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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Week 15 Outlook: Can win streak live on vs. stiff competition?

  20-01-2019 23:47 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have been rolling lately with six straight victories, but they're in for a much tougher slate of foes in Week 15 of NBA action. It's been smo...
  
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• Helaine Olen: John Bogle made investors richer - and the financial industry poorer

  20-01-2019 23:30
  There are many good things you can say about John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group and a zealous proselytizer for index fund investing, who died at age 89 this week. He exposed to the masses the lie that is market timing, demonstrating that investors who didn't seek to beat stock market indexes and instead simply match them would do better in the end than those who sought a major score. But perhaps most important is this: Bogle made investing tolerable for people who don't like to invest
  
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• After running the Jazz successfully over the past week, does Donovan Mitchell have a future at point guard?

  20-01-2019 23:24
  Ricky Rubio was a full participant in Jazz practice on Sunday for the first time since injuring his hamstring in Milwaukee back on Jan. 7. With Rubio, Dante Exum, and Raul Neto all having simultaneously missed significant time the past few weeks, though, Donovan Mitchell has had no choice but to take on more of the roles traditionally associated with “point guards,” such as ballhandling and directing the offensive sets.Considering the Jazz have won six straight games, though, has Mit
  
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• Utah Jazz Week 15 Outlook: Can win streak live on vs. stiff competition?

  20-01-2019 23:20
  The Utah Jazz have been rolling lately with six straight victories, but they’re in for a much tougher slate of foes in Week 15 of NBA action. It’s been smooth sailing for the Utah Jazz of late as they put together a perfect Week 14 to string together a total of six consecutive victories. That […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah National Guard chaplain dies while swimming laps in a pool; cause of death under investigation

  20-01-2019 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  Cpt. Corey C. Holmgren, a Utah National Guard officer and chaplain, died while swimming laps in the West Jordan pool, the Utah National Guard announced Sunday afternoon. The cause of his death is under investigation.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Ricky Rubio returns to practice

  20-01-2019 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz could be welcoming back a familiar face sooner rather than later. According to a Sunday afternoon report from Tony Jones of The Athletic, Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio officially returned to practice this weekend. While Rubio indeed...
  
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• Utah National Guard chaplain dies while swimming laps in a pool; cause of death under investigation

  20-01-2019 22:46
  Cpt. Corey C. Holmgren, a Utah National Guard officer and chaplain, died while swimming laps in the West Jordan pool, the Utah National Guard announced Sunday afternoon. The cause of his death is under investigation."Today is a sad day having lost a friend, brother, husband, father, and patriot," said Col. Gerald White, senior chaplain for the Utah National Guard. "May we remember how fragile and precious each day and moment we have is."Holmgren was a member of the 19th Special Forces Group at C
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Normalization of deviance is wrecking our nation

  20-01-2019 22:23 via sportspyder.com
  I remember the Challenger space shuttle disaster. We watched it live in elementary school. Too young to understand death or the mess of the world the grown-ups were making, I’ve learned a lot since then. Now I’m one of the grown-ups and we have some...
  
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• Commentary: Normalization of deviance is wrecking our nation

  20-01-2019 22:09
  I remember the Challenger space shuttle disaster. We watched it live in elementary school. Too young to understand death or the mess of the world the grown-ups were making, I’ve learned a lot since then. Now I’m one of the grown-ups and we have some serious cleaning up to do.Conclusions from the investigation were damning. Under pressure to launch faster, NASA’s culture shifted from proving systems were ready for launch to overriding major objections. O-rings couldn’t han
  
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• Utah real estate agent allegedly shot and killed while trying to evict tenants. His family remembers him as a ‘hero and champion.’

  20-01-2019 21:59
  Three people were arrested Saturday in connection with the death of a Utah real estate agent who police believe was shot and killed while attempting to evict tenants at a Salt Lake City apartment.The arrests took place hours after detectives and friends searched the city for the 40-year-old victim. Police learned just before 11 p.m. Friday that David Stokoe never left the apartment near 900 East and Princeton Avenue, Salt Lake City Police spokesman Sgt. Greg Wilking said.Police found Stokoe&rsqu
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Lindsey Vonn may be in too much pain to keep skiing

  20-01-2019 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  Cortina, D’Ampezzo, Italy • What was evident all weekend for Lindsey Vonn became clear to everyone else on Sunday.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn may be in too much pain to keep skiing

  20-01-2019 20:00
  Cortina, D’Ampezzo, Italy • What was evident all weekend for Lindsey Vonn became clear to everyone else on Sunday.The American skier's surgically repaired knees simply don't let her apply the power she requires to win races anymore.The pain is too severe; the psychological impact too much to bear; her pride too great.No wonder that Vonn is considering moving up her retirement.After failing to finish a World Cup super-G, Vonn said leaving the sport immediately "is a possibility.""But I
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU in review: Cougars are a respectable 4-2 in WCC play, but another blowout loss on the road is troubling for the ‘impatient’ team

  20-01-2019 19:54 via sportspyder.com
  San Francisco • Aside from having to catch a flight in between games, BYU’s second road swing of the West Coast Conference season went a lot like its first one.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Inside the Mueller team’s decision to dispute BuzzFeed’s explosive story on Trump and Cohen

  20-01-2019 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Donald Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller III treated the request as he would almost...
  
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• BYU in review: Cougars are a respectable 4-2 in WCC play, but another blowout loss on the road is troubling for the ‘impatient’ team

  20-01-2019 19:35
  San Francisco • Aside from having to catch a flight in between games, BYU’s second road swing of the West Coast Conference season went a lot like its first one.The Cougars edged Pacific/Pepperdine in close, competitive games, then lost badly at Saint Mary’s/San Francisco two days later.Coach Dave Rose hinted after Saturday night’s disappointing 82-63 loss at San Francisco that the Cougars got the short end of the stick as far as preparation was concerned when facing the se
  
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• Kentucky Catholic diocese condemns teens who taunted Native American veteran

  20-01-2019 19:21
  A viral video of a group of Kentucky teens in MAGA hats taunting a Native American veteran heaped fuel Saturday on a long-running, intense argument among abortion opponents as to whether the close affiliation of many antiabortion leaders with President Donald Trump since he took office has led to moral decay that harms the movement.The video, which began to spread Saturday morning, showed a throng of young, mostly white teenage boys, several wearing Make America Great Again caps, closely surroun
  
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• Inside the Mueller team’s decision to dispute BuzzFeed’s explosive story on Trump and Cohen

  20-01-2019 19:12
  When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Donald Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller III treated the request as he would almost any other story.The reporter informed Mueller's spokesman, Peter Carr, that he and a colleague had "a story coming stating that Michael Cohen was directed by President Trump himself to lie to Congress about his negotiations related to the Trump Moscow
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 reasons behind their 6-game winning streak

  20-01-2019 19:00 via sportspyder.com
  With the Utah Jazz now winners of six straight and making their way into the playoff picture in the West, here are three reasons behind their current strea...
  
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• ‘I would do this forever if my body didn’t hurt so much’: Christopher Ruud retiring after 20 years at Ballet West

  20-01-2019 18:57
  Christopher Ruud, like a lot of dancers who have performed for Ballet West, is rather possessive about the Salt Lake City troupe’s longtime home, the Capitol Theatre.“I call this ‘my house,’” Ruud said Thursday, on a break from rehearsing for Ballet West’s February performances of the classic “Swan Lake.” “It’s really special to perform here for one last time.”Ruud will dance a familiar role — Siegfried, the melancholy princ
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Romney needs to show some leadership

  20-01-2019 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  Our junior senator has recently made comments to the effect that he does not agree with current White House policies and procedures regarding border security, border walls and immigration.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kentucky Catholic diocese condemns teens who taunted Native American veteran at March for Life

  20-01-2019 18:50 via sportspyder.com
  A viral video of a group of Kentucky teens in MAGA hats taunting a Native American veteran heaped fuel Saturday on a long-running, intense argument among abortion opponents as to whether the close affiliation of many antiabortion leaders with...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Stewart could have been talking about Trump

  20-01-2019 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  “I wish he’d resign, frankly. … He can’t do the work. He’s lost the trust and faith of his comrades [interesting choice of word]. For the good of the party, for the good of the American people, I think it’s time for us to make a change.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Students must be taught what science is. And is not.

  20-01-2019 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  A draft of Utah’s public school science standards is now available for review and debate. It’s time to understand what science actually is and what it is not.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz ride recent success into showdown with Trail Blazers

  20-01-2019 18:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz look to keep climbing the standings in the Western Conference against their Northwest division rivals from Portland. If you've paid any atten...
  
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• Letter: Romney needs to show some leadership

  20-01-2019 18:12
  Our junior senator has recently made comments to the effect that he does not agree with current White House policies and procedures regarding border security, border walls and immigration.I applaud him for being willing to voice his concerns. Now is an exceptional opportunity for the senators in our great nation to do what they have been elected to do. That is, get in a room together (all of them) and discuss the problems and come up with solutions.The Senate in particular is supposed to be a de
  
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• Commentary: Students must be taught what science is. And is not.

  20-01-2019 18:12
  A draft of Utah’s public school science standards is now available for review and debate. It’s time to understand what science actually is and what it is not.In part, science is a collection of facts regarding the natural universe. The sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system. The Earth is spheroid, not flat. Many diseases are caused by germs and can be treated effectively by medicines. Scientific facts play an essential role in benefiting society and humanity. That&rsqu
  
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• Letter: Stewart could have been talking about Trump

  20-01-2019 18:11
  “I wish he’d resign, frankly. … He can’t do the work. He’s lost the trust and faith of his comrades [interesting choice of word]. For the good of the party, for the good of the American people, I think it’s time for us to make a change.”This quote is from Rep. Chris Stewart in Monday’s Salt Lake Tribune in reference to Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King.When I first read this article, I mused that Stewart could very well have been speaking of our cur
  
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• NPR reporter Howard Berkes is retiring, but he’s staying in Utah. And his last story is heartbreaking.

  20-01-2019 18:08
  Award-winning journalist Howard Berkes has been covering the news for National Public Radio from his base in Salt Lake City for almost 40 years … despite a couple of attempts to get him to move elsewhere.“I had an editor once who had gone to school in Colorado and thought of Denver as the center of the West, which only people in Denver think,” Berkes said. “He actually came out here and visited me, and he decided to leave me alone. And I had another editor once, say to m
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: It should be obvious that Utah teachers leave due to burnout

  20-01-2019 18:01 via sportspyder.com
  Gov. Gary Herbert, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson and Envision Utah CEO Robert Grow wanted to send out a survey asking why licensed teachers are no longer teaching. We were told they are interested in finding out the...
  
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• Utah Jazz ride recent success into showdown with Trail Blazers

  20-01-2019 18:00
  The Utah Jazz look to keep climbing the standings in the Western Conference against their Northwest division rivals from Portland. If you’ve paid any attention to the Utah Jazz schedule since the beginning of the NBA season, you were likely looking forward to the beginning of January. That’s when the team’s road-heavy schedule finally relents, […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Utah farmers want clean water and clear rules

  20-01-2019 17:59 via sportspyder.com
  As a multigeneration farmer, I care deeply about the impact I have in my community of West Weber, but I also care about the impacts my farm has throughout the state. While I take great pride in the thousands of people my dairy feeds, I take just as...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: The electronic world is shifting to China

  20-01-2019 17:45 via sportspyder.com
  The Consumer Electronics Show was held earlier this month. It is the largest technical gathering in the world. With its closure, one sensed there was also an ending to American dominance.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Mailbag! Questions and Answers on Donovan Mitchell, Dante Exum and More

  20-01-2019 17:37 via sportspyder.com
  It’s time to answer your questions on the 2018-19 Utah Jazz.
  
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• Commentary: Utah farmers want clean water and clear rules

  20-01-2019 17:27
  As a multigeneration farmer, I care deeply about the impact I have in my community of West Weber, but I also care about the impacts my farm has throughout the state. While I take great pride in the thousands of people my dairy feeds, I take just as much pride in how I care for the land and water. You’ll find other Utah farmers and ranchers feel the same way.Water affects everything I do on my farm and affects so much of Utah agriculture — from fruit farmers in Utah County and dryland
  
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• Letter: The electronic world is shifting to China

  20-01-2019 17:24
  The Consumer Electronics Show was held earlier this month. It is the largest technical gathering in the world. With its closure, one sensed there was also an ending to American dominance.CES should be rebranded to the Chinese Electronic Show. People around the world come to Las Vegas to see the latest and greatest. The problem is that the world of tomorrow is not round. It is flat. It tilts to Asia.In the cavernous Las Vegas Conference Center, thousands of vendors showed their wares from robots
  
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• Commentary: It should be obvious that Utah teachers leave due to burnout

  20-01-2019 17:23
  Gov. Gary Herbert, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson and Envision Utah CEO Robert Grow wanted to send out a survey asking why licensed teachers are no longer teaching. We were told they are interested in finding out the reason behind teachers no longer teaching.Heidi Mathews, Utah Education Association president, was quoted saying, “If you don’t change the conditions that forced teachers to leave in the first place, what’s going to entice them to come ba
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘I would do this forever if my body didn’t hurt so much’: Christopher Ruud retiring after 20 years at Ballet West, dancing ‘Swan Lake’ as his Capitol Theatre finale

  20-01-2019 17:03 via sportspyder.com
  Christopher Ruud, like a lot of dancers who have performed for Ballet West, is rather possessive about the Salt Lake City troupe’s longtime home, the Capitol Theatre.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Roger Federer shocked by Stefanos Tsitsipas at Australian Open

  20-01-2019 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  Melbourne, Australia • Even as his uninterrupted dominance of yore dissipated, even as he took the occasional break, Roger Federer always mattered more often than not in the closing days of Grand Slam tournaments.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NPR reporter Howard Berkes is retiring, but he’s staying in Utah. And his last story is heartbreaking.

  20-01-2019 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  Award-winning journalist Howard Berkes has been covering the news for National Public Radio from his base in Salt Lake City for almost 40 years … despite a couple of attempts to get him to move elsewhere.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: High density will just make Utah housing crisis worse

  20-01-2019 17:02 via sportspyder.com
  Developers run this state. It’s not a surprise that they want the public to believe we have a housing affordability crisis that can only be solved by high density.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Lake Powell could become a ‘dead pool’ as climate change, political wars and unabated growth drain its waters

  20-01-2019 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  Bullfrog Marina • Ever since the Colorado River began filling Utah’s Glen Canyon and its countless side canyons in 1963, conservationists have been calling for emptying the lake that now supports a recreation economy and power generation.
  
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