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• Stacey Abrams to give Democrats’ response to State of Union

  29-01-2019 23:44
  Washington • Stacey Abrams, the rising political star who marshaled the power of black women voters but narrowly lost the Georgia governor’s race, will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, congressional Democrats said Tuesday.The choice elevates Abrams in Democratic politics as the party looks to keep core supporters, such as black women who anchor the base, energized ahead of the 2020 congressional and presidential elections. I
  
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• An English wrestler became the youngest woman to win WWE’s Divas Championship. Star Dwayne Johnson came to Sundance to promote a comedy about her life.

  29-01-2019 23:39
  Park City • The biggest movie star in Hollywood — in terms of box-office appeal and upper body strength — would normally look out of place among the independent, non-mainstream artists who show their works at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.But Sundance also likes stories about underdogs, and the movie Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson came to Park City to promote late Monday night is definitely one of those.Johnson was in attendance at The Ray Theatre in Park City for the w
  
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• Monica Hesse: The unique harm we cause when we dissect a powerful woman’s love life

  29-01-2019 23:30
  As of this week, women are running for president — multiple women — and lo, the country has been awarded the chance for a do-over. This time, we swear, we won’t order them to smile more if they really want our votes. This time, we’ll stop using phrases such as “likable enough?” when what we really mean is, “too many ovaries?”Our collective consciousness has been raised and so we’ll begin by ... excavating one of the candidate’s decades-
  
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• Because we're all affected by cancer, @gbsbenefitsinc gave their employees the option to donate $5 to #5ForTheFight… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 23:25 via twitter.com
  Because we're all affected by cancer, @gbsbenefitsinc gave their employees the option to donate $5 to #5ForTheFight… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Vatican official who handled sex abuse cases quits after being accused of sex abuse

  29-01-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  A Vatican official who handles sex-abuse cases for the Catholic Church has quit two months after being accused of sexual abuse.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Sen. Lee again pushes bill to end restrictions on firearm silencers

  29-01-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has re-introduced legislation to erase restrictions on buying and owning firearms silencers, a move quickly denounced by gun-control groups as a dangerous proposal that will make Americans less safe.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Max Boot: Memo to Romney and the Republicans: ‘Trump first’ is not the same thing as ‘America first’

  29-01-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  Congressional Republicans are suffering, as I have noted in the past, from a bad case of Stockholm syndrome. They’ve seen what’s happened to “the formers” who crossed the bully in the White House — e.g., former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Pyle: Tax-cutting politicians aren’t doing you any favors

  29-01-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  The governor of Utah and the speaker of the Utah House have apparently gotten themselves into a bidding war as to which of them might offer the biggest tax cut.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jenny Wilson takes the oath of office as new Salt Lake County mayor

  29-01-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson took the oath of office Tuesday during a packed ceremony at the Salt Lake County Government Center.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett was assaulted by two people carrying a noose in Chicago. Police are calling it a ‘possible racially-charged assault.’

  29-01-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  Jussie Smollett, a black, openly gay actor best known for his work in Fox's "Empire," was assaulted in Chicago by two people carrying a noose and an unidentified "chemical substance" in what police are calling a "possible racially-charged assault...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A Provo man is sent to prison for killing his father and stuffing the body in a freezer

  29-01-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  A Provo man who strangled his father and hid the body in a freezer was sentenced Tuesday to spend possibly the rest of his life in prison.
  
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• Vatican official who handled sex abuse cases quits after being accused of sex abuse

  29-01-2019 23:04
  A Vatican official who handles sex-abuse cases for the Catholic Church has quit two months after being accused of sexual abuse.On Monday, Hermann Geissler resigned from his position as chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a body that handles discipline in sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church, according to a statement from the Holy See’s press office.Geissler maintained his innocence but said he was resigning to protect the church.“Father Geissler
  
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• Max Boot: Memo to Romney and the Republicans: ‘Trump first’ is not the same thing as ‘America first’

  29-01-2019 23:00
  Congressional Republicans are suffering, as I have noted in the past, from a bad case of Stockholm syndrome. They’ve seen what’s happened to “the formers” who crossed the bully in the White House — e.g., former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and former representative Mark Sanford, R-S.C., — and all they can think is: There but for the grace of God. ... Not even the loss of 40 House seats in 2018 and President Trump’s wretchedly low approval numbers can sha
  
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• George Pyle: Tax-cutting politicians aren’t doing you any favors

  29-01-2019 23:00
  The governor of Utah and the speaker of the Utah House have apparently gotten themselves into a bidding war as to which of them might offer the biggest tax cut.The question is not so much which of them will win. That $1 billion surplus is burning a hole in their pockets, making it likely that there will be some big tax break that just about everyone who has a desk on Capitol Hill will be claiming credit for. The question is whether one or both of these worthies is fiendish enough to realize that
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: Could the Utah Jazz land a star in trade or free agency?

  29-01-2019 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  It's not a given, but it's simply easier to attract players like Anthony Davis when the market is big, branded, historically successful and warm.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s Larry Krystkowiak views Oregon and Oregon State as ‘NCAA teams,’ even if the outside world disagrees

  29-01-2019 22:24 via sportspyder.com
  Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak recognizes where the Pac-12 fits into the college basketball landscape these days. Yet when he studies the teams coming into the Huntsman Center this week, he's not seeing much evidence of a downtrodden conference.
  
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• Brad Rock: Could the Utah Jazz land a star in trade or free agency?

  29-01-2019 22:14
  The NBA's trade deadline is Feb. 7 and the Jazz are believed to be looking for a third key player. No disrespect to Kyle Korver, Joe Ingles, Jae Crowder, Derrick Favors or anybody else, but none is likely to push the Jazz into the conference finals.The Jazz need another unique talent besides Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.Getting an actual star is unlikely unless the Jazz give one away. NBA Today host Justin Termine tweeted this item after news broke that Anthony Davis wanted out of New Orlean
  
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• Utah’s Larry Krystkowiak views Oregon and Oregon State as ‘NCAA teams,’ even if the outside world disagrees

  29-01-2019 21:57
  Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak recognizes where the Pac-12 fits into the college basketball landscape these days. Yet when he studies the teams coming into the Huntsman Center this week, he's not seeing much evidence of a downtrodden conference.Oregon and Oregon State are trailing Utah in the Pac-12 standings and are nowhere near the NCAA Tournament field, according to any current projections. Even so, “I look at these two teams as being NCAA teams,” Krystkowiak said Tuesday, during hi
  
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• ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett was assaulted by two people carrying a noose in Chicago. Police are calling it a ‘possible racially-charged assault.’

  29-01-2019 21:53
  Jussie Smollett, a black, openly gay actor best known for his work in Fox's "Empire," was assaulted in Chicago by two people carrying a noose and an unidentified "chemical substance" in what police are calling a "possible racially-charged assault and battery."Smollett, 35, was walking on the 300th block of E. North Lower Water Street around 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday, "when two unknown offenders approached him and gained his attention by yelling out racial and homophobic slurs towards him," th
  
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• A Utah man is suing Gwyneth Paltrow and Deer Valley, asking for more than $3.1 million for ‘hit and run’ ski accident

  29-01-2019 21:47
  A Utah man is suing actress Gwyneth Paltrow for a “hit-and-run ski crash” on the slopes at Deer Valley — alleging she hit him and then skied away as he lay in the snow with serious injuries. And he’s asking for damages in excess of $3.1 million.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court in Summit County, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson alleges that on Feb. 26, 2016, Paltrow — an Oscar-winning actress whose roles range from “Shakespeare in Love”
  
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• A Provo man is sent to prison for killing his father and stuffing the body in a freezer

  29-01-2019 21:40
  A Provo man who strangled his father and hid the body in a freezer was sentenced Tuesday to spend possibly the rest of his life in prison.Omar Carmona admitted in December that he “choked out” his father, 57-year-old Marco Carmona, during an argument on June 8, 2016.According to plea agreement documents, the younger Carmona had been “suffering from severe, uncontrolled schizophrenia” when he killed his father.The 29-year-old man pleaded guilty — but mentally ill &md
  
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• He helped appoint new presidents at each of Utah’s eight public colleges. Now, the state commissioner of higher education is stepping down.

  29-01-2019 21:39
  The commissioner of higher education for Utah announced Tuesday that he will step down after helping to appoint new presidents — many of them women — at the state’s eight public universities.David Buhler’s retirement after seven years as commissioner comes at the tail end of that major shuffling, with four leaders being named at Utah colleges just this last year. The newest — Bradley Cook, who will lead Snow College — was appointed this month, and the longest-
  
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• Senate plan to replace Medicaid expansion puts would-be beneficiaries back on the individual insurance marketplace

  29-01-2019 21:33
  Republican Utah senators on Tuesday plan to unveil a new plan for Medicaid that would preserve a voter-approved tax increase while rolling back enrollment eligibility.Unlike full Medicaid expansion under Proposition 3 — which allows low-income Utahns earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level to enroll beginning April 1 — the Senate’s replacement would place eligibility near 100 percent of poverty, with the remaining expansion population served through subsidized he
  
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• Utah leaders hope a new database will help them solve the more than 400 cold cases in the state

  29-01-2019 21:32
  More than 40 years ago, a woman’s body was found wrapped in carpeting near Saltair. For years, no one knew who she was, much less who killed her. She was buried at a local cemetery as “Jane Doe.”Sheriff’s deputies investigated the crime but came up with little. A year later, Salt Lake Police received a missing person’s report for Patricia Barrett.But for decades, Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown said, the two agencies didn’t link the two. It wasn’t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s Larry Krystkowiak views Oregon and Oregon State as ‘NCAA teams,’ even if he outside world disagrees

  29-01-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak recognizes where the Pac-12 fits into the college basketball landscape these days. Yet when he studies the teams coming into the Huntsman Center this week, he's not seeing much evidence of a downtrodden conference.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah leaders hope a new database will help them solve the more than 400 cold cases in the state

  29-01-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  More than 40 years ago, a woman’s body was found wrapped in carpeting near Saltair. For years, no one knew who she was, much less who killed her. She was buried at a local cemetery as “Jane Doe.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Senate plan to replace Medicaid expansion puts would-be beneficiaries back on the individual insurance marketplace

  29-01-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  Republican Utah senators on Tuesday plan to unveil a new plan for Medicaid that would preserve a voter-approved tax increase while rolling back enrollment eligibility.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Where are the adults?

  29-01-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  Just a quick comment, I think it will cover just about all of the issues that the U.S. and our state and local governments face and might help to get some things done.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Tell the Utah Legislature to leave Prop 3 alone

  29-01-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  On Nov. 6, Utah voters passed Proposition 3 and finally put to rest a yearslong debate. Voters choose to fully expand the Medicaid program as directed under the law, without relying on waiver approval from the Trump administration.
  
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• Jenny Wilson inaugurated as new Salt Lake County mayor

  29-01-2019 21:24
  Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson took the oath of office Tuesday during a packed ceremony at the Salt Lake County Government Center.Wilson, who was appointed to the seat at a special election on Saturday, will serve through 2020 as the first Democratic woman elected to that seat and says her past experience working on the council will help her hit the ground running.“I think the 10 years serving at large will be an incredible benefit to me,” she said after the ceremony. “I m
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s gymnastics coaches bet on freshman Cristal Isa, and now it’s paying off

  29-01-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  With a veteran uneven bars team like the one the fourth-ranked Utah gymnastics team has, it is a little unusual that a freshman could snag the fifth spot in the lineup. But then Cristal Isa isn’t just any freshman.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Nurmagomedov, McGregor suspended, fined for UFC 229 brawl

  29-01-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  Las Vegas • UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was fined $500,000 and suspended for nine months for a brawl inside and outside the octagon after his fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 229. McGregor was fined $50,000 and suspended for six...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A Utah man is suing Gwyneth Paltrow and Deer Valley, asking for more than $3.1 million for ‘hit and run’ ski accident

  29-01-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  A Utah man is suing actress Gwyneth Paltrow for a “hit-and-run ski crash” on the slopes at Deer Valley — alleging she hit him and then skied away as he lay in the snow with serious injuries. And he’s asking for damages in excess of $3.1 million.
  
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• Utah’s gymnastics coaches bet on freshman Cristal Isa, and now it’s paying off

  29-01-2019 20:41
  With a veteran uneven bars team like the one the fourth-ranked Utah gymnastics team has, it is a little unusual that a freshman could snag the fifth spot in the lineup. But then Cristal Isa isn’t just any freshman.The Henderson, Nev., native came to Utah with plenty of accolades for her uneven bar skills and has proven worthy of a spot late in the lineup.Isa, a two-time Junior Olympic national champion on the bars, is averaging 9.875 for the Utes to rank 21st nationally.Isa’s routine
  
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• Letter: Where are the adults?

  29-01-2019 20:37
  Just a quick comment, I think it will cover just about all of the issues that the U.S. and our state and local governments face and might help to get some things done.Why can’t all of you, just act like the mature adults you are supposed to be?Rod Woolley, Heber CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s commissioner of higher education will step down at the end of the year

  29-01-2019 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  The commissioner of higher education for Utah announced Tuesday that he will step down at the end of year.
  
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• Letter: Tell the Utah Legislature to leave Prop 3 alone

  29-01-2019 20:36
  On Nov. 6, Utah voters passed Proposition 3 and finally put to rest a yearslong debate. Voters choose to fully expand the Medicaid program as directed under the law, without relying on waiver approval from the Trump administration.Now, Medicaid expansion must be implemented, with enrollment beginning on April 1, as the voters decided. Vulnerable Utahns cannot wait another day to get the care they need.For some individuals, this is the help they’ve been waiting for in order to get healthy a
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Ranking the best trade assets for the Jazz

  29-01-2019 20:29 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA trade deadline is next week; here's a ranking of the best Jazz tradable assets.
  
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• Nurmagomedov, McGregor suspended, fined for UFC 229 brawl

  29-01-2019 20:20
  Las Vegas • UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was fined $500,000 and suspended for nine months for a brawl inside and outside the octagon after his fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 229. McGregor was fined $50,000 and suspended for six months.Nurmagomedov's suspension can be reduced by three months if he participates with Las Vegas police in an anti-bullying public service announcement, according to a settlement approved Tuesday by the Nevada Athletic Commission. The commission mu
  
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• Utah’s commissioner of higher education will step down at the end of the year

  29-01-2019 19:43
  The commissioner of higher education for Utah announced Tuesday that he will step down at the end of year.David Buhler’s decision comes at the tail end of a major shuffling of presidents at universities across the state as he led the board that chose the replacements.“After more than 19 years in the Utah System of Higher Education, over seven of those as commissioner, my family and I concluded it’s time to begin a new chapter in our lives,” he said. “I believe chang
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Movie titan Dwayne Johnson appears at Sundance to promote comedy about the youngest woman to win WWE’s Divas Championship

  29-01-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • The biggest movie star in Hollywood — in terms of box-office appeal and upper body strength — would normally look out of place among the independent, non-mainstream artists who show their works at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Would Rudy Gobert or Donovan Mitchell ever pull an Anthony Davis and ask out of Utah? The Jazz can minimize the risk.

  29-01-2019 19:35 via sportspyder.com
  When Anthony Davis made it clear on Monday that he wanted to be traded from the New Orleans Pelicans, the team that drafted him just short of seven years ago, it likely shook the foundations of smaller-market teams around the NBA, along with their...
  
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• ‘It’s just crushing ... to know that she must have been struggling’ — vigil planned in California for doctor killed in Sugar House domestic violence slaying

  29-01-2019 19:32
  Friends, classmates and professors at the University of California-San Francisco are “devastated” by the loss of medical school graduate Sarah Hawley — shot to death Sunday in Sugar House by her boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself.Faculty members will gather Tuesday morning to remember Hawley, who began a residency at the University of Utah last year after her graduation from medical school in California. A vigil is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the School of Medicine in
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Infamy, zeal for carnage inspired Vegas shooter

  29-01-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  Las Vegas • A high-stakes gambler who rained down a hail of gunfire, killing 58 people from his high-rise casino suite in Las Vegas wanted infamy and mass destruction, the FBI told the Associated Press Tuesday, but took whatever motive might stretch...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah company’s donation to parks stands despite shutdown end

  29-01-2019 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  A Salt Lake City-based company is fulfilling its $100,000 donation to support three national parks in Utah despite the end of the partial government shutdown.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Public defenders representing man charged in officer’s death

  29-01-2019 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Public defense attorneys have been appointed to represent a Utah man accused of killing a Provo police officer.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Proposed bill adds justification for closing public meetings

  29-01-2019 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  A new bill proposed to the Utah Legislature would allow a public body to conduct a closed meeting to get advice from its attorney.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Bat isn't the only thing scaring the Jazz

  29-01-2019 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  Also, how's the Jazz ticket drive going? Must be going well.
  
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• Rock On: Bat isn't the only thing scaring the Jazz

  29-01-2019 19:16
  OFF THE BATJazz pregame warmups were interrupted Friday when a bat flew into the arena and buzzed the court."That was scary," Donovan Mitchell told reporters. "I was not cool with that at all."That goes for nearly tanking a 23-point lead against Minnesota, too.
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  Official, referee Bill Vinovich (52) gestures during the second half in an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)CONSISTENCY CALL
  
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• Movie titan Dwayne Johnson appears at Sundance to promote comedy about the youngest woman to win WWE’s Divas Championship

  29-01-2019 19:16
  Park City • The biggest movie star in Hollywood — in terms of box-office appeal and upper body strength — would normally look out of place among the independent, non-mainstream artists who show their works at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.But Sundance also likes stories about underdogs, and the movie Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson came to Park City to promote late Monday night is definitely one of those.Johnson was in attendance at The Ray Theatre in Park City for the w
  
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