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• As serial rapist Torrey Green was ordered to spend at least 26 years in prison, these survivors found strength in one another

  27-03-2019 23:30
  Brigham City • It was the first time they had ever met one another.But each had shared the same experience: They had taken the witness stand in January and told strikingly similar stories of being sexually assaulted by former Utah State University football star Torrey Green.Before the trial, these women were previously strangers. But as they lined the front row of the Brigham City courtroom Wednesday morning during Green’s sentencing hearing, they sat hands clasped together. They look
  
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• Federal Judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas

  27-03-2019 23:19
  Washington • A federal judge in Washington threw a significant roadblock into the Trump administration’s efforts to require poor people on Medicaid to be compelled to work in exchange for health benefits, rejecting a Kentucky program for a second time while saying that rules in effect in Arkansas “cannot stand.”The twinned opinions, in a pair of states that have been national leaders in the move towards Medicaid work requirements, cast doubt on the Trump administration's a
  
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• BYU’s Yoeli Childs will enter the NBA draft, hire an agent and leave school a year early for professional basketball career

  27-03-2019 23:11
  Provo • Whoever replaces Dave Rose as BYU’s next men’s basketball coach has already lost his best player.Junior Yoeli Childs, the 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward who was a double-double machine in his three seasons at BYU, is likely moving on.To no one’s surprise, Childs announced via Twitter on Wednesday afternoon that he will forego his senior season and embark on a career in professional basketball.“The time has come for a new chapter in my life,” Childs wrote.
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Millennial’s World

  27-03-2019 23:02
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, March 28, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/26/bagley-cartoon-our/" target=_blank><u>Our National Dinosaurs</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/25/bagley-cartoon-no/"><u>No Collusion</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/22/bagley-cartoon-m
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Millenial’s World

  27-03-2019 22:19
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, March 28, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/26/bagley-cartoon-our/" target=_blank><u>Our National Dinosaurs</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/25/bagley-cartoon-no/"><u>No Collusion</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/03/22/bagley-cartoon-m
  
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• BLM leases 135,000 acres of public land to oil and gas companies in massive auction

  27-03-2019 22:16
  Washington • The Bureau of Land Management leased more than 135,000 acres of public land in a massive auction this week that will allow more oil and gas exploration in the Uinta Basin.Most of the parcels leased are in the Book Cliffs region, an area known for big game, as well as a plant that may be placed on the endangered species list. It’s the largest undeveloped region in the basin.In northern Utah, there were no bids in the auction for land near the Golden Spike National Historic
  
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• Intermountain Healthcare donates $1 million to Shelter the Homeless campaign

  27-03-2019 21:58
  A fundraising campaign for three new homeless resource centers in Salt Lake County received a $1 million donation from Intermountain Healthcare, according to a Wednesday announcement by Shelter the Homeless.“Intermountain’s goal of helping people to live the healthiest lives possible extends to everyone,” Mikelle Moore, Intermountain’s senior vice president of community health, said in a prepared statement. “We hope to support community organizations that improve pr
  
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• 2,000 at Temple University get shots amid mumps outbreak

  27-03-2019 21:56
  Philadelphia • Over 2,000 students and staffers at Temple University took advantage of free vaccine booster shots Wednesday as the number of mumps cases at the school topped 100.Philadelphia health officials said 2,285 people were given shots during the first of two clinics offering the MMR vaccine. The number of confirmed and probable mumps cases at the university has reached 106 as of Wednesday, according to the city health department.The MMR vaccine, for measles, mumps and rubella, will
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazzmen who have played with LeBron say they have nothing but respect for him

  27-03-2019 21:55
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.Considering the Lakers have been managing LeBron James’ “load management” of late, often sitting him out on the second half of back-to-back sets, L.A. taking on the Wizards on Tuesday night is potentially bad news for him stepping on the court at Vivint Smart Home Arena tonight against the Jazz.Regardless, his presence was felt Wednesday morning at Jazz shootaround at Zions
  
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• No prescription? No problem. New health department order will make it easier for Utah women to access birth control.

  27-03-2019 21:51
  Going forward, Utah women will no longer need a prescription to pick up birth-control pills and other contraceptives from their pharmacies, a change meant to reduce unwanted pregnancies in the state.Scrapping the blanket requirement for a prescription will hopefully lower costs for women and clear away other barriers to family planning, state health officials say.“At times, a woman knows what she wants but may have a high-deductible plan so that even going back to the doctor costs another
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Jazzmen who have played with LeBron say they have nothing but respect for him

  27-03-2019 21:28 via sportspyder.com
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Will the Utah Jazz Keep it Rolling against the LeBronless Lakers?

  27-03-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  LeBron’s losing streak in Utah likely to continue
  
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• Utah ‘extreme stalking’ case hones in on Hawaii man

  27-03-2019 21:15
  Salt Lake City • A Utah family that has had hundreds of unwanted service providers unwittingly sent to their home over the past seven months in a case of extreme stalking has a court-ordered protective injunction against a man in Hawaii, but police have yet to arrest him and won’t say if he’s a suspect.North Salt Lake Police Sgt. Mitch Gwilliam acknowledged Wednesday that the Jan. 28 injunction granted by a Utah state judge is related to the case, but said he can't comment about
  
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• A Pennsylvania legislator prayed to Jesus for forgiveness before the state’s first Muslim woman was worn in

  27-03-2019 20:57
  State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth “Jesus” of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania statehouse when other lawmakers started to look uncomfortable.Speaker Mike Turzai, a fellow Republican, glanced up — but Borowicz carried on, delivering a 100-second ceremonial invocation that some of her colleagues decried as an offensive, divisive and Islamophobic display shortly before the legislature swore in its first Muslim woman.“God forgive us — Jesus — we&
  
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• The Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents has pleaded guilty

  27-03-2019 20:54
  Barron, Wis. • A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs, killing her parents and holding her captive in a remote cabin for three months.Jake Patterson, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. A count of armed burglary was dropped. The intentional homicide counts carry a sentence of life in prison.Patterson had said he would plead guilty in a letter sent earlier this month to a Minneapolis TV station, saying
  
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• Utah’s FrontRunner commuter rail could use a serious upgrade but the cost is a deal breaker

  27-03-2019 20:53
  In a perfect world, the Utah Transit Authority would love to double-track and electrify its FrontRunner commuter rail system to allow trains to run every 15 minutes and operate more efficiently.But in a meeting with regional planners on Wednesday, the UTA Board heard that projected taxes, fares and grants won't allow that until far in the future, if ever.“We don’t have enough money to build everything we need,” said Sean Seager, director of planning for the Mountainland Associa
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Lakers’ LeBron James out vs. Jazz

  27-03-2019 20:53 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers take on the Utah Jazz Wednesday, and superstar small forward LeBron James will not play. James played 34 minutes against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. The King finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and 14 assists in the...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA picks and best bets: Warriors double-digit favorites against Grizzlies; Lakers vs. Jazz trending under - CBSSports.com

  27-03-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  The Warriors are tied with the Nuggets for the No. 1 seed in the West, and could use a big win on Wednesday night
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - LeBron James to skip tonight's game vs. Utah Jazz

  27-03-2019 20:42 via sportspyder.com
  James also missed the first game in Utah this season.
  
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• LeBron James to skip tonight's game vs. Utah Jazz

  27-03-2019 20:36
  SALT LAKE CITY — Continuing a trend of not playing the second night of back-to-back sets, LeBron James will sit out tonight's ESPN-televised game between the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.James also missed the first game in Utah this season. He had 22 points and 10 rebounds in the Lakers' 90-83 win at Staples Center in November.The Lakers come into this matchup, having already been eliminated from the postseason with a disappointing 33-41 record in The King's first season."It's been dif
  
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• Owners surrender husky that bit off 4-year-old boy’s hand. The dog’s life will be spared.

  27-03-2019 20:32
  The husky that bit off a young boy’s hand in Layton won’t be euthanized, although the dog and its fellow husky will not be returning to their home.Davis County Animal Control staffers met with the owners of Polar and Bear on Tuesday, according to a release, and offered to drop several citations if the owners agreed to surrender the animals. The owners initially refused, but later agreed to allow the dogs to be relocated to an animal sanctuary, ending legal action against them.The own
  
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• Pa. legislator prays to Jesus for forgiveness before state’s first Muslim woman swears in

  27-03-2019 20:30
  State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth "Jesus" of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania statehouse when other lawmakers started to look uncomfortable.Speaker Mike Turzai, a fellow Republican, glanced up — but Borowicz carried on, delivering a 100-second ceremonial invocation that some of her colleagues decried as an offensive, divisive and Islamophobic display shortly before the legislature swore in its first Muslim woman.“God forgive us — Jesus — we’ve los
  
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• Man pleads guilty to kidnapping girl, killing her parents

  27-03-2019 20:30
  Barron, Wis. • A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs, killing her parents and holding her captive in a remote cabin for three months.Jake Patterson, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. A count of armed burglary was dropped. The intentional homicide counts carry a sentence of life in prison.Patterson had said he would plead guilty in a letter sent earlier this month to a Minneapolis TV station, saying
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May bows to pressure and says she will resign before next phase

  27-03-2019 20:30
  London • British Prime Minister Theresa May told her Conservative Party lawmakers Wednesday that she would step down before the next phase of Brexit negotiations, offering up her leadership post to convince hardliners to pass her unpopular plan to exit the European Union."I have heard very clearly the mood of the parliamentary party. I know there is a desire for a new approach, and new leadership, in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations, and I won't stand in the way of that," she tol
  
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• UHSAA votes to combine 5A, 6A boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments

  27-03-2019 20:24
  Schools in the 5A and 6A classifications are getting a significant change to their boys and girls basketball schedules for the 2019-20 postseason.Boys and girls teams that qualify for the playoffs will now play during the same week, in the same venue, the Utah High School Activities Association announced Wednesday. The change will affect the quarterfinal round through the championship round.In the past, the boys and girls tournaments were held approximately a week apart.Under the new Ratings Per
  
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• Jordan School District is searching for a new superintendent

  27-03-2019 20:19
  The Jordan School District has begun a search for a new superintendent.Patrice Johnson, who has led the state’s fourth-largest district since 2011, announced her retirement, effective July 1. She is the first woman to lead the Jordan District.A “nationwide search” for her replacement is underway, according to the district. The deadline for applications is April 8, and a new superintendent is scheduled to be appointed on May 28.The Jordan School District — which has about
  
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• [NBA] - 10 Veggies to Ring in Spring

  27-03-2019 20:00 via sportspyder.com
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• Utah Valley University inaugurates its first female president

  27-03-2019 19:51
  Orem • With a wave of green pompoms from the crowd, Utah Valley University inaugurated its first female president Wednesday.Astrid Tuminez now officially takes the helm of the Orem school with an enrollment that has ballooned in recent years to become the largest in the state. As the university’s seventh president, she will oversee a sprawling campus of more than 37,000 students with a top-tier teaching program, a competitive business school and a popular open admissions policy.&ldquo
  
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• Tell The Tribune: Where are the worst potholes in Utah?

  27-03-2019 19:40
  Spring has arrived after a hard winter on local roads. That means streets are being plagued by potholes — such as one that closed Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City recently. We want to know: Where are the worst potholes in Utah?Your responses won’t be published without your permission. A reporter from The Salt Lake Tribune might reach out for further comment.window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.3.min.js"><\/script>')This form requires J
  
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• UTA says it has cleaned up its act on scandal-plagued developments near train stations and hopes to be able to do more of them

  27-03-2019 19:36
  The newly reorganized Utah Transit Authority Board tried Wednesday to demonstrate that it has cleaned up the agency’s scandal-plagued past regarding “transit-oriented developments,” or TODs.Board members hope its adoption of a straightforward, objective site selection process will help persuade the state Legislature to allow UTA to participate in even more TODs. These projects entail UTA partnering with communities and developers to use extra UTA-owned land at train stations fo
  
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• [NBA] - For Jacob: Joe and Renae Ingles opened up about their family's autism journey to give voice to others

  27-03-2019 19:35 via sportspyder.com
  Joe Ingles is always talking. Watch him closely during a Utah Jazz game and you’ll see the Aussie forward chatting up his teammates, cracking jokes with referees, and talking trash to opposing
  
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• Utah gymnasts MyKayla Skinner and MaKenna Merrell-Giles earn All-America honors

  27-03-2019 19:33
  Utah gymnastics junior MyKayla Skinner and senior MaKenna Merrell-Giles have been named regular season All-Americans by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association.Skinner earned four first-team awards for finishing the regular season ranked third in the all-around, second on vault, sixth on bars and sixth on floor.Merrell-Giles earned the award for being ranked No. 8 on vault and picked up second-team honors for being ranked No. 11 in the all-around.The awards mean Skinner is now Utah&r
  
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• USA Bobsled, the late Steve Holcomb awarded Olympic silver medal upgrades from 2014 Games

  27-03-2019 19:32
  Steven Holcomb’s legendary resume just got a little bit shinier. The United States Olympic Committee and USA Bobsled & Skeleton on Wednesday announced it received official notification from the International Olympic Committee that both the two-man bobsled team of the late Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton and the four-man bobsled team of Holcomb, Langton, Chris Fogt and Curt Tomasevicz have been awarded the silver medals after originally finishing third at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: The latest tweak to Utah liquor laws divides the state’s brewing community

  27-03-2019 19:12
  On Tuesday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB132 into law, lifting the state’s cap on grocery and convenience store beer from 3.2 percent to 4 percent alcohol by weight.The change, made in response to the declining availability of 3.2 beer in the market, maintains Utah’s position as having one of the lowest alcohol content limits in the nation. And its incremental approach divided the state’s brewing community, leading to a boycott of a prominent local beer maker by several bars
  
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• Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’

  27-03-2019 19:07
  San Francisco • Facebook is broadening its definition of hate speech to apply to “white nationalists” and “white separatists.”The company previously allowed posts from those groups even though it has long banned "white supremacists."In a blog post Wednesday, the social network said it previously linked expressions of white nationalism with broader concepts of nationalism and separatism — such as American pride or Basque separatism, both of which are still allow
  
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• Congress could get Mueller report in April, Sen. Lindsey Graham says

  27-03-2019 19:06
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr has told the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that he’s combing through special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, removing information that can’t be legally disclosed in hopes of releasing it to Congress in April.South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he had dinner the previous evening with Barr, who said he is willing to testify before Graham's committee after he sends the report t
  
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• BYU football adds a graduate transfer RB from Rice, gets a commitment from QB Zach Wilson’s brother, Corner Canyon LB Josh Wilson

  27-03-2019 19:02
  Provo • With spring football practices scheduled to conclude on Thursday, BYU added some depth to its offensive backfield on Wednesday. The Cougars announced the signing of Rice running back Emmanuel Esukpa, a graduate transfer who will be eligible to play for them this fall.Esukpa, 5-foot-11, 232 pounds, will be a redshirt senior and will reunite with BYU running backs coach AJ Steward, who recruited him to Rice several years ago.“We are excited to have Emmanuel come to BYU,” B
  
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• Fake heiress’ life of luxury left others footing big bills

  27-03-2019 19:01
  New York • Anna Sorokin traveled in celebrity circles and tossed $100 tips — all the more reason to believe she was the German heiress she said she was. But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey threads, prosecutors have said, was a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life.Sorokin, 28, lived in luxury New York City hotel rooms she couldn't afford, promised a friend an all-expenses paid trip to Morocco and then stuck her with the $62,000 bill, and p
  
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• Utah trial scheduled for Colorado man accused in cattle case

  27-03-2019 19:00
  Durango, Colo. • The case of a Colorado man accused of trying to kill a Utah rancher’s cattle is scheduled to go to trial next week.The Durango Herald reports Mark Franklin is scheduled to be tried in Utah's Carbon County on charges of trespassing and wanton destruction of livestock.Prosecutors say Franklin closed a rancher’s corral gate on grazing lands in southeastern Utah to purposely cut off water to cattle in 2017.Franklin's attorney, Paul Cassell, says his client is lookin
  
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• The Jazz offense has started to hum again. Is it a function of the schedule, or has this team finally figured things out?

  27-03-2019 18:53
  It’s probably no surprise to anyone that the 103.7 defensive rating the Jazz have accumulated since the All-Star break is best in the NBA. The Jazz, after all, are known as a defensive team.What may cause a bit of head-scratching, though, is that the Jazz’s 113.8 offensive rating over the same span is the fifth-best in the league.“Wow,” said Donovan Mitchell, surprised at the news that, in the team’s 17 games post-break, only the Blazers (116.1), Pistons (115.9), Bu
  
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• Utah Judge sentences Torrey Green to 26 years to life, as one woman tells the serial rapist she hopes his victims will ‘haunt you the way you have haunted us’

  27-03-2019 18:41
  Brigham City • Former Utah State University football player Torrey Green will spend at least 26 years in prison for sexually assaulting six women, a judge decided Wednesday. The lengthy sentences comes after a Brigham City jury convicted Green of eight charges in connection with reports from the women who say the athlete sexually abused them between 2013 and 2015 when he was a student in Logan.First District Judge Brian Cannell hand down his sentence for 25-year-old Green and said “Wh
  
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• Utah wins early rounds in lawsuit over 2015 Gold King Mine spill

  27-03-2019 18:40
  A federal judge on Tuesday kept alive Utah’s share of a lawsuit over the 2015 gold mine spill that flowed into rivers.Utah is suing companies it says are responsible for the spill and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, whose workers caused the wastewater and heavy metals to flow from the Gold King Mine into the Animas and San Juan rivers and to Lake Powell.A judge in Albuquerque, N.M., denied a motion by some of the companies to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge also left open the poss
  
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• Salt Lake City might get close to record high temperature Wednesday, topping even St. George

  27-03-2019 18:13
  Salt Lake City could get as warm as 73 degrees Wednesday — a few sun rays short of a record.The city reached 76 degrees in 1895, according to the National Weather Service, which is also the agency that forecast Wednesday’s weather.Northern Utah is supposed to be warmer than the south Wednesday. The St. George Airport is expecting a high of 49 degrees.Both regions cool Thursday. Rain is expected in Salt Lake City and elsewhere in northern Utah.
  
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• Push renewed to elevate White Sands to national park status

  27-03-2019 18:00
  Albuquerque, N.M. • The push to elevate a vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in New Mexico to national park status was renewed Tuesday as members of the state’s congressional delegation reintroduced legislation aimed at boosting the profile of the already popular tourist destination."Like no place on earth" is how the National Park Service describes the world's largest gypsum dune field.The monument sees hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, more than any other park ser
  
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• Alexandra Petri: For sale, ‘IT’S MUELLER TIME’ sweatshirt, lightly used

  27-03-2019 17:34
  Would anyone like to buy an “It’s Mueller Time” custom beer stein? It is glass with red lettering, and it has been used to drink at least one toast to the FBI, as an institution.Also available: a Mueller pin, a devotional candle with Mueller's image on it, a shirt depicting him as an enormous shark that says "LAWS" on it in the font like "JAWS" (implying that he would rise from the sea and seize Donald Trump's presidency and it would not be safe for that presidency in the water
  
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• [NBA] - Kickstradomis creates custom sneakers for Joe Ingles and the Utah Jazz's Autism Awareness Night

  27-03-2019 17:33 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz forward Joe Ingles usually keeps his shoe choices simple. On the court, he wears white sneakers. Off it, he prefers Chuck Taylors.But on Wednesday night, Ingles will join a few of his teammates
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Remembering Kobe Bryant’s 60-point game to finish career vs. Jazz

  27-03-2019 17:30 via sportspyder.com
  As the Los Angeles Lakers tune up to face the Utah Jazz through this final stretch of this season, one can’t help but remember the legendary performance Kobe Bryant put out for his hometown fans at the tail end of the 2015-16 season. It was April 13,
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Big men have been leading the way lately

  27-03-2019 17:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA in the second half of the regular season, with their big men leading the way lately. With two w...
  
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• An Idaho-based company is being cited after a Utah man was killed in a mine collapse

  27-03-2019 17:00
  Reno, Nev. • Federal mine safety officials have cited an Idaho-based company for inadequate safety controls at a gold mine it operates in northeast Nevada where a worker was killed in an underground collapse in October.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration released its final report Monday on the Oct. 25 fatality at Small Mine Development's Lee Smith Mine near Elko."The accident occurred because mine management policies, procedures and controls were inadequate to ensure the establis
  
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• West Valley City man charged with 25 felony counts for sexually abusing 7 young girls

  27-03-2019 16:55
  A 70-year-old West Valley City man has been charged with 25 felony counts for allegedly sexually abusing seven girls over a 14-year period — and police are looking for more victims.David Allen Williams has been charged in Third District Court with 23 counts of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony; and two counts of object rape of a child, a first-degree felony. The victims ranged in age from 4 to 12 at the time of the alleged abuse, which police say took place between 1983 and 1
  
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