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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Mike Conley has tried to be patient in recovering from his hamstring injury, but he’s hoping to make his return Tuesday

  15-12-2019 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mike Conley’s no stranger to injuries. The broken vertebra two seasons ago. The facial fracture in that playoff series that famously led to him dramatically returning while wearing a protective mask.
  
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• Snowboarder, 45, killed in a Utah backcountry avalanche that buried him

  15-12-2019 22:52
  
  A 45-year-old male snowboarder was killed in the backcountry Sunday after he was caught in an avalanche that he “unintentionally triggered” and was buried, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.The snowboarder left Canyons Village in Park City via a backcountry exit gate at the top of the 9990 lift to access Dutch Draw. He triggered the avalanche as he headed down the slope and came to the steep, rocky Conehead area of Dutch Draw.Sheriff Justin Martinez of the Summit County Sheriff&
  
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• Mike Conley has tried to be patient in recovering from his hamstring injury, but he’s hoping to make his return Tuesday

  15-12-2019 22:49
  
  Mike Conley’s no stranger to injuries. The broken vertebra two seasons ago. The facial fracture in that playoff series that famously led to him dramatically returning while wearing a protective mask.By comparison, the tweaked hamstring he suffered in the first half against the Sixers on Dec. 2 seems insignificant. But it’s required a methodical mindset that’s been difficult for him in the interim.“You know, it's tough, ’cause I've played with a lot of stuff in my ca
  
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley could return from hamstring injury this week

  15-12-2019 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  When Mike Conley strained his hamstring earlier this month, the veteran point guard didn’t think the injury would be serious. And, frankly, if Conley had had his way, he might have put on his Utah
  
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• Chinese immersion students in Alpine School District put their language skills to the test in China

  15-12-2019 21:15
  
  Orem • Tamblyn Lonergan remembers crying at the kitchen table when she was in fourth grade as she told her parents how difficult it was to learn Chinese.That is now a distant and amusing memory for Lonergan, a 10th grader who is among the first class of Chinese dual immersion students in the Alpine School District who are now in high school and fresh off a recent trip to China where they were able to try out those hard-earned language skills, the Daily Herald in Provo reports.“I am so
  
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• Big Pharma empire behind OxyContin now selling overdose cure

  15-12-2019 21:08
  
  The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” the slogan on its walls said.Some conference attendees were stunned when they saw the company logo: Mundipharma, the international affiliate of Purdue Pharma — the maker of the blockbuster opioid, OxyContin, widely blamed for unleashing the American overdose epidemic.Here they were cashing in on a c
  
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• Washington bracing for impeachment as battle lines harden

  15-12-2019 20:55
  
  Washington • As Washington braces for this week’s expected vote to impeach President Donald Trump, partisan battle lines hardened on Sunday, with Democrats defending impeachment even if Trump isn’t removed from office and Republicans denouncing the integrity of the constitutional process.The Democratic-controlled House planned to vote Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against the Republican president, and the decision whether to make Trump the third U.S. president in hist
  
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• BYU will face a stiff challenge against Hawaii’s prolific offense in bowl game

  15-12-2019 20:32
  
  Provo • Come Christmas Eve, BYU may get a more dangerous present than it can handle. After the Cougars remove the big red bow from the 6-foot-4 box, they’ll come to find one of the nation’s best passing quarterbacks in Hawaii’s Cole McDonald.BYU will have to find a way to stop the redshirt junior in order to not let the Rainbow Warriors pile on the points and run away with the Hawaii Bowl.McDonald has thrown for 3,642 yards — fifth-most in the country — and 29
  
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• U.N. climate talks end with declaration but no deal on carbon emissions, sparking widespread disappointment

  15-12-2019 19:26
  
  Madrid • Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed debate about rules for international carbon markets for another year.Organizers kept delegates from almost 200 nations in Madrid far beyond Friday's scheduled close of the two-week talks. In the end, negotiators endorsed a general call for greater efforts to tackle
  
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• Marine Pfc. Robert James Hatch, killed in World War II, is buried in Utah after 76 years

  15-12-2019 18:35
  
  Bountiful • Marine Pfc. Robert James Hatch received a homecoming fit for a war hero Saturday — even if his return was delayed 76 years.American flags and supporters lined the streets in Bountiful between a mortuary and the city cemetery, which was the final stop for Hatch’s remains. Hatch’s family, many of whom he never got to meet, greeted him there.Hatch’s peers called him “Jimmy,” though the generations that followed learned to refer to him as Jim. &ld
  
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• Hallmark pulls gay-themed wedding ads, saying it didn’t ‘want to generate controversy’

  15-12-2019 18:26
  
  New York • Under pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The Hallmark Channel has pulled ads for a wedding-planning website that featured two brides kissing at the altar.The family-friendly network, which is in the midst of its heavily watched holiday programming, removed the ads because the controversy was a distraction, a spokesperson said in an interview Saturday."The debate surrounding these commercials on all sides was distracting from the purpose of our network, which is to provi
  
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• Utah’s Morgan Scalley has some fixes to make before facing Texas in the Alamo Bowl

  15-12-2019 17:55
  
  Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley concluded his heartfelt, entertaining speech on Dec. 10 during the Broyles Awards with a smile, telling the other finalists, “I ain’t winnin’ this thing, but whoever does, you guys are awesome.”LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady received the award as college football’s top assistant coach. If the Utes (11-2) had beaten Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game, Scalley likely would have schemed against Brady’s offense
  
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• Kael Weston: Utah’s 2nd District deserves to be better represented

  15-12-2019 16:15
  
  In 2010, I returned to my home state of Utah after a career in the U.S. State Department. Since then, I have become an author and college-level instructor, while also serving on Salt Lake County’s Open Space Advisory Board.I enjoy this work but believe now is the time to step up and run for political office because our politics are failing our people, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged among us. As a private person, this is not an easy decision. Our most important ones rare
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - What if the Utah Jazz had retained Wesley Matthews?

  15-12-2019 15:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  In 2010 the Utah Jazz failed to match an offer sheet for Wesley Matthews. What would have happened if Utah kept him for the long term? The Utah Jazz were a...
  
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• Michael A. Kalm: When lies are easier to believe than the truth

  15-12-2019 15:00
  
  “Who remembers the Armenians?” said Adolf Hitler to dismiss claims that the World wouldn’t let him get away with his “Final Solution.” Hitler was referring to the near genocide of the Armenian people by Turks during World War I, which by 1939, the world seemed to have forgotten.Hitler was counting on two peculiar aspects of human nature: That people are all too ready to believe, without any real evidence, even an outrageous lie, so long as it is repeated many times
  
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• What if the Utah Jazz had retained Wesley Matthews?

  15-12-2019 14:45
  
  In 2010 the Utah Jazz failed to match an offer sheet for Wesley Matthews. What would have happened if Utah kept him for the long term? The Utah Jazz were all-in on winning a title 10 years ago. After making the conference finals in 2007, they ran back the same core of Deron Williams and […]
  What if the Utah Jazz had retained Wesley Matthews? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Two small charities fed hundreds of Wasatch Front kids. USANA merged them and will serve even more.

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  Michelle Benedict was looking for a way to teach her children to give back. After hearing about Salt Lake City students who went hungry over extended breaks, she began providing one school with backpacks of food for kids to take home.Lynda Smart Brown, a longtime volunteer with the Murray Boys & Girls Club, learned that an 8-year-old girl had stolen a can of SpaghettiOs from the center’s pantry to supplement the cold cereal she and her 4-year-old brother survived on over the weekend. B
  
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• They’ve been warned to stop vaping, but these Utahns say they’re not worried

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  Pleasant Grove • When he was 18, Orem resident Ben Webb picked up what he calls a “social” cigarette habit from his co-workers, which ultimately swelled to smoking one or two packs a day over the course of eight years.He attempted to quit multiple times — chewing on sunflower seeds, sucking hard candies — but without success.“Anything that I tried," Webb said, “I’d eventually fall back within a month or two.”Then, a little more than two years
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Despite #MeToo, ‘Survivor’ and CBS failed women and heads should roll

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  “Survivor” has always reflected society, and what we’ve seen this season demonstrates that we have a long way to go when it comes to dealing with sexual harassment. And just when you thought the producers of “Survivor” and CBS couldn’t possibly handle the issue any worse — they did.Yes, the harasser — Dan Spilo, a 48-year-old Hollywood talent manager — was finally kicked off the show at the end of the most recent episode. We didn’t see
  
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• Robert Kirby: Pride, forgiveness and the rest of the story about Thomas B. Marsh and Brigham Young

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  Years ago, a popular story on the subject of pride going before a fall circulated in various lesson manuals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was referred to as “The Pint of Cream.”In 1838, Thomas B. Marsh was the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, second only to Joseph Smith in the Mormon hierarchy.I don’t remember the exact particulars of the story, but it seems that one day Marsh’s wife had an argument with a neighbor over some milk pr
  
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• Letter: Tribune commentary hits a grand slam

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  It is with sincere gratitude that I commend you for publishing four letters in the Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, edition of your newspaper.If I may use baseball as an analogy, The Salt Lake Tribune started off its at-bat with a hit by Allen Livingston for his letter, “I have two questions for Utah Republicans.” Frank Fish followed with another hit for his letter, “It is time for us to get rid of this embarrassment.” Two up, Two on.Then an easy decision to intentionally &ldquo
  
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• Letter: Remember this when you vote

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  My colleagues and friends are all complaining about the tax plan that the Legislature has approved. My response is simple: Remember this when you vote in the next election. Perhaps more thought should be exercised when we select a candidate.Harry W. Patrick, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Leave our toilet regulations alone

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  I read recently that Donald J. Trump wants to “open up” the standard of water-saving regulations, citing, among other things, Americans flushing toilets “10 times, 15 times as opposed to once.”The several low-flow toilets I’ve had occasionally require two flushes, but those occasions are rare and the water savings, especially considering usage across the country, are tremendous. What’s more, most people urinate rather more often than they defecate (Trump is fu
  
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• Letter: How we’ve changed since 1977

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  In response to the position of the LDS Church that it still opposes the Equal Rights Amendment, I decided to drag out my letter that was published by The Salt Lake Tribune in 1977 and see if, or how much, society has changed since then. I remember I was so angered by LDS men with bull horns taking over the conference regarding the amendment, I wanted to leave the state of Utah. After thinking it over, however, I sublimated by writing the following letter to the editor.“The solution to the
  
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• Letter: BYU joins the war on Christmas

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  While watching the KBYU-TV broadcast of the Rebels and Cougars recently, they had an announcement. They wished the viewers “Happy Holidays from the staff of BYUtv”“Happy Holidays”? I never thought Brigham Young University would participate in the war on Christmas!Michael Mitchell, HenrievilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Johnny Townsend: Mormons, Utahns must divest from fossil fuels

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  Of the 1,145 organizations around the world that have already divested from fossil fuels, 28% of them are religious institutions. But The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn’t one of them.Another 15% are educational institutions. But neither the University of Utah nor Brigham Young University are among them. And 14% are governmental entities. But neither Salt Lake City nor the state of Utah are among them.As an essential part of addressing the climate crisis, the LDS Church and
  
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• Can Latter-day Saints disagree with their church on gay marriage? Case of the lost wallet may offer clues.

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  If not for a lost wallet, Adam Smart might still be on his mission.Instead, the 19-year-old returned home to Meridian, Idaho, after a little more than three weeks in Ventura, Calif. — feeling beaten, broken and so very tired.Smart’s support of same-sex marriage had set him on a collision course with his mission president and altered his plans for the next two years.The clash between presider and proselytizer was not a case of good versus evil, but rather a conflict of religious autho
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: When the new daughter-in-law doesn’t like Santa

  15-12-2019 14:00
  
  Editor’s note • The following may not be appropriate for our younger readers.Dear Ann Cannon • I come from a long line of big-time Christmas-lovers, as does my husband — and we’ve passed our enthusiasm for the holiday onto our children, all of whom are adults now. Therein lies the problem. Our son recently married a woman with two children from a previous marriage who doesn’t want her kids buying into the Santa Claus myth. She thinks that telling them that Santa
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz working to build more trust on the court

  15-12-2019 10:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — This season, the Utah Jazz (14-11) have struggled to play consistently good basketball. After starting the 2019-20 campaign on a mostly positive note during the first several...
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz play poorly again but outlast Golden State Warriors

  15-12-2019 10:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Yes, the Utah Jazz won on Friday night at Vivint Arena, beating the Golden State Warriors 114-106. Come the end of the regular season in April, that’s all that will really matter...
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz keep their composure as they overcome sluggish first half to defeat Golden State Warriors

  15-12-2019 10:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz (15-11) have been maddeningly inconsistent this season, winning some games with the energy and effort expected of a well-coached playoff squad vying to become a...
  
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• [Deseret News] - 3 takeaways from the Utah Jazz’s 114-106 win against the Golden State Warriors

  15-12-2019 10:22 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz got back to its winning ways by beating the Golden State Warriors 114-106 at Vivint Arena on Friday night. Here are three takeaways from the game: Bojan Bogdanovic...
  
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• State colleges: BYU women down Utah Valley, 71-57

  15-12-2019 07:08
  
  Brenna Chase Drollinger scored a game-high 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and added seven rebounds to lead the BYU women’s basketball team to a 71-57 victory over Utah Valley on Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center in Provo.Shalae Salmon finished with 14 points and six rebounds for the Cougars (4-4), who snapped a three-game losing streak. Paisley Johnson had 11 points and a team-leading six assists. Maria Albiero contributed 10 points, five assists and five rebounds, and Sara
  
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• Utah State Aggies downed by untimely scoring droughts in loss to BYU

  15-12-2019 05:16
  
  The Utah State Aggies were right there in the end. But the culmination of droughts at the offensive end put them on the business end of a 68-64 loss to Brigham Young University on Saturday at Vivint Smart Home Arena in the final installment of the Beehive Classic.The Aggies suffered multiple stretches during which they could not buy a basket. They ended the first half missing seven consecutive field goal attempts. During that time, BYU went on a 9-0 run.Late in the second half, the Aggies had mi
  
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• Utahn Tony Finau rallies to tie Hideki Matsuyama in Presidents Cup

  15-12-2019 05:01
  
  Tony Finau made a remarkable comeback in his singles match with Hideki Matsuyama, rallying for his third tie in four matches of the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.The West High School graduate was 4 down through 10 holes Saturday (Sunday in Australia), but won the next four holes – three with birdies. Matsuyama then won No. 16 with a birdie, but lost No. 17 with a bogey and the players each parred No. 18 for a tie.Playing in the second match of the day, Finau played a part in
  
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• BYU outlasts Utah State 68-64 in Beehive Classic thriller at Vivint Arena

  15-12-2019 04:25
  
  In the second game of the final installment of the Beehive Classic on Saturday night, BYU and Utah State gave fans something to remember the in-state event by — a nail-bitting, hair-pulling, stressful rivalry game with no clear winner until the final seconds.But at the end of it all, when the dust settled, BYU topped a competitive USU squad 68-64 in front of 10,291 fans at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Overall, the Beehive Classic drew 14,383 people — the largest attendance record of the
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Beehive Classic’s parting message? College hoops is fading in Utah, a place that once relished it.

  15-12-2019 01:45
  
  There was a measure of expected excitement in the air for college basketball on Saturday at Vivint Smart Home Arena, the pro palace bound to fill all the way up to around half-capacity for the third and final rendition of the Beehive Classic.But that was for the BYU-Utah State nightcap.The warmup act, Utah-Weber State, had all the verve and vibrance of a yard sale. The few thousand who were on hand, a smattering of diehards that made the home of the Jazz look vacuous, picked over the household i
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Beehive Classic’s parting message? College hoops is fading away in Utah, a place that once relished it

  15-12-2019 01:20
  
  There was a measure of expected excitement in the air for college basketball on Saturday at Vivint Smart Home Arena, the pro palace bound to fill all the way up to around half-capacity for the third and final rendition of the Beehive Classic.But that was for the BYU-Utah State nightcap.The warmup act, Utah-Weber State, had all the verve and vibrance of a yard sale. The few thousand who were on hand, a smattering of diehards that made the home of the Jazz look vacuous, picked over the household i
  
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• Phillip Sanders: Who will benefit from an inland port?

  15-12-2019 01:00
  
  It’s common knowledge that a major air pollution problem exists in the Salt Lake Valley. Far from simply unpleasant, our bad air is dangerous to our health and, for some, it’s fatal.While good air quality is important to all Utah residents, Salt Lake County is uncommon, if not unique, in its geography. We live in a valley between two beautiful mountain ranges which traps pollutants in the air. Over time our pollution builds up to unhealthy levels. When this occurs, there is nothing w
  
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• Utah men’s basketball team routs Weber State, 60-49, in Beehive Classic finale

  15-12-2019 00:25
  
  Maybe Utah should schedule Weber State more often.In the renewal of a rivalry left dormant since a Wildcats blowout out win eight years ago, Utah came out of the halftime locker room playing downhill. With the momentum on their side, the Utes ripped off a 15-5 run to open the second half on their way to a 60-49 win as part of the final installment of the Beehive Classic at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Sophomore guard Timmy Allen asserted himself midway through the first half, finishing with 19 points
  
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• Utah football’s Jaylon Johnson opts out of the Alamo Bowl vs. Texas, but Zack Moss and other seniors intend to play

  15-12-2019 00:14
  
  Utah junior cornerback Jaylon Johnson will skip the Alamo Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft, but coach Kyle Whittingham expects all of the team's healthy seniors to play against Texas on New Year's Eve in San Antonio.In the team's first media availability since a 37-15 loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game, Whittingham confirmed Johnson's decision. As for other players, “I just figure they'll let us know if they want to opt out of it,” Whittingham said Saturday.Running back
  
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