a legal challenge. They are intended to circumvent laws stating that anyone is eligible for asylum no matter how they enter the countr
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Salt Lake City police identify woman who was stabbed to death

  09-11-2018 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Wednesday as Candace Rose Samples, 20.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Push it hard’ — Trump’s ambassador praises religious freedom on global law’s 20th anniversary

  09-11-2018 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The U. S. ambassador for religious freedom called for renewed activism on protecting faiths around the globe Friday as religious liberty advocates gathered in the nation’s capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Religious...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bagley caption contest winner: “Hello, Luke...”

  09-11-2018 22:23 via sportspyder.com
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• Salt Lake City police identify woman who was stabbed to death

  09-11-2018 22:17
  Salt Lake City police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Wednesday as Candace Rose Samples, 20.The suspect is still at large. The name of a second victim, who was critically wounded, has not yet been released.According to police, the stabbing took place next to a dumpster behind the Dollar Tree store at 477 N. 300 West shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The suspect and the victims are all reportedly homeless.The suspect is described as bald, Hispanic, wearing a tan jacket and
  
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• ‘Push it hard’ — Trump’s ambassador praises religious freedom on global law’s 20th anniversary

  09-11-2018 22:16
  Washington • The U. S. ambassador for religious freedom called for renewed activism on protecting faiths around the globe Friday as religious liberty advocates gathered in the nation’s capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act.“We should push and we should push it hard,” Sam Brownback said at the event sponsored by the Religious Freedom Institute and Baylor University, which drew more than 100 people to the Hyatt Regency Washington hot
  
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  09-11-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
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• Bagley caption contest winner: “Hello, Luke...”

  09-11-2018 22:11
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• [NBA] - Hoops for Troops and a turkey dinner: Jazz players embrace opportunities to serve in the community

  09-11-2018 21:59 via sportspyder.com
  Grayson Allen’s last shot rattled around and eventually missed its mark. This left an opening for his opponent—and the little boy didn’t waste it. The kid launched a ball at his target and watched it drop into place to beat the Utah Jazz rookie in a game.
  
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• “If I can give some of my happiness to someone less fortunate, that’s really important to me.” @nbacares |… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-11-2018 21:52 via twitter.com
  “If I can give some of my happiness to someone less fortunate, that’s really important to me.”@nbacares |… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Sporting News] - Gordon Hayward sends message to Jazz fans ahead of Utah return

  09-11-2018 21:39 via sportspyder.com
  Hayward will make his first return to Utah on Friday since jilting the Jazz and signing with the Celtics more than a year ago.
  
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• Another loss to UMass on Saturday at Gillette Stadium would put a huge dent in 4-5 BYU’s bowl hopes

  09-11-2018 21:27
  Foxborough, Mass. • Fullback Brayden El-Bakri kept staring at the scoreboard high above LaVell Edwards Stadium, wondering when BYU’s offense was going to bust out like it had the previous week against UNLV and bury the visiting Minutemen of the University of Massachusetts.It never happened, and the Cougars were handed perhaps their most embarrassing home loss, a 16-10 disaster, in a half-century. It was the lowest point in an eventual 4-9 season filled with lows. Many believe the abys
  
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• NCAA comes down on BYU over Nick Emery benefits, vacates wins, puts the basketball team on probation

  09-11-2018 21:11
  Brigham Young University’s men’s basketball team must vacate two seasons, eliminate a scholarship and will be on probation for two more years over trips and other benefits boosters gave to guard Nick Emery, the NCAA announced Friday.BYU won 48 games in those two seasons Emery has thus far played for BYU. The news release from the NCAA said the Cougars “gained an advantage of an ineligible player for two seasons.” No other players were implicated. The university issued a s
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Writer Panel: Jazz Nation Prepares for a Reunion With Hayward

  09-11-2018 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  Emotions are still high following Haywards 2017 departure from the Jazz. Outside of Utah, the words become vicious, mean, and bitter. Sadly, I think it will get pretty ugly.
  
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• The limelight has dimmed a bit, but for teenager Maame Biney, the new face of U.S. speedskating, there is more work to do

  09-11-2018 20:37
  Kearns • She just doesn’t know how Miley Cyrus does it. That’s her go-to analogy, because after all, she’s just 18. It’s how she explains going from being just another giddy teenager to someone strangers on the street stopped to talk to or took pictures of. When you become a face of Olympic news coverage, this is what follows. Instant fame. Instant reality. That became Maame Biney’s life.“I didn’t know how to deal with that,” she said.She&rsqu
  
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• State officials ask the public to help solve the case of the murdered moose

  09-11-2018 20:36
  Somebody illegally shot and killed a bull moose in East Canyon earlier this week — and the Utah Division of Natural Resources is asking for the public's help to locate the poacher.According to DNR, at about 10 a.m. on Monday a “concerned citizen” was in East Canyon above Little Dell Reservoir and saw an unidentified man stalk the moose, then shoot it with a compound bow from about 20 yards away. The moose staggered “a short distance” before collapsing and dying.The
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A fast-moving wildfire has leveled a Northern California town, and nearly 30,000 people have evacuated

  09-11-2018 20:35 via sportspyder.com
  Paradise, Calif. • A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said.
  
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• The shuffling slows at the Utah State Board of Education, but its longest continuously serving member lost her bid for re-election

  09-11-2018 20:34
  The Utah Board of Education did not see the same surprising turnover this year as it did in the previous two elections, which saw almost every member either leave or unseated.Most of the incumbents who ran easily secured their spots Tuesday night. And two faced no challengers at all.But the small bit of shuffling that did happen likely means the board will lean more to the right than it already does.In perhaps the biggest election upset, Terryl Warner, the longest continuously serving member and
  
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• A fast-moving wildfire has leveled a Northern California town, and nearly 30,000 people have evacuated

  09-11-2018 20:32
  Paradise, Calif. • A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said.Only a day after it began, the fire near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 110 square miles, and authorities say they have found five people dead in vehicles torched by flames.“There was really no firefight involved,”
  
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• U.S. Olympic leaders will visit Salt Lake City next week as they scout out future Winter Games host cities

  09-11-2018 20:21
  As anticipated, officials from the United States Olympic Committee are scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City next week to perform an on-site visit to determine where the city and state of Utah sits in its long-desired quest to potentially be the U.S. bid city for a future Olympic Winter Games.As many as five USOC members are expected to arrive in Salt Lake City next Wednesday for the visit that will feature stops at various former Olympic venues from the 2002 Games held here 16 years ago, plus m
  
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• Salt Lake City police officer charged in child porn investigation

  09-11-2018 20:17
  A Salt Lake City police officer arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography has been charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.Jonathan Dew, 39, was placed on administrative leave by the SLCPD after the agents from the Utah Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force alerted the department of the arrest.“The officer will remain on leave until the completion of these investigations," the SLCPD said in a statement.Charges were filed Friday
  
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• Welcome back, Gordon. https://t.co/02WhVVeZaw

  09-11-2018 20:10 via twitter.com
  
  Welcome back, Gordon. https://t.co/02WhVVeZaw
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Kyrie Irving will not play vs. Jazz Friday due to grandfather’s memorial

  09-11-2018 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  As per an article from MassLive, Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving wont be able to play in their game against the Utah Jazz on Friday to attend his grandfather’s memorial. Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving won’t be in Utah on Friday. The Celtics’ star...
  
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• 10 quotes by and about the late Billy Graham on the 100th anniversary of his birth

  09-11-2018 19:42
  Famed evangelist Billy Graham, who died Feb. 21, would have celebrated the centennial of his birth Nov. 7Here are 10 quotes from the preacher and people who knew and admired him over his 99 years of life:“I have often said that the first thing I am going to do when I get to heaven is to ask, ‘Why me, Lord? Why did you choose a farm boy from North Carolina to preach to so many people, to have such a wonderful team of associates, and to have a part in what you were doing in the latter
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Celtics’ Gordon Hayward has message for Jazz fans ahead of return to Utah

  09-11-2018 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  Boston Celtics star Gordon Hayward is finally making his return to Utah after missing last season’s return game due to his devastating leg injury. Hayward posted a message to Jazz fans ahead of Friday’s matchup: #GameOn ? pic.twitter.com/3gIIZByfIt —...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics: Keys to spoiling Hayward’s return

  09-11-2018 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will look to get back to .500 as they take on the Boston Celtics in the Gordon Hayward's much-anticipated return. Can you hear that? It kind ...
  
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• Alongside the University of Utah’s track, a newly planted red maple tree represents the legacy and impact of Lauren McCluskey

  09-11-2018 19:25
  For now, it’s Lauren’s Tree.And for now, crimson and white carnations surround the base of this new red maple, some of them wilting in the frigid fall air, others holding strong, petals as vibrant as they were a week ago. The view is one she’d have to smile over. She was a smiler, after all. It’s perched atop a slight hill on a bend inside the McCarthey Family Track and Field Complex, the tops of the Wasatch Mountains dusted in white in the distance.It’s everything
  
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• Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics: Keys to spoiling Hayward’s return

  09-11-2018 19:16
  The Utah Jazz will look to get back to .500 as they take on the Boston Celtics in the Gordon Hayward’s much-anticipated return. Can you hear that? It kind of sounds like the whistling the wind makes sometimes? That is actually the sound of Utah Jazz fans everywhere practicing to boo Gordon Hayward upon his […]
  Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics: Keys to spoiling Hayward’s return - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Gehrke: Mia Love has lost to Ben McAdams, Friday’s update from Utah County has pretty much sealed it. Here’s why.

  09-11-2018 19:16
  Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include Friday’s new vote tallies from Utah County. More are expected from Salt Lake County at 3 p.m.Since Tuesday night, Mia Love’s campaign has been clinging to the hope that votes tallied after election night would bring substantially better news for her than the ones counted up to that point.With additional votes out of Salt Lake County on Thursday and Utah County this morning, not only have the numbers not gotten better, they h
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Matthew Whitaker has experience advising con artists. Will he help more under Trump?

  09-11-2018 19:04
  Washington - Many assume Matthew G. Whitaker was chosen as acting attorney general because he criticized the Russia probe, said he would have indicted Hillary Clinton and otherwise looks like a die-hard Trump loyalist.But maybe Whitaker really was picked because he has experience advising con artists.Whitaker, after all, was involved with a Miami-based firm that federal regulators shut down last year as an alleged scam. The firm, World Patent Marketing, promised aspiring inventors that it would
  
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• What happens now? A very different Utah team will take the field against Oregon on Saturday

  09-11-2018 18:32
  Needing a blueprint for dealing with the absence of their starting quarterback, Utah’s coaches could learn from what Oregon did to the Utes last season, when the Ducks barely bothered with passing while rushing for 347 yards in a convincing victory.The flaw of that strategy was exposed this week, when the state of the Ute offense became even worse. Running back Zack Moss' knee injury, sustained in Wednesday’s practice, followed quarterback Tyler Huntley’s potentially season-end
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Slow start traces back to defensive issues

  09-11-2018 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  Last season, the Utah Jazz rode their elite defense into the playoffs. This season, the Jazz are off to a 5-6 start and the defense is to blame. The start ...
  
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• Win a pair of 🎟🎟 to the game tonight against the @celtics‼️ All you have to do is: - Retweet this post - Enter thr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-11-2018 18:27 via twitter.com
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• A Utah professor has been appointed by President Trump to a science advisory board. As for his administration’s hostility to science, she says she’ll have to ‘figure that out.’

  09-11-2018 18:23
  A University of Utah associate professor has been named to a national board that advises the president on science — coming at a time when the current administration is often seen as hostile toward the discipline and its research.Maureen Condic, who specializes in neurobiology and has been nationally recognized for her work on spinal cord repair, will join the National Science Board, which establishes the country’s priorities for science and health and sets the agenda for related fund
  
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• Rep. Mia Love cuts into Ben McAdams' lead as Utah County updates results

  09-11-2018 18:16
  Updated vote counts from Utah County has allowed Rep. Mia Love to cut into the lead held by Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams in the state's highly watched 4th District race.But not by much.McAdams lead went from 7,128 to 5,852 after Utah’s second most populous county updated results for the first time since Election Day. That is expected to be the only update from Utah County today, with roughly 72,000 ballots still left to be counted. It is not clear how many of those are in the 4th Dis
  
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