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• Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert fined for criticizing officials after loss to Miami Heat

  04-12-2018 23:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — With three seconds remaining and the game between the Utah Jazz and Miami Heat tied at 100 on Sunday evening, Heat guard Dwyane Wade drove toward the basket, right at Jazz center Rudy Gobert.The big man was called for a foul, Wade made two free throws and Donovan Mitchell missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Miami won, 102-100.Following the game, Gobert directed strong words toward the officials while speaking with the media, and on Tuesday, he was fined $15,000 by the NBA
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Rudy Gobert fined $15,000 for criticizing officials

  04-12-2018 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA is coming down hard on Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert for his postgame comments following the team’s Monday night loss to the Miami Heat. Gobert called out the officials for their lack of consistency and didn’t his mince words. As a result, it’s no.
  
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• Rudy Gobert fined $15,000 after criticizing officials following loss to Heat

  04-12-2018 23:29
  Jazz center Rudy Gobert was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Tuesday afternoon for his public criticism of the officiating following the Jazz’s 102-100 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday.Gobert was called for a foul on Heat guard Dwyane Wade with 3.2 seconds left in that game, and the resulting free throws broke a tie and ultimately resulted in Miami’s victory. Gobert asserted that the referees had been making foul calls inconsistently throughout the game, pointing to the lack of a foul cal
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Rep. Stewart says ‘journalists disappear’ all the time in defending Trump’s reaction to the murder of a U.S.-based columnist

  04-12-2018 22:45 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart defended President Donald Trump’s dismissal of CIA findings that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was complicit in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, noting that America needs relationships with some countries it doesn’t...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - To help the needy, go through charities — don’t give handouts on the street, officials say.

  04-12-2018 22:45 via sportspyder.com
  Last Christmas, a dozen or so groups independently decided to hand out food to the homeless around downtown Salt Lake City.
  
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• Thus far 🙃 twitter.com/NBA/status/107…

  04-12-2018 22:36 via twitter.com
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  04-12-2018 22:32 via twitter.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bob Dole, federal workers and CIA directors join crowds paying their respects to Bush

  04-12-2018 22:20 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • They came together Tuesday from worlds that can often seem so far apart, current and former elected officials, intelligence chiefs and foreign dignitaries standing alongside suit-clad federal workers, college students and other everyday...
  
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• Bob Dole, federal workers and CIA directors join crowds paying their respects to Bush

  04-12-2018 22:09
  Washington • They came together Tuesday from worlds that can often seem so far apart, current and former elected officials, intelligence chiefs and foreign dignitaries standing alongside suit-clad federal workers, college students and other everyday Americans. They came together to bid farewell to George H.W. Bush, the patrician former president who dedicated years to public service.Throngs of people streamed into the Capitol Rotunda for a quiet moment seeing Bush's flag-draped coffin as he
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz are back at home—FINALLY—hosting the San Antonio Spurs

  04-12-2018 21:51 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz finally get to spend some time back in Utah for consecutive nights.
  
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• Nick Emery makes his long-awaited return as slumping BYU plays host to sizzling Utah State Wednesday

  04-12-2018 21:39
  Provo • When he was asked before the season how he would assimilate suspended BYU guard Nick Emery into his rotation after nine games, coach Dave Rose said he didn’t have a lot of expectations and it would all depend on how the team was doing.“Hopefully you have won a few games and he doesn’t feel like he needs to come in and save the season, because that’s not a healthy thing,” Rose said at the West Coast Conference media gathering in Las Vegas on Oct. 18.Well
  
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• "His (DeRozan) versatility is one of the things that makes him really hard to prepare for and guard." 📽️:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-12-2018 21:37 via twitter.com
  "His (DeRozan) versatility is one of the things that makes him really hard to prepare for and guard."📽️:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commentary: Rough road ahead as auto industry transitions to electric and self-driving cars

  04-12-2018 21:19
  General Motors’ Nov. 26 announcement of more than 14,000 layoffs is only the first in what will be a continuing string of disruptions in the auto and related transportation industries. Self-driving cars have received most of the attention, with their likely elimination of transportation jobs, but large-scale restructuring is likely in the entire auto industry as consumers move to electric vehicles.A large part of the auto industry’s recent restructuring has been due to the dramatic s
  
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• Monson: Urban Meyer changed the course of football at Utah, and while here accurately predicted the timing of his departure from the game.

  04-12-2018 21:05
  Nobody believed what Urban Meyer said 15 years ago, back in his first year as Utah’s head football coach, before so much of his success was gained, his national championships won. Not even his wife, Shelley, his partner, counselor and confidante, the person who persuaded him to stay in coaching years earlier, at a time when he was on the verge of quitting the profession and going to law school, was buying all of what he was selling.The first part, she got.“I can’t function as a
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - What Utah’s Offense Needs Even More Than Shooting

  04-12-2018 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Likely more than one something. There is no arguing the the Jazz offense has been a major disappointment. With good reason. Put together, the picture becomes glaringly obvious.
  
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• Author Stephen Mansfield on the quiet, steely faith of George H.W. Bush

  04-12-2018 20:59
  With the passing of George H.W. Bush from this life, we will have the opportunity to be stirred once again by tales from his lengthy journey. We will hear of his early heroism at war. We will be reminded of his storied political career. We will be touched anew by his tender 73-year marriage. We will be told of his mistakes, and of regrets of a kind familiar to us all.Yet we will likely hear little about his religious faith, and this is unfortunate.The truth is that his deep sense of God’s
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Dennis Lindsey takes funny dig at Joe Ingles, ditches comparison to Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson

  04-12-2018 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey took a few playful digs at forward Joe Ingles, a self-proclaimed sniper from long distance after knocking down treys at 44 percent or better during the last two seasons. Ingles declared himself the league’s best...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Urban Meyer changed the course of football at Utah, and while here accurately predicted the timing of his departure from the game.

  04-12-2018 20:32 via sportspyder.com
  Nobody believed what Urban Meyer said 15 years ago, back in his first year as Utah’s head football coach, before so much of his success was gained, his national championships won. Not even his wife, Shelley, his partner, counselor and confidante, the...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Mitchell Draws Praise, Korver Draws Attention & More

  04-12-2018 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  Check in every week for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. From an 8-time All-NBA guard.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 12.4.18

  04-12-2018 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  Threes of the Week presented by: Mountain America Credit Union. https://www.macu.com/
  
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• To get you in game mode for tonight, here are all the best #ThreesoftheWeek! @MountainAmerica https://t.co/fB3dE48C8g

  04-12-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  
  To get you in game mode for tonight, here are all the best #ThreesoftheWeek!@MountainAmerica https://t.co/fB3dE48C8g
  
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• Kyle Korver: "I think Quin ... they have a real vision of what they want the Jazz to be." https://t.co/SqbMDU4BkV

  04-12-2018 19:34 via twitter.com
  
  Kyle Korver: "I think Quin ... they have a real vision of what they want the Jazz to be." https://t.co/SqbMDU4BkV
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes release their 2019 football schedule; they’ll miss Oregon, Stanford in Pac-12 rotation

  04-12-2018 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  The 2019 Utah-BYU football game will be played on a Thursday in Provo to begin the season in August and the Utes will open the Pac-12 schedule vs. USC on a Friday in Los Angeles.
  
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  04-12-2018 19:21 via twitter.com
  
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• Utes release their 2019 football schedule; they’ll miss Oregon, Stanford in Pac-12 rotation

  04-12-2018 19:16
  The 2019 Utah-BYU football game will be played on a Thursday in Provo to begin the season in August and the Utes will open the Pac-12 schedule vs. USC on a Friday in Los Angeles. The schedule announced Tuesday by the Pac-12 includes two byes for Utah during a 14-week schedule, placed at almost even intervals. The Utes will be off the weekends before visiting Oregon State in mid-October and hosting UCLA in mid-November. The 2019 season launches another eight-year cycle of Pac-12 scheduling rotati
  
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  04-12-2018 18:34 via twitter.com
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• 🎟 See @kylekorver's Utah (re)-debut with this special offer. » bit.ly/2Q8Shm6 https://t.co/mcto2nTmcF

  04-12-2018 18:26 via twitter.com
  
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  04-12-2018 18:16 via twitter.com
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• Utah adds 52K new residents in 2018 — but growth is slowing as fewer people have babies, and fewer immigrants move here

  04-12-2018 18:14
  Utah’s population grew by an estimated 52,664 people this year — equivalent to adding a city the size of Logan. But growth is slowing, as Utahns are having fewer children and fewer immigrants are moving here.The state’s population now is 3,166,647, according to the Utah Population Committee, a group established by the state to use local data to estimate the population, a check on estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau.Since the last Census in 2010, Utah has added 402,000
  
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• Does ‘In God We Trust’ belong in schools?

  04-12-2018 18:02
  A week after the school massacre in Parkland, Fla., when grief-stricken students demanded action at the state Capitol, Rep. Kimberly Daniels took to the floor to promote a measure she said had been inspired by God, who she said spoke to her in a dream.God “is the light. And our schools need light in them like never before,” the Jacksonville Democrat said Feb. 21. “It is not a secret that we have some gun issues that need to be addressed. But the real thing that needs to be addr
  
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• Utah has a new medical marijuana law — but not the one approved by voters in the recent election

  04-12-2018 17:42
  On Monday, the first business day after Utah’s medical cannabis initiative became law, state legislators supplanted it with a more tightly controlled plan for providing marijuana-based treatment.The Utah Medical Cannabis Act, designed as a replacement for voter-approved Proposition 2, breezed through the Utah House of Representatives and Senate during Monday’s special session. The one-day gathering of state lawmakers has been in the works since October, when Gov. Gary Herbert announc
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: George H.W. Bush resigned from the NRA. Shouldn’t decent Americans quit the GOP?

  04-12-2018 17:26 via sportspyder.com
  George H.W. Bush didn't resign as a member of the National Rifle Association in 1995 over its rigid position opposing virtually any gun legislation. Rather, in a memorable letter, he told the group that he resigned because the group refused to apologize..
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Catherine Rampell: George H.W. Bush was the last Republican who didn’t believe in ‘voodoo economics’

  04-12-2018 17:26 via sportspyder.com
  Washington - Many have mourned former president George H.W. Bush as the last of his kind. Mostly they eulogize his decency (racist Willie Horton ad notwithstanding), his physical courage, his commitment to public service.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 2018 has been a dangerous and deadly year for journalists

  04-12-2018 17:26 via sportspyder.com
  It was not a good year for journalists.
  
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• Dana Milbank: Of course it’s George Soros’ fault. It’s always George Soros’ fault.

  04-12-2018 17:24
  Washington - Where does George Soros find the time?To hear the loon-o-sphere tell it, the Hungarian-born liberal Jewish billionaire, at the ripe old age of 88, has been exceedingly industrious.He dismantled the Soviet Union, launched coups in four Eastern European countries and a revolution in a fifth, while also destroying the Malaysian economy and financing Halliburton.He caused the 2008 global financial crisis, bought the presidency for Barack Obama, wrote the 2009 stimulus and served as "pup
  
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• Marriott will pay for new passports after data breach ‘if fraud has taken place’

  04-12-2018 17:22
  Following a colossal data breach that compromised sensitive personal information, including some passport numbers, of hundreds of millions of guests, Marriott International has agreed to pay for passport replacements if the company finds customers have been victims of fraud.The breach, which took place over four years and affected 500 million guests, was unique not only for its scope but for the bevy of personal information hackers accessed through the reservation system of Marriott's subsidiary
  
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• Tumblr’s nudity ban removes one of the last major refuges for pornography on social media

  04-12-2018 17:21
  Tumblr announced Monday that it will ban nearly all nudity from its platform, ending one of social media's last major refuges for explicit sexual images.Photos, videos and GIFs of genitalia and female nipples, as well as any visual depictions of sex acts, will no longer be allowed on the service as of Dec. 17, the company announced in a change to its terms of service.Female nipples will be allowed in posts only in the context of breast-feeding, birth or health, including post-mastectomy or gende
  
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• Ex-Spanish Fork police officer accused of groping and taking naked pictures of a sleeping woman

  04-12-2018 17:21
  A former Spanish Fork police officer is facing criminal charges of voyeurism and forcible sexual abuse.According to a probable cause statement, a woman who had a protective order against Aaron Sam Foster, 38, of Springville, awoke to find him groping and kissing her. The woman told police Foster had stolen her panties, and “he admitted to her that he had taken them and returned some but not all.”The woman said she discovered naked pictures of herself that Foster had taken while she w
  
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• 2018 has been a dangerous and deadly year for journalists

  04-12-2018 17:20
  It was not a good year for journalists.From Myanmar to Annapolis, Maryland, reporters were harassed, arrested and even killed for doing their jobs. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 45 journalists were killed in 2018 because of their work. Reporters Without Borders put the figure slightly higher, saying more professional journalists were killed in connection with their work in the first nine months of 2018 than in all of 2017.Conflict zones such as those in Afghanistan and Syria
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: George H.W. Bush resigned from the NRA. Shouldn’t decent Americans quit the GOP?

  04-12-2018 17:17
  George H.W. Bush didn't resign as a member of the National Rifle Association in 1995 over its rigid position opposing virtually any gun legislation. Rather, in a memorable letter, he told the group that he resigned because the group refused to apologize for the scurrilous remarks of Wayne LaPierre, who still heads the organization. Instead, the NRA, Bush said, "defended his attack on federal agents as 'jack-booted thugs.'" Bush wrote: "To attack Secret Service agents or A.T.F. people or any gove
  
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• Catherine Rampell: George H.W. Bush was the last Republican who didn’t believe in ‘voodoo economics’

  04-12-2018 17:16
  Washington - Many have mourned former president George H.W. Bush as the last of his kind. Mostly they eulogize his decency (racist Willie Horton ad notwithstanding), his physical courage, his commitment to public service.But Bush was end-of-an-era in another crucial way. He may well be the last Republican leader to acknowledge the fundamental fraud of Republican fiscal policy -- that tax cuts do not pay for themselves.Almost 40 years ago, during the 1980 presidential primary, Bush famously chara
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Utah Jazz continue descent

  04-12-2018 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz made a trade and went 2-2 this week.
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - The Nuggets Impressive Team If They Kept Every Player They Drafted

  04-12-2018 16:15 via sportspyder.com
  Drafting is such a tricky part of the game, as projections aren’t always enough to tell whether a player is going to
  
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• Political Cornflakes: McAdams, fellow incoming House Democrats say policy issues — not Trump investigations — should lead their agenda

  04-12-2018 16:04
  U.S. Rep.-elect Ben McAdams of Utah and more than 40 other freshman House Democrats penned a letter to their future leaders Monday, saying they want to focus on policy issues above investigating the Trump administration. Addressing the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs, immigration, gun safety, infrastructure, the environment and criminal justice reform should lead the agenda, they wrote. “While we have a duty to exercise oversight over the Executive Branch, particularly when the A
  
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• New Salt Lake County recorder, part of a national blue wave of women, will take over an office rocked by scandal and dizzying turnover

  04-12-2018 15:40
  Millcreek • There’s only dirt where the lawn should be in front of Rashelle Hobbs' new home.The recently elected Salt Lake County recorder — a Democrat fresh off a win against incumbent Republican Adam Gardiner — jokes later that when faced with a choice between putting grass in or running for election, she chose the latter.“This was my first time that I ever ran for office,” she told The Salt Lake Tribune recently. “I don’t really consider myself a
  
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• For Manti’s Mormon Miracle Pageant, it turns out the show won’t go on after next year

  04-12-2018 15:39
  The spotlighted sight of a white-robed Jesus preaching outside Manti’s landmark Latter-day Saint temple will be seen for the last time during next year’s performances of the Mormon Miracle Pageant.In October, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it was ending its support of live-action pageants. But some advocates of the half-century-old Manti pageant held out hope that local Latter-day Saints would continue to mount the show that had become almost synonymous wit
  
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• Letter: Trump wants to have his cake and eat it, too

  04-12-2018 15:37
  Frankly, I don’t understand the logic behind the media continuing to ask: “Why doesn’t the president fire Robert Mueller, given his heightened attack on the special counsel and anger toward him in the last few days?”Media pundits scratch their heads and speculate that it is because people around Trump warn him not to do so. That makes little sense, in my opinion. President Trump wants to have his cake and eat it too. He doesn’t want to suffer the obvious political c
  
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• Letter: Enough with the Utah tax increases

  04-12-2018 15:36
  I’m hoping I’m not the only one fed up with all the state’s requests for tax hikes, the latest being Gov. Gary Herbert’s request for raising the sales tax on food to the full rate.In the same article it says they are considering taxing services also. Health care is still being debated. Really?You tax us on gasoline (which is going to increase), my property tax goes up each year, always while the governor and the Legislature are whining that we don't have enough money for
  
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• Alexandra Petri: What long-ago ‘favor’ made Trump keep Michael Cohen around? Here are my guesses.

  04-12-2018 15:33
  Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about a real estate project in Moscow that the president was pursuing while he campaigned for office. Trump has said of Cohen, his personal lawyer of 12 years, that he is a “weak person and not a very smart person.” Asked why he kept him around so long, he told reporters, “A long time ago, he did me a favor.”What kind of favor could justify keeping Michael Cohen, a “weak person and not a very
  
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• Ohio State coach, and former Utah coach, Urban Meyer will retire after the Rose Bowl

  04-12-2018 15:28
  Columbus, Ohio • Urban Meyer, the highly successful coach who won three national championships and sparked controversy and criticism this season for his handling of domestic violence allegations against a now-fired assistant, will retire after the Rose Bowl, the university announced Tuesday.A news conference was scheduled for later Tuesday during which Meyer, who coached at Utah from 2003-04, will formally announce his retirement and co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day would be named the prog
  
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