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• ‘Mormon Land’: How should missionary program be rebuilt and where might new temples go up?

  03-04-2019 23:38
  After surveying thousands of returned missionaries, independent researcher Matt Martinich decided “urgent reform” was needed to help The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints achieve real growth.He offered his suggestions in a recent post on his website, ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com, and discussed them further in a Salt Lake Tribune story and this week’s podcast.Listen to the podcast here:
  
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• Delta Air Lines official says Salt Lake City airport rebuild will give its hub a huge competitive edge in the West

  03-04-2019 23:32
  The ongoing $3.6 billion rebuild of Salt Lake City International Airport should give Delta Air Lines and its hub there a big competitive advantage in the West, a top airline official said Wednesday.“We’re going to look back on it and go, ‘That was money well spent,’” Holden Shannon, Delta’s senior vice president of real estate, told a convention of the Airports Council International, meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. He added the new airpor
  
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• Biden: I’ll be more mindful of respecting personal space

  03-04-2019 22:21
  Former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement have made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be “much more mindful” of respecting personal space.In a cellphone video, Biden also teased an announcement of his political plans, promising to "be talking to you about a whole lot of issues," before conceding that his behavior had offended some."Social norms have begun to change. They've shifted," the
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Rudy Gobert might break a Jazz record held by Karl Malone

  03-04-2019 22:19
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.It went under the radar in Monday night’s game over the Hornets, coming as it did in the Jazz’s fifth consecutive win and their 10th victory in 11 games. It was also overshadowed by the scoring outburst of Charlotte’s Kemba Walker. Meanwhile, Jazz players typically don’t like to make a big deal of acknowledging individual stats.But Rudy Gobert’s 18-point, 18-reb
  
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• Zion-Mount Carmel Highway will close for repairs in April

  03-04-2019 22:18
  St. George • A highway through a Utah national park will close for road repairs for most of April.The Spectrum reports that Zion-Mount Carmel Highway will be closed for three weeks beginning April 9.Officials say the road in the park 308 miles south of Salt Lake City will be fully closed from the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel to Canyon Junction in order for a federal highway contractor to completely remove a section to rebuild the road and a retaining wall.Officials say the east side will be lim
  
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• Two new bills in Congress would implement a drought plan in the West

  03-04-2019 22:11
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Two members of Arizona’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Tuesday on a plan to address a shrinking supply of water from a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West.Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva vowed to move identical bills quickly through the chambers. Bipartisan lawmakers from Colorado River basin states signed on as co-sponsors.Arizona, California and Nevada in the lower basin and Colorado, New Mexico,
  
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• Feds fret about terrorism threats at Burning Man

  03-04-2019 22:02
  Reno, Nev. • Burning Man organizers say the U.S. government wants to place unreasonable conditions on a proposal to expand the counter-culture festival’s capacity to 100,000, including stepped-up security searches and new perimeter barriers that land managers say would reduce vulnerability to acts of terrorism.Group leaders say the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed stipulations for a new 10-year special use permit would for the first time require certified building inspection
  
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• Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman make court appearances in college scam

  03-04-2019 21:55
  Boston • Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman faced court appearances Wednesday on charges they took part in the college bribery scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents.The actresses along with Loughlin's fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and dozens of others were charged last month in a scheme in which authorities say parents paid an admissions consultant to bribe college coaches and rig test scores to get their children into elite universities.Huffman, Lough
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: A new Utah law makes it illegal to put a tracker on someone’s car, unless you’re a private investigator

  03-04-2019 21:44
  Traditionally, Utah state law has allowed anyone, for any reason, to place a tracking device on another person’s car. That’s about to change after the Legislature passed a bill criminalizing the use of trackers without a car owner’s permission, or unless the tracker is placed by a licensed private investigator.Supporters say the change respects privacy and property rights. But the bill generated an at-times heated debate at the Capitol, with some lawmakers questioning whether t
  
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• Utah Sens. Lee and Romney want Hill Air Force Base funding protected from being diverted to Trump’s border wall

  03-04-2019 21:42
  Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney are weighing in against any transfer of funding approved for Hill Air Force Base toward construction of President Donald Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border.The two in a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan and Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson expressed “our significant concerns about potential plans to divert funds away from critical military construction projects in Utah as a result of the February 15, 2019, eme
  
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• Delta Air Lines official says rebuild of SLC International Airport will give its hub a huge competitive advantage in the West

  03-04-2019 21:31
  The ongoing $3.6 billion rebuild of Salt Lake City International Airport should give Delta Air Lines and its hub there a big competitive advantage in the West, a top airline official said Wednesday.“We’re going to look back on it and go, ‘That was money well spent,’” Holden Shannon, Delta’s senior vice president of real estate, told a convention of the Airports Council International, meeting at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. He added the new airpor
  
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• Four women say their sexual assault cases should have led to criminal charges. They are demanding that Utah’s attorney general take a second look.

  03-04-2019 21:04
  Four women who say the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office mishandled their sexual assault reports have a new avenue to seek the justice they believe they deserve. And they plan to take it.In light of a new law approved this year, the women will drop their unique request before the Utah Supreme Court in favor of seeking a second review of potential criminal charges by prosecutors with the Utah Attorney General’s Office.The announcement that the women will now seek a review wi
  
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• The Salt Lake Bees’ manager is barely older than some players, but the Angels’ kids are coming soon

  03-04-2019 21:02
  The Salt Lake Bees gathered in the Smith’s Ballpark outfield for a photo Tuesday, and Media Day observers scanned the faces in an effort to locate the team’s new manager.Lou Marson blended right into the rows of players. He’s 32, and looks even younger than some of the Bees. Veteran catcher Dustin Garneau is only 14 months younger than Marson.That’s the way Marson likes it. He’s happy to be managing Triple-A players in Salt Lake City, as opposed to working at a lowe
  
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• Ann Cannon: With all these church changes, I’m dealing with a new malady — Mormon, er, Latter-day Saint whiplash

  03-04-2019 21:02
  Please excuse me for a minute while I go to the emergency room to have my sore neck checked.OK. I’m back now. The doctor took an X-ray and discovered I have a mild case of whiplash.“Have you been involved in an accident recently?” the doctor asked.“No,” I said. “Not since that woman with a cast on her leg ran a red light and broadsided me on Second South a few years ago.”Here’s what I remember about that experience. The instant my car got hit, ever
  
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• Trump takes a step back from threat to close southern border

  03-04-2019 20:30
  Washington • President Donald Trump eased up on his threats to close the southern border as officials across his administration explored half-measures that might satisfy the president’s urge for action, like stopping only foot traffic at certain crossings.Facing a surge of Central American migrants trying to enter the U.S., Trump last week threatened to seal the border this week if Mexico did not immediately halt all illegal immigration into the U.S., a move that would have enormous e
  
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• Loughlin, Huffman set for court appearances in college scam

  03-04-2019 20:27
  Boston • Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman faced court appearances Wednesday on charges they took part in the college bribery scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents.The actresses along with Loughlin's fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and dozens of others were charged last month in a scheme in which authorities say parents paid an admissions consultant to bribe college coaches and rig test scores to get their children into elite universities.Huffman, Lough
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Tonight, Rudy Gobert can break a Jazz record held by Karl Malone

  03-04-2019 20:10 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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• Weekly Run newsletter: Tonight, Rudy Gobert can break a Jazz record held by Karl Malone

  03-04-2019 20:06
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.It went under the radar in Monday night’s game over the Hornets, coming as it did in the Jazz’s fifth consecutive win and their 10th victory in 11 games. It was also overshadowed by the scoring outburst of Charlotte’s Kemba Walker. Meanwhile, Jazz players typically don’t like to make a big deal of acknowledging individual stats.But Rudy Gobert’s 18-point, 18-reb
  
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• Jim Winder, former sheriff and outgoing Moab police chief, will join Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office

  03-04-2019 19:55
  Jim Winder will return to Salt Lake County as chief of investigations in the district attorney’s office.Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced the hire Wednesday in a news release. Winder has served as Moab’s police chief since 2017.He announced this week plans to leave that job and return to Salt Lake County, though he declined to say where he would work.Before going to Moab, Winder was Salt Lake County Sheriff for 10 years. In all, he spent 30 years at the sheriff&rs
  
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• Gehrke: Utah’s multiyear effort to curb suicide is starting to bend the curve, and the Legislature just added resources to the fight

  03-04-2019 19:48
  For decades, Utah’s suicide problem was always there, but not always talked about. More importantly, there was no real sense of urgency to do much to stop it.Of course there were therapists and psychiatrists, overworked school counselors and researchers who were spread too thin. But it was not something that the state’s top policymakers did much about.“For 15 to 20 years, it felt like we were wading through mud,” said Doug Gray, an expert who studies the causes and effect
  
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• Monson: The Stallions are gone. Say a prayer for pro football in Salt Lake City.

  03-04-2019 19:30
  This is a bummer. A bummer a blind man could see coming from 50 go-routes away, but a bummer, nonetheless.Salt Lake City lost its pro football team on Tuesday, lost its pro football league.You don’t really care because darn-near nobody around here even knew it existed in the first place. You didn’t have enough time to get acquainted with it, let alone get attached to it — just 52 days.And poof. It’s gone.“Pray for us,” said Gionni Paul, a former Utah Ute and n
  
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• LDS Church gains recognition in Kuwait

  03-04-2019 18:42
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it had received official recognition for its local leaders and organization from Kuwait.The formal recognition allows church leaders to better serve the needs of the nearly 300 members who live and work in the Persian Gulf country, officials said in a news release.The population of Kuwait is nearly 77 percent Muslim and Latter-day Saints are prohibited from conducting missionary work among Muslims, according to the online v
  
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• BYU’s defense might be even better than last year if some injured stars get healthy

  03-04-2019 18:42
  Provo • A half-dozen or so frontline players from BYU’s defense in 2018, a defense that ranked 18th in the country in fewest yards allowed, won’t be back for the 2019 season.Linebacker Sione Takitaki, cornerback Michael Shelton and defensive end Corbin Kaufusi are doing all they can to be selected in the NFL draft, while defensive tackle Merrill Taliauli and linebackers Butch Pau’u and Tanner Jacobson are presumably finished with football because they didn’t particip
  
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• Utah Jazz assistant Alex Jensen interviews for head coaching position at BYU

  03-04-2019 17:58
  Provo • Utah Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen interviewed for the vacant BYU basketball head coaching position last Saturday, several sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday.Tony Jones of The Athletic first reported Monday night on Twitter that the interview took place last weekend.The hiring of a replacement for 14-year coach Dave Rose, who retired last week, does not appear to be imminent, however.Most observers believe that because BYU has listed April 9 on its employme
  
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• Dana Milbank: Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left

  03-04-2019 17:27
  Washington * In politics, as in physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.Hence, Sen. Bernie Sanders' emergence as the Donald Trump of the left.Fundraising and polls show that many Democrats think the best answer to an angry old white guy with crazy hair, New York accent and flair for demagoguery is, well, another angry old white guy with crazy hair, New York accent and flair for demagoguery. It's not difficult to picture a scenario in which Bernie captures the Democratic presiden
  
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• Newly formed Utah league amps up voter registration. Next step: Put Muslims on the ballot.

  03-04-2019 17:15
  Utah’s Muslim community has mushroomed from a simple student-led prayer group in the 1950s to more than 60,000 adherents of varied ethnicities and a dozen mosques today.It has produced doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, entrepreneurs and leaders contributing to the state in virtually every field — except politics.The recently organized Utah Muslim Civic League aims to fill that gap.Launched just before last fall’s midterm elections, the league worked to register Muslim vote
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Jimmer Fredette 'will play more' against Utah Jazz; LeBron throws shade at Kyle Kuzma

  03-04-2019 16:56 via sportspyder.com
  Phoenix Suns coach Igor Kokoskov makes interesting declaration; former Utah Runnin' Ute helps LeBron, humorously gets made fun of.
  
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• Morning links: Jimmer Fredette 'will play more' against Utah Jazz; LeBron throws shade at Kyle Kuzma

  03-04-2019 16:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette should expect to see more playing time when his Phoenix Suns face the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.That's according to Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov, who on Monday night made some comments in reference to Fredette that raised a few eyebrows.Kokoskov, who is a very close friend of Jazz head coach Quin Snyder and was an assistant coach with Utah for three years before taking the job in Phoenix last offseason, said in part, "Quin Snyder better
  
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• Political Cornflakes: President Trump wrongly claims that his father is from Germany — for the third time

  03-04-2019 16:15
  Happy Wednesday!President Donald Trump wrongly claimed Tuesday — for the third time — that his father is from Germany. Actually, Fred Trump was born in New York City. It was Trump's grandfather who immigrated from Germany.The latest incident came as President Trump expressed concern that Germany is not paying its fair share to NATO, but said he respects the country because his father is a native."My father is German, was German," he said. "Born in a very wonderful place in Germany, s
  
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• Letter: Don’t mix science and religion in school

  03-04-2019 15:31
  Here is my input into standards for science classes in Utah schools:I learned many things, in school and beyond, that have helped me understand the world, people, culture. They help me value other perspectives.They are not science.In third grade we studied Greek mythology.In college I took classes on folklore, folk music, and urban legends.A hospital pediatrician respectfully told me about an eagle feather a Native American family attached to their premature baby’s isolette.A clinic nurse
  
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• Paul Waldman: Trump realized mistake on health care, but it’s too late

  03-04-2019 15:30
  Just last week, President Donald Trump promised that any minute now, Republicans were going to produce a plan to solve all the problems in the health care system, one that would be, and I quote, "spectacular." In response, I argued that he was putting his party in an uncomfortable position by forcing Republicans to talk about an issue they would much prefer to avoid altogether.Now Trump seems to have realized his mistake:"Trump signaled Monday night that he will not press for a vote on a bill to
  
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• Letter: Support the Energy Innovation Act

  03-04-2019 15:28
  An article in the March 27 Tribune tells about Sen. Mike Lee mocking the Green New Deal.The Green New Deal is a liberal plan put forth by Democrats to tackle climate change. If Lee and other Republicans don’t like the Green New Deal, they should back another plan for reducing CO2 emissions.Right now, there is a bipartisan climate change act in Congress called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. The act calls for a fee on carbon emissions. Having a fee on carbon would promote inn
  
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• Letter: America should spend more money on foreign aid

  03-04-2019 15:27
  In 2016, the United States spent approximately $49 billion on foreign aid (or 1.2 percent of the entire budget), according to the Congressional Research Services. Recently, in the Trump administration, the amount of foreign aid America gives has gone down.Although it is called “foreign aid,” it also provides benefits for people in America. One of the benefits is a stronger economy. By providing aid to other countries, they are able to become more developed. This provides companies wi
  
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• Letter: Lee puts on a ridiculous show

  03-04-2019 15:24
  Our senator, Mike Lee, put on a ridiculous dog and pony show the other day in the Senate. Not the first time, either.I am embarrassed that he is our senator and I hope that the good people of Utah are likewise embarrassed.Calling for his resignation is meaningless. Let's hope a viable candidate materializes and gives Utah voters a true option.Utah voters can and do respond to a need, as in the election of Rep. Ben McAdams, and the time is on the horizon for a change.Kevin M. Sillito, West Valley
  
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• Gehrke: Utah’s multi-year effort to curb suicide is starting to bend the curve, and the Legislature just added resources to the fight

  03-04-2019 15:22
  For decades, Utah’s suicide problem was always there, but not always talked about. More importantly, there was no real sense of urgency to do much to stop it.Of course there were therapists and psychiatrists, overworked school counselors and researchers who were spread too thin. But it was not something that the state’s top policymakers did much about.“For 15 to 20 years, it felt like we were wading through mud,” said Doug Gray, an expert who studies the causes and effect
  
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• ‘World’s Best Cheese’ costs $45 a pound and is available — finally — in Utah

  03-04-2019 15:21
  It may seem cruel to announce the winner of the World’s Best Cheese contest and then make aficionados wait more than a year to taste it.But Cornish Kern, a buttery British cheese that won the global title in November 2017, is worth the 16 months of anticipation, says Mariah Christensen, the specialty cheese buyer for Harmons Grocery — the only place in Utah to get this rare cheese.Made in southwest England’s county of Cornwall — Cornish Kern topped 3,000 other cheeses for
  
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• [The Basketball Network] - Devin Booker Is More Than A Good Player On A Bad Team

  03-04-2019 15:20 via sportspyder.com
  Devin Booker is amid a tantalizing stretch, but some are dismissive, claiming that his numbers are merely empty calories. 
  
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• Letter: Scientific facts are not ‘scaremongering’

  03-04-2019 15:19
  I read the recent Tribune article entitled, ”Utah parents say school science guidelines are ‘scaremongering’” with great dismay.Established bedrock scientific principles of evolution and climate change (resulting from human-produce greenhouse gases) were dismissed and denigrated by some parents as “politically driven”?These principles are scientific facts, not political manipulations, and have been validated by impartial scientific experts (biologists, genetic
  
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• Karen Tumulty: Use your head, Joe Biden, not your hands

  03-04-2019 15:00
  Joe Biden needs to cut it out. And so does the mob that is after him.The former vice president — and presumed front-runner-to-be in the 2020 Democratic primary — has a long history of putting his hands all over pretty much anyone who comes within reach. Women. Men. Children. Longtime friends. Perfect strangers.He calls it the trait of a "tactile politician." Longtime aides say it is simply "Biden being Biden." But a quick web search of "creepy Uncle Joe" finds an avalanche of video p
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Whoever the Jazz face in the first round, they’ll be ready

  03-04-2019 14:21 via sportspyder.com
  No more worrying about matchups, the Jazz are a contender
  
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• Latter-day Saint leader Russell Nelson trumpets ‘Church of Jesus Christ,’ but so do many other Christian faiths

  03-04-2019 14:00
  The LDS Church just amped up the religious rivalry around who owns the name Jesus Christ.Last August, Latter-day Saints embraced their prophet’s mandate to use the faith’s official name — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — as a public and private push to recognize the Savior who they believe leads their church.Outsiders, researchers and reporters respected the religion’s right to self-identity, and many strived to follow its preferred style guide, som
  
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• Children’s chalk art aims at getting leaders’ attention about community dismay over gravel operation in their neighborhoods

  03-04-2019 14:00
  Lehi • After many months of feeling ignored by city leaders, some residents and their kids are picking up sidewalk chalk to convey their dismay about a project they say would create a de facto gravel pit near their homes.On walkways all over Lehi, local mothers-turned-activists and their children have been giving artistic expression to their concerns about letting Geneva Rock haul away gravel from a site in the Traverse Mountain community.“Welcome to the city of Geneva,” the Leh
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Booker and the Suns face the Jazz

  03-04-2019 09:50 via sportspyder.com
  Devin Booker leads Phoenix into a matchup with Utah averaging 26.9 points per game
  
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• State colleges: Utah Valley tops Utah in softball 5-2, BYU beats Southern Utah 13-4

  03-04-2019 07:43
  On a rainy evening at Dumke Family Softball Stadium, Utah dropped a 5-2 decision to Utah Valley.The host Utes (13-21) had a chance to set the tone when Alyssa Barrera singled between walks to Julia Noskin and Makayla Hurst to load the bases. Instead, UVU’s Devyn Cretz capped the inning by striking out the side to keep the game scoreless.The Utes broke through in the third as Barrera singled with two outs and Hurst drove her in with a single to right. Utah’s junior center fielder was
  
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• A man who got into Salt Lake City’s airport without a ticket is suspected of assaulting a traveler

  03-04-2019 07:07
  A man is suspected of assaulting a traveler in what police are calling an unprovoked attack Saturday at Salt Lake City International Airport, where he managed to enter a concourse despite having no ticket.According to arrest documents, the victim reported that the man, 42, went into Concourse G and began punching him “for no reason.” The man then took the victim’s cellphone and walked away, police wrote.He was booked into jail on suspicion of robbery and assault.The man did pas
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz rematch Phoenix, Jimmer: Preview and live comment stream

  03-04-2019 06:38 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz will look to earn their 11th win in 12 games as they visit the Phoenix Suns in their third to last road game of the year. If it feels like th...
  
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• Utah Jazz rematch Phoenix, Jimmer: Preview and live comment stream

  03-04-2019 06:34
  The Utah Jazz will look to earn their 11th win in 12 games as they visit the Phoenix Suns in their third to last road game of the year. If it feels like the Utah Jazz have seen a lot of the Phoenix Suns of late, you’re not mistaken. Wednesday’s contest between the two teams […]
  Utah Jazz rematch Phoenix, Jimmer: Preview and live comment stream - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Lightfoot wins Chicago mayor race; pledges end to corruption

  03-04-2019 05:51
  Mayoral Candidate Toni Preckwinkle at the 22nd precinct polling station, Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019.(James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) (James Foster/)Chicago • Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor’s race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-largest city.Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public office,
  
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• Biskupski touts Salt Lake City’s efforts to address climate change and urges the federal government to step up

  03-04-2019 05:51
  Washington • Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski urged Congress to take action on combating climate change, noting that while her city is working toward lowering emissions, the federal government needs to step up.Biskupski testified before a House Ways and Means subcommittee on Tuesday morning and noted that while she loves the beauty of Utah, carbon emissions are causing harmful air pollution, decreasing annual snowfall and prompting wildfires.“During the hot summer months and the
  
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