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• Greek and French restaurants in Salt Lake City will be replaced by Italian eateries

  17-05-2019 23:53
  After 16 years — and the recent loss of its state liquor license — Aristo’s Greek Restaurant in east Salt Lake City has closed for good.The loss of the Mediterranean restaurant near the University of Utah at the end of April follows the January shutdown of the beloved French-inspired Paris Bistro on the corner of 1500 South and 1500 East.While diners are still mourning these two international favorites — with prime locations and alluring patios — neither location wi
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Lakers reportedly interested in Utah’s Derrick Favors

  17-05-2019 23:29 via sportspyder.com
  The longest tenured Jazzman might be a Laker. Perish the thought.
  
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• Court rejects Navajo Nation’s lawsuit over police shooting

  17-05-2019 23:17
  Window Rock, Ariz. • A federal court has dismissed the Navajo Nation’s lawsuit against the U.S. government and Winslow, Arizona, over the police shooting of a tribal member.The Gallup Independent reports Judge G. Murray Snow ruled last week that the tribe lack standing and “did not suffer a legally cognizable injury” from the March 2016 death of Loreal Tsingine.The tribe filed suit last year, claiming Tsingine’s civil and constitutional rights were violated. It also
  
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• Police searching for man who carjacked van with child in the back seat

  17-05-2019 23:02
  Salt Lake City Police are searching for a man who yanked a woman out of her van and drove off with her 3-year-old girl in the back seat.The child was found unharmed a few miles away.According to police, the woman was stopped in the left-turn lane on 2100 South near 700 East at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when a man ran up to her car, opened her door and pulled her out. He drove off, heading west, with the 3-year-old girl still in the back seat.Witnesses attempted to follow the van, but lost it in t
  
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• Alexandra Petri: I’m Bill de Blasio and I’m running! You’re welcome!

  17-05-2019 23:00
  Good news! I looked out on this field of 22 candidates, some of whom are intelligent, some of whom are even experts, some of whom are young, some of whom are female, some of whom are people of color, some of whom are governors, some of whom are senators, and I thought: It is missing something. What it is missing is myself.These candidates have many good qualities, but none of them are Bill de Blasio. I know that because I’m Bill de Blasio. And now -- I’m running.Call this announcemen
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Lakers have Jazz veteran forward Favors on radar

  17-05-2019 22:59 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers may have Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors on their radar as a potential acquisition this offseason, according to Sean Deveney of Sporting News. The Lakers' priority will be to land a star to pair with LeBron James, but...
  
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• Utah is 'like a candy store for predators’ — child pornography arrests on the rise

  17-05-2019 22:56
  Child pornography arrests have nearly doubled in Utah over the past five years, mirroring a nationwide trend that experts say has been fueled by rapid developments in technology.New advancements have made it easier for users to find the images and for investigators to catch them, authorities said.In 2013, Utah police arrested 133 people accused of downloading child pornography, according to department statistics. Last year, they arrested 226 people on such charges.Child pornography crimes have s
  
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• Holly Richardson: The law should protect Good Samaritans

  17-05-2019 22:54
  Teresa Todd is the city attorney for Maria, Texas and is the elected county attorney for Jeff Davis County. She was arrested in February for stopping to help some young adults in serious distress, including one with likely life-threatening problems.Todd was flagged down by three young people on the side of the highway and after she got them into her car and started phoning and texting for help, a sheriff’s deputy drove up, followed by U.S. Border Patrol. They asked her to step out of her c
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Tanking will always be part of the NBA

  17-05-2019 22:34 via sportspyder.com
  Try as Adam Silver and the NBA front office might, teams will try to lose to win.
  
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• Coming soon to SAT: ‘Adversity score’ offering snapshot of challenges students face

  17-05-2019 22:00
  When students send colleges their SAT scores in coming years, the admissions office might also get another number that rates the level of adversity applicants typically face –– or privilege they enjoy –– based on crime and poverty data and other demographic information about neighborhoods and high schools.The “overall disadvantage level,” known in admission circles as the “adversity score,” will be a single number from 1 to 100. With 50 set as the
  
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• Idaho State University softball player Haley Harrison still fighting off the darkness

  17-05-2019 21:29
  The darkness rolls in like an invisible fog, draping over every thought, compounding until the internal agony becomes unbearable.Haley Harrison built a facade to mask its clutches, swallowing the mental torment to avoid any appearance of weakness. A senior softball player at Idaho State, she had been taught all her life to be mentally strong, to tamp down vulnerabilities.Three times the darkness — and the weight of trying to suppress it — overwhelmed Harrison. Her exhausted mind saw
  
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• Child pornography arrests on the rise in Utah

  17-05-2019 21:24
  Salt Lake City • Child pornography arrests have nearly doubled in Utah over the last five years, mirroring a nationwide trend that experts say has been fueled by rapid developments in technology.New advancements have both made it easier for users to find the images and for investigators to catch them, authorities said.In 2013, Utah police arrested 133 people accused of downloading child pornography, according to department statistics. Last year, they arrested 226 people on such charges.Chil
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Lakers interested in Jazz big man Derrick Favors

  17-05-2019 21:21 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers will be keeping a close eye on Utah Jazz big man Derrick Favors, according to Sean Deveney of The Sporting News. Favors will be one of the many offseason targets for a franchise that has missed the playoffs for six straight...
  
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• Nick Besler’s game may not be flashy, but it’s exactly how Real Salt Lake benefits when he plays

  17-05-2019 21:14
  Herriman • In his final start of the 2018 season, Nick Besler scored his first goal of his Major League Soccer career in exciting fashion as he slid into a cross from then-rookie Corey Baird and finished.In his most recent start of this season, Besler was at it again, this time with a pinpoint pass from well beyond the midfield line, also to Baird, who put away the goal.But while those two plays displayed some of what the Real Salt Lake midfielder is capable of, they’re about as showb
  
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• Utah police will be looking for drunk drivers this weekend. Here’s where.

  17-05-2019 21:13
  A DUI checkpoint will be set up Friday night through Saturday morning in Taylorsville, according to a legal notice from the Unified Police Department.The checkpoint will be set up at 5900 S. Bangerter Highway (southbound) from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., the notice states. “UPD hopes Utah drivers will makes safe, alternative plans to prevent impaired driving."State law requires DUI checkpoints be published in advance.Utah has the nation’s lowest drunken driving limit. On Dec. 30, 2018, a new l
  
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• Utah Democratic lawmaker Patrice Arent discloses cancer diagnosis, treatment

  17-05-2019 21:03
  Millcreek Democrat Rep. Patrice Arent, a five-term member of the Utah House and founder of the chamber’s Clean Air Caucus, is being treated for cancer, according to a Friday post on the lawmaker’s Facebook page.Arent wrote that she has been living with multiple myeloma — a cancer that affects a person’s plasma cells — for 21 months but that the condition was detected early and that she is receiving treatment from Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute.“With in
  
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• Salt Lake City police release bodycam of shoplifting suspect who died after being subdued by others in a hardware store

  17-05-2019 20:41
  Salt Lake City police handcuffed an unconscious shoplifting suspect, then spent 2 1/2 minutes performing CPR before paramedics took over, newly released body camera footage shows.The video, released by police Friday, captured the minutes after Mischa Ryan Cox, 30, was tackled by employees and customers of the Ace Hardware at 612 E. 400 South in Salt Lake City on May 2. Cox was hospitalized, and his death was announced by police five days later.According to Capt. Jeff Kendrick, police responded t
  
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• Was Chris Paul right when he said Jazz scorekeepers inflated John Stockton’s assists?

  17-05-2019 19:42
  Call it NBA mythbusting.For years, decades now, there’s been a story spreading about John Stockton’s all-time NBA assist record of 15,806. That story: that biased Utah statkeepers inflated Stockton’s assists throughout his career, leading to his 3,000+ assist lead on No. 2 Jason Kidd.That tale persists to this day. For example, when Chris Paul moved up into eighth place on the NBA’s all-time assist leaderboard in February, Paul was asked about Stockton’s record.&ldq
  
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• Now-dead Ohio State doctor accused of abusing at least 177

  17-05-2019 19:36
  Columbus, Ohio • A now-dead Ohio State team doctor sexually abused at least 177 male students over nearly two decades, and university officials knew what he was doing and did little to stop him, according to an investigative report released by the school Friday.Dr. Richard Strauss committed the abuse from 1979 to 1997 — nearly his entire time at Ohio State — in episodes involving athletes from at least 16 sports, plus his work at the student health center and his off-campus clin
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Can corporations save us from the attack on reproductive rights?

  17-05-2019 19:35
  Video: The Alabama state Senate passed the country’s most restrictive abortion legislation May 14 that could set a precedent for other legislative bodies. (Blair Guild/The Washington Post)
  When our political system fails us, when our electoral system fails us and when even our judicial system fails us, can corporate America serve as our final firewall against terrible state policies designed to rob women of their reproductive autonomy?That is not a reassuring question to have to consider.T
  
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - Four potential Tobias Harris landing spots in free agency

  17-05-2019 19:34 via sportspyder.com
  HoopsHype breaks down four potential destinations in 2019 free agency for Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris.
  
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• Four potential Tobias Harris landing spots in free agency

  17-05-2019 19:28
  One of this summer’s most interesting non-superstar free agents, Tobias Harris will get the chance to choose from a bevy of suitors this offseason, as his skill-set – that of a sharpshooting frontcourt player who can score inside and out while filling a multitude of roles – is extremely important in the modern NBA.
  Harris is coming off an impressive campaign in which he averaged 20.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 triples per contest, slashing 48.7/39.7/86.6 spl
  
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• Lehi Boy Scout builds trail to give kids easier access to school

  17-05-2019 19:26
  Lehi, Utah (AP) • At 15 years old, Ethan Blood’s Boy Scout sash sports an impressive number of badges, indicating his achievement with skills like cooking, camping, life-saving techniques and more. Earning all of those badges required time and dedicated effort — but Ethan has taken on more than ever before with his Eagle Scout project.At first, Ethan thought he would raise a flag pole as a meaningful patriotic gesture. But then, his local church leader, who happens to be Dan Ree
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: What the Trump White House understands about Iran

  17-05-2019 19:23
  President Barack Obama’s fruitless effort to lure Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei into changing the behavior of his rogue regime never had a chance because it began from the premise that appeasement works. It never does.Appeasement didn't work with the Iran nuclear deal, just as it failed in the "reset" with Russia earlier in the Obama administration, and just as it failed with the 1994 North Korea-U.S. "deal," which Pyongyang had probably violated with its secret uranium enrichment si
  
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• Commentary: A mosque was intentionally set on fire in the U.S. Why didn’t anyone hear about it?

  17-05-2019 19:23
  Less than a month after the inauguration of President Donald Trump and just a few hours after the first Muslim ban was issued, a mosque in Victoria, Texas, was set on fire - to be followed by several mosque arsons over the ensuing years. The media barely covered it, but the entire community in Victoria felt it. Members of a neighboring Jewish congregation walked into the home of one of the co-founders of the mosque and handed him the keys to their synagogue to serve as a temporary place of praye
  
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• Tony Finau settles for a second-round 73 in the PGA, but will make the cut in an eighth straight major

  17-05-2019 19:15
  Inconsistent driving in Friday's second round dropped Tony Finau far out of contention in the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in New York.The Lehi resident will make the 36-hole cut in an eighth straight major tournament, though. Finau made three bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey in posting a 73 that left him at 3 over par and in a tie for 65th place as of the completion of his round.Finau has hit only 11 of 28 fairways in two rounds. He hit nine greens in regulation Friday, while scramb
  
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• A Utah County evidence tech is accused of stealing prescription drugs

  17-05-2019 19:04
  A Utah County Sheriff’s employee will soon face criminal charges after authorities accused him of taking prescription drugs from the evidence room.Sgt. Spencer Cannon announced Friday that the department has been conducting an internal investigation for the past several months after another evidence tech reported in late February that some drugs were missing from a disposal barrel.After an internal audit and a criminal investigation by Spanish Fork Police Department, Cannon said it’s
  
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• Grumpy Cat, who entertained millions online, dies at age 7

  17-05-2019 18:48
  Morristown, Ariz. • Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss expression entertained millions on the internet and spawned hundreds of memes, national television commercials and even a movie, died at age 7.Her owners posted on social media that she experienced complications from a urinary tract infection. "She passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, May 14, at home in the arms of her mommy, Tabatha," they wrote."Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around the world — even when
  
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• DUI checkpoint planned Friday night in Taylorsville

  17-05-2019 18:04
  A DUI checkpoint will be set up Friday night through Saturday morning in Taylorsville, according to a legal notice from the Unified Police Department.The checkpoint will be set up at 5900 S. Bangerter Highway (southbound) from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., the notice states. “UPD hopes Utah drivers will makes safe, alternative plans to prevent impaired driving."State law requires DUI checkpoints be published in advance.Utah has the nation’s lowest drunken driving limit. On Dec. 30, 2018, a new l
  
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• Davis County’s Great Salt Lake Bird Festival kicks off with an Owl Prowl

  17-05-2019 18:04
  A group of birdwatchers was led on the Owl Prowl on Thursday at Antelope Island State Park by Charity Owens, a park ranger at the park, and Jesse Watson, a research biologist with HawkWatch. Antelope Island is prime habitat for great horned, barn, burrowing, long-eared and short-eared owls. The Owl Prowl is part of Davis County’s Great Salt Lake Bird Festival that will continue through Sunday. See details at http://bit.ly/BirdDavisFest
  
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• Utah again ranks No. 2 nationally for job creation, while unemployment rate is at low 2.9%

  17-05-2019 17:45
  As Utah’s economy continues to flourish, it again ranked No. 2 among the states for job growth in the yearlong period ending April 30, according to federal data released Friday.The number of jobs in the state grew by 3% in that period, behind only Nevada’s 3.6% growth, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.“Utah’s combination of strong job growth and markedly low unemployment mirrors the robust economic climate last seen in 2007,” said Mark Knold, senior
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - NBA draft prospects say Donovan Mitchell is changing how they feel about the Utah Jazz

  17-05-2019 17:45 via sportspyder.com
  Here is what incoming NBA players think of Utah and the Jazz.
  
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• NBA draft prospects say Donovan Mitchell is changing how they feel about the Utah Jazz

  17-05-2019 17:42
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) talks with media after practice at the Toyota Center on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 as they prepare for game 2 with the Rockets in Houston.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsCHICAGO — As a sellout crowd of 18,306 fans were finding their seats at Vivint Arena, numerous cameras shuttered around Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell on the court while he interacted with North Carolina's Coby White on April 20 in Salt Lake City.Mitchell made it a point to chat with the
  
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• Fire, ice and fate: Endgames arrive for ‘Game of Thrones’

  17-05-2019 17:29
  Los Angeles • When season eight of “Game of Thrones” began, The Associated Press examined the arcs of the major characters who had survived the bloody series until its final season. With Sunday’s finale of the HBO show looming, here’s an update on where those characters stand after an action-packed season of zombie-mobbing, dragon-torching and secret-revealing. Will Daenerys end up ruling the Seven Kingdoms? Jon? Sansa? No one? And how many really want to anymore? Wa
  
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• Report: Ohio State team doctor abused 177, leaders knew

  17-05-2019 16:42
  Columbus, Ohio • At least 177 men were sexually abused by an Ohio State team doctor who died years ago, the university said Friday as it released findings from a law firm that investigated the accusations, concluding that school leaders knew at the time.The claims about Richard Strauss span from 1979 to 1997 — nearly his entire time at Ohio State — and involve athletes from at least 16 sports, plus his work at the student health center and his off-campus clinic.Many of the accus
  
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• Commentary: Inland port will be obsolete before it is halfway done

  17-05-2019 16:42
  On April 24, I rose up with a group of new friends drawn from across the community to oppose the proposed inland port. We transformed the Utah Port Authority Board meeting into a People’s Port meeting, sending a clear message that human and ecosystem needs can’t continue to be sacrificed to make money for the few.An asthma attack knocked me to the ground just two hours before the action. I’m as concerned as anyone about the impact of air pollution from the port on vulnerable pe
  
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• Commentary: There will come a day when all the lies collapse

  17-05-2019 16:40
  Growing up, I was taught the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, of which the current president knows neither. Honesty and sincerity were more than just political slogans and morality and integrity were metaphors you earned for the life you lived and not labels bestowed on oneself or purchased through the internet.But what keeps me up at night is this presidents “open” affinity for dictators! President Trump’s congratulatory praise as “great” in abolishing ter
  
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• Commentary: The claim of Americans being overtaxed is a harmful fantasy

  17-05-2019 16:39
  One common belief among conservatives is that we are overtaxed in the United States. In fact, this was one of the rationalizations the Republican Party used to justify the tax cut it passed in 2017. But if you look at the numbers, this claim simply does not hold up.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental economic organization with 36 member nations, produces an annual report that lists various statistics, including taxes for each member nation as a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Damian Lillard takes spotlight in Oakland; Utah Jazz would-be acquisitions Photoshopped

  17-05-2019 16:38 via sportspyder.com
  Former Weber State star returned to hometown for first two games of NBA's Western Conference Finals; what would players such as Mike Conley and Kevin Love look like in a Jazz jersey?
  
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• Morning links: Damian Lillard takes spotlight in Oakland; Utah Jazz would-be acquisitions Photoshopped

  17-05-2019 16:26
  Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, left, is defended by Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, May 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)APWith the first two games of the NBA's Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers having been held in Oakland, Calif., it meant that former Weber State star Damian Lillard returned to his hometo
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - It’s an NBA urban legend: Did Jazz scorekeepers inflate John Stockton’s assists? Um, no.

  17-05-2019 16:14 via sportspyder.com
  Call it NBA mythbusting.
  
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• Police searching for man who carjacked van with child in the back seat. She was found unharmed.

  17-05-2019 16:02
  Salt Lake City Police are searching for a man who yanked a woman out of her van and drove off with her 3-year-old girl in the back seat.The child was found unharmed a few miles away.According to police, the woman was stopped in the left-turn lane on 2100 South near 700 East at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when a man ran up to her car, opened her door and pulled her out. He drove off, heading west, with the 3-year-old girl still in the back seat.Witnesses attempted to follow the van, but lost it in t
  
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• Great Salt Lake Bird Festival photos

  17-05-2019 16:02
  A group of birdwatchers was led on the Owl Prowl on Thursday at Antelope Island State Park by Charity Owens, a park ranger at the park, and Jesse Watson, a research biologist with HawkWatch. Antelope Island is prime habitat for great horned, barn, burrowing, long-eared and short-eared owls. The Owl Prowl is part of Davis County’s Great Salt Lake Bird Festival that will continue through Sunday. See details at http://bit.ly/BirdDavisFest
  
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• It’s an NBA urban legend: Did Jazz scorekeepers inflate John Stockton’s assists? Um, no.

  17-05-2019 16:00
  Call it NBA mythbusting.For years, decades now, there’s been a story spreading about John Stockton’s all-time NBA assist record of 15,806. That story: that biased Utah statkeepers inflated Stockton’s assists throughout his career, leading to his 3,000+ assist lead on No. 2 Jason Kidd.That tale persists to this day. For example, when Chris Paul moved up into eighth place on the NBA’s all-time assist leaderboard in February, Paul was asked about Stockton’s record.&ldq
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: George Clooney’s ‘Catch-22’ is terrific, and he’s still the same great guy

  17-05-2019 15:59
  George Clooney was surprised, back in January, to learn that “Grey’s Anatomy” was about to supplant “ER” as the longest-running medical drama in TV history.“That’s got to stop!” he said with mock outrage. “We’ve got to go back and do some more.”This came as he was surrounded by a group of reporters who were there to talk to him about his six-part adaptation of “Catch-22,” which starts streaming Friday on Hulu. A public
  
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• Explore Salt Lake City beer scene with new brewery pass — and save some coin while you’re at it

  17-05-2019 15:59
  Raise a glass, or two, to the new Brewery Tour Pass unveiled this week by Visit Salt Lake.Each pass gives the buyer a $5 credit to spend on beer, food or merchandise at 12 Salt Lake City breweries and brewpubs. One-, three- or 90-day passes are available for $15, $20 or $30, respectively.Much like Visit Salt Lake’s connect pass — which is an all-in-one ticket to the city’s best attractions, the Brewery Tour Pass encourages residents and tourist to explore the city’s boomi
  
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• This new Salt Lake City restaurant ‘served my favorite meal’ since moving to Utah

  17-05-2019 15:58
  SLC Eatery had me at “hachees.”They were beet “hachees,” to be exact. And as it just so happens, I hate beets. At least, I thought I did. I still might. But in SLC Eatery’s small plate preparation ($9), I loved every bite of the chopped root vegetable topped with a crisp, slightly salty, black garlic crumble, fresh herbs, Comte cheese and sweet yet tangy onion whipped cream.Divine. That’s one word to describe it — and nearly every dish I sampled there.SL
  
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• Sit down, drink up — 5 Salt Lake City coffee shops you may not have known existed

  17-05-2019 15:58
  There are perks to having a coffee shop in your neighborhood.First of all, it is practical. An easy place to grab a morning or afternoon shot of caffeine.It is social — where people meet, make plans, connect.And it can be a sanctuary. A welcome port to retreat with a book or peer out the window and ponder.With so many uses, it’s nice to know that new coffee shops and roasters are bubbling up all the time.In Salt Lake City, five places have opened within the past year that you may &md
  
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• New report shows homelessness in Weber County is skyrocketing but it’s not getting the attention it deserves

  17-05-2019 15:58
  The rate of homelessness in Weber County is proportionately higher than in Salt Lake County and has increased at much higher rate than its larger southern neighbor since 2014, according to a new report commissioned by the Weber Housing Authority.Local leaders identify several reasons for that, from rising housing prices to increased movement among people experiencing homelessness thought to be due to Operation Rio Grande in Salt Lake City. The report calls for several improvements to homelessnes
  
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• Be sure to bring your own water bottles to the Living Traditions Festival

  17-05-2019 15:57
  The Salt Lake Arts Council will once again ban the sale of single-use plastic bottles at the Living Traditions Festival and the Twilight Concerts — and the policy is expanding to several other events this summer.“The whole idea is just to produce less of a carbon footprint,” said Matt Thurber, communications director for the council. “We thought it would be a good thing for the earth.”Water and soda will be available for purchase at the Living Traditions Festival th
  
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