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• [CBS Sports] - 2019 NBA free agency: Five sneaky-good signings you may have missed amid the madness of opening night - CBSSports.com

  01-07-2019 23:35 via sportspyder.com
  The big names got the headlines, but plenty of teams made smart deals to lock up winning players
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz host night one of Salt Lake City Summer League

  01-07-2019 23:16 via sportspyder.com
  The first look at three picks the Jazz made at the draft
  
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• Monson: How did the Utah Jazz build one of the NBA’s best teams? Through acumen and patience.

  01-07-2019 23:11
  “Beware the fury of a patient man.”There are sports writers and commentators who argue over who expressed those words first. Some say it was Publilius Syrus, who was a power forward, I think, for a team in the Italian League. Others credit coach John Dryden for using it in a poetic pregame speech a while back.Either way, the saying perfectly fits the guys running the Utah Jazz.There are those who thought the team wasn’t all that serious about upgrading its prospects for NBA cha
  
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• Tribune Editorial: If Utah politicians won’t ban conversion therapy, Utah experts might

  01-07-2019 23:00
  It is tempting to chide Gov. Gary Herbert for ducking the question of whether Utah should finally ban the cruel and discredited practice known as “conversion therapy” as practiced on teens and children.But it is possible that our sometimes reticent chief executive has passed this buck to just the right place.In its most recent session, the Utah Legislature seemed to be moving toward passing legislation that would ban mental health professionals licensed by the state of Utah from enga
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: How did the Utah Jazz build one of the NBA’s best teams? Through acumen and patience.

  01-07-2019 22:46 via sportspyder.com
  “Beware the fury of a patient man.”
  
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• 2 Utahns die in plane crash in San Juan County

  01-07-2019 22:29
  Two Utahns were found dead Monday in the southeastern part of the state in the wreckage of a plane that had been reported missing a day earlier.The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Kevin Carroll, 53, of Moab, and Jay Camberlango, 42, of Lindon. Carroll’s company, Carroll Drilling LLC, is listed as the owner of a single-engine, two-seat experimental airplane. The plane was found about 8 a.m. Monday in the northern end of San Juan County, according to a news r
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NBA writers and analysts love the Utah Jazz’s latest free agency moves. Here’s what they’re saying.

  01-07-2019 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz’s offseason makeover hasn’t come without significant cost, having now claimed Derrick Favors, Ricky Rubio, Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Raul Neto, and Grayson Allen from the 2018-19 roster, plus a pair of first-round picks.
  
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• [NBA] - Players to watch at SLC Summer League

  01-07-2019 22:06 via sportspyder.com
  With the draft in the rear view mirror and free agency in full swing, now's the perfect time for some summer basketball. Cue the 2019 Salt Lake City Summer Leaague, a four-team, three-day
  
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• Will Hurd: I’m grateful for the border spending bill. But it’s still not enough.

  01-07-2019 22:00
  Last week, the U.S. House passed a $4.6 billion emergency spending bill to address the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. The bill, already passed by the Senate, now heads to the president, who's likely to sign it.As the member of Congress who represents more of the U.S.-Mexico border than anyone else, I can tell you with certainty that what is happening on our border is unprecedented and getting worse every day. The tragic image of a father and his daughter drowned on the banks of the
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Pelicans acquiring Derrick Favors from Jazz for two second-round draft picks

  01-07-2019 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  A person familiar with the situation says the New Orleans Pelicans have acquired veteran center Derrick Favors from the Utah Jazz in exchange for a pair of second-round draft choices.
  
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• NBA writers and analysts love the Utah Jazz’s latest free agency moves. Here’s what they’re saying.

  01-07-2019 21:44
  The Jazz’s offseason makeover hasn’t come without significant cost, having now claimed Derrick Favors, Ricky Rubio, Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver, Raul Neto, and Grayson Allen from the 2018-19 roster, plus a pair of first-round picks.Of course, that makes all the acclaim the team is getting all the more remarkable.Acquiring Mike Conley in a predraft trade with the Memphis Grizzlies was significant on its own. Following that up with Sunday’s free agent additions of sharpshooting forw
  
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• Tell the Tribune: How is your office working to reduce air pollution?

  01-07-2019 21:43
  The Salt Lake Tribune is interested in business solutions to Utah’s air pollution problem, and we want to hear from you.Do you work for a company that is switching to low-VOC cleaning products, reducing pesticide use or moving to all-electric equipment for landscape care? Does your office pay for UTA passes or incentivize telecommuting? Are there Utah tech solutions or consumer products that have helped you personally reduce your emissions? Let us know.Your responses won’t be publish
  
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• Accused of killing MacKenzie Lueck, Ayoola Ajayi was once investigated for rape. Here’s what the police report says.

  01-07-2019 21:43
  The man accused of killing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck was investigated several years ago for allegedly raping a coworker.Ayoola Ajayi, 31, has been in the Salt Lake County jail since last Friday, accused of kidnapping and murdering Lueck on June 17 before burning her body. Ajayi has not yet been formally charged in Lueck’s death, and he remains in the jail without the opportunity to post bail.A North Park police report released Monday in response to a public records request
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Trump not boosted by strong American economy

  01-07-2019 21:41
  Washington • The solid economy is doing little to bolster support for President Donald Trump.Americans give Trump mixed reviews for his economic stewardship despite the growth achieved during this presidency, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Nearly two-thirds describe as "good" an economy that appears to have set a record for the longest expansion in U.S. history, with decade-long growth that began under Barack Obama. More people cons
  
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• Pelicans acquiring Derrick Favors from Jazz for two second-round draft picks

  01-07-2019 21:36
  Derrick Favors 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.NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says the New Orleans Pelicans have acquired veteran center Derrick Favors from the Utah Jazz in exchange for a pair of second-round draft choices.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the de
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: J.J. Barea, Mavericks Agree to Deal

  01-07-2019 21:29 via sportspyder.com
  Free agent guard JJ Barea has agreed to a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Free agent guard JJ Barea has agreed to a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal to return to the...
  
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• [The Ringer] - The Jazz Are the Under-the-Radar Winners of the Offseason

  01-07-2019 21:15 via sportspyder.com
  In trading for Mike Conley and signing Bojan Bogdanovic and Ed Davis, Utah has ascended the Western Conference’s power rankings. The days of rooting for Donovan Mitchell’s scrappy underdog team are over.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Report: Utah waiving Raul Neto to make space for Mike Conley trade

  01-07-2019 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  Another longtime member of the Utah Jazz is on his way out to facilitate the team’s path toward legitimate championship contention. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Jazz will release backup point guard Raul Neto to free up enough cap...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rock On: Donovan Mitchell can see the future

  01-07-2019 20:45 via sportspyder.com
  Also, Mitchell's signature shoe says all about how the Jazz landed two new stars.
  
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• Rock On: Donovan Mitchell can see the future

  01-07-2019 20:40
  Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell 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.FILE- In this Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, former Louisville basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino talks to reporters during a news conference in New York. A recruiter, a coach and a former Adidas executive are scheduled to go on trial in New York in a criminal case that expos
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Maxi Kleber, Mavericks Agree to Deal

  01-07-2019 20:20 via sportspyder.com
  Maxi Kleber and the Mavericks have agreed on a four-year, $35 million deal, league sources say Maxi Kleber and the Mavericks have agreed on a four-year, $35 million deal, league sources say — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 1, 2019 Source: Marc...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Jazz to Waive Raul Neto

  01-07-2019 20:20 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are planning to waive guard Raul Neto in order to create space to complete the Mike Conley Jr. trade, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Neto will become a strong option as a reserve point guard on the market. The Utah Jazz...
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Enes Kanter, Celtics Agree to Deal

  01-07-2019 20:20 via sportspyder.com
  Sources: Free agent center Enes Kanter has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics. Sources: Free agent center Enes Kanter has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2019 Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
  
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• Sources: Jazz to Waive Raul Neto

  01-07-2019 20:03 via basketballinsiders.com
  The Utah Jazz are planning to waive guard Raul Neto in order to create space to complete the Mike Conley Jr. trade, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Neto will become a strong option as a reserve point guard on the market. The Utah Jazz are planning to waive guard Raul Neto in order to create […]
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Report: Utah Jazz to waive point guard Raul Neto to complete Mike Conley trade

  01-07-2019 19:59 via sportspyder.com
  Neto appeared in just 37 games of the Jazz’s 50-win season last year to average 5.3 points and 2.5 assists on 46 percent shooting.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz to waive Raul Neto to create cap space for the Conley trade, according to report

  01-07-2019 19:53 via sportspyder.com
  In order to bring in the new, the Jazz have had to lose some of the old.
  
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• Utah Jazz waive point guard Raul Neto to complete Mike Conley trade

  01-07-2019 19:52
  Utah Jazz point guard Raul Neto works with physical therapist Fabrice Gautier at his office in Los Angles on Friday, June 21, 2019.Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — After a busy opening day of free agency, the Utah Jazz aren't completely done just yet.On Monday, Utah announced that they waived floor general Raul Neto to create cap space to complete the Mike Conley Jr. trade with Memphis.Thank you, Raul ????????????https://t.co/6xZaDn60y6 pic.twitter.com/ulMzgYyw5Y— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) J
  
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• Report: Utah Jazz to waive point guard Raul Neto to complete Mike Conley trade

  01-07-2019 19:52
  Utah Jazz point guard Raul Neto works with physical therapist Fabrice Gautier at his office in Los Angles on Friday, June 21, 2019.Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — After a busy opening day of free agency, the Utah Jazz aren't completely done just yet.Utah is reportedly set to waive floor general Raul Neto to create cap space to complete the Mike Conley Jr. trade with Memphis, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.The Utah Jazz are planning to waive guard Raul Neto in order to create space to comp
  
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• Real Monarchs name an interim coach after Vasquez moves on

  01-07-2019 19:48
  Martín Vasquez is no longer the coach of the Real Monarchs,, the club announced Monday. Team officials named Jamison Olave the interim head coach.Vasquez was hired in January to lead the Monarchs, a move the organization described as “ushering in a new era.” He did not last an entire season with the United Soccer League affiliate associated with Real Salt Lake.Vasquez is credited with developing Real Salt Lake’s homegrown players, such as Justen Glad, Aaron Herrera, Broo
  
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• Utah Jazz to waive Raul Neto to create cap space for the Conley trade, according to report

  01-07-2019 19:40
  In order to bring in the new, the Jazz have had to lose some of the old.While Derrick Favors was traded to New Orleans to open up cap space, it wasn’t quite enough to keep Raul Neto, it seems. On Monday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that the Jazz will have to waive Neto in order to complete the trade for Mike Conley.Neto, who was slated to make $2.1 million next season, now will go through the waiver process: every team with cap space will be eligible to make a claim on him
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Plan To Waive Raul Neto

  01-07-2019 19:40 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz plan to waive point guard Raul Neto in order to create space for the Mike Conley trade with Memphis, according …
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Ed Davis is a low-key free agent steal for the Utah Jazz

  01-07-2019 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  After making a big splash in free agency with Bojan Bogdanovic, the Utah Jazz followed it up with a sneaky good signing in Ed Davis. So, are we ready to de...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz forward Joe Ingles posts touching farewell message to Derrick Favors

  01-07-2019 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  With the Utah Jazz trading Derrick Favors to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, Joe Ingles took to Twitter to thank his former teammate for the time together. 8 years with the @utahjazz, 5 years together! @dfavors14 was rumoured nearly every...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Does the addition of Bojan Bogdanovic make the Utah Jazz a championship contender in the West?

  01-07-2019 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have had a very busy offseason, first trading for Mike Conley and then agreeing to sign Bojan Bogdanovic and Ed Davis in free agency. For a team that had very limited talent outside of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, these are...
  
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• BYU celebrates ‘fantastic’ sports year after a top-30 finish in the national standings

  01-07-2019 19:29
  Provo • Around the country, the perception persists that BYU’s move to football independence in 2011 and into the West Coast Conference for most of its other teams has had a damaging effect on the school.For instance, Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports last week called BYU one of the “losers of the decade of realignment in college sports,” and said its rogue football program has had a “mediocre decade of treading water” since it left the Mountain West Conference after t
  
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• ‘Finding the clues to the puzzle’: SLCC’s women’s coach trades dreams of detective work for a life of hoops

  01-07-2019 19:26
  Marcilina Grayer is an eligibility expert for college sports. So she knows that only five months remain in the phase of her life where she was labeled a rising star, even before being promoted as the Salt Lake Community College women’s basketball coach.The “Thirty Under 30” list published by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association in 2018, featuring mostly Division I assistants, endorsed a coach who’s known for being driven to get where she wants to go, ahead of
  
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• Pankaj Mishra: Putin is wrong about liberalism. But so are the liberals.

  01-07-2019 19:08
  Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion last week that Western liberalism was obsolete provoked some strident rebuttals. A contemptuous silence might have been preferable, saving us the embarrassment of Boris Johnson invoking "our values," or European Council President Donald Tusk claiming, against overwhelming evidence, that it was authoritarianism that was obsolete.Even the Financial Times, to which Putin confided his views, was reduced to childishly asserting that "while America is no lo
  
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• Ed Davis is a low-key free agent steal for the Utah Jazz

  01-07-2019 19:06
  After making a big splash in free agency with Bojan Bogdanovic, the Utah Jazz followed it up with a sneaky good signing in Ed Davis. So, are we ready to declare the Utah Jazz the winners of the NBA offseason or what? On the opening day of free agency, the Jazz followed up their big […]
  Ed Davis is a low-key free agent steal for the Utah Jazz - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Charles Barkley thinks Jazz could be the NBA’s most improved team

  01-07-2019 18:26 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have made numerous significant additions this offseason, and Charles Barkley is loving what they are doing, saying on ESPN First Take that the Jazz “might be the most improved team in the league.” For context, Barkley noted how Kevin...
  
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• Salt Lake City senator requested money for Utah Museum of Contemporary Art without disclosing that he sits on its board

  01-07-2019 18:17
  In a legislative appropriations hearing earlier this year, Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, requested $50,000 in funding for the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.He did not indicate that he was a member of the museum’s unpaid board of trustees. Nor did he disclose that relationship on his annual conflict of interest forms, which ask lawmakers to list the entities or organizations for which they serve on the board of directors “or in any other type of paid leadership capacity.&rdq
  
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• 2 people die in plane crash in southeast Utah

  01-07-2019 18:16
  Two people were found dead Monday in the wreckage of a plane that had been reported missing a day earlier.The names of the deceased were not immediately released. The plane was found about 8 a.m. Monday in the northern end of San Juan County, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office there. A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter had been searching for the airplane, and the news release said it was personnel from that agency that hiked to the wreck and confirmed the fatal
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz among the winners of free agency, now considered a title contender among national NBA experts

  01-07-2019 18:04 via sportspyder.com
  Here's what the experts are saying after just one day of NBA free agency.
  
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• Utah Jazz among the winners of free agency, now considered a title contender among national NBA experts

  01-07-2019 18:02
  Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder talks to the media before the Utah Jazz play the Houston Rockets in Game 5 of the NBA playoffs at the Toyota Center in Houston on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.SALT LAKE CITY — The reviews are in, and critics are raving about the Utah Jazz.The team, which had just traded for award-winning point guard Mike Conley, signed sharpshooting forward Bojan Bogdanovic and big man Ed Davis. While the team lost Derrick Favors and Ricky Rubio, national NBA experts consider the J
  
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• This July 4, it’s hot dogs, fireworks and average-to-below-average temperatures in Utah

  01-07-2019 17:56
  If the corn is supposed to be knee high by the Fourth of July, then the holiday temperatures in Salt Lake City are supposed to be 90 degrees.The National Weather Service only predicts one of those things, and it says Salt Lake City will land on its historical July average of 90 degrees for Thursday — the anniversary of American independence. That might actually represent a cooling. The agency says Salt Lake City temperatures will reach lower 90s Monday, mid-90s Tuesday and back to the lowe
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Utah pro golfer talks about connection to subject of new movie; Utah's least favorite NBA player

  01-07-2019 17:48 via sportspyder.com
  "(Groberg) is a special person in the Tongan community and especially in the church in Tonga," Finau said.
  
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• Morning links: Utah pro golfer talks about connection to subject of new movie; Utah's least favorite NBA player

  01-07-2019 17:44
  U.S. golfer Tony Finau watches after hitting from the fourth tee during the last round of the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Dante Carrer)APSALT LAKE CITY — When professional golfer Tony Finau was asked to help promote a new movie earlier this month, it was an easy decision because the subject of the movie is not just close to his heart, but also close to his family tree.When John Groberg reached out to the Salt Lake City golfer
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Pelicans acquire veteran forward Favors in trade with Jazz

  01-07-2019 16:48 via sportspyder.com
  The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired forward Derrick Favors from the Utah Jazz for two second-round picks, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic. The Jazz will receive a 2021 and 2023 second-rounder in the deal. Favors, 27, is 6-foot-10 and the...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz should be considered a favorite for the NBA Championship

  01-07-2019 16:36 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz players were just as surprised as we were.
  
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• Sheriff looking for airplane, 2 people that never returned to Moab

  01-07-2019 16:29
  The Grand County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a small airplane that did not return to Moab as scheduled.Two people were aboard, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The airplane left Moab about 8 a.m. Sunday and was expected back by noon.The release did not specify the make or model of the aircraft, but an attached photo showed a red, single-engine, two-seat airplane. The tail number shows the airplane belongs to a Moab business. When called Monday, the person
  
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• NBA Daily: Free Agent Watch – Day 1

  01-07-2019 16:15 via basketballinsiders.com
  Free Agency has finally arrived, and after the first day, Matt illustrates why this one is already one for the books.
  
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