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• Kemba is averaging 27.4 points per game this season, good enough for the 5th highest scoring average in the league.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 23:56 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz quarter-point grades: Rudy Gobert paces center spot

  30-11-2018 23:56 via sportspyder.com
  In many ways, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is having a career year, but is he worthy of an A-grade at the season's quarter point? The J-Notes' quarter-seas...
  
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• Kyle Korver talks about being reunited with his former assistant coach from his time in Atlanta (and does a pretty… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 23:51 via twitter.com
  Kyle Korver talks about being reunited with his former assistant coach from his time in Atlanta (and does a pretty… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• "Beautiful throw down! Two-handed by Favs." 💪 #InstantRewind | @AFCU https://t.co/q3QVwkUMA1

  30-11-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
  
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• Utah Jazz quarter-point grades: Rudy Gobert paces center spot

  30-11-2018 23:39
  In many ways, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is having a career year, but is he worthy of an A-grade at the season’s quarter point? The J-Notes’ quarter-season player grades for the Utah Jazz continue with a look at the men (man?) in the middle. Specifically, the center spot, where Rudy Gobert acts as the […]
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  30-11-2018 23:38 via twitter.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska

  30-11-2018 23:20 via sportspyder.com
  Anchorage, Alaska • Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 rocked buildings and shattered roads Friday morning in Anchorage, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a warning to residents in Kodiak to flee to higher ground..
  
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• Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska

  30-11-2018 23:04
  Anchorage, Alaska • Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 rocked buildings and shattered roads Friday morning in Anchorage, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a warning to residents in Kodiak to flee to higher ground for fear of a tsunami.The warning was lifted without incident a short time later. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey said the first and more powerful quake was centered about 7 miles
  
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• Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel still without contract offer; his current deal expires at the end of the year

  30-11-2018 22:32
  The clock is still ticking.So will Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel be back to see out what he began building at the club three years ago?“I don’t have a contract and I have not seen a contract proposal,” Waibel told The Salt Lake Tribune Friday.Waibel, however, said he has held multiple discussions recently with RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen about a new deal. Waibel’s current contract at RSL expires on December 31.“I have expressed my interest in staying her
  
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• [KSL] - Family, city, basketball: Kyle Korver is happy about Jazz reunion

  30-11-2018 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver is looking forward to his second stint with the Jazz. And there are reasons the Jazz should be excited too.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weber State fired up for BYU’s visit Saturday and chance to end Cougars' 15-game winning streak in basketball series

  30-11-2018 22:17 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • On Jan. 8, 2003, in the middle of coach Steve Cleveland’s sixth season, BYU’s basketball team made the 80-mile trip north to Ogden and lost 75-69 to Weber State.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Determining Ingles’ Place Among the League’s Best SFs

  30-11-2018 22:03 via sportspyder.com
  It takes talent to make it into the NBA, but it also takes luck. Joe Ingles has enjoyed plenty of both.Ingles went undrafted, bounced around leagues in Australia, Spain and Israel, did the summer l…
  
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• Kristin Chenoweth says she won’t back out of Tabernacle Choir concerts — or away from her LGBTQ activism

  30-11-2018 21:59
  Kristin Chenoweth — an activist for and an ally to the LGBTQ community — will perform with the Tabernacle Choir at its annual Christmas concerts in December, a role that prompted a call from one gay advocacy group for her to cancel in protest of policies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rights Equals Rights pointed to the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, its condemnation of such unions as grounds for apostasy and its decision to bar children of marri
  
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• Weber State begins FCS title run against Southeast Missouri State on Saturday in Ogden

  30-11-2018 21:54
  These resilient Weber State Wildcats are ready to roll.The No. 2 overall seed in the 2018 FCS postseason tournament opens its hopeful march deep into the playoffs Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats host the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Stewart Stadium. Kickoff of the second-round playoff game is scheduled for 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Weber State, which ended the 2018 regular season as back-to-back Big Sky Conference champions, was awarded the No. 2 seed in the pla
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - White Dallas police officer indicted for murder in killing of black man is his own apartment

  30-11-2018 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  Dallas • Dallas County court records show that a white former Dallas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge for the killing of her black unarmed neighbor when she says she mistakenly went to his apartment instead of her own and shot him.
  
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• White Dallas police officer indicted for murder in killing of black man is his own apartment

  30-11-2018 21:31
  Dallas • Dallas County court records show that a white former Dallas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge for the killing of her black unarmed neighbor when she says she mistakenly went to his apartment instead of her own and shot him.The court records were posted Friday before authorities were set to announce the decision of a grand jury on the fate of Amber Guyger. She was arrested days after the Sept. 6 shooting that killed her 26-year-old neighbor Botham Jean, who was fro
  
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• 🗝: Ingles vs. Lamb Tipoff: 5PM MT #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/HdF0Vtf2ol

  30-11-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump breezes past Putin, Saudi prince at start of G-20 summit without even a handshake

  30-11-2018 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  Buenos Aires, Argentina • President Donald Trump arrived at a global summit here clouded by the Russia investigation escalating in Washington and amid a war of words with the Kremlin regarding the cancellation of his planned meeting with Russian...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dennis Lindsey got his man in Kyle Korver — and doubled the number of elite shooters on the Jazz

  30-11-2018 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  Charlotte, N.C. • Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey says he acquired Kyle Korver for one simple reason: to put Joe Ingles in his place.
  
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• Lawmakers will decide Monday whether to replace Prop 2 with a different medical cannabis measure

  30-11-2018 21:15
  Gov. Gary Herbert has called the Utah Legislature into session Monday to take up a medical cannabis bill that could replace Proposition 2.Herbert’s announcement came shortly after noon Friday and listed several issues that lawmakers would be considering.First and foremost, legislators will vote on the Utah Medical Cannabis Act, a bill that officials, Prop 2 opponents and medical marijuana advocates crafted in recent months and pitched as a compromise. On Monday, lawmakers will decide wheth
  
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• Business groups declare war on Utah’s worst-in-the-nation wage gap for women

  30-11-2018 21:15
  Utah women earn only an average of 70 cents on the dollar compared to men — the biggest wage gap among the states. So the Salt Lake Chamber and the Women’s Leadership Institute released a battle plan Friday aiming to narrow it.“The wage gap is real, and it hurts us. The good news is we can solve it,” said Pat Jones, CEO of the Women’s Leadership Institute and a former state senator. “We have a significant opportunity before us to be leaders in closing this gap
  
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• Dennis Lindsey got his man in Kyle Korver — and doubled the number of elite shooters on the Jazz

  30-11-2018 21:07
  Charlotte, N.C. • Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey says he acquired Kyle Korver for one simple reason: to put Joe Ingles in his place.“I’ve been greatly offended by Joe Ingles' claim to be the greatest shooter on the planet. As a proud American, that he was comparing himself to Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kyle Korver, I was offended,” Lindsey said. “I wanted to make sure that he realizes not only is he not the best shooter in the world, with his leveraged-arm
  
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• When a small dog had cancer and nowhere to live, this Utah foundation found him a home where he could die feeling loved

  30-11-2018 21:05
  When Marsha Holfeltz got a phone call asking her to foster 4-year-old Griffin, she expected the spirited Schipperke to be adopted quickly.The dog’s owner had left him at a Murray shelter after a horse kicked him in the face, severely damaging an eye. The Utah Animal Advocacy Foundation would arrange surgery to remove the eye, and he would heal with Holfeltz for a few weeks until a family was ready to adopt him.But lesions discovered on his belly painted a darker future. Griffin’s int
  
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• Trump breezes past Putin, Saudi prince at start of G-20 summit without even a handshake

  30-11-2018 21:00
  Buenos Aires, Argentina • President Donald Trump arrived at a global summit here clouded by the Russia investigation escalating in Washington and amid a war of words with the Kremlin regarding the cancellation of his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.As the leaders gathered for the opening session of the Group of 20 summit, Trump appeared cool toward some of his counterparts and was not seen acknowledging Putin, the autocrat whose interference in the 2016 presidential el
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Businesses groups declare war on Utah’s worst-in-the-nation wage gap for women

  30-11-2018 20:54 via sportspyder.com
  Utah women earn only an average of 70 cents on the dollar compared to men — the biggest wage gap among the states. So the Salt Lake Chamber and the Women’s Leadership Institute released a battle plan Friday aiming to narrow it.
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 172: The NBA at The Quarter Mark, Kyle Korver, Creed II

  30-11-2018 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  How do the Utah Jazz look through the first quarter of the NBA season? Kyle Korver is back! Lots of news and notes from around the league. Plus Creed II!
  
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  30-11-2018 20:34 via twitter.com
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - The story behind Kyle Korver finding his way back to Utah Jazz after 8 years

  30-11-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  How Kyle Korver became available to play for Utah versus the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - In 2007, a struggling Utah Jazz team traded for Kyle Korver. Here's what happened

  30-11-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  Once upon a time, the Jazz advanced farther in the playoffs than anyone imagined. The next year was slow; 16-16, and the team lacked shooting. 2007 or 2018? There are many similarities between...
  
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• Jenny Wilson announces plans to run for county mayor — now and in 2020

  30-11-2018 20:25
  As multicolored Christmas lights sparkled on the trees behind her in the atrium of the Salt Lake County Government Center’s North Building on Friday, County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson announced her decision to run for the seat being vacated by Rep.-elect Ben McAdams.Fresh off a loss on the campaign trail for U.S. Senate, it’s an odd time of year to campaign, she conceded. If that race was a marathon, this bid is a sprint. And while she spent the Senate race trying to convince millions
  
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• In 2007, a struggling Utah Jazz team traded for Kyle Korver. Here's what happened

  30-11-2018 20:24
  In 2005-06, the Utah Jazz advanced farther in the playoffs than anyone imagined. The team was young, fun and feisty while being led by an electric 22-year-old guard. Consequently, the team was the hot topic over the offseason with many high expectations placed in front of them for the following season. But, out of the gate, things weren't going as planned. Specifically, the team lacked shooting.Deja …By the end of December, the team traded for a shooter from Philly. He was in his fifth ye
  
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• The story behind Kyle Korver finding his way back to Utah Jazz after 8 years

  30-11-2018 20:21
  CHARLOTTE — A boatload of missed calls and text messages flooded Kyle Korver's phone when he awoke from his pregame nap in Oklahoma City Wednesday.Some were from his agent, Jeff Schwartz, and Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman, so he suspected something important had just happened.After returning the calls, he learned that he was involved in a trade from Cleveland to Utah, in exchange for Alec Burks and two future second-round draft picks.Meanwhile, Burks was also informing hi
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey Jokes He Was Offended by Ingles so He Traded for Korver

  30-11-2018 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz acquired veteran guard Kyle Korver from the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this week, and it might be all because of Joe Ingles. Earlier this year, Ingles made headlines by dubbing himself " the best shooter in the league ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Kyle Korver is available to play Friday vs. Hornets

  30-11-2018 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  New Utah Jazz shooting guard Kyle Korver passed his physical Thursday and will be available to play in the Jazz’s game against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday. Korver was just acquired by Utah in exchange for guard Alec Burks and two second-round picks...
  
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• Utah State names assistant Frank Maile as interim head football coach as search for permanent replacement moves forward

  30-11-2018 19:47
  Utah State assistant Frank Maile has been named the Aggies' interim head football coach after the departure of Matt Wells, USU athletic director John Hartwell said Friday.Maile, the Aggies' assistant head coach under Wells, will be in charge through the upcoming bowl game — which will be announced Sunday — and will also be “the bridge from a recruiting standpoint,” Hartwell told reporters during a conference call.Wells, who accepted a job with Texas Tech and is taking coo
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Kyle Korver available to play vs Charlotte Hornets

  30-11-2018 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  One day after the Utah Jazz officially re-acquired him in a trade for Alec Burks, Kyle Korver is in Charlotte and ready to play against the Hornets. The Ut...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Kyle Korver available to play vs Charlotte Hornets

  30-11-2018 19:29
  One day after the Utah Jazz officially re-acquired him in a trade for Alec Burks, Kyle Korver is in Charlotte and ready to play against the Hornets. The Utah Jazz’s big move to acquire Kyle Korver in exchange for Alec Burks became official on Thursday, with both players having undergone required physical examinations with their […]
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• El Nino teases as Southwestern US remains in drought

  30-11-2018 19:12
  Albuquerque, N.M. • National climate experts have been watching and waiting but El Nino has only been teasing, leaving the American Southwest to hang on longer until the weather pattern develops and brings more moisture to the drought-stricken region.Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center and the National Weather Service on Thursday said the epicenter of the nation's drought has been centered for months now over the region where Arizona,
  
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• Not president, not yet a senator: Romney is starting over

  30-11-2018 19:09
  Washington • Mitt Romney is a man in-between.He made it to Washington after all — but not as president of the United States, the office he sought twice and other men won. He’s not yet a senator from Utah, either, until he’s sworn in Jan. 3. Romney, lifelong executive in public and private life, doesn’t have a permanent office, a place to live or a solid sense of what it will be like to shift from being the top leader to just one of 100 ambitious personalities.For now
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Pyle: One day in the life of Sen. Mike Lee

  30-11-2018 19:08 via sportspyder.com
  “The authors of the Constitution intended Congress to be first among the federal government’s three co-equal branches. Endowed with the power to legislate, tax, spend, and oversee the weaker Executive and Judicial branches — while simultaneously held to..
  
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• George Pyle: One day in the life of Sen. Mike Lee

  30-11-2018 19:00
  “The authors of the Constitution intended Congress to be first among the federal government’s three co-equal branches. Endowed with the power to legislate, tax, spend, and oversee the weaker Executive and Judicial branches — while simultaneously held to tighter public accountability — Congress was meant to be the driving force in federal policymaking.”— The Case for Congressional Empowerment, The Article I ProjectThe above is taken from Sen. Mike Lee’s o
  
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• Salt Lake City cop disciplined for handing a stabbing victim’s gun to a bystander — who walked away with it

  30-11-2018 18:50
  A Salt Lake City police officer has been disciplined for giving a stabbing victim’s gun to a bystander — who absconded with the weapon.According to a letter from SLCPD Chief Mike Brown dated Oct. 15, officer Rich Clawson was suspended for 10 hours without pay for his actions — as the whereabouts of the gun remain a mystery.Police received a report of a fight at the Moose Lounge at 180 W. 400 South on Sept. 10, 2017, and Clawson arrived to discover that two of the bar’s se
  
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• Where’s Cookie? Puppy stolen from Humane Society of Utah

  30-11-2018 18:47
  The Humane Society of Utah is asking for the public’s help in the Case of the Purloined Puppy — a 2-month-old Cairn Terrier that was stolen from the organization on Thursday.Security camera footage from the adoption center at 4242 S. 300 West in Murray shows a woman and two boys with the puppy between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Humane Society. The woman appears to place the dog — named Cookie — in her handbag, and then place a white jacket over the
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump loves big deals. But let’s not hold our breath for one with China at the G-20.

  30-11-2018 18:23
  Washington - President Trump loves making big deals. At least he loves saying he’s making big deals, regardless of whether there is any meaningful deal there at all.In June, he announced a “deal” with North Korea for complete denuclearization; it was actually just a vaguely worded declaration, and there has been no sign of progress since. The following month, Trump hyped a “deal” with the European Union to liberalize trade — except, once again, there was no en
  
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• ‘Mormonism’s Scarlet Letter’? It’s a mark on their membership that follows some gay Latter-day Saints throughout their lives.

  30-11-2018 18:16
  From Brigham Young University’s Honor Code to mission requirements to church discipline, LGBTQ and straight Latter-day Saints face unequal treatment.In every case, church-imposed penalties are stiffer for the former than the latter.Any public sign of affection on BYU’s campus between two men or two women — a seductive peck on the cheek or strolling hand in hand — could result in expulsion.Kissing another man could cost a gay missionary applicant a three-year delay —
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Pope Francis urges charity when churches are sold, reused

  30-11-2018 18:01 via sportspyder.com
  Rome • The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse of Catholic churches to help ensure that they retain their cultural heritage and serve the good of the community, not commerce.
  
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• ♬ Kyle Korver joins @aaronfalk on the latest episode of The Note ♬ Korver talks about coming back to Utah, the sim… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-11-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  ♬ Kyle Korver joins @aaronfalk on the latest episode of The Note ♬Korver talks about coming back to Utah, the sim… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pope Francis urges charity when churches are sold, reused

  30-11-2018 17:56
  Rome • The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse of Catholic churches to help ensure that they retain their cultural heritage and serve the good of the community, not commerce.With some churches being turned into discos, gelaterias or demolished outright, the guidelines suggest that if the church cannot be given to another Christian community, it should be reused for cultural or societal aims. Those would include being used as a
  
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• Marriott discloses a massive data breach impacting 500 million guests

  30-11-2018 17:39
  Washington • Marriott International revealed Friday that its Starwood reservations database had been hacked and that up to 500 million guests could be affected.The data breach involved information mined from the reservations database for Starwood properties, which include Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis hotels, among others. An unauthorized party had accessed the database since 2014, company officials said. The breach included names, email addresses, passport numbers and payment information,
  
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• Did Einstein believe in God? Old Bible and letter up for auction rekindle that debate

  30-11-2018 17:39
  New York • Did Albert Einstein believe in God? The famous physicist was constantly questioned about his religious beliefs during his lifetime.Two Einstein artifacts being auctioned in New York could contain clues to the spiritual beliefs of the 20th century’s best-known thinker.Sotheby’s is auctioning a Bible on Friday in which Einstein inscribed in 1932: “This book is an inexhaustible source of living wisdom and consolation.”Christie’s, meanwhile, is auctionin
  
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