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• [NBA] - Fueling Success: Utah Jazz chef Anthony Zamora takes you inside the kitchen

  12-03-2019 23:59 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell is always looking to add something to his game. Ball handling and point-guard skills. A combination move that gets him to the basket. An attacking mindset that will put him on the
  
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• Commentary: BYU’s code needs more honor

  12-03-2019 23:49
  A big part of why I chose to come to Brigham Young University to play football was because of its honor code. I didn’t have many Latter-day Saint friends growing up. I was the only one out of my group who didn’t drink or smoke weed. Drinking, drugs, sex and violence were all around me as a young man growing up in Southern California. I wanted to go to a place like BYU.It’s not that I was scared of any of those things. They were everywhere. They were an accepted part of my envir
  
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• Trump signs big public lands bill creating five new national monuments, including one in Utah

  12-03-2019 23:46
  As Democrats in Congress prepare to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s review of 27 national monuments, most of the recommendations made by ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke remain unfinished, seemingly stuck on the back burner as other matters consume the White House.Trump acted quickly in December 2017 on Zinke's recommendations to shrink two sprawling Utah monuments that had been criticized as federal government overreach by the state's Republican leaders since their creation by Preside
  
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• Parowan mayor, a former police chief, facing misdemeanor theft charges

  12-03-2019 23:34
  The mayor of Parowan, who’s also the town’s former police chief, is facing a misdemeanor theft charge.Preston Griffiths was arraigned Friday on a Class A misdemeanor charge of theft in 5th District Court in Cedar City.A court document says that Griffiths is accused of taking between $500 and $1,500 in property. According to a statement from the Cedar City Police Department, Griffiths is accused of taking inventory from a previous employer at a discounted rate that he wasn’t aut
  
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• Commentary: U.S. immigration authorities are failing this award-winning Mexican journalist

  12-03-2019 23:33
  In 2008, when Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto made the difficult decision to flee his homeland and seek refuge in the United States, he had little idea that he was embarking on an ordeal that would last more than a decade.Gutiérrez says he never intended to come to the United States, but when soldiers broke into his home, taking his domestic identity documents, he knew he was stuck. There was nowhere for him to go in Mexico.At the time, Gutiérrez faced a brutal dile
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Fan accused of courtside racial taunt banned from NBA arena

  12-03-2019 23:21 via sportspyder.com
  A day after NBA star Russell Westbrook directed vulgar comments toward two fans, the Utah Jazz responded by banning one of the fans from their arena
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - A history of Jazz fans getting into it with other players, not just Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  One of the biggest topics of discussion in the NBA world on Tuesday is the heated verbal altercation that Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook got into with a Utah fan during the Thunder’s 98-89 win over the Jazz on Monday night. Westbrook...
  
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• BYU women rout No. 12 Gonzaga in WCC championship game, punch ticket to NCAA Tournament

  12-03-2019 23:14
  Las Vegas • BYU’s women’s basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. The Cougars made it official on Tuesday afternoon, routing Gonzaga 82-68 in the West Coast Conference tournament championship game at Orleans Arena. Second-seeded BYU (25-6) beat top-seeded Gonzaga (28-4) for the third time, handing the No. 12 Zags three of their four losses this season. BYU will learn its NCAA Tournament destination next Monday as the automatic qualifi
  
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• 151 artists, 26 nations, one faith — Latter-day Saint art show features diverse works about belief

  12-03-2019 23:10
  The 151 artists selected for the 11th International Art Competition — operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — all are members of the same faith.But because they reside in 26 countries, their works are diverse and go beyond the images one might expect from church art. Blue lego bricks arranged to spell “glory” in Arabic; tiny pieces of reclaimed wood, painted and assembled to tell the story of the creation; a pioneer dress made from pages of scripture
  
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• Aggies recognized: USU wins MWC Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year award honors

  12-03-2019 23:09
  When he was introduced last spring, Craig Smith stood at the podium and told the Utah State faithful he was going to work his hands to the bone to get the Aggies back to prominence. It didn’t even take a full season in Logan, and on Tuesday afternoon, the USU men’s basketball program was recognized for its stellar 2018-19 season.USU earned four of the six individual regular-season Mountain West Conference awards, including Coach of the Year for Smith, Player of the Year for junior gu
  
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• [The Comeback] - Jazz permanently ban fan Shane Keisel for “excessive and derogatory verbal abuse” of Russell Westbrook, Keisel plans lawsuit

  12-03-2019 23:08 via sportspyder.com
  After Utah Jazz fan Shane Keisel's verbal exchange with Russell Westbrook Monday, the Jazz have banned Keisel. Keisel said he plans to sue Westbrook.
  
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• Francis Wilkinson: A Republican mayor paddles against Trump’s rising tide

  12-03-2019 23:08
  San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is a pro-business, pro-immigrant, common-sense leader of a border city with deep business, social and cultural ties to Mexico. He's also a Republican, which means he belongs to the political party responsible for a steady stream of hysteria, lies and rage about the Mexicans who are his neighbors and trading partners and the immigrants whom Faulconer has warmly welcomed to town.There seems to be some tension there.According to President Donald Trump, the border is
  
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• Drivers soon will renew licenses every 8 years, instead of every 5

  12-03-2019 23:08
  Utahns soon will need to renew their driver licenses only every eight years, instead of the currently mandated five.The Senate voted 24-2 Tuesday to pass HB294, and sent it to Gov. Gary Herbert for his consideration.Its sponsor, Rep. Adam Robertson, R-Provo, has said the change would allow the Utah Driver License Division to handle Utah’s quickly growing population without adding more offices and staff.Also, he said it could make life a little easier on drivers by not making them renew lic
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Russell Westbrook Fined $25K; Jazz Ban Fan Involved In Heated Exchange

  12-03-2019 23:06 via sportspyder.com
  Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for "directing profanity and threatening language to a fan," the league announced …
  
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• [USA Today] - Russell Westbrook fined for threatening Jazz fan, fan's wife

  12-03-2019 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for threatening a Utah Jazz fan and his wife during a game.
  
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• [USA Today] - NBA fines Westbrook $25,000 for language; Jazz ban fan

  12-03-2019 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  NBA fines Westbrook for incident during Jazz-Thunder game, while Utah bans fan involved from all future events
  
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• [KSL] - NBA fines Westbrook $25,000 for language; Jazz ban fan

  12-03-2019 22:58 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA has fined Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook $25,000 for the language he directed toward a fan in Utah.
  
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• [Bleacher Report] - Jazz Ban Fan Shane Keisel for Life After Russell Westbrook Altercation

  12-03-2019 22:57 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz fan Shane Keisel has been given a lifetime ban from Vivint Smart Arena for his actions during Monday's game involving Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook ...
  
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• Greg Sargent: What Pelosi got wrong, and got right, on impeachment

  12-03-2019 22:56
  In her first few months (again) as House speaker, Nancy Pelosi has managed two big challenges of the Trump era with great skill. Pelosi forged messy consensus on a resolution condemning all forms of bigotry, in an area where Trumpian excesses (his racism and hate) roiled her conference, demanding an unusually ambitious response to one member's offenses.Meanwhile, Pelosi nixed President Donald Trump's address to Congress during his government shutdown and passed a resolution terminating Trump's n
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz permanently ban fan for inappropriate heckling; NBA fines Russell Westbrook $25K for using threatening language - CBSSports.com

  12-03-2019 22:53 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz and the NBA didn't waste any time in their respective responses to Monday night's incident
  
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• [The Spun] - NBA Announces Punishment For Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:48 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA has announced its punishment for Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, who was involved in a confrontation with a fan on Monday.
  
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• [The Score] - Westbrook fined $25K for directing profanity to Jazz fan

  12-03-2019 22:44 via sportspyder.com
  Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for directing profanity and threatening language towards a Utah Jazz fan during Monday's 98-89 win, the league announced Tuesday. More to come.
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - Jazz fan Shane Keisel has history of negative, racist tweets aimed at Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz fan who is at the center of a highly-publicized incident with Russell Westbrook has a history of nasty tweets sent about the Oklahoma City Thunder star. The Jazz announced Tuesday that they have banned fan Shane Keisel permanently from...
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - NBA world applauds the Jazz for banning the fan who harassed Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:38 via sportspyder.com
  Strong response.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz fan plans to file lawsuit against Thunder star Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  On Monday night, Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook got into a heated verbal altercation with a Utah fan during the Thunder’s 98-89 win over the Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Westbrook threatened the fan and his wife, and after the game...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz ban a fan who hurled ‘derogatory verbal abuse’ at Russell Westbrook. Donovan Mitchell says ‘hate speech hurts us all.’

  12-03-2019 22:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have permanently banned Shane Keisel, a fan who directed “excessive and derogatory verbal abuse” to Russell Westbrook during the second quarter of Monday night’s game against the Oklahoma Thunder. The ban includes all Vivint Smart Home...
  
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• The Chud Who Heckled Russell Westbrook Has Been Permanently Banned From Jazz Games

  12-03-2019 22:23 via deadspin.com
  A Utah Jazz fan named Shane Keisel became famous last night when he heckled Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook, goading Westbrook into a profane and threatening response. The Utah Jazz announced today that Keisel has been permanently banned from the team’s home arena, due to the “excessive and derogatory…Read more...
  
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• Utah Jazz issues permanent ban of fan engaged in ‘inappropriate interaction’ with Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Inappropriate fan behavior inside Vivint Arena won't be tolerated.In the wake of Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook's heated incident with a Utah Jazz fan during the game on Monday night, the franchise issued a permanent ban of the local fan, Shane Keisel, who was involved in the verbal altercation.The team announced Tuesday that the ban is effective immediately and includes all arena events after conducting an investigation.It was determined that Keisel violated
  
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• Utah Jazz issue permanent ban of fan engaged in ‘inappropriate interaction’ with Russell Westbrook

  12-03-2019 22:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Inappropriate fan behavior inside Vivint Arena won't be tolerated.In the wake of Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook's heated incident with a Utah Jazz fan during the game on Monday night, the franchise issued a permanent ban of the local fan, Shane Keisel, who was involved in the verbal altercation.The team announced Tuesday that the ban is effective immediately and includes all arena events after conducting an investigation.It was determined that Keisel violated
  
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• Utah Jazz fans have opportunity to 'elevate the conversation' after team bans abusive fan

  12-03-2019 22:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz and their boisterous fans were the talk of the sports world Tuesday following an altercation between one of the NBA's biggest stars and a fan seated near courtside.But both team officials and players moved quickly to act following the profanity-filled player-fan altercation Monday night that threatened to paint a negative picture not just of the fan base, but of Utah in general.The Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook, who was the subject of fan verbal l
  
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• Republican senator says he ‘hates’ that Utah drivers could be pulled over for idling, but casts decisive vote for bill

  12-03-2019 22:06
  A bill aimed at strengthening municipal anti-idling ordinances and sending a message to drivers about air pollution passed the Senate Tuesday on a razor-thin majority, with a critical lawmaker offering the decisive vote in support. The chamber voted 15-11 — a minimum 15 votes is required in the Senate — to approve HB148, which allows local idling laws to be enforced after a single warning, down from three warnings in state code.“We’re trying to take every step we can to r
  
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• Mitt Romney blows out his birthday candles differently than you do

  12-03-2019 21:21
  Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, celebrated his birthday Tuesday by blowing out the candles on a cake just about as weirdly as you could possibly imagine.The senator’s staff presented him with a decidedly odd cake constructed of Twinkies. “Just what I’ve always wanted!” Romney exclaims in a minute-long video shared on his Twitter account. And then he proceeded to pick the candles off one-by-one, blowing them out individually.My team surprised me with a cake made out of my favori
  
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• President Trump has signed a bill that creates five new national monuments and expands several national parks

  12-03-2019 21:20
  As Democrats in Congress prepare to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s review of 27 national monuments, most of the recommendations made by ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke remain unfinished, seemingly stuck on the backburner as other matters consume the White House.Trump acted quickly in December 2017 on Zinke's recommendations to shrink two sprawling Utah monuments that had been criticized as federal government overreach by the state's Republican leaders since their creation by Presiden
  
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• Gehrke: What if Utah legislators cared about the safety of victims of sexual violence as much as their own?

  12-03-2019 21:20
  Who is more justified in having their home address protected? A victim of abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, stalking or sexual assault? Or a state lawmaker seeking re-election?Apparently, Utah legislators think it is them.Last week, Rep. Stephanie Pitcher, D-Ogden, who works in a county prosecutor’s office, proposed HB451, which would have created a state program to give those victims of violent crimes — overwhelmingly women — a proxy address, (like a P.O. Box) that
  
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• Donovan Mitchell ‘personally hurt’ by Utah Jazz fan incident with Russell Westbrook, will use foundation for change

  12-03-2019 21:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — In Donovan Mitchell's University of Louisville personal profile, Russell Westbrook was listed among his two favorite basketball players along with LeBron James.Now, the Utah Jazz star is coming to his defense after Westbrook's heated exchange with a fan at Vivint Arena on Monday night where the Oklahoma City Thunder star sparked a media firestorm."I am personally hurt by the incident at the game on March 11th," Mitchell said in a statement to the Deseret News. "As a black
  
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• Commentary: Lack of funding, not roadless rule, is bigger factor in Utah forest health

  12-03-2019 21:16
  In Utah about half of our national forests — over 4 million acres — are designated as “inventoried roadless areas.” When a 2001 federal rule was being drafted to guide management of roadless areas, 73 percent of Utahns who commented supported complete protection of roadless lands. These lands disproportionately contribute to: reliable supplies of water for drinking; agriculture and industry; high quality habitat for fish and wildlife; recreation opportunities such as hiki
  
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• 'It’s a lot like The Hunger Games’: Utah education groups react to push to spend income tax money on things beyond public schools

  12-03-2019 21:07
  Brad Asay said he was “flabbergasted” and “perplexed” to learn Tuesday that the Utah Senate had voted the night before to allow spending some of the state’s income tax, earmarked exclusively for public education, on services for the poor, the disabled and the elderly.Legislative leaders had just days earlier abandoned a major sales tax reform effort for the 2019 session, and Asay said he had no indication that a structural change to the Education Fund was under cons
  
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• May Day: U.K. Parliament rejects prime minister’s Brexit deal

  12-03-2019 20:43
  London • Britain’s Parliament delivered a crushing defeat to Prime Minister Theresa May’s European Union divorce deal Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos just 17 days before the U.K. is due to leave the bloc.Lawmakers rejected the deal 391-242, ignoring May's entreaties to back the agreement and end the political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has unleashed.It was a narrower outcome than the 230-vote margin of defeat for the agreement in January, before M
  
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• Colorado has seen an ‘unprecedented’ avalanche onslaught this March

  12-03-2019 20:30
  Since the beginning of March, Colorado has been dealing with what has been called an “historic and unprecedented” series of avalanches. As much as 100 inches of snow fell in spots during the beginning of the month, and it has led to more than 550 avalanches across the state.At least eight people have died in avalanches there so far this winter, with the most recent this past weekend when a slide occurred near Crested Butte. The death toll is already above the full-winter average.Aval
  
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• Utah Jazz must actively enforce policies against racist harassment of players

  12-03-2019 20:21
  Russell Westbrook was taped shouting expletives at a fan during his team’s win over the Utah Jazz on Monday. However, the other side of the story is even more ugly. On the Utah Jazz’s web site, the team has posted their Fan Code of Conduct; an extensive list of guidelines designed to make the in-game […]
  Utah Jazz must actively enforce policies against racist harassment of players - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Oregon looms as Utah’s potential quarterfinal foe in the Pac-12 tournament. That could be a problem.

  12-03-2019 20:11
  Preparing to play Oregon in late January, Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak practiced with four offensive players against five defenders in an effort to simulate the Ducks' pressure defense.And then the Utes got into the game and looked like they were going against six or seven defensive players in a long stretch of a 78-72 loss at the Huntsman Center. So even without knowing for sure that Oregon will be their quarterfinal opponent Thursday night in the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas, the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha ‘100%’ supports Russell Westbrook in wake of verbal altercation with Utah fan

  12-03-2019 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  “I stand 100% with Russell Westbrook on what happened in yesterday’s game,” Sefolosha shared on Instagram. “I love our fans but there are limits that can not be crossed!"
  
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• Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha ‘100%’ supports Russell Westbrook in wake of verbal altercation with Utah fan

  12-03-2019 19:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook's heated verbal interaction with a Utah Jazz fan has evoked a media firestorm following Monday night's victory.Did Westbrook go too far? Are Jazz fans too rowdy?Numerous topics have flooded national sports media outlets since the initial incident occurred where Westbrook threatened heckling Jazz fan, Shane Keisel."I swear.... I'll (expletive) you up," Westbrook told Jazz fans. "You and your wife. I'll (expletive) you up."The Jaz
  
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• [The Score] - Jazz's Sefolosha backs Westbrook after run-in with Utah fan

  12-03-2019 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz reserve swingman Thabo Sefolosha says he believes Russell Westbrook's version of events after the Oklahoma City Thunder star got into a verbal altercation with a Utah fan during Monday night's game."I stand 100 percent with Russell...
  
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• A female panel of judges in Italy decided a woman was too ‘masculine’ to be raped. Now that ruling has been overturned.

  12-03-2019 19:30
  An Italian appeals court — a panel of three female jurists — acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendant’s argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.The reasoning behind the appeals court's ruling, revealed Friday through the Italian Supreme Court's retrial order, triggered outrage over the weekend. Hundreds of
  
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• Utah’s Red Rocks get one last chance to tune things up before the postseason. Longtime rival Georgia could make that difficult.

  12-03-2019 19:24
  A large part of Utah’s gymnastics season has been strategizing and rearranging, moving this piece here and there to see if results are improved as a result of the tweaks.But now, with just one meet to go in the regular season, the Utes are putting a clamp down on such experimenting and instead will try to stick to recent lineups to let the gymnasts get in a groove.The Utes finish their regular season Saturday at Georgia, then begin the postseason with the Pac-12 Championships at the Maveri
  
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• Buyers finally get the upper hand in hottest U.S. housing markets

  12-03-2019 19:23
  The real estate frenzies in West Coast cities have become the stuff of lore: buyers jostling at open houses, homes getting offers sight unseen, bids coming in hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking.That's all over now.Just ask Kelly Randall, an Amazon employee who listed her renovated Seattle condo for $539,000 -- a bargain compared with the $615,000 her friend got last year for a smaller place in the same building. Almost four months and four price cuts later, Randall's still waiting for
  
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• Utah Senate OKs bill that would monitor environmental impacts of the inland port

  12-03-2019 19:22
  The Utah Senate voted 26-2 in favor of a bill Monday that would direct the state Department of Environmental Quality to establish baseline environmental conditions in the inland port area planned for Salt Lake City’s northwesternmost side and to monitor any changes as a result of the development.SB144, sponsored by Sen. Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, looks to monitor impacts on air and water quality as a result of both the port and the airport expansion.“It just gives us an opportu
  
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• Is Hollywood heading for a civil war?

  12-03-2019 19:00
  Amy Berg is a television writer who has worked on series such as “Person of Interest” and “Counterpart,” largely with the anonymity common to the profession.But since late last week she has become something of a celebrity among creators for a long Twitter thread criticizing an unlikely target: the creators' own agents."Clients are often coming last in the pecking order of priorities. Yet, by law, we are supposed to be their only priority," she wrote of agents. "Starting t
  
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• The Legislature has spoken: BYU police should no longer be able to keep its records secret

  12-03-2019 18:53
  With a final, overwhelming vote in the House, the Utah Legislature has weighed in on a controversy that’s spiraled into criminal investigations and an ongoing Supreme Court case, and their decision is this — Brigham Young University’s police department has to disclose public records like every other police department.The bill, SB197, now heads to Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk and if he signs it, BYU police would be subject to Utah’s public records law.This is a move soug
  
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