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• Federal prosecutors recommend ‘substantial’ prison term for former Trump lawyer

  07-12-2018 23:58
  Washington • Federal prosecutors said in a new court filing that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen should spend significant time in prison - saying his assistance to investigators probing the president does not outweigh his past crimes.The filing was made Friday as Cohen prepares to be sentenced next week in two separate cases, one involving campaign finance violations and lying to a bank, and another in which he admitted to lying to Congress about efforts during th
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jazz Dancers serve the community during 12 Days of Giving

  07-12-2018 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz Dancers are participating in 12 Days of Giving this Christmas season, finding ways to serve the community during the holidays.
  
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• Polygamous sect on Utah-Arizona line evicted from meetinghouse

  07-12-2018 23:50
  The polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has surrendered the last, visible sign of their faith in Hildale, Utah, and adjoining Colorado City, Ariz.The church organization was evicted from the Leroy S. Johnson Meetinghouse on Thursday, called the “LSJ” by locals. The land trust that owns the building served eviction notices days earlier and changed the locks on Thursday.The land trust is called the United Effort Plan. It’s executive director, Jef
  
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• The Jazz are now making 3-pointers they were missing earlier. Is there a Kyle Korver effect?

  07-12-2018 23:45
  It’s hardly an understatement to say that the Jazz were underwhelmed with their early-season 3-point shooting, and so they traded for Kyle Korver to give it a boost.Which begs the natural question — how’s that working out so far?OK, so first off, the four games they’ve played with him represent a statistically insignificant sample size. There are no concrete conclusions to be drawn from a 4.9-percent portion of an 82-game regular season.That said … the deep balls a
  
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• With its flashy new venue, Utah’s Hale Centre Theatre will tally more than a half-million tickets sold in 2018

  07-12-2018 23:37
  Hale Centre Theatre offered 80 performances of the musical “The Scarlet Pimpernel” this fall; many were sold out. All of the tickets to its 50 planned performances of “A Christmas Carol” were claimed by Thanksgiving, “the quickest sellout” its holiday staple has ever had.The theater’s final tally for ticket sales in 2018 will top a half-million — its current estimate is more than 551,000.Is Hale’s splashy new two-theater complex in Sandy the
  
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• .@BucketsONeale00 & @GeorgesNiang20 handed out popcorn and goodie bags today to kids visiting from @nhutah before s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 23:29 via twitter.com
  .@BucketsONeale00 & @GeorgesNiang20 handed out popcorn and goodie bags today to kids visiting from @nhutah before s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This week’s holiday art market openings: gallery stroll, Park Silly, Urban Flea Market

  07-12-2018 23:28
  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?Art markets now open or launching soon help shoppers find one-of-a-kind, locally made paintings, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, clothing, stationery, woodwork and treats.Popular options that opened this week or will be open this weekend include Friday’s Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, Park Silly Holiday Bazaar and the
  
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• Lawsuit claims Utah rehab ranch broke its own rules by admitting a an addicted teen — who then killed a staffer

  07-12-2018 23:19
  The wife of an employee who was beaten to death by a teen drug addict in withdrawal at a Utah rehabilitation ranch is suing the Garfield County facility for admitting the boy to the program, which she alleges wasn’t the proper setting for his treatment.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in 6th District Court on behalf of Brenda Woolsey, claims Clay Brewer, then 17, should have never been at Turn-About Ranch on Dec. 6, 2016, when he woke up “feeling heartless” and later beat to death 6
  
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• On national TV, Mia Love says Trump is not racist but Democrats are

  07-12-2018 23:17
  Just-defeated Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, told a national TV audience Friday that race was not behind President Donald Trump publicly mocking her election loss, but race indeed was the reason Democrats worked hard to oust her.Democrats “targeted me because I am a black female Republican. And they replaced me with a middle-aged white male,” Love said on ABC’s The View. She lost by 694 votes to Democrat Ben McAdams.“There was a whole lot of money in an R+13 district that went to
  
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• Tallying 24 points and 10 rebounds last night, @dfavors14 lead the way to a 27-point win against Houston. Our bigge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 23:01 via twitter.com
  Tallying 24 points and 10 rebounds last night, @dfavors14 lead the way to a 27-point win against Houston. Our bigge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• BYU, Utah both still works in progress as they meet in Saturday’s Beehive Classic

  07-12-2018 22:34
  Saturday's meeting between Utah and BYU should turn into the highest-scoring basketball game in Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak's history against the Cougars.That’s both a compliment and a critique of the teams, and it will become true only if the Utes do their part offensively at Vivint Smart Home Arena in the opening game of the second annual Zions Bank Beehive Classic.Utah’s developing offense needs the accommodation that BYU’s defense might provide. And unlike Krystkowiak&rsquo
  
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• Utah’s Ballet West wows crowd with the Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center in Washington

  07-12-2018 22:33
  Washington • It’s America’s stage, but this week, it belonged to a Utah ballet company.Ballet West swooped into Washington this week to perform the Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center, one of the most sought-after and prestigious venues in the nation.And in their third return to the center in six years, the dancers awed the crowd in a vivid presentation of William Christensen’s version of the Russian ballet.“This is not only a beautifully danced and gorgeously designed
  
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• Man jailed after he threatened a mass shooting at a Utah Walmart, police say

  07-12-2018 21:54
  A Clearfield man was booked into jail early Friday after reports that he threatened to commit a mass shooting at a St. George-area Walmart — a threat that was being shared on social media.Milton Bowcutt, 26, is under investigation for threat of violence, a class-B misdemeanor; possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a class-A misdemeanor; and possession of a controlled substance, a class-B misdemeanor. And the St. George Police Department is reassuring residents that the t
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz editorial: Courtney Kirkland’s hit on Rudy Gobert was shameful

  07-12-2018 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz ultimately didn't need him to stop the struggling Houston Rockets, but Rudy Gobert's ejection by referee Courtney Kirkland was still shameful...
  
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• Utah Jazz editorial: Courtney Kirkland’s hit on Rudy Gobert was shameful

  07-12-2018 21:14
  The Utah Jazz ultimately didn’t need him to stop the struggling Houston Rockets, but Rudy Gobert’s ejection by referee Courtney Kirkland was still shameful. There’s no sugar-coating it for the Houston Rockets — on Thursday night, in a nationally televised game, they gave an utterly embarrassing performance. A determined Utah Jazz team took it to […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Credible allegations’ of sex abuse name 2 former Catholic priests who served in Utah

  07-12-2018 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  Utah’s Catholic diocese has received “credible allegations" of sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable adults against two former Jesuit priests who once served in the Beehive State.
  
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• One of the longest-running, continuous gallery strolls in the country is right here in Salt Lake City — and it’s happening now

  07-12-2018 20:54
  When the executive director of the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll tells people where to find her organization on the internet, she's often met with disbelief.“People say, ‘What do you mean, you’re gallerystroll.org? You’re not saltlakegallerystroll.org?’ Nope,” Kristina Robb said with a laugh. “Everybody asks, ‘How did you get gallerystroll.org?’ and I say, ‘Well, this is what happens when you’re one of the very first to have a URL for
  
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• One was accused of strangling a witness. Another was investigated for ‘dry-firing’ his weapon at a deputy. They were both given top awards this year.

  07-12-2018 20:53
  The Utah Sheriffs’ Association has given two of its top annual awards to sheriffs who were investigated, but never convicted, for violent behavior while on the job.The association, which is made up of members from all 29 of the state’s counties, named San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge as its “Lawman of the Year” and Beaver County Sheriff Cameron Noel as one of its two “Sheriffs of the Year” at its 23rd annual Law Enforcement and Corrections Training Confer
  
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• ‘Credible allegations’ of sex abuse name 2 former Catholic priests who served in Utah

  07-12-2018 20:53
  Utah’s Catholic diocese has received “credible allegations" of sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable adults against two former Jesuit priests who once served in the Beehive State.Their names were on a list released by the Jesuits West Province and on a similar anticipated list by the Jesuits Midwest Province.Both alleged incidents occurred in the 1980s, according to a release from Jean Hill, spokeswoman for the Diocese of Salt Lake City, and both priests are long gone from Utah.Action
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - An election win means bonuses for Ben McAdams’ campaign consultants and staff

  07-12-2018 20:44 via sportspyder.com
  When Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, finally won his close congressional race after two long weeks of vote counting, his campaign staff and consultants had about 80,000 extra reasons to cheer.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Arrogance is a bad look on Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, as he mismanages a league that is falling short

  07-12-2018 20:43 via sportspyder.com
  — “Arrogance is a roadblock on the highway to wisdom.”
  
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• Utah teen who filmed girl’s suicide sentenced to prison

  07-12-2018 20:42
  Provo • A 19-year-old man was sentenced to five years to life in prison Friday for helping a teenage girl hang herself and film the act.Tyerell Przybycien apologized to Jchandra Brown’s mother and said he hoped him taking responsibility by pleading guilty would help everyone heal.“I’m also hoping that, although I don’t deserve it, the victim’s family will be able to forgive me for the immature, thoughtless and rash decision,” Przybycien told the judge.A l
  
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• Monson: Arrogance is a bad look on Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, as he mismanages a league that is falling short

  07-12-2018 20:42
  — “Arrogance is a roadblock on the highway to wisdom.”— “An arrogant bug is a cocky roach.”No clue here who came up with those two sayings, but whoever it was should be working at the very expensive, sometimes dysfunctional headquarters of the Pac-12. Leadership there could use a little advice regarding the pratfalls that come with being full of yourself, feeling as though you’re always right, believing your decisions, abilities and accomplishments make
  
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• BYU has some momentum, while Utah seeks improvement in Saturday’s Beehive Classic

  07-12-2018 20:41
  Saturday's meeting between Utah and BYU should turn into the highest-scoring basketball game in Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak's history against the Cougars.That’s both a compliment and a critique of the teams, and it will become true only if the Utes do their part offensively at Vivint Smart Home Arena in the opening game of the second annual Zions Bank Beehive Classic.Utah’s developing offense needs the accommodation that BYU’s defense might provide. And unlike Krystkowiak&rsquo
  
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• [Uproxx] - Last Night, In Basketball: The Many Ways The Jazz Manufacture Offense

  07-12-2018 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  Utah can struggle to score, but when the Jazz are cooking, as they were against Houston on Thursday, their offense can be a blast.
  
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• An election win means bonuses for Ben McAdams’ campaign consultants and staff

  07-12-2018 20:36
  When Rep.-elect Ben McAdams, D-Utah, finally won his close congressional race after two long weeks of vote counting, his campaign staff and consultants had about 80,000 extra reasons to cheer.He promised them just over a combined $80,000 in bonuses if he won, according to campaign financial disclosure forms filed this week. They are listed as owed, but not yet paid. McAdams reports about $76,000 in cash in the bank but will easily raise more as a member of Congress for future campaigns.The bonus
  
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• Man jailed on charges he threatened a mass shooting at a Utah Walmart

  07-12-2018 20:09
  A Clearfield man was booked into jail early Friday on charges that he threatened to commit a mass shooting at a St. George-area Walmart — a threat that was being shared on social media.Milton Bowcutt, 26, faces charges of threat of violence, a class-B misdemeanor; possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a class-A misdemeanor; and possession of a controlled substance, a class-B misdemeanor. And the St. George Police Department is reassuring residents that the threat has bee
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Derrick Favors is an all-time great Utah Jazz player

  07-12-2018 20:08 via sportspyder.com
  And he’s playing the best basketball of his career.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Catherine Rampell: Millennials aren’t breaking traditions. They’re just broke.

  07-12-2018 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Video: Monopoly has released a new edition for millennials, where you collect experiences instead of properties. We tested it for accuracy. (Dave Jorgenson/The Washington Post)
  
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• A Utah nurse convicted of sexually abusing his patients is given the maximum prison sentence

  07-12-2018 19:59
  The women had separately reported to authorities years ago that a male nurse had sexually abused them while they stayed at Salt Lake County hospitals.Months ago, they came to a Salt Lake City courtroom and testified at the trial of 54-year-old Adam Tae Kyun Lim.A jury found him guilty, based on their accounts of how he touched them in ways no other healthcare worker had done before.But when it came to coming back to that courtroom Friday for Lim’s sentencing hearing, the three women couldn
  
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• Utah coal mine has emitted methane in the decade since it idled operations

  07-12-2018 19:56
  Correction: Dec. 7, 11:46 a.m. • No known leaks or venting has occurred at the Centennial Mine since the time it fixed three leaking wells in June.Price • The Centennial Mine, tucked in a scenic cleft under Utah’s Book Cliffs known as Deadman Canyon, once extracted bituminous coal from deep under the West Tavaputs Plateau, but the dangers of operating in methane-infused deposits 3,000 feet below the surface forced its owner to suspend operations.That was more than 10 years ago, b
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Millennials aren’t breaking traditions. They’re just broke.

  07-12-2018 19:48
  Video: Monopoly has released a new edition for millennials, where you collect experiences instead of properties. We tested it for accuracy. (Dave Jorgenson/The Washington Post)
  Millennials are a murderous bunch, a generation of homicidal maniacs.At least that's the impression you get from reading news stories about my generation.According to the headlines, we've wreaked carnage across the economy with our fickle, selfish tastes. So far we have "killed" or are "killing" dinner dates, hotels, cred
  
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• #FridayFeeling https://t.co/pgAJVGwimi

  07-12-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Report: Lakers have no interest in acquiring Carmelo Anthony

  07-12-2018 19:16 via sportspyder.com
  Good call
  
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• 📓| "Catching it high, ready to shoot and not what I’d done for 26 years of my life. It takes a little while to be c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 19:11 via twitter.com
  📓| "Catching it high, ready to shoot and not what I’d done for 26 years of my life. It takes a little while to be c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tickets go on sale today for Hugh Jackman’s two nights of song and dance in Utah

  07-12-2018 18:48
  Wolverine is coming to Utah to perform — and, even before tickets went on sale Friday at 10 a.m., promoters for Hugh Jackman’s world tour had added a second Salt Lake City performance.Jackman is now scheduled to sing and dance at Vivint Smart Home Arena on both Thursday, July 11, and Friday, July 12.“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
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Karl Malone feels current Utah Jazz roster has all the tools to 'finish what we started'

  07-12-2018 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  "The Mailman" delivers thoughts on the current Utah Jazz team. "They’ve got everything on that team right now to finish what we started," he said. "They really do."
  
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• Karl Malone feels current Utah Jazz roster has all the tools to 'finish what we started'

  07-12-2018 18:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — As Utah Jazz players lock arms before home games at Vivint Arena, they likely glance atop the building as the national anthem is being performed.Among the retired jerseys dangling up there is Karl Malone's No. 32.Outside the arena, there's an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of Malone — the No. 2 all-time NBA scorer — on the downtown Salt Lake City corner near Karl Malone Drive."He's a legend. You saw Aaron Gordon (recently) pay tribute to his dunk and little things l
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Blitz Houston Without Gobert Thanks to Derrick, Defense and Dishing

  07-12-2018 18:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz hosted the Houston Rockets on national television, and the rematch between the second-round playoff foes from last spring hardly followed the script. Why? Derrick Favors.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rockets’ Eric Gordon after horrid loss to Jazz: ‘I’m just not having fun’

  07-12-2018 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  The Houston Rockets dropped to 11-13 after an embarrassing 118-91 loss to the Utah Jazz, who played 45-plus minutes without defensive stalwart Rudy Gobert due to an early ejection. Shooting guard Eric Gordon, the Sixth Man of the Year just two seasons ago
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Early 2019 NBA Mock Draft-December Edition

  07-12-2018 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  The 2018-19 NBA season has offered many surprises in the early-going; some teams are primed for their usual playoff runs, some are exceeding expectations, others are caught in a state of uncertainty, and the rest will turn their attention to next June’s..
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Sports world reacts to Rudy Gobert's ejection; Vai Sikahema's 'sole brother'

  07-12-2018 17:58 via sportspyder.com
  Stats and playing time were in short supply for The Stifle Tower, but he provided an early spark for a team that’s trying to get on an extended roll after a slow start to the season.
  
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• Morning links: Sports world reacts to Rudy Gobert's ejection; Vai Sikahema's 'sole brother'

  07-12-2018 17:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert contributed in a weird but quite effective way to the Utah Jazz's 118-91 victory over the Houston Rockets.He also helped increase Internet traffic.Stats and playing time were in short supply for The Stifle Tower, but he provided an early spark for a team that's trying to get on an extended roll after a slow start to the season.Trailing by five seconds after his exit — for slapping items, including a water cup, off of the scorer's table following his secon
  
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• Catholic bishops in the Philippines should be killed, says President Duterte

  07-12-2018 17:36
  The Philippines is an overwhelmingly Catholic country, with about 90 percent of the population identifying as Catholics.But that hasn’t stopped President Rodrigo Duterte from repeatedly taking aim at the Catholic Church. On Wednesday, news reports quoted Duterte — who is known for his incendiary remarks — as saying: “These bishops that you guys have, kill them. They are useless fools. All they do is criticize.”The Catholic Church has emerged as a vocal critic of Dut
  
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• Vatican investigates after nuns report sex abuse by priests

  07-12-2018 17:24
  Vatican City • The Vatican has launched an investigation into a small Chilean religious order of nuns after some sisters denounced sexual abuse at the hands of priests and mistreatment by their superiors, a turning point that shows the Holy See is now willing to investigate allegations of sexual violence against nuns.The scandal at the Institute of the Good Samaritan was revealed publicly in an investigative report by Chilean national television earlier this year at the height of outrage ov
  
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• Intimidated by art galleries? For 35 years, the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll has been making friends while introducing Utahns to art.

  07-12-2018 17:06
  When the executive director of the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll tells people where to find her organization on the internet, she's often met with disbelief.“People say, ‘What do you mean, you’re gallerystroll.org? You’re not saltlakegallerystroll.org?’ Nope,” Kristina Robb said with a laugh. “Everybody asks, ‘How did you get gallerystroll.org?’ and I say, ‘Well, this is what happens when you’re one of the very first to have a URL for
  
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• 📓| "I think our communication on both ends of the court was very connected. All guys on the court were connected."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  📓| "I think our communication on both ends of the court was very connected. All guys on the court were connected."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A year after Hale Centre Theatre opened its flashy new venue, the audience keeps on growing

  07-12-2018 17:05
  Hale Centre Theatre offered 80 performances of the musical “The Scarlet Pimpernel” this fall; many were sold out. All of the tickets to its 50 planned performances of “A Christmas Carol” were claimed by Thanksgiving, “the quickest sellout” its holiday staple has ever had.The theater’s final tally for ticket sales in 2018 will top a half-million — its current estimate is more than 551,000.Is Hale’s splashy new two-theater complex in Sandy the
  
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• Rex Tillerson on Trump: ‘Undisciplined,’ ‘doesn’t like to read’ and tries to do illegal things

  07-12-2018 17:01
  Rex Tillerson came a little bit closer Thursday to saying what he actually thinks of President Trump.The fired secretary of state, who while in office reportedly called Trump a “moron” (and declined to deny it), expounded on his thoughts on the president in a rare interview with CBS News’s Bob Schieffer in Houston.It wasn’t difficult to read between the lines. Tillerson said Trump is “pretty undisciplined,” “doesn’t like to read,” and repeate
  
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• [The Big Lead] - Carlos Boozer: LeBron Encouraged Me to Leave the Cavs and Get Paid By the Jazz

  07-12-2018 16:59 via sportspyder.com
  Big revelation if true.
  
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