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• 5-year-old Lizzy Shelley’s family is focused on her burial, as her uncle has his first hearing on murder charges

  03-06-2019 23:50
  Logan • As her uncle had his first court hearing since being charged in her death, the family of 5-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley was not at the courtroom Monday afternoon.Lizzy’s family is focused, Cache County Attorney James Swink said, on laying their little girl to rest.They were focused on the viewing Monday evening, then a funeral Tuesday.They are mourning. And Swink said their community — Logan residents, law enforcement, the hundreds who searched for the
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ekpe Udoh weighing options for EuroLeague return

  03-06-2019 23:47
  Utah Jazz big man and former EuroLeague champion and Final Four MVP Ekpe Udoh may be taking his game across the pond once again. Before Ekpe Udoh signed on the dotted line with the Utah Jazz two years ago, he was doing big things in Europe. Suiting up for the Istanbul, Turkey-based Fenerbahçe, Udoh averaged 12 […]
  Utah Jazz: Ekpe Udoh weighing options for EuroLeague return - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Cameron Johnson, University of North Carolina

  03-06-2019 23:40 via sportspyder.com
  Want a shooter? Then look closely at this guy.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Here’s what the NBA commissioner told Utah Jazz players after the Russell Westbrook incident

  03-06-2019 23:18 via sportspyder.com
  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed in an NBA Finals news conference that he spoke with Jazz players in the wake of the Russell Westbrook heckling incident this March.
  
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• He loaned his gun to Melvin S. Rowland, who used it to kill a University of Utah student. Now he’s pleaded guilty to a federal charge.

  03-06-2019 23:18
  The owner of the gun that was used to kill a University of Utah student last fall — which the man had illegally loaned to the murderer — has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.Nathan Vogel, 21, told the court Monday that he deceived a licensed Salt Lake City dealer to purchase a .40-caliber pistol in September. As part of a plea agreement, he will avoid a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison, instead getting credit for time served and being placed on supervised release for
  
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• Here’s what the NBA commissioner told Utah Jazz players after the Russell Westbrook incident

  03-06-2019 23:11
  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed in an NBA Finals news conference that he spoke with Jazz players in the wake of the Russell Westbrook heckling incident this March.“I spoke directly to the players on that team, as a team... I wanted to make sure they were satisfied with the way it was handled," Silver said. “They seemed to be satisfied, as well.""I told them that I appreciated the way that they had handled it and that it was not going to be tolerated in the NBA, and that we also
  
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• Utah sex suspect found dead after chase, authorities say

  03-06-2019 22:53
  St. George, Utah • Authorities say a Utah man sought in an alleged sex crime involving a juvenile is dead after his car plunged into a river in a northwestern Arizona gorge.Bart Graves with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Monday that Guadalupe Guillermo Nunez intentionally exited the highway and drove off a cliff, rolling violently into the Virgin River on Friday.Police in Hurricane, Utah have said the chase began earlier that day after a woman reported a sex offense involving
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: KZ Okpala, Stanford University

  03-06-2019 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  A long rangy forward with big defensive potential
  
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• Alexandra Petri: According to William Barr, death is inevitable, legacies are meaningless

  03-06-2019 22:30
  “Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don’t believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?”— William P. Barr, asked about his legacy as attorney generalEveryone dies. This much is known.I am a meat puppet wrapped for a brief time around a ghost, dragged from one point to another by forces beyond my control.Afterward? I do not care what Homer says, that songs bring immortality. We are,
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Ricky Rubio says he's not a 'priority' for Jazz, Kemba Walker prefers to stay in Charlotte. What are Utah's point guard options?

  03-06-2019 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  A look at the Jazz's options at point guard as free agency approaches.
  
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• Apple previews new software as it diversifies beyond iPhones

  03-06-2019 22:19
  San Jose, Calif. • Apple executives previewed a large set of privacy and speed-focused changes to the company’s phone and computer software Monday, some intended to help it diversify to offset eroding sales of its bedrock product, the iPhone.Apple CEO Tim Cook began his keynote by recapping services Apple announced earlier this spring, including a news reading service and an arcade service for games. He also previewed one of the original shows Apple is producing for its new video-stre
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: BYUtv’s ‘Studio C’ is monster YouTube hit

  03-06-2019 22:13
  BYUtv's sketch-comedy show "Studio C" has helped raise the profile of the cable channel immensely — with a huge assist from YouTube.The online numbers are staggering. This little, family-friendly program's videos have been viewed more than 212 million times on YouTube — more than 100 million times this year alone. "Studio C" has 461,000 subscribers, and more than 250,000 of those have signed on this year.This far exceeds what "Studio C" creators Jared Shores and Matt Meese were expec
  
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• Former BYUtv ‘Studio C’ cast will be on NBC comedy competition this summer

  03-06-2019 22:09
  The comedy troupe that made BYUtv’s “Studio C” a sensation have been bringing the funny for years. Beginning in July, they’ll try to do it on an NBC comedy competition titled “Bring the Funny.”“We have all this experience, and now it finally feels like we’re getting this chance to go to be in front of a national, wider audience," said Stacey Harkey. "And we’re being judged before the world.”The 10 members of the JK! Studios company &mda
  
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• Ricky Rubio says he's not a 'priority' for Jazz, Kemba Walker prefers to stay in Charlotte. What are Utah's point guard options?

  03-06-2019 22:06
  Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio talks to members of the media at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The Utah Jazz season ended with Wednesday's loss to Houston in the playoffs.Kristin MurphyTwo media reports emerged over the weekend that may go a long way in shaping how the Utah Jazz approach filling their starting point guard spot this summer.On Saturday, The Athletic's Jared Weiss reported that Charlotte Hornets star Kemba Walker's "first priority" in f
  
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• What you need to know about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, according to Full of Sith’s Bryan Young

  03-06-2019 22:05
  Salt Lake City resident and Star Wars podcaster Bryan Young attended the media preview last week for Disneyland’s new park, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The Salt Lake Tribune’s Jeremy Harmon also was there and, in this podcast, they discuss some of the highlights of their experience in the park. You can read Jeremy’s review of the park here. You can find Bryan’s podcast here or follow his musings on Twitter @swankmotron.
  
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• Spencer Cox pledges to make a campaign stop in every city and town in Utah as he runs for election as governor

  03-06-2019 22:05
  Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday declared he intends to visit all 248 cities and towns in Utah during his run for governor, upping the ante on the typical campaign pledge to visit every county in the state.“Our next governor needs to be able to look the people of Utah in the eye and understand where they’re from and understand their story,” Cox said in a campaign video announcing the goal.The roughly two-minute video is largely filmed in and around his green campaign bus, the sid
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 potential options at point guard amidst Ricky Rubio news

  03-06-2019 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  With the Utah Jazz appearing to be moving on from Ricky Rubio, here are three potential options at point guard this summer. The Utah Jazz appear to be read...
  
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• [NBA] - Grayson reflects on his rookie season: 'I wanted to know that I improved and got better'

  03-06-2019 21:47 via sportspyder.com
  Grayson Allen smiled through the small indignities that come with being a rookie in the NBA. All season, he dutifully toted around a little pink backpack. He brought donuts. He slung large bags of
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Luguentz Dort, Arizona State University

  03-06-2019 21:33 via sportspyder.com
  The Arizona State guard seems like a prototypical Jazz pick. Will the Utah Jazz call his name on Draft Day?
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell expected to receive invite for Team USA

  03-06-2019 21:31 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell is expected to receive an invitation to participate in Team USA’s training camp ahead of this year’s FIBA World Cup, according to a report from Tony Jones of The Athletic. Utah guard Donovan Mitchell is...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Grayson Allen looks back at his rookie season

  03-06-2019 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  From the G-League to scoring 40-points, rookie Grayson Allen
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: The Oval Office is not a throne room

  03-06-2019 21:30
  President Donald Trump long ago turned the presidency into a mechanism for feeding his ego and stuffing his wallet. It has been observed that his presidency resembles that of a third-world corrupt regime, complete with nepotism and attacks on objective sources of information. Instead of Trump serving the people, government is converted into an operation designed to cater to Trump's needs.He taps foreign governments for emoluments and his own administration for hotel revenue; stages counterproduc
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA free agency update: Ricky Rubio says Jazz told him he's not their top priority in offseason; will look to sign elsewhere - CBSSports.com

  03-06-2019 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  The future unrestricted free agent will likely be on the hunt for a new NBA home this summer
  
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• Ceremony, political jibes mark Trump’s first day in London

  03-06-2019 20:38
  London • Mixing pageantry and political pugilism, President Donald Trump embarked on his long-delayed state visit to Britain on Monday, belligerently insulting London’s mayor but being feted with smiles by the royals at a time of turmoil for both nations in the deep, if recently strained, alliance.It was a whirlwind of pomp, circumstance and protest for Trump, who had lunch with Queen Elizabeth and tea with Prince Charles before a grand state dinner at Buckingham Palace. Eager to flat
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 Draft Profile: Matisse Thybulle, University of Washington

  03-06-2019 20:25 via sportspyder.com
  Experience, length, athleticism, defense, potential, Thybulle’s got all of these in spades.
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Ekpe Udoh Considering Return To EuroLeague

  03-06-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  Ekpe Udoh has reportedly received lucrative offers from teams in Spain, Italy, and Turkey.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Luka Samanic, Petrol Olimpija

  03-06-2019 19:11 via sportspyder.com
  A Euro big man with modern potential - more Dirk, less Doncic
  
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• Draper residents filed a complaint against a councilman over city payments to his restaurant

  03-06-2019 19:06
  Draper City has purchased more than $7,000 worth of food over the last five years from a local Mexican restaurant called Guadalahonky’s — a company that’s owned by City Councilman Alan Summerhays, but that hasn’t always been disclosed on his annual conflict-of-interest forms.The spending of taxpayer money for the council meals and snacks, which was verified through an open records request and confirmed on the state’s public transparency website, has spurred question
  
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• Utah Jazz center Ekpe Udoh considering return to EuroLeague with multiple overseas offers on table

  03-06-2019 19:01
  Utah Jazz center Ekpe Udoh talks to members of the media at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 25, 2019. The Utah Jazz season ended with Wednesday's loss to Houston in the playoffs.Kristin MurphySALT LAKE CITY — Ekpe Udoh is currently vacationing with family in Nigeria after spending a portion of last week in Istanbul, Turkey, checking out EuroLeague action.When the Utah Jazz center returns from the break, he will have a big decision to make on whether to
  
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• [The Runner Sports] - Should Phoenix Suns Make Signing Ricky Rubio An Offseason Priority?

  03-06-2019 18:54 via sportspyder.com
  It appears as though Ricky Rubio will soon be fielding offers for his services. The Phoenix Suns should be among the teams that go after him.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz center Ekpe Udoh considering return to EuroLeague with multiple overseas offers on table

  03-06-2019 18:43 via sportspyder.com
  Udoh, 32, is an unrestricted free agent who averaged 2.5 points and 2.1 rebounds in the past two seasons with the Jazz.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Grant Williams, University of Tennessee

  03-06-2019 18:30 via sportspyder.com
  A big body who can guard almost any position on the floor and shoot it from outside. Is he the next Paul Millsap?
  
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• At her funeral, Christian writer Rachel Held Evans is memorialized with quotes from her own writings

  03-06-2019 18:03
  After her unexpected death at age 37 at the beginning of May, Rachel Held Evans’ loved ones gathered Saturday to remember her in a funeral service.The service was held at First Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. Many of the writer’s friends followed along from a livestream of the service hosted on her website.During the service, Twitter was filled with remembrances and outpourings of love for Held Evans under the hashtags #becauseofRHE and #rememberingRHE.Held Ev
  
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• Fred Hiatt: We knew who Trump was and elected him anyway. We can’t impeach him for that.

  03-06-2019 18:00
  Conventional wisdom on the left is jelling: President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached. The only remaining questions are whether impeachment is tactically wise; and, if not, whether Congress is morally bound to proceed anyway.That last would be a tough call - if the case for impeachment was in fact so clear. But tactics aside, there remains a principled case against a rush to impeach.The strongest argument for impeachment may be that Trump is unfit for office. He lies; he divides; he flouts
  
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• Armed suspect shot by officers in West Haven

  03-06-2019 17:53
  West Haven, Utah • Authorities in West Haven say a man was shot by police after he pulled out a gun during a domestic violence call.Weber County sheriff's officials say neighbors first called 911 around 11:45 p.m. Sunday after hearing gunfire.Sheriff's Lt. Matt Jensen says the call involved a dispute between a girlfriend and boyfriend.When deputies got there, a male suspect had just left the home on foot.Jensen says that's when the suspect took out a firearm. Officers then shot him several
  
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• Uncle accused of killing 5-year-old Lizzy Shelley expected in court for first time since he was charged with murder

  03-06-2019 17:48
  The uncle accused of killing 5-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley is expected to be in court Monday afternoon for his first hearing since prosecutors charged him in connection with the girl’s death.Lizzy had been missing for five days when prosecutors charged 21-year-old Alex Whipple last Wednesday with aggravated murder, child kidnapping, obstructing justice and abuse or desecration of a human body in the disappearance of his niece.After he was charged, Whipple disclosed the l
  
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• Commentary: Muslims have more visibility than ever, but can we praise it?

  03-06-2019 17:32
  Between a burkini featured in this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the New Haven mosque set ablaze last month, Muslims in the United States occupy a particularly demanding moment in history. As we near the end of Ramadan, we live at the cusp of both unprecedented Muslim visibility and heightened anti-Muslim racism. If we are not careful, these new modes of representation may contribute to the rise of anti-Muslim racism, rather than combat it.As a visibly Muslim woman born and
  
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• [The Score] - Rubio: Jazz 'let me know that I am not priority No. 1'

  03-06-2019 17:31 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are entering a crucial offseason as they look to build around their star duo of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. According to starting point guard Ricky Rubio, it's increasingly unlikely that he'll be part of that future."(Utah has)...
  
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• Pope Francis apologizes for history of discrimination against Roma

  03-06-2019 17:27
  Blaj, Romania • Pope Francis apologized Sunday to the Roma ethnic minority for their history of discrimination in Europe and paid homage to Romanian Catholics persecuted during communist rule as he wrapped up his third and final day with a message of forgiveness.Francis reached out to the minorities of Transylvania during a deeply symbolic visit to Romania about 20 years after St. John Paul II made the first-ever papal trip to the majority Orthodox country.In his final stop Sunday before he
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Talen Horton-Tucker, Iowa State University

  03-06-2019 17:23 via sportspyder.com
  The long-armed, big-bodied guard from Iowa State is an intriguing prospect with huge upside
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Carsen Edwards, Purdue University

  03-06-2019 16:10 via sportspyder.com
  Could Carsen Edwards join fellow Purdue Boilermaker Isaac Haas in Utah?
  
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• Utah man shot ‘several times’ by police after ‘altercation’

  03-06-2019 16:05
  A man was shot several times by Weber County Sheriffs officers who were responding to a report of domestic violence/shots fired on Sunday night.According to a department spokesman, Roy City Police responded to a reported domestic dispute between a man and woman at a home near 4300 South and 4300 West in West Haven about 11:45 p.m. on Sunday. By the time officers arrived, the man had walked away from the home.Sheriffs officers located him near 4500 West and 4000 South shortly thereafter, “a
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz legend Frank Layden receives the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award

  03-06-2019 16:02 via sportspyder.com
  Former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden is this year’s winner of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association.
  
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• Jazz legend Frank Layden receives the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award

  03-06-2019 15:45
  Former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden is this year’s winner of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association.Layden coached the Utah Jazz for parts of eight seasons, winning coach of the year in 1984 — the same year that he also won executive of the year and the league's citizenship award.The 87-year-old Layden says he is deeply touched to be this year's recipient, particularly because of his friendship with Daly.And with his tradem
  
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• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. is ready to talk to Iran with ‘no preconditions’

  03-06-2019 15:40
  Bellinzona, Switzerland • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States will not relent in trying to pressure the Islamic Republic to change its behavior in the Middle East, America’s top diplomat said.Pompeo repeated long-standing U.S. accusations that Iran is bent on destabilizing the region, but he also held
  
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• Dana Milbank: The Trump administration’s lie in the service of racism

  03-06-2019 15:29
  Washington • Last week, the hood came off.The Trump administration has devised a fundamentally racist policy: adding a question to the 2020 Census that will suppress participation by nonwhite people and, therefore, artificially increase white (and Republican) power in a new round of gerrymandering.To do this, administration officials falsely told the public, the lower courts and the Supreme Court that the disadvantage to nonwhite Americans was statistically questionable and that the Justice
  
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• Gehrke: After Mueller spoke his mind, Congress was left with just one option  — impeaching the president

  03-06-2019 15:27
  After two years of silence, the now-retired special counsel Robert Mueller made his first and probably last public statement last week and made two things clear.First, Russian intelligence “launched a concerted attack on our political system,” a fact that should concern every American.Second, Mueller’s team did not make a determination as to whether Trump obstructed justice in his repeated efforts to impede the investigation.“If we had confidence that the president clearl
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Dylan Windler, Belmont University

  03-06-2019 15:19 via sportspyder.com
  Dylan Windler might remind some of another Midwestern Jazz draftee from up the road in Indiana.
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Joe Biden is running against himself while the other 20-plus Dem candidates are trying to gain attention

  03-06-2019 14:51
  Happy Monday! Former Vice President Joe Biden is far ahead in the polls for the Democratic nod for president and his rivals are doing everything they can to get within striking distance. It now seems that Biden is really running against himself -- trying not to stumble when in the lead -- while the other 20-plus candidates for the office are hoping to make some inroads with voters. [Politico]Topping the news: Sen. Mitt Romney warned on Friday that President Donald Trump’s potential tariffs
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Draft Profile: Eric Paschall, Villanova University

  03-06-2019 14:27 via sportspyder.com
  Is Villanova’s versatile glue guy the next PJ Tucker?
  
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