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• Inmate death at Utah’s prison being investigated as a possible homicide

  22-09-2019 23:35
  The Utah Department of Corrections announced an inmate died Saturday evening at the Oquirrh Facility at the state prison.According to a news release, the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell and was later declared dead. Authorities are investigating the death as a possible homicide.While the family of the inmate have been notified, the department declined to release his name at this time due to the investigation.The Oquirrh Facility is comprised of five buildings at the southernmost end of
  
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• Shooting in Springville leaves one dead

  22-09-2019 23:32
  Springville police are investigating a shooting that left a 29-year-old dead. According to a tweet sent out by the department, the shooting occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday morning near 1600 S. SR-89. No other details were available.We are investigating a shooting that occurred near 1600 S. SR-89 at 2:00 AM. The 29 yo victim has passed away. More information will be released as it becomes available.— SpringvilleDPS (@SpringvilleDPS) September 22, 2019 The Salt Lake Tribune will update this st
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Solitude is doing us a solid, dude

  22-09-2019 23:00
  If there’s one thing you won’t find in the parking lot at Solitude, it’s solitude.That is why the Big Cottonwood Canyon ski resort is going where no Utah resort has gone. It will start charging skiers for parking this winter.Canyon traffic on winter weekends has been troublesome for years, but a recent surge has brought it to the breaking point. Getting up and back for a day a skiing can mean four hours in the car, or more.And that’s for those who found a spot. A growing
  
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• 3 Are Dead and 4 Hospitalized in Pittsburgh From Overdoses, Officials Say

  22-09-2019 22:24
  Three men died and four others were hospitalized in Pittsburgh early Sunday morning as a result of overdoses, authorities said.All of the men were wearing orange paper bands on their wrists and had been at the same event at the same venue, police said. The men left the venue, which officials did not identify, to go to a private residence, where they overdosed on drugs together, police said.“To be clear, this was not a case of a tainted drug being passed around or distributed in large volum
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Adam Silver, NBA cracks down on tampering and other big Jazz stories of the week

  22-09-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  A look back at the biggest Jazz related stories for the week of Sept 15.
  
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• AP labels the Utes ‘pretenders’ as they fall to No. 19 after losing to USC

  22-09-2019 20:59
  Utah’s first loss of the football season caused the Utes to fall nine spots in the AP Top 25 rankings and receive a “pretender” rating from the AP’s national college football writer.The Utes (3-1) dropped to No. 19 in the AP poll after enjoying the program’s earliest-ever Top 10 ranking for one week. Utah was the highest-ranked Pac-12 team for three weeks, but now is below three Pac-12 North schools: Oregon (No. 13), California (No. 15) and Washington (No. 17). Utah
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell gets the BdotAdot5 treatment

  22-09-2019 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
  
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• Shaq Bond, Dominik Eberle help Utah State beat San Diego State 23-17

  22-09-2019 20:28
  San Diego • Utah State measured up, and then some, against one of the Mountain West Conference’s toughest outs, and did it on the road late Saturday night.Dominik Eberle kicked three field goals, Shaq Bond had a pick-6, and Utah State held on for a 23-17 win over San Diego State at SDCCU Stadium.Eberle connected from 30, 29 and 32 yards. Jordan Love was 30-of-47 passing for 293 yards and Jaylen Warren scored on an 11-yard run for the Aggies (2-1).The Aztecs opened the game with a 16-p
  
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• BYU in review: Cougars tip their hats to Huskies, but say their own mistakes made Washington ‘look a lot better’

  22-09-2019 20:28
  Provo • This time around, there were no late-game heroics. No overtime. No rushing of the field after a deflected pass and interception to seal the win.Instead, the Washington Huskies were the ones to put on a show.In what BYU hoped would be a turnaround after last year’s 35-7 loss in Seattle, the rematch looked much the same, with the No. 22 Huskies leaving Provo with a 45-19 victory over the Cougars. BYU coach Kalani Sitake was suitably impressed.“We’ve faced some really
  
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• Justin Thulin: The climate change clock is ticking

  22-09-2019 20:00
  Climate change is an insidious and complex problem with serious long-term global existential ramifications. Our national leaders have either been unwilling to tackle it or willfully ignoring it. Interestingly, physicians daily see the individual consequences of poor lifestyle choices that, like climate change, have a long lag time before catastrophic health consequences become apparent.For example, a teen may start smoking, and smoke one to two packs a day for 40 years without noticeable effect
  
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• 3 takeaways from Royals FC’s loss to North Carolina

  22-09-2019 19:42
  Here are three takeaways from the Utah Royals FC’s 3-0 loss to the North Carolina Courage.1. Royals got lucky (for the moment) with the Reign FC resultUtah did not play well on Saturday, and that was evident in the scoreline. But it turned out that wasn’t the result that mattered.The Reign, which Utah was supposed to play last Wednesday before the game was postponed, faced the lowly Sky Blue FC about 45 minutes after the Royals-Courage game started. So by the time Utah lost, there wa
  
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• Luz Escamilla calls criticism of her LDS faith ‘insulting,’ vows to be independent if elected Salt Lake City mayor

  22-09-2019 19:17
  Salt Lake City mayoral candidate Luz Escamilla is seeking to counter claims she would be unduly influenced by the LDS Church were she elected to head Utah’s capital city.After keeping silent for weeks over what Escamilla called “attacks” on her faith, the state senator and Zions Bank executive posted a lengthy statement Saturday on her campaign website, calling assertions she would take orders from officials within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “insultin
  
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• Erika Pollard: Hovenweep leases put short-sighted gain ahead of a balanced future

  22-09-2019 19:00
  Over the course of a morning’s bidding and with little regard for public opinion, more than 30,000 acres of our state’s precious public lands near Hovenweep National Monument were recently auctioned off to oil and gas developers.The Bureau of Land Management’s latest leasing of our public lands is a staggering blow to Utah residents and tribal communities who value our shared historical and cultural connections to these places. Short-sighted gains for a few oil developers were
  
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• 3 takeways from RSL’s draw against New England

  22-09-2019 18:56
  Here are three takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s scoreless draw against the New England Revolution.1. Formidable performance wasn’t enough to keep RSL in fourthThe thing about this point in the Major League Soccer season is that some teams will have to rely somewhat on other results to secure enviable playoff positioning. RSL isn’t quite one of those teams, but it’s almost one of those teams.Real went into Massachusetts and gutted out a result against the Revolution despite
  
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• What’s next for Utah’s secondary? Here comes Washington State, after a 63-point showing.

  22-09-2019 18:12
  Utah defensive backs Terrell Burgess and Julian Blackmon sounded eager to face another high-powered passing scheme this week as a redemption opportunity, after the Utes gave up three long touchdown plays in a loss at USC.That was before they knew Washington State's Anthony Gordon would throw nine TD passes Saturday night against UCLA.The untold part of that story is the Cougars needed one more touchdown. WSU somehow blew a 32-point lead in the second half of a 67-63 defeat, raising questions abo
  
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• In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL

  22-09-2019 17:21
  Foxborough, Mass. • Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL.In a Twitter rant on the morning his most recent team was getting ready to play without him, the former New England Patriots receiver says, "Will not be playing in the NFL anymore." He went on to take shots at other people in football who have been accused of sexual misconduct.Will not be playing in the @NFL anymore these owners can cancel deals do whatever they want at anytime we will see if the @NFLPA hold them accountable
  
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• Maureen Dowd: Trump walks a crooked mile

  22-09-2019 17:05
  Washington - Everyone here is keyed up for the Big One.The One that’s going to finally bring Donald Trump down.As soon as the news broke Wednesday night in The Washington Post that a whistleblower had accused the president of making some sort of nefarious “promise” during a call to a foreign leader, the hive erupted.Democrats haven’t been able to get Trump on paying off a porn star to protect his campaign. They haven’t been able to get him on being a Russian agent.
  
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• Nicholas H. Wolfinger: Reaching a compromise on assault weapons

  22-09-2019 16:31
  Every mass shooting in the United States is greeted with a depressingly familiar response: heartfelt cries of anguish, calls for Congress to take action, GOP stonewalling, and then the status quo ante until the next tragedy. It doesn’t matter that tougher gun laws like universal background checks have overwhelming public support, even among NRA members. The power of the gun lobby remains too strong, and votes for gun control mean no campaign contributions, poor NRA ratings, and perhaps a p
  
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• Murder! Romance! Incest! Vigilantism! Ghosts! Sex! And, immigration! It’s all on TV this fall.

  22-09-2019 16:12
  Don’t let anybody tell you network television is dead — although there are multiple murderers, a couple of demons and at least one ghost on the new shows premiering this fall on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW.There are also fewer new shows on broadcast TV this year, just 17 (including one revival), with many more to come at midseason. The networks are trying to compete with cable, premium cable and streaming, so throwing 40-plus shows on all at once — when history shows that at
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Heads will explode when ‘Game of Thrones’ wins more Emmys on Sunday

  22-09-2019 16:11
  If Sunday’s Primetime Emmys turn out the way I expect, they will be highly entertaining. Not necessarily on TV, but certainly on social media.I’ll be shocked if “Game of Thrones” doesn’t win best drama, and in several other categories as well. And it will be fun to watch as haters’ heads explode and they express their outrage on Twitter. Because, you know, there’s all those entitled “fans” who whined online when the show didn’t turn out
  
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• Brodi Ashton: My birthday was pretty normal until I had to suddenly hide

  22-09-2019 16:10
  My birthday was a few days ago. I’ve had some memorable ones, but this was particularly unforgettable for reasons I’ll explain.I’d spent the week working on my latest book with my co-authors and speaking in several middle schools in and around Boise. Ah, middle-schoolers. They’re the “Empire Strikes Back” of the “Star Wars” trilogy of childhood: They experience some setbacks (in mood swings), they sometimes smell like the inside of a Tauntaun, but
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: How do I conquer my fear of failure?

  22-09-2019 16:09
  Dear Ann Cannon • I’ve always had a fear of failing! I get easily overwhelmed when I can’t understand or figure something out and have no one to turn to or anyone in the family who can relate. Anything that challenges me freaks me out. What can I do to overcome this?— HesitantDear Hesitant • This is a BIG question — too big for a column like this. Google the phrase “How can I stop being afraid of failing” and you’ll see that entire books have b
  
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• Robert Kirby: Adios, LDS Scouting. Hola, Children and Youth.

  22-09-2019 16:08
  Next Sunday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce a new youth program replacing Boy Scouts effective Jan. 1. It’s a bitter blow to Scouters.The second hour during worship services will feature a video of President Russell M. Nelson and other church leaders explaining how helpful Scouting was but that it’s time for something new.“It will take some effort on your part,” Nelson warns.The new program will be called the “Children Youth Associatio
  
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• Moab’s block on new lodging has stirred a hornet’s nest and caught the attention of state leaders

  22-09-2019 16:07
  Moab • Local elected leaders’ halt to new commercial lodging construction in this overwhelmed tourist hot spot has enraged some property owners and raised alarms in the state Capitol. Mayor Emily Niehaus acknowledged that local businesses and property owners, developers, real estate agents, investors and — more recently — state leaders are all wondering with concern, “What is Moab doing?”Last month, Niehaus was summoned to Salt Lake City for two days of meeting
  
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• Utah’s two biggest development projects face an unlikely foe: mosquitoes

  22-09-2019 16:04
  As he wades into a duck hunting club marsh, mosquito abatement rural field supervisor Quinten Salt drags a long-handled dipper through a murky puddle and ladles out a sample for inspection.“Nice, stagnant water in salt grass,” he says — prime habitat for the mosquitoes that abundantly populate this area northwest of Salt Lake City.Sure enough, after a few dips, Salt finds 15 larvae wriggling through a water sample. They’re harmless now, but once they mature to adult mosqu
  
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• Leonard Pitts: We were told our institutions would save us

  22-09-2019 16:00
  Once upon a time, there was an ideal. It was called the United States of America.And in 2016, the presidency of the United States was captured by the flamboyantly incompetent star of a TV reality show, a man who doesn’t believe in any ideal beyond his own enrichment and aggrandizement. Some shaken observers assured us everything would yet be all right. The institutions of democracy — the courts, the Congress, the news media and the agencies of the federal government — would sav
  
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• Jonathan Van Ness of ‘Queer Eye’ comes out as a sexual assault survivor, addict and HIV-positive

  22-09-2019 15:00
  New York • Jonathan Van Ness was having a late breakfast at the Empire Diner, around the corner from his one-bedroom apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.Seated in a window booth, he was serving what he calls his “16th-century Jesus” look: Hollywood-starlet tresses, a mustache a la a Super Mario villain and fingernails painted with cartoon depictions from the 1996 film “The First Wives Club.”But Van Ness was not feeling his normal gorgeous self, the boi
  
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• [Fadeaway World] - Utah Jazz Considered “Biggest Threat” To Lakers And Clippers This Season

  22-09-2019 14:24 via sportspyder.com
  The Western Conference is no longer dominated by the Golden State Warriors. In the NBA's new duo-ruled league, several teams have been
  
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• Letter: Money in families’ pockets grows sales and profits

  22-09-2019 14:00
  The U.S. Congress is looking at passing extensions to business tax credits from their 2017 tax bill.Healthy businesses are important, but so are healthy families. And, as it happens, money in family pockets grows sales and profits, too!Any tax bill this fall must include expansions of the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. It’s good for business and good for families.Georgia Platts, South JordanSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Looking for an alternative

  22-09-2019 14:00
  Donald Trump has now decided to mandate the rollback of pollution initiatives that the state of California has spent years working on.As President Trump tweeted, “Many more cars will be produced under the new and uniform standard, meaning significantly more JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Automakers should seize this opportunity because without this alternative to California, you will be out of business.”The rationale behind Trump’s decision is that it will lower the price of vehicles and, a
  
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• Letter: LDS Church’s deeds show claim of ‘love’ is a lie

  22-09-2019 14:00
  When a person in a position of authority harms others, that is abuse. When abusers tell victims, “I only hurt you because I love you,” that is gaslighting.Regarding a rule excluding children of LGBT parents from baptism — a hurtful and vindictive action — LDS President Russell M. Nelson recently stated that church leaders acted out of a loving desire to promote harmony between LGBT parents and their children.This explanation rings false, given Mormon leaders’ histor
  
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• Letter: Bring back vehicle safety checks

  22-09-2019 14:00
  As I drive around Utah, I have noticed more and more cars with brake lights, tail lights and headlights not working. I have noticed a dramatic increase since the Legislature and Gov. Gary Herbert got rid of the required vehicle safety checks.Normally, these defective lights would be found and repaired annually on the car during re-registering. Now, the drivers are oblivious to the problem and it is up to the police to enforce the safety checks. This is just a visual indication of the problem.Pro
  
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• Bond, Eberle help Utah State beat San Diego State 23-17

  22-09-2019 09:19
  San Diego • Dominik Eberle kicked three field goals, Shaq Bond had a pick-6, and Utah State held on for a 23-17 win over San Diego State on Saturday night.Eberle connected from 30, 29 and 32 yards. Jordan Love was 30-of-47 passing for 293 yards and Jaylen Warren scored on an 11-yard run for the Aggies (2-1).The Aztecs opened the game with a 16-play, 70-yard drive to took more than seven minutes off the clock but had to settle for Matt Araiza’s 22-yard field goal. After Utah State went
  
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• Southern Utah falls at South Dakota State 43-7

  22-09-2019 09:15
  Southern Utah closed out its nonconference schedule Saturday, falling to South Dakota State 43-7 in Brookings, S.D.The Jackrabbits, third in the FCS rankings, led 21-0 before the Thunderbirds scored on quarterback Chris Helbig’s touchdown run with 29 seconds left in the first half to get within 14 points.The second half was all South Dakota State, as the Jackrabbits (3-1) scored 22 consecutive points.Helbig finished with 211 yards passing.Lance Lawson was his top target with nine catches f
  
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• State colleges: No. 12 BYU women’s volleyball team tops No. 2 Stanford

  22-09-2019 07:26
  The No. 12 BYU women’s volleyball team defeated No. 2 Stanford 3-1 (18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 31-29) at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., on Saturday, besting the defending champion Cardinal for the second consecutive season.Senior McKenna Miller had 18 kills and two aces for the Cougars (9-2), who handed Stanford its first home loss since November 2016. Freshman Kate Grimmer and sophomore Heather Gneiting added 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Freshman Whitney Bower added 48 assists, 18 digs,
  
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• Utah Royals FC fall in ugly 3-0 loss to North Carolina

  22-09-2019 06:15
  After the North Carolina Courage scored their the second goal, Utah Royals FC midfielder Gunnhildur Jonsdottir, standing at midfield waiting for play to restart, waved her arms up and down, urging the crowd to pick up its energy. It cheered loudly and later engaged in a “Let’s Go Royals” chant.But then the third goal happened. A goal that keeper Nicole Barnhart didn’t appear to even attempt saving. At that point, nothing the Royals did could have stopped the inevitable.&l
  
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• Utahn Trevor Lewis gets two assists as the Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver 7-5 at Vivint Arena

  22-09-2019 05:43
  The Los Angeles Kings scored three times in their first seven shots on goal Saturday, on the way to a 7-5 preseason victory over Vancouver in an NHL preseason game at Vivint Smart Home Arena.The attendance of 10,014 was about 2,300 fewer than the Kings and Canucks drew last September, when the novelty of the NHL's first appearance in the Salt Lake Valley in 10 years was a factor.Salt Lake City native Trevor Lewis was credited with two assists and was on the ice for another Los Angeles goal. Anot
  
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• UHP releases names of 4 killed in tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park

  22-09-2019 04:47
  A man and three women killed Friday in a tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park were identified Saturday.Ling Geng, 68; Xiuyun Chen, 67; Zhang Caiyu, 62; and Zhongliang Caiyu, 65, were killed in the crash, the Utah Highway Patrol said. All were from Shanghai.Intermountain Healthcare said 12 other victims of the crash remained hospitalized Saturday morning — down from 15 Friday night. Earlier Friday, 17 people were in hospitals for treatment.#SR12BusCrash 11:30 am MST for @Intermoun
  
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• Real Salt Lake and New England Revolution play to scoreless draw

  22-09-2019 04:30
  Coming into Saturday’s game between Real Salt Lake and the New England Revolution, both coaches had talked about different mindsets of their teams.RSL interim coach Freddy Juarez said during the week that the club did not have to win all four of its remaining games. He mentioned that a tie would be sufficient, especially on the road, because Real was confident about its last two home games.Revolution coach Bruce Arena, on the other hand, sent a different message. He told local media that t
  
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• George F. Will: Hong Kong’s resistance offers lessons for Taiwan

  22-09-2019 02:00
  Taipei, Taiwan • What happens on Hong Kong Island does not stay there. The ongoing tsunami of discontent washes over this island, which, like Hong Kong, is navigating the choppy waters of relations with the same large and menacing mainland neighbor. This nation — which is such psychologically, if not in diplomatic nomenclature — has a presidential election in January that seems certain to be influenced by alarm about Hong Kong’s current unhappy experience with the legalist
  
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• Dana Milbank: Is anybody dumb enough to believe Trump would say something inappropriate?

  22-09-2019 02:00
  Washington • President Trump offered a curious defense against a whistleblower’s reported allegation that he made a troubling “promise” on a call with a foreign leader."Is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially 'heavily populated' call," he asked.Why, yes. Yes, I am dumb enough to believe it, given that the president has previously: handed over highly classified intelligence to Russia; sided
  
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• Washington routs BYU for the second straight year, beating the Cougars 45-19 at LaVell Edwards Stadium

  22-09-2019 01:39
  Provo • It was throwback day at BYU on Saturday, and to get in the spirit of things on the field, the Cougars and Washington Huskies turned back the clock. All the way to 2018.The No. 22 Huskies routed the Cougars 45-19 at LaVell Edwards Stadium, much the way they did a year ago in a 35-7 pummeling of BYU in Seattle.The drubbing spoiled BYU’s throwback festivities, with the Cougars, the field and the scoreboard all sporting a retro 1960s-70s look.Georgia transfer Jacob Eason was sensa
  
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• BYU goes old school for its game against Washington, with retro uniforms, a retro field — and retro-priced concessions

  22-09-2019 01:36
  Provo • Going old school is still cool, at least at BYU this season.The Cougars went with a retro theme for their home “whiteout” game against Washington on Saturday, unveiling old school white and royal blue uniforms with a throwback helmet that featured the original block “Y.”The white jerseys with royal blue numbers were inspired by the traditional travel uniform worn during the LaVell Edwards era.Hopefully, fans liked the jerseys since the plan is to incorporate
  
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• Husky transfer quarterback Jacob Eason dissects Cougars’ defense

  22-09-2019 01:35
  Provo • Another season, another hot quarterback wearing a Washington uniform got the best of the BYU Cougars.Washington quarterback Jacob Eason lit up the Cougars, completing 24-of-28 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s 45-19 rout at LaVell Edwards Stadium.Last year, Washington quarterback Jake Browning went 23-of-25 for 277 yards and a touchdown to lead the 11th-ranked Huskies to a 35-7 win over No. 20 BYU.Eason, a junior transfer from Georgia who sat out the 2018
  
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• 12 tourists still in hospital after fatal tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park

  22-09-2019 01:16
  Many tourists injured in a bus crash Friday near Bryce Canyon, which killed four people, were still in Utah hospitals Saturday.Intermountain Healthcare said 12 patients remain hospitalized Saturday morning — down from 15 Friday night. Earlier Friday, 17 people were in hospitals for treatment.#SR12BusCrash 11:30 am MST for @Intermountain:#GarfieldMemorialHospital - last patient has been discharged#DixieRegionalHospital - 11 patients, 5 critical, 5 serious, 1 discharged
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• Salt Lake AIDS Walk celebrates 30 years with an 80s-themed stroll through downtown

  22-09-2019 00:57
  After moving to Utah in 1982 to dance with Ballet West, Peter Christie said he enjoyed himself as a young gay man in Salt Lake City.“Maybe a little too much,” Christie said.His life “came crashing down” in 1995, Christie said, after he was diagnosed with AIDS. He rapidly lost weight and was at the edge of death, he said, adding that he felt as though his name was on a list that he somehow erased his name from.“Lucky for me, some great medication came along at just t
  
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