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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NCAA’s all-time leading scorer among those in Jazz’s first predraft workout session this offseason

  04-05-2019 23:22 via sportspyder.com
  Offseason? What offseason? Less than a week and half after being eliminated from the 2018-19 NBA playoffs, Jazz brass were assembled at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus practice facility on Saturday afternoon, starting the arduous process of trying...
  
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• NCAA’s all-time leading scorer among those in Jazz’s first predraft workout session this offseason

  04-05-2019 23:17
  Offseason? What offseason? Less than a week and half after being eliminated from the 2018-19 NBA playoffs, Jazz brass were assembled at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus practice facility on Saturday afternoon, starting the arduous process of trying to upgrade the roster by running through the first of many predraft workout sessions to come this summer.After several years of bringing in anyone and everyone, the Jazz last summer became a bit more focused and selective in their search for collegiat
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Ambition must be made to counteract ambition

  04-05-2019 23:00
  “But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”— James Madison, Federalist No. 51Mr. Madison’s plan for the surv
  
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• Illinois governor announces plan to legalize marijuana

  04-05-2019 22:23
  Chicago • Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Saturday he’s reached an agreement with key lawmakers on a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in the state starting next year.The legislation would allow adults 21 and older to legally buy cannabis for recreational use from licensed dispensaries. Illinois residents could possess up to about an ounce of marijuana, while non-residents could possess about half an ounce.The measure also would automatically expunge some marijuana convictions.
  
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• Derek Brown elected Utah Republican Party chairman at convention

  04-05-2019 21:08
  Orem • The Utah Republican Party’s next chairman will be Derek Brown, following a decisive election victory Saturday at the party’s organizing convention at Utah Valley University.Brown, a former state lawmaker who previously worked as deputy chief of staff to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, earned 62 percent of the delegates’ vote on a single round of voting that included four candidates.In his convention remarks, Brown described himself as the “keep Utah red guy,” sa
  
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• Racism keeps rearing its ugly head at Utah high school basketball games. The UHSAA knows it has a problem, but a solution proves to be no easy task.

  04-05-2019 20:05
  Tim Drisdom had been called “blackie.” He’d been called an “a--hole.” He’d been called a “f---ing n-----.” One of his players was called a “b----h” and had derogatory comments about his appearance hurled at him. All this within the span of a month. All this while playing against the same school in two separate locations.The Intermountain Christian High basketball coach complained to the opposing school’s athletic director. He talk
  
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• 3 believed dead, 4 hurt in Illinois silicone plant explosion

  04-05-2019 19:21
  Waukegan, Ill. • Three people missing after an overnight explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone plant are believed dead, authorities said Saturday.Waukegan Fire Marshal Steven Lenzi said crews suspended their search for three employees due to concerns about the stability of the structure.Lenzi said it’s “not likely” that the three survived the Friday night explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in the Waukegan, about 50 miles north of Chicago. The coroner was on scene and
  
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• Commentary: Ignore those shouting from the ‘great and spacious building’

  04-05-2019 19:14
  Two years ago, a distant relative I had not met before contacted me on Facebook because of my name.My last name, uncommon in the United States, is uniquely concentrated in Utah because of immigration to the territory during the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After some conversation, we established our relational link through my great-grandparents, who owned a grocery store in the Uintah Basin during the 1960s. I didn’t hear from her again until January of th
  
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• A South Salt Lake strip club owner lost his business license after some criminal convictions. Now, he’s fighting to get it back.

  04-05-2019 19:13
  A local strip club owner is accusing South Salt Lake of wrongfully forcing him to close his doors because of his convictions for attempted witness tampering and impaired driving.Rydell Mitchell, owner of Duces Wild, this week petitioned a judge to reverse the city's "arbitrary, capricious and unlawful" decision to revoke his business and liquor licenses.By law, the city can’t award a license to someone who’s guilty of a “crime involving moral turpitude” — and South
  
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• Late night car crash leaves three teenagers dead in Sanpete County

  04-05-2019 19:12
  Three teenagers are dead as a result of a late Friday night car crash east of Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County.According to FOX 13 who spoke with Utah Highway Patrol, a pickup truck was on Power Plant road when a car rammed into the back of it at high speed. After the collision, the car caught on fire. An EMT on the scene within minutes was able to pull the car’s passengers out before they were burned.The driver of the car survived but the three passengers were killed. All four were betwee
  
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• Lawmakers target spouses who drug, rape their partners

  04-05-2019 18:33
  Columbus, Ohio • Witches were still being burned at the stake when Sir Matthew Hale came up with his legal theory that rape could not happen within marriage. The 17th century English jurist declared it legally impossible because wedding vows implied a wife’s ongoing consent to sex.Three and a half centuries later, vestiges of the so-called "marital rape exemption" or "spousal defense" still exist in most states — remnants of the English common law that helped inform American leg
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Favors prefers to remain with Jazz

  04-05-2019 18:11 via sportspyder.com
  Since he was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors has had a somewhat tumultuous career. Favors was initially drafted by the Brooklyn Nets (then still under the moniker of the New Jersey Nets),...
  
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• 12 ways the Golden Spike changed Utah and America forever

  04-05-2019 17:53
  Completing the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago at Promontory Summit forever changed Utah and the nation — driving radical transformation in everything from the economy to the environment, from settlement to the culture.“The changes were sweeping and pivotal,” said Brigham Young University history professor Brian Cannon.Maybe Americans on May 10, 1869, excitedly sensed the magnitude of the shifts coming. Historian Stephen Ambrose said more cannons were likely fired that
  
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• Caster Semenya says ‘hell no’ to taking controversial testosterone medication

  04-05-2019 17:51
  Caster Semenya won gold in the 800 meters at the first IAAF Diamond League meet of the season Friday in Doha, Qatar, her final race before she must begin taking medication that suppresses her testosterone output to continue competing at the sport’s highest levels.After the race, though, Semenya pushed back, saying she would not take the medication.On Wednesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the IAAF, track and field's governing body, may maintain its restrictions on athlete
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell reacts to former teammate Rodney Hood’s big Game 3

  04-05-2019 17:26 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was one of the first to take notice of his former teammate, Rodney Hood, and his tremendous performance for the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Mitchell took two Twitter to share his experience with Hood as a...
  
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• Commentary: Time for a millennial Latina immigrant on the Salt Lake City Council

  04-05-2019 17:05
  About five months ago, Councilwoman Ana Valdemoros took the oath of office as the first Latina in Salt Lake City’s history to become a City Council member.Although 21 well-qualified candidates submitted applications expressing their interests in the position, Valdemoros was unanimously chosen by the City Council to replace Derek Kitchen, who left the District 4 seat to serve in the Utah State Senate.Valdemoros, a homegrown planner educated by the City and Metropolitan Planning Department a
  
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• Commentary: A sustainable plan for the Cottonwood canyons

  04-05-2019 17:05
  The only positive outcome from the many hours spent in the soul-crushing traffic of the Cottonwood canyons is the opportunity provided to devise a better solution.Having grown up in Utah over the past 30-plus years, I have witnessed canyon traffic get exponentially worse each year and realize that we need to chart a new path forward.Unfortunately, this problem cannot be solved by simply building more roads and parking infrastructure – one trip in Los Angeles’ infamous rush hour traff
  
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• An old deal with a polygamous prophet has a Utah community headed toward a land dispute

  04-05-2019 17:03
  Hildale • Marc Fletcher wants people to know his family came to Hildale before the polygamists.The branch of Fletcher’s family known as the Lauritzens settled in Maxwell Canyon in 1912, according to a family history. The area was called Short Creek then. Fletcher said the Laurtizens had no affiliation with the polygamists who moved into Short Creek a few years later, though a few members of the family have married into the group during the past century.In 1961, Fletcher’s great-
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Wigginton brings familiar Iowa St flair to pre-draft workout

  04-05-2019 16:25 via sportspyder.com
  Iowa State Cyclones point guard Lindell Wigginton looks to become the latest Cyclones alum to make an impression on the Utah Jazz. More than that of most s...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Wigginton brings familiar Iowa St flair to pre-draft workout

  04-05-2019 16:05
  Iowa State Cyclones point guard Lindell Wigginton looks to become the latest Cyclones alum to make an impression on the Utah Jazz. More than that of most schools, Iowa State Cyclones alumni have made their mark on the Utah Jazz. In the ’90s, Jeff Hornacek helped lead the team to two NBA Finals. More recently, […]
  Utah Jazz: Wigginton brings familiar Iowa St flair to pre-draft workout - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• ‘America First’ may be last hope for these cattle ranchers

  04-05-2019 16:00
  Paterson, Wash. • Fifty-mile-per-hour winds and snow drifts seven feet deep greeted Ted Wishon when he checked on his cattle herd, hunkered down on a hillside along the northern bank of the Columbia River.With his 21-year-old son, George, Wishon labored through six weeks of brutal weather this year keeping hundreds of animals alive. The two men — living in a spartan trailer on leased land pinned between a winery and the icy waterway — repaired fences, delivered calves and kept t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ’Basketball is his language.’ Ahead of a big summer for the franchise, Jazz coach Quin Snyder might be Utah’s biggest draw

  04-05-2019 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  It’s two days after a season that most believed ended way too soon and in walks the head coach of the Utah Jazz into a popular downtown coffee spot in Salt Lake City. He weaves around hipsters, business folk and students alike, posting up at the...
  
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• Rich Lowry: Barr is a scapegoat in a war of misdirection

  04-05-2019 15:00
  An investigation into whether the president of the United States committed treason has devolved into a squabble over Attorney General Bill Barr's brief letter saying that he didn't.We've gone from Donald Trump allegedly betraying the nation to Bill Barr allegedly betraying the nation, from potential Trump impeachment to potential Barr impeachment.Barr's offense, of course, is writing a quick letter summarizing the top-line conclusions of the Mueller report. Ever since, he's been the focus of con
  
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• Holly Richardson: Every graduation season brings a variety of emotions

  04-05-2019 15:00
  ‘Tis the season. Graduation season, that is. Every graduation season can bring a variety of emotions — joy, sadness, relief, uncertainty — maybe even regret for what might have been.Last week, Brigham Young University graduates and audience members cheered and applauded when political science valedictorian Matthew Easton publicly announced: “I am not broken. I am proud to be a gay son of God.” On Thursday, Mayor Brent Taylor received a posthumous Ph.D. in political
  
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• ’Basketball is his language.’ Ahead of a big summer for the franchise, Jazz coach Quin Snyder might be Utah’s biggest draw

  04-05-2019 15:00
  It’s two days after a season that most believed ended way too soon and in walks the head coach of the Utah Jazz into a popular downtown coffee spot in Salt Lake City. He weaves around hipsters, business folk and students alike, posting up at the counter to talk with Jazz center Ekpe Udoh.If anyone there on this rainy weekday spring morning knows who the 52-year-old coach is, they’re leaving him be, letting him live his life, allowing him to decompress from another season of sleepless
  
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• Analysis: Three Kentucky Derby long shots worth a bet to win

  04-05-2019 15:00
  It hasn't been easy to make a big score with win bets on the Kentucky Derby. The average return on the last six Derby winners has averaged $8.90 on a $2 wager, a fraction of the average return ($36.03) over the six previous years. To see boxcar returns like that in this year's Run for the Roses, one of the favorites would have to underwhelm on Saturday.That's not too far fetched. Omaha Beach, the morning-line favorite, was scratched on Wednesday. Roadster hasn't shown enough speed either at the
  
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• Allan Sloan: Don’t wait to make big Social Security fixes

  04-05-2019 15:00
  People have gotten a lot more interested than usual about Social Security's rickety finances lately, thanks to the Social Security trustees' recent report saying that the system's trust fund will shrink this year for the first time since the 1980s.This problem has been building since 2010, when Social Security began to spend more cash than it took in from workers, employers and beneficiaries like me who pay income tax on some of their retirement benefits. The overall public reaction to Social Se
  
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• Utahns ‘Light up for Lori’ after deadly synagogue shooting

  04-05-2019 14:25
  On the last day of Passover, Lori Kaye went to services at Chabad Lubavitch synagogue of Poway, Calif., where she was murdered by a gunman and three others were injured.“Coldblooded, fanatical hatred can only be uprooted by filling our world with pure, undiscriminating love and acts of kindness,” Rabbi Benny Zippel, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, wrote on the group’s website. “We must teach this to all our children, in our schools and our homes.”To
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - 3 reasons the Jazz should consider signing Paul Millsap

  04-05-2019 14:21 via sportspyder.com
  You would not think of Utah is an ideal free-agent landing spot, but the Jazz are a pretty solid team and just so happen to have some cap space coming this summer, so they do have the wherewithal to land a significant free agent in July. One name...
  
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• Letter: McAdams missed a chance to reduce abortions

  04-05-2019 14:00
  U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, claims to be pro-life and has said that he believes abortion is too common. But earlier this year he voted to send U.S. tax dollars overseas to promote abortions around the globe.The most recent spending bill passed by the House (HR 21) to fund the majority of government operations reversed the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA) policy. It would simply require that foreign nongovernmental organizations receiving grant money for global health assist
  
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• Letter: In an alternate universe

  04-05-2019 14:00
  Let me welcome you into David T. Lancaster’s alternate universe. In this realm, Hillary Clinton won the 2016 presidential election.Later, it is discovered that she received help from the Russian government when they used bloggers to post messages favorable to her and unfavorable to her opponent on social media.When it came out after a Republican inquiry, she denied any knowledge of this assistance from the Russians. When further investigations revealed that she did have some knowledge of t
  
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• Letter: Do I have to wear a hijab?

  04-05-2019 14:00
  So, if I’m unwilling to wear a hijab, can a doctor refuse to see me on religious grounds?A small handful of Muslims believe they can’t interact with bare-headed women. If medical professionals can refuse to provide information on birth control or abortion on religious grounds, what prevents others from refusing to serve women who chose to leave their heads uncovered?It’s apparent, as usual, our “president” has not thought through his latest fiat; or is it a tweeiat?
  
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• Late goal lifts Utah Royals FC over the Chicago Red Stars for third 1-0 win in a row

  04-05-2019 07:42
  Sandy • Something is different about the Utah Royals FC.It’s not merely that the Royals sit at the top of the table in the National Women’s Soccer League. It’s not just that they have won three consecutive games to start the 2019 season. It’s more than that.“Our mentality this year is intense,” said forward Amy Rodriguez, who scored the game-winning goal in Utah’s 1-0 win over the Chicago Red Stars on Friday at Rio Tinto Stadium. “I think that
  
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• Plane with 143 aboard crashes into Florida river, no deaths

  04-05-2019 07:12
  Jacksonville, Fla. • A charter plane carrying 143 people and traveling from Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river at the end of a runway Friday night, though no critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said.A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with 136 passengers and seven aircrew slid off the runway into the St. Johns River, a NAS Jacksonville news release said.The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office posted on Twitter th
  
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• 76ers assistant Monty Williams is new coach of the Suns

  04-05-2019 07:12
  Phoenix • The Phoenix Suns are looking for stability after their previous coach lasted just one season.They hope Monty Williams is the man to lead their turnaround.The Suns announced Friday that they had come to terms with Williams, a former head coach and a current assistant in Philadelphia. He will take over as Phoenix’s fifth coach in five seasons when the 76ers’ playoff run ends. They lead Toronto 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.Williams replaces Igor Kokoskov, who
  
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• North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea

  04-05-2019 05:37
  Seoul, South Korea • North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a likely sign of Pyongyang’s growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington meant to provide coveted sanctions relief in return for nuclear disarmament.South Korea's military has bolstered its surveillance in case there are additional weapons launches, and South Korean and U.S. authorities are
  
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• Chicago Bulls, coach Jim Boylen agree to contract extension

  04-05-2019 05:32
  Chicago • The Chicago Bulls and coach Jim Boylen have agreed to a contract extension.Boylen was already under contract for next season when the Bulls promoted him from assistant coach to take over for the fired Fred Hoiberg in December. They never gave him the interim tag.Executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said at the end of the season that Boylen would likely get an extension. The Bulls made it official on Friday, though they did not announce the length or financ
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Jazz hosting six players for predraft workouts

  04-05-2019 04:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are bringing in six players for predraft workouts on Saturday, according to the team. The Jazz will host center Kevin Samuel (Texas Christian) and Nathan Knight (William & Mary), forwards Jalen Hudson (Florida) and Tres Tinkle (Oregon...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Derrick Favors says he ‘would prefer to come back’ to Jazz

  04-05-2019 04:20 via sportspyder.com
  Derrick Favors could become a free agent this summer. But if he will have it his way, the veteran power forward wants to remain with the Utah Jazz for good. Favors has a non-guaranteed $16 million contract for the 2019-2020 season. The Jazz will not...
  
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• Latter-day Saint women’s leader discusses how to deal with dismissive male authorities

  04-05-2019 03:58
  In a live “Sister to Sister” conversation Friday morning at Brigham Young University’s Women’s Conference, the three top female Latter-day Saint leaders offered unscripted responses to a few of the 5,000 questions submitted by women in the faith.The event, billed as “historic,” was a first of its kind at the annual gathering for women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that draws thousands of attendees to the Provo campus.Sheri Dew, chief execu
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - What does a good Utah Jazz pre-draft workout look like? Six players will find out on Saturday

  04-05-2019 03:43 via sportspyder.com
  In preparation for the 2019 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz will hold their first set of pre-draft workouts on Saturday at the team’s practice facility.
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Northwest Notes: Murray, Jazz Workouts, Thunder, Hood

  04-05-2019 03:38 via sportspyder.com
  Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray has been fighting through a right thigh injury, Mike Singer of the Denver Post reports.  Murray was …
  
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• Ex-Utah police officer convicted of unlawful sexual contact with teenage boy

  04-05-2019 03:34
  A jury on Friday found a former Saratoga Springs police officer guilty of having sexual contact with a teenager that he met online.Aaron D. Rosen, 47, was convicted of two class A misdemeanor counts of unlawful sexual contact with a 16- or 17-year-old, according to court documents.Rosen was arrested in July 2017 after the 16-year-old victim’s father saw Rosen jump out of the second-story window of the victim’s home and drive away. The father followed Rosen and gave police his license
  
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• What does a good Utah Jazz pre-draft workout look like? Six players will find out on Saturday

  04-05-2019 03:32
  FILE: Utah Jazz General Manager Dennis Lindsey, front, and Jerry Sloan watch players work out at Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.SALT LAKE CITY — Grayson Allen was one of six prospects invited to Zions Bank Basketball Campus on June 4, 2018, for a pre-draft workout at the Utah Jazz's practice facility.Even while matched up against a competitive group of college studs, the former Duke star stood out in an hourlong session, then drilled 66 of his 100 sh
  
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• Salt Lake City mayoral candidates stake out stronger stances on the inland port

  04-05-2019 03:23
  In a 30-second video posted to David Garbett’s Facebook page at the end of April, the Salt Lake City mayoral candidate stands in front of a railroad track as a freight train moves behind him.“I oppose the inland port,” he says decisively.That declaration represents a shift to a stronger stance from just a few weeks ago, when Garbett said he would work to negotiate with the board overseeing development of a massive and highly politicized distribution hub planned for the city&rsq
  
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• A Utah man wants voters to elect the U.S. vice president. Utah’s state elections director says that’s against the law.

  04-05-2019 03:23
  On Thursday evening, a Twitter account for vice.run promoted a video message to Utahns, thanking them for their support of an independently elected vice president of the United States.“This makes Utah the first of the 50 states to gather the pledges required to get an independent vice president on the ballot in 2020,” San Francisco businessman and vice.run founder David Blake says in the video. “We are on our way.”You did it, Utah! Thanks to your efforts, we now have our
  
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