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• Little Cottonwood Canyon needs pricey repairs after mudslides, with water still flowing over the roadway

  16-08-2019 23:11
  Snowbird • The Utah Transportation Commission long ago scheduled meetings this week at Snowbird to talk about avalanche control. Thanks to violent storms last week, the discussion Friday turned instead to mudslides.To reach the meeting, members drove through five places where obstructions from last week’s mudslides are still forcing water across the road in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The highway is open, but slow and soggy at points as cars splash through.That unplanned demonstration p
  
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• LDS Church launches online training to help prevent child abuse; critic calls it a ‘good start’

  16-08-2019 23:11
  In an era when faith groups across the globe are grappling with an epidemic of abuse allegations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took a practical step toward prevention.The Utah-based faith announced Friday it has launched a 30-minute online training course on preventing abuse for all adults who interact with children and youths in their religious assignments.Anyone who works in one of the faith’s children or youth organizations will be required to take the training by log
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Quin Snyder told Donovan Mitchell to ‘be a sponge’ around Team USA coach Gregg Popovich

  16-08-2019 23:04 via sportspyder.com
  Before Team USA training camp started in Las Vegas, Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder told Donovan Mitchell to “be a sponge” around Team USA coach Gregg Popovich. Mitchell followed Snyder’s orders, as he’s been taking notes from Popovich nonstop. The...
  
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• Utah’s offensive line is a question mark, but tackle Nick Ford tells the doubters, 'Just wait ‘til game day’ vs. BYU

  16-08-2019 23:00
  Offensive tackle is Utah sophomore Nick Ford’s official position. He’s also the self-appointed defender of the Ute offensive line, amid questions that have persisted about this group since March.Ford’s defense of himself and his teammates revolves around Utah’s highly regarded defensive line. If the offensive linemen are having any success in practice against the likes of Leki Fotu and Bradlee Anae, that can only be a good sign.All anyone can do between now and the Aug. 2
  
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• Farah Melendez: Utah deserves better than Reyes as attorney general

  16-08-2019 23:00
  Back in 2014, I met Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes at the Republican Election Night party. I was a young, independent voter at the time, just figuring out the networking labyrinth.As a first-generation American with immigrant parents, I was anxious to figure out my way in the political world. I asked Reyes that evening for advice in ways to get involved in politics. He encouraged me and one of his advisors told me that the Republican Party needs more Latinas.The Republican Party needs more of
  
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• Timothy Egan: The Great Western Public Land Robbery

  16-08-2019 22:48
  Imagine if the head of Philip Morris were put in charge of the American Cancer Society. Imagine he had spent his career trying to fight cancer cures, while promoting one of the world’s leading carcinogens. For good measure, he mocked the mission of his new employer and insulted the prayers of those looking for hope.No, I’m not talking about Ken Cuccinelli, the acting chief of federal immigration services, who wants to rewrite the poem on the Statue of Liberty to say something like: K
  
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• Beware of those fancy coffee drinks, church warns Latter-day Saints

  16-08-2019 22:47
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the alluring flavors and that marijuana is outlawed unless prescribed by “competent” doctors.The new guidance in the August issue of the New Era, the church’s youth magazine, does not include fundamental changes to the religion’s strict health code, but the clarifications are significant and seem to reflect g
  
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• ‘Modern Family’ star goes to extremes — and comes to Utah — to host a TV reboot on HGTV

  16-08-2019 22:46
  If you thought you saw a “Modern Family” star at a Salt Lake bar in the past few days, you probably did. Just not the one who’s a part-owner of the place.“I actually stopped into Bar X on my way into set here last night,” said Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who stars as Mitchell Pritchett in the hit ABC sitcom. He’s been there before to visit his co-star, co-owner Ty Burrell (who stars as Phil Dunphy).But Ferguson has been back in the state over the past couple of week
  
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• Migrant kids separated at border faced abuse in foster homes

  16-08-2019 22:00
  This story is part of an ongoing joint investigation between The Associated Press and the PBS series FRONTLINE on the treatment of migrant children, which includes an upcoming film.Santa Ana, California • After local Guatemalan officials burned down an environmental activist’s home, he decided to leave his village behind and flee to the United States, hoping he’d be granted asylum and his little boy, whose heart was failing, would receive lifesaving medical care.But after crossi
  
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• For Donovan Mitchell, U.S.A. Basketball Is Summer School. He’s Top of the Class.

  16-08-2019 21:48 via nytimes.com
  Mitchell, the breakout star of the Utah Jazz, is learning from one of the best coaches ever. It could change his career.
  
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• With the ‘curse’ broken, Katie Stengel is rounding into form just in time for Utah Royals FC

  16-08-2019 21:31
  Sandy • It took a little luck for Katie Stengel to finally break what she called a “curse.”Stengel, a forward for the Utah Royals FC, had played every game this season without scoring a goal. By contrast, Stengel was the team’s leading scorer in 2018 with six goals.But for 15 games, she just couldn’t get one to find the back of the net. In the draw against the Portland Thorns a few weeks ago, she had more than one good opportunity to finish, but came away empty. Sinc
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell returns fire to Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert after trash talk

  16-08-2019 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell finally returned fire after a back-and-forth between he and Utah Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert appeared to cease after the Frenchman sent a warning shot for his younger counterpart earlier this month. Gobert warned that if his native...
  
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• Wilford W. Clyde: Lake Powell Pipeline will build a better community

  16-08-2019 21:00
  As a sixth-generation and lifelong Utahn, father, grandfather and businessman, I support the development of the Lake Powell Pipeline.Utah is filled with distinct and desirable communities, and Washington County is no exception. The culture is educated, caring, industrious and hardworking. Low taxes, top-tier infrastructure and effective local and state governments make it an outstanding place to live and do business. The quality of life for families and individuals of all ages can’t be bea
  
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• Hybrid cars ordered out of Utah’s I-15 express lanes

  16-08-2019 20:59
  Snowbird • Hybrid vehicle drivers are losing their special permission to use express lanes on Interstate 15.About 5,000 owners of the electric-or-gas cars had paid $10 each through the years for “clean air” decals that allow drivers to use carpool lanes without additional passengers. Another 1,000 were on waiting lists hoping to obtain one if slots became available.But Congress declined to extend permission for such use on federally funded high-occupancy vehicle lanes, so it exp
  
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• Bodycam shows a man pointing a gun at Salt Lake City police before they shoot him

  16-08-2019 20:51
  Salt Lake City police released body camera video of a man being shot to death by officers — after he pulled a gun and aimed it in their direction.Riche Antonio Santiago, 29, died at the scene — 731 S. 300 East — at about 7:20 p.m. on Aug. 5 when police responded to a 911 call after the caller abruptly hung up.Bike squad officers arrived at the Park Place Apartments and found a vehicle that had been involved in a previous report of shots fired. Police records showed the vehicle
  
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• LDS Church launches online training to help prevent abuse of children, youths

  16-08-2019 20:34
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that it has launched a 30-minute online training course on preventing abuse for all adults who interact with children and youths in their religious assignments.Anyone who works in one of the faith’s children or youth organizations will be required to take the training by logging on to the site, ProtectingChildren.ChurchofJesusChrist.org,with his or her membership account “so completion of training can be recorded,&rdquo
  
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• With the 'curse’ broken, Katie Stengel is rounding into form just in time for Utah Royals FC

  16-08-2019 20:33
  Sandy • It took a little luck for Katie Stengel to finally break what she called a “curse.”Stengel, a forward for the Utah Royals FC, had played every game this season without scoring a goal. By contrast, Stengel was the team’s leading scorer in 2018 with six goals.But for 15 games, she just couldn’t get one to find the back of the net. In the draw against the Portland Thorns a few weeks ago, she had more than one good opportunity to finish, but came away empty. Sinc
  
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• New RSL addition Kelyn Rowe wants to ‘make sure’ team makes playoffs, will play whatever role is needed

  16-08-2019 20:33
  Kelyn Rowe and Justin Portillo were the last two standing.It was late Monday morning just after Real Salt Lake practice ended, and the two were engrossed in a shooting competition to see who would emerge victorious, taking a shot from each side and having to make at least one. Rowe did just enough to secure the win, as Portillo hit the post twice.Rowe took a victory lap and with that, introduced himself to his RSL teammates in more ways than one on his very first training session with his new cl
  
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• Buy a muffin, help a migrant. Utah bake sale will raise money to help families waiting at U.S. border

  16-08-2019 20:33
  More than a dozen Salt Lake City bakeries, candy companies and food businesses will hold a bake sale Sunday to raise money for migrant families waiting at the U.S. border.The “Families Belong Together Bake Sale II” will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fillings & Emulsions, 1475 S. Main in Salt Lake City.It’s the second year that sweet treats have been used to help migrant families in need.Last year, like many people in Utah and across the country, Adalberto Diaz Labrada, t
  
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• Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings

  16-08-2019 20:31
  Haslet, Texas • Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday.Seven men wearing heavy vests and carrying pistols loaded with blanks ran toward the sound of the shots, stopping at the end of a long hallway. As one peeked into the foyer, the "bad guy" raised the muzzle of an AR-15, took aim and squeezed the trigger.The simulated gunfight at the church in Haslet was part of a niche industry that trains civilians to protect their churches using the techniques a
  
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• Read Ed Smart’s letter announcing he is gay

  16-08-2019 20:30
  On Thursday, Ed Smart posted the following letter to Facebook. He confirmed its authenticity to The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday. Dear Family and Friends,This is one of the hardest letters I have ever written. Hard because I am finally acknowledging a part of me that I have struggled with most of my life and never wanted to accept, but I must be true and honest with myself. I have been richly blessed in my 64 years on this earth, and I am deeply grateful for the wonderful examples that have been
  
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• WARNING: Steals may result in Donovan Mitchell climbing the ladder. #StealoftheWeek | @LittleGiantpic.twitter.com/O9D7OAjJlJ

  16-08-2019 20:29 via twitter.com
  WARNING: Steals may result in Donovan Mitchell climbing the ladder.
  #StealoftheWeek | @LittleGiantpic.twitter.com/O9D7OAjJlJ
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Where would Utah Jazz’s John Stockton rank in today’s NBA?

  16-08-2019 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz Podcast crew try to answer the universe’s most important question: How GOAT is John Stockton?
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA vs. Spain: Donovan Mitchell takes on Ricky Rubio

  16-08-2019 19:48 via sportspyder.com
  Young Team USA looks for cohesion against veteran ESP.
  
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• High-Performance Mindfulness: Energy Psychology – The NBA’s Best Kept Secret

  16-08-2019 19:30 via basketballinsiders.com
  Jake Rauchbach takes a deep dive into the positive correlation between the effectiveness of leading-edge Energy Psychology techniques in removing mental baggage and improving on-court statistical performance.
  
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• | "He's a young leader. He's wise way beyond his years." Donovan's @usabasketball teammates talk about the young Jazz guard. #TakeNote | #JazzWorldCuppic.twitter.com/on2Ohsgf7v

  16-08-2019 19:30 via twitter.com
  | "He's a young leader. He's wise way beyond his years."Donovan's @usabasketball teammates talk about the young Jazz guard.#TakeNote | #JazzWorldCuppic.twitter.com/on2Ohsgf7v
  
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• [NBA] - 2019-20 National Anthem Auditions

  16-08-2019 18:47 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz would like to invite you to participate in National Anthem auditions for the 2019-20 NBA season. The auditions will be held on Friday, September 20 at Vivint Smart Home Arena (301 W.
  
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• Man arrested in shooting death of Utah teen; woman arrested for reportedly obstructing investigation

  16-08-2019 18:47
  A man who allegedly shot an 18-year-old to death in St. George has been booked into jail, and his girlfriend has been arrested for allegedly helping him cover up the shooting.St. George Police received a report Wednesday afternoon that Skyler Armstrong had been shot in the head. According to police, when they arrived at 252 N. 2700 East, a pickup truck was “rapidly pulling away from the residence.” They stopped the vehicle, and the 32-year-old driver told them “he witnessed Sky
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - 'He's a young leader': USA Basketball teammates on Donovan Mitchell

  16-08-2019 18:42 via sportspyder.com
  After a few weeks of training with USA Basketball, Donovan Mitchell's teammates talk about what it's like to play with the young Utah Jazz guard.
  
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• We’re looking for a junior designer to join our team! #TakeNote | #smsports Details » http://bit.ly/309hduR pic.twitter.com/DYPVjT7W11

  16-08-2019 18:41 via twitter.com
  We’re looking for a junior designer to join our team!#TakeNote | #smsportsDetails » http://bit.ly/309hduR pic.twitter.com/DYPVjT7W11
  
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• Missing Utah man walks out of Montana mountains alive and well

  16-08-2019 18:32
  A Utah man who has been missing in the mountains of Montana since Sunday has been found alive.Kaden Laga “walked into one of the camps set up and he is healthy and well,” his wife, Arden, posted on Facebook early Friday morning. "He’s well enough to stay the night and fly out in helicopter first thing in the morning where we will meet him where they land."The Orem man was riding on horseback with several other members of his family in the Twin Lakes area of Ravilli County, Mont
  
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• Don got the vision #NBAAssistWeek | #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/NOXi7AHOtP

  16-08-2019 18:09 via twitter.com
  Don got the vision
  #NBAAssistWeek | #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/NOXi7AHOtP
  
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• Wells Fargo charged fees on closed accounts

  16-08-2019 18:06
  Xavier Einaudi did not want to wait for Wells Fargo to send him a check.The bank informed Einaudi that it was closing all 13 of the checking accounts it provided his roofing company, CRV Construction, for a reason it called “confidential.” The letter said the accounts would be closed on June 27, and he would be mailed a check for the balance in his accounts.Einaudi went to his branch and collected the money, so he did not have to wait for a check to arrive in the mail. But the accoun
  
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• Utah Rep. Ken Ivory resigns his public post to accept new job

  16-08-2019 18:06
  Utah Rep. Ken Ivory is resigning from the Utah Legislature after accepting a job that “will require his full time and attention.”“[Ivory] has been an important part of this institution for nearly a decade, and it is hard to imagine what the House will look like without him,” House Speaker Brad Wilson said in a Friday news release announcing Ivory’s departure.Ivory, a West Jordan Republican first elected to the House in November 2010, will officially resign Monday.&l
  
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• Utah leads nation in job growth over past 12 months

  16-08-2019 17:46
  Utah led the nation for job creation over the past 12 months, according to federal statistics released Friday.Its non-farm employment grew by 3.6 percent in the 12-month period through July, adding 54,400 jobs.That rate tied with Nevada for No. 1 in the nation. It was more than double the average job rate growth nationally of 1.5%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.“Utah’s stellar economic performance continues,” said Mark Knold, senior economist at the Utah Depa
  
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• Trump has talked about buying Greenland for U.S.

  16-08-2019 17:41
  Washington • Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S.A Trump ally told The Associated Press on Thursday that the Republican president had discussed the purchase but was not serious about it. And a Republican congressional aide said Trump brought up the notion of buying Greenland in conversations with lawmakers enough times to make them wonder, but they have not taken his comments seriously. Both spoke
  
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• West Jordan approves a $1.6M incentive deal for a secret corporate newcomer, code-named ‘Lonestar’

  16-08-2019 17:28
  The West Jordan City Council approved a deal to provide $1.6 million in incentives for an out-of-state company to build a large warehouse under the code name “Lonestar,” but the corporation is believed to be retail giant Amazon.During the council’s redevelopment agency meeting Wednesday night, Danyce Steck, city finance director, said the project “will definitely spur economic growth,” around the area, at the northeast intersection of Old Bingham Highway and Bacchus
  
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• Monument Valley woman is running 330 miles across Utah with a piece of Bears Ears National Monument

  16-08-2019 17:26
  Hite • Before Davina Smith began her prayer run from Bears Ears National Monument to Salt Lake City, she traveled to the base of the 8,700-foot Bears Ears Buttes with medicine man Jonah Yellowman.Smith and Yellowman, who are both from the Monument Valley area on the Navajo Nation, gathered dozens of plant species growing in the high meadows and ponderosa pine forests near Bears Ears and placed them into a medicine bundle.“That is literally our medicine cabinet,” Smith said. &ldq
  
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• Charles Blow: America made Lady Liberty a hypocrite

  16-08-2019 17:00
  I’m really glad we’re having a discussion about what the Statue of Liberty means to America, even if it is precipitated by nefarious thinking. This week, the Trump administration moved forward with a change in legal immigration policy that will limit people allowed to enter the country to those who are well enough off not to need public assistance. It is called the “public charge” rule.This is yet another way for the administration to restrict people coming from poorer co
  
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• George Pyle: Yes, you will be replaced. Be happy about it.

  16-08-2019 16:00
  A wise old friend of mine used to say that there were two kinds of parents in the world.One kind fondly hopes that their own children will grow up to be smarter than they were. The other kind fervently prays that their own children will not be smarter than they were.And the cosmic tragedy of that, he said, is that, no matter which kind of parent you are, you are likely to be disappointed.Those who are not just comfortable with, but inspired by, the prospect of their children growing up to know,
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Team owner Gail Miller believes it’s Jazz’s turn for an NBA title

  16-08-2019 15:37 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller has the unequivocal belief that the franchise is bound for an NBA championship. The organization reloaded this summer by trading for star point guard Mike Conley, giving young Donovan Mitchell the helping hand he’d been...
  
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• Utah police are searching for a man who confronted people delivering newspapers and fired gunshots

  16-08-2019 15:34
  Ogden, Utah • Utah authorities are trying to identify a gunman who fired several gunshots after confronting two people delivering newspapers in the Ogden area.The Standard-Examiner reports that neither delivery person was were wounded by gunfire in the incident early Wednesday but that one had scratches likely resulting from gunshot damage to a side mirror of their car.According to one of the delivery people, Tyson Halverson, the man fired several shots after asking what Halverson and his c
  
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• Weller Book Works turns 90, after surviving the Depression, fire, the internet and changing tastes

  16-08-2019 15:09
  It was in 1949, when Salt Lake City’s Zion Bookstore was 20 years old, that Lila Nelson first met its proprietor, Sam Weller.Lila was attracted to the store, and to Sam, who had taken over the business from his father, Gus, just after returning home from service in World War II. A year after they met, Lila left her job at the Deseret News to work as the bookkeeper at Zion Bookstore. Three years after that, Lila and Sam were married.And, apart from a period in the 1990s and ’00s when
  
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• Political Cornflakes: President Donald Trump is window-shopping for a country to buy

  16-08-2019 15:09
  Happy Friday!U.S. President and real-estate-developer-in-chief Donald Trump has asked aides to explore the purchase of Greenland, sources say. The president’s apparent interest in purchasing the 2.2-million-acre country comes in advance of his scheduled trip to Denmark. Greenland, while a self-governing country, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. [WaPost]Topping the news: State Sen. Luz Escamilla will compete against Erin Mendenhall to be the next Salt Lake City mayor. [Trib] [FOX13] [DNew
  
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• Phil Lyman: San Juan County didn’t invent discrimination against Native Americans

  16-08-2019 15:00
  Robert Gehrke’s starts his July 22 article about gerrymandering in San Juan County with a thinly veiled attempt to disparage and misrepresent the good people of San Juan County.He writes, “For decades, Navajo voters were the victims of institutionalized discrimination and disenfranchisement in San Juan County, and the barrier that relegated them to second-class citizens seemed insurmountable.”San Juan County didn’t create institutionalized discrimination of Native America
  
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• Marina Gomberg: A backyard family dance party has me thinking about my change of heart about parenthood

  16-08-2019 14:30
  I was one of those people who knew they weren’t going to have children. I was never that big into babysitting, I didn’t have younger siblings or cousins running around, and generally speaking, I didn’t want to hang out with tiny, needy humans who couldn’t even wipe their own bums.Kids are loud and messy, and they totally disregard social norms. How’s that supposed to be a good time?But when I held my sister’s first kidlet to my chest the night she was born, my
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller has her sights set firmly on championship

  16-08-2019 14:15 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller expressed the utmost confidence in the team as currently constructed and made the organization's lofty goals clearly known. Eve...
  
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• Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller has her sights set firmly on championship

  16-08-2019 14:00
  Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller expressed the utmost confidence in the team as currently constructed and made the organization’s lofty goals clearly known. Every NBA player – no matter their position, experience, team or circumstance – shares a common desire: To win an NBA championship. Even those who may be on a team that has […]
  Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller has her sights set firmly on championship - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion an
  
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• This Monument Valley woman is running 330-miles across Utah to bring a piece of Bears Ears National Monument to the state Capitol

  16-08-2019 14:00
  Hite • Before Davina Smith began her prayer run from Bears Ears National Monument to Salt Lake City, she traveled to the base of the 8,700-foot Bears Ears Buttes with medicine man Jonah Yellowman.Smith and Yellowman, who are both from the Monument Valley area on the Navajo Nation, gathered dozens of plant species growing in the high meadows and ponderosa pine forests near Bears Ears and placed them into a medicine bundle.“That is literally our medicine cabinet,” Smith said. &ldq
  
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• Robert Kirby: Your money and those mysterious cold calls

  16-08-2019 14:00
  It’s generally understood that I’m not a smart person. At the very least, I am a reckless one.I figured this out by the time I was in third grade. It was then that whatever is still wrong with me took over in a big way.Hint: If you have a kid you even remotely suspect might be capable of peeing in a teacher’s purse while doing a timeout in a coat closet, act now.Here’s the thing: Despite a low IQ and towering impulsiveness, I’ve never sent money to anyone who contac
  
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