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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU hires Texas State assistant Eric Mateos as its new offensive line coach, replacing Troy-bound Ryan Pugh

  14-02-2019 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  With the opening of spring football camp coming in 18 days, BYU has found its new offensive line coach.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Attorney says he has new video evidence against R. Kelly

  14-02-2019 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  Chicago • Attorney Michael Avenatti said Thursday he has given Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘We are part of her legacy’: Utah chooses sculptor to create Martha Hughes Cannon statue for the U.S. Capitol

  14-02-2019 23:54 via sportspyder.com
  There are nine statues of women in the National Statuary Hall collection in Washington, D.C., where two figures of historic significance represent each state. There are 13 statues of men named John — 14, if you count Connecticut’s carving of...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Red Rocks begin tough stretch with Missouri quad meet Friday, followed by Stanford and UCLA next week, but they set it up this way for a reason

  14-02-2019 23:46 via sportspyder.com
  Before the season ever started, Utah’s gymnastics team knew this weekend was going to be a test. Now, though. it appears to be more of a challenge than predicted.
  
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• Attorney says he has new video evidence against R. Kelly

  14-02-2019 23:26
  Chicago • Attorney Michael Avenatti said Thursday he has given Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl.Avenatti said the video isn't the same evidence used in Kelly's 2008 trial, when he was acquitted on child pornography charges. CNN reported the nearly 45-minute VHS tape shows a man appearing to be Kelly performing sex acts with a girl who refers to her body parts as 14 years old.Tandra Simonton, spokeswoman for Cook County State's
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: A Valentine's Day with Chocolate (Thunder)

  14-02-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  A pre-game interview with Darryl Dawkins ranks with the best ever.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Oops. Because UDOT used outdated Census data, some cities received too much in road funds and others too little

  14-02-2019 23:19 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Department of Transportation shortchanged some cities and counties — and gave others too much — as it spread their shares of state road funds because it used outdated Census numbers when it calculated the distributions.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Bagley Cartoon: Hatch-backers Donor Mobile

  14-02-2019 23:19 via sportspyder.com
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:
  
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• Brad Rock: A Valentine's Day with Chocolate (Thunder)

  14-02-2019 23:19
  Ranking my most memorable Valentine's Day isn't all that hard.My memory only goes back so far.Still, here goes.3. San Antonio, three or four years ago. Dinner at a small restaurant on the Riverwalk.The walk across the bridge and back to the hotel carried the smell of spring.2. New Orleans. My wife and I flew in on the last night of Mardi Gras. The restaurant was nearly empty. Private booth, candlelit table, live band playing soft jazz.1. My most memorable Valentine's Day (this must never be repe
  
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• [NBA] - By the numbers—where the Jazz stand at the All-Star break

  14-02-2019 23:14 via sportspyder.com
  The All-Star break. A perfect time to catch your breath, re-energize, and take some time off before the playoff push kicks into high gear next week. The Utah Jazz haven seen plenty of ups and
  
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• Red Rocks begin tough stretch with Missouri quad meet Friday, followed by Stanford and UCLA next week, but they set it up this way for a reason

  14-02-2019 23:11
  Before the season ever started, Utah’s gymnastics team knew this weekend was going to be a test. Now, though. it appears to be more of a challenge than predicted. The fourth-ranked Utes compete in a quad meet Friday night, then travel to Stanford for a dual meet on Monday. They will only have a few days to rest after that competition before hosting UCLA in the toughest regular season meet of the year. If they didn’t know before, the Utes certainly will know who they are as team afte
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Hugh Hewitt: What we should ask Democrats about the Green New Deal

  14-02-2019 23:05 via sportspyder.com
  One of the early debates among would-be Democratic presidential nominees will almost certainly center on climate change and the response thereto. And it's never too early to hope the moderators and panelists come prepared to, er, drill down on the...
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Hatch-backers Donor Mobile

  14-02-2019 22:58
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/13/bagley-cartoon-road-white/" target=_blank><u>Road to the White House</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/08/bagley-cartoon-beatings/"><u>The Beatings Will Continue</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/20
  
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• Senate OKs border deal; Trump will sign, declare emergency

  14-02-2019 22:54
  Washington • The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise Thursday that ignores most of President Donald Trump’s demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown. The White House said Trump, as he’s suggested for weeks, would quickly declare a national emergency and perhaps invoke other executive powers to try to shift money to wall-building from elsewhere in the federal budget.House passage and Trump's signature were assured,
  
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• Oops. Because UDOT used outdated Census data, some cities received too much in road funds and others too little

  14-02-2019 22:51
  The Utah Department of Transportation shortchanged some cities and counties — and gave others too much — as it spread their shares of state road funds because it used outdated Census numbers when it calculated the distributions.State Auditor John Dougall issued that finding on Thursday, and UDOT agreed to make things right.The miscalculations were fairly minor, Dougall said.“In their next distribution, they will start to remedy the past error,” he added. “So if you
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: What we should ask Democrats about the Green New Deal

  14-02-2019 22:30
  One of the early debates among would-be Democratic presidential nominees will almost certainly center on climate change and the response thereto. And it's never too early to hope the moderators and panelists come prepared to, er, drill down on the specifics of the Green New Deal. When Democrats introduced it last week, its key architect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., shared an “overview,” a list of “frequently asked questions” and “requirements,” to ex
  
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• Eye On The Y: Recruiting websites aren’t impressed by BYU’s 2019 football signing class, but Kalani Sitake is convinced he found some gems

  14-02-2019 22:26
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.The college football recruiting websites have mostly finalized their team rankings for the class of 2019 recruits, and the numbers don’t look good for BYU.The 18-player class that head coach Kalani Sitake added to his program — four signed last week, 14 signed in December — is ranked No. 79 in the country by 247sports.com, No. 99 by Rivals.com and No. 71 by ESPN.com.On the surface,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The state of the Utah Jazz heading into All-Star Weekend

  14-02-2019 22:24 via sportspyder.com
  Is the best yet to be this season?
  
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• Report finds problems with student loan servicing, oversight

  14-02-2019 22:05
  New York • The nine companies and organizations tasked with servicing the accounts of the nation’s 30 million student loan borrowers repeatedly failed to do their jobs properly over a period of years and their regulator neglected to hold them responsible, a new report finds.The report released Thursday by the Department of Education's independent inspector general's office shows some borrowers weren't getting the guidance and protection they needed as they sought the best plan for pay
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How and what to watch during NBA All-Star Weekend

  14-02-2019 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  Although no Utah Jazz players will play in Sunday's All-Star Game, there are a number of local connections related to the events that will take place during All-Star Weekend festivities.
  
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• Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs

  14-02-2019 21:48
  New York • Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to the nearly $3 billion in tax breaks promised to what is already one of the world’s richest, most powerful companies."We are disappointed to have reached this conclusion — we love New York," the online giant said in a blog post announcing the withdrawal.The stunning move was a serious
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Behind the Headlines: Residents of an apartment complex are forced to evacuate after the building is deemed unsafe

  14-02-2019 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  Residents of a Salt Lake City apartment complex are forced to evacuate after the property is deemed unsafe to occupy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes increasing the alcohol content of store-bought beer. And the Salt Lake City...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Report finds problems with student loan servicing, oversight

  14-02-2019 21:45 via sportspyder.com
  New York • The nine companies and organizations tasked with servicing the accounts of the nation’s 30 million student loan borrowers repeatedly failed to do their jobs properly over a period of years and their regulator neglected to hold them...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - FBI official feared Russia probe would end after Comey fired

  14-02-2019 21:45 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview aired Thursday that he worried that investigations into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice would be shut down after Trump fired FBI...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eye On The Y: Recruiting websites aren’t impressed by BYU’s 2019 football signing class, but Kalani Sitake is convinced he found some gems

  14-02-2019 21:45 via sportspyder.com
  Eye On The Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on BYU athletics. Subscribe here.
  
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• How and what to watch during NBA All-Star Weekend

  14-02-2019 21:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz's All-Star break has officially begun after their 115-108 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.Although Rudy Gobert was left off the Western Conference All-Star team and Donovan Mitchell won't defend his slam dunk title, there will still be a number of Jazz and other local connections in the events of All-Star Weekend, which will begin with Friday night's Rising Stars Challenge and conclude with the All-Star Game on Sunday evening.Here's a break
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s baseball team has gone from first back to worst; what is the Utes’ trajectory this year?

  14-02-2019 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  The sign adorns the backstop of the Utah practice field, a reminder of how the baseball team won the Ute athletic department's only Pac-12 championship in men's sports.
  
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• FBI official feared Russia probe would end after Comey fired

  14-02-2019 21:25
  Washington • Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview aired Thursday that he worried that investigations into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice would be shut down after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.According to CBS, which conducted the interview, McCabe said Justice Department officials discussed bringing the Cabinet together to consider using the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.McCabe, a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Brad Rock: This former Jazz All-Star has some advice for Rudy Gobert

  14-02-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA's "show-off" weekend is here; it's a spectacle Mark Eaton expects Gobert will one day be part of.
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Residents of an apartment complex are forced to evacuate after the building is deemed unsafe

  14-02-2019 21:06
  Residents of a Salt Lake City apartment complex are forced to evacuate after the property is deemed unsafe to occupy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes increasing the alcohol content of store-bought beer. And the Salt Lake City School District wants a seat on the Utah Inland Port Board. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie, reporter Taylor Stevens, and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW guest host Marcie Young Cancio to talk about
  
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• Utah’s baseball team has gone from first back to worst; what is the Utes’ trajectory this year?

  14-02-2019 20:57
  The sign adorns the backstop of the Utah practice field, a reminder of how the baseball team won the Ute athletic department's only Pac-12 championship in men's sports.Ute coach Bill Kinneberg believes his program is where that 2016 group once was – in its developing stage, anyway.“I hate to call it rebuilding or anything, but we are young,” said Kinneberg, whose team opens the season Friday at Texas State. “It's somewhat close to where we were two years before we won the
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - To rekindle love affair with voting, lawmakers seek to make Valentine’s Day also Utah Women’s Voter Registration Day

  14-02-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  Exactly 149 years after Seraph Young became the first woman to vote not only in Utah but in all of America, Utah lawmakers advanced legislation on Valentine’s Day seeking to rekindle women’s love of voting in the Beehive State.
  
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• Brad Rock: This former Jazz All-Star has some advice for Rudy Gobert

  14-02-2019 20:55
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Team LeBron and Team Giannis tip off in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game, there will be at least one notable absence. Rudy Gobert, the Jazz's 7-foot-1 center, will be watching from afar. He has made no secret of his disappointment. To him, not being selected was grand larceny.It's understandable he would feel thusly. He is tied for third in the league in blocks per game. The only reason he isn't first is because opponents have stopped coming through his neighborhood. In one
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘This Is Us’ isn’t all about women — but women are in charge behind the scenes

  14-02-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  The next episode of “This Is Us” is dominated by women both on camera and behind the scenes.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Republican Utah lawmakers abandon dueling bills on changing the gender on a person’s government documents

  14-02-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  Utah lawmakers will not consider how and whether a person can change the gender on their birth certificate or driver license this year after the sponsors of two competing bills on the subject abandoned their legislation on Thursday.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Congress nears votes to end border security brawl with Trump

  14-02-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Congress rolled toward resolving its border security brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion Thursday, preparing to approve a compromise averting a new government shutdown this weekend but providing a mere...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house after a disappointing 2018 season, hopes for a rebound in 2019

  14-02-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • After a season in which his BYU baseball team failed to reach expectations, was riddled by player dissent and “guys not buying in,” coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house in the offseason, including the dismissal of one of the most highly...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Orrin Hatch foundation seeks $2 million of taxpayer money for a center in his honor

  14-02-2019 20:27 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Supporters of former Sen. Orrin Hatch are asking the Utah Legislature to donate $2 million of taxpayer money to help fund a new center in Hatch’s name in Salt Lake City.
  
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• To rekindle love affair with voting, lawmakers seek to make Valentine’s Day also Utah Women’s Voter Registration Day

  14-02-2019 20:19
  Exactly 149 years after Seraph Young became the first woman to vote not only in Utah but in all of America, Utah lawmakers advanced legislation on Valentine’s Day seeking to rekindle women’s love of voting in the Beehive State.Beneath a mural depicting the historic vote by Young — a grandniece of Brigham Young — the Utah House unanimously advanced HCR16 on Thursday morning to forevermore designate Valentine’s Day as Women’s Voter Registration Day in Utah. The
  
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• Utah’s biggest health care network announces its change of policy on physicians recommending medical cannabis to patients

  14-02-2019 20:11
  Leaders of Intermountain Healthcare, Utah’s largest medical system, confirmed Thursday that their doctors can now begin issuing cannabis recommendations to qualifying patients.The decision lifts a previous directive that has prevented Intermountain’s providers from recommending medical marijuana and was welcomed by patient advocates as a leap forward.“This is a great moment to have IHC [Intermountain] standing with patients and having that relationship with doctors and patients
  
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• Republican Utah lawmakers abandon dueling bills on changing the gender on a person’s government documents

  14-02-2019 20:07
  Utah lawmakers will not consider how and whether a person can change the gender on their birth certificate or driver license this year after the sponsors of two competing bills on the subject abandoned their legislation on Thursday.Both Rep. Merrill Nelson, R-Grantsville, and Rep. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, agreed to defer consideration of their proposals, according to a press released issued by House and Senate Republican staff.“After discussions with various groups and individuals,&rdqu
  
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• Trump installed a room-sized golf simulator at White House

  14-02-2019 20:04
  Washington • President Donald Trump has installed a room-sized “golf simulator” game at the White House, which allows him to play virtual rounds at courses all over the world by hitting a ball into a large video screen, according to two people told about the system.That system replaced an older, less sophisticated golf simulator that had been installed under President Obama, according to two people with knowledge of the previous system.Trump's system cost about $50,000, and was
  
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• Orrin Hatch foundation seeks $2 million of taxpayer money for a center in his honor

  14-02-2019 19:55
  Washington • Supporters of former Sen. Orrin Hatch are asking the Utah Legislature to donate $2 million of taxpayer money to help fund a new center in Hatch’s name in Salt Lake City.Meg Holbrook, a former chair of the Utah Democratic Party and now a top executive at Zions Bank, pitched the idea to the Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday, saying the public would benefit from the center.“Its overall goal is to, one, store [Hatch’
  
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• Diocese probe finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ by students during National Mall standoff

  14-02-2019 19:54
  A report released Wednesday about an encounter between Kentucky high school students and Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial found “no evidence” that the students made “offensive or racist statements,” either in response to the Black Hebrew Israelites who shouted slurs at them or to a drum-bearing Native American.The Jan. 18 incident drew national attention after a participant posted a short video clip of the Native American, Nathan Phillips, in what initial
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Deadly blue ‘Mexican oxy’ pills take toll on U.S. Southwest

  14-02-2019 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  Tucson, Ariz. • Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentanyl smuggled from Mexico into the Southwest — a...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Red All Over: Utes will simulate a road trip this weekend, trying to improve their home-court performance

  14-02-2019 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dana Milbank: Trump’s friend just tried to blame America first

  14-02-2019 19:46 via sportspyder.com
  Video: Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, told the Republican National Convention on June 21, 2016, that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is “good enough, tough enough, smart enough and well-versed enough.” (The Washington Post)
  
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• Red All Over: Utes will simulate a road trip this weekend, trying to improve their home-court performance

  14-02-2019 19:38
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak was ready with an answer, when questioned about why the Utes haven’t played their best basketball at the Huntsman Center.He's taking his team on the road this weekend.The Utes will spend Friday night at a hotel, between Thursday’s game vs. Arizona and Saturday’s contest vs. Arizona State. Major college football teams typically stay at a hotel before home games,
  
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• BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house after a disappointing 2018 season, hopes for a rebound in 2019

  14-02-2019 19:38
  Provo • After a season in which his BYU baseball team failed to reach expectations, was riddled by player dissent and “guys not buying in,” coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house in the offseason, including the dismissal of one of the most highly recruited prospects in program history.The Cougars, with 17 newcomers and three recently returned missionaries on their 35-man roster, begin the 2019 season Friday with a three-game series against Northwestern in Mesa, Ariz. Having gone a
  
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• Congress nears votes to end border security brawl with Trump

  14-02-2019 19:35
  Washington • Congress rolled toward resolving its border security brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion Thursday, preparing to approve a compromise averting a new government shutdown this weekend but providing a mere sliver of the billions Trump has demanded for a wall with Mexico.With Trump’s halfhearted signature widely expected but not yet guaranteed, the Democratic-controlled House was poised to pass the sweeping measure Thursday evening, and the Repub
  
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