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• [NBA] - Roundball Roundup: Confidence propels Jazz + Previewing OKC and Minnesota

  09-12-2019 23:50 via sportspyder.com
  
  Is confidence the key to unlocking the Jazz? Utah gets back to it with Memphis. Still no Mike Conley, but the group makes 19 threes. UtahJazz.com’s JP Chunga explains why OKC is the worrisome game
  
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• Utah gives defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley his second new contract in 10 months

  09-12-2019 23:40
  
  Utah’s athletic department is making an even bigger investment in defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, who will have a rebuilding project in 2020 with the anticipated loss of eight starters.Scalley, who was in the first year of a two-year contract that pays him $820,000 annually, received a “contract amendment,” the school announced Monday. The deal is designed to ensure Scalley's presence in the football program “for years to come,” Ute coach Kyle Whittingham said
  
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• Army pilot killed in Afghanistan is laid to rest in Utah

  09-12-2019 23:29
  
  A U.S. Army pilot killed in action in Afghanistan when his helicopter crashed was buried Monday in Utah.Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr., 25, was from Keaau, Hawaii.; his wife of eight months, McKenzie Norman Fuchigami, is a Utah native.“He was and is a strong, courageous soldier and loyal husband,” McKenzie Norman Fuchigami posted on Facebook. “Eight months of marriage with him [were] the best months of my life. He taught me so much about love and respect. I'm ble
  
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• Every Utah student would have access to a computer science class under the governor’s plan

  09-12-2019 23:28
  
  Nearly a third of Utah high school students don’t have access to a computer science class.It’s not because the demand is high and seats fill up fast. It’s because their schools don’t offer any courses on the subject.“Computer science has become a form of literacy just like reading,” said Aaron Skonnard, CEO of the Provo-based tech company Pluralsight. “But not everyone is learning it. And our kids do not have equal opportunities.”That disparity is
  
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• Up to 13 feared dead in volcanic eruption off New Zealand

  09-12-2019 23:00
  
  Whakatane, New Zealand • A volcano off the New Zealand coast erupted Monday with a towering blast of ash and scalding steam as dozens of tourists were exploring its moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving eight others missing and feared dead, authorities said.Helicopter crews landed on White Island despite the danger and helped evacuate the dozens of survivors, some of them critically injured.Hours after the disaster, authorities said the site was still too dangerous for rescuers
  
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• Salt Lake police locate missing teenager

  09-12-2019 22:53
  
  Salt Lake City police have located a 14-year-old girl who was missing and considered “endangered.”The whereabouts of Jashui Alexa Ramos-Lagunes were unknown from 5 p.m. Sunday until Monday afternoons. But she was “found safe and returned to her family,” according to police.#missingperson #seesomethingsaysomething #community pic.twitter.com/TqCaPf8IhN— SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) December 9, 2019
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Trade Rumors SZN is almost here, who should the Utah Jazz target?

  09-12-2019 22:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  Kevin Love would be a great pickup, but there are less drastic and just as good fits out there.
  
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• Watchdog report: FBI’s Trump-Russia probe justified, no bias

  09-12-2019 22:26
  
  Washington • The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog declared Monday, undercutting President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he has merely been the target of a “witch hunt.”The long-awaited report rejected theories and criticism spread by Trump and his supporters, though it also found "serious performance failures
  
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• Utah saw huge population growth this decade, led by Utah County

  09-12-2019 22:24
  
  One county in Utah was a surprising powerhouse for growth during the past decade, adding more people than any other — and in some unexpected ways.It wasn’t Salt Lake County, which had been the epicenter of Utah’s growth since it was settled by pioneers.Instead, Utah County became the growth champion of the 2010s, according to estimates released Monday by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Garner Policy Institute, which handles state-generated population estimates.“Salt
  
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• U.S. wildlife officials agree to Lower 48 grizzly bear review

  09-12-2019 22:21
  
  Billings, Mont. • U.S. officials will review whether grizzly bears have enough protections across the Lower 48 states after advocates sued the government in a bid to restore the fearsome animals to more areas, according to court documents filed Monday.The review must be completed by March 31, 2021, under a settlement approved by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen.Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears live in portions of Wyoming, Monta
  
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• Documents reveal misleading public statements on war in Afghanistan

  09-12-2019 22:03
  
  Washington • Thousands of pages of documents detailing the war in Afghanistan released by The Washington Post on Monday paint a stark picture of missteps and failures — and those assessments were delivered by prominent U.S. officials, many of whom had publicly said the mission was succeeding.The U.S. military achieved a quick but short-term victory over the Taliban and al-Qaida in early 2002, and the Pentagon’s focus then shifted toward Iraq. The Afghan conflict became a seconda
  
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• Utes’ Timmy Allen earns Pac-12 Player of the Week honors with an offensive explosion

  09-12-2019 22:00
  
  Timmy Allen’s offensive outburst last week earned the Utah sophomore some recognition from the Pac-12. The Utes’ leading scorer was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 25.5 points on 58.3% shooting last week in a pair of wins. Allen scored 27 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists in a come-from-behind overtime win over BYU on Wednesday, then tallied 24 points in just 26 minutes in a rout of Central Arkansas on Saturday. Allen also had eight rebo
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Thunder vs. Jazz odds, spread, line: 2019 NBA picks, Dec. 9 predictions from advanced computer - CBSSports.com

  09-12-2019 21:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model just simulated Monday's Jazz vs. Thunder game 10,000 times.
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert, Danté Exum and Georges Niang get in the giving spirit with holiday donations

  09-12-2019 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  After a tough loss on the road last week, Rudy Gobert emerged from the locker room and smiled.A dozen or so children from a northwest Milwaukee neighborhood were waiting for the chance to meet the
  
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• Utah woman, 95, leaves her job at Arby’s after nearly 26 years

  09-12-2019 21:28
  
  After nearly 26 years, Dorothy Bale’s run at Arby’s has come to an end.The 95-year-old Millcreek woman told The Salt Lake Tribune Monday that health issues have forced her to give up her job at the Arby’s restaurant at the corner of 2300 East and 3900 South.Bale said her legs have been giving her problems, which has made working her four-hour lunchtime shifts difficult. She is using a cane to get around, and is going to physical therapy. She aims to stay active from home, she s
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz get back in the win column with rout of Grizzlies | KSL.com

  09-12-2019 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah needed this one. And it didn’t matter that it was against the lowly Grizzlies playing without their franchise centerpiece rookie point guard Ja Morant.
  
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• Utah snowmobiler survives avalanche that briefly buried him

  09-12-2019 20:40
  
  A Utah snowmobiler said he briefly panicked after an avalanche sent him cartwheeling off his snowmobile and buried him in snow in the mountains near the Idaho border.Matthew Jensen said his friends dug him out Saturday after about a minute under the snow because they spotted his hand sticking out. He said he told himself to relax to avoid using all his oxygen. The incident occurred Saturday on a hill west of Eden basin in northern Utah. Jensen hurt his leg but is otherwise fine, KUTV-TV reports.
  
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• U.S. wildlife officials agree to grizzly bear review

  09-12-2019 20:38
  
  Billings, Mont. • U.S. wildlife officials will review whether more protections are needed for grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states after animal advocates sued the government in a bid to restore the animals to more areas, according to court documents filed Monday.The review must be completed by March 31, 2021, under a settlement agreement approved by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen.The Center for Biological Diversity had said in a June lawsuit that officials should consider restoring gr
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Power rankings roundup: Utah Jazz stay put in week 8

  09-12-2019 20:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  For the second week in a row, the Utah Jazz are on the outside looking in on the elite teams of the NBA. The Utah Jazz had an up and down week, starting of...
  
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• Utah moves toward allowing undocumented ‘Dreamers’ to practice law in the state

  09-12-2019 20:14
  
  The Utah Supreme Court is moving toward making it possible for undocumented immigrants who have qualified for DREAM Act protection to apply for admission to the state bar, proposing a new rule Monday that would explicitly put the policy in place. In October, two women — one who graduated from the University of Utah’s law school, the other from Brigham Young University’s law school — petitioned the court for a Utah State Bar rule change to allow undocumented immigrants to
  
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• Power rankings roundup: Utah Jazz stay put in week 8

  09-12-2019 19:53
  
  For the second week in a row, the Utah Jazz are on the outside looking in on the elite teams of the NBA. The Utah Jazz had an up and down week, starting off with blowout losses to the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers at home. They were able to snap the 4 game […]
  Power rankings roundup: Utah Jazz stay put in week 8 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Thunder: How to watch live stream, TV channel, NBA start time - CBSSports.com

  09-12-2019 19:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Jazz vs. Thunder basketball game
  
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• RSL loses Saucedo, as the Utah native signs with a club in Mexico

  09-12-2019 19:11
  
  Another one of Real Salt Lake’s homegrown players is set to leave the team. Sebastian “Bofo” Saucedo signed with Mexican club Pumas UNAM, the Liga MX club announced Monday. Saucedo was out of contract with RSL after the 2019 season. While he said earlier this month that he and his representation were weighing multiple offers, he said his priority was to stay with RSL due to his familial ties the area. Saucedo is a Park City native. Last season, he started 13 of 26 games, scored
  
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• Utah woman sues Mississippi fair over super slide injury

  09-12-2019 19:07
  
  Jackson, Miss. • A Utah woman sued Mississippi’s Fair Commission for negligence and emotional anguish, saying she went airborne on a 40-foot super slide and injured her back.Lindsay Casperson of Kaysville, Utah, filed the lawsuit against the State Fair Commission and North American Midway Entertainment last month in Hinds County court, The Clarion Ledger reported on Saturday.Casperson said she saw fair workers spraying liquid onto the slide before her ride in 2018, the complaint alleg
  
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• Watch live: House Democrats lay out case for formal Trump impeachment

  09-12-2019 18:59
  
  Washington • The House Judiciary Committee received a detailed summing up of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump Monday as Democrats prepare formal charges against him. Trump and his allies lobbed fresh assaults on the proceedings they dismiss as a hoax and a sham.Democratic lawyers outlined the findings so far, saying Trump’s push to have Ukraine investigate rival Joe Biden while at the same time withholding U.S. military aid ran counter to U.S. policy and benefited R
  
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• Salt Lake City edges out Provo in ranking of best college towns

  09-12-2019 18:58
  
  BYU just lost to Utah – again. This time it wasn’t on the football field or the basketball court, but in the rankings of America’s best college towns.Both Salt Lake City and Provo made the top 10. But the home of the Utes ranked ninth, and the home of the Cougars ranked 10th when personal finance website WalletHub.com compared more than 400 cities.Salt Lake City ranked third on the list of mid-size cities (population 125,000-300,000); Provo ranked second among small cities (pop
  
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• Russia punished with 4-year sports ban by anti-doping agency, including Olympics, World Cup

  09-12-2019 17:21
  
  Lausanne, Switzerland • Russia was slapped Monday with a four-year ban from international sports events, including next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, over a longstanding doping scandal, although its athletes will still be able to compete if they can show they are clean competitors.The ruling by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive committee means that Russia’s flag, name and anthem will not appear at the Tokyo Games, and the country also could be stripped of hosting world c
  
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• Texas’ biggest claim? Utah’s bowl opponent came close vs. LSU and Oklahoma

  09-12-2019 17:20
  
  Everyone involved with Utah’s program will spend some portion of December, if not the entire month and some years to come, wishing the Utes would have qualified for a College Football Playoff game vs LSU.The best the Utes could do in 2019 was draw a bowl opponent that came within seven points of the Tigers in September. Texas also lost to Oklahoma, LSU’s semifinal opponent, by only by a touchdown in October.That’s how the marketing works, here in college football’s consol
  
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• BLM pulls back on Utah leases to do climate reviews

  09-12-2019 16:44
  
  Among President Donald Trump’s signature initiatives was pursuing “American energy dominance” through a series of regulatory rollbacks to fast-track fossil fuel development, regardless of the potential impacts on the global climate.But that strategy may actually be slowing development on Utah’s and other Western states’ public lands because the Bureau of Land Management has been forced to reanalyze many of the oil and gas leases it sold in recent years.For the fourt
  
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• Is Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ strategy backfiring?

  09-12-2019 16:27
  
  Among President Donald Trump’s signature initiatives was pursuing “American energy dominance” through a series of regulatory rollbacks to fast-track fossil fuel development, regardless of the potential impacts on the global climate.But that strategy may actually be slowing development on Utah’s and other Western states’ public lands because the Bureau of Land Management has been forced to reanalyze many of the oil and gas leases it sold in recent years.For the fourt
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Should the Jazz have traded for Chris Paul instead of Mike Conley?

  09-12-2019 16:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz played the Los Angeles Lakers without starting point guard Mike Conley due to an injury. The Jazz struggled without their quarterback of the offense, as the Jazz got crushed at home by 25 points. While Mike Conley might have been able...
  
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• Speech club helps Utah prison inmates tell their stories

  09-12-2019 16:22
  
  Draper • After Jeff Zorad is paroled on Jan. 7, he wants to speak to Utah teenagers.“Speaking with the high school kids,” he said, “is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever been able to do.”Zorad was one of about 50 Utah State Prison inmates who attended a meeting Tuesday of the New Visions Speech Club. The club is part of the programing in the prison’s Promontory facility, which houses inmates who have demonstrated good behavior and want counseling and ther
  
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• Salt Lake teenager is missing; police ask for help to find her

  09-12-2019 16:11
  
  Salt Lake City police are asking for the public’s help to find a 14-year-old girl who is missing and considered “endangered.”Jashui Alexa Ramos-Lagunes was last contacted by phone at 5 p.m. Sunday, and has not been seen or heard from since.#missingperson #seesomethingsaysomething #community pic.twitter.com/TqCaPf8IhN— SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) December 9, 2019She is 5 feet tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing black Vans shoes when she was last seen.Anyone
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Danish NATO event canceled after U.S. bars Trump critic from attending

  09-12-2019 16:10
  
  Happy Monday!The U.S. ambassador to Denmark vetoed the appearance of an American NATO expert critical of President Donald Trump at an international conference in Copenhagen, prompting the event’s cancellation. The expert, Stanley R. Sloan, a former CIA analyst, said the decision had left him “stunned and concerned about our country.” [NYTimes]Topping the news: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has called on lawmakers to double the already proposed tax cut from $80 million to $160 million,
  
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• Man’s body found in car parked in West Valley City: ’Multiple injuries consistent with homicidal violence'

  09-12-2019 15:42
  
  Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a parked car on Saturday in West Valley City.The body of Jesus Vasquez, 31, had “multiple injuries consistent with homicidal violence," West Valley City police wrote in a news statement Sunday.Investigators found Vasquez’s body in the passenger seat of a car in a parking lot at 2835 S. 2855 West, police wrote. The vehicle is a maroon, four-door Nissan Frontier pickup truck, and the person who drove it to the parking
  
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• Watch live: Judiciary hearing sets stage for Trump impeachment charges

  09-12-2019 15:18
  
  Washington • Pushing ahead with articles of impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee convenes Monday to formally receive the investigative findings against President Donald Trump as the White House and its allies launch an aggressive attack on Democrats and the proceedings.Chairman Jerrold Nadler expects the committee to vote soon, possibly this week, on at least two or more charges against the Republican president. Democrats say Trump's push to have Ukraine investigate rival Joe Biden wh
  
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• [Forbes] - The Houston Rockets Have A Russell Westbrook Problem

  09-12-2019 15:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The fit between the Houston Rockets and former MVP Russell Westbrook has been awkward early on. Here's how his struggles have impacted both the team and fellow star James Harden.
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah loan sharks are locking up borrowers and it must stop

  09-12-2019 15:00
  
  Cecilia Avila was working at her job at Walmart when she was handcuffed and marched out of the store, not for being a hardened criminal, but for being poor.Avila had borrowed money from Loans for Less, one of those short-term, high-interest lenders, and found herself unable to pay it back. So Loans for Less took her to court and Avila, unable to get time off work, missed the hearing. A judge then issued a warrant for her arrest.She was hauled in by an armed constable — not a police officer
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Danish NATO event cancelled after U.S. bars Trump critic from attending

  09-12-2019 14:26
  
  Happy Monday!The U.S. ambassador to Denmark vetoed the appearance of an American NATO expert critical of President Donald Trump at an international conference in Copenhagen, prompting the event’s cancellation. The expert, Stanley R. Sloan, a former CIA analyst, said the decision had left him “stunned and concerned about our country.” [NYTimes]Topping the news: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has called on lawmakers to double the already proposed tax cut from $80 million to $160 million,
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz look to reignite win streak against tired Thunder

  09-12-2019 14:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz will aim to take advantage of a fatigued Oklahoma City Thunder team and begin building a bit of a win streak. It may not have been all that i...
  
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• Transgender Utahns await a resolution on gender markers from Utah Supreme Court

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  When she saw the red and blue police lights flashing behind her car this summer, Angie Rice’s heart started to race.She knew Layton police would likely give her a traffic citation for turning left against a sign telling her she couldn’t. But that wasn’t the only fear running through her mind.“I thought I was going to go to jail because my identification was questioned, because it didn’t suit who I was,” she recalled during a recent interview with The Salt Lake
  
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• These Utah prison inmates have stories to tell, and a Toastmasters-style speech club is helping them do it

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  Draper • After Jeff Zorad is paroled on Jan. 7, he wants to speak to Utah teenagers.“Speaking with the high school kids,” he said, “is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever been able to do.”Zorad was one of about 50 Utah State Prison inmates who attended a meeting Tuesday of the New Visions Speech Club. The club is part of the programing in the prison’s Promontory facility, which houses inmates who have demonstrated good behavior and want counseling and ther
  
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• Letter: Trump obstructed justice and must be impeached

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  The brilliance of the Founding Fathers included a system of checks and balances intended to help ensure that no single element of our federal government could get away with illicit acts undeterred. They established the executive, legislative and judicial branches toward that end.The current impeachment inquiry concerning President Trump includes the charge of attempted abuse of office by aiding the Russian attack against our Ukrainian ally while endangering the lives of its soldiers. This was to
  
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• Letter: Questions for those running for Utah governor

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  Questions for all candidates for Utah governor: What is your plan to remove Utah from last place in per-student funding for public education? And to remove Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem from eighth place on the National Lung Association's list of worst polluted cities in the nation?What will you do about teen suicide (52% gun related), the major cause of death for those 9-17 years old? And the Legislature's rejection of 60,000 from receiving federally approved Medicaid?What new laws are needed to ba
  
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• Letter: Lawsuits won’t mend broken hearts

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  And so it begins.With the hiring of former Utah Chief Justice Christine Durham to assist with the McCluskey family lawsuit brought against the University of Utah, the uniquely American spectacle of indignant celebrity lawyers forming their indomitable dream teams, complete with unceasing press conferences, photo ops and front-page coverage of their campaign to right a social/moral injustice is now upon us, in full array.While there is no doubt Lauren McCluskey's death was a tragedy of the highes
  
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• Letter: City has little call to complain about The Leonardo

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  It’s ironic that Kristian Anderson, the Salt Lake City mayor’s senior adviser for arts and culture, of all people, is going after The Leonardo on issues of financial solvency.In response to the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s own solvency issues, and his questionable actions to address them when he was UMOCA executive director, Anderson was quoted in this newspaper as saying, “If you only fund the arts institutions that aren’t struggling, that’s going to be
  
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• Letter: Canadian medicines aren’t Mexican narcotics

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  What is Rosie talking about?Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera published a wordy article in the Dec. 3 Salt Lake Tribune criticizing foreign purchase of prescription drugs.She somehow equates Canadian pharmaceuticals with Mexican and Chinese illicit narcotics. Really?With a do-nothing Congress, buying prescription drugs from reputable Canadian pharmacies may be the only economical avenue for many U.S. citizens.The sheriff would better spend her time trying to arrest and house criminals walkin
  
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• Jane Fonda: The climate emergency is a political emergency

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  It should come as no surprise that I believe in the power of protest. That’s why I moved to Washington to start what I call Fire Drill Fridays, joining the millions of young people around the world who turned out in the fall for protests to demand that our leaders act to save their futures.We must all face the harsh reality that our planet is rapidly approaching an irreversible tipping point, beyond which the unraveling of our ecosystems will be beyond our control. Scientists have made cle
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz look to reignite win streak against tired Thunder

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Utah Jazz will aim to take advantage of a fatigued Oklahoma City Thunder team and begin building a bit of a win streak. It may not have been all that impressive that the Utah Jazz triumphed over a lackluster Memphis Grizzlies team, but the fact that they achieved one of their few blowout wins […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz look to reignite win streak against tired Thunder - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• As BLM pulls back Utah leases to do climate reviews, a question emerges: Is Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ strategy backfiring?

  09-12-2019 14:00
  
  Among President Donald Trump’s signature initiatives was pursuing “American energy dominance” through a series of regulatory rollbacks to fast-track fossil fuel development, regardless of the potential impacts on the global climate.But that strategy may actually be slowing development on Utah’s and other Western states’ public lands because the Bureau of Land Management has been forced to reanalyze many of the oil and gas leases it sold in recent years.For the fourt
  
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