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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 11.25.19

  25-11-2019 23:55 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Cougars pull together a complete game at just the right time with Aztecs looming Saturday

  25-11-2019 23:44
  
  Provo • For the first time this season, quarterback Zach Wilson believes BYU finally lived up to expectations in its 56-24 win over UMass on Saturday in Amherst, Mass.Against Idaho State a week ago, even though the Cougars got the win, Wilson didn’t consider it an 'A' kind effort. Against Liberty the previous week, BYU failed to close things out against an inferior team, he said.Because of their lack of efficiency against opponents they were expected to beat handily, the Cougars decid
  
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• Mike Lee calls for sanctions against Mexican drug cartels who killed 9 U.S. citizens with Utah ties

  25-11-2019 23:35
  
  Sen. Mike Lee and one of his colleagues on Monday asked the secretaries of state and treasury to pursue sanctions against Mexican drug cartels responsible for the killing of nine U.S. citizens earlier this month.The letter was signed by Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska. The senators asked for the two cabinet secretaries as well as for the director of the FBI “to consider the full and creative use of existing sanctions authorities against those responsible."
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• McCluskey’s parents hire former Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham to help them sue the University of Utah

  25-11-2019 23:30
  
  Powerhouse attorney Christine Durham — a former Utah Supreme Court chief justice who built a reputation from challenging ingrained discrimination against women and bias in the judicial process — will join the legal team representing the parents of slain University of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey. The addition was announced at a Monday news conference shortly after Durham formally signed on as a lawyer in the federal case. Her participation comes as a bit of a surprise, as her fir
  
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• Arizona tribes oppose plan to dam Colorado River tributary

  25-11-2019 23:18
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • Native American tribes, environmentalists, state and federal agencies, river rafters and others say they have significant concerns about proposals to dam a Colorado River tributary in northern Arizona for hydropower.Phoenix-based Pumped Hydro Storage company is seeking preliminary permits from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to study sites on the Navajo Nation, east of Grand Canyon National Park. The company's manager, Steve Irwin, has touted the potential econom
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Bucks vs. Jazz odds, spread: 2019 NBA picks, Nov. 25 predictions from advanced computer - CBSSports.com

  25-11-2019 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Jazz and Bucks. Here are the results:
  
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• [Forbes] - Rudy Gobert Remains Among The Top Centers In The NBA, Despite Slow Start

  25-11-2019 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  As more offense-oriented centers like Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns garner much of the media’s attention, Gobert should remain in the conversation around the game’s best 5s.
  
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• Man drowns in central Utah hot spring

  25-11-2019 23:03
  
  A Holladay man drowned early Sunday in the hot springs west of Meadow in east-central Utah.Joseph MacGregor, 33, was swimming with a group of family and friends in one of the "hot pots," or deep, natural thermal pools that are clustered in a field about 5 miles west of Meadow, said Millard County sheriff's Lt. Rob Clark.At about 4 a.m., two witnesses saw MacGregor go under the surface, Clark said. He did not reappear after about 2 minutes, and the witnesses called 911.Responders initially could
  
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• ‘Thank you Theobromine’ lets you build your own theater adventure — and eat chocolate

  25-11-2019 23:01
  
  A new Salt Lake City theater experience takes the audience inside a chocolate factory, where they meet the chocolatier, learn his passion and eat samples of his work.While “Thank you Theobromine” sounds similar, it is not a “Willy Wonka” remake, said Utah choreographer Graham Brown.“It’s not Wonka at all,” he said. “A tour of a chocolate shop is the premise, but it quickly becomes the life of the chocolatier and expresses these very complicated is
  
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• Michelle Kaufusi: Provo is a champion in the cause for cleaner air

  25-11-2019 22:54
  
  As a native Utahn, few things are as important to me as our state’s air quality. Regardless of your personal politics, I think we all care about this one.It impacts our economy; companies deciding whether to move here cite it as a top concern. But at the heart of the issue is safety and quality of life — for us, our children and beyond. Utah is too beautiful, and so are its people, to be cloaked in smog.A recent website “study” and Salt Lake Tribune article labeled Provo
  
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• Pope Francis in Japan voices concern over nuke power, meets victims

  25-11-2019 22:47
  
  Tokyo • Pope Francis voiced concern about nuclear power Monday after meeting with victims of Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster, saying the development of future energy sources must take environmental considerations into account.Francis didn’t explicitly back a ban on nuclear energy during his emotional encounter with victims. But he recalled that Japan’s Catholic bishops called for the abolition of nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the “triple disaster,” in
  
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• Tooele police found a dead man in an elderly woman’s freezer

  25-11-2019 22:43
  
  Tooele City police are investigating after they found a dead body in the freezer of an elderly woman who recently died.Sgt. Jeremy Hansen said Monday that officers were called to Remington Park Apartments, 495 W. Utah Avenue, after a maintenance worker reported that he hadn’t heard from one of the tenants, a 75-year-old woman, in weeks.When police arrived Friday, they found the woman dead."A detective was called to the scene and started looking around," Hansen said, "and opens up a deep fr
  
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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Previewing the road trip + Can John Stockton give you 6 minutes

  25-11-2019 22:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Zach Lowe has some tidbits about the Jazz. Plus, can John Stockton still play in an NBA game? And this... ‘ \ \ / ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/mGtUzWfrSY— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 24, 2019 A
  
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• Prosecutors find Salt Lake City officer not justified in shooting but don’t file charges

  25-11-2019 22:29
  
  Prosecutors have determined a Salt Lake City police officer was not justified in firing his firearm during a struggle last year but have decided against filing criminal charges in the case.Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Monday announced the results of his office’s review of the actions of Officer Brandon Rammell. A letter laying out the prosecutorial findings states that while the officer’s conduct wasn’t justified, the office ultimately declined to press charge
  
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• Anti-doping panel recommends Russian athletes compete as ‘neutrals’ at Tokyo Olympics

  25-11-2019 22:25
  
  Montreal • Russian athletes should be forced to compete as neutrals at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo and other major events, a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended on Monday.WADA's compliance review committee proposed a four-year ban on hosting major events in Russia and a ban for the same period on flying the Russian flag at major competitions.The WADA executive committee will rule on the recommendations on Dec. 9.That follows a lengthy investigation into lab data handed ov
  
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• Clean the Darn Air leader says carbon tax likely won’t make Utah’s 2020 ballot

  25-11-2019 22:09
  
  Utahns probably won’t vote on enacting a carbon tax next year after the leader of a campaign to put the issue on the 2020 ballot signalled defeat in a Friday email to supporters.Yoram Bauman, who co-founded Clean the Darn Air, wrote that the campaign was hurt by delays and a lack of institutional and donor support. But he suggested the experience would better prepare another attempt ahead of either the 2022 or 2024 election.“The odds of getting on the 2020 ballot are very long and ar
  
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• Bradlee Anae gives Utah a Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week award for a fifth straight game

  25-11-2019 21:50
  
  Utah's defensive linemen so frequently have been honored by the Pac-12 this season that a rotation is established. This week is Bradlee Anae's turn again.The senior defensive end started this trend Oct. 21, when he was named the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week after a win over Arizona State. The three other starters on the line — Leki Fotu, John Penisini and Mika Tafua — followed as honorees, then Anae claimed the award Monday for his play in Saturday’s 35-7 win at Arizona
  
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• Former Salt Lake City school board member arrested after firing a gun at a car that hit him. He says it was self defense.

  25-11-2019 21:46
  
  Community activist and former Salt Lake City School Board of Education member Michael Clara was arrested Saturday night and booked into the Salt Lake County jail for allegedly firing a gun several times at a car that hit his vehicle.Clara, 55, was traveling north on 900 West from 200 South when the car he was driving was struck “multiple times” by another vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit. He then allegedly exited his car, “drew a firearm from his holster" and fi
  
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• Utah woman is stabbed to death. Her son has been charged with killing her.

  25-11-2019 21:35
  
  An Idaho man has been charged with killing his mother, a 67-year-old Utah woman, by stabbing her in the back.Shawn Ryan Andrews, 28, of Pocatello, Idaho, has been charged in First District Court with murder, a first-degree felony; and three counts of obstruction of justice, second-degree felonies.According to a probable cause statement, officers from the North Park Police Department were dispatched to the North Point Apartments in North Logan at 3:11 p.m. Saturday, and discovered Debra Andrews l
  
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• The University of Utah was obligated to protect Lauren McCluskey, her family’s attorneys say

  25-11-2019 21:24
  
  It doesn’t matter that her attacker wasn’t a student.Several employees at the University of Utah knew that the man was harassing and extorting — even abusing and sexually assaulting — track star Lauren McCluskey, according to attorneys representing McCluskey’s parents in a lawsuit against the school. And university employees had several opportunities to step in and stop it, the attorneys assert in a new filing Monday.In the filing submitted early Monday, the family&
  
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• Zion National Park rangers are being deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border

  25-11-2019 21:11
  
  Three rangers from Zion National Park will be sent to assist other law enforcement along the border with Mexico.Daniel Fagergren, chief ranger at Zion National Park, confirmed in an email Monday that the three personnel will be sent to work at parks and monuments operated by the National Park Service along the Mexican border.While Fagergren didn’t offer more specifics on the locations, that would imply the rangers are being sent to such spots as Big Bend National Park in Texas or Organ Pip
  
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• Former Salt Lake City school board member arrested after allegedly firing a gun at a car that hit him

  25-11-2019 20:55
  
  Community activist and former Salt Lake City School Board of Education member Michael Clara was arrested Saturday night and booked into the Salt Lake County jail for allegedly firing a gun several times at a car that hit his vehicle.Clara, 55, was traveling north on 900 West from 200 South when the car he was driving was struck “multiple times” by another vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit. He then allegedly exited his car, “drew a firearm from his holster" and fi
  
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• Utah’s second Pac-12 South title will take an eighth straight victory

  25-11-2019 20:46
  
  In September, Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham processed the outcome of his team’s first Pac-12 game quickly enough to remind his players that the conference championship remained attainable, even after a 30-23 loss to USC.That night in Los Angeles, Whittingham said he told the Utes, “I would bet any amount of money you want to bet, no one goes through the South undefeated … which means we've got a shot.”His belief is being validated, although No. 6 Utah’s path
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz offense isn’t fixed, but the Pelicans game was a good sign

  25-11-2019 20:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  More of that game, please.
  
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• Grocery-carrying robots are coming. Do we need them?

  25-11-2019 20:24
  
  Boston •The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them around like a dog?Corporate giants like Amazon, FedEx and Ford have already been experimenting with sending delivery robots to doorsteps. Now Piaggio, the Italian company that makes the Vespa scooter, is offering a stylish alternative to those blandly utilitarian machines — albeit o
  
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• Zion National Park rangers being deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border

  25-11-2019 20:09
  
  Three rangers from Zion National Park will be sent to assist other law enforcement along the border with Mexico.Daniel Fagergren, chief ranger at Zion National Park, confirmed in an email Monday that the three personnel will be sent to work at parks and monuments operated by the National Park Service along the Mexican border.While Fagergren didn’t offer more specifics on the locations, that would imply the rangers are being sent to such spots as Big Bend National Park in Texas or Organ Pip
  
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• McCluskey family hires former Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham to help them sue the University of Utah

  25-11-2019 20:02
  
  Powerhouse attorney Christine Durham — a former Utah Supreme Court chief justice who spent her career examining ingrained discrimination against women and bias in the legal process — will join the legal team representing the parents of slain track star Lauren McCluskey.The McCluskeys are suing the University of Utah for ignoring McCluskey’s repeated reports of harassment before she was killed.The addition was announced Monday after Durham formally signed on as a lawyer in the c
  
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• Victims of shooting outside Friday concert expected to recover; Salt Lake City police seek suspects

  25-11-2019 19:05
  
  Police say a shooting outside a Salt Lake City concert began Friday night after an argument, and all three of the injured are expected to recover.No arrests have been made. Salt Lake City police have asked anyone with information to call 801-799-3000 and reference case number 19-220543.The shooting happened about 10 p.m. Friday on 100 South between 500 West and 600 West. Salt Lake City police Lt. Carlos Valencia on Friday said a white car drove past three people along the street and someone in t
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 207: Utah Jazz news, stats and NBA Standings

  25-11-2019 19:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  This week' s epsidoe looks at the Utah Jazz players stats to this point in the season. Plus a look at the NBA standings. John reviews Ford vs Ferrari.
  
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• Here’s how Thanksgiving traffic and winter storms are expected to impact Utah’s roads

  25-11-2019 18:44
  
  Winter weather and heavy Thanksgiving travel is expected to bring delays to Utah freeway travel this week — and has led to the closure for the year of many seasonal roads.Adding to the holiday travel travails is that gasoline prices in Utah are currently among the highest in the nation, about 36 cents a gallon higher than the average nationally.The Utah Department of Transportation warned Monday that its engineers project delays of up to 30 minutes on Interstate 15 on Wednesday as many peo
  
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• Taylorsville woman charged in connection with Nebraskan’s disappearance

  25-11-2019 18:35
  
  Imperial, Neb. • Authorities say they’ve found the remains of a missing woman in southwest Nebraska and arrested three people suspected of involvement in her disappearance and in the kidnapping of another woman.The Chase County Sheriff's Office says the body was found Sunday afternoon near Imperial. Her father had reported three days earlier that he hadn't heard from his 22-year-old daughter for about a week. Her name hasn't been released.A 43-year-old man from rural Enders was arrest
  
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• Remains of Army pilot killed in crash to be buried in Utah

  25-11-2019 18:29
  
  The remains of an Army helicopter pilot killed in a crash while on a mission in Afghanistan are being brought back to Utah for burial.Salt Lake City TV station KUTV reports Kirk Fuchigami Jr. will be buried at Utah Veterans Memorial Cemetery near Camp Williams.Department of Defense officials say the 25-year-old Fuchigami died Wednesday along with another pilot.The crash occurred while Army crews were providing security for troops on the ground in eastern Logar Province outside of Kabul.According
  
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• The University of Utah was obligated to protect Lauren McCluskey — regardless of who her attacker was, the family’s attorneys argue in new lawsuit filing

  25-11-2019 18:02
  
  It doesn’t matter that her attacker wasn’t a student.Several employees at the University of Utah knew that the man was harassing and extorting — even abusing and sexually assaulting — track star Lauren McCluskey, according to attorneys representing McCluskey’s parents in a lawsuit against the school. And university employees had several opportunities to step in and stop it, the attorneys assert.In a filing submitted early Monday, they allege university staff had the
  
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• 2020 Democrats unapologetically support abortion rights, NY Times survey shows

  25-11-2019 18:00
  
  The Democratic presidential field has coalesced around an abortion rights agenda more far-reaching than anything past nominees have proposed, according to a New York Times survey of the campaigns. The positions reflect a hugely consequential shift on one of the country’s most politically divisive issues.Every candidate The Times surveyed supports codifying Roe v. Wade in federal law, allowing Medicaid coverage of abortion by repealing the Hyde Amendment, and removing funding restrictions f
  
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• Susan E. Rice: The lessons of impeachment. They aren’t all depressing.

  25-11-2019 17:00
  
  After two weeks of compelling testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, it’s worth weighing what has emerged. Four conclusions stand out.First, there is now overwhelming testimony and evidence that affirm the deeply troubling revelation contained in President Trump’s summary of his “perfect” July 25 phone call with the newly elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr. Trump withheld an important Oval Office meeting and nearly $400 million in urgently needed mi
  
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• Utah man arrested after his mother is stabbed to death

  25-11-2019 16:31
  
  A 67-year-old Utah woman has been stabbed to death, and her 28-year-old son has been arrested for the killing.According to a news release from the North Park Police Department, they were dispatched to the North Point Apartments in North Logan on Saturday afternoon and discovered the woman's body. She had suffered at least one stab wound.After first calling the death “suspicious,” police arrested her son. No further details have been released.The son was booked into the Cache County j
  
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• It’s technically illegal to steal a shopping cart. Here’s why retailers don’t want to prosecute and how they get them back.

  25-11-2019 16:23
  
  A camper is folding up blue plastic tarps behind the downtown Salt Lake City Public Library on a chilly November morning when he realizes Antonio Hernandez — a professional cart “wrangler” — has noticed him.His face falls.The man points to the cart’s bare handle, stripped of the plastic cover that would mark it as property of a particular store. Maybe that’ll persuade Hernandez to relent and let him keep the cart he’s stuffed full of blankets and bags.&l
  
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• Shopping carts, usually stolen, are a lifeline for many homeless campers in winter

  25-11-2019 16:15
  
  A camper is folding up blue plastic tarps behind the downtown Salt Lake City Public Library on a chilly November morning when he realizes Antonio Hernandez — a professional cart “wrangler” — has noticed him.His face falls.The man points to the cart’s bare handle, stripped of the plastic cover that would mark it as property of a particular store. Maybe that’ll persuade Hernandez to relent and let him keep the cart he’s stuffed full of blankets and bags.&l
  
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• Jon Waterman: Our national parks are in trouble

  25-11-2019 16:00
  
  Carbondale, Colo. — Deep inside Alaska’s six-million-acre Denali National Park and Preserve, I could see miles of space beneath my feet as I stood on the summit of the tallest mountain in North America. The startling view from the 20,310-foot Denali of rugged wilderness spreading out in all directions, plus the challenge of climbing it, were just two of the many wonders and adventures that I’ve experienced in America’s national parks.I recently finished writing a book for
  
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• Winter storms to pummel Utah through Thanksgiving week

  25-11-2019 15:58
  
  Snow was expected to begin early- to mid-morning along the Wasatch front, beginning Thanksgiving week with 1 to 4 inches of snow in the valley and up to a foot in the mountains.Monday's storm was creeping south from Idaho as of 7:30 a.m. and was expected to reach Provo by 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The forecast called for snow to continue through the morning and early afternoon, with flurries lingering in the mountains into Monday night.But expect snow to strike again We
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Bucks vs. Jazz: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel - CBSSports.com

  25-11-2019 15:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Bucks vs. Jazz basketball game
  
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• Paul Svendsen: It makes no sense to blame racism for outcome of city election

  25-11-2019 15:30
  
  Rarely has Salt Lake City been subjected to such a tawdry, ill-considered case of post-election sour grapes as the hatchet job that appeared in the Nov. 19 Salt Lake Tribune (“Salt Lake City mayoral election and whiteness").Despite the fact that Erin Mendenhall defeated Luz Escamilla by a whopping 16 percentage points, the five authors have concluded that Mendenhall’s victory can only be explained by pervasive racism among the Salt Lake City electorate. If they are going to smear the
  
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• In Salt Lake City, stolen shopping carts are a lifeline

  25-11-2019 15:26
  
  A camper is folding up blue plastic tarps behind the downtown Salt Lake City Public Library on a chilly November morning when he realizes Antonio Hernandez — a professional cart “wrangler” — has noticed him.His face falls.The man points to the cart’s bare handle, stripped of the plastic cover that would mark it as property of a particular store. Maybe that’ll persuade Hernandez to relent and let him keep the cart he’s stuffed full of blankets and bags.&l
  
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• [Sports Keeda] - Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks: Match Preview and Predictions - 25th November 2019

  25-11-2019 15:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Bucks are on a 7-game winning streak but they host the team which inflicted their last defeat in the form of Utah Jazz.
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Trump invites GOP lawmakers for weekend getaways at Camp David ahead of impeachment vote

  25-11-2019 15:06
  
  President Donald Trump is using weekend getaways at Camp David to woo House Republicans ahead of the impeachment vote. The government-funded itinerary includes making s’mores over the campfire, going hiking and shooting clay pigeons. “It’s an impressive effort to engage at the member level,” said one GOP lawmaker; another attendee likened it to an “adult playground.” [WaPost]Happy Monday!Topping the news: At a White House meeting with President Donald Trump ab
  
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• [Forbes] - When ‘Good-To-Great’ Turns Bad: The Utah Jazz Are Passing Up Too Many Good Shots

  25-11-2019 15:05 via sportspyder.com
  A big part of Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell's breakout third season has been his ball control. His teammates could look to his example to aid in their own turnover issues.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz need Joe Ingles to snap out of his slump

  25-11-2019 14:15 via sportspyder.com
  In order for the Utah Jazz to begin to right some of their lingering wrongs, they will need Joe Ingles to rediscover his missing shooting stroke. Thus far,...
  
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• Utah Jazz need Joe Ingles to snap out of his slump

  25-11-2019 14:00
  
  In order for the Utah Jazz to begin to right some of their lingering wrongs, they will need Joe Ingles to rediscover his missing shooting stroke. Thus far, the 2019-20 Utah Jazz season has been an odd one. The team is 11-5 through 16 games, good for a tie with the Dallas Mavericks for the […]
  Utah Jazz need Joe Ingles to snap out of his slump - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Sen. Mitt Romney’s sometimes rocky relationship with President Trump is ‘cordial’ and ‘cooperative,’ Utah senator says

  25-11-2019 14:00
  
  Washington • There he sat, inches away: the subject of President Donald Trump’s recent rant calling him a “pompous ass” and suggesting he should be impeached.Sen. Mitt Romney, though, looked calm.Reporters in the Friday meeting shouted questions at Romney — a Utah Republican sitting to the right of the president he’s criticized multiple times — on whether he would vote to remove Trump from office.“I didn't hear that,” Romney later told The Sal
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s rushed tax reform is yielding a bad product

  25-11-2019 14:00
  
  No, they’re not economists or accountants (mostly), but the members of the Utah Legislature’s tax reform task force did stay in a Holiday Inn Express. So why not take a crack at overhauling a multibillion-dollar tax code on the fly?Legislative leaders seem intent on doing just that. The latest revised version of the bill, spanning roughly 200 pages, dropped late Friday evening and lawmakers will be asked to vote on it in a special session within the next few weeks.Compare the current
  
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