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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tribune editorial: Sex education, not a ban, is how to reduce abortions in Utah

  19-01-2019 23:42 via sportspyder.com
  There is a serious effort out there in Utah state government to cut down on the number of abortions performed in the state.
  
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• Lavender Briggs is demolishing all kinds of girls' basketball records at Provo High

  19-01-2019 23:34
  Provo • In the first game of the season, Lavender Briggs drove down the lane and executed a picture-perfect Eurostep to get by her defender for a layup. Her teammate, senior center Sierra “CC” Davis, stood just a few feet away and could only watch, mouth agape with astonishment.“It was like she was floating in midair,” Davis said. “I’ve never played with someone who can just destroy people like that.”But moves like that aren’t the only way the
  
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• Students in ‘MAGA’ hats mock Native American after rally

  19-01-2019 23:33
  Frankfort, Ky. • A diocese in Kentucky is looking into videos that show youths, possibly from its all-male high school, mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.Laura Keener of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington said Saturday it regrets the incident and is investigating but didn't comment further.The Indigenous Peoples March in Washington on Friday coincided with the March for Life, which drew thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a g
  
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• ‘I’m here to fight the system’: Hundreds rally in Salt Lake City during third-annual women’s march

  19-01-2019 23:32
  For the third year, Utah women marched in solidarity on a chilly January day — carrying signs, chanting and wearing those pink pointy-eared hats — all to show political leaders that they still are a force “too great to ignore.”First gathering at Salt Lake City’s Washington Square and then again on the steps of the state Capitol, the Women’s March on Utah was one of many taking place around the country Saturday.While it didn’t attract as many participants
  
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• Trump offers a ‘Dreamers’ deal for border-money proposal

  19-01-2019 23:12
  Washington • In a bid to break the shutdown impasse and fund his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump on Saturday offered to extend temporary protection for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. But while Trump cast the move as a “common-sense compromise,” Democrats were quick to dismiss it at a “non-starter.”Trump declared in a statement from the White House that he was "here today to break the logjam and provide Congress with a path f
  
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• Tribune editorial: Sex education, not a ban, is how to reduce abortions in Utah

  19-01-2019 23:00
  There is a serious effort out there in Utah state government to cut down on the number of abortions performed in the state.No, not the proposed bill that would ban the practice after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The one that is being floated by West Valley Republican Rep. Cheryl Acton.The one that even its sponsor acknowledges is less likely to actually prevent any abortions than it is to drag the state into an expensive legal fight that, after years of litigation, might, just might — but probab
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - LaVender Briggs is demolishing all kinds of girls basketball records at Provo High

  19-01-2019 22:40 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • In the first game of the season, Lavender Briggs drove down the lane and executed a picture-perfect Eurostep to get by her defender for a layup. Her teammate, senior center Sierra “CC” Davis, stood just a few feat away and could only watch,...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump expected to float ‘Dreamers’ for border money proposal

  19-01-2019 22:16 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Seeking a shutdown solution, President Donald Trump was expected to announce Saturday that in exchange for money for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall he was open to trading protections for young people brought to America illegally...
  
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• The Huntsman Center has a lot of empty seats lately. What are the Utes doing to change that?

  19-01-2019 22:01
  Utah's next men's basketball game comes in the middle of the NFL's conference championship doubleheader, making attendance even more of a challenge than for an ordinary Sunday event at the 15,000-seat Jon M. Huntsman Center.How many fans will be in the arena for Utah's game vs. Colorado? Not as many as the announced number, that much is certain.As is standard practice in the industry, Utah's official figure is the number of tickets distributed. That explains why the Utes could list attendance of
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Huntsman Center has a lot of empty seats lately. What are the Utes doing to change that?

  19-01-2019 21:35 via sportspyder.com
  Utah's next men's basketball game comes in the middle of the NFL's conference championship doubleheader, making attendance even more of a challenge than for an ordinary Sunday event at the 15,000-seat Jon M. Huntsman Center.
  
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• Monson: Utah winning at the game that matters most

  19-01-2019 20:41
  There’s too much hypocrisy in college sports.You can’t even use the term student-athlete without double-clutching or doubling over in laughter or doubt. But every once in a while, news comes down the pike that reaffirms that that term isn’t a complete joke, that many folks are doing some things at the college level in a way that eases the skepticism.That news is often ignored or minimized, but in the case of Utah athletics and academics, turning the spotlight on the successful
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack

  19-01-2019 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  Dover Air Force Base, Del. • A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain’s prayer.
  
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• Salt Lake City women’s march showcases youth and diversity — a unified force ‘too great to ignore’

  19-01-2019 20:31
  For the third year, Utah women marched in solidarity on a chilly January day — carrying signs, chanting and wearing those pink pointy-eared hats — all to show political leaders that they still are a force “too great to ignore."Gathering at Salt Lake City’s Washington Square and headed to the steps of the state Capitol, the Women’s March on Utah was one of many taking place around the country Saturday.The crowd is headed up state street! pic.twitter.com/08qUZe4awn&md
  
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• Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack

  19-01-2019 20:07
  Dover Air Force Base, Del. • A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain’s prayer.President Donald Trump traveled to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to pay his respects to the returning remains of four Americans who were killed this week in a suicide bomb attack in Syria.The bombing, which was the deadliest assault on U.S. troops in Syria since American forces moved into the country in 2015, came as Trump prepares to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.The president sto
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Utah winning at the game that matters most

  19-01-2019 20:03 via sportspyder.com
  There’s too much hypocrisy in college sports.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bob Costas and NBC officially end their unforgettable 40-year partnership

  19-01-2019 20:03 via sportspyder.com
  Just by the sound of his voice or the sight of his face, a televised sporting event took on extra significance. It was time to drop what you were doing and pay attention to the screen; there was something worthwhile going on, and Bob Costas was here...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump says ‘things are going very well’ with North Korea

  19-01-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Saturday that “things are going very well with North Korea” and he plans a second summit with leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal that would entice the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Search underway for skier missing after avalanche reported

  19-01-2019 19:58 via sportspyder.com
  Clear Creek • Authorities in central Utah are searching for a skier reported missing in a canyon where an avalanche was reported.
  
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• 📓| Star Wars, reunions & double-doubles: Oh my! » on.nba.com/2RFKKMn https://t.co/C8C8fmRfJl

  19-01-2019 19:41 via twitter.com
  
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• Larsen: Is this Gregg Popovich’s last season? If it is, we should acknowledge and celebrate the iconic Spurs coach

  19-01-2019 19:32
  Gregg Popovich has always been wary of the spotlight.He’s famously difficult during interviews, of course. Everyone knows about his quick quips that allow him to escape national TV in-game questioning, but he’s the same way at all of his media availabilities. He’s decided those pre-game sessions aren’t allowed to be recorded on video — unlike every other team’s coach. And ask him the wrong question, he’ll decline to answer.Last year, for example, Jazz TV
  
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• Bob Costas and NBC officially end their unforgettable 40-year partnership

  19-01-2019 19:31
  Just by the sound of his voice or the sight of his face, a televised sporting event took on extra significance. It was time to drop what you were doing and pay attention to the screen; there was something worthwhile going on, and Bob Costas was here to put it in perspective, his familiar voice narrating sports moments you’d remember all your life.This past week, the 40-year relationship between Costas and NBC came to an end, rendering official what has long been expected. As Costas told US
  
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• Search underway for skier missing after avalanche reported

  19-01-2019 19:25
  Clear Creek • Authorities in central Utah are searching for a skier reported missing in a canyon where an avalanche was reported.The Emery County Sheriff's Office says another skier went for help late Friday after the missing man failed to complete a run in an area north of Electric Lake where the other skier then discovered an avalanche.No identities were released.The Sheriff's Office says searchers from Emery and neighboring Sanpete County and a Utah state police helicopter were searching
  
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• Trump says ‘things are going very well’ with North Korea

  19-01-2019 19:22
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Saturday that “things are going very well with North Korea” and he plans a second summit with leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal that would entice the North to give up its nuclear weapons."We've agreed to meet sometime probably the end of February. We've picked a country, but we'll be announcing it in the future. Kim Jong Un is looking very forward to it and so am I," the president told reporters Saturday at the White House.The in
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Salt Lake City women’s march showcases youth and diversity — a unified force ‘too great to ignore’

  19-01-2019 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  For the third year, Utah women marched in solidarity on a chilly January day — carrying signs, chanting and wearing those pink pointy-eared hats — all to show political leaders that they still are a force “too great to ignore."
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Is this Gregg Popovich’s last season? If it is, we should acknowledge and celebrate the iconic Spurs coach

  19-01-2019 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  Gregg Popovich has always been wary of the spotlight.
  
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• When #JazzWinYouWin! Use the promo code JAZZWINS on the @LittleCaesarsSP mobile app to order one custom round mul… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-01-2019 18:38 via twitter.com
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Team doesn’t deserve All-Star representative

  19-01-2019 18:25 via sportspyder.com
  With NBA All-Star weekend approaching and voting for the All-Star Game coming to an end, do the Utah Jazz deserve to have a player in the annual showcase? ...
  
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• #ThisIsWhyWePlay https://t.co/BndcD8Npsl

  19-01-2019 18:12 via twitter.com
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Hundreds of flights in Chicago canceled due to winter storm

  19-01-2019 18:01 via sportspyder.com
  Detroit • People throughout parts of the Midwest woke Saturday to a heavy and steady snowfall that forced the cancellation of hundreds of airline flights and made driving dangerous.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Attempts to steal fuel from Mexican pipeline set off massive fireball, killing at least 66

  19-01-2019 18:01 via sportspyder.com
  Mexico City • At least 66 people were killed when a fuel pipeline exploded outside Mexico City, unleashing a massive fireball after residents tapped into the duct to steal buckets of gasoline, officials said Saturday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s state reptile — the Gila monster?

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  The Gila monster, a venomous and slow-moving lizard native to the Southwestern United States, could be joining the Rocky Mountain elk, the California gull, the Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Dutch oven as an official symbol of the state of Utah —
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Student journalists at Dixie State seek access to meetings of the faculty senate and student government

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  A lawyer representing student journalists at Dixie State University is asking the Utah attorney general’s office to enforce the state’s public meetings law after campus administrators blocked access to meetings of the school’s faculty senate and...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Who will profit from Trump’s border wall?

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  Evraz, Russia's second-largest steel company, owns three American steel companies: one in Pueblo, Colo., one in Portland, Ore., and one in Chicago. Russian Roman Abramovich, who lives in Moscow, owns the controlling shares in these "American" steel...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Utah should bring back auto safety inspections

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  I tried to understand why the Utah Legislature would eliminate automobile inspections on a yearly basis. I say this because of the many times over the years it was called to my attention that some corrective repairs were needed to keep my car safe...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Truckers fight losing war against electric vehicles

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  Some pickup truck drivers are waging a war against hybrid/electric vehicles drivers. In addition to “rolling coal” on Teslas, Leafs, etc., these champions of the soon-to-be-extinct internal combustion engine are parking and blocking public EV...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Laquan McDonald’s family laments sentence for white officer

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  Chicago • The explosive video of a white Chicago officer shooting a black teenager 16 times shocked consciences around the world with footage of Laquan McDonald getting gunned down as he walked away from police.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Could first tangible signs of shutdown progress be emerging?

  19-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The first tangible signs of movement may be emerging in the impasse that has shut down the government for weeks: President Donald Trump is promising a “major announcement” about the closure and the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats are...
  
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• Attempts to steal fuel from Mexican pipeline set off massive fireball, killing at least 66

  19-01-2019 17:31
  Mexico City • At least 66 people were killed when a fuel pipeline exploded outside Mexico City, unleashing a massive fireball after residents tapped into the duct to steal buckets of gasoline, officials said Saturday.The explosion late Friday occurred in the midst of the Mexican government's campaign against oil theft, which costs the country about $3 billion per year. Earlier this month, Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, closed many of the country's pipelin
  
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• Hundreds of flights in Chicago canceled due to winter storm

  19-01-2019 17:24
  Detroit • People throughout parts of the Midwest woke Saturday to a heavy and steady snowfall that forced the cancellation of hundreds of airline flights and made driving dangerous.More than 460 flights were canceled Saturday morning at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and about 50 flights were canceled at Chicago's Midway International Airport. In the Detroit area, many motorists were moving well below posted speed limits along freeways due to slushy conditions.The snowfal
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Utah should have better rules about service animals

  19-01-2019 17:23 via sportspyder.com
  Thanks for the article regarding legislation proposed by Rep. James Dunnigan concerning service and support animals.
  
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• Could first tangible signs of shutdown progress be emerging?

  19-01-2019 17:22
  Washington • The first tangible signs of movement may be emerging in the impasse that has shut down the government for weeks: President Donald Trump is promising a “major announcement” about the closure and the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats are pledging more money for border security.It was unclear whether the developments, following days of clashes between Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., might represent serious steps toward resolving the partisan fight or ins
  
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• Laquan McDonald’s family laments sentence for white officer

  19-01-2019 17:14
  Chicago • The explosive video of a white Chicago officer shooting a black teenager 16 times shocked consciences around the world with footage of Laquan McDonald getting gunned down as he walked away from police.The graphic images of McDonald crumpling to the street while bullets kept striking him stirred expectations that the officer might be convicted in the killing and pay a heavy price in prison time.The verdict came in October — a rare murder conviction for an officer in an on-dut
  
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• Letter: Utah should have better rules about service animals

  19-01-2019 16:56
  Thanks for the article regarding legislation proposed by Rep. James Dunnigan concerning service and support animals.My adult son is blind, physically disabled and requires a wheelchair. I completely support the use of service and legitimate support animals.My husband and I are also landlords — a small mom-and-pop business with a duplex and three single-family homes. We are members of the Good Landlord Program for our city. I can tell you from experience that the justification process for s
  
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• Letter: Utah should bring back auto safety inspections

  19-01-2019 16:55
  I tried to understand why the Utah Legislature would eliminate automobile inspections on a yearly basis. I say this because of the many times over the years it was called to my attention that some corrective repairs were needed to keep my car safe for use.At the end of the required inspection period, it was pointed out that my left wheel was about to fall off. I had had my wheel bearing replaced and the repairman had not replaced a pin to secure the bearing.Of course I returned to the place that
  
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• Letter: Furloughed workers should file for unemployment

  19-01-2019 16:55
  It was with great concern that I read about federal employees furloughed during the government shutdown. Many stated they live from paycheck to paycheck and that their creditors have not been willing to extend deadlines on their bills.So far I have not heard or read of anyone filing for unemployment benefits. Most likely, everyone is hoping the shutdown will be short-lived, and hopefully this will be the case.Having worked with the unemployment insurance program for most of my career with the st
  
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• Utah’s state reptile — the Gila monster?

  19-01-2019 16:54
  The Gila monster, a venomous and slow-moving lizard native to the Southwestern United States, could be joining the Rocky Mountain elk, the California gull, the Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Dutch oven as an official symbol of the state of Utah — if some seventh-grade students get their say.Rep. Lowry Snow, R-Santa Clara, is sponsoring legislation that would designate the Gila monster as Utah’s state reptile. He said the idea was brought to him by students at Lava Ridge Intermedi
  
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• Letter: Who will profit from Trump’s border wall?

  19-01-2019 16:54
  Evraz, Russia's second-largest steel company, owns three American steel companies: one in Pueblo, Colo., one in Portland, Ore., and one in Chicago. Russian Roman Abramovich, who lives in Moscow, owns the controlling shares in these "American" steel companies.If Evraz gets a contract to supply steel slats for a border wall, a lot of our hard-earned tax dollars will end up in the pockets of Russian oligarch Abramovich and his cronies, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.Interestingly, Ivank
  
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• Letter: Truckers fight losing war against electric vehicles

  19-01-2019 16:54
  Some pickup truck drivers are waging a war against hybrid/electric vehicles drivers. In addition to “rolling coal” on Teslas, Leafs, etc., these champions of the soon-to-be-extinct internal combustion engine are parking and blocking public EV chargers.I encountered a duo of dolts doing this recently as they parked their large Ford pickup at a well-marked EV charger on 300 South in Salt Lake City.“Electric vehicle parking only — must be charging,” the sign proclaimed
  
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• Student journalists at Dixie State seek access to meetings of the faculty senate and student government

  19-01-2019 16:53
  A lawyer representing student journalists at Dixie State University is asking the Utah attorney general’s office to enforce the state’s public meetings law after campus administrators blocked access to meetings of the school’s faculty senate and student government.In a letter sent Tuesday to Utah Assistant Attorney General David Jones, First Amendment attorney Jeff Hunt questions the university’s interpretation of state law and asks that Jones either compel transparency o
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz breeze past Hood, AB and the Cavs for sixth straight win

  19-01-2019 16:18 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz continued their ascent toward the top of the West with another dominant showing against a lackluster Cleveland Cavaliers outfit. Former Jazzm...
  
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