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• Legislature spends day peering into the future, hoping to improve it

  17-09-2019 23:59
  Camp Williams • Nostradamus. Moses. Muhammad. The California Psychics Hotline. And now add Utah legislators to those who attempt to look into and guide the future.They spent Tuesday at the Camp Williams National Guard base — in rooms without windows and (mostly) with cellphones off — trying to work up a vision urged by House Speaker Brad Wilson: “Think what the state of Utah will look like in a decade or two,” or beyond.Lawmakers discussed with one another and outsid
  
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• Independent candidate aims to unseat Rep. John Curtis, running under the campaign slogan ‘humanity elevated’

  17-09-2019 23:35
  A Draper political independent has stepped forward to challenge U.S. Rep. John Curtis with a message of restoring Bears Ears National Monument, ending reliance on fossil fuels and mitigating the dangers of artificial intelligence.Russ Fugal — whose campaign slogan is “humanity elevated” — is a project and accounts manager for a factory automation company.Although he once served as a delegate to the Utah Republican Party convention, his campaign for Utah’s 3rd Congre
  
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• Salt Lake City threatens to crack down on e-scooters to reduce sidewalk ridership

  17-09-2019 23:32
  The Salt Lake City mayor’s office has avoided “heavy-handed rules” related to the thousands of e-scooters that began flooding streets last summer, Jon Larsen, the city’s transportation director, said in an email he sent this week to the transportation companies that provide them.But, he warned, that era soon may come to an end amid an ongoing stream of emails and calls to the city from residents concerned about sidewalk ridership and as the City Council is set to consider
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: A Bird in the Hand

  17-09-2019 23:29
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/16/bagley-cartoon-real/" target=_blank><u>A Real Talent</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/13/bagley-cartoon-cold-dead/"><u>Cold Dead Hands</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/09/12/bagley-cartoo
  
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• Accused killer in Nevada Latter-day Saint meetinghouse shooting competent for trial

  17-09-2019 23:23
  Fallon, Nev. • A northern Nevada man accused of a shooting at a rural Latter-day Saint meetinghouse that killed one man and wounded another during Sunday services has been ruled competent to stand trial.KOLO-TV reports two psychologists testified Monday in Churchill District Court in Fallon that recent exams found John O'Connor competent to understand the process and charges against him.A date for a preliminary hearing in hasn't been set.O'Connor is charged with first-degree murder in the J
  
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• Scott Williams: Death of Cokie Roberts is a loss to journalism, and to us all

  17-09-2019 23:04
  There is an old saying in the Nation’s Capital, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”The exception to that truism would be to have known Cokie Roberts.Even if you were a young congressional press secretary, as I was back in the day, she would treat you with grace and respect, despite the fact she was part of Washington’s political and journalistic royalty. She knew the trials and tribulations of the nameless who kept the Congress going, and she expressed her ap
  
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• White House blocks Rob Porter from testifying about President Trump

  17-09-2019 22:54
  The White House blocked the testimony of former senior adviser Rob Porter before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, arguing that presidential aides are immune from subpoenas issued regarding their service in the administration.Porter, a former chief of staff to Sen. Orrin Hatch and top aide to Sen. Mike Lee, was subpoenaed to appear before the committee in a hearing titled “Presidential Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Power,” part of a series of efforts the Democratic-led
  
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• Officer who mishandled Lauren McCluskey’s concerns has quit — and now works for Logan’s police department

  17-09-2019 22:50
  The officer who mishandled Lauren McCluskey’s concerns — including her calls for help hours before she was killed on campus — has resigned from the University of Utah’s police department.Miguel Deras, who had worked at the U. for four years, turned in his badge last week. He has been hired to work as an officer at the Logan police department in northern Utah, the chief there confirmed Tuesday.U. Deputy Chief Rick McLenon said Deras’s departure from the university wa
  
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• Utah’s The Wave may see as many as five times more hikers

  17-09-2019 22:48
  Hiker access to The Wave and Coyote Buttes North, two of the most coveted hiking destination on the Colorado Plataeu, could increase nearly fivefold, from only 20 visitors a day to 96, under a draft plan the Bureau of Land Management has released.The plan would chart a new management direction for the designated wilderness that wraps around the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument straddling the Utah-Arizona state line between Kanab and Page, Ariz. Many thousands come hoping to explore The Wave vi
  
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• Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at impeachment hearing

  17-09-2019 22:29
  Washington • Democrats’ first impeachment hearing quickly turned hostile Tuesday as their sole witness, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, stonewalled many of their questions and said they were “focusing on petty and personal politics.”Lewandowski, a devoted friend and supporter of President Donald Trump, was following White House orders not to discuss conversations with the president beyond what was already public in former special counsel Robert Mueller's r
  
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• Catherine Rampell: The Saudi-Iran crisis could end Trump’s lucky streak on the economy

  17-09-2019 22:04
  Video: While meeting with Bahrain’s crown prince Sept. 16, President Trump spoke about the recent attacks on Saudi oil installations and denied wanting war with Iran. (The Washington Post)Washington • So far, under the auspices of the Trump presidency, we’ve been quite lucky.It's a weird perspective, I know, given the doom and gloom that often fills these pages. But Americans have indeed enjoyed relatively good fortune in the following sense: Most of our crises, political challe
  
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• BYU sophomore QB Zach Wilson still makes mistakes, but his savvy and big-play ability is undeniable

  17-09-2019 21:50
  Want a snapshot of why BYU quarterback Zach Wilson is drawing praise from teammates and coaches alike? One just has to go back to Saturday’s overtime win over USC when Wilson scrambled to stay alive then found Gunner Romney on a 35-yard pass and then bullied his way into the end zone a play later.The plays were just two of many that had a big impact on the final outcome, but they also encapsulated Wilson as a quarterback. His throw wasn’t perfect and as he noted afterward, Romney did
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell listed among probable “locks” for 2020 Olympics

  17-09-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  Will Spida be heading to Tokyo next Summer?
  
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• Love was behind church’s LGBT policy and its reversal, Latter-day Saint President Russell Nelson says

  17-09-2019 20:56
  The LDS Church’s controversial 2015 LGBT exclusion policy and its 2019 reversal, the faith’s president said Tuesday, were motivated by the same emotion: love.“We knew that this policy created concern and confusion for some and heartache for others. That grieved us,” Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said in an address at church-owned Brigham Young University.“Whenever the sons and daughters of God weep — for whate
  
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• Crazy things always happen to Utah at USC, and it never ends well. Is this the year that changes?

  17-09-2019 20:56
  The first time Utah's football team visited Los Angeles, the USC Trojans' performance received harsh reviews.The Salt Lake Telegram said USC's “offense was pitifully weak and this, coupled with their rotten tackling, enabled Utah to keep possession of the ball practically all the time.”The Trojans improved after that 27-12 defeat at Fiesta Park in downtown Los Angeles in 1916. And the Utes haven’t won since then in the city — not even against UCLA, during the Bruins&rsquo
  
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• Gordon Monson: BYU should extend Kalani Sitake’s contract, even though he’s not a miracle maker

  17-09-2019 20:52
  In the ebb and flow of a college football season, it’s easy for open-minded opinion to ebb and flow along with it. I’m taking a chance writing this column now, what with so much time remaining in BYU’s season, so many weeks left when only guesses can float in the air regarding whether the Cougars will be seen as successes or as failures, or as something in-between.But one thing is clear: Kalani Sitake is the right head coach for BYU.That assessment is not universally held. Some
  
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• Audit dings Utah’s Driver License Division for weak IT security

  17-09-2019 20:04
  Utah’s driver license database — which contains millions of names, birth dates, fingerprints and Social Security numbers — fell short of security and password standards, according to a report released Tuesday by the Utah State Auditor.Tuesday’s report is the second in a two-part audit of Utah’s Driver License Division, announced in January. The initial report found that personal driver data had been inappropriately shared with other agencies. The latest findings &md
  
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• Popular pot vape gets makeover to counter fakes

  17-09-2019 19:59
  Los Angeles • A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit marijuana vapes that have infected California’s cannabis market.Bootleggers eager to profit off unsuspecting consumers are mimicking popular, legal vape brands, pairing replica packaging churned out in Chinese factories with untested, possibly dangerous cannabis oil produced in the state'
  
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• Utah lawmakers OK $1M for census preparations

  17-09-2019 19:25
  Six months after refusing to set aside any money for promoting a complete and accurate count in next year’s census, Utah lawmakers have belatedly changed their minds.In Monday’s one-day special session, called mainly to get the state out of the medical marijuana distribution business and turn that responsibility over to the private sector, the Legislature appropriated $1 million to pay for promotional and outreach efforts for the census.It may seem like a simple matter of counting he
  
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• Offseason progress: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 80%

  17-09-2019 18:22 via twitter.com
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• Connor Boyack: Updated medical cannabis law a win for patients

  17-09-2019 18:00
  Has there been any other political issue in Utah that led to two special sessions within one year? I’m not aware of one. In so many ways, medical cannabis reform in Utah has been a unique process.We’ve learned a lot since last year’s change to the law — both those who were for Prop 2 and those who were against.On the one hand, legislators interested in a government-controlled distribution of medical cannabis — a federally illegal substance — have come to under
  
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• Paul Krugman: Republicans do not believe in Democracy

  17-09-2019 17:58
  Item: Last week Republicans in the North Carolina House used the occasion of 9/11 to call a surprise vote, passing a budget bill with a supermajority to override the Democratic governor’s veto. They were able to do this only because most Democrats were absent, some of them attending commemorative events; the Democratic leader had advised members that they didn’t need to be present because, he says, he was assured there would be no votes that morning.Item: Also last week, Rep. Adam Sc
  
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• Dana Milbank: American Pharoah has joined the #Resistance

  17-09-2019 17:49
  Washington - American Pharoah has joined the #Resistance.On Friday, Vice President Pence informed House Republicans that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah "bit me so hard" on the arm during a Kentucky visit last year that he (man, not horse) "almost collapsed."Some might disbelieve the vice president's tale of American Pharoah carnage, because Pence said nothing about this grievous injury at the time and because the manager of the racehorse-breeding company said that if the "sweet" thoroughbr
  
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• [Forbes] - Frank Ntilikina Impresses At FIBA World Cup, But Will The Knicks Pick Up His Option?

  17-09-2019 17:44 via sportspyder.com
  The Knicks have until October 31st to pick up Frank Ntilikina's $6.2 million option for the 2020-21 season.
  
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• Cokie Roberts, longtime political journalist, dies at 75

  17-09-2019 17:34
  New York • Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians who grew up to cover the family business in Washington for ABC News and NPR over several decades, died Tuesday in Washington of complications from breast cancer. She was 75.ABC broke into network programming to announce her death and pay tribute.Roberts was the daughter of Hale Boggs, a former House majority leader from Louisiana, and Lindy Boggs, who succeeded her husband in Congress. Roberts worked in radio and at CBS News and PBS befo
  
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• Evacuations lifted for Davis County blaze, which may have smoldered for a week

  17-09-2019 17:30
  Evacuations in Fruit Heights were lifted Monday night, but residents were warned to be on alert as firefighters continued to battle the Francis Fire, which grew to an estimated 550 acres.Officials believe the Francis Fire may have been started by lightning as long as a week ago and smoldered until high winds on Monday caused it to spread quickly. The fire is 0% contained, but retardant has been dropped around the entire fire.Lower temperatures, rain and a shift in wind direction helped slow the
  
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• House Judiciary Committee to hold first impeachment hearing

  17-09-2019 16:45
  Washington • As they investigate President Donald Trump, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee will hold their first official hearing in what they are calling an impeachment investigation.Corey Lewandowski, Trump's outspoken, loyal former campaign manager, is scheduled to appear Tuesday to discuss the report by former special counsel Robert Mueller. But it's unlikely that Democrats will get much new information as they decide whether to draft articles of impeachment against the preside
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Was Jeff Green Brought to Utah to be a Starter?

  17-09-2019 16:42 via sportspyder.com
  Will the Veteran take Derrick Favors spot at Power Forward?
  
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• Utah lawmakers will pay ex-A.G. John Swallow a $1.5M settlement

  17-09-2019 16:39
  In a series of nearly unanimous votes Monday, Utah lawmakers concluded the yearslong corruption scandal surrounding John Swallow by approving a $1.5 million settlement reimbursing the former attorney general for his legal fees.Debate during Monday’s special legislative session was minimal, with House and Senate leaders arguing to their colleagues — some of whom participated in an investigation of Swallow’s activities as attorney general — that it was the lesser of two evi
  
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• Stores will order heavy beers early, despite one Utah lawmaker’s efforts

  17-09-2019 16:27
  Provo Republican Rep. Norm Thurston argued Monday against letting Utah’s grocery and convenience stores preorder higher-strength beers in anticipation of the state’s cap lifting from 3.2% to 4% alcohol by weight in November.He said businesses have had ample time to prepare for the switch, and that no one would be forced to shut down over a temporary lag in the supply chain.“This is just being pushed through by the alcohol profiteers who want a little more money,” said Thu
  
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• Solitude Mountain Resort will charge visitors for parking

  17-09-2019 16:05
  Solitude • Free parking will get a lot scarcer in Big Cottonwood Canyon this winter, when Solitude Mountain Resort plans to charge visitors who drive up the canyon by themselves $20 to park, less if they carpool.It’s a bold experiment aimed at helping to alleviate gridlock in Utah’s crowded ski country. Of course, it could encourage skiers instead to drive farther up the road to Brighton or to Little Cottonwood’s Alta and Snowbird, which, to this point, have not said that
  
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• Letter: Penalized for fighting climate change

  17-09-2019 16:05
  I am a senior citizen driving a Nissan Leaf all-electric auto. My driving habits involve very little travel, approximately 10 miles weekly.It seems I am being punished by our "worthies" setting policy for helping with our global warming problems. They saw fit, with all their wisdom, to raise my car registration fee $50.What a country, no?I suppose those of us with electric cars are doing untold damage to their already miserable roads.Richard W. Palmer, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Why do people want to ‘keep their coverage’?

  17-09-2019 16:04
  I don’t understand why such a big deal is made of whether people can “keep their insurance coverage” or not. Who cares?As long as my coverage is good and it's not a hassle to use it, what difference does it make who provides it? I've had my same insurer for years now, and if I got a new one tomorrow with the same premiums and benefits, I wouldn't spend a minute more thinking about it.If Medicare for All provides equivalent benefits and I'll pay less overall, then I'm all for it
  
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• Letter: Lee should move to protect Utah’s music industry

  17-09-2019 16:04
  On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Lee is holding an antitrust hearing. In following what Utah learned from August’s Hatch Center symposium on music licensing, he must ask the Justice Department about its review of the music consent decrees that protect the industry from abuse.Decades ago, music publishers colluded into two institutions that license popular music. They controlled 90-percent of music back then, and they still do today.The Justice Department watched the music monopolies for anti-free mar
  
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• Trump: It looks like Iran hit Saudis, no military option yet

  17-09-2019 15:45
  Washington • President Donald Trump declared Monday it “looks” like Iran was behind the explosive attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he stressed that military retaliation was not yet on the table in response to the strike against a key U.S. Mideast ally.Oil prices soared worldwide amid the damage in Saudi Arabia and fresh Middle East war concerns. But Trump put the brakes on any talk of quick military action — earlier he had said the U.S. was "locked and loaded" &
  
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• Letter: Tribune covers the LDS Church as it should

  17-09-2019 15:19
  It would be difficult to put into words how much I disagree with John Woeste’s letter complaining about Peggy Fletcher Stack’s excellent three-part series on the LDS Church in Russia.If Mr. Woeste thinks the Ensign or even the church-owned Deseret News would ever publish the kind of coverage of the church that The Tribune does, it is obvious that he has not been reading them. Those house organs of the church have the charge to make the church look as good as possible and to exhort me
  
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• Letter: O’Rourke is right about weapons of war

  17-09-2019 15:19
  Hell, yes, Beto O’Rourke. Private citizens should not have weapons of war.Nobody wants to take away your hand guns or hunting rifles — those that can only kill one person or animal at a time.The crisis is about the weapons designed to kill as many people as you can in the shortest amount of time. It's about fragmenting bullets, high-capacity magazines and the rest, the only purposes of which is to maim and kill as quickly and viciously as possible.For 33 years, it's been illegal to o
  
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• Letter: Romney’s Red Badge of Courage

  17-09-2019 15:17
  Does Mitt Romney’s non-endorsement of President Trump qualify the senator for a Red Badge of Courage?If Utah Tea-Party Trumpublicans pick up on Romney’s betrayal of party ideals, he will surely deserve at least a Purple Heart. Or an Academy Award for Best Non-Supporting Actor.Leeward Trumpublicans will doubtless demand Romney’s hide for his valiant act of mini-disloyalty.I can hardly wait for the next printing of the Republican versions of “Profiles in Courage” and
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - ’19-20 NBA win-loss predictions (and how it affects the Utah Jazz)

  17-09-2019 15:11 via sportspyder.com
  The NBA has changed a lot this past summer, and so have the Utah Jazz. It's now time to predict how things will unfold during the regular season in a new-l...
  
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• Utah State gears up for start of Mountain West play and trip to San Diego State

  17-09-2019 15:01
  Now the real work begins.The Utah State Aggies, who went 1-1 to start the 2019 season with a narrow loss to Wake Forest and a statement win against Stony Brook, have set their sights on the part of the schedule that matters most: Mountain West Conference play. And with the team’s palpable hunger for an MWC title, the mood around the Aggies is one of anxious excitement."It's game time for real,” senior running back Gerold Bright said Monday at USU’s weekly press conference.First
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump campaign tries to rally the Latino vote

  17-09-2019 15:00
  President Donald Trump, whose crackdown on illegal immigration and incendiary rhetoric about Latinos have been hallmarks of his first term, made a direct appeal to the demographic at a campaign rally in New Mexico on Monday to secure his re-election. “The Hispanic Americans understand they don’t want criminals going across the border, they don’t want people taking their jobs, they want security, and they want the wall,” he said at the rally. “They want the wall.&rdq
  
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• Charles M. Blow: Joe Biden is still problematic on racial issues

  17-09-2019 15:00
  All five of these things are simultaneously true:Joe Biden is the Democratic front-runner and may well be the nominee.He is by far the favorite candidate among black voters.He was a loyal vice president to Barack Obama, and the two men seem to have shared a deep and true friendship.He, like the other Democratic candidates, would be a vast improvement over Donald Trump.And, Biden’s positioning on racial issues has been problematic.This issue exposed itself again Thursday during the presiden
  
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• ’19-20 NBA win-loss predictions (and how it affects the Utah Jazz)

  17-09-2019 14:45
  The NBA has changed a lot this past summer, and so have the Utah Jazz. It’s now time to predict how things will unfold during the regular season in a new-look league. The dog days of summer come every year around August and September for basketball fans. Once the dust settles after free agents signing […]
  ’19-20 NBA win-loss predictions (and how it affects the Utah Jazz) - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Robert Kirby: It’s time to flag crazed football parents for unnecessary gruffness

  17-09-2019 14:00
  My 13-year-old granddaughter plays full-contact football. She’s an offensive tackle for the Mountain Conference Herriman Mustangs eighth grade team, an almost all-male team. She’s pretty good, too.On Saturday, I got sunburned watching her play at Butterfield Park in Herriman. Her team lost, but she played hard. And that’s what mattered — to me.To a few other spectators, whatever was going on mattered a lot more. They yelled, got red-faced, threw things and loudly insulted
  
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• In bold move to get skiers out of cars and onto buses, Utah’s Solitude will start charging them to park

  17-09-2019 14:00
  Solitude • Free parking will get a lot scarcer in Big Cottonwood Canyon this winter, when Solitude Mountain Resort plans to charge visitors who drive up the canyon by themselves $20 to park, less if they carpool.It’s a bold experiment aimed at helping to alleviate gridlock in Utah’s crowded ski country. Of course, it could encourage skiers instead to drive farther up the road to Brighton or to Little Cottonwood’s Alta and Snowbird, which, to this point, have not said that
  
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• Logan’s Luke Falk can’t save Jets in 23-3 loss to Browns

  17-09-2019 07:23
  East Rutherford, N.J. • Odell Beckham Jr. felt right at home again — in the end zone and on the highlight reels.With an 89-yard touchdown catch and a spectacular one-handed grab in his return to MetLife Stadium, the Browns wide receiver helped lift Cleveland past the short-handed and banged-up New York Jets 23-3 on Monday night.“We got the ball in (No.) 13’s hands,” Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry said, “and let him go.”Beckham, traded from the Giants
  
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• Undefeated BYU women’s soccer team shuts out Utah Valley

  17-09-2019 07:12
  A second-half goal by senior defender Danika Serassio combined with strong defensive play gave the No. 10 BYU women’s soccer team a 1-0 victory over Utah Valley on Monday night at Clyde Field in Orem.Serassio scored on an assist from Jamie Shepherd in the 64th minute.“It’s a huge win for us and these games are always challenging,” BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood said. “We fought through it. We had to battle and needed someone to step up and Danika did that for us and we
  
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