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• Senate committee OKs bill that would monitor environmental impacts of the inland port development planned for Salt Lake City

  19-02-2019 23:59
  A bill that would direct the state Department of Environmental Quality to establish baseline environmental conditions in the inland port area in Salt Lake City’s westernmost area — and to monitor any changes as a result of the development — gained support from a Senate committee on Tuesday.The bill, sponsored by Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, looks to monitor impacts on air quality, including impacts associated with emissions; on water quality, including those associated
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Dwyane Wade receives assist from Utah company at NBA All-Star send-off party in Charlotte

  19-02-2019 23:57 via sportspyder.com
  Utah County-based Vivint Smart Home played a big role in Dwyane Wade's All-Star sendoff party in Charlotte.
  
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• Dwyane Wade receives assist from Utah company at NBA All-Star send-off party in Charlotte

  19-02-2019 23:44
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade was a busy man in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend.It all started on Thursday night, where he was honored by other legends during his "One Last Dance" dinner in celebration of his final NBA All-Star appearance as a special roster addition.Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was also among the notable faces in the room that included Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Grant Hill, Steve Smith, Caron Butler, Isiah Thoma
  
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• Commentary: Work to stop rising nicotine addiction among teenagers

  19-02-2019 23:37
  Since 2013, Utah youth experimentation with and use of e-cigarettes has more than doubled. After years of consistent declines in teenage smoking rates, nicotine use among young people has sharply increased due to the rise in popularity of the e-cigarette.The new foes — electronic cigarettes and products such as JUUL — are luring millions of middle and high school students into nicotine addiction, and the Surgeon General has even gone so far as to call the rising use among teens a nat
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz continue to crush it in the TV ratings

  19-02-2019 23:34 via sportspyder.com
  Despite occasionally struggling through a difficult first-half schedule, the Utah Jazz continue to be appointment television for fans. Turns out the Utah J...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Former business leader, who just returned from a Latter-day Saint mission, nominated to Utah liquor board

  19-02-2019 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  A former Utah business leader — who recently returned from a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — has been nominated to the state liquor commission, the governor’s office has announced.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching

  19-02-2019 23:27 via sportspyder.com
  Two decades ago, the editor of the tiny Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Alabama, was being talked about as a potential contender for the Pulitzer Prize. A congressional citation read on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1998 lauded “
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah man charged with trying to cut off woman’s fingers after argument

  19-02-2019 23:25 via sportspyder.com
  A 25-year-old Utah man who reportedly attempted to cut off a woman’s fingers during a fight — managing to slice two of her digits in the process — was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Judge orders Roger Stone to court over Instagram post

  19-02-2019 23:25 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Roger Stone to appear in court to consider whether to revoke his bail after the longtime Donald Trump confidant posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Federal judge throws out Dutch John suit alleging Daggett County was spending the town’s money and illegally selling its property

  19-02-2019 23:25 via sportspyder.com
  A dispute between Utah’s smallest county and one of that county’s most prominent towns has been tossed out of federal court, with the judge finding no merit to tiny Dutch John’s complaints that Daggett County is selling off property and spending...
  
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• Utah Jazz continue to crush it in the TV ratings

  19-02-2019 23:13
  Despite occasionally struggling through a difficult first-half schedule, the Utah Jazz continue to be appointment television for fans. Turns out the Utah Jazz have something in common with Ross, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, Monica and Chandler. Oh, wait — am I dating myself? How about Sheldon, Leonard and Penny? Sheriff Rick and an armless, oozing corpse […]
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• An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching

  19-02-2019 23:00
  Two decades ago, the editor of the tiny Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Alabama, was being talked about as a potential contender for the Pulitzer Prize. A congressional citation read on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1998 lauded “his truly American heroism and dedication to the truth” and called him “one of Alabama’s finest and most ethical journalists.” Glowing profiles in The New York Times, People magazine and the American Journalism Review h
  
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• Judge orders Roger Stone to court over Instagram post

  19-02-2019 22:56
  Washington • A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Roger Stone to appear in court to consider whether to revoke his bail after the longtime Donald Trump confidant posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Stone must show for a hearing Thursday afternoon and prove why she shouldn’t modify or revoke his bail or implement a full gag order in his case.On Monday, Stone posted a photo of Jackson with what a
  
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• Federal judge throws out Dutch John suit alleging Daggett County was spending the town’s money and illegally selling its property

  19-02-2019 22:55
  A dispute between Utah’s smallest county and one of that county’s most prominent towns has been tossed out of federal court, with the judge finding no merit to tiny Dutch John’s complaints that Daggett County is selling off property and spending money that rightfully belongs to it.Judge Dee Benson dismissed Dutch John’s lawsuit with prejudice — meaning the town is prohibited from pressing the same claims in a different court action.It was welcome news for Daggett, w
  
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• Utah man charged with trying to cut off woman’s fingers after argument

  19-02-2019 22:48
  A 25-year-old Utah man who reportedly attempted to cut off a woman’s fingers during a fight — managing to slice two of her digits in the process — was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies.The woman called Provo police Feb. 15 to report the alleged assault. She said she and the man were talking in her kitchen when they got into an argument and later a fight, according to a probable cause statement. It said they had once dated and had a child together. The man allegedly pushed
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump approves plan to create Space Force and puts it under Air Force control

  19-02-2019 22:29 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • President Donald Trump signed a policy directive Tuesday that laid out a framework for the Space Force he has long sought, but fell short of the vision he initially laid out for a new service that is “separate but equal” with the Air...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Sponsor of proposed Utah abortion ban will change her bill from a 15-week cap to 18 weeks

  19-02-2019 22:08 via sportspyder.com
  The sponsor of a bill narrowing the window for legal elective abortions in Utah said Tuesday that she intends to allow the procedure until 18 weeks of fetal development, up from 15 weeks in her original proposal.
  
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• Trump approves plan to create Space Force and puts it under Air Force control

  19-02-2019 22:02
  Washington • President Donald Trump signed a policy directive Tuesday that laid out a framework for the Space Force he has long sought, but fell short of the vision he initially laid out for a new service that is “separate but equal” with the Air Force.The directive would place the Space Force under the control of the Air Force Department in similar fashion to how the Navy Department oversees the Marine Corps, and marks a partial win for senior Air Force officials. They have arg
  
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• Sponsor of proposed Utah abortion ban will change her bill from a 15-week cap to 18 weeks

  19-02-2019 21:54
  The sponsor of a bill narrowing the window for legal elective abortions in Utah said Tuesday that she intends to allow the procedure until 18 weeks of fetal development, up from 15 weeks in her original proposal.Rep. Cheryl Action, R-West Jordan, said the change is for “strategic reasons" and to bolster the odds of the law surviving a likely court challenge if it is approved by the Legislature.“[Utah] should be the safest place in the nation for women and children, born and unborn,&r
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Don’t let HB220 fool you

  19-02-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  Currently Utah receives Class A radioactive waste. Class B and C forms of waste have so far been banned in Utah.
  
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• Search for workhorse running back goes on at BYU as spring camp approaches, but coaches aren’t panicking

  19-02-2019 21:46
  Provo • BYU running backs coach AJ Steward has a message for fans who were concerned when the Cougars didn’t sign a much-desired workhorse running back when the second signing period began two weeks ago.Relax — things are going to work out.“To be honest, the running back situation at BYU is in a good place right now,” Steward said at BYU’s Signing Day news conference on Feb. 6. The term “Signing Day” is misleading, because Feb. 6 was actually just t
  
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• The AAF, which includes the Salt Lake Stallions, reportedly needed a $250 million bailout to stay afloat after just one week

  19-02-2019 21:45
  The Alliance of American Football came into existence with what appeared to be sound financial backing. The league, co-founded by television and film producer Charlie Ebersol and longtime NFL personnel executive Bill Polian, received funding from a number of high-profile venture capital firms, including the Founders Fund backed by billionaire Peter Thiel and the Chernin Group, which also owns a majority stake in Barstool Sports. Salaries would be kept low, at least compared with the NFL: Each AA
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Search for workhorse running back goes on at BYU as spring camp approaches, but coaches aren’t panicking

  19-02-2019 21:32 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • BYU running backs coach AJ Steward has a message for fans who were concerned when the Cougars didn’t sign a much-desired workhorse running back when the second signing period began two weeks ago.
  
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• Letter: Don’t let HB220 fool you

  19-02-2019 21:32
  Currently Utah receives Class A radioactive waste. Class B and C forms of waste have so far been banned in Utah.I was riding out in Skull Valley last summer and pastures where cows are feeding have signs that warn of radioactivity. What happens to those cows? Who is eating that meat or drinking that milk?Class A waste, no matter how many containers they store it in, still leaks into the ground.Now, with the new dry port coming into Salt Lake City, I can only imagine if Class B and Class C waste
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - How the West will be won: A look at the Western Conference playoff race

  19-02-2019 21:28 via sportspyder.com
  Take a glance at how contending teams' schedules could impact where they finish, and how that could affect the Utah Jazz.
  
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• How the West will be won: A look at the Western Conference playoff race

  19-02-2019 21:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are in the thick of the playoff hunt as the post-All-Star break portion of the season is on the horizon. A postseason berth is nowhere near a certainty at this point, yet the Jazz are still well within striking distance of getting home-court advantage in the first round.Before the NBA resumes play on Thursday (the Jazz don't play again until Friday), Utah sits sixth in the Western Conference, just two games outside of fourth and home court, but a smaller 1.5
  
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• How the West will be won: A look at the NBA Western Conference playoff race

  19-02-2019 21:26
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz are in the thick of the playoff hunt as the post-All-Star break portion of the season is on the horizon. A postseason berth is nowhere near a certainty at this point, yet the Jazz are still well within striking distance of getting home-court advantage in the first round.Before the NBA resumes play on Thursday (the Jazz don't play again until Friday), Utah sits sixth in the Western Conference, just two games outside of fourth and home court, but a smaller 1.5
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Amazon’s Alexa responds to minister’s sermon, orders toilet paper

  19-02-2019 21:09 via sportspyder.com
  Oklahoma City • When Phil Brookman preaches, even Alexa listens — and dutifully obeys.
  
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• Monson: In a roller-coaster season, the Jazz can and should finish strong

  19-02-2019 20:58
  It was the noted roundball poet Alexander Pope who said, “Blessed is the fan who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”And it was the hoop-habits-guru Stephen Covey who said, “Treat a team as it is and it will remain as it is. Treat a team as it can and should be and it will become as it can and should be.”Something like that.In a Jazz season of undulating expectations — they were high, they weren’t so high, now maybe they’ll undulate agai
  
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• Amazon’s Alexa responds to minister’s sermon, orders toilet paper

  19-02-2019 20:45
  Oklahoma City • When Phil Brookman preaches, even Alexa listens — and dutifully obeys.Brookman, a minister for Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, was delivering a Sunday message from 1 Corinthians 12 when his sermon illustration nearly resulted in the purchase of $28 worth of toilet paper.The sermon, titled “Greet One Another,” was based on the Apostle Paul’s admonition that the church function as one body with many parts.In addition to the audience of
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The AAF, which includes the Salt Lake Stallions, reportedly needed a $250 million bailout to stay afloat after just one week

  19-02-2019 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Alliance of American Football came into existence with what appeared to be sound financial backing. The league, co-founded by television and film producer Charlie Ebersol and longtime NFL personnel executive Bill Polian, received funding from a...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: In a roller-coaster season, the Jazz can and should finish strong

  19-02-2019 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  It was the noted roundball poet Alexander Pope who said, “Blessed is the fan who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward is primed to explode

  19-02-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  A devastating injury may have complicated Gordon Hayward's move from the Utah Jazz to the Boston Celtics, but a return to All-Star form could be imminent. ...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Each Jazz Player’s Season in a Single Stat

  19-02-2019 20:17 via sportspyder.com
  In that tradition, the following statistics approximate how the season has gone thus far for each player on the Utah Jazz. But this years lower efficiency is troubling. Which...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah House advances bill to allow motorcycles to travel slowly between lanes when traffic is stopped

  19-02-2019 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  Utah motorcyclists may soon travel legally between same-direction lanes and cars — but only when other traffic is stopped and the cycle moves at 15 mph or less.
  
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• Police locate missing Taylorsville man

  19-02-2019 19:45
  A Taylorsville man who was missing and believed endangered has been found at a local hospital, according to Unified Police.Authorities had asked for the public’s help to locate Michael Groesbeck, 31, who last spoke to his family on Saturday. He left his Taylorsville residence without his identification, money and life-saving medication, which he requires daily, and he was not dressed for cold weather.
  
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• Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward is primed to explode

  19-02-2019 19:41
  A devastating injury may have complicated Gordon Hayward’s move from the Utah Jazz to the Boston Celtics, but a return to All-Star form could be imminent. Things are tense at the Wells Fargo Center. With less than two minutes to go in an important game, the hometown Philadelphia 76ers are clinging to a one-point lead […]
  Utah Jazz alums: Gordon Hayward is primed to explode - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Marie Osmond, Kristin Chenoweth, Indigo Girls and a ‘Hamilton’ star will sing with Utah Symphony this summer in Deer Valley

  19-02-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  A lineup of famous musicians — including singers Marie Osmond and Kristin Chenoweth, “Hamilton” star Renée Elise Goldsberry, trumpeter Chris Botti and the folk duo Indigo Girls — will join the Utah Symphony for music in the mountains at this year’s...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - AP source: Manny Machado agrees to a $300M, 10-year deal with the San Diego Padres

  19-02-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  San Diego • A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, the biggest contract ever for a free agent.
  
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• Utah House advances bill to allow motorcycles to travel slowly between lanes when traffic is stopped

  19-02-2019 19:30
  Utah motorcyclists may soon travel legally between same-direction lanes and cars — but only when other traffic is stopped and the cycle moves at 15 mph or less.That would allow them to proceed to the front of traffic waiting at an intersection, and should reduce sometimes deadly rear-end collisions of stopped motorcycles.The Utah House endorsed that practice — called “lane filtering” — by a 54-12 vote on Tuesday, and sent HB149 to the Senate for consideration.Its sp
  
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• AP source: Manny Machado agrees to a $300M, 10-year deal with the San Diego Padres

  19-02-2019 19:24
  San Diego • A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, the biggest contract ever for a free agent.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement was subject to a successful physical and had not been announced. Machado can opt out after five years and become a free agent again, the person said.Machado's deal, if com
  
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• Marie Osmond, Kristin Chenoweth, Indigo Girls and a ‘Hamilton’ star will sing with Utah Symphony this summer in Deer Valley

  19-02-2019 19:14
  A lineup of famous musicians — including singers Marie Osmond and Kristin Chenoweth, “Hamilton” star Renée Elise Goldsberry, trumpeter Chris Botti and the folk duo Indigo Girls — will join the Utah Symphony for music in the mountains at this year’s Deer Valley Music Festival.The series of concerts runs from June 28 to Aug. 10 at the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater at the Deer Valley ski resort in Park City.Also on the bill: Concerts of patriotic music, Broadwa
  
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• Why is Kyle Whittingham so much more popular than Larry Krystkowiak? Here are five reasons Ute fans cite.

  19-02-2019 19:10
  The Utah athletic department’s letter informing football season-ticket holders of higher fees for stadium expansion and access to seats naturally stirred some grumbling last week. The empty seats in the Huntsman Center the next night for a meeting of top-four basketball teams in the Pac-12 made another statement.No tickets will go unsold at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the coming season, with a 3,000-person waiting list backstopping any fans who balk about price increases. Ute basketball is anot
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: The antibodies fighting off Trump’s assault on democracy have been impressive

  19-02-2019 18:43 via sportspyder.com
  The human body generates antibodies when it senses invasion from a harmful source. So, too, in our body politic, when a malign force such as an authoritarian executive attacks the foundation of a democracy, a healthy democracy will respond. That...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Why is Kyle Whittingham so much more popular than Larry Krystkowiak? Here are five reasons Ute fans cite.

  19-02-2019 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah athletic department’s letter informing football season-ticket holders of higher fees for stadium expansion and access to seats naturally stirred some grumbling last week. The empty seats in the Huntsman Center the next night for a meeting...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - A Utah lawmaker wants sex assault victims to have an option if a prosecutor won’t try their case

  19-02-2019 18:36 via sportspyder.com
  She went to authorities two years ago and reported that she had been sexually assaulted, but prosecutors declined to file charges, saying there were “evidence problems” with the case.
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The antibodies fighting off Trump’s assault on democracy have been impressive

  19-02-2019 18:26
  The human body generates antibodies when it senses invasion from a harmful source. So, too, in our body politic, when a malign force such as an authoritarian executive attacks the foundation of a democracy, a healthy democracy will respond. That process of fighting a dangerous executive — President Donald Donald Trump — began on Friday when he declared an national emergency to justify spending that Congress had declined to authorize (a funding bill the president had signed, by the wa
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Rudy Gobert may not appreciate this

  19-02-2019 18:10 via sportspyder.com
  Also, Rock On weighs in on In-N-Out vs. Whataburger.
  
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• A Utah lawmaker wants sex assault victims to have an option if a prosecutor won’t try their case

  19-02-2019 18:08
  She went to authorities two years ago and reported that she had been sexually assaulted, but prosecutors declined to file charges, saying there were “evidence problems” with the case.The woman and her attorney tried again. The result stayed the same: Salt Lake County prosecutors would not file criminal charges against her accused assailant — former Provo Police Chief John King.Now she’s one of several women asking the Utah Supreme Court to assign a lawyer to prosecute the
  
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• Rock On: Rudy Gobert may not appreciate this

  19-02-2019 18:01
  MEMO(RY) LANEA Yardbarker.com slideshow last weekend highlighted the 25 "Most Unlikely One-Time NBA All-Stars."Five played for the Jazz.Rickey Green made the 1984 Western Conference team, while Mehmet "Memo" Okur was on the 2007 squad. Devin Harris and Mo Williams were selected before coming to Utah and Kyle Korver gained admission after.Condolences to Rudy Gobert if this made him feel worse.'CANE REFRAINThe Carolina Hurricanes are selling T-shirts with the phrase "Bunch of Jerks" on the front.A
  
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