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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Golden State Warriors visit former President Barack Obama

  25-01-2019 23:48 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The Golden State Warriors spent about an hour with former President Barack Obama.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - 'Just yell in his ears:' Donovan talks about big 5-second violation at the end of the Denver game

  25-01-2019 23:43 via sportspyder.com
  During crunch time against the Denver Nuggets Wednesday, Donovan Mitchell and a courtside fan worked together to distract Will Barton who was inbounding the ...
  
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• UHSAA board makes changes to alignment after five schools appeal their original placements

  25-01-2019 23:42
  The Utah High School Activities Association board of trustees made changes to the 2019-2021 alignment of classifications and regions for five schools, the board announced Friday.Four member schools on Thursday appealed to where they were placed in the alignment approved in early December and were heard by the board. The UHSAA adopted five changes as a result of those appeals.East High moved to 5A, Region 6 in all actives except football. In the previous alignment, East was to be in 6A, Region 3
  
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• “He’s high fiving the crowd all around!” #InstantRewind | @AFCU https://t.co/AJPAy3SsEU

  25-01-2019 23:15 via twitter.com
  
  “He’s high fiving the crowd all around!”#InstantRewind | @AFCU https://t.co/AJPAy3SsEU
  
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• Golden State Warriors visit former President Barack Obama

  25-01-2019 23:14
  Washington • The Golden State Warriors spent about an hour with former President Barack Obama.The meeting took place Thursday at Obama's office in Washington before the defending NBA champs beat the Wizards 126-118.Players and coach Steve Kerr were reluctant to talk about it.A photo was posted on Instagram but has since been deleted.Stephen Curry said he had no idea where the idea came from. All-Star forward Kevin Durant said it was amazing, and forward Draymond Green called it a "good priv
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Anti-Maduro coalition grew from secret talks

  25-01-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  Caracas, Venezuela • The coalition of Latin American governments that joined the U.S. in quickly recognizing Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president came together over weeks of secret diplomacy that included whispered messages to activists...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz-Timberwolves could be battle of wounded with Gobert questionable

  25-01-2019 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert joins a slew of players on the injury report for both the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves as he's listed as questionable with a sore hamst...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert questionable for tonight’s game vs Minnesota

  25-01-2019 22:55 via sportspyder.com
  Uh oh ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Even with IRS staffers returning, tax refunds may be delayed

  25-01-2019 22:55 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The IRS' workforce will return to full strength under the short-term deal to reopen the government struck Friday by President Donald Trump and congressional leaders. But the disruption from the partial shutdown and the recent absence of...
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: A little bit of ‘The Masked Singer’ is a lot. It’s a big ol’ bore.

  25-01-2019 22:34
  Fox’s “The Masked Singer” is so weird that, for a while there, it was hard to look away.Well, for maybe one episode. But there’s nothing there. And once the effect of the bizarre costumes and strange format wears off, it’s a big, honkin’ bore.I couldn’t possibly care less if Donny Osmond is inside that peacock suit. And I like Donny Osmond.The only really fascinating thing about “Masked Singer” is that millions of people will tune in to watch
  
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• Anti-Maduro coalition grew from secret talks

  25-01-2019 22:32
  Caracas, Venezuela • The coalition of Latin American governments that joined the U.S. in quickly recognizing Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president came together over weeks of secret diplomacy that included whispered messages to activists under constant surveillance and a high-risk foreign trip by the opposition leader challenging President Nicolas Maduro for power, those involved in the talks said.In mid-December, Guaido quietly traveled to Washington, Colombia and Brazil to br
  
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• Utah Jazz-Timberwolves could be battle of wounded with Gobert questionable

  25-01-2019 22:30
  Rudy Gobert joins a slew of players on the injury report for both the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves as he’s listed as questionable with a sore hamstring. As incredible as sports are, there’s no denying that the injuries that so often impact them are a blemish on an otherwise wonderful thing. As great as […]
  Utah Jazz-Timberwolves could be battle of wounded with Gobert questionable - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Ingles vs. Wiggins 🗝 #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/37hhALIWjG

  25-01-2019 22:27 via twitter.com
  
  Ingles vs. Wiggins 🗝 #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/37hhALIWjG
  
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• Even with IRS staffers returning, tax refunds may be delayed

  25-01-2019 22:19
  Washington • The IRS' workforce will return to full strength under the short-term deal to reopen the government struck Friday by President Donald Trump and congressional leaders. But the disruption from the partial shutdown and the recent absence of a large contingent of recalled IRS employees mean the possibility of delayed tax refunds.The official start of the tax filing season is Monday, and the Trump administration has said taxpayers who are owed refunds would receive them on time despi
  
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• St. George LDS Temple will close later this year for major remodeling

  25-01-2019 22:16
  The St. George Temple will close later this year for a major renovation, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday.The white sandstone temple, located at 250 E. 400 South, will close Nov. 4, as crews begin “extensive structural, mechanical, electrical, finish and plumbing work,” the church said in a news release. The renovation is expected to be completed in 2022.Church President Russell M. Nelson announced in October 2018 that the Salt Lake City-based faith wo
  
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• Life and basketball: The Krystkowiak kids, Rylan Jones and Jake Connor learn from their Ute coaching fathers

  25-01-2019 22:16
  Having heard the usual taunts and chants all night, Brighton High School sophomore Ben Krystkowiak sneered at the Timpview student section as he ran down the court after making a 3-pointer.Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak shuddered as he relived his son's response in Provo, where the family's name is not especially revered: “I'm like, “Dude, you really don't need to bring that on yourself.' ”He’s saying that as both a coach and father, lines that occasionally becom
  
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• Jazz’s Derrick Favors fined $15K, for altercation vs. Nuggets; Denver’s Mason Plumlee fined $25K and Nikola Jokic suspended one game

  25-01-2019 22:16
  Jazz big man Derrick Favors was fined $15,000 on Friday by the NBA for his role in an altercation with Denver’s Mason Plumlee during Wednesday’s 114-108 victory over the Nuggets.Plumlee was fined $25,000, and Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was suspended for Denver’s game Friday night against the Phoenix Suns for leaving the bench area during the incident.The penalties were announced by Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.With 2:46 left in
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell previewed a new colorway of the D.O.N. Issue #1’s

  25-01-2019 22:15 via sportspyder.com
  We have ourselves a radioactive Spida colorway.
  
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• Pope Francis brings World Youth Day to prisoners, hears confessions

  25-01-2019 22:15
  Las Garzas, Panama • Pope Francis on Friday brought World Youth Day to Panama’s juvenile delinquents, celebrating an emotional penitential liturgy inside the country’s main youth prison since the inmates couldn’t participate in the Catholic Church’s big festival of faith outside.Fulfilling his belief that no one should be separated from God’s mercy, Francis also heard the confessions of five inmates at the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center. At least one of
  
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• Extra-long (and costly) pedestrian bridge will span I-15 by Utah Valley University

  25-01-2019 22:15
  Pedestrian bridges are common above some busy streets near schools in Utah. But a super-long, very expensive version will in the not-too-distant future cross Interstate 15 (and train tracks) between the Orem FrontRunner station and Utah Valley University.Because of redesign and rising costs from steel tariffs, the Utah Transportation Commission voted Friday to add an extra $10 million to what will now be a $30 million bridge for pedestrians. Completion is planned for fall 2020.Commissioner Donna
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Police say a 15-year-old boy broke into a Utah home and stabbed three strangers, killing one, and then bragged about it

  25-01-2019 22:14 via sportspyder.com
  A 15-year-old Vernal boy was charged Thursday with aggravated murder in Utah’s 8th District Juvenile Court. He is accused of breaking into a stranger’s home and stabbing three people — killing one — and bragging about the crime to friends after.
  
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• Sign up for the @UtahJazzDancers clinic 💃 » on.nba.com/2Dz7BAJ https://t.co/IZcZnYhfMs

  25-01-2019 22:11 via twitter.com
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Rose, Jeff Teague both questionable vs. Jazz

  25-01-2019 22:07 via sportspyder.com
  The Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Utah Jazz on Friday night in the Salt Lake City, and point guards Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose are both questionable to play. Jeff Teague is dealing with left foot soreness, while Derrick Rose is dealing with a...
  
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• .@UofUHealth update: Rudy Gobert is questionable tonight (right hamstring soreness)

  25-01-2019 21:47 via twitter.com
  .@UofUHealth update: Rudy Gobert is questionable tonight (right hamstring soreness)
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Donovan Mitchell bobblehead available as part of ticket deal with Salt Lake City Stars

  25-01-2019 21:39 via sportspyder.com
  Two tickets purchased for $25 also get the figure.
  
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• Donovan Mitchell bobblehead available as part of ticket deal with Salt Lake City Stars

  25-01-2019 21:14
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz fans can buy a Donovan Mitchell bobblehead through a Salt Lake City Stars ticket package, the team announced Friday.Two tickets purchased for the March 1 game vs. Agua Caliente Clippers here or at Bruin Arena in Taylorsville for $25 also get the figure, where Mitchell is wearing a Darrell Griffith jersey while holding the Slam Dunk trophy and snagging a ball with a spiderweb."It's a pretty memorable moment for me so to have this, this is awesome."WATCH as @spidad
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Ricky Rubio remains focused amid Utah Jazz’s reported trade interest in Mike Conley Jr., Otto Porter, among others

  25-01-2019 21:13 via sportspyder.com
  “I was in Minnesota traded like 20 times,” Ricky Rubio said. “Until it doesn’t happen, you have to really don’t pay attention to that."
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump, Congress leaders reach deal to end shutdown

  25-01-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz’s Derrick Favors fined $15K, for altercation vs. Nuggets; Denver’s Mason Plumlee fined $25K and Nikola Jokic suspended one game

  25-01-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz big man Derrick Favors was fined $15,000 on Friday by the NBA for his role in an altercation with Denver’s Mason Plumlee during Wednesday’s 114-108 victory over the Nuggets.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Extra-long (and costly) pedestrian bridge will span I-15 by Utah Valley University

  25-01-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Pedestrian bridges are common above some busy streets near schools in Utah. But a super-long, very expensive version will in the not-too-distant future cross Interstate 15 between the Orem FrontRunner station and Utah Valley University.
  
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• Police release video of officers' fatal struggle with teen

  25-01-2019 21:00
  Silver Spring, Md. • Officials have released body camera video of a deadly encounter between police and a black teenager who died after struggling with officers in a town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, footage that fueled a civil rights group’s call for an independent investigation.Greensboro Police Chief Mike Petyo released the footage after a county prosecutor announced Thursday that he isn't asking a grand jury to consider criminal charges in the September 2018 death of 19-year
  
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• Ricky Rubio remains focused amid Utah Jazz’s reported trade interest in Mike Conley Jr., Otto Porter, among others

  25-01-2019 20:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — With the NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, members of the Utah Jazz certainly aren't oblivious to the outside chatter surrounding them.Memphis' Mike Conley Jr. and Washington's Otto Porter Jr. are among the names reportedly being thrown around in Jazz land as possible targets.But as the Twitter general managers debate and numerous reports surface, Ricky Rubio sees his name being thrust into potential deals without much emotion."I was in Minnesota traded like 20
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Nuggets star Nikola Jokic suspended 1 game for leaving bench vs. Jazz

  25-01-2019 20:48 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA league office has suspended Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for one game without pay after leaving the bench during an altercation between teammate Mason Plumlee and Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors that saw both men ejected on Wednesday,...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Vote analysis says Utah’s Prop 3 expanding Medicaid not only passed statewide, but in most legislative districts

  25-01-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  In addition to winning a majority vote statewide, Utah’s Proposition 3 — which fully expands Medicaid in the state — earned majority support in 17 out of 29 state Senate districts and 44 out of 75 state House districts.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Life and basketball: The Krystkowiak kids, Rylan Jones and Jake Connor learn from their Ute coaching fathers

  25-01-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  Having heard the usual taunts and chants all night, Brighton High School sophomore Ben Krystkowiak sneered at the Timpview student section as he ran down the court after making a 3-pointer.
  
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• [Sporting News] - Nuggets' Nikola Jokic suspended for leaving bench during altercation

  25-01-2019 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  The altercation started when Denver’s Mason Plumlee and Utah’s Derrick Favors exchanged words and a couple shoves.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Documentary dives deep into the fraud of Theranos

  25-01-2019 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has always been interested in the psychology of fraud and self-deception. So when HBO CEO Richard Plepler and Graydon Carter proposed that he look into the blood-testing startup Theranos and its...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s Derrick Favors fined $15,000 for altercation with Denver’s Mason Plumlee

  25-01-2019 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  NBA fines Derrick Favors for altercation with Nuggets; Nikola Jokic suspended.
  
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• [The Score] - Jokic suspended 1 game for leaving bench during altercation vs. Jazz

  25-01-2019 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been suspended for one game for leaving the bench during an altercation between teammate Mason Plumlee and Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors on Wednesday, the league announced. In addition, the league has fined...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: What did the president know and when did he know it?

  25-01-2019 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  Video: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, and hosts and guests on cable news shows reacted to the indictment of longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone on Jan. 25. (Allie Caren,Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Balancing the ice and life as a full-time student at Yale, SLC’s Nathan Chen goes for his third straight U.S. figure skating title this weekend

  25-01-2019 20:06 via sportspyder.com
  It’s been a breeze. A frigid Northeasterly one, at that, him having traded in the sun-splashed lifestyle of Southern California for the dastardly cold of New Haven, Conn., winters. But Nathan Chen’s first semester of college went according to plan....
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Derrick Favors fined $15,000 for altercation with Denver’s Mason Plumlee

  25-01-2019 20:04
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz big man Derrick Favors returned to shootaround ahead of Friday's Minnesota Timeberwolves but his bank account has taken a minor hit.The NBA announced that Favors was fined $15,000 for engaging in an altercation with Denver's Mason Plumlee during the opening quarter on Wednesday's game versus the Nuggets.Plumlee was also fined $25,000 while Nuggets center Nikola Joki? has been suspended one game without pay for violating the league's rule against leaving the bench
  
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• Sundance Film Festival is helping more women and people of color launch careers in making movies, a new analysis shows

  25-01-2019 20:03
  More women and people of color are starting on the path toward making movies by entering their works into the Sundance Film Festival, a new analysis of the festival’s submission data found.Among submissions for the 2017 and 2018 festivals, 28 percent of the feature-length films and episodic works submitted to Sundance had at least one woman director, according to an analysis created by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and announced Friday at a panel discussion at the festival.Women d
  
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• [ESPN] - Jokic gets 1-game suspension for leaving bench

  25-01-2019 20:02 via sportspyder.com
  Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic will sit out Friday's game against the Suns after he was suspended one game by the league for leaving the bench during an altercation vs. the Jazz on Wednesday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - This week in Mormon Land: Mystery solved — we now know who ordained early black convert Elijah Able.

  25-01-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in...
  
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• Documentary dives deep into the fraud of Theranos

  25-01-2019 19:40
  Park City • Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has always been interested in the psychology of fraud and self-deception. So when HBO CEO Richard Plepler and Graydon Carter proposed that he look into the blood-testing startup Theranos and its charismatic young leader Elizabeth Holmes, saying yes was a “no-brainer.”The film, “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” premiered Thursday on opening night of the Sundance Film Festival.Theranos had promised that it
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: What did the president know and when did he know it?

  25-01-2019 19:30
  Video: White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, and hosts and guests on cable news shows reacted to the indictment of longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone on Jan. 25. (Allie Caren,Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
  For two years now we’ve heard, “No collusion!” and “Witch hunt!” Such disparagement of special counsel Robert Mueller’s work was never viable (e.g. we knew about the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016 for well over a year); now it’s simply wrong
  
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• Balancing the ice and life as a full-time student at Yale, SLC’s Nathan Chen goes for his third straight U.S. figure skating title this weekend

  25-01-2019 19:30
  It’s been a breeze. A frigid Northeasterly one, at that, him having traded in the sun-splashed lifestyle of Southern California for the dastardly cold of New Haven, Conn., winters. But Nathan Chen’s first semester of college went according to plan. In the classroom around Yale University and on the ice worldwide.At 19, Chen, the reigning world champ, remains the wunderkind of the sport. His repertoire of quadruple jumps remain ever intact, but for the first time, he’s had to ma
  
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• .@AsiataFive4 with the assist 🍪 @Utah_Football twitter.com/AsiataFive4/st…

  25-01-2019 19:28 via twitter.com
  .@AsiataFive4 with the assist 🍪@Utah_Football twitter.com/AsiataFive4/st…
  
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• "Every night is a different challenge." https://t.co/HA3TpGW37x

  25-01-2019 19:13 via twitter.com
  
  "Every night is a different challenge." https://t.co/HA3TpGW37x
  
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