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• Salt Lake City’s Airport Police Department is no more; officers will become part of Salt Lake City’s force

  26-02-2019 23:56
  The Salt Lake City International Airport no longer has its own police force.The Airport Police patch and badge were formally retired Tuesday, in a ceremony presided over by Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. Officers received their new badges that signify they are part of the Salt Lake City Police Department.Salt Lake City Airport Police had been established in 1984.
  
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• Utah’s Snowbasin teams with Sun Valley to sell passes for 2019-20 season; Ikon’s multi-pass goes on sale in March

  26-02-2019 23:48
  The winter ski season is still underway, but resorts in Utah and elsewhere are ready to start selling multi-resort passes for the 2019-2020 season.Utah’s Snowbasin Resort and Idaho’s Sun Valley Resort announced Tuesday that they will partner on a joint season pass, the Sun and Snow Pass, for the 2019-2020 season. It will go on sale Friday.The Sun and Snow Pass offers three days of skiing and riding at each resort, and 50 percent off the daily lift ticket rate after that. The passes a
  
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• Utah House passed bill banning elective abortions after 18 weeks — even as its sponsor begins laying the groundwork to defend it against a legal challenge

  26-02-2019 23:47
  The Utah House on Tuesday voted out a bill that would ban elective abortions after 18 weeks gestation, a measure even supporters acknowledge will likely trigger a lawsuit if it passes.All but a handful of the chamber’s Republicans backed the measure in the 57-15 decision, and nearly all Democrats opposed it. Members of the minority party contended it would flout established constitutional law, cost the state money to defend and interfere with decisions best left to a woman, her medical pro
  
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• Regulators fine Wynn Resorts $20M over sex allegations

  26-02-2019 23:40
  Las Vegas • Nevada gambling regulators fined casino mogul Steve Wynn’s former company a record $20 million on Tuesday for failing to investigate claims of sexual misconduct made against him before he resigned a year ago.The penalty against Wynn Resorts Ltd. ends an investigation that began after The Wall Street Journal reported that several women said the company founder harassed or assaulted them.Wynn Resorts will keep its gambling license under the Nevada Gaming Commission settlemen
  
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• Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah

  26-02-2019 23:32
  A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government’s approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company with ties to Estonia.An intent to sue filed by a coalition including Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity challenges the Bureau of Land Management's September decision to allow Enefit American Oil to build transmission lines and pipelines on a 19-mile corridor on federal lands.It is the first step requi
  
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• George Pyle: The one immutable law of the universe: Money talks

  26-02-2019 23:30
  “Math class is tough.”— Teen Talk BarbieSome stuff is truly hard to get your head around. Even if your head is relatively large to begin with. Stuff such as how long it takes depleted uranium to transmogrify into something really, really dangerous. The exact level of alcohol a person can have in her blood before becoming a clear and present danger. The degree of dumb that envelopes the operator of a motor vehicle when he is also talking on his smartphone. The environmental and
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Here is Joe Ingles’ secret to becoming the NBA’s iron man with most consecutive games played

  26-02-2019 23:14 via sportspyder.com
  "Doing the treatment before and after the game is why I’m able to be out there every night," Ingles revealed.
  
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• Here is Joe Ingles’ secret to becoming the NBA’s iron man with most consecutive games played

  26-02-2019 23:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Entering Zions Bank Basketball Campus for practice was tough for Joe Ingles on some days.Even strolling into Vivint Arena for Utah Jazz home games on certain days was a drag for the Australian 3-point marksman.That was because Ingles and his wife, Renae, learned that their 2-and-a-half-year-old son Jacob was diagnosed with autism on Jan. 8.Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles was cut during the fourth quarter of Monday night's game against the Memphis Grizzlies and had to be banda
  
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• Increases in bicyclist and pedestrian deaths outpace traffic fatalities, report says

  26-02-2019 22:53
  A recent report from the League of American Bicyclists says more pedestrians and bicyclists died in 2016 than at any time in the past 25 years.The group’s 2018 Benchmarking Report — which was issued last month and flagged by Outside magazine — says pedestrian and bicyclist death rates also continue to outpace those of all other traffic fatalities, despite high-profile efforts such as the Vision Zero initiative in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and other cities that aim to re
  
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• Salt Lake County Councilwoman Shireen Ghorbani takes the oath of office and gets right to work

  26-02-2019 22:46
  Shireen Ghorbani took her seat on the Salt Lake County Council and went straight to work after being sworn in on Tuesday.The half-Iranian daughter of an immigrant was elected by the Democratic Party’s Central Committee last weekend to fill the at-large seat vacated by the county’s freshly inaugurated mayor, Jenny Wilson.Taking her place on the council, Ghorbani said “it is sweet” to finally begin to work to “serve the residents of Salt Lake County.” After two
  
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• Utah senators approve one-year, $5M-plus boost to police and firefighter retirement

  26-02-2019 22:17
  After a lengthy debate on how Utah’s police and firefighters are underpaid and who’s to blame, the Utah Senate voted 27-2 to infuse $5.3 million into the retirement systems for first responders.The vote on SB129 came after the bill was substituted to provide a single year of assistance to cities — rather than an ongoing annual transfer of funding. That came after Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, objected to the use of state money to provide compensation to municipal emplo
  
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• Campus safety bill spurred by Utah student Lauren McCluskey’s murder passes in the Utah Senate

  26-02-2019 22:12
  A bill that would require Utah’s public colleges to craft plans detailing how campus officers should respond to cases of sexual assault and relationship violence passed unanimously in the Senate on Tuesday.Spurred by the shooting death of University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey, the measure focuses on training school police to recognize the warning signs that experts say were missed in her case.“This kind of outreach to campuses and communities will hopefully help with a cultural
  
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• Utah Senate adds its name to a group of states calling for constitutional convention

  26-02-2019 22:03
  Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said Tuesday that a convention of the states — allowed under Article V of the U.S. Constitution — is probably a long shot, and an issue that is not life or death.“The world will not end tomorrow, one way or the other,” Vickers said.But whether or not a convention ever occurs, Vickers said the prospect of state-sponsored amendments to the nation’s governing document could get the attention of federal leaders in Washi
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz can’t outrun the perception that they play slow, but they are disproving it

  26-02-2019 21:58 via sportspyder.com
  There’s no getting around it — the Jazz are slow. Everyone knows this. It takes them longer to get through a play than it takes a high school student to read “War and Peace.” Their “fast-break” opportunities are about as speedy as a snail trudging...
  
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• Utah House passed bill banning elective abortions after 18 weeks — even as its sponsor begins laying groundwork for legal challenge

  26-02-2019 21:50
  The Utah House on Tuesday voted out a bill that would ban elective abortions after 18 weeks gestation, a measure even supporters acknowledge will likely trigger a lawsuit if it passes.All but a handful of the chamber’s Republicans backed the measure in the 57-15 decision, and nearly all Democrats opposed it. Members of the minority party contended it would flout established constitutional law, cost the state money to defend and interfere with decisions best left to a woman, her medical pro
  
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• Jazz can’t outrun the perception that they play slow, but they are disproving it

  26-02-2019 21:48
  There’s no getting around it — the Jazz are slow. Everyone knows this. It takes them longer to get through a play than it takes a high school student to read “War and Peace.” Their “fast-break” opportunities are about as speedy as a snail trudging through peanut butter.Maybe it’s because they intentionally limit possessions, enticed to do so because of their defensive-centric nature and/or their relative lack of offensive creators. Maybe, as Derrick Favo
  
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• Utah Senate says ‘yes-yes’ to a Con-Con

  26-02-2019 21:44
  Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said Tuesday that a convention of the states — allowed under Article V of the U.S. Constitution — is probably a long shot, and an issue that is not life or death.“The world will not end tomorrow, one way or the other,” Vickers said.But whether or not a convention ever occurs, Vickers said the prospect of state-sponsored amendments to the nation’s governing document could get the attention of federal leaders in Washi
  
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• Calling for empathy, the man who became a national sensation as BYU’s dancing Cosmo the Cougar comes out as gay

  26-02-2019 21:39
  He was the face of BYU athletics, though he hid behind a mask as Cosmo the Cougar. Charlie Bird entertained crowds and gained national notoriety through his dance moves. But Bird writes that he had another mask he was hiding behind.In an op-ed published in the Deseret News, Bird revealed he is gay and he hid his sexual orientation during his time performing as Cosmo from 2015 to 2018. Bird, who attended BYU after serving a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sa
  
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• Push for stronger beer in Utah stores clears Senate but now faces higher hurdle in House

  26-02-2019 21:38
  Low-alcohol 3.2 percent beer in Utah took another baby step toward elimination Tuesday, when the state Senate passed SB132, which would allow stronger brews to be sold in grocery and convenience stores.It passed in a decisive 27-2 vote with almost no debate.Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, was the lone lawmaker to comment on the Senate floor Tuesday, the day after an extended floor debate on the measure. He said that while he had received mixed feedback from the micro-breweries in his distr
  
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• Anti-vaxxers face backlash as measles cases surge

  26-02-2019 21:33
  The resurgence of measles across the United States is spurring a backlash against vaccine critics, from congressional hearings probing the spread of vaccine misinformation to state measures that would make it harder for parents to opt out of immunizing their children.In Washington state, where the worst measles outbreak in more than two decades has sickened nearly 70 people and cost over $1 million, two measures are advancing through the state legislature that would bar parents from using person
  
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• Letter: Take care of the disabled first

  26-02-2019 21:25
  In her efforts to protect unborn Down syndrome fetuses, Utah state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee fails to recognize some devastating life consequences. Pro-life supporters simply misread the implications of a disability for those who suffer its implications.In 2015, 41.1 percentage points separated people with disabilities and their normal peers in the U.S. job market. In that same year, a median wage for a person with a disability was $21,572. That means qualified caregivers must be found who have the
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: The Nordic Menace

  26-02-2019 21:01
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/25/bagley-cartoon-utahs-hot/" target=_blank><u>Utah’s Hot Topic</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/02/22/bagley-cartoon-state-flag/"><u>State Flag Redesign</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/0
  
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• Trampoline safety bill bounces into state Senate for final approval

  26-02-2019 21:00
  Utah lawmakers want to ensure the safety of trampoline park patrons through a bill that would impose licensure, safety and insurance requirements on the parks.HB150 is on its way to the Senate floor after passing the House and clearing a Senate committee on Monday.The bill’s sponsor Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo, said that by getting more trampoline parks to abide by national safety standards, lawmakers could help reduce injuries. The threat of legal repercussions by injured patrons, he said
  
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• Mother and daughter charged in ‘atrocious’ killing of five family members in Pennsylvania

  26-02-2019 20:55
  There was no response in apartment S-7.A social worker rapped on the door Monday to check on the family. When no one responded, she had a maintenance worker unlock the door. What they saw upon entering the unit at Robert Morris Apartments in Morrisville, a borough in Pennsylvania steps from the Delaware River, was a nightmarish scene — overturned furniture, shattered glass and clutter throughout the home.Then, two women in bed, disoriented.Then, five — including three children &mdash
  
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• Outside hitter Davide Martini, from Italy, is the BYU men’s volleyball team’s latest international find.

  26-02-2019 20:27
  Provo • The BYU men’s volleyball program often uses its strong connections overseas, its tradition of success and its far-reaching alumni network to attract some of the best international players it can get.But in the case of their latest foreign-born sensation, the Cougars got an assist from their own football program to land Davide (pronounced: DAH-Vee-DAY) Gardini, a 6-foot-9 outside hitter from Italy.Gardini’s father, Andrea Gardini, was a well-known international volleyball
  
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• House panel approves ban on holding simultaneous elected offices over objections of Utahn serving in two seats

  26-02-2019 20:10
  Paul Cozzens, a Cedar City councilman and Iron County commissioner, said an “overwhelming” number of his constituents urged him to retain his municipal seat after winning county office in November.He described himself as a “strong fiscal conservative” and worried about the balance of the Cedar City Council if his seat was left vacant or allowed to be filled by an appointed replacement.“It’s not like I’m running for this office again,” Cozzens said
  
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• House panel rejects bill that would have allowed counties, not voters, to pick some currently elected offices

  26-02-2019 20:01
  After a number of elected officials raised concerns that it would dilute the separation of powers, a House committee defeated a bill Tuesday that would have allowed some counties to appoint, rather than elect, key positions like auditor, clerk and treasurer.The decision of whether these positions should be appointed ultimately would have been up to county voters, and any of Utah’s 29 county governments or their residents could have gone through a process to put the question on the ballot.R
  
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• Atlanta United raised the bar for everybody in MLS last season; can the rest of the league keep up? That plus preseason MLS power rankings

  26-02-2019 20:01
  The perceived notion of haves and have-nots in Major League Soccer has been quashed quickly by a club that has changed the complexion of the league in just two short seasons. So when Atlanta United rocked Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the 2018 season, all the way to an MLS Cup final win that seemed almost pre-determined, it officially put the rest of the league on notice.Right now it’s ATL, and just about everyone else.Not that the other franchises had no idea of what was happening. It just
  
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• What punishment will a Gunnison teen face for sexually abusing classmates? He’s expected to find out today.

  26-02-2019 19:42
  A teenager who admitted to sexual abusing multiple classmates is expected to receive punishment from a juvenile judge Tuesday afternoon.The 16-year-old faces the possibility of being held in a juvenile detention center until he is 21. In December, the youth admitted to eight counts of forcible sexual abuse, the equivalent of a guilty plea in the adult court system.Prosecutors could have asked a judge to move the case to adult court — where the youth would have faced the potential of prison
  
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• Utah lawmakers may overrule cities’ plastic bag bans

  26-02-2019 19:42
  Plastic bags blowing around pose a problem across Utah, but the bigger issue, for some state lawmakers, is cities’ efforts to ban them.Targeting ordinances already enacted by two left-leaning, tourism-dependent cities, HB320 would block Utah cities and counties from regulating “auxiliary containers.” Moab and Park City have banned retailers from distributing single-use plastic sacks for packaging customers’ purchases as way to reduce litter and promote the use of more dur
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Utah State basketball — here comes the sun

  26-02-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  Meanwhile, Salt Lake Stallions coach Dennis Erickson is OK with snow, even in Florida.
  
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• Utah man pleads not guilty to hate crime attack on Latinos

  26-02-2019 19:23
  A Utah man accused of attacking three Latinos at a tire shop in Salt Lake City after shouting that he wanted to “kill Mexicans” pleaded not guilty Monday to hate crime charges.Alan Dale Covington, 50, entered his pleas during his first federal court appearance after being charged last week by the U.S. Department of Justice. He will remain jailed after U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells called him a risk of danger to the community.Covington's court-appointed attorneys didn't fight tha
  
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• Attorneys aim to avoid trial for the Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise ship

  26-02-2019 19:23
  Juneau, Alaska • An attorney for the Utah man accused of killing his wife during a cruise to Alaska in 2017 says the parties hope to reach agreement on a plea and avert trial.Jamie McGrady told a federal judge Monday that the aim is to resolve the case short of trial.Kenneth Manzanares has been charged with murder in the death of his wife.His attorneys, in court filings, say they sought expert help in examining Manzanares. They say tests that were done addressed Manzanares' mental state at
  
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• U.S. House targets family separations in first Trump subpoena

  26-02-2019 19:22
  Washington • A House committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border, the first issued in the new Congress as Democrats have promised to hold the administration aggressively to count.The decision by the Oversight Committee will compel the heads of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to deliver documents to lawmakers.The committee's chairman, Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, has pledged to pres
  
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• Pleasant Grove’s 7-4 Matt Van Komen should give the Utes a defensive presence they lack

  26-02-2019 19:22
  Ogden • The longest shot Pleasant Grove’s Matt Van Komen made Monday, while he scored 16 points in 16 minutes of a Class 6A state tournament game, came from within a foot of the basket against an opponent nearly a foot shorter.His display of range came at the other end of the court. Van Komen contested a 3-point shot, then turned and hustled down the lane to rebound the ball.The defensive presence that enabled him to block three shots and affect a bunch of others in the Vikings’
  
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• Rock On: Utah State basketball — here comes the sun

  26-02-2019 19:10
  IT'S ALWAYS SUNNYTemperatures in Logan fell to 3 degrees last week, but Utah State basketball coach Craig Smith was undeterred.Born in Stephen, Minnesota, (Feb. 9 temperature minus 27), he attended college in Grand Forks, North Dakota (minus 28) and coached in Mayville, North Dakota (minus 28), Minot, North Dakota (minus 21), Fargo, North Dakota (minus 22) and Vermillion, South Dakota (minus 18 in January)."Living in Logan, winters here are a breeze compared to South Dakota and North Dakota," Sm
  
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• Earthquake tally near Bluffdale keeps rising; 139 in 12 days

  26-02-2019 19:01
  There’s been a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in Bluffdale — literally. According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the area experienced 139 earthquakes from Feb. 13 through Monday.The largest earthquake in the area — the “mainshock” — occurred at 5:09 a.m. on Feb 15, registering a 3.7. According to the stations, 13 quakes occurred before that; the largest was a 3.2 foreshock that came 7 minutes before the main shock.Of the 125 aftersho
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 2.26.19

  26-02-2019 18:56 via sportspyder.com
  #ThreesoftheWeek | www.macu.com
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Back to Back: Is Rudy Gobert the 2018-2019 Defensive Player of the Year?

  26-02-2019 18:49 via sportspyder.com
  Oh man. Oh man, oh man, not again. Rudy Gobert has a chance to be the ninth repeat Defensive Player of the Year in NBA history.
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: Jazz struggling against league's best

  26-02-2019 18:47 via sportspyder.com
  Despite a recent hot stretch of play, the Jazz are struggling with the league's best teams.
  
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• California district stalls West drought plan over lake money

  26-02-2019 18:25
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • A California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to Colorado River water is using its power to demand federal funds to restore the state’s largest lake, hoping to capitalize on one of its best opportunities to tackle a long-standing environmental and human health hazard.The Imperial Irrigation District wants $200 million for the Salton Sea, a massive, briny lake in the desert southeast of Los Angeles created when the Colorado River breached a dike i
  
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• Utah moves to decertify Brigham Young University’s police department; school plans to appeal

  26-02-2019 18:15
  The Utah Commissioner of Public Safety has sent Brigham Young University notice that its police department will be stripped of authority, the campus said Tuesday in an announcement that also promised an appeal.A letter released Tuesday by the Department of Public Safety says it is moving to decertify BYU police for two reasons. First, the department did not conduct an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct of a specific BYU police officer during a two-year time frame ending in Apr
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Word of Wisdom, gender bias, LGBTQ issues and more — Jana Riess talks about her landmark findings on LDS millennials

  26-02-2019 17:30
  For months, Latter-day Saint leaders, scholars and rank-and-file members — not to mention a fair share of outside observers — have looked forward to the release of Jana Riess’ book about her groundbreaking Next Mormons Survey, a sweeping study of 1,156 members and 540 former members, young and old, male and female, across the U.S.Well, that day is near. Her book, “The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church,” comes out next week.Riess, a Religion N
  
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• A California man is headed for prison after he coerced 2 Utah boys — ages 8 and 10 — to send him sexually explicit photos

  26-02-2019 17:29
  A California man pleaded guilty to coercing two Utah boys — ages 8 and 10 — into sending him images of themselves “engaged in sexually explicit conduct,” according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California.Nikko Adolfo Perez, 26, of Atwater, Calif., pleaded guilt to sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement of a minor, and receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.Perez contacted the two Utah
  
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• Birds hit 280 planes at Salt Lake City’s airport last year. New federal rules seek a bigger bird-control zone.

  26-02-2019 17:15
  In November, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 carrying 223 passengers lifted off from Salt Lake City International Airport heading for Paris. But officials say six big tundra swans flew into it over the runway, crashing into its nose and engine covers.No birds survived, and the airport’s chief says it was “a very, very close call” for the jumbo jet.The birds “didn’t go straight into the engine, which is fortunate. Because at that elevation and that location, the potenti
  
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• Dana Milbank: Trump is the best thing since sliced bread. And he invented sliced bread!

  26-02-2019 17:00
  Washington - Have you heard the news?"HOLD THE DATE!" President Trump tweeted Sunday. "We will be having one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C., on July 4th. It will be called 'A Salute To America' and will be held at the Lincoln Memorial. Major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favorite president, me!"Fireworks in Washington on Independence Day? This is a brilliant idea! It's a wonder nobody thought of this before.The Twitterverse replied with var
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump is treating our allies like his old contractors: Not well

  26-02-2019 16:13
  Princeton, N.J. - The president needs an economist. Not just any economist; he desperately needs a game theorist, someone who can impress upon him why the negotiating strategy that has (mostly) served him well in his private business utterly fails him now.Specifically: He needs someone to explain "repeated play" -- and the idea that players may want to strategize differently if they're going to face off multiple times rather than just once.On Friday, Trump got into a bizarre and awkward public d
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 keys to securing a playoff spot

  26-02-2019 15:58 via sportspyder.com
  As the 2018-19 regular season enters the home stretch, let's take a look at three keys to the Utah Jazz making their way back to the postseason in April. I...
  
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• George Pyle: Utah’s Medicaid reversal makes us a fool coast-to-coast

  26-02-2019 15:57
  Others have noticed what a foolish thing the Utah Legislature did in rolling back the Medicaid expansion that was approved by the voters in November.— Stupid Medicaid tricks: Utah figures out how to spend more to cover fewer people — Michael Hiltzik | The Los Angeles Times"It has become obvious over the past few years that the Affordable Care Act has the power to cloud Republicans’ minds.But few are as befuddled as the legislature and governor of Utah, who just enacted a partia
  
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• Iran’s foreign minister hopes resignation empowers diplomats

  26-02-2019 15:42
  Tehran, Iran • Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday he hoped his sudden resignation would reinforce the position of his fellow diplomats, hinting at a dispute with the security apparatus and hard-liners over the conduct of the country’s foreign policy.Mohammed Javad Zarif's resignation sent shockwaves through Iran, where tensions are already running high over America's withdraw from the nuclear deal he helped negotiate with President Hassan Rouhani.The Tehran stock market droppe
  
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