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• University of Utah’s Francis Bernard is Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week

  03-09-2019 23:09
  Utah linebacker Francis Bernard’s Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award will add to the memories of his last game against his former school.Bernard earned the conference honor Tuesday for his play in Utah’s 30-12 win over BYU in Provo, where he spent two years as a Cougar running back and linebacker. His 58-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter put the Utes ahead to stay, and he recorded 1½ tackles for loss. Bernard also was credited with a third-d
  
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• Utah activist Cecilia Figueroa avoids deportation for now

  03-09-2019 23:04
  A rally seeking to prevent the deportation of a Utah activist Cecilia Figueroa apparently helped.“As of now Cecilia will be staying in the United States, out of custody, to continue her asylum case,” Luis Garza, executive director of the immigrant-aid group Comunidades Unidas said in a short written statement Tuesday.“It will be a long and difficult process, but we will all be behind her to support. We will not be able to comment on specifics about her case as the legal process
  
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• Fire in the foothills above Layton burns away from homes; some evacuations remain in effect

  03-09-2019 21:57
  A wildfire burning east of Layton grew overnight to about 117 acres, prompting the evacuation of 125 homes but threatening no structures. There have been no reports on injuries.Layton City Fire officials say the Snoqualmie Fire, which is burning near the Fernwood neighborhood in the foothills above Highway 89 and Antelope Drive, is 0% contained and mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect Tuesday afternoon in some areas.Officials had previously estimated the fire — which was first repo
  
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• Utah health officials now have confirmed 28 severe illnesses related to vaping

  03-09-2019 21:18
  Utah officials have confirmed 28 severe vaping-related illnesses associated with an ongoing national outbreak, and are investigating an additional 14 cases, the state health department said Tuesday.As of last week, 215 possible cases of severe pulmonary disease associated with the use of electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, products had been reported by 25 states, and additional pulmonary illnesses were under investigation. Doctors attributed one death in Illinois to vaping.Utah initially repor
  
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• [NBA] - FIBA World Cup: Ingles' near triple-double leads Australia to victory; Mitchell and Team USA survive overtime scare

  03-09-2019 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  Australia coach Andrej Lemanis’ review was simple and understated. “A pretty impressive performance,” he called it. Joe Ingles’ game, however, was anything but understated.The veteran forward was
  
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• Beating BYU lifts Utah to No. 13 in the AP Top 25 as the Pac-12’s top-ranked team

  03-09-2019 20:49
  Utah’s 30-12 win over BYU last week impressed AP Top 25 voters more than Washington’s 47-14 defeat of Big Sky Conference favorite Eastern Washington.The Utes and Huskies switched spots, with Utah moving to No. 13 and Washington becoming No. 14 in the first poll of the 2019 regular season, released Tuesday. Utah remained No. 15 in the Coaches Poll. In each case, Auburn moved above the Utes and Oregon dropped below them after Auburn’s 27-21 victory over the Ducks at Arlington, Te
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Scales of Injustice

  03-09-2019 20:48
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/08/30/bagley-cartoon-grifting/" target=_blank><u>Grifting for God</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/08/29/bagley-cartoon-rob-bishop/"><u>Rob Bishop Chews Things Over</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019
  
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• | "I don’t think you can get a win like this without being as connected and close as we are. We’ve done a great job of that." #JazzWorldCup »https://on.nba.com/2kge7Wi 

  03-09-2019 20:44 via twitter.com
  | "I don’t think you can get a win like this without being as connected and close as we are. We’ve done a great job of that."
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• [Clutchpoints] - Utah Jazz: 5 bold predictions for the 2019-20 NBA season

  03-09-2019 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are coming off of a 2018-19 campaign in which they won 50 games and got bounced out of the first round of the playoffs by the Houston Rockets, but that team is old news. The Jazz made significant improvements this offseason, adding...
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz at the World Cup: Mitchell is healthy and Ingles almost makes history | KSL.com

  03-09-2019 20:29 via sportspyder.com
  Joe Ingles was one assist away from recording the first-ever FIBA World Cup triple-double.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - USA may be focused on Donovan Mitchell, but Joe Ingles is FIBA’s real star

  03-09-2019 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  The Dad Bod God dominates in China.
  
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• The guys are just warming up #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/SycaJ0P6jy

  03-09-2019 19:50 via twitter.com
  The guys are just warming up
  #TakeNotepic.twitter.com/SycaJ0P6jy
  
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• Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition

  03-09-2019 19:39
  New York • Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.The Bentonville, Arkansas-based discounter said Tuesday it will stop selling short-barrel and handgun ammunition, includ
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump is an expert in bad management and excuses

  03-09-2019 19:36
  Excuses, excuses.That's what President Trump says companies offer when they complain about the economic pain caused by his trade wars."Badly run and weak companies are smartly blaming these small Tariffs instead of themselves for bad management … and who can really blame them for doing that? Excuses!" Trump tweeted Friday.He elaborated on this critique during a subsequent interview with reporters."A lot of badly run companies are trying to blame tariffs," he said. "In other words, if they
  
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• Can genetics explain why some people thrive on less sleep?

  03-09-2019 19:28
  For as long as Brad Johnson can remember, he has never been able to sleep more than six hours a night. Most nights, he sleeps even less. Johnson, 63, always wakes without an alarm clock, feeling rested and ready for the day.“If you paid me $100,000 to sleep eight hours tonight, I couldn’t do it,” he said.He’s not the only one in his family like this. Two of his seven siblings also are natural short sleepers. He suspects that their father was one, too.At least 15 years ago
  
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• With summer entering the home stretch, Gov’t Mule brings a blend of classic rock and jam band chops to Red Butte show

  03-09-2019 18:44
  Labor Day means we are unofficially in the final days of summer and in the homestretch of the Red Butte summer concert series, but the season is finishing with a flurry, with seven concerts in the next three weeks.First up is something of a throwback, with Gov’t Mule returning Wednesday night to the amphitheater they last visited in 2017.Mule is a band that has exhibited surprising staying power, with more than 25 years in the business, springing up in the early days of the ’90s jam-
  
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• Tell The Tribune: Will you let your children participate in Scouting?

  03-09-2019 18:37
  The Salt Lake Tribune is working on a story about how local attitudes have changed toward the Boy Scouts of America in the wake of major changes, challenges and controversy facing the organization. In recent years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has ended it's decades-long partnership with Scouting — opting instead to develop its own, internal, youth program — while the organization has faced accusations of failing to protect youth from predatory behavior, and contro
  
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• Utah’s offensive line plans to keep QB Tyler Huntley upright this time vs. Northern Illinois

  03-09-2019 18:30
  In 2010, Utah and BYU scored a total of one offensive touchdown against TCU’s unbeaten team that went on to win the Rose Bowl.The 2018 Northern Illinois team that lost the Boca Raton Bowl can make the same claim.Those are the only common opponents that subdued the Ute and Cougar offenses to that degree since Utah State gave up a total of two field goals in 1974. BYU’s return game vs. NIU will come in 2020; the Utes get their chance to make a better showing Saturday at Rice-Eccles Sta
  
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• [KSL] - Great Escape: US somehow gets past Turkey, 93-92 in OT | KSL.com

  03-09-2019 18:29 via sportspyder.com
  Khris Middleton's two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime saved the United States from what would have been a shocking loss, and the two-time defending champion Americans somehow rallied to beat Turkey 93-92 in a World Cup Group E...
  
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• David Brooks: When Elizabeth Warren agreed with Betsy DeVos

  03-09-2019 18:29
  The most important campaign news of the summer was Elizabeth Warren’s surge. Early in the year, her campaign was foundering. She was in fifth place, with a mere 6% support.Now she is rising toward the top, with former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. She’s drawing huge crowds — 15,000 in Seattle recently. She has the highest favorability rating of any candidate. If you ask Democrats whom they would vote for if they didn’t have to worry about electability,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA survives thriller vs. Turkey

  03-09-2019 18:16 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell struggles, but helps Team USA find a way to win
  
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• [KSL] - The Jazz at the World Cup: Mitchell soars, Ingles goes right and Gobert finger rolls | KSL.com

  03-09-2019 18:13 via sportspyder.com
  The three Jazzmen all helped lead their respective teams to victories in their first games at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
  
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• Team USA, and the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, escape with a 1 point overtime victory in a crazy finish against Turkey

  03-09-2019 18:09
  Shanghai • Khris Middleton’s two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime saved the United States from what would have been a shocking loss, and the two-time defending champion Americans somehow rallied to beat Turkey 93-92 in a World Cup Group E game on Tuesday night.Turkey went 0 for 4 from the foul line within a span of nine-tenths of a second, the last two misses coming from Cedi Osman with 8.2 seconds left. Middleton went to the rim on the ensuing possession, got fouled
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Team U.S., and the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, escape with a 1 point overtime victory in a crazy finish against Turkey

  03-09-2019 17:54 via sportspyder.com
  Shanghai • Khris Middleton’s two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime saved the United States from what would have been a shocking loss, and the two-time defending champion Americans somehow rallied to beat Turkey 93-92 in a World Cup...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Joe Ingles almost pulls off the first triple-double in World Cup history as Australia advances

  03-09-2019 17:54 via sportspyder.com
  Australia showed it can do damage by ending the Americans' 78-game winning streak in a warm-up game just over a week ago.
  
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• Joe Ingles almost pulls off the first triple-double in World Cup history as Australia advances

  03-09-2019 17:32
  Australia showed it can do damage by ending the Americans' 78-game winning streak in a warm-up game just over a week ago.On Tuesday in Group H, the Boomers defeated Senegal 81-68 in Dongguan in the far south of China to improve to 2-0 and qualify for the second round. Senegal is 0-2.Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs led Australia with 22 points, but Joe Ingles of the Utah Jazz was the game's top player with 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.Ingles was one assist away from a triple-doubl
  
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• Team U.S., and the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, escape with a 1 point overtime victory in a crazy finish against Turkey

  03-09-2019 17:23
  Shangahi • Khris Middleton’s two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime saved the United States from what would have been a shocking loss, and the two-time defending champion Americans somehow rallied to beat Turkey 93-92 in a World Cup Group E game on Tuesday night.Turkey went 0 for 4 from the foul line within a span of nine-tenths of a second, the last two misses coming from Cedi Osman with 8.2 seconds left. Middleton went to the rim on the ensuing possession, got fouled
  
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• Gordon Monson: Appreciate Zack Moss now, as he breaks Utah’s rushing records

  03-09-2019 17:12
  There’s been just one game this season, but the time is right to pause to appreciate Zaccheus Malik Moss, and to look forward to what the Utah running back stands to achieve in the weeks and months ahead.It’s bound to be memorable.Already, Moss is among the greatest rushers in school history, a history that includes a list of stellar names, all but two of which Moss has outdone. He’s bound to jump to the top of the chart within a few games. He needs 158 yards to pass Tony Linds
  
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• Fire in the foothills above Layton burns away from homes; evacuations remain in effect

  03-09-2019 17:12
  A wildfire burning east of Layton grew overnight to about 117 acres, prompting the evacuation of 125 homes but threatening no structures. There have been no reports on injuries.Layton City Fire officials say the Snoqualmie Fire, which is burning near the Fernwood neighborhood in the foothills above Highway 89 and Antelope Drive, is 0% contained and mandatory evacuation orders are expected to remain in place until “late morning.”(Officials had previously estimated the fire grew to 250
  
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• ‘Catastrophic’: Hurricane Dorian parks over the Bahamas

  03-09-2019 17:10
  Freeport, Bahamas • Practically parking over the Bahamas for over a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the damage far from clear.The United Nations and the International Red Cross began mobilizing to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called it "a histori
  
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• Paul Krugman: The Great Tax Break Heist

  03-09-2019 16:46
  Tax scams are the tribute policy vice pays to policy virtue.A few days ago, The Times reported on widespread abuse of a provision in the 2017 Trump tax cut that was supposed to help struggling urban workers. The provision created a tax break for investment in so-called “opportunity zones,” which would supposedly help create jobs in low-income areas. In reality the tax break has been used to support high-end hotels and apartment buildings, warehouses that employ hardly any people and
  
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• Free Night of Art offers free tickets to 'Nightmare’ haunted house, spooky plays and other October arts in Utah

  03-09-2019 16:31
  Nightmare on 13th Haunted House. Odyssey Dance Theatre’s annual production of “Thriller." The movie “Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the plays “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and “The Addams Family.”Utah arts groups are offering free tickets to those spooky favorites and more as last year’s Free Night of Theater expands this year to become Free Night of Art.More than 520 tickets are committed — so more than 260 people will each win
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Joe Ingles reacts to nearly notching first triple-double in FIBA World Cup history

  03-09-2019 16:01 via sportspyder.com
  Australia defeated Senegal by a score of 81-68 in the first group stage of the FIBA World Cup on Tuesday, largely thanks to a monster effort from Joe Ingles in which he poured in 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. The Utah Jazz forward...
  
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• Ron Mittelhammer: When will the U. leadership be called to task?

  03-09-2019 15:36
  It is exasperating that the leadership of the University of Utah continues down a path that allows clear and present dangers for women.On the positive side, there finally seems to be a glimmer of understanding in University President Ruth Watkins’ prepared “Safety Matters” speech that the people delivering on the safety promise, and associated personal accountability and responsibility to do so, actually matter. This is a critical principle that many tried desperately to have t
  
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• Most migrants show up for Utah immigration court dates — contrary to Trump administration claims

  03-09-2019 15:36
  When the Trump administration recently issued a rule to allow indefinite detention of immigrant families, it repeated its assertion that the vast majority of such new arrivals vanish into the shadows and fail to show up for court hearings.Data shows just the opposite is true at immigration court in Utah, and at similar venues around the nation.In the Utah cases opened since 2016, 83.5% of immigrants who were once detained but later released have appeared at all their immigration court hearings &
  
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• Elisabeth Rosenthal: Time to rein in hospital excesses

  03-09-2019 15:35
  As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains: pharmaceutical companies, whose prices have risen more than inflation, and insurers, who pay their executives millions in salaries while raising premiums and deductibles.But while the Democratic presidential candidates have devoted copious airtime to debating health care, many of the country’s leading health policy experts have wondered why they have given a total pass to arguably
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Democratic candidates use Labor Day to focus on gun violence

  03-09-2019 14:30
  Happy Tuesday!Labor Day usually is a time for Democratic presidential candidates to praise unions and working people. This year, Democratic candidates pivoted to address gun violence after another mass shooting. Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all raised the issue to point out differences between them and GOP leaders. As Sanders said in New Hampshire, “Trump and McConnell — listen to the American people, not the NRA.” [WaPost] [NYTimes]Topping the news: A surpris
  
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• Letter: The Good Samaritan Program will continue as an outreach mission

  03-09-2019 14:00
  In reference to Robert Gehrke’s article on the front page of the Utah section in The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, Aug. 28, “End of Era for Good Samaritan House,” the Good Samaritan Program of the Cathedral of the Madeleine is relocating, not closing.It is true that the Good Samaritan House will close its doors at the current location on Sept. 30. It is true that after 32 years of operation first out of the rectory front door and now out of its own front door the Good Samaritan
  
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• Letter: It’s time for Romney to stand up to Trump

  03-09-2019 14:00
  During the 2016 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney made a speech at the Hinckley Institute, University of Utah. In that speech he called Donald Trump nearly every name possible that could be stated on TV.That speech was rebroadcast on stations all across the nation and has been viewed on YouTube over 25 million times.Just a few of the names Romney labeled Trump with were fake, phony, con man and fraud. Every name that Romney called Trump has become even more true as time goes by.Then, after Trum
  
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• Letter: It’s good to get a veteran’s view on assault weapons

  03-09-2019 14:00
  At last! A veteran of the U.S. military has spoken out! (Maybe others have done so and I missed it.) In a recent letter to The Salt Lake Tribune, Lynn S. Higgins, a veteran of Vietnam and Iraq, explained how the military restricts and controls the use of assault rifles even among the soldiers trained to use them. Then he questions why the civilian world can’t see the problem with allowing their access to untrained and undisciplined civilians.I have wondered why veterans, especially those w
  
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• Letter: It is abuse to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage

  03-09-2019 14:00
  Monday we celebrate the victory of labor unions and strikes, peaceful protests and equal work.Yet the Fair Labor Standards Act, Section 14c, still allows paying workers with disabilities less than minimum wage, sometimes cents on the dollar. Through a lack of awareness, this practice continues.This was established in 1938 as a presumed “practice ground” for those with disabilities before transitioning into the workplace. Though hardly ever being used to transition, jobs include shred
  
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• How Uber and Lyft are turning Utah transportation upside down — and taxis, transit and even airport parking are reacting

  03-09-2019 14:00
  Angie Palmer Maynard was among the first Lyft drivers in Utah five years ago. Salt Lake City quickly hit her with two $6,500 fines for picking up passengers at the airport without being a licensed taxi driver.“I was shocked. I was scared. Oh my gosh, it wasn’t just a normal fine" — it was $13,000, she says. Lyft lawyers eventually helped her escape payment.Maynard at the time was a recent college graduate excited to join Lyft after reading how its innovative technology let peop
  
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• Democratic presidential contenders as a group have raised more money from Utah donors than President Trump

  03-09-2019 14:00
  Washington • President Donald Trump has raised more money from Utahns than any single Democratic candidate this year, but Democratic contenders combined have raised far more than Trump.The president’s haul from Utah in the first six months of the year tops $354,00 while the crowded Democratic field has raised more than $755,000, records show.Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont leads the Democrats in Utah with his fundraising prowess, claiming nearly $250,000. That beats Massachusetts Sen.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell is leading Team USA to gold

  03-09-2019 08:40 via sportspyder.com
  The media is finally taking note of just how good Donovan Mitchell is
  
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• Crews fight the Snoqualmie Fire in foothills above Layton; evacuations underway

  03-09-2019 07:59
  A wildfire is burning in brush east of Layton, the Layton City Fire Department tweeted Monday.Fire officials say the Snoqualmie Fire, which is burning near the Fernwood neighborhood in the foothills above Highway 89 and Antelope Drive, has scorched about 80 acres. Mandatory evacuations are in place for the following areas: all of Snoqualmie Circle; Fernwood Drive east of 3200 East; Fernwood Circle; and all addresses east of Valley View Drive on Boulder Drive, Maxine Drive and 1850 North.There ar
  
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• Wildfire ignites in foothills above Layton

  03-09-2019 06:51
  A wildfire has sparked in brush east of Layton, in the foothills above Highway 89 and Antelope Drive, the Layton City Fire Department tweeted Monday.Fire officials say the Snoqualmie Fire has burned about 35 acres but is not threatening structures. Evacuations are underway in the area nearby.The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• Luis Scola leads Argentina over Nigeria and climbs to No. 2 on basketball World Cup career scoring list

  03-09-2019 06:19
  At 39, Luis Scola is not slowing down.He’s moving up.Scola climbed into the No. 2 spot on FIBA’s all-time World Cup scoring list on Monday, his 23 points helping Argentina hold off Nigeria 94-81 in a Group B game at Wuhan, China, to clinch a berth in the second round.Scola — whose five World Cup appearances are tied for the most by any player — also had 10 rebounds for Argentina (2-0). He’s up to 611 points in his World Cup career, passing Australia’s Andrew G
  
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