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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Bogey, Close Wins & How Much to Trust Projections

  11-11-2019 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  
  Check in every week for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. Hes made my life ten times easier. The.
  
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• DoD witness said officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid

  11-11-2019 23:23
  
  Washington • The view among the national security officials was unanimous: Military aid to Ukraine should not be stopped by the White House.That was the testimony of Laura Cooper, a Defense Department official, whose deposition was released Monday in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump."My sense is that all of the senior leaders of the U.S. national security departments and agencies were all unified in their — in their view that this assistance was essential," she
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Caris LeVert out vs. Jazz with sprained thumb

  11-11-2019 23:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  Brooklyn Nets small forward Caris LeVert won’t play against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday. LeVert it out with a left thumb sprain: Caris LeVert is OUT in Utah with left thumb sprain. — Greg Logan (@GregLogan1) November 11, 2019 LeVert took a hard fall on...
  
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• 11 Utahns honored during Veterans Day ceremony at the University of Utah

  11-11-2019 22:44
  
  11 veterans were honored Monday during the 22nd annual Veterans Day Commemoration at the University of Utah. The event included a bagpipe procession, awards ceremony and speeches by Sen. Mitt Romney and Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Doug Cherry. Following the awards ceremony, a canon was fired outside the student union.Those honored served in wars generations apart. In one touching moment, veterans Leland Hortman and Earl Jacklin, who fought in World War II, shook hands with Glenn Johnson, a young man
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 11.11.19

  11-11-2019 22:35 via sportspyder.com
  
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• BYU may get Zach Wilson back for the game against Idaho State

  11-11-2019 22:35
  
  Provo • More than six weeks since suffering a fractured right thumb in the fourth quarter of an eventual 28-21 Toledo loss, quarterback Zach Wilson is close to coming back to take the reins of the Cougars’s offense.Once again, Wilson, Jaren Hall and Baylor Romney are all listed as possible starters on BYU’s depth chart for the Idaho State game Saturday — the final home game of the season.But during the Coordinators’ Corner Show on Monday, the staff revealed that Wils
  
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• Salt Lake City Council Chairman Charlie Luke concedes in close District 6 race

  11-11-2019 21:35
  
  Salt Lake City Council Chairman Charlie Luke conceded Monday to opponent Dan Dugan in the race to represent the city’s District 6.Luke, who sought a third term on the City Council, was the clear winner in August’s primary election but lost traction to Dugan last week in what became a close general election race. His opponent’s 5-vote lead on election night widened Friday to 167 votes with the vast majority of ballots already counted.“Serving District 6 for eight years has
  
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• Cotton Bottom Inn will be purchased by owners of Salt Lake City’s Bar X and Beer Bar

  11-11-2019 21:28
  
  The owners of Salt Lake City’s Bar X and Beer Bar say they will purchase Holladay’s iconic Cotton Bottom Inn and remodel it — promising to maintain the atmosphere of the quintessential neighborhood tavern while also keeping its signature garlic cheeseburgers on the menu.The Bar X Group — which also owns The Eating Establishment in Park City— will officially take over the business in March, new co-owner Jeff Barnard said in a news release. Before then, the beer-only
  
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• David Leonhardt: American big business is overcharging you

  11-11-2019 21:27
  
  When Thomas Philippon moved to Boston from his native France 20 years ago, he was a graduate student on a budget, and he was happy to discover how cheap American telephone use was. In those days of dial-up internet connections, going online involved long local phone calls that could cost more than $10 apiece in France. In the United States, they were virtually free.Philippon eventually got a doctorate in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and decided to stay here. He’s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah’s Mike Conley is just getting warmed up, just where he’s trending

  11-11-2019 21:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mike Conley may have started out the season rocking, but he’s improving every single game.
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Warriors vs. Jazz odds: 2019 NBA picks, Nov. 11 predictions from advanced computer - CBSSports.com

  11-11-2019 21:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between Jazz and Warriors. Here are the results:
  
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• [ESPN] - Warriors' Green (finger) to return against Jazz

  11-11-2019 20:59 via sportspyder.com
  
  Warriors forward Draymond Green will play against the Utah Jazz on Monday night after missing the last five games because of a torn ligament in his left finger.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Warriors’ Draymond Green to return from finger injury, will play regular minutes vs. Jazz

  11-11-2019 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  Draymond Green is expecting to play regular minutes upon returning to the starting lineup on Monday to face the Utah Jazz. The Golden State Warriors’ defensive stalwart gave signs of his green light earlier Monday, but the team was expected to be...
  
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• UCLA once looked like an easy win for Utah, but Chip Kelly is beginning to work his magic

  11-11-2019 20:36
  
  UCLA lost badly to Oregon State in early October, creating mild concern about how Utah's football team would perform against OSU the following week.That didn’t turn out to be a problem for the Utes, who won 52-7 in Corvallis, Ore. Yet the way UCLA has played since losing to the Beavers will make No. 8 Utah (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) take the Bruins seriously Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium.“They have some momentum … they’re a confident team — at least, it appears that
  
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• U.S. skier Breezy Johnson recovering from another knee injury

  11-11-2019 20:08
  
  Breezy Johnson’s social media post captured a moment more than her mood: “Sometimes you reach the top of the hill, only to realize there is a mountain beyond.”"Hang in there," the American ski racer's supporters commented. "The view will be spectacular," they offered.The truth: Johnson was crestfallen after tearing the PCL and MCL ligaments in her left knee following a June training wipeout.She was just back on the snow, too, after sitting out all last season with a torn right
  
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• Man dies after ATV goes over 30-foot embankment; 6-year-old passenger ‘miraculously’ unscathed

  11-11-2019 20:07
  
  A 35-year-old man died Sunday after his ATV went over a 30-foot embankment in Cache County — but a child who was riding with him was "miraculously" unharmed, investigators said.The man was riding with a group between Logan Canyon and Black Smith Fork Canyon late Sunday afternoon when the wreck occurred, said Lt. Eric Stucki of the Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation. The man was riding ahead of the group, with his 6-year-old son also on the vehicle, Stucki said.The rest of the grou
  
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• Police identify Washington County man killed while working on a homemade explosive device

  11-11-2019 19:44
  
  The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man died Friday night in the town of New Harmony while making a homemade explosive device.Jordan Joseph Rinehart, 25, died in the explosion.According to police, a witness said he and Rinehart went to a farm property on the 400 North block of Harmony Drive to care for horses. After completing their work, the man said Rinehart asked him to come to a garage area where he was working on the explosive device. When the witness tur
  
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• Iranian American Society of Utah nonprofit says U.S. sanctions against Iran have created problems for it

  11-11-2019 19:37
  
  When the Iranian American Society of Utah held an event last month featuring a performance by the celebrated Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad, members deemed the evening a success.The show went off without a hitch and the nonprofit earned roughly $800 in online ticket sales alone, using the payment company Stripe to process the transactions.A few days passed. Then, a week.Nearly two weeks after the fact, the Salt Lake City-based organization still had not received its money nor any word from Stripe a
  
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• Erin Mendenhall says she’ll take ‘immediate steps’ on air quality the day she takes mayor’s office

  11-11-2019 19:35
  
  On day one of her new administration, Salt Lake City Mayor-elect Erin Mendenhall said she plans to take a number of “immediate steps” to improve the capital’s poor air quality.She will instruct city departments to make air quality impacts a factor in all their operational decisions and ask them to generate a list of ideas for reducing emissions.She plans to quickly connect with Rocky Mountain Power to coordinate a timeline for renegotiating its agreement on renewable energy, wi
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Bogey's bucket + Previewing games against the Nets and Warriors

  11-11-2019 19:13 via sportspyder.com
  
  A Bogey buzzer beater! Aaron Falk got the story on how it went down. Read it here. UtahJazz.com’s JP Chunga recaps the win on Friday. How did Utah corral the MVP? A rundown of the episode:0:00 —
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz pay a visit to the bottom dwelling Golden State warriors

  11-11-2019 19:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  No more Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. Can Utah take advantage of the injury-plagued Warriors?
  
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• Luciano S. Martinez: Honor Vietnam veterans before they pass into history

  11-11-2019 19:00
  
  It seems to be a common activity for some older people to check the obituaries in the Salt Lake Tribune each day to see if someone they know has passed away recently. I am one of those curious souls. What I look for is to know whether a deceased person served a tour of duty like I did in Vietnam.Veterans from previous wars have probably done a similar thing in their later years. Various veterans publications have indicated that Vietnam vets seem to be dying at an alarming rate now that so many o
  
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• LDS Church denounces Arizona official’s adoption scheme

  11-11-2019 19:00
  
  Phoenix • A leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says he is “disgusted” by an Arizona elected official and church member accused of running an adoption scheme.Ronald Rasband, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, told The Arizona Republic the church leadership has found the human smuggling charges against Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen "sickening."It's the first time an official with The Church has weighed in on Petersen's case. The Quorum i
  
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• Wealth Matters: A new generation of the Huntsman family stakes out a new path for charitable giving

  11-11-2019 18:42
  
  This week, the Huntsman family — one of the most philanthropic in the United States — made a $150 million gift to the University of Utah to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute.The gift was a continuation of the large-scale charitable giving by the family’s patriarch, billionaire industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., who died last year, and his wife, Karen. Jon Huntsman was one of the most philanthropic men of his generation. He was among the first to give away over $1 bill
  
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• Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty dies of natural causes

  11-11-2019 18:23
  
  Ron Lafferty, who spent 34 years on Utah’s death row for the grisly murders of his sister-in-law and her baby daughter in 1984, died Monday at the Utah State Prison.Lafferty, 78, whose full name was Ronald Watson Lafferty, died of natural causes, prison officials said Monday. Though he had been on death row for decades, an execution date had not been set — but it was on the horizon after he lost his latest federal appeal in August.His brother, Daniel Charles Lafferty, 71, who helped
  
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• What’s coming in impeachment: The inquiry goes public

  11-11-2019 17:29
  
  Washington • For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden’s family and the 2016 U.S. presidential election all while the White House was withholding military aid to the East European ally that borders Russia.A quick forecast of what's coming this week:Ligh
  
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• Families plan to move out of Mormon community in Mexico, but for some it won’t be easy to leave

  11-11-2019 17:18
  
  La Mora, Mexico • Sitting at his mother’s kitchen table, slicing and tearing open a pomegranate grown in one of the orchards here, Ben Langford said he was done with La Mora and Mexico.“If I can sell, I’ll sell,” Langford said of his house and ranch. “As of right now, half the families are moving out of here.”A few hours earlier, Langford had helped shovel dirt onto the graves of his sister-in-law, Dawna Langford, and two of her sons, 11-year-old Trevor a
  
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• Utah man who left his nursing home in a Lyft has been found

  11-11-2019 17:03
  
  Police in Spanish Fork cancelled a Silver Alert for a 73-year-old man who used the ride-share service Lyft to leave his nursing home on Sunday night.The man was found Monday morning, police said. The man had left Spanish Fork Nursing and Rehab, 151 E. Center St. at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the statewide missing person alert system.
  
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• Tom Diegel: Rep. Elijah Cummings was the embodiment of integrity

  11-11-2019 16:00
  
  There are 435 representatives in Congress and, with only a few exceptions, I know very few of them beyond Utah’s congressional delegation. For those names I do recognize, I usually can’t remember which state they represent.However, there was one name I did know: Rep. Elijah Cummings.I knew that he had humble roots, had an oversized voice and personality and was a fierce defender of those who didn’t have the advantages typically enjoyed by middle-class American, both in his dist
  
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• Peter Frech: Memories of a U.S. Marine on Veterans Day

  11-11-2019 16:00
  
  As I grow older, I view military service with ever greater gratitude and respect.The liberties that I can take for granted — for instance, the right to write this article — were secured by the sacrifices of our veterans. They risked their lives, often left their professions and separated themselves from their homes and families to protect our country. I feel this way about all who have served in our armed forces, but, perhaps because I know their stories best, on Veterans Day, I ofte
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - REPORT: Warriors’ Draymond Green aiming for return vs. Jazz

  11-11-2019 15:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will aim to return Monday against the Utah Jazz, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Green has missed the team’s last five games with a torn ligament and a small bone chip in his left index...
  
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• Police searching for Utah man who hired a Lyft to leave his nursing home

  11-11-2019 15:44
  
  Police in Spanish Fork issued a Silver Alert for a 73-year-old man who used the ride-share service Lyft to leave his nursing home on Sunday night.William Dean McIntyre left Spanish Fork Nursing and Rehab, 151 E. Center St. at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the statewide missing person alert system. He is described as 5-feet-10, 200 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes.Anyone with information about McIntyre is asked to call Spanish Fork police at 801-794-3970.The Tribune will update this story as
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Policy squabbling bedevils Northeastern states’ efforts to legalize pot

  11-11-2019 15:12
  
  Happy Monday!Five Northeastern states are poised to legalize marijuana, but political fighting is bogging down their efforts. The states from Pennsylvania to Connecticut disagree over policy details, such as criminal justice reform and how to tax pot. [Politico]Topping the news: Tribune cartoonist Pat Bagley has been with the Salt Lake Tribune for 40 years, and some Utah politicians reflect on the cartoons they have been featured in. [Trib]-> Resident families in La Mora, Mexico, with ties to
  
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• [Forbes] - Is The Complexity Of Quin Snyder’s System Part Of The Utah Jazz’s Slow Offensive Starts?

  11-11-2019 15:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder is known for running complex, detailed schemes. Is that part of the reason the Jazz tend to start slowly on offense?
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz have chance to make important statement during next two weeks

  11-11-2019 14:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Considering the lackluster opponents the Utah Jazz face over the next two weeks, their upcoming seven games could present a massive opportunity. After a cl...
  
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• World War II veteran still serves by raising, lowering flag over Utah neighborhood every day

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Millcreek • Like clockwork, Allen Tanner leaves his house twice a day, at sunup and sundown, to raise and then lower the American flag at his Millcreek condominium complex.Tanner and his wife, Raeola, were among the first residents in the complex, and at some point, the 93-year-old said he got “stuck” with the flag duty.
  (Rick Egan|The Salt Lake Tribune) Allen Tanner raises the flag at Country Corners Condominium in Millcreek, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.(Rick Egan/)Some things have ch
  
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• Utah Jazz have chance to make important statement during next two weeks

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Considering the lackluster opponents the Utah Jazz face over the next two weeks, their upcoming seven games could present a massive opportunity. After a clunky start to the 2019-20 season that had the Utah Jazz at a 4-3 record, they’ve bounced back nicely since with consecutive wins over the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks to […]
  Utah Jazz have chance to make important statement during next two weeks - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion an
  
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• Two science societies removed BYU job postings over the school’s Honor Code ban on ‘homosexual behavior'

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Two internationally recognized science societies have removed Brigham Young University job postings from their websites after their members raised concerns about the religious Utah school’s LGBTQ policies — which ban “homosexual behavior” among students and faculty.The American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C., and the Geological Society of America in Colorado pulled the ads early last month. The earth science groups have said the requirement listed in the job postin
  
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• Robert Gehrke: These University of Utah students show why the Supreme Court should protect Dreamers

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Andrea Jiménez was five months old when her family left the poverty and instability of Mexico and settled in West Valley City.“My parents always fostered the importance of education in me because obviously they came here to give me a better life and they sacrificed their entire lives for me to be able to have something that they didn't have,” Jiménez told me last week.So she excelled in school, had a 4.0 grade point average and she got into UCLA and her dream pick, Univ
  
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• Mayor-elect Mendenhall says she’ll take ‘immediate steps’ on air quality the day she takes office in January

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  On day one of her new administration, Salt Lake City Mayor-elect Erin Mendenhall said she plans to take a number of “immediate steps” to improve the capital’s poor air quality.She will instruct city departments to make air quality impacts a factor in all their operational decisions and ask them to generate a list of ideas for reducing emissions.She plans to quickly connect with Rocky Mountain Power to coordinate a timeline for renegotiating its agreement on renewable energy, wi
  
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• Letter: Yes, Republicans, elections do have consequences

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Republicans are quick to point out that “elections have consequences.” They believe that impeaching and removing Donald Trump, or even challenging him, is contemptuous of the public that elected him and the Constitution which they think gives him unlimited powers.They are partially correct. Elections do have consequences. By November 2018, we had already lived through the most corrupt administration in our history. An underlying assumption prior to that election was that a Democratic
  
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• Letter: Soviet-style justice

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  What has happened to the Republican Party?The Trump administration sanctions and seems to encourage hate speech. Journalists are targeted and reviled by the president and members of his team. The patriotism of long-serving diplomats and public servants is called into question. Even decorated military veterans with decades of service to this country are targeted by Republicans.In a shocking abdication of judicial responsibility, Lindsey Graham, chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, stat
  
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• Letter: Quid pro quo equals bribery

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Congressman Stewart,As you have repeatedly stated that transparency is important to you, I am sending this to you, as well as to The Salt Lake Tribune for your constituents.You have stated that a quid pro quo is not an impeachable offense, and so I wanted to ask you this simple question. What is a quid pro quo and how is it any different than bribery, as outlined in the impeachment section of the constitution?Gordan Sondland, someone who is definitely not a "NeverTrumper," had an interesting mom
  
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• Letter: Media falls into the Electoral College trap

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  Robert Gehrke’s otherwise excellent article from Oct. 28, “Even impeachment might not stop Trump from winning reelection,” exhibits a pervasive media tendency: It draws inferences about voters from the Electoral College.He states: "Al Gore and John Kerry and Hillary Clinton lost because they were standard-issue Democrats who failed to connect outside of the base or mobilize moderate, working-class voters."Actually, all three did at least two percentage points better with voters
  
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• Letter: It would be sad to lose the Outreach Garden

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  I agree with Martin Buchert’s comment that “physical space can enhance worship.” He was commenting on the LDS church’s plan to sell its historic chapel on University Street. Another sacred space will be lost, if current plans go forward.The Outreach Garden is a 2.5-acre haven between 400 South and 500 South, at the end of Elizabeth Street. See it for yourself. It has been cared for by immigrants, seniors, church members and neighbors at least since the 1970s. It is a sanc
  
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• A Utah nonprofit says it has run into problems due to ripple effects from U.S. sanctions against Iran

  11-11-2019 14:00
  
  When the Iranian American Society of Utah held an event last month featuring a performance by the celebrated Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad, members deemed the evening a success.The show went off without a hitch and the nonprofit earned roughly $800 in online ticket sales alone, using the payment company Stripe to process the transactions.A few days passed. Then, a week.Nearly two weeks after the fact, the Salt Lake City-based organization still had not received its money nor any word from Stripe a
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Warriors take on the Jazz on 3-game skid

  11-11-2019 09:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  Golden State will try to stop its three-game losing streak when the Warriors take on Utah
  
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• NFL roundup: Dalvin Cook leads Vikings to 28-24 road win over Cowboys

  11-11-2019 07:06
  
  Arlington, Texas • Dalvin Cook did plenty to fortify his hold on the NFL rushing lead.The Minnesota running back might have had his biggest plays in the passing game while easily outplaying two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott.Cook ran for 97 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown on fourth down, and had 86 yards receiving that helped lead to three other scores, leading the Minnesota Vikings over the Dallas Cowboys 28-24 on Sunday night.Cook’s 183 scrimmage yards gave him the le
  
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