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• Inmate escapes from Beaver County jail but is caught the same day

  18-11-2018 23:45
  A state inmate, Michael Vieyra, briefly escaped from the Beaver County jail Saturday. He was caught the same day, according to a news release from the Utah Department of Corrections.A review is being conducted by Beaver County and the Utah Department of Corrections as to how the incident happened.Vieyra, 25, has been incarcerated since April for convictions of third-degree felony charges of burglary and misdemeanor charges of possession of a dangerous weapon.He was arrested in March along with a
  
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• BYU in review: Now that they’re bowl-eligible, Cougars can play like they’ve got nothing to lose against rival Utah on Saturday. But will they?

  18-11-2018 23:28
  Provo • After a pair of heartbreaking losses to Northern Illinois and Boise State put their postseason aspirations in jeopardy, the BYU Cougars took care of business the past two weekends, knocking off UMass and New Mexico State to become bowl-eligible.Getting to six wins also took some considerable pressure off the Cougars (6-5) as they head into rivalry week and Saturday’s showdown (8 p.m., FS1) at Utah. As running back Lopini Katoa said after becoming the first BYU freshman to run
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Kaleb Wesson leads Ohio State past S.C. State 89-61

  18-11-2018 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  South Carolina State's Ozante Fields, right, shoots over Ohio State's Kaleb Wesson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP
  
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• Donovan Mitchell is facing more defensive pressure in his second season than ever before. Here’s how he’s handling it.

  18-11-2018 23:16
  For sophomores in the NBA, life isn’t always easy.Take it from Brad Stevens and Quin Snyder, the coaches of two of the best rookies in the league last season: Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum. Those two set the league afire in the 2017-18 season, leading their teams to lengthy playoff runs. Rookies aren’t supposed to be able to do that.Mitchell and Tatum haven’t played poorly in their second seasons. Both guys are actually matching or exceeding their scoring totals from last y
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Inside the night ‘Headband Joe’ Ingles took over in Memphis to carry the Utah Jazz

  18-11-2018 23:00 via sportspyder.com
  "Headband Joe" Ingles became a folk hero across the internet after being cut above the left eye against the Memphis Grizzlies.
  
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• Inside the night ‘Headband Joe’ Ingles took over in Memphis to carry the Utah Jazz

  18-11-2018 22:53
  MEMPHIS — With 3:55 left in regulation, a driving MarShon Brooks charged toward the rim before spotting an open Marc Gasol at the top of the key.On the way down from the jumping pass, the follow-through from Brooks' hand delivered a split above the left eye of Utah Jazz sharpshooter Joe Ingles in Memphis on Monday, Nov. 12, which caused blood to rain down his face."I didn't realize it," Ingles recalled. "I just felt like a hand in the face kind of thing, then he was yelling at the referee
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - The Latest: Michigan beats Providence for Tip-Off title

  18-11-2018 22:34 via sportspyder.com
  Providence's Maliek White (4) reacts after sinking a basket during first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
  
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• Former Utes quarterback Alex Smith injured during a Washington Redskins game against the Houston Texans

  18-11-2018 21:55
  Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith has been carted off the field with an air cast on his injured right ankle after being sacked by Houston Texans defenders J.J. Watt and Kareem Jackson midway through the third quarter.Smith covered his face with both hands, then a towel, as he was checked by medical personnel on the field.Players from both teams walked off the sidelines to offer good wishes to Smith, who waved his right hand to fans as he was driven away.Former Redskins quarterback Joe T
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Inmate escapes from Beaver County jail but is caught the same day

  18-11-2018 21:45 via sportspyder.com
  A state inmate, Michael Vieyra, briefly escaped from the Beaver County jail Saturday. He was caught the same day, according to a news release from the Utah Department of Corrections.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell says he and Celtics’ Jayson Tatum always give each other advice

  18-11-2018 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  Last season provided one of the most compelling Rookie of the Year races in recent memory. It was a three-man race between Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum. All three guys established themselves as future stars of the league, and what made..
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Jae Crowder calls Daniel Theis ‘Slim Shady’

  18-11-2018 20:15 via sportspyder.com
  Jae Crowder hilariously called out Daniel Theis after the Boston Celtics big man missed a free throw on Saturday night. The broadcast caught the Utah Jazz forward yelling, “Oh yeah, Slim Shady,” in a reference to Eminem. View this post on Instagram Jae...
  
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• Dana Milbank: While Trump feasts on Thanksgiving, troops on the border eat rations and await Pancho Villa

  18-11-2018 20:09
  President Trump is reportedly planning to celebrate Thanksgiving once again at his members-only Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida, feasting on (if previous menus repeat) a 24-dish extravaganza of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, marshmallow sweet potatoes, red snapper, leg of lamb, grilled diver scallops, stone crab, ahi tuna martinis, Maine lobster bisque, short ribs, beef tenderloin and seven desserts.It will likely all be topped off by what the president calls "the most beautiful piece of chocolat
  
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• Commentary: Patients deserve better information about quality and price

  18-11-2018 19:59
  Recently, I was honored to testify before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee about ways that price transparency can lower health care spending and empower patients to make wise choices about the care they need.I was invited to testify because I am the administrator of the St. George Surgical Center, an ambulatory surgery center in St. George. Like other ASCs, our surgery center specializes in providing surgeries and preventive services to patients who leave ou
  
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• Weber State earns No. 2 overall seed in FCS playoffs, will host second-round game on Dec. 1 in Ogden

  18-11-2018 19:17
  The path to the FCS national title game could run through Ogden.On Sunday morning, the reigning back-to-back Big Sky Conference champion Weber State Wildcats were given the No. 2 overall national seed in the 2018 FCS playoffs. The Wildcats, who went 9-2 in the regular season before wrapping up its Big Sky title with a 26-13 win at Idaho State Saturday, ended the year as the No. 3 ranked team in FCS.The reaction of the Wildcats on earning a two seed in the #FCSPlayoffs!
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• Just in time for Utah-BYU week, Cougar transfer Francis Bernard makes his biggest impact as a Ute

  18-11-2018 18:59
  Even before the upcoming reunion with his former BYU teammates, Utah linebacker Francis Bernard was hoping for a moment that would propel him into his senior season of 2019.That opportunity came Saturday at Colorado, where Bernard played a major role in a 30-7 victory that helped give Utah a Pac-12 South championship.In the context of Bernard’s two-school college career, his 10-tackle performance was unsurprising and unexpected. Anyone who watched him during his 2016 season as a BYU lineba
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell asked a kid wearing his high school jersey to rebound for him

  18-11-2018 18:55 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has been a fan favorite for some time now. In another class act, Mitchell asked a kid wearing his high school jersey to rebound for him during his warmup drills. It was indeed a memorable moment for the young kid: Donovan..
  
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• Why a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey shouldn’t ruin your Thanksgiving

  18-11-2018 18:28
  There's no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey.That's according to health officials who've been monitoring the year-old outbreak. But they say it's a reminder to properly prepare your holiday bird. Cooking kills salmonella.The ongoing outbreak and recall last week of ground turkey may nevertheless leave you with a few questions when reaching for a plate of turkey.CAN MY TURKEY HAVE SALMONELLA?Salmonella is considered widespread in poultry, and
  
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• Mine company turns to high-tech devices to haze birds away from toxic waters

  18-11-2018 18:20
  Butte, Mont. • On a recent afternoon, Ian Fairweather, president of Fairweather IT, remotely navigated a six-propeller drone his company designed and built toward an exhausted snow goose that had recently landed on the placid, reflective water of the Berkeley Pit.But the snow goose resisted the attempts to be hazed from the toxic, artificial lake, swimming away from the drone but refusing to take flight.“What this is maybe suggesting is that the bird is really exhausted,” chimed
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Week Six Outlook: Can Utah turn the corner?

  18-11-2018 17:59 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have the opportunity to make a nice surge up the standings in Week Six as they face four tough but winnable contests. Welp, Week Five of the ...
  
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• Utes in review: Utah wins a ticket to its first Pac-12 title game. But how does the battle vs. BYU affect those plans?

  18-11-2018 17:43
  Snow angels created in Colorado and the Sun Devils' fumble against Oregon are the lasting images of Utah’s first Pac-12 South football championship.Britain Covey, Jaylon Johnson and other players enjoyed the successful end of the Utes' conference schedule Saturday. They sprawled on the semi-frozen, snowy turf of Colorado’s Folsom Field, where they had beaten the Buffaloes 30-7. Nearly 10 hours later, as the calendar turned to Sunday in Utah, the Utes had even more to celebrate.Arizon
  
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• Utah Jazz Week Six Outlook: Can Utah turn the corner?

  18-11-2018 17:41
  The Utah Jazz have the opportunity to make a nice surge up the standings in Week Six as they face four tough but winnable contests. Welp, Week Five of the 2018-19 Utah Jazz season showed quite clearly just how tough this year’s edition of the team can be to predict. Despite struggling against the Memphis […]
  Utah Jazz Week Six Outlook: Can Utah turn the corner? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• ICYMI: “Man, we played well.” » on.nba.com/2Kb3PiF https://t.co/6lljEUoQuq

  18-11-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  
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• Wyoming man uses antler-based art to support veterans

  18-11-2018 16:35
  Riverton, Wyo. • It was known simply as Red Rocks a generation ago, the restaurant and motel on the north side of U.S. Highway 26 just before the big curve 20 miles east of Dubois.While the meals may have been memorable, what goes on inside the former restaurant and motel complex is unexpected.Ben Barto, a Wyoming native originally from Rock Springs, has created a quiet industry along the Wind River that produces world-quality knives, ornaments, pins and just about anything else you can ima
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Domestic violence must be taken seriously

  18-11-2018 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence statistics show that women ages 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner. Thirty-three percent of women statistically have been victims of some sort of physical violence by an intimate partner.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Checking signatures is a form of voter suppression

  18-11-2018 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  It appears that in addition to gerrymandering, filing lawsuits to stop the counting of ballots, requiring forms of ID that minority voters are less likely to have and closing polling locations in minority precincts, the GOP has found a new form of voter..
  
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• No. 21 Utes wake up Pac-12 South champs after throttling Colorado 30-7 on Saturday

  18-11-2018 16:33
  Boulder, Colo. • More proof that this is not the standard November for Utah’s football program came Saturday, when the Utes produced their best quarter of the season at just the right time.Jason Shelley's downfield passing, a change of cleats, more perimeter running and an even more dominant defense all played into the way the Utes asserted themselves in the third period of Saturday's 30-7 victory on a snow-covered Folsom Field. In one of those moments when a good team seizes control
  
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• Letter: Domestic violence must be taken seriously

  18-11-2018 16:31
  The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence statistics show that women ages 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner. Thirty-three percent of women statistically have been victims of some sort of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. We know this. But numbers do not mean anything until there’s a victim.The murder of Lauren McCluskey, the University of Utah student-athlete, is a tragic example of the domestic violence epidemic that plagues the sta
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Brad Stevens questions Boston’s toughness after loss to Jazz

  18-11-2018 16:15 via sportspyder.com
  The Boston Celtics edged out the Toronto Raptors, avenging their early season defeat at the hands of their Eastern Conference rivals. With the win, the Celtics have once again cemented themselves as the team to beat in the East. Well, not quite. Just a...
  
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• [The Score] - Kyrie challenges Celtics' young stars after loss to Jazz

  18-11-2018 16:10 via sportspyder.com
  One night after a thrilling overtime victory over the East-leading Toronto Raptors, the Boston Celtics laid an egg in Saturday's 98-86 loss to the Utah Jazz.It's been a frustrating start for the Celtics, who have now lost five of their last eight games...
  
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• Equality Utah aims to ban gay conversion therapy of minors as new research shows harm such programs can do

  18-11-2018 15:53
  This weekend, “Boy Erased” hit the big screen, showcasing the efforts of a Christian therapist to convince young gays that their sexual orientation is a choice and that they can rid themselves of it with prayer and devotion to Jesus.If LGBT advocates in Utah have their way, such efforts to change a minor’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual — commonly called “conversion therapy” — will become illegal in the Beehive State.A just-published
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gehrke: This Utah lawsuit involving Samoans could complicate Trump’s plan to stop birthright citizenship

  18-11-2018 15:46 via sportspyder.com
  As the rest of us were voting earlier this month, John Fitisemanu was left out in the cold.
  
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• Gehrke: This Utah lawsuit involving Samoans could complicate Trump’s plan to stop birthright citizenship

  18-11-2018 15:39
  As the rest of us were voting earlier this month, John Fitisemanu was left out in the cold.Fitisemanu has lived in Woods Cross for 18 years, works in the health care industry, sent his four kids to public schools and is, by any standard, American. But he is, by law, a second-class American.That’s because he was born in American Samoa and, like tens of thousands of others, is denied full citizenship because of a peculiar, racially biased provision that has existed in U.S. immigration law pu
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - What does the $8 billion deal for Utah’s Qualtrics mean for Silicon Slopes?

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Lehi • Billed as one of the largest transactions of its kind in Utah history, last week’s news of the $8 billion sale of Provo software company Qualtrics could add another dash of rocket fuel to the already successful chemistry of Silicon Slopes.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tribune editorial: Pass the First Step Act. Now.

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Sometimes, an idea comes along that makes so much sense that even American politics can't get in the way.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The juniper mystery: Why is a tree that’s supposed to withstand drought suddenly dying in southern Utah?

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah juniper is considered the West’s most drought-tolerant and resilient conifer, withstanding even the worst dry spells while nearby pinyon and ponderosa drop their needles and die.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Scott D. Pierce: Country music singer from Utah gets a big break on TV competition

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Savannah Keyes has always wanted to perform, and the former Utahn has never been shy about it.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Leonard Pitts: Michelle Obama tells her truth

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  So now Michelle Obama finally tells her truth.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gomberg: Here’s what the 2018 midterms taught me about my son

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  My brother-in-law Brady was in town last week, and his presence turned my 2-year-old son into an absolute puddle of goo. Harvey has always loved his uncle, but with age, time and Brady’s surprise Mr. Incredible Halloween costume (which I think actually...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Election shows how gerrymandering is difficult to overcome

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  With an election looming, courts earlier this year declared congressional districts in two states to be unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. One map was redrawn. The other was not.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: When teaching isn’t enough

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  I was standing in my kitchen after nine hours of teaching, two hours at a part-time side job and three more hours at another job, with sweat dripping down my forehead because we couldn’t afford to turn on our air conditioning. This was one of the moments.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Shining light on our jails and justice system will reveal what change is needed

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  “Sometimes up to 80 percent of the population of county jails are filled with people who have not been convicted of a crime. They have been arrested and are awaiting trial, and yet they are dying.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: I’m OK. You’re OK. (Or Are We?)

  18-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  We know an elderly attorney who once philosophized, “When I was a young prosecuting attorney, I lost some cases I should have won. But once I’d gained experience, I won some cases I should have lost. So, on balance, justice was served.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Equality Utah aims to ban gay conversion therapy of minors as new research shows harm such programs can do

  18-11-2018 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  This weekend, “Boy Erased” hit the big screen, showcasing the efforts of a Christian therapist to convince young gays that their sexual orientation is a choice and that they can rid themselves of it with prayer and devotion to Jesus.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Emery County bill an opportunity for conservation and recreation

  18-11-2018 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  The outdoor business and recreation communities have plenty of reasons to criticize Utah’s congressional delegation. Late last year, Utah’s elected leaders convinced President Trump to reduce the boundaries of two recreation-rich national monuments,...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - At The Hub in South Jordan, food trucks park outside, while diners get to eat inside — where it’s toasty

  18-11-2018 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  South Jordan • Melanie Hopes never would have considered lunch at a food truck in mid-November, when the noontime temperature — in the sun, mind you — hovered around 40 degrees.
  
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• What does the $8 billion deal for Utah’s Qualtrics mean for Silicon Slopes?

  18-11-2018 15:00
  Lehi • Billed as one of the largest transactions of its kind in Utah history, last week’s news of the $8 billion sale of Provo software company Qualtrics could add another dash of rocket fuel to the already successful chemistry of Silicon Slopes.SAP, a German multinational giant in cloud and business-services software, announced a cash agreement late last Sunday to buy Qualtrics, just as the fast-growing customer-survey firm neared an initial stock offering as the third company from U
  
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• Tribune editorial: Pass the First Step Act. Now.

  18-11-2018 15:00
  Sometimes, an idea comes along that makes so much sense that even American politics can't get in the way.Such an idea is a pending act of Congress that would make some humane, common-sense – and long-overdue – changes to the way those convicted of certain federal crimes are sentenced.It's called The First Step Act, and it has been painstakingly put together over a long process by Democrats and Republicans in Congress, with the support of many who do or did work in the judicial system
  
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• The juniper mystery: Why is a tree that’s supposed to withstand drought suddenly dying in southern Utah?

  18-11-2018 15:00
  The Utah juniper is considered the West’s most drought-tolerant and resilient conifer, withstanding even the worst dry spells while nearby pinyon and ponderosa drop their needles and die.So it was with some alarm for Kay Shumway, a retired science educator from Blanding, when he noticed yellowing among the juniper on southeastern Utah’s Moki Dugway last spring, a time of year when these trees’ needles should carry a vivid shade of green as they ramp up their photosynthetic capa
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Country music singer from Utah gets a big break on TV competition

  18-11-2018 15:00
  Savannah Keyes has always wanted to perform, and the former Utahn has never been shy about it.When she was 3, she’d sing karaoke at a restaurant down the street from her grandparents’ house. By the time she was 6, she was looking up gigs on Craigslist.“I’d end up booking myself at a pizza place,” Keyes said. “I would bring my karaoke machine and they’d let me sing in the corner. I would sing covers, from Patsy Cline to Disney songs. It’s always bee
  
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