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• Amaya Aumua was chosen as December's NBA Math Hoops Star of the Month. Amaya demonstrated progress in her Math Hoo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-12-2018 23:45 via twitter.com
  Amaya Aumua was chosen as December's NBA Math Hoops Star of the Month.Amaya demonstrated progress in her Math Hoo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Trump blames Democrats for migrant child deaths at U.S. border

  29-12-2018 23:44
  Yuma, Ariz. • President Donald Trump deflected any blame from his administration for the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month in U.S. government custody as his Homeland Security chief visited Border Patrol medical officials amid promises of more thorough health screenings for migrant children.Instead, the president, whose administration has faced widespread criticism over the deaths, pointed the finger on Twitter at Democrats "and their pathetic immigration policies that allow peopl
  
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• The Knicks' last win came in OT against the Hornets on December 14. #JazzPreview | @Xfinity https://t.co/MIadBJBfov

  29-12-2018 23:36 via twitter.com
  
  The Knicks' last win came in OT against the Hornets on December 14.#JazzPreview | @Xfinity https://t.co/MIadBJBfov
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tribune editorial: Can the Great Salt Lake be great again?

  29-12-2018 23:28 via sportspyder.com
  New research from the University of Utah reveals how dust from the dry Great Salt Lake bed is picked up by wind and deposited on snowfields in the Wasatch Mountains. That dust hastens the snowmelt, which reduces the mountain snowpack.
  
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• No. 6 Nevada seizes control in second half, cruises to an 86-71 victory over Utes at Huntsman Center

  29-12-2018 23:06
  Utah played No. 6 Nevada almost evenly for more than half of Saturday's game, but the unbeaten Wolf Pack pulled away to an 86-71 victory at the Huntsman Center.Senior guard Sedrick Barefield scored 33 points for Utah (6-6), but Nevada (13-0) asserted itself in the second half as senior forward Caleb Martin scored 25 of his 33 points after halftime.Martin scored Nevada's first nine points of the second half during a 13-3 run and later contributed to a 7-0 spurt after Barefield's 3-pointer cut Nev
  
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• Tribune editorial: Can the Great Salt Lake be great again?

  29-12-2018 23:00
  New research from the University of Utah reveals how dust from the dry Great Salt Lake bed is picked up by wind and deposited on snowfields in the Wasatch Mountains. That dust hastens the snowmelt, which reduces the mountain snowpack.That reduced snowpack means less melted snow flowing out of the canyons and, eventually, to the lake.Less water in the lake exposes more lake bed, meaning even more dust can be picked up to melt even more snowpack. Meanwhile, the smaller lake will produce fewer &ldq
  
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• .@DougSmithSubaru has partnered with @AutismCouncilUT to help support families affected by autism. With every new… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-12-2018 22:29 via twitter.com
  .@DougSmithSubaru has partnered with @AutismCouncilUT to help support families affected by autism.With every new… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - No. 6 Nevada seizes control in second half, cruises to an 86-71 victory over Utes at Huntsman Center

  29-12-2018 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  Utah played No. 6 Nevada almost evenly for more than half of Saturday's game, but the unbeaten Wolf Pack pulled away to an 86-71 victory at the Huntsman Center.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Larsen: NBA’s latest attempt to crack down on tampering will probably be greeted by snickers around the league

  29-12-2018 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  There’s nothing more stressful in the NBA world than having a star player whose contract is about to expire.
  
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• Larsen: NBA’s latest attempt to crack down on tampering will probably be greeted by snickers around the league

  29-12-2018 22:01
  There’s nothing more stressful in the NBA world than having a star player whose contract is about to expire.Jazz fans know that from the Gordon Hayward experience of 2017. And now, Pelicans fans are feeling the heat about their star, Anthony Davis, just as Raptors fans feel it with Kawhi Leonard, just as Hornets fans feel it with Kemba Walker.It was Davis' situation that got the league talking last week. When LeBron James was asked by an ESPN reporter about what he thought of the prospect
  
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• Turnovers, leaky defense doom BYU to third-straight loss, 103-81 at No. 19 Mississippi State

  29-12-2018 22:00
  For about 10 minutes, BYU played like it could hang with the No. 19 team in the country.But it was no contest after that.Mississippi State asserted its superior talent with about 10 minutes remaining in the first half, and rolled to an easy 103-81 win over the slumping Cougars in front of an announced crowd of 10,202 Saturday morning at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.“I did feel that there were times when we competed really well and executed our stuff,” BYU coach Dave Rose tol
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah women went unbeaten during nonconference basketball play; will there be a carryover into the Pac-12?

  29-12-2018 21:50 via sportspyder.com
  The wins kept coming, and Utah women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts asked for more from her team.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz close out their home stand against the New York Knickerbockers

  29-12-2018 21:41 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz look to end their calendar year with a good win over the definitely-not-tanking Knicks
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Ricky Rubio out vs. Knicks

  29-12-2018 21:24 via sportspyder.com
  According to the Utah Jazz, Ricky Rubio is out for Saturday night’s game against the New York Knicks with contusions to his left low back and left knee. Rubio is having an up-and-down season, but he’s still a strong presence in the Jazz’s starting...
  
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• Utah women went unbeaten during nonconference basketball play; will there be a carryover into the Pac-12?

  29-12-2018 21:15
  The wins kept coming, and Utah women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts asked for more from her team.The Utes' goal this season, she said, never was to be 8-0 … or 9-0 … or even 11-0, their record as nonconference play ended. Utah wants to become a top-tier team in the Pac-12, translating to national recognition and an NCAA Tournament bid.The Pac-12′s status in women’s basketball is both a blessing and a curse for the Utes. All they probably have to do to make the NCAA fi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Proposed Arizona monument would honor Latter-day Saint settlers

  29-12-2018 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  Phoenix • A proposed monument at the Arizona Capitol would recall the migration story of thousands of Mormon settlers who made difficult treks from Utah to Arizona in the 19th century.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Police: Man arrested in fatal shooting after dispute in St. George bar

  29-12-2018 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  St. George • Police in St. George say a 26-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting another man following a dispute in a bar.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Boy escapes serious injuries in fall from ski chairlift

  29-12-2018 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  Eden • An 8-year-old boy apparently escaped seriously injured when he fell roughly 33 feet (10 meters) off a ski lift in northern Utah.
  
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• Danté is averaging better than 10 points and three assists, while shooting 50 percent from 3-point territory during… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-12-2018 20:56 via twitter.com
  Danté is averaging better than 10 points and three assists, while shooting 50 percent from 3-point territory during… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - More health exams instituted for migrant children at border

  29-12-2018 20:53 via sportspyder.com
  Yuma, Ariz. • More thorough initial health screenings for migrants, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month, according to the Department of...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU loses its third straight, falls 103-81 at No. 19 Mississippi State

  29-12-2018 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  For about 10 minutes Saturday morning at Humphrey Coliseum, BYU played like it could hang with the No. 19 team in the country.
  
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• BYU loses its third straight, falls 103-81 at No. 19 Mississippi State

  29-12-2018 20:50
  For about 10 minutes Saturday morning at Humphrey Coliseum, BYU played like it could hang with the No. 19 team in the country.But it was no contest after that.Mississippi State asserted its superior talent midway through the first half, and rolled to an easy 103-81 win over the slumping Cougars in BYU’s final non-conference contest.The Cougars dropped to 8-7 while losing a third-straight game for the second time this season; MSU scored more than 100 points for the first time since 201, won
  
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• Boy escapes serious injuries in fall from ski chairlift

  29-12-2018 20:45
  Eden • An 8-year-old boy apparently escaped seriously injured when he fell roughly 33 feet (10 meters) off a ski lift in northern Utah.The Standard-Examiner reports that Weber Fire District Capt. John Wood said the boy walked away with only cuts and bruises after falling from a lift Friday at Nordic Valley Ski Resort in Eden, which is 38 miles (60 kilometers) north of Salt Lake City.Wood said the child’s parents were told by paramedics to take the boy to a hospital to be checked out a
  
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• Police: Man arrested in fatal shooting after dispute in St. George bar

  29-12-2018 20:42
  St. George • Police in St. George say a 26-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting another man following a dispute in a bar.Police say Bronson Joseph Flynn was arrested and jailed on suspicion of homicide and other crimes in the killing early Saturday morning of a 34-year-old St. George man whose name wasn't released.According to police, preliminary information indicates the shooting was a result of a dispute between bar patrons, that the victim was shot in front of a neighboring busine
  
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• Proposed Arizona monument would honor Latter-day Saint settlers

  29-12-2018 20:40
  Phoenix • A proposed monument at the Arizona Capitol would recall the migration story of thousands of Mormon settlers who made difficult treks from Utah to Arizona in the 19th century.Legislation authorizing the monument died last spring but is expected to be considered anew in 2019. Supporters hope they can erect the monument at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix to honor settlers whose journeys included crossing the Colorado River at Lees Ferry near the Grand Canyon.The Arizona Republ
  
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• More health exams instituted for migrant children at border

  29-12-2018 20:33
  Yuma, Ariz. • More thorough initial health screenings for migrants, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was visiting Yuma, Arizona, on Saturday, a day after her trip to meet border officials and medical staff in El Paso, Texas. It was in El Paso where an 8-year-old died in U.S. government
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Ricky Rubio Ruled Out vs. Knicks with Back, Knee Injuries

  29-12-2018 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced point guard Ricky Rubio will not play against the New York Knicks on Saturday night because of contusions to his lower back and left knee...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s postseason success is rooted in the program. ‘We don’t lose bowl games,' Samson Nacua says.

  29-12-2018 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  Players coming into Utah’s football program soon learn what is demanded of them. Among the Utes' standards, sophomore receiver Samson Nacua said, are these expectations: “We don’t lose to those guys down south, and we don’t lose bowl games.”
  
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• Utah’s postseason success is rooted in the program. ‘We don’t lose bowl games,' Samson Nacua says.

  29-12-2018 19:41
  Players coming into Utah’s football program soon learn what is demanded of them. Among the Utes' standards, sophomore receiver Samson Nacua said, are these expectations: “We don’t lose to those guys down south, and we don’t lose bowl games.”Not lately, anyway. The Utes have won eight straight games vs. BYU and are 5-0 in bowls in the school’s Pac-12 era, while coach Kyle Whittingham’s 11-1 postseason record gives him the best winning percentage in colleg
  
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• Injury updates for tonight: Ricky Rubio- OUT (left low back and left knee contusions)

  29-12-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  Injury updates for tonight:Ricky Rubio- OUT (left low back and left knee contusions)
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Anne Applebaum: The wall debate isn’t really about security

  29-12-2018 19:29 via sportspyder.com
  I know it's a tiresome discussion. I know that most people would rather not be having it. I also know that the government shutdown is an appalling hardship for hundreds of thousands of government workers, from janitors to park rangers to NASA...
  
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• Anne Applebaum: The wall debate isn’t really about security

  29-12-2018 19:06
  I know it's a tiresome discussion. I know that most people would rather not be having it. I also know that the government shutdown is an appalling hardship for hundreds of thousands of government workers, from janitors to park rangers to NASA scientists, especially during the Christmas season.But, in its way, the gridlock that has settled in over Washington during this latest government shutdown is an important, meaningful milestone. How we resolve it — if we resolve it — will tell u
  
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• [KSL] - A talk and a plan: How Dante Exum turned his season around

  29-12-2018 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  Dante Exum was out of Utah's rotation. Now, he's playing some of the most consistent basketball of his career.
  
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  29-12-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah woman sentenced for pedestrian death

  29-12-2018 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City • A Utah woman who prosecutors say was drunk and speeding when her car struck and killed a Taylorsville man in a crosswalk has been sentenced.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump, Democrats play the blame game in 2nd shutdown weekend

  29-12-2018 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees' pay slogs into another weekend.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Sports in Utah in 2018 made you cheer, made you boo, made you cry, made you think

  29-12-2018 17:29 via sportspyder.com
  Sports in Utah in 2018 started with the Jazz trying to prove to everyone they really could ball and ended with the Jazz struggling to live up to the proof they had conjured. It saw Utah football do something the Utes never had done. BYU football...
  
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• Utah woman sentenced for pedestrian death

  29-12-2018 17:27
  Salt Lake City • A Utah woman who prosecutors say was drunk and speeding when her car struck and killed a Taylorsville man in a crosswalk has been sentenced.A judge on Friday ordered Roxanna Molina to serve up to 20 years in prison for killing 19-year-old Robert Harsh on the night before Thanksgiving in 2017.The 28-year-old woman pleaded guilty in June to charges of automobile homicide and failure to remain at the scene of an accident involving death. Other lesser charges were dismissed as
  
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• Trump, Democrats play the blame game in 2nd shutdown weekend

  29-12-2018 17:23
  Washington • President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees' pay slogs into another weekend.Trump upped the brinkmanship by threatening anew to close the border with Mexico to press Congress to cave to his demand for money to pay for a wall. Democrats vowed to pass legislation restoring the government as soon as they take control of the
  
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• Holly Richardson: Jon Cox offers a quick and interesting read on Utah politics

  29-12-2018 17:14
  On Christmas Eve, I got a delightful book in the mail titled “Utah Politics: Principles, Theories and Rules of the Game” by Jon Cox. It could just as easily have been titled “Utah Politics: An Insider’s Guide to Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Strategies and Insider Baseball.”Former member of the Utah House of Representatives, former county commissioner, former communication director for Gov. Gary Herbert, current vice president of government affairs at Rocky Mountain Po
  
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• Monson: Sports in Utah in 2018 made you cheer, made you boo, made you cry, made you think

  29-12-2018 17:05
  Sports in Utah in 2018 started with the Jazz trying to prove to everyone they really could ball and ended with the Jazz struggling to live up to the proof they had conjured. It saw Utah football do something the Utes never had done. BYU football climbed out of a hole. Utah State soared. A native son had one of the best showings of any on the PGA Tour. A 15-year-old kid won the State Am. An NBA player ripped the Jazz and their fans.Names from the past reared their heads. Bronco Mendenhall made wa
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump’s steel tariffs have produced losers in Utah and at least one big winner

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  While many Utah manufacturers have struggled with President Donald Trump’s tariffs on metal imports, one northern Utah steelmaker is not complaining.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Why don’t police care about illegal Lotto tickets?

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  My family and I were talking about lotto tickets from Wyoming, and we wondered why Utah police will stop you and fine you if you bring liquor in from out of state. They will arrest and fine you if you bring in marijuana from out of state. But they...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Why aren’t churches helping the homeless?

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  Opposition to The INN Between Homeless Hospice in Sugar House makes me wonder why Salt Lake City churches are not providing programs and services for residents of this hospice.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Support climate change legislation

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  We will greatly miss the courage and integrity of two great American leaders, President George H.W. Bush and Sen. John McCain, who, through their leadership and foresight, addressed the risks presented by our warming climate.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: STREAM rises above STEM and STEAM

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  This is in response to the letter by Cynthia Micken, published Dec. 12, titled “Connect through art.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: INN Between helps the homeless

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  As a resident of Sugar House, I am proud to have a place like the INN Between in my community. I have visited the center and plan to volunteer there. To provide a hospice center for the most vulnerable population among is a worthy and humane program.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Attack on Butterfly Center is tragic

  29-12-2018 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  While I unequivocally do not appreciate The Tribune’s inane habit of attaching half-page advertisements to the pages of regular news, I do fully appreciate Monday’s front-page article (thank you, The Guardian) about how plans for the border wall...
  
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