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• Goodbye, wallets! Utah lawmaker wants to see electronic driver licenses in the state

  30-01-2019 23:55
  In as little as two years, Utah drivers could be leaving the hard copy of their state-issued licenses at home in lieu of a digital version on their mobile devices.A state Senate committee voted unanimously on Wednesday for SB100, which legalizes electronic licenses and directs the state’s Driver License Division to study the costs, process and vendors needed for producing a distributing digital replicas.“It doesn’t replace the physical copy of your driver’s license," said
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Column: No matter the name, No. 8 Nevada is for real

  30-01-2019 23:53 via sportspyder.com
  UNLV's Amauri Hardy, left, is defended by Nevada's Cody Martin during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  
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• McConnell says bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a ‘power grab’ by Democrats

  30-01-2019 23:49
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that a Democratic bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a “power grab,” sparking a fierce backlash online.McConnell was speaking about H.R. 1, legislation that Democrats have made a centerpiece of their agenda since retaking the House earlier this month.In remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell, R-Ky., said Democrats "want taxpayers on the hook for generous new benefits for federal bureaucrats an
  
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• BYU AD Tom Holmoe ‘very happy’ with progress football program made in 2018, but doesn’t plan to offer Kalani Sitake an extension anytime soon

  30-01-2019 23:46
  Provo • Although the industry standard is for schools to extend college coaching contracts when those contracts are two years away from expiring, BYU is not in a hurry to extend football coach Kalani Sitake’s deal that ends after the 2020 season, athletic director Tom Holmoe said Wednesday.In a far-reaching roundtable discussion with reporters, the longtime AD answered questions for 55 minutes but gave few clues about whether the five-year deal Sitake signed when he replaced Bronco Me
  
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• E-cigs outperform patches and gums in quit-smoking study

  30-01-2019 23:45
  Washington • A major new study provides the strongest evidence yet that vaping can help smokers quit cigarettes, with e-cigarettes proving nearly twice as effective as nicotine gums and patches.The British research, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, could influence what doctors tell their patients and shape the debate in the U.S., where the Food and Drug Administration has come under pressure to more tightly regulate the burgeoning industry amid a surge in teenage
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz star Donovan Michell explains how he’s busting past sophomore slump

  30-01-2019 23:44 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell had a sensational 2017-18 season, as he led the Utah Jazz to the postseason despite being a rookie. He was dubbed as the franchise’s cornerstone after losing Gordon Hayward, the team’s lone All-Star. However, Donovan Mitchell...
  
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• Actor Anton Yelchin, killed in an accident as he was about to talk publicly about his cystic fibrosis, celebrated in intimate Sundance documentary

  30-01-2019 23:41
  Park City • Anton Yelchin died in a freak accident at age 27, but a new documentary seeks to put the focus back on the actor’s extraordinary life.“Love, Antosha,” which is seeking theatrical distribution, premiered Monday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City to tears and applause. His parents, Viktor Yelchin and Irina Korina, the driving force behind the documentary, were there as well.The film is a heartfelt and unusually revealing tribute to the creative force of n
  
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  30-01-2019 23:41 via twitter.com
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• Cops who take drugs, have sex on the job or commit domestic violence face less punishment in Utah than in other states, audit finds

  30-01-2019 23:40
  A state audit of discipline for Utah police officers over the last eight years found that the state generally gives lesser punishments than other states for the same misconduct.It showed that in misconduct cases where officers in other states would lose his or her license, such as for drug use, in Utah it was more likely the officer’s license would be suspended.The audit reviewed Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) — which regulates police in Utah — discipline f
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah police chief arrested for suspected DUI while driving patrol vehicle

  30-01-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  The police chief for the small Utah town of Mantua was arrested Tuesday evening for allegedly driving a police vehicle while intoxicated.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Stuart Reid: Mr. Trump, tear down that wall

  30-01-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  Mr. Trump tear down that wall! Tear down that wall and remove our xenophobic reproach of our neighbor nations and invite all three of the Americas to unite. Tear down that wall and unite the Americas under a plan of safety and security for all...
  
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• .@LaytonBuilds joined the fight against cancer after completing construction on the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. "We… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-01-2019 23:21 via twitter.com
  .@LaytonBuilds joined the fight against cancer after completing construction on the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. "We… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Utah police chief arrested for suspected DUI while driving patrol vehicle

  30-01-2019 23:18
  The police chief for the small Utah town of Mantua was arrested Tuesday evening for allegedly driving a police vehicle while intoxicated.A Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled over Chief Shane Zilles at about 5 p.m. on U.S. 91 after noticing he was speeding in a police vehicle without its emergency lights and sirens on, according to a news release. The release stated the driver appeared to be struggling to keep the vehicle in the lane.A trooper performed a field sobriety tests on Zilles, who was t
  
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• Stuart Reid: Mr. Trump, tear down that wall

  30-01-2019 23:00
  Mr. Trump tear down that wall! Tear down that wall and remove our xenophobic reproach of our neighbor nations and invite all three of the Americas to unite. Tear down that wall and unite the Americas under a plan of safety and security for all Americans. Tear down that wall and unite the Americas under a plan of peace and prosperity for all Americans. Do this, Mr. Trump, and no wall will ever be needed (if it ever was needed) to keep other Americans out of our America.Our America, the most favor
  
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• After daughter’s accident, immigrant family opens taqueria in West Valley City, feeding tacos to late-night workers and hungry partiers

  30-01-2019 22:54
  West Valley City • After a tragic accident left their daughter with brain damage, Carolina Marquez and Adrian de los Santos Luna started making tacos to help pay the medical bills.The couple, who had moved to Utah from Tijuana, Mexico, more than a decade ago, began by serving the tacos outside their home, where their 9-month-old had fallen into a container that held a small amount of water. With eight children and mounting bills, they needed to make more money than Adrian’s constructi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s waste-tire program fuels a robust recycling industry, but audit suggests it is falling flat

  30-01-2019 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  Back in the early 1990s, illegally dumped waste tires piled up by the millions across northern Utah.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Auditors say Parleys Summit sound wall that some neighbors fought was built legally

  30-01-2019 22:49 via sportspyder.com
  Utah legislative auditors said Wednesday that residents near Parleys Summit were incorrect when they claimed state officials violated rules as they built a tall sound wall along Interstate 80 there, which opponents complained damaged scenic views.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Republican Utah senators moving quickly on approving Medicaid plan that would cover fewer people and initially cost more money

  30-01-2019 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Senate is one vote away from approving a partial Medicaid expansion that would be more costly in the short-term for a smaller pool of beneficiaries than the voter-approved Proposition 3.
  
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• Utah’s waste-tire program fuels a robust recycling industry, but audit suggests it is falling flat

  30-01-2019 22:12
  Back in the early 1990s, illegally dumped waste tires piled up by the millions across northern Utah.Those piles are shrinking, thanks to the state’s tire-recycling program. It is funded by a $1 fee on every new tire sold, but a legislative audit released Wednesday found the program’s goals are not being fully realized.Turns out, Utah motorists are generating far more waste tires than are collected for recycling— despite unused capacity among the four firms authorized to process
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - As it eyes possible $1B TRAX extension, UTA warned its bond rating may soon drop

  30-01-2019 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Just as the Utah Transit Authority is eying a $1 billion project to extend TRAX light rail through the soon-to-be-vacated state prison site and on to Lehi, it heard a warning Wednesday that its bond rating may soon be downgraded.
  
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• Auditors say Parleys Summit sound wall that some neighbors fought was built legally

  30-01-2019 22:08
  Utah legislative auditors said Wednesday that residents near Parleys Summit were incorrect when they claimed state officials violated rules as they built a tall sound wall along Interstate 80 there, which opponents complained damaged scenic views.The auditors said the Utah Department of Transportation followed state and federal rules and procedures in building the wall along a new truck passing lane, but said those rules could use clarification to prevent future misunderstandings.Residents also
  
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• Republican Utah senators moving quickly on approving Medicaid plan that would cover fewer people and initially cost more money

  30-01-2019 21:53
  The Utah Senate is one vote away from approving a partial Medicaid expansion that would be more costly in the short-term for a smaller pool of beneficiaries than the voter-approved Proposition 3.Senators voted 22-7 on Wednesday, largely along party lines, during a preliminary vote for SB96, which would allow individuals earning up to 100 percent of the federal poverty line to enroll in Medicaid, compared to 138 percent for Prop 3.Utah would initially pay 30 percent of the Medicaid costs for new
  
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• As it eyes possible $1B TRAX extension, UTA warned its bond rating may soon drop

  30-01-2019 21:38
  Just as the Utah Transit Authority is eying a $1 billion project to extend TRAX light rail through the soon-to-be-vacated state prison site and on to Lehi, it heard a warning Wednesday that its bond rating may soon be downgraded.A lower bond rating increases the cost to borrow money — and heavy borrowing likely would be needed for the expensive new TRAX project being proposed.UTA already is $2.1 billion in debt, incurred as it accelerated building the TRAX and FrontRunner rail systems in r
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Four under-the-radar trade targets for the Utah Jazz

  30-01-2019 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  With the trade deadline approaching quickly, the NBA has been bombarded with potential trade ideas. The Utah Jazz definitely could be one of the teams that...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Parts of Midwest colder than Antarctica during deep freeze

  30-01-2019 21:27 via sportspyder.com
  Bismark, N.D. • The deadly deep freeze enveloping the Midwest sent temperatures plunging Wednesday to rival some of the most frigid spots in the world, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and the canceling of more than 1,600...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump says ‘wall’ must be part of lawmakers’ border deal

  30-01-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Capitol Hill negotiators are hopeful of an agreement as they officially kick off talks Wednesday on a homeland security spending bill stalled over funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Police: No footage yet showing ‘Empire’ actor being attacked

  30-01-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  Chicago • Detectives have reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to a downtown Chicago apartment after an early-morning visit to a Subway restaurant, but none of it showed an attack on the actor, a police official...
  
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• Trump says ‘wall’ must be part of lawmakers’ border deal

  30-01-2019 21:09
  Washington • Capitol Hill negotiators are hopeful of an agreement as they officially kick off talks Wednesday on a homeland security spending bill stalled over funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.Left on their own, the seasoned House and Senate lawmakers say they could easily reach a border security deal as they have for two years in a row. But whether Trump would sign it is another matter altogether.Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, hours before the negotiators w
  
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• Police: No footage yet showing ‘Empire’ actor being attacked

  30-01-2019 21:04
  Chicago • Detectives have reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to a downtown Chicago apartment after an early-morning visit to a Subway restaurant, but none of it showed an attack on the actor, a police official said Wednesday.Investigators "for the most part" can confirm the route Smollett took early Tuesday when he says he was attacked by two masked men along a street in the Streeterville neighborhood, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
  
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• Ingles vs. Harkless 🗝 #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/VEd5sOhh5s

  30-01-2019 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  Ingles vs. Harkless 🗝 #KeyMatchup | @USFcorp https://t.co/VEd5sOhh5s
  
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• Four under-the-radar trade targets for the Utah Jazz

  30-01-2019 21:00
  With the trade deadline approaching quickly, the NBA has been bombarded with potential trade ideas. The Utah Jazz definitely could be one of the teams that makes a move. The Utah Jazz have been pretty active towards the trade deadline over the last few years. Last season, they acquired Jae Crowder from the Cleveland Cavaliers […]
  Four under-the-radar trade targets for the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Parts of Midwest colder than Antarctica during deep freeze

  30-01-2019 20:58
  Bismark, N.D. • The deadly deep freeze enveloping the Midwest sent temperatures plunging Wednesday to rival some of the most frigid spots in the world, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and the canceling of more than 1,600 flights from Chicago’s airports.The U.S. Postal Service even took the rare step of suspending mail delivery across much of the region. Hundreds of public schools and universities from North Dakota to Pennsylvania canceled classes as residents
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Westminster women’s basketball team looks to contend for a conference title in first year of NCAA DII eligibility — and they’re doing it by committee

  30-01-2019 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  At the end of last season, the Westminster College women’s basketball team boasted a record good enough to compete for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship. But due to the university’s provisional status entering NCAA Division II, it...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Margaret Sullivan: The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Flake, Kasich and Schultz.

  30-01-2019 20:52 via sportspyder.com
  One of supposed golden rules of journalism goes like this: "If everybody's mad at your coverage, you must be doing a good job."
  
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• Westminster women’s basketball team looks to contend for a conference title in first year of NCAA DII eligibility — and they’re doing it by committee

  30-01-2019 20:42
  At the end of last season, the Westminster College women’s basketball team boasted a record good enough to compete for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship. But due to the university’s provisional status entering NCAA Division II, it wasn’t eligible to play postseason games.But this year, the moratorium is lifted, and the Griffins are talking full advantage of the opportunity. With just a month left in its conference schedule, Westminster sits at 14-3 overall and 1
  
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• The Weekly Run newsletter: Kyle Korver recalls his own All-Star experience as ‘another thing in my career that I never could have imagined’

  30-01-2019 20:41
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.With the All-Star Game reserves set to be announced Thursday night, Kyle Korver — the only current Jazz player ever to have played in the game — was asked about what the experience is like.To this day, he replied, he still can’t believe he got to be a part of it.“That had never even been on my radar. I don’t really consider myself that level of player,” Korver said. “&helli
  
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• After daughter’s accident, immigrant family opens late-night taqueria in West Valley City, feeding tacos to late-night workers and hungry partiers

  30-01-2019 20:26
  West Valley City • After a tragic accident left their daughter with brain damage, Carolina Marquez and Adrian de los Santos Luna started making tacos to help pay the medical bills.The couple, who had moved to Utah from Tijuana, Mexico, more than a decade ago, began by serving the tacos outside their home, where their 9-month-old had fallen into a container that held a small amount of water. With eight children and mounting bills, they needed to make more money than Adrian’s constructi
  
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• Rich Lowry: Brokaw goes from Medal of Freedom to white hood in one sound bite

  30-01-2019 20:18
  The worst thought crime is the one you don't realize you're committing.So it was with NBC News legend Tom Brokaw, who — for good reason — didn't understand that assimilation is now a third rail of American politics.He caused a furor with comments on the venerable Sunday news program "Meet the Press" over the weekend, including, most controversially, his statement that he believes "that the Hispanics should work harder at assimilation."The condemnations were swift and sweeping, and a
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Flake, Kasich and Schultz.

  30-01-2019 20:17
  One of supposed golden rules of journalism goes like this: "If everybody's mad at your coverage, you must be doing a good job."That's ridiculous, of course, though it seems comforting. If everybody's mad, it may just mean you're getting everything wrong.But it’s the kind of muddled thinking that feels right to media people who practice what I’ll call the middle-lane approach to journalism — the smarmy centrism that often benefits nobody, but promises that you won’t offend
  
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• Which Rising Star jersey is your favorite? 🌟👀 #QualtricsPoll | @Qualtrics

  30-01-2019 20:14 via twitter.com
  Which Rising Star jersey is your favorite? 🌟👀#QualtricsPoll | @Qualtrics
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Weekly Run newsletter: Kyle Korver recalls his own All-Star experience as ‘another thing in my career that I never could have imagined’

  30-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Star Trek’ star Anton Yelchin, killed in an accident as he was about to talk publicly about his cystic fibrosis, celebrated in intimate Sundance documentary

  30-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • Anton Yelchin died in a freak accident at age 27, but a new documentary seeks to put the focus back on the actor’s extraordinary life.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - After daughter’s accident, immigrant family opens late-night taqueria in West Valley City, feeding tacos to late-night workers and hungry partiers

  30-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  West Valley City • After a tragic accident left their daughter with brain damage, Carolina Marquez and Adrian de los Santos Luna started making tacos to help pay the medical bills.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 2 ramen restaurants serving big bowls of steaming noodle soup have opened 400 feet apart in downtown Salt Lake City — yet each one is distinct

  30-01-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  Two ramen restaurants — sitting 400 feet apart — have opened recently in downtown Salt Lake City. Both serve hearty bowls of steaming noodle soup and are the second restaurants for their respective owners.
  
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• ‘Star Trek’ star Anton Yelchin, killed in an accident as he was about to talk publicly about his cystic fibrosis, celebrated in intimate Sundance documentary

  30-01-2019 20:01
  Park City • Anton Yelchin died in a freak accident at age 27, but a new documentary seeks to put the focus back on the actor’s extraordinary life.“Love, Antosha,” which is seeking theatrical distribution, premiered Monday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City to tears and applause. His parents, Viktor Yelchin and Irina Korina, the driving force behind the documentary, were there as well.The film is a heartfelt and unusually revealing tribute to the creative force of n
  
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• 2 ramen restaurants serving big bowls of steaming noodle soup have opened 400 feet apart in downtown Salt Lake City — yet each one is distinct

  30-01-2019 19:59
  Two ramen restaurants — sitting 400 feet apart — have opened recently in downtown Salt Lake City. Both serve hearty bowls of steaming noodle soup and are the second restaurants for their respective owners.The similarities end there.Ramen Bar is a full-service restaurant at 319 Main, where servers seat guests, bring menus and drinks and then take orders.Ramen930 is a fast, casual eatery half a block north and half a block east, at 45 E. 300 South, where guests order at the counter, gr
  
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• Home games against Utah, USC, Washington and Boise State highlight BYU’s 2019 football schedule

  30-01-2019 19:29
  Provo • Touting a home slate that includes Utah, USC, Washington and Boise State as “one of the best home schedules in school history,” BYU released its 2019 football schedule on Wednesday.There are no surprises from what has been previously published by The Salt Lake Tribune and other news outlets. According to the school news release, BYU will be the only Football Bowl Subdivision team to start 2019 with four straight Power 5 opponents: Utah, Tennessee, USC and Washington.Utah
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tyson recalls chicken nuggets sent to 5 states, including Utah, because they might have rubber in them

  30-01-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Tyson Foods is recalling some chicken nuggets after customers said they found pieces of “soft, blue rubber” inside.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Home games against Utah, USC, Washington and Boise State highlight BYU’s 2019 football schedule

  30-01-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Touting a home slate that includes Utah, USC, Washington and Boise State as “one of the best home schedules in school history,” BYU released its 2019 football schedule on Wednesday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Amazon buys ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ at Sundance for $14M

  30-01-2019 19:27 via sportspyder.com
  Park City • In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy "Brittany Runs a Marathon " for $14 million.
  
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