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• Some states, towns skeptical over proposed opioid settlement

  30-08-2019 23:35
  Hartford, Conn. • An offer from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to settle some 2,000 lawsuits over their contribution to the national opioid crisis is receiving growing pushback from state and local officials who say the proposed deal doesn’t include enough money or accountability.Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on Friday called for the company, which is headquartered in the state, to be forced out of the opioid business altogether."At a minimum, Connect
  
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• Coroner: Angels and former Bees pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of accidental overdose

  30-08-2019 23:19
  Arlington, Texas • Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in an accidental overdose, a medical examiner in Texas said in a report released Friday.The 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in the Dallas area July 1 before the start of what was supposed to be a four-game series against the Texas Rangers. The first game was postponed before the teams played the final three games.The Tarra
  
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• BYU in review: Cougars showed they were capable for a half, but turnovers and an inability to stop the run crushed them vs. the Utes

  30-08-2019 22:45
  There were showers, followed by a downpour, then a deluge.BYU’s season opener against rival Utah featured three storms on Thursday. There were the mistakes, then it rained scores for Utah and finally it really rained, with lightning that led to a 54 minute delay.By the time the 30-12 loss to the Utes was over a new day had begun, and with it came new hope or despair, depending on the color of glasses you prefer.Two issues that the Cougars now face: Will they ever figure out a way to beat U
  
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• [NBA] - Watch guide: When and how to see Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles in the FIBA World Cup

  30-08-2019 22:37 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA season doesn’t tipoff until October, but you won’t have to wait that long to watch some of your favorite Jazzmen in action.Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Rudy Gobert start their quests for
  
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• David Brooks: The man Trump wishes he were

  30-08-2019 22:31
  In the first few months of his presidency, Donald Trump surrounded himself with a certain sort of ramrod military man: John Kelly, Michael Flynn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis. These men had or appeared to have the kind of manly virtues and bearing that Trump likes to see in himself: courage, toughness, combativeness.But when you look at how someone like, say, Jim Mattis forged his character, you realize that he is actually the exact opposite of Trump. Mattis built strengths and virtues through t
  
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• | Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Rudy Gobert start their quests for the FIBA World Cup on Sunday morning. Here’s when to watch »https://on.nba.com/32dDEj2 

  30-08-2019 22:22 via twitter.com
  | Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Rudy Gobert start their quests for the FIBA World Cup on Sunday morning.Here’s when to watch»https://on.nba.com/32dDEj2 
  
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• Utahns protest deportation of activist to part of Mexico where her family faced kidnappings, murder

  30-08-2019 22:02
  West Valley City • Protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office Friday portrayed Cecelia Figueroa as a poster child for the havoc created by the Trump administration now targeting any undocumented immigrant for deportation instead of mainly those with criminal records.Figueroa — a psychiatrist by trade known in Utah as an immigrant-rights activist and a volunteer who helps migrants access health care and nutrition — and her supporters contend that if is she
  
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• Utah woman threatens to kill everyone at her dentist’s office over rescheduled appointments

  30-08-2019 21:58
  A Utah woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly threatened to “kill everybody” at a dentist’s office when she was late for her children’s appointments and had to reschedule.The 43-year-old Saratoga Springs woman was booked into the Utah County jail for investigation of making a threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony.According to a probable cause statement, the incident began about 3 p.m. Thursday when the suspect — who was, at that point, an hour late to
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Grifting for God

  30-08-2019 21:53
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/08/29/bagley-cartoon-rob-bishop/" target=_blank>Rob Bishop Chews Things Over</a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/08/28/bagley-cartoon-midas/">Midas, but the Opposite</a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/08/28/bagley-cartoon-welcome/">We
  
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• A fire in Bountiful destroyed three homes and forced hundreds to evacuate, some still in their pajamas

  30-08-2019 21:32
  Marty Christensen didn’t have much time to react when police started pounding on his door around 1:30 a.m. Friday.“They gave us five minutes to grab what we could and go,” said the Centerville man, who awoke to discover the Gun Range Fire was within a few hundred feet of his home.Christensen grabbed his two Bichon Frise dogs, Madison and Sam, and his laptop computer. “I forgot one thing — my insulin. But I was good until they escorted me to my house and I got it,&rd
  
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• Utes in review: Utah stuck with the run and it paid off big, plus Tyler Huntley talks some trash on his way out of Provo

  30-08-2019 21:14
  The few thousand fans who stayed through the weather delay were divided almost evenly between red and blue, occupying the lower rows of LaVell Edwards Stadium early Friday morning. They all witnessed a statement of Utah’s offensive identity.Any remaining questions about what the No. 14 Utes want to look like in 2019 and how much offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig intends to use running back Zack Moss were answered when the game resumed. He carried the ball eight times for 47 yards in the fi
  
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• [KSL] - Purple mountain majesties: The Utah Jazz mountain logo was part of some of the NBA's defining moments | KSL.com

  30-08-2019 21:05 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz mountain logo court, at what was then the Delta Center, served as the stage to some of the NBA’s defining moments — even if some of them were heartbreaking to Jazz fans.
  
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• Utah is releasing more inmates early for medical reasons, including this man who sexually abused his four adopted daughters

  30-08-2019 21:02
  Springville • The man who sexually abused her over and over again for years was supposed to die in prison.When the Utah parole board ruled that Lon Kennard would never be released for inappropriately touching his four adopted daughters, Shumba Bila felt relieved. She could move on with her life without having to worry that he may harm others.That was five years ago.Then she received a letter in July. It was a page and a half form letter that quoted heavily from administrative rules.But the
  
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• Gordon Monson: BYU football must break free from its mythology or go on suffering from its consequences

  30-08-2019 20:49
  In the aftermath of BYU’s 30-12 loss to Utah, evidence of Cougar football’s problems are scattered in pieces on the ground, like a weather balloon crashing on the LES field, taken down by lightning strikes.A hundred of them.A delay in the action did not, could not spare the Cougars another loss against a quality opponent.And that quality-opponent deal is one of BYU’s problems. In its independence, the school’s leadership has scheduled as many top-drawer teams as it can, i
  
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• Timothy Egan: This is why people hate religion

  30-08-2019 20:20
  You don’t hear much about Sister Norma Pimentel in the secular press. She’s not a wacko, a hypocrite, a sexual predator or a political operative. Her life’s work, she says, is guided by seeing “the presence of God” in migrant children in the shelter she oversees in the Rio Grande Valley — vulnerable souls that her president would otherwise put in cages.What you hear about is the phonies, the charlatans who wave Bibles, the theatrically pious, and they are legi
  
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• Coming to national park trails: electric bikes

  30-08-2019 19:58
  Washington • Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming onto serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide. It’s part of a new Trump administration order — hotly opposed by many outdoors groups — that will allow the so-called e-bikes on every federal trail where a regular bike can go.Sales of the bikes, powered by both pedals and battery-driven small motors, are booming, and some aging or less fit people have sought the rule change. It will allow t
  
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• Add the @5ForTheFight_ jersey patch for only $5 when you pre-order your Classic Edition jersey at the http://jazzteamstore.com ! Proceeds will go towards #5ForTheFight to raise funds for cancer research.pic.twitter.com/bx0fbMXXC7

  30-08-2019 19:29 via twitter.com
  Add the @5ForTheFight_ jersey patch for only $5 when you pre-order your Classic Edition jersey at the http://jazzteamstore.com !Proceeds will go towards #5ForTheFight to raise funds for cancer research.pic.twitter.com/bx0fbMXXC7
  
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• Utah ‘Booze News’ Podcast: Utah is not the toughest DUI state; Salt Lake County gets a new liquor store; and St. George soon will have its first stand-alone bar

  30-08-2019 19:24
  Even though Utah has the strictest drunk driving standard in the country — it isn’t the toughest state when it comes to DUI citations, according to a new study by the Utah law firm of Siegfried & Jensen.Find out what state topped the list and where Utah ranks, on the latest episode of Utah Booze News Podcast. Listen here.Also, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson and FOX 13’s Ben Winslow talk about Salt Lake County’s newest liquor store and the first stand-alon
  
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• George Chapman: Vaping will raise health care costs in Utah

  30-08-2019 19:00
  Three and a half years ago, Rep. Joel Briscoe and I had an commentary in The Salt Lake Tribune (“Come to the caucuses, young people; the parties need you”) that expressed admiration for young men and women in high school organizing to support a bill to tax electronic cigarette products. We pointed out that “some of the liquids used in vaping contain food additives that were not meant to be inhaled into the lungs.”Rep. Paul Ray’s HB333 — a bill to impose higher
  
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• Utes in review: Utah stuck with the run and it paid off big, also Huntley’s colorful post-game comments

  30-08-2019 18:34
  The few thousand fans who stayed through the weather delay were divided almost evenly between red and blue, occupying the lower rows of LaVell Edwards Stadium early Friday morning. They all witnessed a statement of Utah’s offensive identity.Any remaining questions about what the No. 14 Utes want to look like in 2019 and how much offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig intends to use running back Zack Moss were answered when the game resumed. He carried the ball eight times for 47 yards in the fi
  
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• Have you looked at our microsite dedicated to the 1996-97 team? Check it out »https://www.nba.com/jazz/history/team?team=1996 …

  30-08-2019 18:27 via twitter.com
  Have you looked at our microsite dedicated to the 1996-97 team?Check it out»https://www.nba.com/jazz/history/team?team=1996 …
  
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• How RSL forward Corey Baird used not making Gold Cup roster to push him for another USMNT call-up

  30-08-2019 18:00
  Herriman • After playing three games in the span of just two months with the United States Men’s National Team earlier this year, Real Salt Lake forward Corey Baird experienced a setback.After being named to the 40-man preliminary roster for this summer’s Gold Cup, Baird didn’t make the final cut of 23 names. It didn’t matter that he’d started and recorded an assist in his first-ever USMNT appearance in late January. It didn’t matter that he’d also
  
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• Florida waits: Hurricane Dorian is looking increasingly dire

  30-08-2019 17:44
  Miami • Unsure of where Hurricane Dorian might strike, Florida residents watched the increasingly dire forecast with a sense of helplessness Friday and braced for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state’s east coast in nearly 30 years.President Donald Trump — whose Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach was in the crosshairs — warned it could be an "absolute monster.""All indications are it's going to hit very hard and it's going to be very big," Trump said in a tw
  
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• This intimate Salt Lake City play is staged in the changing rooms of a closed Anthropologie

  30-08-2019 17:04
  In the back of the Urban Arts Gallery at The Gateway, there are 10 small rooms — remnants of a closed Anthropologie — that weren’t being used for much. Until one of the founders of Sackerson theater saw them and thought, "Well, this is its own show.’”But what should that show be? The Sackerson team — four writers, three directors and 10 designers — came up with the idea of “exploring one character through a lot of different short scenes,” pro
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Quin Snyder taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to declaring Jazz a championship team

  30-08-2019 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz have been building something exciting for the past couple of years. The acquisition of Donovan Mitchell sped up the rebuild process, making the Jazz a legitimate playoff team. With Mike Conley now in the fold, some even believe Utah...
  
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• A fire in Bountiful has destroyed three homes and forced hundreds to evacuate

  30-08-2019 16:16
  A fire in Bountiful grew to 150 acres early Friday morning and destroyed three homes, fire officials told FOX 13.About 400 homes are under mandatory evacuation, but officials say the threat to structures “has diminished.” No injuries were reported. According to Bountiful City officials, the evacuation order will be reevaluated at 9 a.m. and they are “hoping the weather and wind will cooperate and make it safe to go home.”
  (Utah Fire Info) A fire in Bountiful grew to 150 a
  
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• Despite its 0.05 DUI law, Utah isn’t the toughest state on drunken drivers, study shows

  30-08-2019 16:14
  Turns out — even with the nation’s strictest drunken driving standard — Utah isn’t the worst state in which to get busted for a DUI.That title belongs to Minnesota, according to a new study released this week by the Utah law firm of Siegfried & Jensen.“The interesting thing with this study,” explained Siegfried & Jensen attorney Resh Jefferies, “is that Utah did not come out number one, which I think a lot of people would have assumed.”In t
  
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• George Pyle: Bishop’s idea of education is an unreal Platonic ideal

  30-08-2019 16:13
  The kind of school that Rob Bishop says we should have — that we could have if we told the federal government, the Utah Legislature and even the local school boards to, as he says, go to hell — actually sounds like it could work very well.Until it didn’t.The congressman from Northern Utah told those gathered at a local think tank gabfest Wednesday that the best thing the federal government could do for education would be to go away. The states and the locals would then have a l
  
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• Robert Kirby: Seeking justice for Dingo, a police dog killed in the line of duty

  30-08-2019 16:10
  A week ago, I sat in a room packed with cops awaiting the sentencing of a 31-year-old habitual criminal convicted of killing a Unified Police Department K-9 in 2017.Next to me was Herriman Deputy Chief Chad Reyes, who was Dingo’s partner the night the 7-year-old Belgian Malinois was gunned down. From the look on Chad’s face, he was interested in making sure justice was served.It’s not right that the bad guy was driving around with a gun that night in 2017, that he led police on
  
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• Paul Krugman: The frauding of America’s farmers

  30-08-2019 15:59
  Donald Trump is unpopular, but he retains the loyalty of some important groups. Among the most loyal are America’s farmers, who are a tiny minority of the population but exert disproportionate political influence because of our electoral system, which gives 3.2 million Iowans as many senators as almost 40 million Californians. According to one recent poll, 71% of farmers approve of Trump’s performance — which is down somewhat from previous polling, but remains far above the nat
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz coach Quin Snyder optimistic about impact Team USA stint will have for Donovan Mitchell

  30-08-2019 15:56 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell is arguably the most important player for the Utah Jazz. The Spida’s athleticism and crafty methods of scoring got him a spot on Team USA. But while other coaches are worrying whether their players will come back to them in top...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Biden is relaying a compelling but factually inaccurate war story as he campaigns

  30-08-2019 15:30
  Happy Friday!A moving war story that former Vice President Joe Biden has told on the campaign trail appears to be factually inaccurate, a meld of three separate events. Biden’s story is about how he traveled to Afghanistan as vice president to pin a Silver Star onto a brave Navy captain who objected that he didn’t deserve the medal. Interviews with more than a dozen campaign officials, troops and commanders indicate the Democratic hopeful got numerous details of the story wrong. [WaP
  
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• Marina Gomberg: If Utah is dead last in women’s equality, my math says we’re 1st in potential to improve

  30-08-2019 15:00
  Did you see the news that Utah women experience the nation’s most egregious sexism according to WalletHub’s “2019 Best and Worst States for Women’s Equality”? It’s funny to feel both shocked and totally affirmed in the same breath. Inhale and clutch pearls. Dead last?! Exhale and nod in confirmation. Of course we are. When considering wage gaps, political representation, unemployment, attainment gaps in higher education and other factors, Utah’s cumulati
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Carnival Row’ and ‘Dark Crystal’ aren’t the next ‘Game of Thrones,’ but they’re gorgeous

  30-08-2019 14:00
  Television is a visual medium, and few shows have been more visually stunning than a pair that start streaming on Friday — “Carnival Row” on Amazon Prime and “The Dark Crystal” on Netflix.They’re both epic fantasies. You ought to watch them on big screens to appreciate how gorgeous they are. And they both have some narrative issues. But they’re also wildly different from each other, and intended for different audiences.“Carnival Row” is somet
  
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• Letter: Rep. Rob Bishop’s links to extraction industries is egregious

  30-08-2019 14:00
  I would like to thank Thomas Burr for the very informative and rather disturbing article regarding paid political influence on Utah’s members of Congress. I think the money received by Rep. Rob Bishop from the gas and oil industry is particularly egregious given his position on the House Natural Resources Committee.At a time when Utah should be concentrating on the preservation of our BLM land for future generations and aggressively switching to alternative energy sources, he pushes for sa
  
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• Letter: Gun owners would not be ‘punished’ by legal limits

  30-08-2019 14:00
  Regarding Larry Cox’s recent commentary (“Gun restrictions punish law-abiding people,” Aug. 19), I could not disagree more.First of all, is he actually comparing the murder of children and families to his childhood memories of the entire class being punished for one student misbehaving?What did they do? Talk out of turn? Get out of line? Make a joke during class? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t killing fellow students.The one common denominator in every single mass shooti
  
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• Letter: Gas-powered motors should be a thing of the past

  30-08-2019 14:00
  Your three-part series on lesser known contributors to our air pollution has been informative, and hopefully may actually influence some of our elected representatives to take action. I am concerned that it may also perpetuate some mistaken beliefs about electric lawn equipment. Specifically stated in the final article in the series, “Electric mowers are three to four times more expensive than gas-powered mowers, according to landscapers.” You might want to speak with some different
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - Countdown to NBA Tip-Off: Utah Jazz Season Preview

  30-08-2019 13:14 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz season preview shows a team that has a chance to make a lot of noise in the 2019-20 NBA season after they made some quality moves.
  
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• Utah pummels BYU 30-12 for its record-tying ninth straight win in the rivalry

  30-08-2019 09:32
  Provo • For nearly an hour, the clock remained stuck on a symbolic number. Even a weather delay drove home the point of Utah’s domination of the football rivalry with BYU in this decade.The scoreboard showed 9:01 left in the game when the lightning surrounded LaVell Edwards Stadium, temporarily interrupting the Utes' ninth straight victory in the series, 30-12.Just as happened in November, Utah ruled the second half vs. BYU in August.This time, though, the Utes didn't fall behind befo
  
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• After sparking hopes of an upset early, Cougars steamrolled by Utes and their own miscues

  30-08-2019 09:28
  Provo • BYU’s offense did just enough in the first half to spark thoughts of a possible upset against the Utes. But that spark quickly was snuffed out by some major mistakes that allowed a close game to turn into a 30-12 loss at LaVell Edwards Stadium Thursday.“We weren’t able to sustain drives,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. “Penalties put us in a bad position and mistakes and it was just one of those things. We will have to watch on film and see where we can
  
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• Gordon Monson: Not even Mother Nature could prevent what was inevitable — another Utah win over BYU

  30-08-2019 08:38
  ProvoWell. That’s pretty much what everyone expected on this season-opening night at LaVell Edwards Stadium, right?Utah beating BYU, again, for the ninth straight go-round, this time by the count of 30-12. Not even Mother Nature could prevent the inevitable thing, in the form of a lightning storm. All that did was delay/prolong the Cougars’ misery.No big surprise. A blind man could have seen this result coming. And, sure enough, it rolled in like thunder.The mystery was in how it wou
  
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• With ‘Cougar Canyon,’ BYU ups its tailgating game

  30-08-2019 06:44
  Provo • Tents full of catering items, TVs broadcasting football games and games geared to draw in fans filled the west side street LaVell Edwards Stadium Thursday night ahead of the big showdown between the Cougars and rival Utah.The area, billed Cougar Canyon, is one of several ways BYU is attempting to improve the game experience for fans in the 2019 season.The effort was met with enthusiasm from fans who admit they’ve seen and been a bit envious how other major college programs hav
  
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• Live: Utah leads BYU 16-6 at the end of the third quarter

  30-08-2019 06:42
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• Utah fishermen rescue bull elk from mud hole

  30-08-2019 05:33
  Billy and Todd Conn were going fishing Tuesday near Antimony Lake in Garfield County when Todd saw what he thought were shed antlers near some trees and decided to investigate.Turns out, it wasn’t just the antlers. It was a fully grown bull elk stuck chest-deep in the mud.
  (Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) An elk trapped in mud awaits rescue Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2019.Division of Wildlife Resources biologist Jim Lamb said the two men had a choice : Do nothing or do some
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alumni: Fresh off BIG3 MVP, Joe Johnson working out for NBA teams

  30-08-2019 05:15 via sportspyder.com
  After a scintillating season-long performance in the BIG3, former Utah Jazz player Joe Johnson may be on the brink of an NBA return. It truly isn't that ha...
  
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• Utah Jazz alumni: Fresh off BIG3 MVP, Joe Johnson working out for NBA teams

  30-08-2019 05:03
  After a scintillating season-long performance in the BIG3, former Utah Jazz player Joe Johnson may be on the brink of an NBA return. It truly isn’t that hard for NBA players to win over Utah Jazz fans. Show some loyalty by giving the team, city and community some love, play your heart out, and respect […]
  Utah Jazz alumni: Fresh off BIG3 MVP, Joe Johnson working out for NBA teams - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: All I am saying is give vegans a chance

  30-08-2019 04:00
  When Popeyes’ new fried chicken sandwich went viral for its deliciousness last week, I did not pause, not even for a second, to consider the vast toll of suffering and environmental destruction inherent in its rise. I am guessing you didn’t either; indeed, I can already feel your eyes rolling deep into your head at the mere suggestion that there’s anything to feel guilty about regarding the sold-out sandwich. So before we go on, let me warn you: The rest of this column is going
  
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• Utah man in custody for murder, rape of 12-year-old charged with jailhouse assault

  30-08-2019 03:15
  A Utah man serving time in a secure juvenile facility for a murder and rape he committed when he was under 18 was charged Thursday with assaulting a fellow inmate.Jayden Sterzer, who was 15 years old when he killed 12-year-old Kailey Vijil in 2015, was booked into Salt Lake County jail after he was charged with punching, shoving, head butting and putting another inmate in a choke hold.
  (Courtesy Salt Lake County jail) Jayden SterzerCourt documents allege Sterzer, who is now 19, attacked the inma
  
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• Criminal kingpin or just a ‘dumb kid?’ A jury will decide the fate of the Utah man at the center of a multimillion-dollar opioid ring.

  30-08-2019 02:01
  There's no dispute that Aaron Shamo was involved in running a multimillion-dollar pill-pressing operation out of the basement of his Utah home, an illegal enterprise that pumped more than half a million fentanyl pills across the country.But was Shamo the organization’s kingpin — or a pawn who was used by his friends and who took the fall after federal investigators zeroed in on their operation?During closing arguments in his weekslong trial, attorneys painted very different pictures
  
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• Eugene Robinson: Trump’s trade war with China may spell his electoral defeat

  30-08-2019 02:00
  Washington • President Trump is conducting his trade war with China as if it were a zero-sum game, but it’s not. It’s a negative-sum game. Both sides lose.Sad! And self-defeating.It's clear at this point that Trump's ill-advised gambit of tariffs and bombast is hurting both economies. The question is who can more stoically withstand the pain — an autocrat with a mandate to rule indefinitely over a tightly controlled one-party state, or a democratically elected president wi
  
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