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• [Standard-Examiner] - In duel of Jazzmen, Gobert blocks Mitchell late as France defeats US in World Cup

  11-09-2019 23:51 via sportspyder.com
  DONGGUAN, China — No gold. No medal. No more winning streak.
  
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• Daniel Johnston, Texas music legend and ‘Hi, How Are You’ artist, dies at 58

  11-09-2019 23:45
  Austin, Texas • Daniel Johnston, who passed out cassette tapes of his songs to fellow Austin musicians in the 1980s and eventually became renowned worldwide as a songwriter, died early Wednesday morning in Houston, his manager Tom Gimbel confirmed Wednesday afternoon.Johnston had been in the hospital with kidney issues but was released Tuesday night to the assisted living facility where he had been living recently. He was found unconscious there on Wednesday morning, Gimbel said.A news rele
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Kobe Bryant calls out girl for choosing dance recital over youth basketball game he coached

  11-09-2019 23:32 via sportspyder.com
  Kobe Bryant is maniacally devoted to winning and basketball.
  
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• Clayton Parr: Using the term ‘socialism’ as a weapon is divisive

  11-09-2019 23:30
  The Aug. 1 commentary in The Salt Lake Tribune op-ed from Rep. Chris Stewart and Rick Larsen, titled “We need a new way to discuss socialism” was garbled and misleading.After noting the difference between socialism (complete government economic control) and social democracy (government sponsored social programs within the capitalist system), they ignore the distinction and go on to describe the failures of pure socialistic systems, all with the purpose of denigrating several prominen
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: A look at the church’s past, present and future in Russia

  11-09-2019 22:57
  The Salt Lake Tribune just concluded a special three-part series on the challenges Western faiths, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, face in Russia — a nation dominated by the Russian Orthodox Church.One of the biggest — if not the biggest — obstacles is the government’s ban on public proselytizing by these so-called outsider religions.David Stewart, an independent demographer who served a mission in St. Petersburg and co-founded The Cumorah Proje
  
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• "Miracle in Miami" @BuckleUpBoler

  11-09-2019 22:57 via twitter.com
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• Bagley Cartoon: Office of National Insecurity

  11-09-2019 22:53
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/10/bagley-cartoon-vapes/" target=_blank><u>The Vapes of Wrath</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/09/bagley-cartoon-sex/"><u>Sex Uneducation</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/06/bagley-cartoon
  
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• Utah County resident contracts West Nile virus, the first case there since 2017

  11-09-2019 22:14
  The Utah County Health Department has confirmed a human case of West Nile virus, the first in the county since 2017.The department released no further details.Several people around the state have been infected with West Nile virus this summer — in Salt Lake, Grand, Uintah and Washington counties. There have been no fatalities.The virus has also been detected in mosquitoes in Box Elder, Davis, Sevier and Weber counties.Symptoms of West Nile appear 3 to 14 days after a bite from an infected
  
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• The Trump administration will propose banning flavors used in e-cigarettes

  11-09-2019 22:12
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes to combat a recent surge in underage vaping.The Food and Drug Administration will develop guidelines to remove from the market all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters during an Oval Office appearance with the president, first lady Melania Trump and the acting FDA commissioner, Ned Sharpless.[Read mor
  
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• Gordon Monson: Team USA lost at the World Cup, but the Jazz have won

  11-09-2019 21:57
  Bad news for American basketball fans is the team representing you did not earn a medal at the World Cup in China. The best it can do now is finish fifth.Good news for Jazz fans is a major reason the team representing you did not earn a medal at the World Cup in China is because of Rudy Gobert, who scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds in France’s win over Team USA.More good news for Jazz fans is Donovan Mitchell was the single highlight for Team USA in that defeat, having carried whatever
  
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• University of Utah could have two dozen graduates on the roster by football bowl season

  11-09-2019 21:46
  Three evenings each week, Utah kicker Andrew Strauch grabs a to-go box from the Eccles Football Center cafeteria after practice and heads across campus to attend a graduate school course in real estate development.Ute offensive lineman Darrin Paulo, possessing an economics degree, is enrolled only in bowling and billiards.In their own ways, both players' fall-semester workloads illustrate how No. 11 Utah may be the most educated college football team in the country. When the Utes play in a bowl
  
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• Purdue Pharma settles opioids case

  11-09-2019 21:45
  Purdue Pharma and its owners, members of the Sackler family, have tentatively reached the first comprehensive settlement with lawyers representing thousands of municipal governments, tribes and states nationwide that are suing the pharmaceutical industry for the devastation resulting from the opioid epidemic.The company is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy imminently. The settlement, which was described by two people involved in the negotiations, involves the dissolution of Purdue Pharm
  
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• UTA opts for more frequent bus service over expanding coverage

  11-09-2019 21:27
  The Utah Transit Authority Board says current revenues won’t allow it to boost bus frequency and simultaneously cover more geographic areas. So, it chose Wednesday to lean heavily toward running popular routes more often, saying that will best build up ridership and serve the most people.But it also wants a bigger budget pie to allow both options. So, the UTA board asked planners to come up with scenarios to show voters and elected officials what expanded area coverage could look like if t
  
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• [NBC Sports] - Three big takeaways from USA Basketball’s early World Cup exit

  11-09-2019 21:25 via sportspyder.com
  Talent wins out, and America’s best stayed home.
  
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  11-09-2019 20:54 via twitter.com
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Team USA lost at the World Cup, but the Jazz have won

  11-09-2019 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  Bad news for American basketball fans is the team representing you did not earn a medal at the World Cup in China. The best it can do now is finish fifth.
  
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• A healthy Zayne Anderson is delivering hits and leadership for BYU’s defense this season

  11-09-2019 20:15
  Provo • Prior to the beginning of the season, BYU senior defender Zayne Anderson talked about how eager he was to get back into live action after his 2018 season was cut short with a shoulder injury.So far he is making the most of his opportunities, just not where it was originally thought he would be.Anderson, penciled in as the Cougars’ “flash” linebacker for 2018, is now listed as the starting free safety, leaving sophomore Chaz Ah You starting at linebacker.Junior Isai
  
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• Always remember, never forget pic.twitter.com/8Eb8PfMWdV

  11-09-2019 19:58 via twitter.com
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• Carbon County police shooting leaves 26-year-old Utah man dead

  11-09-2019 19:55
  A police officer was “involved in a shooting” in Carbon County that left a Utah man dead. Whether the Wellington City officer shot and killed Bobby Ray Duckworth, 26, officials refused to say at a Wednesday morning news conference.“At this time, I’d rather not discuss that,” said Carbon County Sheriff Jeff Wood, whose agency is leading the investigation. “Let us finish our investigation and we’ll get to the bottom of everything that happened.”There
  
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• U.S. stocks move higher as China eases trade tensions

  11-09-2019 19:47
  Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday as investors welcomed China’s move to exempt some U.S. products from a recent round of tariffs.Technology, health care and communication services stocks powered much of the gains for the benchmark S&P 500 index, which has been essentially flat for much of the week. Investors also continued to favor smaller-company stocks.Traders snapped up technology stocks, which had fallen earlier in the week. The sector is particularl
  
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• Frank Bruni: We will never, ever be rid of Donald Trump

  11-09-2019 19:44
  House Democrats are inching closer to a formal impeachment inquiry, as if that’s how best to exorcise Donald Trump from the body politic. Mark Sanford just became the third Republican to announce a 2020 primary challenge and to dream of a successful insurrection against an emperor whom most of the party meekly obeys.And 10 Democrats will take the stage on Thursday night for the party’ next presidential debate, each determined to present himself or herself as the surest route to the f
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert gets the best of Donovan Mitchell and Team USA

  11-09-2019 19:23 via sportspyder.com
  Despite 29 from Mitchell, Team USA falters late
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Team USA's worst fear comes true in World Cup elimination: What went wrong, and how to correct before 2020 Olympics - CBSSports.com

  11-09-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA was hurt by multiple issues in the FIBA World Cup, specifically size and shooting
  
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• [The Ringer] - Team USA’s Nightmare Scenario Happened. Now It’s Time to Figure Out What’s Next.

  11-09-2019 19:09 via sportspyder.com
  France handily beat the U.S. in a FIBA World Cup matchup that exposed an uninspiring roster’s flaws and posed questions about how Team USA will regroup entering the 2020 Summer Olympics
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert thinks Donovan Mitchell’s experience with Team USA will make him better

  11-09-2019 19:01 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell squared off against one another on Wednesday for a quarterfinal matchup at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Although Mitchell and Team USA were slightly favored, it was Gobert and French National Team...
  
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• Australia and Joe Ingles top Czechs 82-70, head to World Cup semifinals

  11-09-2019 18:40
  Shanghai • Patty Mills scored 24 points and Australia moved into the World Cup semifinals with an 82-70 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday night.Chris Goulding scored 14 and Andrew Bogut added 10 for Australia, which will meet Spain in Friday’s semifinals.France and Argentina will play in the other semifinal on Friday. France ousted the two-time defending World Cup champion U.S. 89-79 in another quarterfinal earlier Wednesday.The first half was back and forth, with Australia
  
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• Bret Stephens: Thank you, sort of, not really, John Bolton

  11-09-2019 18:39
  Though he’ll get little credit and even less sympathy, there is a case to be made that John Bolton deserves the nation’s thanks for helping save us from at least three Trumpian near-disasters. For a man who held the office of national security adviser for just 17 months, this is no mean feat.Whether it represents an accomplishment is another question.The first averted disaster would have been an agreement with Kim Jong Un, nearly reached early this year in Hanoi, that would have trad
  
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• [KSL] - A shocker: US beaten by France 89-79 in World Cup quarters | KSL.com

  11-09-2019 18:16 via sportspyder.com
  The U.S. has been ousted from medal contention by France at the World Cup, failing to capture gold at a major international tournament for the first time since the 2006 world championships.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Australia and Joe Ingles top Czechs 82-70, heads to World Cup semifinals

  11-09-2019 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  Shanghai • Patty Mills scored 24 points and Australia moved into the World Cup semifinals with an 82-70 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday night.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Mitchell and Team USA sent home by Gobert in ‘major upset’

  11-09-2019 18:14 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert led Les Bleus to the FIBA World Cup semifinals with a huge win over fellow Jazzman Donovan Mitchell and USA Basketball. People...
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Another mass shooting, a nation on tenterhooks

  11-09-2019 17:57
  In 1879, on the road leading into Dodge City, there stood a sign. "The Carrying of Fire Arms Strictly Prohibited," it said.As recounted in the book “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America” by Adam Winkler, the gun control ordinance was the first law passed when the city was organized in 1873. Nor was Dodge unique. Many other western towns, Wichita and Tombstone among them, had similar laws.The statutes don't seem to have been particularly controversial. Though Do
  
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• Utah Jazz: Mitchell and Team USA sent home by Gobert in ‘major upset’

  11-09-2019 17:47
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert led Les Bleus to the FIBA World Cup semifinals with a huge win over fellow Jazzman Donovan Mitchell and USA Basketball. People will call it a major upset — some of those stories have already hit the net — and we can debate the merit of that statement, but one […]
  Utah Jazz: Mitchell and Team USA sent home by Gobert in ‘major upset’ - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Spida and The Stifle Tower BALLED OUT France and Australia move on to the Semifinals #TakeNote | #WorldGotGamepic.twitter.com/f8i9c45ag8

  11-09-2019 17:43 via twitter.com
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  France and Australia move on to the Semifinals
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• Dana Milbank: How Trump quietly incapacitates the BLM

  11-09-2019 17:28
  Washington • This is how the Trump administration goes about the quiet business of incapacitating the U.S. government.President Trump spent his summer making war on Denmark, attacking Baltimore, destabilizing the world economy, sending an imaginary hurricane to Alabama and ousting his national security adviser, among other things. But while everybody was watching those fireworks, Trump’s underlings — some far more competent than he — were toiling in the shadows to hand ove
  
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• Idaho officials confirm two cases of vaping-related illness

  11-09-2019 17:22
  Boise, Idaho • Public health officials confirmed Tuesday that two people in Idaho have developed a serious lung disease linked to vaping.The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced the two patients, one a minor and the other a young adult, were hospitalized for a time but are now recovering at home. Three more suspected cases were being investigated, said department spokeswoman Niki Forbing-Orr, and said officials expected that number to increase."Last week we didn't know about any
  
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• 18 years later, America vows to ‘never forget’ 9/11

  11-09-2019 16:45
  New York • Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to “never forget” 18 years after the deadliest terror attack on American soil.Victims' relatives assembled at ground zero, where the observance began with a moment of silence and the tolling of bells at 8:46 a.m. — the exact time a hijacked plane slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower."As long as the city will gift us this moment, I will be here," Margie Miller, who lost her husband
  
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• [Sports Illustrated] - Team USA falls to Rudy Gobert, France in FIBA quarterfinals | SI.com

  11-09-2019 16:42 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA's 58-game win streak in international competition has come to an end. Led by Rudy Gobert, France stunned the U.S. 89-79 in the FIBA World Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
  
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• [NBA] - Rudy Gobert and France knock Donovan Mitchell, Team USA out of World Cup medal contention

  11-09-2019 16:39 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell had a step on his defender and as he got the basket, the guard, with his 6-10 wingspan and otherworldly athleticism, opted for a reverse layup, using the iron to give himself just a
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Team USA basketball vs. France, score, takeaways: Americans suffer early World Cup exit at hands of Rudy Gobert and Co. - CBSSports.com

  11-09-2019 16:37 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA's 58-game win streak in international competition comes to a screeching halt on Wednesday
  
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• Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade

  11-09-2019 16:26
  Washington • The proportion of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 — the first evidence from the government that coverage gains under President Barack Obama’s health care law might be eroding under President Donald Trump.The Census Bureau also said in an annual report Tuesday that household income rose last year at its slowest pace in four years and finally matched its previous peak set in 1999. Median household income increased 0.9% in 2018 to an inflation-adjus
  
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• Formerly homeless couple adjust to challenges, opportunities of their new life indoors

  11-09-2019 16:25
  During the first few weeks Ron and Katherine Barrett spent in their new apartment on 300 East in downtown Salt Lake City, they slept with a canopy over their bed.Katherine, once used to law enforcement officers waking her multiple times each night as the pair sought refuge under a camping tent in the city, would now wake up on her own, disoriented. The soft folds of cloth hanging overhead helped simulate an old sense of security when she opened her eyes.“It’s really funny what you ge
  
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• Political Cornflakes: A look back at what it was like on 9/11

  11-09-2019 16:20
  Happy Wednesday. It’s the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that killed thousands of Americans, led to two wars and a shattered the comfort of those who thought terrorism lived elsewhere. On this day in 2001, U.S. leaders weren’t sure how to respond to the attacks as information -- some of it horribly inaccurate -- poured in. A look back at the choices officials were faced with on the day that changed America. [Politico]Topping the news: A Utah man was found factually in
  
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: 3 questions to answer ahead of Jazz training camp | KSL.com

  11-09-2019 16:16 via sportspyder.com
  With players reporting for duty with the Jazz, these are three pressing questions the Jazz must answer to have a season that lives up to their remarkable summer.
  
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• [Deadspin] - Team USA Dropkicked Out Of World Cup By Rudy Gobert And ... Frank Ntilikina?

  11-09-2019 15:47 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA had a seven-point lead over France with just under eight minutes to play in today’s FIBA World Cup quarterfinal game. From that point on, France went on a 22-5 run and advanced to the tournament semi-finals while leaving Team USA behind to...
  
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• Letter: Republicans are not the family values party

  11-09-2019 15:43
  Rod Decker, in his new book, “Utah Politics: The Elephant in the Room,” states the Republican Party is the Mormon Party.As the LDS Church claims to be Christian and the defender of family values, shouldn't that also be true for the LDS-GOP legislators? Unfortunately these critical issues that support families are not included in the GOP-now-Tea-Party ideology.Dismissing the desperate need for clean air, gun regulation, health insurance for 60,000 poor and inadequately funding public
  
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