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• 3 minutes: Trump meeting with Democrats goes bust in a flash

  22-05-2019 23:54
  Washington • The curtains in the Cabinet Room were drawn. The Democrats were waiting. And President Donald Trump came and went in three minutes, never stopping to sit down or shake hands.Trump's angry walkout on Wednesday left behind a shattered bipartisan infrastructure effort and an escalation of tension between the president and the congressional Democrats investigating him. He barked at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for earlier suggesting he was involved in a "cover-up" and headed to the R
  
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• Travis Pastrana’s Nitro World Games are returning to Utah this summer

  22-05-2019 23:50
  For Travis Pastrana, it’s about doing stuff no one else dares to do. Beyond that, it’s about taking the risks some don’t even have the brain space to think up. Multiple back-flips on motorcycles, rally cars soaring through the air, you name it, one of the godfathers of action motor sports has thought of it. And he’s incorporated it all in the annual Nitro World Games, where the world’s most daredevil motorcyclists, rally car drivers and more convene each year to be
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Kyle Korver tells story at Creighton commencement speech about being traded for a copy machine

  22-05-2019 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz shooting guard Kyle Korver was drafted by the New Jersey Nets with the 51st overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. The Nets then sold Korver to the Philadelphia 76ers for an undisclosed amount. According to Korver, though, the Nets used some...
  
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• Utah mountaineer has died on Mount Everest, according to reports from the Himalayas

  22-05-2019 23:31
  A Utah mountaineer has died on Mount Everest.Don Cash, 55, from Sandy, died while descending from the Everest summit Wednesday, according to a report in The Himalayan Times. He died a few meters below the Hillary Step, a vertical rock face on the southeast side of the world’s tallest mountain, the report said.Guides helped Cash get to the summit early Wednesday morning, and tried to offer him oxygen on the way down, said Pasang Sherpa, chairman of Pioneer Adventure Pvt. Ltd., according to
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 16 years ago Kyle Korver was traded to the 76ers for a copy machine

  22-05-2019 23:27 via sportspyder.com
  Kyle Korver - 1, Nets Copy Machine - 0
  
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• ‘I could not continue to live a lie’: Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie comes out as gay

  22-05-2019 23:16
  Saying he needs to be honest with his friends, family and neighbors, Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie announced Wednesday that he is gay.In a four-minute video posted to his Facebook page, the first-term commissioner describes fighting against his sexual orientation from the age of 9, surviving a suicide attempt at age 22 and ultimately accepting himself as “a loving person worthy of love who values others and hopes to be valued.”“There’s no easy way to say this, I mi
  
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• [NBA] - Donovan Mitchell hits the fence during batting practice with the New York Mets

  22-05-2019 23:15 via sportspyder.com
  If not for a broken wrist, Donovan Mitchell’s story might have been different. A high school baseball injury sent Mitchell on another path and, for that, Utah Jazz fans are grateful.But Mitchell
  
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• Officials urge caution as Utah heads into 100 deadliest days of summer driving

  22-05-2019 23:05
  Riverton • With Memorial Day approaching, Utah drivers are heading into what officials call the “100 deadliest days” of summer through Labor Day. They are urging motorists to take a few easy steps to make them the 100 safest instead.“There's a false sense of security when you have clear roads and sunshine. We tend to get distracted easier and lulled into a false sense of security,” said John Gleason, spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation.“This is
  
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• Due to religious reasons, BYU’s golf team will be allowed to play Sunday’s round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday

  22-05-2019 23:01
  Provo • Although the BYU men’s golf team placed second at the Pullman Regional last week in Washington, just two shots behind first-place Texas A&M, the Cougars aren’t one of the favorites this week at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.But once again, they will be one of the most talked-about teams, thanks to the school’s policy that prohibits Sunday activities, for religious reasons. For the second-straight year, the Cougars will be allowed to play Thursday,
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Overwhelming support for Roe matters in two critical ways

  22-05-2019 23:00
  The latest CBS News poll confirms what polling during the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh showed: There is very little appetite for overturning Roe v. Wade and letting states, as we saw in Georgia, Alabama, Ohio and Missouri, dismantle women's control over their health, reproduction and, ultimately, their lives. The latest polling finds that 67 percent of Americans want Roe to remain in place; a mere 28 percent want it overturned. "Most who want the Supreme Court to overturn Ro
  
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• Navajo Nation official acquitted in $6M theft case

  22-05-2019 22:56
  Ramah, N.M. • A Navajo Nation official has been found not guilty of theft in the transfer of $6 million of Ramah Navajo Chapter funds to investment firms.The Gallup Independent reports a Navajo Nation judge acquitted Ramah Navajo Chapter President David Jose of all charges Monday.Jose was accused of unlawfully transferring the funds to firms in Arizona and California in February 2017.His attorney, David Jordan, argued that Jose was executing the chapter's wishes and three chapter meetings w
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz center Rudy Gobert gets $500,000 bonus for making All-Defensive 1st Team

  22-05-2019 22:52 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has earned a $500,000 bonus for making the All-Defensive first team, per Bobby Marks of ESPN. Gobert signed a four-year, $102 million contract extension with the Jazz in the summer of 2016. The Jazz added incentives into...
  
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• Kyler Dunkle is the first Utah golfer to make the NCAA Championships field in over a decade

  22-05-2019 22:02
  Utah golfer Kyler Dunkle faced staggering odds in his effort to qualify for the NCAA Championships, while figuring he would win no matter what happened.Either he would advance to this weekend's tournament in Arkansas or he would launch his professional golf career in Canada. He played well enough in the NCAA Stanford Regional to extend his Ute career for three or four more rounds.Dunkle will tee off Friday in the 72-hole, stroke-play portion of the tournament (the field will be cut after 54 hole
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert selected to 2018-2019 NBA All-Defensive First Team

  22-05-2019 21:33 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert has been named to the All-Defensive First Team for three straight seasons.
  
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• Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to NBA’s All-Defense First Team for third consecutive year

  22-05-2019 21:19
  For the third straight year, Jazz center Rudy Gobert was named the best defender at his position.That was the result of the NBA’s All-Defense teams announced on Wednesday, putting Gobert alongside Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, OKC’s Paul George, Boston’s Marcus Smart, and Milwaukee’s Eric Bledsoe for top defensive honors.
  (NBAPR)Among second-team selections, Jrue Holiday led voting, getting 90 points at the guard position next to Klay Thompson. Philadelphia&rsq
  
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• Where did ancient Spanish coins found in Utah’s Glen Canyon come from?

  22-05-2019 21:04
  The recent discovery of two ancient Spanish coins near Halls Crossing excited archaeologists at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, who wondered whether they offered evidence that Spanish explorers, possibly in search of mythical cities of gold, passed through Utah centuries ago.While the coins were determined to be authentic, National Park Service officials have now concluded that they were not left behind by Spaniards in colonial times. Circumstantial evidence, such as the 400-year differenc
  
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• Sandy pays $100K after ex-police chief claims the mayor defamed him when he fired him for inappropriate touching

  22-05-2019 20:58
  A Sandy police chief who was fired last year amid allegations of inappropriate touching received $100,000 from the city after threatening to sue, newly released documents detail.Kevin Thacker was ousted as the city’s top cop last April, after city officials determined he had hugged female employees too often and too long.At a news conference, Mayor Kurt Bradburn said the alleged behavior had spanned a number of years, and that Thacker had been “cautioned” but had not changed hi
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert named to NBA All-Defensive First Team for 3rd straight season: ‘I don’t take it for granted’

  22-05-2019 20:57 via sportspyder.com
  He is also a top three finalist for the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year award which will be presented on June 24 at the annual NBA Awards.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz release Salt Lake City Summer League schedule

  22-05-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  It’s a format that should be familiar to NBA fans by now in the NBA’s third-largest summer league: four NBA teams come to Utah, playing a round-robin tournament with two games in each of three days.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to NBA’s All-Defense First Team for third consecutive year

  22-05-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  For the third straight year, Jazz center Rudy Gobert was named the best defender at his position.
  
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• Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert named to NBA All-Defensive First Team for 3rd straight season: ‘I don’t take it for granted’

  22-05-2019 20:51
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) blocks the shot by Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13)during NBA playoffs in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 20, 2019.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsLos Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee (7) puts up a shot over Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) as the Utah Jazz and the Las Angeles Lakers play at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt lake City on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Utah won 115-100.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsUtah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) flexes h
  
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• St. George LDS Temple, Utah’s first, to close Nov. 4 for several years to undergo seismic upgrade and major renovation

  22-05-2019 20:49
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled plans Wednesday for renovating the St. George Temple, which will include seismic upgrades, new heating and cooling systems, landscaping and partial demolition and rebuilding of the temple annex.“This is one of the beautiful, premier temples in the church,” Brent Roberts, managing director of the church’s special projects department, said in a news release. “Latter-day Saints have worshipped here for almost 150 years
  
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• Interior boss: No monument changes planned, but up to Trump

  22-05-2019 20:44
  Washington • U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments as recommended by his predecessor, but says it’s ultimately up to President Donald Trump.Trump in 2017 shrank two sprawling Utah monuments at the recommendation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.The president has not acted on Zinke's proposal to shrink two monuments in Oregon and Nevada and change rules at six others.During a Wednesday Senate Appropriations subc
  
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• [NBA] - Jazz center Rudy Gobert named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for a third straight season

  22-05-2019 20:40 via sportspyder.com
  Rudy Gobert has to wait another month to find out if he will be named the best defender in the NBA for a second straight year.But the Utah Jazz center might as well collect a few other accolades as
  
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• The federal Forest Service strikes a stewardship deal with Utah. Here’s what it will do.

  22-05-2019 20:31
  Utah forestry officials can expect to have more influence over critical decisions involving the management of the state’s 8 million acres of national forest thanks to an agreement Gov. Gary Herbert and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signed Wednesday.The deal obligates the U.S. Forest Service to rely on the state’s guidance for designing, implementing, and prioritizing projects geared toward reducing the risks of damaging wildfires and promoting forest health.“This agreement
  
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• Search warrants tied to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released

  22-05-2019 20:30
  Washington • Months before the FBI raided Michael Cohen’s office and hotel room, investigators were examining the flow of foreign money into his bank accounts and looking into whether the funds might be connected to a plan to lift sanctions on Russia, according to court filings unsealed Wednesday.The five search warrant applications, made in the early weeks and months of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in 2017, were made public in response to requests from
  
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• NBA announces All-Defensive teams

  22-05-2019 20:09
  Shams Charania: 2018-19 NBA All-Defensive: First team: Rudy Gobert, Paul George, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Marcus Smart, Eric Bledsoe. Second team: Jrue Holiday, Klay Thompson, Joel Embiid, Draymond Green, Kawhi Leonard.
  
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• Jazz release Salt Lake City Summer League schedule

  22-05-2019 19:58
  It’s a format that should be familiar to NBA fans by now in the NBA’s third-largest summer league: four NBA teams come to Utah, playing a round-robin tournament with two games in each of three days.But now we know who will be playing when.Monday, July 15 p.m. – San Antonio vs. Cleveland7 p.m. – Memphis vs. UtahTuesday, July 25 p.m. – San Antonio vs. Memphis7 p.m. – Cleveland vs. UtahWednesday, July 35 p.m. – Cleveland vs. Memphis7 p.m. – San Antoni
  
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• Dana Milbank: Slow-walking impeachment may look weak. But restraint is Democrats’ greatest strength.

  22-05-2019 19:44
  There was only one side of the dais at Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing that mentioned impeachment — and it wasn't the Democratic side.There was only one side that hollered and sputtered, one side that lobbed insults at the other and impugned colleagues’ motives — and it wasn’t the majority.Indeed, Tuesday’s hearing was a study in the asymmetric combat that defines our politics in the Trump era. Some on the left see this asymmetry as a sign of Democratic
  
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• Leonard Pitts: For some, black lives only matter until they are born

  22-05-2019 19:33
  Last week, a man tried to convince me that he believes black lives matter.This is a kind of rhetorical judo some anti-abortion activists have adopted in debating pro-choice African Americans. They argue that black women have abortions at higher rates than others and that this amounts to a “genocide” or a “holocaust” — yes, they often use those words — that black people are morally bound to resist. Because black lives matter.As I told the guy who tried that arg
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz announce schedule for 2019 Salt Lake City Summer League games

  22-05-2019 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  Games will be played on a modified City Edition court on July 1-3.
  
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• Man arrested in Provo for threatening mass shooting is serial online harasser who received lenient punishments

  22-05-2019 19:06
  Denver • Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection.Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never had a girlfriend, stoking fears of another deadly rampage by a man blaming women for his problems. When police tracked his cellphone and arrested the Colorado resident at a McDonald’s restau
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz are players in free agency

  22-05-2019 19:01 via sportspyder.com
  This isn’t the same old Jazz any more
  
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• Utah Jazz announce schedule for 2019 Salt Lake City Summer League games

  22-05-2019 18:59
  Utah Jazz guard Grayson Allen dribbles the ball in front of San Antonio Spurs forward Jaron Blossomgame during an NBA summer league basketball game at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 2, 2018. The Jazz won 92-76.Kristin MurphySALT LAKE CITY — As many as six-first round picks could be in Utah this summer for competition as Vivint Arena will host the 2019 Salt Lake City Summer League games on July 1-3.The Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies and Clevel
  
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• Utah football is still a hot ticket, even with fee increases and a ‘meh’ home schedule

  22-05-2019 18:00
  The product is good and demand remains high for Utah football season tickets, amid mild grumbling about price increases and the Utes' nonconference schedules in 2019 and beyond.Ute administrators are pleased with a 97-percent renewal rate for season tickets, backstopped by a 3,000-person waiting list. The 3-percent drop rate is fractionally higher than usual, but those accounts covered only about 750 of the 32,000-plus seats that are sold as season tickets at Rice-Eccles Stadium, deputy athletic
  
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• Raised both Muslim and LDS, Utah’s Ramsey Nijem is ready for his big MMA moment

  22-05-2019 17:44
  They moved the couches and chairs and coffee table. They rearranged the family living room, the brothers and the neighborhood kids, so that when it was time to wail on one another, it would resemble something close to the impromptu boxing ring they believed it to be. When it was all set and the room looked ready to host another after-school rumble, that’s when they’d slip on their boxing gloves and fire away.Ramsey Nijem was 11, determined to find a way to beat his older brother, Joe
  
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• Man wanted for attempted murder in Kaysville arrested in Oregon

  22-05-2019 17:43
  U.S. marshals in Oregon have apprehended a man wanted for attempted murder in Kaysville.Jay Dewayne Burrus, 24, had been on the run since an “altercation” on April 5 at a Kaysville trailer park. According to court documents, an argument over a woman escalated and Burrus fired several shots at a car and its occupants. Police found four bullet holes in the car; one round struck the driver’s side mirror, another went through the back window and then through a head rest in the back
  
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• Probe inconclusive on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook picture

  22-05-2019 17:31
  Norfolk, Va. • An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood.Investigators with a law firm hired by Eastern Virginia Medical School said Wednesday they couldn't "conclusively determine" the identities of either person in the 35-year-old photo.They also said they couldn't discern how the picture was placed on Northam's yearbook page, but found no
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Eyeing PG Options Not Named Walker

  22-05-2019 17:27 via sportspyder.com
  The first-round playoff loss to the Rockets magnified some of those needs, as. One of those decisions is going to revolve around the point guard position. The list isnt long. I...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Donovan Mitchell hangs out with D'Angelo Russell; Mitt Romney has high hopes for a Utah college hoops program

  22-05-2019 16:35 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz guard spends Tuesday with Brooklyn Nets restricted free agent; Utah senator wishes good luck to the UVU basketball program.
  
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• Morning links: Donovan Mitchell hangs out with D'Angelo Russell; Mitt Romney has high hopes for a Utah college hoops program

  22-05-2019 16:31
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) hugs Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell (1) after the defeating the Brooklyn Nets 114 to 98 at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, March 16, 2019.Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — As one Twitter user put it Tuesday, "offseason goggles" are on pretty thick for many Utah Jazz fans as they look for insight as to what the team might do when free agency comes in a little more than a month.So when Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell on Tuesday posted
  
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• Man wanted for attempted murder in Kaysville arrest in Oregon

  22-05-2019 16:16
  U.S. marshals in Oregon have apprehended a man wanted for attempted murder in Kaysville.Jay Dewayne Burrus, 24, had been on the run since an “altercation” on April 5 at a Kaysville trailer park. According to court documents, an argument over a woman escalated and Burrus fired several shots at a car and its occupants. Police found four bullet holes in the car; one round struck the driver’s side mirror, another went through the back window and then through a head rest in the back
  
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• Brian Klass: No one should be surprised by the latest Trump corruption mess

  22-05-2019 16:00
  On Oct. 21, 2014, Ivanka Trump logged onto Twitter to send a seemingly banal update: "Enjoying a strong coffee and a beautiful view of the sun rising over the Caspian Sea. Good morning from #Baku!"She was in Azerbaijan that October because, weeks later, the Trump Organization would announce that an apartment tower was about to become the newest addition to the Trump Hotel Collection. There were, however, two problems with the project. The first was that the tower, though nearly completed, never
  
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• Handwritten wills shake up Aretha Franklin’s estate

  22-05-2019 15:47
  Pontiac, Mich. • The discovery of handwritten wills in the home of the late Aretha Franklin could ignite a dispute among family members about the estate of the “Queen of Soul.” She died last August without a formal document to guide her sons about her music, property and other assets. But the newly found writings filed in court Monday could change everything.Here's a look at what's developing, nine months after Franklin's death in Michigan at age 76:How were the wills discovered
  
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• Trump’s defiance adds fuel to impeachment calls

  22-05-2019 15:42
  Washington • More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, still favoring a more methodical approach, convened a meeting Wednesday with Democrats to discuss steps forward.The growing number of rank-and-file House Democrats, incensed by former counsel Don McGahn’s empty chair in the Judiciary
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Justice Department agrees to hand over Mueller documents to the House in last-minute deal

  22-05-2019 15:26
  Happy Wednesday! The House Intelligence Committee will not enforce a subpoena against Attorney General William P. Barr as planned Wednesday, after the Justice Department agreed at the 11th hour to produce the redacted material and underlying information from the special counsel’s report that the panel sought, albeit more slowly than it wanted. The committee, though, will keep the subpoena alive until it receives the documents, expected by the end of next week. [WaPost]Topping the news: Rat
  
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• Letter: Men must be required to control their sperm

  22-05-2019 15:17
  In accordance with the belief that women must be required to take to term all life which is grown inside them, it must be realized that a rich man will always be able to obtain and pay for abortions for their mistresses and those sexual workers unfortunate enough to come in contact with them.There are some states which would punish the women for doing so, but there are no repercussions for the man involved. The child support system is also inefficient, in that any man can hide his income and him
  
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• Review: Disney shackles Will Smith’s charms in a disappointing live-action ‘Aladdin’

  22-05-2019 15:12
  If I could make one wish as a movie lover, it would be that Disney would take some creative risks when they dig into their animated back catalog to find live-action inspiration — instead of playing it safe, as the studio does with its tepid retelling of “Aladdin.”That’s not to say the 1992 animated adventure couldn’t stand an update. The old movie’s gloss on Arabic culture is none too worldly, and its handling of its only female character, Jasmine, doesn&rsquo
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: A look back at NBA Draft history before 2019

  22-05-2019 14:42 via sportspyder.com
  With the Utah Jazz holding picks No. 23 and 53 in the 2019 NBA Draft, let's look back at some notable players that they have selected at those picks before...
  
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• Gehrke: If we do it right, we can have both birds and bike trails in this Salt Lake foothills park

  22-05-2019 14:00
  Maybe, in a growing valley, conflicts will be inevitable, but it seems like we’re seeing the “not-in-my-backyard” mentality rearing its head more and more.Keep those shelters or that hospice for the homeless out of my neighborhood.Our community doesn’t want that kind of affordable apartment or condo building.It may not seem like a bike trail would be the kind of thing that would rile up residents by the hundreds in both opposition and support.But sure ‘nuff, it is.
  
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