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• [Yahoo Sports] - Kings vs. Jazz live stream: How to watch NBA matchup online on MyTeams

  25-11-2018 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Kings take on the Jazz Sunday, looking for their second win over Utah in a span of five days.
  
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• Utes finish their Thanksgiving weekend poorly, losing 79-57 to Northwestern in the Wooden Legacy

  25-11-2018 22:38
  Utah couldn't hold onto the basketball in the first half and couldn't stop Northwestern from scoring in the second half.That was the wrong combination for the Utes in a consolation game Sunday afternoon as they concluded the Wooden Legacy with a 79-57 loss to the Wildcats at Fullerton, Calif.Utah (3-3) committed 13 turnovers in the first half and 21 for the game, many of them due to sloppy passing. That statistic ruined an acceptable shooting day for the Utes, who were led by senior guard Sedric
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes finish their Thanksgiving weekend poorly, losing 79-57 to Northwestern in the Wooden Legacy.

  25-11-2018 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  Utah couldn't hold onto the basketball in the first half and couldn't stop Northwestern from scoring in the second half.
  
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• Migrants enveloped in tear gas after trying to breach the fence between the U.S. and Mexico

  25-11-2018 22:35
  Tijuana, Mexico • Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach the fence separating the two countries.U.S. agents shot the gas, according to an Associated Press reporter on the scene. Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem.Honduran migrant Ana Zuniga, 23, said she saw migrants open a small hole in concertina wire at a gap on the Mexican side of a levee, at which point U.S. agents fired tear gas at them."We ran,
  
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• Closed in 2014, a Utah detox center that invites kids to stay with their recovering mothers has reopened its doors

  25-11-2018 22:30
  After years of drinking and using drugs, Jenn Harris was ready to get sober in 2008.When the Volunteers of America Center for Women and Children called to say a space had become available, she dashed to the Murray center with her husband and two children.As the family waited outside the building for her room to be ready, her daughter started walking for the first time. “She took her first three steps to her father,” Harris said. “That day, I took my first steps to recovery.&rdq
  
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• 🗝 Matchup: Rubio vs. Fox Tipoff: 6PM MT #KeyMatchup | #TeamIsEverything @USFcorp https://t.co/LIrJrcQjX0

  25-11-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  🗝 Matchup: Rubio vs. Fox Tipoff: 6PM MT #KeyMatchup | #TeamIsEverything @USFcorp https://t.co/LIrJrcQjX0
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Migrants enveloped in tear gas after trying to breach the fence between the U.S. and Mexico

  25-11-2018 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  Tijuana, Mexico • Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach the fence separating the two countries.
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Western Notes: Popovich, Rose, Jazz, Harrison

  25-11-2018 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  Gregg Popovich was asked Saturday about the importance of Patty Mills' leadership following the departures of Kawhi Leonard and Manu …
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Hot-shooting Houston rolls past BYU at the Marriott Center, 76-62

  25-11-2018 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Aside from a brief stretch midway through the second half when BYU threatened a mild comeback, Houston didn’t have a problem with the blue-clad Cougars Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Hot-shooting Houston rolls past BYU at the Marriott Center, 76-62

  25-11-2018 21:52
  Provo • Aside from a brief stretch midway through the second half when BYU threatened a mild comeback, Houston didn’t have a problem with the blue-clad Cougars Saturday afternoon.The red-clad Cougars stayed undefeated and snapped BYU’s five-game winning streak, pummeling the home team 76-62 at the Marriott Center.“They just outplayed us,” BYU coach Dave Rose said. “They did a great job of staying with their game plan and making it work for them.”Not much
  
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• Ricky Rubio (neck soreness) is probable tonight at Sacramento

  25-11-2018 21:03 via twitter.com
  Ricky Rubio (neck soreness) is probable tonight at Sacramento
  
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• Marshal’s office trains staff in nonlethal weapons

  25-11-2018 20:58
  Hanna, Wyo. • A Wyoming law enforcement agency has begun training its officers in how and when to use nonlethal weapons.Staff with the Hanna Marshal’s office will still carry pistols but will keep other firearms capable of firing beanbags, pepper balls and other nonlethal munitions in their vehicles for certain circumstances.Marshal Jeff Neimark tells the Rawlins Times that he trained with the alternative tools at the Cheyenne Police Department and then trained his deputies. Neimark s
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Mitchell sings praises of Kings’ De’Aaron Fox

  25-11-2018 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell and De’Aaron Fox are two of the most exciting young players in the NBA. Mitchell’s rookie year was a revelation in which he narrowly missed winning the Rookie of the Year. Fox had his moments during his rookie campaign, but he didn’t...
  
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• Utes in review: After an emotional victory vs. BYU, Utah will gear up to play Washington with Rose Bowl on the line

  25-11-2018 20:18
  The play that redefined Utah cornerback Julian Blackmon’s season would have become a bigger story if his 27-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter fully had launched his team’s comeback from 20 points behind against BYU.Instead, the Utes' circumstances had to get worse before they became permanently better.The season that Utah hopes will end in the Rose Bowl took an unexpected turn in an eventual 35-27 victory Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. In the end,
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos must report to prison Monday, judge orders

  25-11-2018 20:11
  A federal judge on Sunday ruled that George Papadopoulos must report to prison as scheduled on Monday, rejecting a bid from the former Trump campaign adviser to delay the start of his sentence while a constitutional challenge to the special counsel investigation into Russia's election interference remains unresolved.Papadopoulos, who was sentenced to spend 14 days in prison, had argued it was possible that the constitutional challenge in a separate case would result in his own conviction being s
  
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• Catastrophic Northern California wildfire is finally contained. 249 people remain missing.

  25-11-2018 19:28
  Los Angeles • A massive wildfire that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California has been fully contained after burning for more than two weeks, authorities said Sunday.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the Camp fire had been surrounded by firefighters after several days of rain in the Paradise area.The nation's deadliest wildfire in a century killed at least 85 people, and 249 are on a list of those unaccounted for. The numb
  
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• Incoming Mexico government officials say there’s no deal to host U.S. asylum-seekers

  25-11-2018 19:24
  Mexico City • Mexico’s incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, one of several options the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations for months.The deal was seen as a way to dissuade thousands of Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S., a process that can take years. In effect, Mexican border towns are already acting as waiting rooms
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell out vs. Kings with rib contusion

  25-11-2018 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell suffered a rib contusion in Friday’s 90-83 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Jazz announced he will not suit up for Sunday night’s contest against the Sacramento Kings. Mitchell played only 12 minutes in Friday’
  
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  25-11-2018 19:11 via twitter.com
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• BYU in review: Crushing loss showed Cougars are still a big threat to Utes’ superiority but don’t have as much depth

  25-11-2018 19:04
  A lot of the talk leading up to the 99th meeting on the football field between BYU and Utah — 93rd if you ascribe to BYU’s account — was about how the Pac-12 Utes were superior in talent, speed and athleticism and had left the Cougars in their rearview mirror. Injured Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley even tweeted that it is “not even a rivalry anymore” before quickly deleting the nonsense.The talk again proved to have some merit to it — you simply don’t lo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face Sacramento Kings ... again ... this time without Donovan Mitchell

  25-11-2018 18:51 via sportspyder.com
  This is the third time in a month and a half Utah has played the Sacramento Kings.
  
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• Aggies didn’t make it to the MWC title game, but bowl prospects are promising after a 10-2 finish

  25-11-2018 18:40
  Boise, Idaho • Chase Christiansen’s eyes glistened as he spoke to the media in the wee hours of Saturday night. His voice was on the verge of breaking, and his words came slow and steady. It was clear that moments before, the emotions of Utah State’s 33-24 loss to the Boise State Broncos had overtaken the senior linebacker.Then came junior running back Gerold Bright’s turn to speak. He too spoke of disappointment that the Aggies couldn’t advance to the Mountain West
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - High housing costs profoundly impact residents, school system in Yellowstone gateway town

  25-11-2018 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  Bozeman, Mont. • Ashea Mills was going to college in upstate New York when she saw an ad in a local paper for seasonal work in Yellowstone National Park.
  
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• Catastrophic Northern California wildfire — the nation’s deadliest — is finally contained. 249 people remain missing.

  25-11-2018 18:07
  Los Angeles • A massive wildfire that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California has been fully contained after burning for more than two weeks, authorities said Sunday.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the Camp fire had been surrounded by firefighters after several days of rain in the Paradise area.The nation's deadliest wildfire in a century killed at least 85 people, and 249 are on a list of those unaccounted for. The numb
  
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• High housing costs profoundly impact residents, school system in Yellowstone gateway town

  25-11-2018 17:58
  Bozeman, Mont. • Ashea Mills was going to college in upstate New York when she saw an ad in a local paper for seasonal work in Yellowstone National Park.She'd gone through a rough time in her life after the death of a partner who had leukemia, and the opportunity seemed like a great way to get out and try something new. So she quit her job, dropped out of college and moved out west.The park’s landscape changed her in ways she didn’t expect, she said. Mills left Yellowstone five
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz-Kings key matchup: Can Gobert contain Cauley-Stein?

  25-11-2018 17:34 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert was embarrassed by Willie Cauley-Stein the last time the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings squared off. Can the Stifle Tower reassert himself this...
  
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• Utah Jazz-Kings key matchup: Can Gobert contain Cauley-Stein?

  25-11-2018 17:18
  Rudy Gobert was embarrassed by Willie Cauley-Stein the last time the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings squared off. Can the Stifle Tower reassert himself this time around? The last time the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings faced off, Jazz fans were feeling optimistic that their team could get back on track on their home court. […]
  Utah Jazz-Kings key matchup: Can Gobert contain Cauley-Stein? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell out for Sunday’s contest in Sacramento

  25-11-2018 17:08 via sportspyder.com
  The struggling Utah Jazz will be further hindered this evening in Sacramento as Donovan Mitchell will not be suiting up for the contest. Utah Jazz fans hav...
  
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• EU leaders approve Brexit plan, setting up vote in British Parliament, where it faces stiff opposition

  25-11-2018 17:01
  Brussels • European leaders on Sunday signed off on their split from Britain, approving a deal that would set the United Kingdom on a new, if uncertain, road, independent from the European Union after more than four decades of membership in the political and economic powerhouse.The agreement — “historic,” according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel — will cut Britain out of the European Union, marking the first time a nation has ever sought to depart. But the deal m
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell out for Sunday’s contest in Sacramento

  25-11-2018 16:50
  The struggling Utah Jazz will be further hindered this evening in Sacramento as Donovan Mitchell will not be suiting up for the contest. Utah Jazz fans have been the beneficiaries of plenty of bad news so far this season considering that their team has vastly under-performed to the tune of an 8-11 record which is […]
  Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell out for Sunday’s contest in Sacramento - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• 12 holiday markets that offer affordable Utah art

  25-11-2018 16:47
  Stumped on what presents to buy for the holidays? Tired of mass-produced, expendable gifts? Committed to — or at least interested in — supporting local shops and artists?About a dozen art markets now open or launching soon will help shoppers find one-of-a-kind, locally made paintings, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, clothing, stationery, woodwork and treats.And the art won’t break your bank. Several organizers guarantee affordable prices, with some commissioning artists to create
  
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• Utah officer dies after being struck by a car in a confrontation that also left one burglary suspect dead

  25-11-2018 16:17
  A South Salt Lake police officer died Saturday evening after he was struck by a car during a confrontation between police and two burglary suspects.Officer David Romrell, 31, had been with the department about 11 months, South Salt Lake Police Chief Jack Carruth said at a news conference early Sunday morning. The officer, a Marine veteran who had served several tours, leaves behind a wife and a 4-month-old child.“As much as we prepare or know the risk of this job, we’re not prepared
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Friends since high school, De'Aaron Fox and Donovan Mitchell continue to ascend in the NBA

  25-11-2018 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  After last Wednesday's 119-110 loss to the Kings, Donovan Mitchell was asked about the sizzling start of his friend, De'Aaron Fox. He said, "This the De’Aaron I knew.”
  
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• Friends since high school, De'Aaron Fox and Donovan Mitchell continue to ascend in the NBA

  25-11-2018 16:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — At 10-8, including a recent win at Vivint Arena, the Sacramento Kings are a surprisingly hot team. At the head of the charge is point guard De'Aaron Fox, someone Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has known since high school.While both Mitchell and Fox are guards and share the same height, their games couldn't be more different. Their build is entirely different, given Mitchell's muscular frame and Fox's slim body but elusive speed. Mitchell is the better scorer, but Fox is t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Virginia congressman aims to tackle census citizenship question in 2019

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia and fellow Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to persuade Republicans to issue dozens of subpoenas to investigate Trump administration policies, from the travel ban to family separation.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tribune editorial: As parties shift and stretch, straight-ticket voting is shooting in the dark

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  What defines a Democrat or Republican? It’s getting harder to say, and that is at the heart of the argument against straight-ticket voting.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jesus conundrum: Latter-day Saints welcome Nelson’s push to emphasize the Lord’s name, but the challenge will be living up to it

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  The push to drop “Mormon” in favor of the faith’s full name is all about, well, Jesus.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Scott D. Pierce: ‘Deal or No Deal’ is back. It’s still sort of stupid, and it’s still fun to watch.

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  When it comes to mindless entertainment, it doesn’t get much more mindless than “Deal or No Deal.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: McAdams needs to do some due diligence

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Congratulations to newly elected Rep. Ben McAdams on his victory as Utah’s 4th District representative. That said, I worry that some of his future decisions will not be that well thought out.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: How does Trump’s casual dismissal of state-sanctioned murder make America “great”

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  The name Jamal Khashoggi is slowly fading from the news, but I cannot get it out of my head. Hearing President Trump dismiss his murder as “a sad situation … but it is what it is" fills me with shame for our country.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Johnny Townsend: Churches must urge members to have fewer children

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Mormons are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met, even if they did excommunicate me.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Why was the vote on Proposition 4 even close?

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  With the victory of Utah’s Proposition 4, 50.3 percent for and 49.7 percent against, American democracy took a small step forward. But the narrow victory raises a surprising and uncomfortable question: Why was the vote even close?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Is Utah prepared for an energy emergency?

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Americans aren’t hesitant to stock up the pantry for a natural disaster. But how well are we preparing for the depletion of our planet’s natural resources?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: I’m white. Now what?

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Racism is an issue still alive today.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Closed in 2014, a Utah detox center that invites kids to stay with recovering mothers has reopened its doors

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  After years of drinking and using drugs, Jenn Harris was ready to get sober in 2008.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ask Ann Cannon: My only son always spends Christmas with his wife’s family. It’s not fair.

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Dear Ann Cannon • So my only son and his wife have been married for almost four years. She’s a very nice young woman — I like her a lot — but as the holidays approach, I find myself resenting the fact that somehow she and my son always end up spending...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 12 holiday markets offering affordable Utah art

  25-11-2018 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  Stumped on what presents to buy for the holidays? Tired of mass-produced, expendable gifts? Committed to — or at least interested in — supporting local shops and artists?
  
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• Virginia congressman aims to tackle census citizenship question in 2019

  25-11-2018 15:00
  Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia and fellow Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to persuade Republicans to issue dozens of subpoenas to investigate Trump administration policies, from the travel ban to family separation.But one issue Connolly plans to tackle as soon as Democrats take control of the House next year is a lower-profile one with wide-ranging consequences: the 2020 Census.Connolly, who expects to be appointed chairman of the subcommittee with jurisd
  
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