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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - U.S. hits Venezuela state-owned oil company with sanctions

  28-01-2019 23:59 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition.
  
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• Utah’s chief justice asks lawmakers to fund new judges, while touting efforts to make civil courts more accessible to those intimidated by the legal system

  28-01-2019 23:49
  Utah Chief Justice Matthew Durrant told legislators Monday that more funding is needed for the courts — not just to pay for new judges where the population has grown, but to increase pay for judges and clerical staff.During the annual State of the Judiciary address, Durrant told lawmakers during the first day of the legislative session that providing funding for four new judges for Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit counties was critical to meet the needs of the people there and to make sure jud
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes jump to No. 14 in the AP women’s basketball poll; BYU debuts at No. 25

  28-01-2019 23:49 via sportspyder.com
  With the depth and talent of Pac-12 women’s basketball coming into this season, it made sense to think there would be multiple matchups of teams ranked in the top 15.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - New Utah House speaker kicks off legislative session with call for historic tax cut of at least $225 million

  28-01-2019 23:49 via sportspyder.com
  Utah’s 45-day legislative session began Monday with pomp, circumstance and a call by new House Speaker Brad Wilson for record-setting tax cuts.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - One of Utah’s oldest restaurants —The Oaks in Ogden Canyon — closes as owners work to sell the property

  28-01-2019 23:48 via sportspyder.com
  Monday was the last day for pancake breakfasts, mushroom burgers and scoops of Farr Better Ice Cream at The Oaks.
  
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• If Anthony Davis wants a trade, Utah Jazz should target Jrue Holiday

  28-01-2019 23:25
  The Utah Jazz desperately need another perimeter playmaker to pair with Donovan Mitchell. New Orleans Pelicans G Jrue Holiday would fit the bill nicely. One of the Association’s most discussed and speculated on possibilities became reality on Monday. New Orleans Pelicans star and perennial MVP candidate Anthony Davis informed his team he’s not looking to […]
  If Anthony Davis wants a trade, Utah Jazz should target Jrue Holiday - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site
  
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• "BIG SHOT.! BIG SHOT, MR. CROWDER.!!" 😈😎 #ThreesoftheWeek | @MountainAmerica https://t.co/8Hgbtm3WGm

  28-01-2019 23:22 via twitter.com
  
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• U.S. hits Venezuela state-owned oil company with sanctions

  28-01-2019 23:15
  Washington • The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition.National security adviser John Bolton and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the measures against the company. They are also aimed at boosting Maduro’s rival, opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom the administration recognized last week as Venezuel
  
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• Tribune editorial: Targeting Prop 3 is an act of cruelty

  28-01-2019 23:00
  The Utah Legislature, open for business this week, has before it at least one proposed measure that is little more than a wanton act of cruelty. As well as an expression of willful economic ignorance.Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, has put forth a proposal — Senate Bill 96 — that is designed to do nothing more than turn back the clear will of the people of this state, who petitioned for, campaigned for and passed Proposition 3. That voter initiative — which is state law
  
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• Provo Airport needs another terminal to expand, and it needs it sooner than later, officials say

  28-01-2019 22:37
  Provo • The Provo Airport needs to expand in order to make the leap to the next level — starting with a new terminal and now is a critical time to do the project, says Issac Paxman, Provo deputy mayor.Provo City recently received an $8 million federal grant to be put toward construction of new tarmac, but according to Paxman, a second terminal needs to be built first to utilize the funds. Money for the new terminal construction, estimated at $14.5 million, needs to be secured within a
  
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• Snowboarding brought Gabrielle Maiden to Utah a decade ago. A new TV series playing at Sundance brings her back.

  28-01-2019 22:35
  Park City • A decade ago, Gabrielle Maiden was a professional snowboarder renting a room in a friend’s house in Holladay, Utah, hitting the slopes at Brighton regularly — and occasionally in competition at Park City Mountain Resort.Now, at 31, Maiden is snowboarding less, as she’s turned her focus to acting. Her latest role, in the independent TV drama “It’s Not About Jimmy Keene,” has brought her back to Park City; the show is being shown in the 2019 Sun
  
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• ✨Watch Party✨ Get to The Huddle in Cottonwood Heights on Wednesday at 8:30 PM to cheer on the Jazz as they take on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-01-2019 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Kalani Sitake is ‘really comfortable’ with BYU’s talent level, progress and prospects for the 2019 season

  28-01-2019 22:28
  Provo • Kalani Sitake isn’t a worrier. It’s just not in the BYU football coach’s nature. When his head hits the pillow at night, he falls asleep almost immediately, he has often told reporters.Regarding the future of the BYU football program, Sitake also has a calm, peaceful feeling. He likes the direction the Cougars are heading, he said last week in answering a series of questions from The Salt Lake Tribune via email.“Last year we ended up playing a lot of our fres
  
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• Letter: Don’t let the president hold the government hostage

  28-01-2019 22:26
  For those seeking context regarding the recent partial government shutdown, please consider the following, brief analysis.First, funding the government and funding the border wall are two distinct issues. The two are currently spoken of in the same breath only because the president has seen fit to combine them. It is possible, and entirely reasonable, that government funding and funding for the border wall could have been addressed separately, thereby avoiding the government shutdown completely.
  
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• New Utah House speaker kicks off legislative session with call for historic tax cut of at least $225 million

  28-01-2019 22:19
  Utah’s 45-day legislative session began Monday with pomp, circumstance and a call by new House Speaker Brad Wilson for record-setting tax cuts.The House and Senate swore in a large batch of new members and officiated a leadership changeover as they convened for their first day of lawmaking in 2019. After taking the gavel in the House, Wilson urged his chamber to focus on the future of a rapidly growing state."Despite our high quality of life and recent success, there are threats to this pr
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jazz’s Ricky Rubio, Royce O’Neale star in new Vivint Smart Home commercial

  28-01-2019 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  Vivint Smart Home is cranking out the Jazz hits.
  
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• Man kills University of Utah doctor, then himself, in Sugar House domestic violence slaying

  28-01-2019 21:41
  Salt Lake City police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a home in Sugar House as an apparent murder-suicide.The deaths occurred at a house near 1800 E. Ramona Ave. According to a police spokesman, there was a disturbance involving two people who lived there — Travis Geddes, 30, and Sarah Hawley, 27 — on Sunday at about 8 p.m.“It appears to be a domestic-related murder-suicide,” said Sgt. Brandon Shearer of the SLCPD.A neighbor who lives in a separate
  
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  28-01-2019 21:41 via twitter.com
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• Utes jump to No. 14 in the AP women’s basketball poll; BYU debuts at No. 25

  28-01-2019 21:34
  With the depth and talent of Pac-12 women’s basketball coming into this season, it made sense to think there would be multiple matchups of teams ranked in the top 15.The surprise is that Utah will be involved in two of them, and they’ll take place in the Utes' next two games.Thanks to Sunday’s 75-68 upset of then-No. 6 Stanford at the Huntsman Center, the Utes (18-1) jumped seven spots to No. 14 in the AP Top 25, announced Monday. That’s the highest ranking for the Utes s
  
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• One of Utah’s oldest restaurants —The Oaks in Ogden Canyon — closes as owners work to sell the property

  28-01-2019 21:34
  Monday was the last day for pancake breakfasts, mushroom burgers and scoops of Farr Better Ice Cream at The Oaks.Owners Keith and Belinda Rounkles, who purchased the venerable restaurant up Ogden Canyon nearly four decades ago, have decided to close and sell the property.
  Al Hartmann|The Salt Lake TribuneThe Oaks in Ogden Canyon has a long history that dates back to 1907. It is one of Utah's oldest operating restaurants. (Al Hartmann/)A real estate sign went up in December, so customers knew cha
  
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• 19-year-old under investigation for negligent homicide after he sold heroin to someone who overdosed and died

  28-01-2019 21:34
  A Hurricane man is under investigation for negligent homicide after he reportedly sold heroin that led to a customer’s overdose death.According to a probable cause statement, Washington City Police Department responded to a report of an overdose death on Jan. 7. Detectives served a search warrant on Gadge Leelynd Christensen, 19, who told them “that he had been the one who had arranged and sold the heroin that the victim had used the night they overdosed.”Christensen was booked
  
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• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney elected president of secret Washington group of politicians, business leaders

  28-01-2019 21:33
  Washington • Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is only a few weeks into his new gig here but he’s already been voted president of a secret society of politicians, business leaders and other influential people.The Alfalfa Club is an invitation-only group that exists essentially to hold a swanky dinner each year chock-full of speeches poking fun at its members and politics of the day.Romney, a former presidential candidate, was inducted into the club in 2015 and it’s unclear — given the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Guest commentary: Here's who the Utah Jazz might target at the trade deadline

  28-01-2019 21:33 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA trade deadline is rapidity approaching. Here are some players the Utah Jazz could target.
  
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• Tornado hits Havana; Cuban president says 3 dead, 172 hurt

  28-01-2019 21:20
  Havana • A tornado and pounding rains smashed into the eastern part of Cuba’s capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the storm cut a path of destruction across eastern Havana.Power was cut to many areas and President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday at least three people were killed and 172 injured.Julio Menendez, a 33-year-old restaurant worker, said his neighborhood in Havana's 10 de Octubre municipality looked "li
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 19-year-old under investigation for negligent homicide after he sold heroin to someone who overdosed and died

  28-01-2019 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  A Hurricane man is under investigation for negligent homicide after he reportedly sold heroin that led to a customer’s overdose death.
  
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• We are proud of local companies like @goivanti who have joined the fight against cancer. "When one of us suffers,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-01-2019 21:16 via twitter.com
  We are proud of local companies like @goivanti who have joined the fight against cancer."When one of us suffers,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - No. 1 Tennessee expects tough week ahead with 2 road games

  28-01-2019 21:04 via sportspyder.com
  Tennessee guard Jordan Bowden (23) shoots over West Virginia forward Esa Ahmad (23) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Knoxville, Tenn.
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Hollywood physician is stripped of his medical license after recommending marijuana cookies to control a 4-year-old boy’s temper tantrums

  28-01-2019 21:01
  A doctor in California whose practice is centered around medical marijuana recommendations has been disciplined for approving the treatment for a 4-year-old without consulting a psychiatrist. A new poll shows Utahns can’t agree on whom to blame in the shutdown. And Salt Lake County has a new mayor.Happy Monday. Dr. William Eidelman is a natural medicine physician in Hollywood who recommended marijuana cookies to the father of the youngster after diagnosing the boy with ADHD and bipolar dis
  
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• Guest commentary: Here's who the Utah Jazz might target at the trade deadline

  28-01-2019 20:56
  The NBA shopping season is coming to a close for the campaign on Feb. 7, the league's annual trade deadline.Once again, Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey will be trying to find ways to improve the team. Since Lindsey's arrival, he hasn't shied away from last-minute trade deadline deals. In the past he's traded away Enes Kanter for a draft pick (which eventually became Ricky Rubio), and last season, Lindsey send Rodney Hood to Cleveland in a three-team deal for Jae Crowder, which was a str
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: Cancel your paper in protest? Or stay with local institution?

  28-01-2019 20:23
  Jeffrey Miller might be the ideal news consumer: He's well-informed, thoughtful and understands the role good journalism plays in American democracy.And he has a question, one that might seem small, personal and inconsequential but that goes to the heart of a vexing problem.For 20 years, he has subscribed to the print edition of his local newspaper, The Mercury News in San Jose. (He also pays for the digital versions of The Washington Post and The New York Times.)He has watched “The Merc&r
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Sugar House man kills woman, then himself, according to police

  28-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake City police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a home in Sugar House after an apparent murder-suicide.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Digital subscriptions FAQ

  28-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump’s favored Fox News hosts fault him for caring ‘way too much about people in the media’

  28-01-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade twiddled his thumbs, seeming to know the word was coming.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Snowboarding brought Gabrielle Maiden to Utah a decade ago. A new TV series playing at Sundance brings her back.

  28-01-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • A decade ago, Gabrielle Maiden was a professional snowboarder renting a room in a friend’s house in Holladay, Utah, hitting the slopes at Brighton regularly — and occasionally in competition at Park City Mountain Resort.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Anthony Davis might not be realistic, but here are some players the Jazz are interested in as the trade deadline approaches

  28-01-2019 20:13 via sportspyder.com
  Anthony Davis created the biggest headline of NBA trade deadline season Monday morning, when he officially announced that he has requested a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans. That led some to wonder: Could we see a return of the New Orleans Jazz?
  
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• Anthony Davis might not be realistic, but here are some players the Jazz are interested in as the trade deadline approaches

  28-01-2019 20:05
  Anthony Davis created the biggest headline of NBA trade deadline season Monday morning, when he officially announced that he has requested a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans. That led some to wonder: Could we see a return of the New Orleans Jazz?OK, the answer is no. But the team name is just about all that the Jazz — the Utah team — could offer New Orleans for its soon-to-be-departing superstar, putting up an MVP-caliber season by averaging 29 points and 13 rebounds per game.The
  
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• Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he’d accept

  28-01-2019 20:02
  Washington • President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50."As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn’t think the negotiators will strike a deal that he’d accept. He pledged to build a wall anyway using his executive powers to declare a national emergency if necessary."I personally think it
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Western states near deadline for Colorado River drought plan

  28-01-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Western states are watching with interest as Arizona comes up against a deadline to approve a plan to ensure a key reservoir doesn’t become unusable for the farmers, cities, tribes and developers that depend on it.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Facebook tightens EU political ad rules ahead of election

  28-01-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  London • Facebook said Monday it is tightening requirements for political ads in the European Union ahead of bloc-wide elections scheduled for the spring, its latest effort to fight misinformation and increase transparency on its platforms.
  
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  28-01-2019 19:58 via twitter.com
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Woj: Anthony Davis has requested a trade to a championship contender

  28-01-2019 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  HOOOOO boy! NOW WE’RE TALKING.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Can Jazz keep the culture of #TeamIsEverything at NBA Trade Deadline?

  28-01-2019 19:42 via sportspyder.com
  Trades may be fun for fans but they can have unintended consequences in a locker room.
  
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• Trump’s favored Fox News hosts fault him for caring ‘way too much about people in the media’

  28-01-2019 19:30
  Washington • “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade twiddled his thumbs, seeming to know the word was coming.President Donald Trump had given an interview with the Wall Street Journal in which he was asked about the fallout between him and conservative pundit Ann Coulter over ending the shutdown without border wall funding.Co-host Steve Doocy summarized the attacks from Coulter and the four-letter word she used: "wimp."Kilmeade reacted to the word with a not-subtle eye roll and a
  
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• Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Sugar House

  28-01-2019 19:24
  Salt Lake Police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a home in Sugar House after an apparent murder-suicide.The deaths occurred at a house near 1800 E. Ramona Ave. According to a police spokesman, there was a disturbance involving two people who lived there — a 30-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman — on Sunday at about 8 p.m.“It appears to be a domestic-related murder-suicide,” said Sgt. Brandon Shearer of the SLCPD.A neighbor who lives in a separate
  
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• 🎧| @theborisdiaw joined The Note to talk about being one year into his 13-year transatlantic voyage, what he loves… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-01-2019 19:24 via twitter.com
  🎧| @theborisdiaw joined The Note to talk about being one year into his 13-year transatlantic voyage, what he loves… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [NBA] - The Note: Boris Diaw's transatlantic voyage, the Utah Jazz coffee club & Segwaying across Canyonlands

  28-01-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  Boris Diaw is living his best life.Not that that should surprise you.The French big man was arguably the NBA’s most interesting personality during his 14 seasons in the league. And Diaw hasn’t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rockets’ James Harden, Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell share impressive scoring streak of 2018-19

  28-01-2019 18:59 via sportspyder.com
  With the entire basketball community fixated on Houston Rockets superstar James Harden’s recent offensive onslaught, it has become quite easy to overlook everyone else. However, as pointed out by a redditor that goes by the username u/ChaseBank5,...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Watching TV is free and easy with under-the-radar Locast

  28-01-2019 18:46 via sportspyder.com
  The Locast website is displayed on a computer screen, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 in New York. A nonprofit called Locast, available in seven major U.S. cities, beams popular networks to
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah and Oregon are clear favorites in 2019 as the NFL Draft early entry results bring the Pac-12 football race into focus

  28-01-2019 18:44 via sportspyder.com
  There are some good signs for Utah’s defense in 2019, when the Utes will be defending their first Pac-12 South football title. Leki Fotu, Bradlee Anae and Julian Blackmon are sticking with the program, and happily so. Add to that, Javelin Guidry...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Federal workers are the unsung heroes of the shutdown

  28-01-2019 18:44 via sportspyder.com
  For a month, Americans got a crash course on the topic of all the things the government does and who does them.
  
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