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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A report says Utah’s rate of uninsured children went up last year, but advocates say Medicaid expansion will bring it back down

  29-11-2018 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  In Utah and around the country, fewer children were insured in 2017 than in 2016, according to a report released Thursday by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.
  
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  29-11-2018 23:41 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kyle Korver remains one of the NBA’s best shooters, but he’s also 37. What can he bring to Jazz in his return?

  29-11-2018 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  Charlotte, N.C. • Kyle Korver is back with the Jazz.
  
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• The Utes finally are playing for a Pac-12 championship Friday night. A win over Washington will have them smelling roses.

  29-11-2018 22:46
  No matter what happens Friday night, no one should minimize the Utah football team’s achievement of winning the Pac-12 South title.Even so, the No. 17 Utes know they need to maximize this opportunity, facing No. 10 Washington in the Pac-12 championship game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.If the Utes win, they will advance to the Rose Bowl on New year’s Day and earn a conference trophy. A loss would mean playing in a far less glamorous event in December and being known as jus
  
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• Utah Jazz rookie Grayson Allen unfazed by NBA fans booing him individually on the road: ‘It is funny’

  29-11-2018 22:38
  CHARLOTTE — Grayson Allen entered the game late in the fourth quarter for Alec Burks on Nov. 19 at Indiana's Bankers Life Fieldhouse with just 4:33 remaining.With the Jazz already trailing by 24 points to the Pacers when he checked in, a harmony of boos showered the arena every time the former Duke star touched the ball or his name was announced.The Jazz would go on to lose 121-94, but the rookie guard found humor in the situation as he finished with five points on 2-for-5 shooting."It is
  
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• Kyle Korver remains one of the NBA’s best shooters, but he’s also 37. What can he bring to Jazz in his return?

  29-11-2018 22:35
  Charlotte, N.C. • Kyle Korver is back with the Jazz.For those of you who were Jazz fans nearly a decade ago, the first time the Utah employed Korver will be roughly familiar with what he brings. But at 37, what does he still have left?First, the ridiculous shooting is still intact. Korver is shooting 46 percent from 3-point range this season, a number just above his career average of 43 percent. What’s really impressive, though, is the variety of shots Korver can hit.Sure, there&rsquo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Utes finally are playing for a Pac-12 championship Friday night. A win over Washington will have them smelling roses.

  29-11-2018 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  No matter what happens Friday night, no one should minimize the Utah football team’s achievement of winning the Pac-12 South title.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz rookie Grayson Allen unfazed by NBA fans booing him individually on the road: ‘It is funny’

  29-11-2018 22:19 via sportspyder.com
  Indiana and Sacramento were the most recent fans to boo the Jazz rookie, but as Allen returns to the state of North Carolina to face the Charlotte Hornets Friday, he’s not sure what to expect as...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Georges Niang says Grayson Allen gets booed because he’s a winner

  29-11-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Everybody knows Grayson Allen from his days at Duke and he’s still one of the most hated players around despite the fact that he doesn’t play for the Blue Devils anymore. Georges Niang knows why Allen is still booed. “Everybody hates a winner,” Georges...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - U.S. Yemen diplomat accuses Iran of stoking regional conflicts

  29-11-2018 22:07 via sportspyder.com
  Mukalla, Yemen • The U.S. ambassador to Yemen on Thursday accused Iran of “throwing gasoline on the fire” of conflicts across the Middle East, vowing that America will defend its regional interests and not “shy away when the problems get difficult.”
  
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• U.S. Yemen diplomat accuses Iran of stoking regional conflicts

  29-11-2018 22:00
  Mukalla, Yemen • The U.S. ambassador to Yemen on Thursday accused Iran of “throwing gasoline on the fire” of conflicts across the Middle East, vowing that America will defend its regional interests and not “shy away when the problems get difficult.”Ambassador Matthew Tueller’s comments during an interview with The Associated Press signal that America’s hard-line approach to Tehran in the wake of withdrawing from the nuclear deal will continue.His remarks
  
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• What you need to know about the #FordFanZone: On level 6 at @vivintarena 🏢 Tickets start at $33 🎟 All-you-can-eat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-11-2018 21:39 via twitter.com
  What you need to know about the #FordFanZone:On level 6 at @vivintarena 🏢 Tickets start at $33 🎟 All-you-can-eat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kyle Whittingham did stellar work in leading Utes to the Pac-12 South title. Is it his best coaching job ever?

  29-11-2018 21:38
  He is The Great Constant, he of the unmistakable sideline sneer, one of the longest-tenured bosses in the sport. The man, peers say, who would be their No. 1 overall pick if they needed backing in a brawl. The head coach who loves running the ball again and again as much as stuffing the opponent in the backfield. He is, however, no longer the head coach zeroed in on unfinished business. Because Kyle Whittingham is there, finally, with these unflappable bunch of Utah Utes, the final member of the
  
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• State lawyers argue Utah County, not Gov. Herbert, violated law about appointing new UTA Board nominees

  29-11-2018 21:24
  While Utah County is suing Gov. Gary Herbert contending that he is violating state law by refusing to appoint either of its two nominees for the new Utah Transit Authority board, the state now says the county is the one not following the law.In court filings, the state says Utah County failed to consult with neighboring Tooele County on nominees as required; was oblivious to “a tsunami” of opposition to the pair as unqualified; and a nominee unofficially lost support of the Utah Coun
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 3 ideas picked for $1M challenge to boost Utahns' income: Renting out extra space, a transportation app and a ‘strike force’ for coal country

  29-11-2018 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Three ambitious proposals — a peer-to-peer service for storage rentals, an app to coordinate modes of public transportation, and a drive to revitalize Utah’s coal country — are the Utah nominees in a national competition for ideas to boost America’s...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Kyle Korver is not the answer to Utah’s shooting woes, but he’ll help

  29-11-2018 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver is here to prove whether Utah’s system does indeed generate open looks from beyond the arc.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Kyle Korver for Alec Burks Trade: Grade Roundup

  29-11-2018 21:03 via sportspyder.com
  What’s the consensus about the trade the Utah Jazz made Wednesday?
  
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• 3 ideas picked for $1M challenge to boost Utahns' income: Renting out extra space, a transportation app and a ‘strike force’ for coal country

  29-11-2018 20:57
  Three ambitious proposals — a peer-to-peer service for storage rentals, an app to coordinate modes of public transportation, and a drive to revitalize Utah’s coal country — are the Utah nominees in a national competition for ideas to boost America’s middle class.The nominees, chosen from 152 proposals from around the state, were announced Wednesday at the University of Utah as part of the American Dream Ideas Challenge — which will give $1 million each to the best i
  
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• Eye On The Y: Cougars' bowl destination remains murky, but some favorites have started to emerge

  29-11-2018 20:53
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.This is kind of fun.BYU has always known which bowl game it would go to if it became bowl-eligible since going independent in 2011 because it had agreements in place before the seasons started. Not this year, however, thanks to the Poinsettia Bowl folding in January of 2017. The Cougars were supposed to spend a week in San Diego in December of 2018, but that obviously won’t happen, unfort
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kyle Whittingham did stellar work in leading Utes to the Pac-12 South title. Is it his best coaching job ever?

  29-11-2018 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  He is The Great Constant, he of the unmistakable sideline sneer, one of the longest-tenured bosses in the sport. The man, peers say, who would be their No. 1 overall pick if they needed backing in a brawl. The head coach who loves running the ball again..
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Breathe easy; Thursday’s fog not pollution-related

  29-11-2018 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  Thursday morning’s air may have looked ominous, but the pea soup that settled along the Wasatch Front wasn’t pollution — just an innocent fog, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Hogle Zoo is mourning the loss of two elderly animals — a 12-year-old wolf and a 22-year-old bobcat

  29-11-2018 20:52
  Two of Hogle Zoo’s senior citizens passed have passed away — an elderly wolf and an aged bobcat who both greatly exceeded their expected lifespans.Glacier, a wolf who was just shy of his 13th birthday (average life expectancy is 8 years), and 22-year-old bobcat Tukut (average lifespan is 12-13 years) were euthanized because of declining health.Glacier the gray wolf, who came to the zoo in 2009, had been slowing down when his health took a turn for the worse in recent days, according
  
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• Breathe easy; Thursday’s fog not pollution-related

  29-11-2018 20:41
  Thursday morning’s air may have looked ominous, but the pea soup that settled along the Wasatch Front wasn’t pollution — just an innocent fog, according to the National Weather Service.“We’re having these series of storm systems coming through. The air mass in those systems is quite moist,” said Monica Traphagen, NWS meteorologist. “We were just saturated along the Wasatch Front, and that caused foggy conditions to develop.”The storm systems also s
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Say hello to George, a new restaurant and bar in Salt Lake City that will replace Finca

  29-11-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City diners should wave goodbye to Finca — then say hello to George.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Real Salt Lake reportedly makes offer to Argentinian striker Germán Cano

  29-11-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  Real Salt Lake appears to be hard at work in attempting to secure a goal-scorer for the 2019 season.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eye On The Y: Cougars' bowl destination remains murky, but some favorites have started to emerge

  29-11-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.
  
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• Real Salt Lake reportedly makes offer to Argentinian striker Germán Cano

  29-11-2018 20:22
  Real Salt Lake appears to be hard at work in attempting to secure a goal-scorer for the 2019 season.RSL has reportedly made an offer to Argentinian Germán Cano, per a report by Patrick Meehan Nader of television network beIN Sports.An RSL spokesperson declined comment when reached by The Salt Lake Tribune.Real Salt Lake ha hecho una oferta importante por el delantero argentino Germán Cano, de 30 años, quien anotó 32 goles en todas las competiciones en 2018 para Indepe
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Favors finds it fun Grayson Allen gets booed

  29-11-2018 20:22 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz rookie Grayson Allen has been booed in several opposing arenas through the early stages of this season. Not because he’s been stuffing stat sheets. These boo birds are singing because Allen is a product of Duke University — a fact Derrick...
  
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• Say hello to George, a new restaurant and bar in Salt Lake City that will replace Finca

  29-11-2018 20:20
  Salt Lake City diners should wave goodbye to Finca — then say hello to George.On Dec. 1, the 6-year-old Spanish tapas restaurant at 327 W. 200 South officially transitions into a new restaurant and bar, named after the late father of owner Scott Evans.While several factors prompted the transition, Evans said the final straw came after recent changes to Utah liquor laws that made it difficult to operate a bar and a restaurant in the same space.Evans, along with chef Phelix Gardner, opened F
  
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• To celebrate Kyle Korver’s return, here’s a look back at a few memorable moments from his first stint with the Jazz… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-11-2018 20:09 via twitter.com
  To celebrate Kyle Korver’s return, here’s a look back at a few memorable moments from his first stint with the Jazz… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Cavaliers trade Kyle Korver to Jazz for picks, Burks

  29-11-2018 20:07 via sportspyder.com
  FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, Alec Burks poses for a photo during media day at the Utah Jazz practice facility in Salt Lake City. The Cleveland
  
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• Prosecutors know the person suspected of murdering two Salt Lake County women on two February 9ths, district attorney says

  29-11-2018 19:53
  Sonia Mejia and Damiana Castillo died 1 mile and two years apart, and police have long believed the same man murdered them.DNA taken from crime scenes — Mejia died in Taylorsville on Feb. 9, 2006; Castillo in West Valley City on Feb. 9, 2008 — matched, but that DNA didn’t belong to anyone whose genetics were already in law enforcement databases.Now, law enforcement has a name to go with the DNA.“We know who it is,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Th
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Grayson Allen discusses still getting boos

  29-11-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  Though he’s just a rookie, Utah Jazz guard Grayson Allen has already heard his fair share of boos in opposing arenas. It seems they haven’t forgot about his tenure with the Duke Blue Devils, where he won an NCAA championship in 2015. Booing a rookie...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Red All Over: Ute linebackers Chase Hansen and Cody Barton have made this team memorable

  29-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Navajo Nation Council fills seat left vacant by resignation

  29-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Jimmy Yellowhair will have a few weeks to get accustomed to serving as a Navajo Nation lawmaker.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Most Mormons voted Republican in the midterms — but their Trump approval rating continues to decline, study finds

  29-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • About two-thirds of Mormon voters nationwide favored Republicans in the midterm elections, but President Donald Trump’s approval rating among members of the faith lagged behind, according to a nationwide survey of midterm voters.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Hugh Jackman is coming to Utah to sing and dance

  29-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Wolverine is coming to Utah — and he’ll be singing and dancing.
  
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• [KSL] - Cavaliers trade Kyle Korver to Jazz for picks, Burks

  29-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  The Cavaliers finalized their trade with Utah and sent Kyle Korver to the Jazz.
  
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• Hugh Jackman is coming to Utah to sing and dance

  29-11-2018 19:44
  Wolverine is coming to Utah — and he’ll be singing and dancing.Hugh Jackman has announced his first world tour, and it will include a stop in Salt Lake City. He’s scheduled to perform at Vivint Smart Home Arena on Thursday, July 11.“Hugh Jackman — the Man, the Music, the Show” will feature the Tony and Golden Globe winner, accompanied by a live orchestra, performing songs from his movies “The Greatest Showman” and “Les Misérables&rdquo
  
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• Red All Over: Ute linebackers Chase Hansen and Cody Barton have made this team memorable

  29-11-2018 19:37
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.All season, I’ve observed how the developing story of Utah’s 2018 football team has been everything I could ask from a newspaper perspective.The ending remains to be written, with two more stops: Friday's Pac-12 championship game vs. Washington and then a bowl game, possibly the iconic Rose Bowl vs. former Utah coach Urban Meyer's Ohio State team.Is that too much to ask? Maybe so. No matter how
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Cavaliers trade Kyle Korver to Jazz for picks, Burks

  29-11-2018 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  The Cavaliers finalize trade of Kyle Korver to Utah for guard Alec Burks and two second-round draft picks
  
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• Navajo Nation Council fills seat left vacant by resignation

  29-11-2018 19:32
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Jimmy Yellowhair will have a few weeks to get accustomed to serving as a Navajo Nation lawmaker.The Black Mesa man was sworn in to the Tribal Council on Wednesday to fill a seat left vacant by the resignation of Dwight Witherspoon. Yellowhair had been recommended for the post and appointed by council Speaker LoRenzo Bates.Yellowhair already was set to join the 24-member council in January after being elected to the seat earlier this month.Yellowhair is representing Blac
  
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• Most Mormons voted Republican in the midterms — but their Trump approval rating continues to decline, study finds

  29-11-2018 19:29
  Washington • About two-thirds of Mormon voters nationwide favored Republicans in the midterm elections, but President Donald Trump’s approval rating among members of the faith lagged behind, according to a nationwide survey of midterm voters.And as Republican Sen. Mitt Romney prepares to join the new Congress in January, most voters in the predominantly Mormon state of Utah — 64 percent — would like to see the senator confront the president, AP VoteCast found. About half o
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Salt Lake City wants to redesign its flag, and you can help

  29-11-2018 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City’s forgettable and occasionally ridiculed flag may soon need to move aside for a new banner, with city officials this week taking the first step toward a potential redesign.
  
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• Salt Lake City wants to redesign its flag, and you can help

  29-11-2018 19:15
  Salt Lake City’s forgettable and occasionally ridiculed flag may soon need to move aside for a new banner, with city officials this week taking the first step toward a potential redesign.Mayor Jackie Biskupski on Wednesday announced the launch of a public survey, seeking input on the current flag and suggestions for new municipal imagery.“According to vexillologists (people who study flags), SLC’s flag leaves much to be desired,” Biskupski wrote on Twitter. “What do
  
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• After news of Burks’ trade broke, his teammates didn't let their appreciation go unspoken. » on.nba.com/2zw7KCG

  29-11-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  After news of Burks’ trade broke, his teammates didn't let their appreciation go unspoken.» on.nba.com/2zw7KCG
  
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• [Franchise Sports] - Korver deal is a great move for struggling Utah Jazz

  29-11-2018 18:58 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz traded for Kyle Korver on Wednesday for a couple of second round picks and Alec Burks. This is a big step for the franchise.
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz acquire guard/forward Kyle Korver

  29-11-2018 18:39 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has acquired guard/forward Kyle Korver, pending the outcome of physicals, from Cleveland, in exchange for guard Alec Burks and two future second-round draft picks.
  
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• Nothing but love for @AlecBurks10 ❤️ Thank you, AB! https://t.co/Qkkh0Qsa2w

  29-11-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  
  Nothing but love for @AlecBurks10 ❤️Thank you, AB! https://t.co/Qkkh0Qsa2w
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Mortgage rates hold steady, taking a pause after the Thanksgiving holiday

  29-11-2018 18:13 via sportspyder.com
  Mortgage rates leveled off this week, pausing amid stock market fluctuations, global trade concerns and comments by Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell.
  
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