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• Midvale parents arrested after injured infant found dead at motel

  26-01-2019 23:43
  Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say an infant’s parents were arrested on suspicion of child abuse homicide after the 4-month-old boy was found dead at a motel with bruises and a scratch on his neck.Jose Alejandro Ramirez, 21, and Jessica Marie Lujan, 20, were staying at a Motel 6, 7263 S. Catalpa St., when the two got into a fight. Lujan told police, according to a probable cause statement, that she “became angry” at the baby for screaming during the fight and hit and scratch
  
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• Jenny Wilson elected as Salt Lake County’s new mayor

  26-01-2019 23:37
  Draper • The Salt Lake County Democratic Party’s central committee members chose Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson to serve as county mayor at a special election Saturday at Corner Canyon High School.She will take the oath of office Tuesday — becoming the county’s first female Democratic mayor — and will serve in the seat through the end of the term, which is up for election in 2020.“I’m ready to go,” she said after the vote. “This ha
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Dziagwa, late surge, lifts Okla. St. to win over S. Carolina

  26-01-2019 23:19 via sportspyder.com
  South Carolina coach Frank Martin talks to a player during an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma State, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Stillwater, Okla. (Devin Lawrence Wilber/Tulsa World via
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson fined $25,000 for obscene gesture towards referee during Jazz game

  26-01-2019 23:16 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA has fined Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Taj Gibson $25,000 for giving an obscene gesture toward a referee on Friday against the Utah Jazz. Gibson was extremely frustrated with a call and gave the middle finger to a referee. He was...
  
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• [NBA] - Watch: Bat interrupts Donovan Mitchell's and Ricky Rubio's pregame warmup routine

  26-01-2019 23:11 via sportspyder.com
  Spida’s nemesis? It might be Batman.As Utah Jazz guards Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio warmed up before Friday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, they were interrupted by a bat flying
  
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• Tribune editorial: If we build Powell pipeline, will the water come?

  26-01-2019 23:00
  The Colorado River is not meeting its obligations. Its Lake Powell bank account is in danger of running dry.A 97-year-old agreement demands that the river deliver 5.2 trillion gallons of water to seven states and Mexico each year. That isn’t happening, and now — in the age of climate change — the chance of ever meeting that demand is fading.As a result, Utah’s plan to take more of its Colorado River water — by building a pipeline from Lake Powell to St. George &mdas
  
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• Jazz center Rudy Gobert is playing at an All-Star level, but will that be enough to get him on the All-Star team?

  26-01-2019 22:53
  This week, Vivint released a commercial featuring Rudy Gobert for its line of home security systems. While Jae Crowder tried to sell him on the benefits of such a system, Gobert already had his own defense established: multiple works of art on his wall, all face-swapped to feature Gobert as subject.Gobert’s rationale: "There is no better defense than many Rudys.”Maybe that’s true in the realm of home security. In the NBA, only one Rudy is necessary to lead the league’s be
  
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• Conservatives say Trump caved, but confident he’ll get wall

  26-01-2019 22:53
  Washington • No retreat, no surrender is how President Donald Trump frames his decision to temporarily reopen the government while still pursuing a border wall deal.Some of his conservative backers have a different take: "pathetic" and "wimp."Other Trump supporters seem willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, yet they insist that any ultimate government funding deal the president signs must include money for a wall.Trump defended himself Saturday from the conservative backlash to hi
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Kegler, Mason help Baylor top Alabama 73-68 in SEC/Big 12

  26-01-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  Baylor guard Mario Kegler (4) shoots over Alabama guards Tevin Mack, left, and Kira Lewis Jr., right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 26,
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - 80 years later, Florence the fan keeps cheering on Huskers

  26-01-2019 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  98-year-old Florence Dalby demonstrates her ritual every time a Nebraska player shoots a free throw, where she points her right index finger at him, moving it back and forth to
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Noi scores 22 for TCU in 55-50 SEC/Big 12 win over Florida

  26-01-2019 22:48 via sportspyder.com
  TCU forward Kouat Noi (12), of Australia, drives to the basket past Florida guard Noah Locke (10) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Worth,
  
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• Louisiana shooting leaves 5 dead; suspect at large

  26-01-2019 22:35
  New Orleans • Authorities in Louisiana say separate but related shootings in two different parishes have left five people dead. A suspect was at large and was being sought.Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre told a news conference that deputies were called to a trailer in the city of Gonzales for a "domestic incident" on Saturday morning. Upon arrival, deputies found two people who had been shot but were still alive: Elizabeth and Keith Theriot, both 51.Webre said deputies were able to int
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Iowa State's hot shooting leads to 87-73 win over Ole Miss

  26-01-2019 22:21 via sportspyder.com
  Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm talks to his bench during an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Oxford, Miss. (Bruce Newman/Star-Telegram via AP)
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Kegler, Mason help Baylor in SEC/Big 12 over Alabama, 73-68

  26-01-2019 22:20 via sportspyder.com
  Alabama guard John Petty (23) pulls in a loose ball over Baylor forward Flo Thamba (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019,
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Barrett, No. 2 Duke pull away to beat Georgia Tech 66-53

  26-01-2019 22:20 via sportspyder.com
  Duke's RJ Barrett, left, and Zion Williamson struggle with Georgia Tech's Abdoulaye Gueye (34) for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C.,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jenny Wilson elected as Salt Lake County’s new mayor

  26-01-2019 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  Draper • The Salt Lake County Democratic Party’s central committee members chose Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson to serve as county mayor at a special election held Saturday at Corner Canyon High School. She will take the oath of office...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Walden: Enes Kanter may be an NBA ‘heel’ in the eyes of fans, but he’s a little less one-dimensional in real life

  26-01-2019 21:48 via sportspyder.com
  As an avid fan of professional wrestling, Enes Kanter is exceedingly familiar with over-the-top, one-dimensional bad guys and good guys, or, as they’re technically known in the industry, heels and babyfaces.
  
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• Here’s how the shutdown delayed hundreds of immigration hearings in Utah — and led to at least one man’s deportation

  26-01-2019 21:21
  He had been told by Homeland Security to buy a plane ticket to Mexico.The man was in the United States illegally, but his immigration attorney, Adam Crayk, said he had planned to file a motion to reopen the case and delay his deportation so they could argue before a judge that he should be able to stay.His wife is a U.S. citizen, Crayk said, and he had come back to the United States years ago after she fell on hard times. His attorneys were planning to challenge some of the documentation that le
  
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• Walden: Enes Kanter may be an NBA ‘heel’ in the eyes of fans, but he’s a little less one-dimensional in real life

  26-01-2019 21:19
  As an avid fan of professional wrestling, Enes Kanter is exceedingly familiar with over-the-top, one-dimensional bad guys and good guys, or, as they’re technically known in the industry, heels and babyfaces.They’re usually pretty easy to recognize because of that aforementioned one-dimensionality, the heels typically belonging to some villainous archetype — egocentrics, psychopaths, megalomaniacs, bullies. Sometimes, the storyline will attempt to throw viewers a “swerve&r
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - With a record acquisition, ‘Late Night’ is a Sundance hit

  26-01-2019 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • The Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling comedy “Late Night” is already one of the biggest hits of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with an acquisition price to match.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Walden: Enes Kanter may be an NBA ‘heel' in the eyes of fans, but he’s a little less one-dimensional in real life

  26-01-2019 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  As an avid fan of professional wrestling, Enes Kanter is exceedingly familiar with over-the-top, one-dimensional bad guys and good guys, or, as they’re technically known in the industry, heels and babyfaces.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Riding momentum of a memorable season, No. 21 Utes face biggest test of the year vs. No. 6 Stanford

  26-01-2019 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  You build, you build and you build, and during the whole process, you hope that one day, you’ll have a game like this. Against an established winner, a title contender, on your own floor, with another shot to prove that every practice, game,...
  
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• With a record acquisition, ‘Late Night’ is a Sundance hit

  26-01-2019 20:55
  Park City • The Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling comedy “Late Night” is already one of the biggest hits of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with an acquisition price to match.Amazon Studios on Saturday purchased the film in a U.S. distribution deal of $13 million, a record for the festival.Kaling wrote the script for "Late Night," which follows a veteran talk show host played by Thompson who's facing declining ratings and a reputation for not liking women. Kaling plays the diversit
  
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• Riding momentum of a memorable season, No. 21 Utes face biggest test of the year vs. No. 6 Stanford

  26-01-2019 20:49
  You build, you build and you build, and during the whole process, you hope that one day, you’ll have a game like this. Against an established winner, a title contender, on your own floor, with another shot to prove that every practice, game, recruiting trip, everything during this era were all just pieces of an upward trend.They’d never come out and say it, not during this memorable run, but the No. 21 Utes have their shot. And it’s the first of many. On Sunday at noon, when th
  
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• As Utah Legislature prepares to debate housing affordability, some call for tougher penalties on cities that don’t comply

  26-01-2019 20:43
  The latest state ideas for improving Utah’s housing affordability picture give cities lots of flexibility, but officials with the Salt Lake Chamber and Utah’s largest homebuilder say that approach isn’t tough enough.As they met Friday to finalize a package of proposals before the Legislature convenes Monday, members of the state Commission on Housing Affordability clashed over a key proposal to withhold transportation investment cash from cities that don’t create plans to
  
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• Utah civil rights legend Archie Archuleta dies, remembered as ‘modern rebel to the very end’

  26-01-2019 20:36
  Robert “Archie” Archuleta reflected last summer on how the Utah Latino community had grown and eventually prospered during his lifetime in Utah, which the dogged civil rights defender only dreamed of as a youth. He died Friday at age 88.He recalled driving as a child from his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho, to Salt Lake City so his family could shop at the only Latino store for hundreds of miles.“Now they are everywhere here,” he said. “There are even several chains.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz mascot nets bat on court before Timberwolves game

  26-01-2019 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City • It took a bear — Jazz Bear — to catch a bat and leave the high-flying hijinks to the NBA players.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kalani Sitake’s BYU football program made significant progress in 2018, but school officials aren’t in a hurry to extend the coach’s contract

  26-01-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Five weeks after BYU woke up in the second half and demolished Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to finish coach Kalani Sitake’s third season with a 7-6 record, the Cougars’ coaching staff is hard at work recruiting for...
  
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• Jazz mascot nets bat on court before Timberwolves game

  26-01-2019 19:18
  Salt Lake City • It took a bear — Jazz Bear — to catch a bat and leave the high-flying hijinks to the NBA players.A wayward bat flew around the court inside the Vivint Smart Home Arena about an hour before Utah’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, interrupting the pregame shooting routines of the likes of Jazz stars Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio.The few thousand fans in the building took turns cheering and then groaning while watching the flying mammal z
  
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• Kalani Sitake’s BYU football program made significant progress in 2018, but school officials aren’t in a hurry to extend the coach’s contract

  26-01-2019 19:08
  Provo • Five weeks after BYU woke up in the second half and demolished Western Michigan 49-18 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to finish coach Kalani Sitake’s third season with a 7-6 record, the Cougars’ coaching staff is hard at work recruiting for national signing day on Feb. 6.It has been a relatively quiet offseason — a year after a tumultuous December of 2017 in which the majority of the offensive coaches were released and replaced — but one in which a major ques
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Trade Deadline: Which trade targets make the most sense for the Utah Jazz?

  26-01-2019 18:45 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have the contracts, and possibly the desire, to be buyers at this year’s trade deadline.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz president Steve Starks, head coach Quin Snyder endorse Rudy Gobert's All-Star candidacy

  26-01-2019 18:08 via sportspyder.com
  Starks and Snyder have spoken out over the last few days in support of the center being named a reserve on the Western Conference's squad.
  
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• Letter: The more sheep, the richer the shepherd

  26-01-2019 18:07
  Thank you for your super good article (“You are thinking for yourself. Even if you don’t want to,” by George Pyle, Tribune, Jan. 20).I have experienced how important it is to search for truth from as many sources as possible. That has detached me from a very demanding organized religion, where strict obedience is a major factor. My spirit feels more free and happy than ever before.It is an unbelievable freedom where I feel God’s spirit in everything around me that is good
  
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• Letter: Romney only giving 47 percent

  26-01-2019 18:05
  You would think an incoming junior senator would know that his house has a role to play in returning 800,000 workers to their jobs and reopening the government. It apparently did before Mitt Romney joined the Senate.The Senate was willing to take a near-unanimous bill before the president that would have ended this crisis. But now, it has no role to play?Mitt says this is between Nancy Pelosi and the president. What about Mitch McConnell, the leader of Mitt's house? Is McConnell so afraid of Tru
  
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• Utah Jazz president Steve Starks, head coach Quin Snyder endorse Rudy Gobert's All-Star candidacy

  26-01-2019 18:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — With his play on the court, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has made a strong case to be selected as a Western Conference All-Star.Gobert's teammates have also in word vouched for the Frenchman's candidacy, and now some of the organization's higher-ups are getting involved.On Thursday evening, team president Steve Starks spoke out in support of Gobert during a radio appearance on 1280 The Zone, and then head coach Quin Snyder did the same thing on Friday before the Jazz took
  
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• Letter: Border wall would be an ecological disaster

  26-01-2019 17:58
  One concern not discussed is the enormous ecological disaster that will result from construction of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.As reported in BioScience, July 24, more than 2,500 scientists from around the world agree a U.S.-Mexico border wall would harm wildlife populations by degrading and fragmenting habitats, devalue protected conservation borderlands and habitat corridors (Sonoran Desert, The Californias, Sky Islands, Big Bend and Lower Rio Grande Valley) and ignore the
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Shia LaBeouf turned rehab into a writing room for new Sundance film

  26-01-2019 17:55 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • Shia LaBeouf latest film was born in an unusual place — court-ordered rehab.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After record wins, women make small gain among top lawmakers

  26-01-2019 17:55 via sportspyder.com
  Jefferson City, Mo. — Following a record-setting election for women, state legislatures across the country are convening this year with at least 17 new women in top leadership roles.
  
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• Letter: USAID spending boosts America’s ‘soft power’

  26-01-2019 17:55
  The federal budget for fiscal year 2019, specifically the International Affairs Budget, if approved without cuts, could increase the “soft power” image of the United States of America, strengthening the bonds with other countries.In a time when domestic hardships, tense global relationships and international security are main topics, the United States Agency for International Development is crucial and in need of support rather than cuts.The foreign aid budget accounts for 1 percent
  
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• [Sporting News] - Timberwolves' Taj Gibson on his meltdown vs. the Jazz: 'I lost it'

  26-01-2019 17:51 via sportspyder.com
  Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson apologizes after ejection for on-court tirade and gesture toward ref during loss to the Jazz.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: USAID spending boosts America’s ‘soft power’

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  The federal budget for fiscal year 2019, specifically the International Affairs Budget, if approved without cuts, could increase the “soft power” image of the United States of America, strengthening the bonds with other countries.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: The more sheep, the richer the shepherd

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  Thank you for your super good article (“You are thinking for yourself. Even if you don’t want to,” by George Pyle, Tribune, Jan. 20).
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Romney only giving 47 percent

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  You would think an incoming junior senator would know that his house has a role to play in returning 800,000 workers to their jobs and reopening the government. It apparently did before Mitt Romney joined the Senate.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Don’t bother talking to Trump

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  In his first two years since taking office, President Donald Trump has uttered approximately 6,820 attested lies or misleading statements. He thus qualifies as a chronic liar, making his word meaningless.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Border wall would be an ecological disaster

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  One concern not discussed is the enormous ecological disaster that will result from construction of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 9 dead, search for 300 missing after Brazil dam collapse

  26-01-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  Sao Paulo • Rescuers in helicopter on Saturday searched for survivors in a huge area in southeastern Brazil buried by mud from the collapse of dam holding back mine waste, with at least nine people dead and up to 300 missing.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz teammate explains how Donovan Mitchell is evolving

  26-01-2019 17:30 via sportspyder.com
  After an absolutely amazing rookie campaign, Utah Jazz sophomore guard continues to raise the level of his play. Teammate Joe Ingles could not agree more, with the 31-year-old recently sharing his thoughts on how he believes Mitchell’s game has...
  
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• Shia LaBeouf turned rehab into a writing room for new Sundance film

  26-01-2019 17:28
  Park City • Shia LaBeouf latest film was born in an unusual place — court-ordered rehab.The actor spent time writing the script for his semi-autobiographical "Honey Boy" while he was being treated for substance abuse after a 2017 arrest."He wrote this script in rehab and actually sent me an email from there with the script," said Israeli director Alma Har'el. "So it was pretty mind blowing. I couldn't say no to that."LaBeouf premiered the film at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday i
  
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• After record wins, women make small gain among top lawmakers

  26-01-2019 17:25
  Jefferson City, Mo. — Following a record-setting election for women, state legislatures across the country are convening this year with at least 17 new women in top leadership roles.But those gains are offset by another reality: At least a dozen women who led their legislative chambers or caucuses last year will no longer be doing so because of term-limits and decisions to seek higher office or retire.The bottom line is that women made only modest gains in legislative leadership positions
  
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• After going to Mexico for affordable weight-loss surgery, a Magna woman got sick, had to use a feeding tube and racked up $1 million in medical debt

  26-01-2019 17:18
  It seemed so easy at first, Justine Rodriguez recalled — bariatric surgery for $5,000 and a quick trip over the U.S.-Mexico border. Following the operation in Tijuana, Rodriguez flew back to her home in Idaho, eager to begin shedding pounds.After a week and a half, she said, surgeons found a grapefruit-sized abscess in her abdomen. Three years later, she owes $1 million in medical bills.As four Utahns seek treatment after an outbreak of drug-resistant bacterial infections at a Tijuana bari
  
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