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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Tribune editorial: Don’t fall for anti-vax scare campaigns

  03-02-2019 23:32 via sportspyder.com
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• Tribune editorial: Don’t fall for anti-vax scare campaigns

  03-02-2019 23:15
  When does “fake news” cause death?When it’s misinformation about vaccinations.In a world where even the most blatantly false statements get accelerated through social media, there is a special vulnerability for those who get spun by anti-vaccination claims.Utah is seeing a rise in the number of parents seeking exemptions from school-required immunizations. After a measles outbreak in Washington in a county with low immunization rates, Utah’s public health leaders are warn
  
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• Donovan Mitchell has been carrying a historically high offensive load for the Jazz. How’s he holding up?

  03-02-2019 23:11
  For a second-year player, Donovan Mitchell is carrying quite the load.Right now, Mitchell ranks sixth in the NBA with a 31.4 percent usage percentage: that is, the frequency of the Jazz’s possessions that end in a Mitchell shot, a trip to the line, or a turnover.To give you an idea of how that compares with the rest of the league’s stars, that puts him just behind Giannis Antetokounmpo, but ahead of LeBron James in the leaderboard. James Harden, of course, ranks first with a 40.2 per
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - TSA officer jumps to his death at Orlando airport

  03-02-2019 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  Orlando, Fla. • An officer from the Transportation Security Administration jumped to his death from a balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport Saturday, creating panic that brought some security checkpoints to a halt for hours, grounded flights and...
  
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• TSA officer jumps to his death at Orlando airport

  03-02-2019 22:42
  Orlando, Fla. • An officer from the Transportation Security Administration jumped to his death from a balcony inside Florida’s busiest airport Saturday, creating panic that brought some security checkpoints to a halt for hours, grounded flights and caused serious delays.Panicked passengers rushed past checkpoints leading to about half of the gates at Orlando International Airport after the man jumped, resulting in checkpoint closures for up to three hours and some flight cancelations.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Rodney Hood traded to Portland Trail Blazers

  03-02-2019 22:42 via sportspyder.com
  Former Utah Jazz wing Rodney Hood will return to the Western Conference; the Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade him to the Portland Trail Blazers. As...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Donovan Mitchell has been carrying a historically high offensive load for the Jazz. How’s he holding up?

  03-02-2019 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  For a second-year player, Donovan Mitchell is carrying quite the load.
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Rodney Hood traded to Portland Trail Blazers

  03-02-2019 22:13
  Former Utah Jazz wing Rodney Hood will return to the Western Conference; the Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade him to the Portland Trail Blazers. As Utah Jazz fans anxiously wait with bated breath on trade deadline fireworks that may or may not actually come, a popular former Jazzman finds himself on the move for […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU in review: Did coach Dave Rose wait too long to give Gavin Baxter his first career start?

  03-02-2019 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • For three halves of basketball last week — the entire game against No. 4 Gonzaga on Thursday and the first 20 minutes against Loyola Marymount on Saturday — BYU’s season appeared to be on the verge of circling the drain.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Max Boot: Don’t worry, Patriots haters. No dynasty is forever.

  03-02-2019 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  The National Football League uses Roman numerals for its Super Bowls; the one on Sunday is LIII. To go along with that naming convention, the league should adopt a Latin slogan: Sic transit gloria mundi (thus passes the glory of the world). Nothing...
  
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• BYU in review: Did coach Dave Rose wait too long to give Gavin Baxter his first career start?

  03-02-2019 20:44
  Provo • For three halves of basketball last week — the entire game against No. 4 Gonzaga on Thursday and the first 20 minutes against Loyola Marymount on Saturday — BYU’s season appeared to be on the verge of circling the drain.Then freshman forward Gavin Baxter and junior guard Nick Emery rescued the Cougars, combining for 31 points in the second half as BYU outscored LMU 44-23 in the final 20 minutes to take a tougher-than-it-looks 67-49 win at the Marriott Center. It wa
  
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• Max Boot: Don’t worry, Patriots haters. No dynasty is forever.

  03-02-2019 20:26
  The National Football League uses Roman numerals for its Super Bowls; the one on Sunday is LIII. To go along with that naming convention, the league should adopt a Latin slogan: Sic transit gloria mundi (thus passes the glory of the world). Nothing better illustrates that truism than the waxing and waning fortunes of the teams that will clash on Sunday.This is the second Super Bowl to feature the Patriots vs. the Rams. The first one - in the XXXVI championship game - occurred 17 years ago. Back
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - His first mistake was robbing a Texas bank, police say. His second was allegedly fleeing on an electric scooter.

  03-02-2019 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  Luca Mangiarano's first alleged mistake was robbing a bank.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Favors and Rubio are great, but they keep the Jazz from greatness

  03-02-2019 19:03 via sportspyder.com
  Recent losses haven't diminished the Utah Jazz as a solid-bet playoff squad, but there's more work to be done before they can truly contend. The Utah Jazz ...
  
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• His first mistake was robbing a Texas bank, police say. His second was allegedly fleeing on an electric scooter.

  03-02-2019 18:39
  Luca Mangiarano's first alleged mistake was robbing a bank.His second: using an electric scooter as his getaway vehicle.Aside from the fact that the Silicon Valley imports top out at about 15 mph, police have begun to realize that they're also something approaching a digital fingerprint on wheels.Turning a rental scooter on, as regular users know, requires a rider to use an app that contains their phone number, email address and credit card information. You'll probably be unsurprised to learn th
  
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• Utah Jazz: Favors and Rubio are great, but they keep the Jazz from greatness

  03-02-2019 18:36
  Recent losses haven’t diminished the Utah Jazz as a solid-bet playoff squad, but there’s more work to be done before they can truly contend. The Utah Jazz went head-to-head with the Houston Rockets on Saturday in a game dripping with opportunity. With a win, the Jazz would have gotten one over on the Rockets sans […]
  Utah Jazz: Favors and Rubio are great, but they keep the Jazz from greatness - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 20 years ago: Men in black (Jazz) beat Bulls in opener

  03-02-2019 18:13 via sportspyder.com
  Utah wore new black uniforms in a 104-96 victory against a Bulls team missing Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley and Steve Kerr.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes in review: Two home losses could turn into a long slide, considering what’s ahead for Utah

  03-02-2019 18:09 via sportspyder.com
  Judging by the way Utah's basketball team played in November and December, a 5-4 record in the Pac-12 in early February is acceptable.
  
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• 20 years ago: Men in black (Jazz) beat Bulls in opener

  03-02-2019 18:00
  Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News sports staff takes a look back into our archives_._The Utah Jazz were out for a measure of revenge — and dressed for the occasion — against a shell of the three-time defending champion Chicago Bulls in the season-opener.Utah wore new black uniforms in a 104-96 victory against a Bulls team missing Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Phil Jackson, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley and Steve Kerr.Karl Malone led the Jazz with 21 points and eight boards
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell throws insane pass to Jae Crowder

  03-02-2019 17:52 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz may have gotten their doors blown off at home by the Houston Rockets on Saturday night, but not before Donovan Mitchell made a ridiculous cross-court pass to Jae Crowder for a three-pointer: THIS PASS IS ?????? pic.twitter.com/sgL3EdotDi
  
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• Utes in review: Two home losses could turn into a long slide, considering what’s ahead for Utah

  03-02-2019 17:38
  Judging by the way Utah's basketball team played in November and December, a 5-4 record in the Pac-12 in early February is acceptable.The problem is that the Utes' position on the last day of January suggested something much better was available to them at the halfway point of the Pac-12 schedule. Utah stood 5-2, in solo second place in the conference. And the Utes held a 14-point lead over Oregon in the first half Thursday, before crumbling with turnovers and other lapses in home losses to the
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utahns hate bad air, but poll finds few adopt changes that would make it better

  03-02-2019 17:12 via sportspyder.com
  All Utahns want cleaner air, so surely all Utahns do their part to bring it about. They join car pools, work at home, ride the bus or train. Right?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Congressional Dems launch a push to make the former Bears Ears National Monument bigger than even Obama designated

  03-02-2019 17:12 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Democrats have introduced legislation to expand the former Bears Ears National Monument beyond the boundaries that President Barack Obama established — and President Donald Trump slashed — in a move that could see traction in the...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A homeless Salt Lake City couple have had a housing voucher for weeks but can’t find an apartment. They remain living on the street.

  03-02-2019 17:12 via sportspyder.com
  For more than two months, Ron and Katherine Barrett have spent their days searching for an apartment and their nights sleeping in the cold in a tent with a tarp over it on a patch of grass in Salt Lake City.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utahns oppose erasing the option of collecting signatures to qualify for ballot

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  By nearly a 2-1 margin, Utahns oppose returning to the old way of selecting party nominees through just the caucus-convention system. They want to continue a newer option for candidates to qualify for the ballot by collecting signatures.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The centennial of the transcontinental railroad all but excluded the Chinese workers who helped build it. As Utah marks the 150th anniversary, their stories are being told.

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial spikes that helped celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, now reunited in Utah for the first time in 150 years.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kirby: The best Latter-day Saint leaders are the ones who didn’t want the gig in the first place

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  Something you’ll never hear uttered in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — not seriously anyway — is the term “Elder Robert L. Kirby of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.”
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Financial system similar to old Mormon practice is called money laundering in prosecution of polygamous Kingston Group members

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  Brigham Young’s “united order” sure didn’t look like the financial dealings spelled out in the latest indictment against executives of Washakie Renewable Energy.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A ‘warning shot’ for Mayor Biskupski? Former Sen. Jim Dabakis leads in early polling for 2019 Salt Lake City mayor’s race.

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  Former state Sen. Jim Dabakis leads a pack of some presumed and actual candidates in the upcoming Salt Lake City mayoral race, a new poll shows — perhaps spelling bad news for current Mayor Jackie Biskupski, who has said she will run for a second...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Abysmal offense dooms Utah Jazz in loss to Rockets

  03-02-2019 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz were abysmal on offense Saturday night in their 125-98 loss to the Houston Rockets as they shot just 36 percent from the field and committed 20 turnovers.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Years of ‘conversion therapy’ only made things worse

  03-02-2019 17:10 via sportspyder.com
  I first told someone I was gay when I was 17. I didn’t actually say “gay,” but muttered through ugly crying that I didn’t like girls. He was my bishop, and luckily intuitive enough to piece things together. Surprisingly, he wasn’t worried. He was...
  
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• Abysmal offense dooms Utah Jazz in loss to Rockets

  03-02-2019 17:00
  SALT LAKE CITY – You could say the Utah Jazz were crushed by the Houston Rockets – the same 27-point margin they beat the Rockets by here in December – because they had no answer for James Harden and his 43 points. Or because Houston made 30 of 37 free throws. Or because Utah committed 20 turnovers.All of the above is true. But this time you couldn't put the blame on the Jazz defense as coach Quin Snyder is usually prone to do.The Jazz offense was, in a word, abysmal Saturday n
  
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• Financial system similar to old Mormon practice is called money laundering in prosecution of polygamous Kingston Group members

  03-02-2019 16:54
  Brigham Young’s “united order” sure didn’t look like the financial dealings spelled out in the latest indictment against executives of Washakie Renewable Energy.The court document describes how $6.2 million flowed into — and then out of — Washakie in 2013. Eventually, $4.5 million of that money made its way back to the company, the indictment alleges, but only after passing through other businesses associated with the polygamous Davis County Cooperative Societ
  
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• Commentary: Years of ‘conversion therapy’ only made things worse

  03-02-2019 16:37
  I first told someone I was gay when I was 17. I didn’t actually say “gay,” but muttered through ugly crying that I didn’t like girls. He was my bishop, and luckily intuitive enough to piece things together. Surprisingly, he wasn’t worried. He was very kind, and he arranged for me to meet with someone who could help eradicate those feelings. I started conversion therapy the following week.My parents didn’t know a thing.My therapist explained my gay thoughts: I
  
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• The centennial of the transcontinental railroad all but excluded the Chinese workers who helped build it. As Utah marks the 150th anniversary, their stories are being told.

  03-02-2019 16:22
  They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial spikes that helped celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, now reunited in Utah for the first time in 150 years.The famous Golden Spike, the silver Nevada Spike and the Arizona Spike of blended iron, silver and gold are the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts on the campus of the University of Utah. “The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the Americ
  
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• A homeless Salt Lake City couple have had a housing voucher for weeks but can’t find an apartment. They remain living on the street.

  03-02-2019 16:18
  For more than two months, Ron and Katherine Barrett have spent their days searching for an apartment and their nights sleeping in the cold in a tent with a tarp over it on a patch of grass in Salt Lake City.The couple have been in and out of motels since around 2008 and on the streets since early 2017. And they’ve been searching for a place to live since Nov. 20, when they received a housing voucher that provides rental assistance to those who are chronically homeless.But it’s been d
  
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• Utahns oppose erasing the option of collecting signatures to qualify for ballot

  03-02-2019 16:17
  By nearly a 2-1 margin, Utahns oppose returning to the old way of selecting party nominees through just the caucus-convention system. They want to continue a newer option for candidates to qualify for the ballot by collecting signatures.Utah voters oppose eliminating the signature-collecting option by a 56-31 percent margin, with 14 percent undecided, according to a new poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.That comes as the Utah Republica
  
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• A ‘warning shot’ for Mayor Biskupski? Former Sen. Jim Dabakis leads in early polling for 2019 Salt Lake City mayor’s race.

  03-02-2019 16:15
  Former state Sen. Jim Dabakis leads a pack of some presumed and actual candidates in the upcoming Salt Lake City mayoral race, a new poll shows — perhaps spelling bad news for current Mayor Jackie Biskupski, who has said she will run for a second term.The poll, by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, shows Dabakis with the support of 26 percent of respondents, leading Biskupski by 12 percentage points. And while they’re not definitiv
  
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• Kirby: The best Latter-day Saint leaders are the ones who didn’t want the gig in the first place

  03-02-2019 16:14
  Something you’ll never hear uttered in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — not seriously anyway — is the term “Elder Robert L. Kirby of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.”You won’t even hear the variation “Elder R. Lynn Kirby of the Seventy.” Of additional comfort to many is that “Bishop Robert L. Kirby” will never be spoken.I know this because even if I believed that it came as a direct calling, it would be clear that in
  
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• Congressional Dems launch a push to make the former Bears Ears National Monument bigger than even Obama designated

  03-02-2019 16:07
  Washington • Democrats have introduced legislation to expand the former Bears Ears National Monument beyond the boundaries that President Barack Obama established — and President Donald Trump slashed — in a move that could see traction in the Democratic-led House but may be dead on arrival in the GOP-controlled Senate.The Democratic proposal soon may align more closely with the wishes of San Juan County’s newly seated leadership, now with a Navajo majority on its County Co
  
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• Utahns hate bad air, but poll finds few adopt changes that would make it better

  03-02-2019 16:06
  All Utahns want cleaner air, so surely all Utahns do their part to bring it about. They join car pools, work at home, ride the bus or train. Right?Wrong.Turns out, barely a third have changed their commuting habits to help the state beat the smog.In the past year, according to a new Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, 33 percent of Utah voters have worked at home due to poor air quality, 26 percent have hopped on public transit, and 34 percent have carpooled.About a quarter (2
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: A college access advisor for every high school in Utah: A national first

  03-02-2019 16:00 via sportspyder.com
  An educated workforce is crucial. Utah’s economy is surging, employers are desperate for talent and demand for college-educated workers is higher than ever.
  
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• Commentary: A college access advisor for every high school in Utah: A national first

  03-02-2019 15:30
  An educated workforce is crucial. Utah’s economy is surging, employers are desperate for talent and demand for college-educated workers is higher than ever. We know the returns of a college education to both the state and the individual are enormous. According to a report from the Utah System of Higher Education, a Utahn with a bachelor’s degree earns nearly 70 percent more than a Utahn with only a high school diploma. In addition, for every dollar invested in higher education, Utah
  
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• [The Basketball Network] - 2019 NBA All-Star Snubs: An Obligatory Piece

  03-02-2019 15:25 via sportspyder.com
  Players get snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game every year, and this campaign is no different. Here are only a couple of the guys who didn’t make it.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Veils on bodies have no impact on getting to heaven

  03-02-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  A recent Salt Lake Tribune article noted that the First Presidency said it is now "optional" for faces of faithful LDS women to be veiled before burial.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Medicaid expansion was within the people’s power

  03-02-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  With regard to Senate Bill 96 to counteract the full Medicaid expansion approved on last November’s ballot, I feel that Utah’s legislators, governor and voters need to be reminded of the following portion of the state constitution:
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: U.S. health care system limps along compared to Canada’s

  03-02-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  Canadians are pretty much like us aren’t they? Well, more hockey and less NFL, then. But, we share pretty much the same socio-economic levels, strong middle class, some poor, some rich. We eat almost the same, give or take a hamburger or two.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Parole board should have kept McCluskey’s killer in prison

  03-02-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  In September 2003, Melvin Shawn Rowland was a one-man crime spree. I prosecuted Rowland. He was convicted of second-degree felony enticement of a minor over the internet and third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse. He committed these...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Debunk the myths about sex education

  03-02-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  Today Utah teens face challenges to their health that are very different from those faced even a decade ago. Cell phones and social media access are ubiquitous. Despite age restrictions, hook-up apps are increasingly common among teens.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Scott D. Pierce: Made-in-Utah ‘Andi Mack’ deals with death … and it’s not just touching, it’s funny

  03-02-2019 15:22 via sportspyder.com
  In the two and a half seasons “Andi Mack” has been on the air, it has dealt with family secrets, bullying, guns, love, betrayal, multiculturalism, religion, sexism, privacy, lies, military deployments, standing up to authority, jealousy, mental...
  
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