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• One dead after roof collapses on Taylorsville home

  04-12-2019 23:58
  
  One person is dead and another is in serious condition after a roof collapsed on a shed in Taylorsville at 1908 W. 4700 South.The incident happened around 2 p.m.Fox 13 is reporting that the 15 x 15 foot, three-sided shed collapsed and trapped the two victims inside. Officials used heavy equipment to get the victims out but have not determined a cause for the cave in.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Through the first quarter of the season, Utah’s bench hasn’t performed

  04-12-2019 23:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  This team isn’t good enough at the top to not have a good bench
  
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• After controversial start, TRAX now praised as it celebrates its 20th birthday

  04-12-2019 23:54
  
  At the opening ceremonies for TRAX 20 years ago, Carlton Christensen was a substitute speaker for fellow Salt Lake City Council Council members because their chairman was battling the Utah Transit Authority over the light rail system’s routes and disruptive construction.“The opening wasn’t without controversy,” Christensen — now chairman of the UTA Board — remembered at the rail line’s 20th birthday celebration Wednesday. He says many criticized the cost
  
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• RSL retains Freddy Juarez as coach

  04-12-2019 23:44
  
  Sandy • Atop a red tablecloth emblazoned with the Real Salt Lake crest, nameplates were deftly placed in front of Freddy Juarez and Elliot Fall, among the Major League Soccer team’s other top brass, Tuesday afternoon.The word “interim” was nowhere to be seen.RSL officially dropped the qualifiers in front of the titles held by Juarez and Fall, introducing them as the club’s new coach and general manager, respectively, during a news conference at Rio Tinto Stadium.&ldq
  
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• Shades of Ukraine’s withheld aid? Sen. Mitt Romney, others question why money for Lebanon was delayed.

  04-12-2019 23:36
  
  Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney was among several colleagues on Wednesday to raise concerns about why the Trump administration temporarily withheld some $105 million in aid to Lebanon with questions swirling about whether the White House move was akin to previous efforts to condition military funding to Ukraine.Romney, a Utah Republican and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee overseeing parts of Asia and the Middle East, quizzed a top State Department official on why the adm
  
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• Jamelle Bouie: Democrats are crazy to leave any worker behind

  04-12-2019 23:26
  
  Organized labor is the lifeblood of liberal politics in the United States. Unions backed Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reforms, gave critical support to the fight for the Great Society and powered Democratic political victories throughout the 20th century. Even now, the Democratic Party is generally strongest in states where organized labor has the most influence.Despite this clear, partisan incentive for pro-union policies, too many elected Democrats have failed to make labor enough of
  
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• Despite risks, Dems say they’re all in on impeachment probe

  04-12-2019 23:22
  
  Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a simple question for fellow Democrats behind closed doors Wednesday, addressing them as the Judiciary Committee considered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in an initial hearing that erupted in sharply partisan exchanges.“Are you ready?” she asked rank-and-file lawmakers.The answer was a resounding yes.The Democrats also gave a standing ovation to Rep. Adam Schiff, whose Intelligence Committee report cataloged po
  
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• Interim Weber State athletic director Tim Crompton named the school’s permanent AD

  04-12-2019 23:18
  
  Ogden • Weber State on Wednesday announced that the school has named Tim Crompton as its new athletic director, a role he has filled as the interim AD since May 2019.“Tim is a perfect fit for Weber State,” said Norm Tarbox, who oversees the WSU Athletics Department, in a news release. “He knows the community and the campus. He knows good coaching. He’s committed to help our student-athletes reach their potential on the field and in the classroom. And he bleeds purple
  
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• Senate confirms David Barlow as Utah’s newest federal judge

  04-12-2019 22:44
  
  Washington • The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former U.S. Attorney for Utah David Barlow as a federal judge in the state, a move that will help alleviate the strain on the court that now has only four full-time judges on the bench.Barlow, who had previously served as general counsel to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, had faced little opposition in his nomination and earned the praise of Utah’s senators after President Donald Trump picked him. Barlow was confirmed on an 88-4 vote.“Barlow
  
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• [Uproxx] - Proof In Persistence: Mike Conley And Fred VanVleet Meet In The Middle

  04-12-2019 22:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  The point guards for the Jazz and Raptors share kindred spirits in their approach to the game.
  
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• Pac-12 will add two conference games starting next season; Utes will open league play Dec. 3

  04-12-2019 22:21
  
  The Pac-12 announced in May that it would be moving to a 20-game basketball schedule beginning in 2020-21. On Wednesday, the league unveiled those two extra games for each team. Utah will host Washington on Dec. 3, 2020, while traveling to Arizona State three days later on Dec. 6. Twenty games does not bring the 12-team league to a true round-robin format, but it brings it closer. For 2020-21, the Utes will not host Colorado and will not travel to Arizona. The Pac-12 Council and Athletics Direct
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Davis and the Lakers face the Jazz

  04-12-2019 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  Western Conference-leading Los Angeles hits the road to play the Utah Jazz
  
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• Utah provides desolate backdrops for two movies at Sundance 2020

  04-12-2019 22:07
  
  Writer-director Edson Oda’s movie, “Nine Days,” he said, “happens in this reality that’s different from ours.”So, naturally, Oda chose the Bonneville Salt Flats to film.“The salt flats give you the sense that you’re not really on Earth, but you’re somewhere else,” Oda said Wednesday, the day the Sundance Institute announced that “Nine Days” would be one of 118 movies to screen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.“Nine D
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: A look back at a year of change — from temples to teens, missions to weddings, women to LGBTQ members

  04-12-2019 22:07
  
  This has been a remarkable year of change in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.It started way back on Jan. 2, with the introduction of gender-inclusive temple ceremonies, and continued throughout the year.The about-face on the LGBTQ policy, a widened stance on civil weddings, weekly calls home by missionaries, female witnesses at baptisms and temple sealings, a new program for children and youths — and that’s just the beginning.Blogger Jenny Dye, co-host of the “M
  
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• Soon-to-retire Sundance festival director ‘going for broke’ with ambitious 2020 slate

  04-12-2019 22:03
  
  It’s John Cooper’s last ride as director of the Sundance Film Festival, but he’s determined not to slow down.“I’d rather it be the end for me, but looking to the future,” Cooper said in an interview this week, ahead of Wednesday’s announcement of the 118 feature films set to screen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 23-Feb. 2 in Park City and venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort.Cooper announced in June that he would be stepping
  
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• Sundance 2020′s 118 movies: Taylor Swift, an alien invasion, Pepe the Frog, and more

  04-12-2019 22:02
  
  Here are the 118 titles selected to screen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 23-Feb. 2 in Park City and at venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort in Provo Canyon.U.S. Dramatic Competition“Blast Beat” • When their family leaves Colombia for the United States in 1999, a metalhead science prodigy (Moises Arias, from “Five Feet Apart”) and his little brother (Mateo Arias) try to adapt to their new home. Director Esteban Arango co-wrote the script
  
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• Letter: Make Christmas less material

  04-12-2019 21:57
  
  As we enter into yet another holiday season, change is felt in Salt Lake’s atmosphere. Tunes on the radio play familiar melodies. The air is chilled and the hills covered in blankets of white. Stores line their shelves with soon to be gifts and decorate accordingly to set the mood. It’s a much anticipated time of year.America is a largely materialistic culture. Valuing things that have great financial worth is nothing unknown to us as we idolize people of wealth in our societies. The
  
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• [THE SPORTSRUSH] - UTA vs LAL Dream11 Match Prediction : Utah Jazz Vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Dream 11 team for NBA 2019-20 Match

  04-12-2019 21:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  UTA Vs LAL Dream11 Team And Probable Playing 5: Los Angeles Lakers look to keep their speckle free run alive and register two wins in as many days.  
  
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• Proposed RV park outside Zion National Park rejected

  04-12-2019 21:56
  
  St. George • A proposal to build an RV park, hotel and gas station near the northwest entrance to Zion National Park has been rejected by county commissioners who said the rural area wasn’t equipped to handle that kind of commercial development.Washington County commissioners unanimously voted down the proposal Tuesday despite an earlier approval from a county planning commission, the Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported.A company called Juniper Investors was asking the commissio
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - Proof In Persistence: Mike Conley And Fred VanVleet Meet In The Middle

  04-12-2019 21:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  The point guards for the Jazz and Raptors share kindred spirits in their approach to the game.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Why the Utes should worry over what Paul Finebaum says

  04-12-2019 21:23
  
  What ESPN contributor Paul Finebaum thinks and says doesn’t really matter. Check that, it shouldn’t. It’s interesting. It stirs thought and emotion, and it has its value, its place in the pantheon of college football entertainment. Ultimately, though, it’s just one man’s opinion.If it’s more than that, then college football remains antiquated — and deeply flawed.And, well … it is.If Finebaum believes, as he said on Wednesday, that Utah is on the o
  
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• Letter: Homes filled with love

  04-12-2019 21:03
  
  I suppose the substitute teacher who shot down the little boy because he was thankful that his two dads were going to adopt him would rather see him languish in foster care until he ages out and then be tossed out on the street with no support system. What a warped sense of morality.Eleven-year-old children are not as easy to place as infants or toddlers. He already had two failed adoptions. God will bless these two men for stepping up.More and more I have heard of same-sex couples adopting chil
  
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• Letter: Brave classmates were witnesses, not bystanders

  04-12-2019 21:02
  
  What hope I experienced upon reading of the three fifth-grade girls who left their classroom to report the unethical and unprofessional behavior of their substitute teacher (“Substitute who told fifth graders that being gay is ‘a sin’ is fired,” Dec. 3).Here are three 11- or 12-year-olds who exercised moral courage to speak up in defense of their classmate and report to the relevant authority the wrong perpetrated by the “teacher.” They are well-educated young
  
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• Letter: Trump twists other to be like him

  04-12-2019 21:01
  
  Donald Trump seems to work in the way I understand prions to work. Prions are misshapen proteins that induce healthy proteins in theirs vicinity to conform to their twisted shape.No wonder all of the folk most closely aligned with POTUS are likewise distorted and fail to recognize what those who have maintained a safe distance so readily see in our wayward president.Louise Ewing, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Congress ignores Trump’s obvious mental illness

  04-12-2019 21:01
  
  While there’s overwhelming evidence to support Donald Trump’s impeachment and many examples of Trump’s criminal wrongdoing (obstruction of justice, emolument violations, etc.) there’s a crucial underlying condition that’s more dangerous than these — Trump’s deteriorating mental health.In December 2017, Dr. Bandy Lee, a world renowned forensic psychiatrist, briefed members of Congress, warning that as job pressures increased, Trump’s psychosis would
  
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• Utah’s air is getting worse. It’s so bad some flights were diverted from SLC airport.

  04-12-2019 20:49
  
  Northern Utah is mostly getting a break from snowstorms this week, which is not altogether good news. All you have to do is look outside to know that an inversion is building — and it will get worse before it gets better.Salt Lake International Airport reported that on Wednesday morning, “about two dozen flights were diverted ... to nearby airports" because of poor visibility caused by fog and smog. According to the National Weather Service, the areas most impacted include the airpor
  
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• NBA Daily: DPOY Watch — 12/3/2019

  04-12-2019 20:13 via basketballinsiders.com
  A new name forces his way into the top-five, as other candidates' cases for NBA Defensive Player of the Year rise and fall based on small early-season sample sizes. Jack Winters revisits DPOY Watch in the first week of December.
  
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• Impeachment reality: Pelosi asks Democrats: ‘Are you ready?’

  04-12-2019 20:07
  
  Washington • Speaker Nancy Pelosi posed a simple question to House Democrats behind closed doors Wednesday as the Judiciary Committee considered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in an initial hearing that erupted in sharp partisan exchanges.“Are you ready?” she asked rank-and-file lawmakers.The answer was a resounding yes.The Democrats also gave a standing ovation to Chairman Adam Schiff, whose Intelligence Committee report cataloged potential grounds for i
  
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• UTA approves extending some free-fare offerings in Layton and Ogden

  04-12-2019 19:52
  
  The Utah Transit Authority extended contracts Wednesday with Ogden and Layton that allow it to dabble with free fares on a few bus routes — something the agency is experimenting with more often as a way to increase ridership.Free fare on the year-old Utah Valley Express bus rapid transit system — allowed by a three-year federal grant — has helped that line increase ridership by eight-fold, and it now attracts as many riders as the TRAX Green Line, and more on some days. Transit
  
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• Oregon’s Penei Sewell working against Utah’s Bradlee Anae is the coolest matchup in the Pac-12 title game

  04-12-2019 19:44
  
  Next season, this will become Utah defensive end Bradlee Anae’s assignment every Sunday. He’ll trying to beat a big, athletic offensive tackle and sack an NFL quarterback.He eventually may be compete against Penei Sewell and chasing Justin Herbert, although the current Oregon teammates likely will play for different pro teams. Anae will get a taste of that job description Friday night in the Pac-12 championship game at Santa Clara, Calif.Thanks to an NCAA waiver that came through las
  
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• Judiciary impeachment hearing opens with fiery disagreements

  04-12-2019 19:42
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing quickly burst into partisan infighting Wednesday as Democrats charged that President Donald Trump must be removed from office for enlisting foreign interference in U.S. elections and Republicans angrily retorted there were no grounds for such drastic action.The panel responsible for drafting articles of impeachment convened as Trump's team was fanning out across Capitol Hill. Vice President Mike Pence met behind closed d
  
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• Utah man injured after drone flies into his face downtown

  04-12-2019 18:42
  
  A man is recovering from swelling and a cut after he was hit in the face by a drone in downtown Salt Lake City, authorities said.Salt Lake City police have located the licensed drone operator who was attempting to land his drone on the sidewalk Monday near a popular Christmas light display in Temple Square, KUTV-TV reported Tuesday.The drone flew into a man's face during its descent, causing injuries that required medical attention, Detective Greg Wilking said."There was no indication that there
  
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• Bay Area port city remains undecided on proposal that would disrupt Utah coal exports

  04-12-2019 18:08
  
  Leaders of a Bay Area port city listened to several hours of testimony Tuesday night, imploring them to either enact or reject a proposed ordinance that would ban the handling of coal.In the end, the Richmond City Council decided it needed another month before voting on the proposed ban, which would choke off a key export point for Utah-mined coal.Ban proponents contend coal-dust emissions associated with the Levin-Richmond Terminal pose a threat to public health and safety. Terminal operators a
  
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• Utah Football to ESPN’s Finebaum: ‘Thanks for the bulletin-board material’

  04-12-2019 17:55
  
  Utah coach Kyle Whittingham enjoys playing an underdog role. So even though the No. 5 Utes are favored over No. 13 Oregon in Friday’s Pac-12 championship game, he will use material that frames his team as an outsider in the College Football Playoff discussion.ESPN college football contributor Paul Finebaum is loudly dismissing Utah as a CFP contender, and Utah Football’s official Twitter account seized on something he repeated Wednesday. Asked on the air what he thought the CFP commi
  
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• Utah man charged with kicking puppy to death

  04-12-2019 17:12
  
  A Utah man has been charged with kicking a 2-month-old puppy to death while his young children were nearby.According to Lehi Police, the 33-year-old man’s wife told them that when she returned home from the grocery store on Friday, she found the puppy “unconscious and barely breathing.” The woman told police her husband “told her he kicked the dog because it pooped on their floor … and must have kicked it too hard.” The cocker spaniel died before she could ta
  
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• [CBS Sports] - NBA DFS: Luka Doncic and best FanDuel, DraftKings daily Fantasy basketball picks for Wednesday, Dec. 4 - CBSSports.com

  04-12-2019 17:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2 million in career earnings, gives optimal lineup advice
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Lakers vs. Jazz odds, line, spread: 2019 NBA picks, Dec. 4 predictions from model on 15-3 roll - CBSSports.com

  04-12-2019 17:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  SportsLine's advanced computer model simulated Wednesday's Lakers vs. Jazz game 10,000 times.
  
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• TV legend Carol Burnett is coming to Salt Lake City

  04-12-2019 16:53
  
  Carol Burnett is coming to the the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City — and the audience will be part of the show.The legendary television star will perform her one-woman show “Carol Burnett: An Evening of Laughter and Reflection” on June 2. (Tickets go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m at arttix.artsaltlake.org.) She’ll be the only one onstage, but it’s not exactly a solo act.As she so often did to open her 1967-78 CBS variety show, Burnett will have the stagehands bring u
  
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• Letter: That’s how a cancer works

  04-12-2019 16:42
  
  So our constitutional expert who doesn’t recognize an assault on the Constitution, loyal tea bag Sen. Mike Lee, said it took him awhile to love Trump.That’s how a cancer works, Mikey.Manny Garcia, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: I watch them all. Do you?

  04-12-2019 16:41
  
  I am a 93-year-old independent voter. I watch some Fox News and listen to Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc.I also watch PBS and other similar venues.Do you?R.W. “Dick” Palmer, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Salt Lake County Council approves a property tax rate increase

  04-12-2019 16:38
  
  The day Christine Hansen bought her home 17 years ago in Millcreek was “the happiest day of my life,” she told the Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday.But since then, Hansen said her property taxes have risen dramatically, to the point that she feels “it’s going to force me to sell. And that was never a goal of mine when I bought my house.”“I thought I would be there forever,” she said, her voice breaking.Hansen was one of more than 30 people who spoke d
  
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• Letter: Congress should pursue emoluments clause violations

  04-12-2019 16:35
  
  It’s a real shame that Congress, so far, has elected not to pursue violations of the emoluments clause among the serious “high crimes and misdemeanors” at the base of grounds for impeachment of President Donald Trump, along with others in his family and immediate supporters.Rummage through the motivations that seem to drive this gang, and see for yourself. Money is the primary currency of emoluments violations, though status may loom as another — given election of Trump t
  
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• Mexican president prays with family of 9 with Utah ties killed by armed gunmen

  04-12-2019 16:32
  
  Mexico City • Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaughtered in northern Mexico last month and assured them “at least four” suspects have been detained, a family member said.Julian LeBaron said that during the family's Monday meeting with López Obrador and his Cabinet at Mexico City's National Palace, the president pledged to visit the region where the Nov. 4 massac
  
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• Parents, teachers speak out over closure of 2 Utah elementary schools

  04-12-2019 16:22
  
  There are exactly 13 houses in between where Kaleb Knobel lives and the elementary school where his children go.That number is a source of pride for Knobel, who bought his home specifically because of the short distance. He likes sending his three boys off in the morning and being able to hear the school bell ring from his backyard at the end of the day, knowing they’ll be back home soon.Next year, though, his youngest kids — 5, 8 and 11 years old — won’t be walking anymo
  
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• The Salt Lake County Council approves a property tax rate increase

  04-12-2019 16:21
  
  The day Christine Hansen bought her home 17 years ago in Millcreek was “the happiest day of my life,” she told the Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday.But since then, Hansen said her property taxes have risen dramatically, to the point that she feels “it’s going to force me to sell. And that was never a goal of mine when I bought my house.”“I thought I would be there forever,” she said, her voice breaking.Hansen was one of more than 30 people who spoke d
  
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• The Utes are No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings

  04-12-2019 16:19
  
  Utah moved up to No. 5 in the College Football Playoff Top 25 on Tuesday, positioning the Utes for a possible move into the top four in the final rankings.The four semifinalists will be announced Sunday morning, following the weekend’s conference championship games — including Utah vs. No. 13 Oregon on Friday night at Santa Clara, Calif.The promotion of one spot validated Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s joy about formerly No. 5 Alabama’s loss to Auburn last Saturday, when t
  
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• Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine will last until at least 2032

  04-12-2019 16:18
  
  Production of copper and other metals will continue at Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine through at least 2032 under a $1.5 billion investment announced Tuesday by mine owner Rio Tinto.The investment, which will be used to tap a rich ore body in the mine’s south wall and build infrastructure, will preserve hundreds of mining jobs that were slated to disappear soon after 2026. That’s when Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott Utah Copper previously had planned to retire its massive open-pit m
  
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• Utah launches its first drawing for rare Pappy Van Winkle bourbon

  04-12-2019 16:16
  
  Utah’s first drawing for Pappy Van Winkle — the rare bourbon that connoisseurs wait for every fall — officially launched Tuesday on the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control website.Residents who want a chance at the hard-to-get liquor — at a more affordable price than anywhere else in the country — have one week to register, said DABC spokesman Terry Wood.Once the drawing closes, on Dec. 10, a computer will randomly select the winners.“It will take a
  
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• RSL retains Freddie Juarez as coach

  04-12-2019 16:15
  
  Sandy • Atop a red tablecloth emblazoned with the Real Salt Lake crest, nameplates were deftly placed in front of Freddy Juarez and Elliot Fall, among the Major League Soccer team’s other top brass, Tuesday afternoon.The word “interim” was nowhere to be seen.RSL officially dropped the qualifiers in front of the titles held by Juarez and Fall, introducing them as the club’s new coach and general manager, respectively, during a news conference at Rio Tinto Stadium.&ldq
  
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• USA Climbing’s newest Olympians, Nathaniel Coleman and Kyra Condie, given hero’s welcome upon return to SLC

  04-12-2019 16:12
  
  Rosane Coleman had a twinkle in her eye where sleep should have been. Christina Oridos spent the last hours of the night making colorful posters instead of completing her final exam, one she needed to submit by midnight to be able to graduate from nursing school the next day.It was 11:30 p.m. Monday, way too late to be at Salt Lake International Airport for anyone who didn’t just disembark from a plane. Yet there they were, joining a crowd of about 30 sleep-deprived friends and family gath
  
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