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• A Belarusian newlywed’s journey to the ‘Into the Wild’ bus ends in tragedy

  28-07-2019 23:20
  A Belarusian woman was swept away and died while trying to cross a fast-moving river in Alaska in search of an abandoned bus made famous by the book and movie “Into The Wild.”Situated along the Stampede Trail, the abandoned Fairbanks City Transit bus 142 has become somewhat of a pilgrimage spot in recent decades, sometimes with a devastating ending. The trail is over 100 miles southwest of Fairbanks."The river has always been kind of the deadly aspect of that trip," said Eva Holland,
  
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• Grasshoppers on the go make migratory stop in Las Vegas area

  28-07-2019 23:00
  Las Vegas • A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago.Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on Thursday the number of adult pallid-winged grasshoppers traveling north to central Nevada is unusual but not unprecedented and they pose no danger.Knight says the insects don't carry disease, don't bite, and probably won't damage anybody's yard before they're gone in several weeks.He says they'
  
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• Leonard Pitts: 9/11 victims should not have had to suffer this bureaucratic hell

  28-07-2019 22:30
  “Hold tight to your anger, don’t fall to your fears.”— Bruce Springsteen, “Wrecking Ball”It never should have come to this.The first responders who, on a September morning 18 years ago, rushed into toxic clouds that once had been the World Trade Center never should have been put through bureaucratic hell. Sick and dying because they answered the call for courage, they never should have been forced to drag themselves repeatedly down to Washington to lobby Congr
  
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• Rural Nevada not equipped for big ‘storm Area 51’ turnout

  28-07-2019 21:01
  Las Vegas • At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously.Then, her phone started ringing."It doesn't stop, our phone won't stop ringing," Connie West, of the Little A'le'Inn, told the Las Vegas Sun.The 10-room motel is one of few businesses in Rachel, a town of 54 residents now gaining celebrity status among aviation and UFO enthusiasts attracted by the post
  
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• 3 takeaways from the Utah Royals’ loss to North Carolina Courage

  28-07-2019 18:47
  Here are three takeaways from Utah Royals FC losing 2-1 to the North Carolina Courage.1. Maybe someone should mark Christen PressFor the past two games now, the USWNT reserve forward and Utah Royals FC fan favorite has put away one goal. And each time, not only was it fun to watch, but also the result of poor defense.Press nutmegged her defender last week before putting the ball in the goal through a space not much wider than the ball itself. And against the Courage, all she needed was a soft to
  
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• George Pyle: Will Jason Chaffetz come to the defense of his old friend Elijah Cummings? Didn’t think so.

  28-07-2019 17:53
  Back before Utah’s Jason Chaffetz had gone completely over to The Dark Side -- back in the summer of 2014 -- the up-and-coming congressman from Utah engaged in an exercise that was intended to appear, and perhaps actually to be, an extraordinary effort to make the House of Representatives a less toxic place.As reported at the time by Our Man in Washington -- Thomas Burr -- Chaffetz was in line to take over the chairmanship of the key House Oversight Committee. As an act of good will, he an
  
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• As the Utes know, Washington State has grown into a Pac-12 force

  28-07-2019 17:51
  Hollywood, Calif. • Washington State coach Mike Leach tries to bring some degree of humor to the Pac-12 Football Media Day, with his offbeat answers and eagerness to tackle any subject.In turn, the conference's official media poll always amuses Leach.“Yeah, that’s the great thing about us, every season everybody thinks we’re going to get our head kicked in, then we don’t,” Leach said last week in Hollywood, regarding the Cougars’ fourth-place forecast in
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BIG3 basketball visited Vivint Arena on Saturday night, and while it takes some getting used to, it’s a good time in the end

  28-07-2019 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  There’s just no getting over it — the first thing you noticed when heading to your seats for Saturday night’s BIG3 basketball tripleheader at Vivint Smart Home Arena is that the court is a lot shorter than usual and there’s only one hoop. You know...
  
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• Great venue, but some big names are missing from the Women’s State Amateur

  28-07-2019 17:00
  Logan Country Club is proud to host the 113th Utah Women's State Amateur at a venue that head professional Dean Johansen describes as “the best match-play course in the state.”One of the best match-play golfers in Utah history will be absent, though. Four-time champion Kelsey Chugg is playing in next week’s U.S. Women’s Amateur in Mississippi, and missing two weeks of work in her new position as Salt Lake City Golf’s assistant director would be difficult.So the 2017
  
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• This Shakespeare Festival play is a funny, engaging look at life in the shadow of suicide. And Utah high schoolers will all have a chance to see it.

  28-07-2019 16:59
  Cedar City • Sitting in the audience at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Brenda Jeppson suddenly found herself taking off her sock (with help from her husband), putting it on her hand and pretending it was a puppet.The retired English teacher from Taylorsville wasn’t having some sort of breakdown. She was an impromptu part of the one-man — plus the audience — play, “Every Brilliant Thing,” acting opposite star Michael Doherty. And she was loving every minute of i
  
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• 3 takeaways from the scoreless draw between Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas

  28-07-2019 16:55
  Here are three takeaways from the 0-0 draw between Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas.1. Sometimes you just run into an amazing goalkeeperWith as many bona fide chances RSL had to score, one would think that the club would be going back to Salt Lake City with three points in had. But Jesse González had other ideas.The FC Dallas keeper had five saves on the evening, three of which came in the first half. Those first three came on rather soft shots by RSL, but it was the next two that had acting
  
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• A friends-and-family intervention for preventing teen suicide shows promise

  28-07-2019 16:38
  If you or someone you know are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.A 16-year-old boy, a high school athlete with good grades, told his therapist that he was thinking about taking his own life. That therapist, Dennis Kolsch, got him admitted to an inpatient ward. “He didn’t have a great experience in there, but he was safe,” said Kolsch, a licensed mental health counse
  
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• Great Salt Lake Fringe theater festival will invite audiences to get up and off the sidelines

  28-07-2019 16:21
  Alexandra Barbier has been dancing her whole life — and she’s also watched dance as a passive audience member her whole life.“I got to a point that watching dance just wasn’t enough,” Barbier said. “I wanted to experience something different as an audience member. And so I thought, how do I create that for someone who might also be feeling that way?”Barbier’s dance piece, “Be My Guest,” will be one of several interactive audience shows
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: I’m divorced and in love again, but he’s keeping his family a secret

  28-07-2019 16:15
  Dear Ann Cannon • I am a newly divorced woman in my early 50s with two grown boys in their 20s. I have been in my first post-divorce relationship — actually my first post-divorce anything — for eight months with a wonderful man my age who I was not looking for or expected when we first met. He is everything I would want in a post-divorce relationship: funny, no drama, honest, trusting to a fault, fun to be around and has included me in all of his interests and hobbies that I wou
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: You don’t have to like a TV show, but you’re not entitled to a do-over

  28-07-2019 16:14
  OMG, isn’t it about time that alleged “fans” quit complaining about how “Game of Thrones” ended? At this point, it’s just childish whining. And some people just can’t let go of it.Including some members of the Television Critics Association, who took the opportunity to pounce when HBO’s programming chief, Casey Bloys, appeared at the summer press tour. And pounce with the dumbest of angles — the ridiculous online petition calling on HBO to re
  
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• Brodi Ashton: If you flip the bird and no one is around to see it, does it make the driver you targeted any less of a jerk?

  28-07-2019 16:14
  It was safe to say, I had the rage of the road. But it might not be for the usual reasons that come to mind.The other day, I was in a left turn lane. The car in front of me turned left, and it looked like I had a clear path. I barely tapped on the gas when I saw a car coming toward me. I stepped on the brake. I had moved maybe two inches.I was not in his way yet. Even so, I put my hand up so he would know that I saw him.I know it was a “him” because I could see his face. As he went t
  
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• David Burns: I was in the last ‘Shadow War’ with Iran. It’s a cautionary tale.

  28-07-2019 16:10
  A year ago, President Trump scrapped the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Since then, he has effectively declared economic war on Iran, imposing new and crippling sanctions as part of a strategy of “maximum pressure” to force regime change and end Iran’s support for terrorism.Iran has responded with threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point through which about 20 percent of the world’s traded petroleum travels. Since May, six oil tankers have been attacked near the
  
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• Robert Kirby: Takin’ it to the streets. Crank up that Mormon rock.

  28-07-2019 16:07
  If The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dropping “Mormon” to put more Christ in our worship, then why not put more Jesus in our music?In my mind — which rarely works as well as it should — this would be the perfect time to amp up our presence in popular music.Other faiths already have done this. My wife’s church plays modern worship music that isn’t anything like the dirges sung in mine. “Christian rock” is played on guitars, drums, b
  
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• Political cartoons about women’s suffrage, now on exhibit in Logan, still resonate

  28-07-2019 16:06
  The line of protesting women is holding banners that quote the president’s praise for democracy and liberty. One sign retorts: “How long must women wait for freedom?”Another woman carries a rat trap — ready for the conditions ahead as the line moves forward into jail.The 1917 cartoon by artist Nina Allender shows the hallmarks of her work: She documented women standing up for their beliefs, highlighted the struggles they faced and regularly confronted President Woodrow Wi
  
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• San Juan County paid nearly $500K to Louisiana law firm to lobby for Bears Ears reductions

  28-07-2019 16:04
  Two months before President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears National Monument in late 2016, San Juan County hired a New Orleans-based law firm to lobby for the monument’s reduction.The southeastern Utah county paid $485,600 to Davillier Law Group in 2016 and 2017 to research past monument reductions and to prepare packets of information for delivery to then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, according to itemized billings obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.Tha
  
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• Molly Davis: Utah cash bail rules hurt low-income people

  28-07-2019 15:54
  In 2019, the Utah Legislature limited judicial discretion in bail decisions — which determine whether a presumably innocent person is released pending trial. Passed with claims of preventing high, cash-only bail — thus making it difficult for people to be released — this bill flew through the Utah Legislature with minimal opposition.But the bill could result in more low-income people staying in jail when accused of crimes. Legislators should rethink bail as a whole to stop this
  
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• Letter: Pioneer Day is a story for all immigrants

  28-07-2019 14:00
  Every year, Pioneer Day is a reminder of my own immigration story into this country.Pioneer Day is the ideal holiday for Americans with immigrant background, a way to celebrate their journey to Utah. While the journey and struggles have changed in 152 years, the basic motivations are the same.Just like the pioneers, immigrants are running away from something in the pursuit of a better life. They are willing to sacrifice everything, in the hopes that they and their family can live to their utmost
  
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• Letter: Enough fake outrage about ‘racism’

  28-07-2019 14:00
  The context in which something is said is often removed and replaced with a political narrative that benefits the flavor of the day. The recent whining about President Donald Trump’s tweets regarding “the squad” is a perfect example.A dose of intellectual honesty and ability to read would provide the truth. The president’s actual comments are on point and miles from being racist. What he is telling these incompetent imbeciles is go fix the problems in countries that are n
  
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• Letter: Congress has accomplished nothing

  28-07-2019 14:00
  Members of Congress are so excited because their August recess is coming up shortly. They are just on edge waiting for the whistle to blow.They must be just plumb tired out as they have ignored immigration reform, have yet to get to budgets that should be mostly ready by now and ignored a myriad of other important things.In the Senate, Sen. Mike Lee throttled the 9/11 compensation legislation until he figures out how to pay for it. This is after the Republicans enacted one of the largest tax cut
  
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• Letter: City decisions should be made by the city

  28-07-2019 14:00
  Imagine how you might feel if, say, a group of your neighbors — not close neighbors, but several blocks away — got together and decided that a corner of your yard was the ideal place to put, say, a toxic waste holding area that would require a constant flow of trucks in and out of your alley.Imagine that they voted to take this piece of your property without asking for your permission or even caring to listen to your concerns.If you can imagine how you might feel, then maybe you can
  
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• Letter: All citizens should honor their right to vote

  28-07-2019 14:00
  Every time I see a naturalization ceremony, where people are taking the oath of citizenship, I’m moved. I look into their eyes and I see so many hopes and dreams. I see a bit of pride at their accomplishment. I see a bit of sadness at the fear of losing their identity. I see the glimmer of the American dream.As an immigrant myself, I know what it’s like to live under despots on the left, dictators on the right, and a military coup that was described by Tim Rice in “Evita”
  
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• [KSL] - Ed Davis, Jeff Green joined Jazz with championship aspirations | KSL.com

  28-07-2019 07:58 via sportspyder.com
  Davis and Green are eager to join a veteran Jazz team that has its eyes on a title.
  
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• North Carolina Courage knock off Utah Royals FC 2-1 at Rio Tinto

  28-07-2019 07:35
  Sandy • In the entire existence of the Utah Royals FC franchise, not falling to the North Carolina Courage has been its modus operandi. Last season, the Royals were the only team in the National Women’s Soccer League that didn’t lose to the Courage, and they continued that with the first game between the two this year.But on Saturday, in front of an announced crowd of 10,545 at Rio Tinto Stadium, that trend stopped. Utah lost 2-1 to the Courage.The Royals, winless in their last
  
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• [Deseret News] - Frank Nitty: How Damian Lillard’s college teammate used Weber State heartbreak to become summer hoops legend

  28-07-2019 07:11 via sportspyder.com
  Former Weber State guard Franklin Session is now a member of Ice Cube's Big 3 basketball league.
  
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• Frank Nitty: How Damian Lillard’s college teammate used Weber State heartbreak to become summer hoops legend

  28-07-2019 06:56
  Franklin Session played at Weber State University during the 2009-10 season, alongside NBA All-Star Damian Lillard, where he was named Big Sky Conference Newcomer of the Year. He is now a member of the Killer 3s in Ice Cube's Big 3 basketball league.Eric Woodyard, Deseret NewsFranklin Session played at Weber State University during the 2009-10 season, alongside NBA All-Star Damian Lillard, where he was named Big Sky Conference Newcomer of the Year.Robert CaseyFranklin Session played at Weber Sta
  
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• Body of 21-year-old West Valley City man recovered from Provo Canyon dam

  28-07-2019 06:25
  A 21-year-old West Valley City man drowned Saturday after he jumped from a bridge into a dam in Provo Canyon.Albert “AJ” Mapa was last seen Saturday afternoon, Utah County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Spencer Cannon said. A search and rescue crew found his body just before 9 p.m., about 35 feet downriver from where he was last seen at the Olmstead Diversion Dam, which is located on the Provo River.Mapa had recently returned home from a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa
  
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• BIG3 basketball visited Vivint Arena on Saturday night, and while it takes some getting used to, it’s a good time in the end

  28-07-2019 06:07
  There’s just no getting over it — the first thing you noticed when heading to your seats for Saturday night’s BIG3 basketball tripleheader at Vivint Smart Home Arena is that the court is a lot shorter than usual and there’s only one hoop. You know this going in, of course, considering the league is a halfcourt, 3-on-3 affair, but the visual is still jarring.Those are just a few of the many components that distinguish the BIG3 from the NBA. There’s a ton of little ga
  
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• Top-seeded Eberlein Drive wins Salt Lake Regional of The Basketball Tournament

  28-07-2019 05:42
  Top-seeded Eberlein Drive is moving on to the quarterfinals of The Basketball Tournament for the second-straight year after knocking off No. 2 seed Team Challenge ALS 68-67 on Saturday night in the Salt Lake Regional final in West Valley City.Former Cal star Jerome Randle scored a game-high 18 points and Donald Sloan and Taylor Braun added 12 apiece at the Maverik Center for Eberlein Drive, which made it to the championship game last year before losing to Overseas Elite.Team Challenge ALS, which
  
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• Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas play to scoreless draw

  28-07-2019 04:17
  When Real Salt Lake played FC Dallas earlier this season, a comedy of errors transpired. A conceded goal in the first minute, an injury to rookie defender Erik Holt and a red card given to Damir Kreilach. It was a difficult game that ended in a loss.Saturday was somewhat similar, only RSL knew it would be without to key pieces of its club ahead of time. Coach Mike Petke was suspended by Major League Soccer for his conduct toward referees after Wednesday’s loss to Tigres UANL. And Albert Ru
  
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• A newlywed’s journey to the ‘Into the Wild’ bus ends in tragedy

  28-07-2019 04:09
  A Belarusian woman was swept away and died while trying to cross a fast-moving river in Alaska in search of an abandoned bus made famous by the book and movie “Into The Wild.”Situated along the Stampede Trail, the abandoned Fairbanks City Transit bus 142 has become somewhat of a pilgrimage spot in recent decades, sometimes with a devastating ending. The trail is over 100 miles southwest of Fairbanks."The river has always been kind of the deadly aspect of that trip," said Eva Holland,
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 198: Favorite Utah Jazz Jerseys, Shoe talk and NBA News

  28-07-2019 03:47 via sportspyder.com
  This week we talk about our favorite all time Utah Jazz jerseys. Also, Donovan Mitchell's signature shoes are hot commodities. NBA News and Notes.
  
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• African traditions, culture and heritage celebrated at the Fourth Annual African Festival

  28-07-2019 02:06
  Hundreds attend the Fourth Annual African Festival sponsored by the United Africans of Utah on Saturday at Liberty Park. The free African Festival promotes African traditions, culture and heritage through the arts, food, fashion, music and dance.
  
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• George F. Will: Serious questions for the Democratic candidates

  28-07-2019 02:00
  Washington • The Democratic presidential circus pitches its tent in Detroit this week. It will be especially entertaining if the presidential aspirants are asked some questions like these:For Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders especially, but others, too: Three of Barack Obama’s few large achievements were the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Affordable Care Act — the most significant expansion of the social safety net since 1965 (Medicare and Medi
  
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• Dana Milbank: When it comes to Russia, McConnell is no patriot

  28-07-2019 02:00
  Washington • Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset.This doesn’t mean he’s a spy, but neither is it a flip accusation. Russia attacked our country in 2016. It is attacking us today. Its attacks will intensify in 2020. Yet each time we try to raise our defenses to repel the attack, McConnell, the Senate majority leader, blocks us from defending ourselves.Let's call this what it is: unpatriotic. The Kentucky Republican is, arguably more than any other American, doing Russian President
  
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• ‘We probably have to implement the thing’: Failure of Utah Legislature’s Medicaid plan tees up full expansion — again

  28-07-2019 00:35
  Shortly after noon Saturday, Utah’s governor, House speaker and Senate president confirmed reporting from The Washington Post that the Trump administration plans to reject the state’s request for enhanced federal health care funding under a partial Medicaid expansion plan.The three state leaders said in a joint statement that they were “deeply disappointed by this latest development,” while assuring residents that the state’s existing Medicaid benefits will continue
  
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• MLS suspends RSL coach Mike Petke for conduct toward referees

  28-07-2019 00:29
  Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke has been suspended by Major League Soccer pending an investigation into his conduct toward officials after the Leagues Cup against Tigres UANL on Wednesday.The club, in a news release, stated it “will not provide further comment until a review of the incident is complete.” Petke will miss Saturday’s road game against FC Dallas.After the final whistle in RSL’s 1-0 loss to Tigres, Petke went over to one of the referees and began shouting in h
  
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