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• State of the Utah Jazz: things looking up after rocky start

  30-12-2019 23:32
  
  The Utah Jazz have won seven of their last eight games, including an impressive victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Following a couple close victories and a close loss back in November, I was feeling that the Utah Jazz were about to turn the corner and post a big winning streak. It was 17 games […]
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• The top player of the 2010s decade for each NBA franchise

  30-12-2019 22:45
  
  With the recent decade now suddenly in the rearview mirror, we looked at the top player who defined the 2010s for each team in the NBA.
  Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford
  Honorable Mentions: Paul Milsap, Jeff Teague
  The Atlanta Hawks were defined by their depth under former head coach Mike Budenholzer. It is what helped their entire starting lineup earn Eastern Conference Co-Players of the Month back in January 2015. But the best player during this era was Al Horford. The big man averaged 15.9 point
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Warriors for Democracy

  30-12-2019 22:32
  
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/27/bagley-cartoon-baring/" target=_blank><u>Baring Witness</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/23/bagley-cartoon-santas/"><u>Santa’s Helper</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/12/21/bagley-cart
  
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• Trump’s replacement for Obamacare nonexistent 3 years after pledge

  30-12-2019 22:31
  
  Washington • As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.”Back then, Trump made it sound that his plan — "much less expensive and much better" than the Affordable Care Act — was imminent. And he put drug companies on notice that their pricing power no longer would be "politically pro
  
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• Ladell Andersen, former Utah State and BYU basketball coach, dies at 90

  30-12-2019 22:21
  
  Ladell Andersen, who won nearly two-thirds of his basketball games as the coach of Utah State, BYU and the Utah Stars of the ABA, died Sunday in St. George. Andersen was 90.He also spent 10 years as USU’s athletic director and was a Utah Jazz consultant after retiring from coaching at BYU in 1989 at the age of 60.Andersen played basketball for USU after graduating from Malad (Idaho) High School and became a University of Utah assistant coach under Jack Gardner in 1956.He took the USU coach
  
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• Utes are ready for a road environment at the Alamo Bowl, and tired of talking about that Pac-12 title game

  30-12-2019 21:27
  
  San Antonio • In the buildup to the Alamo Bowl, one theme clearly has emerged: Utah’s football players and coaches are tired of talking about the Pac-12 championship game.They’ve had to live with that 37-15 loss to Oregon, costing themselves not only a conference title but an opportunity to play on a bigger stage than meeting Texas on New Year’s Eve. It’s also true that fans and the media tend to dwell on the previous game, and that’s magnified by having three
  
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• Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service in just seconds

  30-12-2019 20:23
  
  White Settlement, Texas • A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a service, the Texas attorney general said Monday.Jack Wilson fired a single shot, quickly ending the attack that killed two people at the West Freeway Church of Christ in the Fort Worth-area town of White Settlement. More than 240 congregants were in the church at the time.Wilson’s bio on Facebook listed him as a form
  
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• Utes seek a top 10 ranking with a win over Texas in the Alamo Bowl

  30-12-2019 20:21
  
  San Antonio • As he prepares to exit Utah’s football program, senior defensive end Bradlee Anae made one request.“I just want to be remembered,” he said.That’s just about guaranteed for the consensus All-American and a leader of the one of the best defenses in school history. Yet the exact way Anae and his 2019 teammates will be remembered is conditional, going into Tuesday night’s Alamo Bowl vs. Texas.The Utes have made themselves memorable by winning a school
  
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• Man shot and killed by police in central Utah identified

  30-12-2019 20:19
  
  The man accused of pointing a gun at a sheriff’s deputy and who was shot and killed after a chase in Emery County was identified Monday as Mark Wilfred Stoddard.Stoddard was identified in a news release by the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the Dec. 21 pursuit and shooting. The news release said Stoddard was 41; public records show he was 40.An Emery County sheriff’s deputy encountered Stoddard about 5:15 p.m. Dec. 21, when the deputy pulled him over on
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Pistons vs. Jazz odds, line, spread: 2019 NBA picks, Dec 30. predictions from proven computer model - CBSSports.com

  30-12-2019 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Pistons and Jazz. Here are the results:
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alumni: Derrick Favors finding his footing in New Orleans

  30-12-2019 20:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors is finally helping the Pelicans win some games after a horrendous start. I miss the days of Derrick Favors in a Utah...
  
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• Utah is the nation’s fastest-growing state this decade

  30-12-2019 20:07
  
  Utah grew faster than any other state this decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday.The agency reported that Utah’s population this year is 3,205,958 — up 16% in the decade, from 2,763,891 in 2010.That increase of 442,000 people is roughly the equivalent of adding the combined populations of the state’s three biggest cities: Salt Lake City, West Valley City and Provo.[Read The Tribune’s explainer on how the state changed this decade, which include
  
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• Utah Jazz alumni: Derrick Favors finding his footing in New Orleans

  30-12-2019 19:52
  
  Former Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors is finally helping the Pelicans win some games after a horrendous start. I miss the days of Derrick Favors in a Utah Jazz uniform. He was the main return in the Deron Williams trade back in 2011, and had loads of potential packed in his tall and slim frame. […]
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• [Sports Illustrated] - NBA odds: Expert picks, best bets for Dec. 30 - Sports Illustrated

  30-12-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz and Pistons are currently trending in opposite directions, but which team should you bet on when the two clash in Salt Lake City?
  
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• [The Score] - NBA Podcast: Jazz, Nuggets hitting their stride, West is wide open

  30-12-2019 19:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Welcome to the latest edition of "Pound the Rock," an NBA podcast hosted by Joseph Casciaro and Joe Wolfond.Find the show on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Spotify.Topics for this episode include: What's behind Utah's improved play...
  
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• These are the best moments of the decade in Utah sports

  30-12-2019 19:17
  
  This decade is ending the way it started, with Utah always beating BYU in football, the Jazz never having the home-court advantage in a playoff series and Gary Andersen coaching at Utah State.Otherwise, a lot has changed since 2010 — including multiple moves by Andersen, before he returned to Logan.How long ago does any of this seem? Jimmermania, BYU quarterback Jake Heaps’ would-be winning drive against Utah and Jazz fans’ booing the drafting of Gordon Hayward. In 2010, Donova
  
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• Hate crimes charges against man accused in Hanukkah stabbing

  30-12-2019 19:10
  
  Monsey, N.Y. • A handwritten journal containing references to Jews and anti-Semitism were found in the home of a man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in the stabbing of five people celebrating Hanukkah in a rabbi’s house north of New York City, authorities said.Grafton E. Thomas, 37, was expected to appear in federal court in White Plains to face five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting to kill with a dangerous weapon and causing injuries.
  
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• Zach Thomas: There are ways to fight for what you believe

  30-12-2019 19:08
  
  I was originally elected chair of the Weber County Democrats at 17 years old. Earlier this year, I was elected to a second term. I stepped in because I wanted to stand up for health care affordability, honest government and basic human rights for all.Many young people like myself have been stepping up for big hitting issues, including gun violence prevention and climate change. Most are also standing up for a stranger in politics today — decency. A belief that we can accomplish big things
  
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• A new coach and new athletes are ready to launch Utah gymnastics into a new season

  30-12-2019 19:01
  
  It is weeks before the biggest coaching debut of his career and what is Tom Farden doing? He isn’t studying potential lineups, breaking down film or overseeing a team workout. Nope, he is writing Christmas cards to donors.Welcome to the big-time coach.“In the past I had a defined role when both Greg and Megan were here,” he said of the Marsdens, the husband-wife duo who made Utah Gymnastics what it is. “Now I have total autonomy and the ultimate say is mine, but that mean
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Utes will take one last stand at the Alamo bowl and they deserve a victory

  30-12-2019 18:39
  
  It’s not the college football playoff and it’s not the Rose Bowl. It’s the bowl, brought to you by an energy company, that celebrates the brave sacrifices of Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and some 200 Texans trying to hold off Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s army at the Alamo during the Texas Revolution in 1836.There will be no improper comparisons made between that battle and the game that’s named after it, considering Utah is facing Texas at the Alamodome on Tuesday.
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 2010s All-Decade team

  30-12-2019 18:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  With the decade drawing to a close, let's take a look at the executives, coaches and players that were most impactful during the 2010s for the Utah Jazz. A...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Pistons: How to watch, schedule, live stream info, game time, TV channel - CBSSports.com

  30-12-2019 17:48 via sportspyder.com
  
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• University of Utah forest ecologist helps refashion Barbie dolls as scientists

  30-12-2019 17:02
  
  When Nalini Nadkarni was a kid, she’d run home from school, climb into one of the eight maple trees in her parents’ backyard and spend an afternoon there with an apple and a book.That time in the treetops set the tone for the rest of her life: She's now a forest ecologist at the University of Utah who's dedicated her career to studying rain forest canopies.She's also always looking for new ways to get people interested in science, from fashion made with nature imagery to science lect
  
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• Pocket of severe drought lingers over Southwest U.S.

  30-12-2019 16:55
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Drought has yet to give up its hold over parts of the southwestern United States despite a series of storms that have brought rain and snow to the region in recent weeks.The latest federal map shows a pocket of moderate and severe drought centered over the Four Corners — where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet.Despite the continued dry conditions, forecasters say things are better than they were last year at this time when exceptional and extreme drought
  
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• Ogden mulling $1.5 million in improvements at airport

  30-12-2019 16:53
  
  Ogden • The city of Ogden is considering more than $1.5 million in improvements of its airport to accommodate an aerospace company.The Standard-Examiner reported Sunday that the Ogden City administration is requesting new water infrastructure at Ogden-Hinckley Airport be added to a list of necessary capital improvement projects.Aerospace company Borsight is expanding its operation and plans to develop two buildings at the airport. Officials say the airport's current water and fire flow infr
  
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• Utah Jazz execs explain the bench shake-up: ‘We had seen enough that this current mix just wasn’t working’

  30-12-2019 16:42
  
  In the hours before Monday’s loss in Miami, the Jazz traded oft-injured lottery pick Dante Exum and two future second-round draft picks to Cleveland for scoring guard Jordan Clarkson. And in the minutes after that game, the team released veteran forward Jeff Green — a player thought to be a critical component of the team’s bench unit when he signed in free agency this summer — and handed out a guaranteed deal to undrafted rookie Rayjon Tucker.On Thursday night, less than
  
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• California takes lead on laws affecting gig economy, privacy

  30-12-2019 15:52
  
  Sacramento, Calif. • California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig economy, boosting online privacy and discouraging shootings by police, among other potential trend-setters.The laws have sent businesses including Uber, Lyft and Google scrambling, not to mention President Donald Trump.The state dominated by Democrats has delighted in tweaking the Republican president on immigration and other issues, though
  
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• From population and housing growth to health and the economy, here’s how Utah changed this decade

  30-12-2019 15:28
  
  Ten booming years in Utah has resulted in … more.There’s more people and that means houses cost more. The state’s biggest tourist sites are more crowded than ever. More teens are puffing on a vape pen, though was vaping even a thing 10 years ago?Salt Lake Tribune reporters are telling the story of the 2010s through numbers that show big changes in our state. There’s far too much that happens in 10 years to cover it all, so we’re focusing on these areas — peop
  
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• NBA Daily: Four Playoff Teams With Slumping Players

  30-12-2019 15:25 via basketballinsiders.com
  Heading into 2020 there are four teams that are teetering on the edge of success and Chad Smith identifies the players who need to flip the switch soon.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz must remain focused in bout vs. Detroit

  30-12-2019 14:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz are coming off a huge win over the LA Clippers. But they must remain focused and take care of business against Detroit on Monday. After takin...
  
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• Typical ski pass climbs toward $100 in Utah, with one resort charging $209 some days

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Park City • As she ordered another shot of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky from the bartender, Ryannon Padilla talked about budgeting.Padilla knew a few months ago she would drive from her home in Albuquerque, N.M., to snowboard in Utah for two days. She began saving. There were no lodging expenses because she stayed with friends in Park City. She still had to pay for meals and entertainment, and the trip’s big item: lift tickets. Padilla planned to buy two day passes for about $200 each.&ld
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Drive against bad tax package takes form

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  People who are upset with the way they are being governed have taken to the streets by the tens of thousands in some of the world’s greatest cities — London, Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul. It is impressive but not, always, effective.In another of the world’s greatest cities — Salt Lake City — a handful of people from across the political spectrum have launched an effort that is less spectacular but could lead to a significant achievement for democracy and good governme
  
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• Letter: We’ve heard the Republican talking points

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  It’s not surprising that James Oshust could repeat Republican talking points on impeachment. After all, anyone witnessing the hearings saw them reiterated ad nauseum.What is surprising is that The Tribune thought its readers needed to see them again.Robert Brossard, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: We need more gardens, not more warehouses

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Thank you to Kathy Stephenson and The Salt Lake Tribune for publishing the article on Wasatch Community Gardens on Christmas Day.We need more projects like this that value people and the planet over profit. This is such a win-win situation for so many in our community: low-income and refugee families, women experiencing homelessness and single mothers living in poverty, local youth, the elderly.Spending time in a garden is therapeutic, planting seeds, watering, watching things grow, taking care
  
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• Letter: The Constitution is getting old and fragile

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It was ratified in 1788.The Constitution is the glue that has held the United States together for over 200 years. It's getting a little old and fragile. It also seems to be sliding a bit. A large hammer could maybe even shatter it.An impeachment trial is coming up soon. Some of our legislators are thinking of their jobs and money over the Constitution. I hope they pick the latter. If the Constitution is shattered, so
  
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• Letter: Senators come to the president’s rescue

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Our poor president is a victim of a “nasty” woman from California and 228 like-minded individuals from around the country. But no worries, two senators, one from Kentucky and another from Utah, are coming to his rescue. Gimme a break!Alden Laney, MillcreekSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Good work, DABC employees

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Yay, Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Yes, we all rage against the Utah law making us buy wine and whisky only at state owned liquor stores.But damn, what good work they do.On Christmas Eve, I got in line outside at Cottonwood Heights, stood there maybe only 15 minutes. Once inside I grabbed my wine and got in another line, and moved right along. All the lanes were open and the wonderful employees were working hard and moved us right on through quickly and efficiently.Yeah, sure, s
  
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• Letter: Civil servants hear from the Supreme Leader

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Glorious Supreme Leader Trump sent, to all civil servants, a letter ahead of Christmas. In this letter, he declared that he has bequeathed incredible benefits upon us. We shall be receiving our greatest raise in 10 years. We have also been given the unprecedented benefit of 12 weeks of parental leave, bringing us closer to the 41 other countries who grant it to all citizens.In the letter, we were also reminded that our Thrift Savings Plans are at an extraordinary level thanks to his economy. Pen
  
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• How Utahns’ health changed this decade

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune is examining the trends that have fundamentally changed the state in the 2010s. It is hard to ignore the seemingly ubiquitous vaping or the enduring tragedy of overdose deaths. Here are five major health trends from the the past 10 years:Vape smoke surrounds Utah high school studentsSarcastic high schoolers often call school restrooms “vape rooms," and they hung out there more and more so as the decade went on.Back in 2011, when Utah officials began asking teens about
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz must remain focused in bout vs. Detroit

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  The Utah Jazz are coming off a huge win over the LA Clippers. But they must remain focused and take care of business against Detroit on Monday. After taking care of business in less than reassuring fashion against sub-.500 teams and struggling to compete against elite squads on the road, the Utah Jazz were in […]
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• From population and housing growth to health and the economy, here’s how Utah has changed this decade

  30-12-2019 14:00
  
  Ten booming years in Utah has resulted in … more.There’s more people and that means houses cost more. The state’s biggest tourist sites are more crowded than ever. More teens are puffing on a vape pen, though was vaping even a thing 10 years ago?Salt Lake Tribune reporters are telling the story of the 2010s through numbers that show big changes in our state. There’s far too much that happens in 10 years to cover it all, so we’re focusing on these areas — peop
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Mitchell Carries Jazz to a Clutch Win in L.A.

  30-12-2019 07:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell put the Jazz on his back in the clutch to push his team ahead of the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George-led Clippers, 120-107. Currently you have JavaScript disabled.
  
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Warriors Willing to Trade Alex Burks, Other Veterans

  30-12-2019 07:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  As much as the Warriors like [Alec] Burks, and they most assuredly do, they are willing, according to league sources, to part with him — and several other veterans — for the right deal. Source: Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Magic and Bird and the 40th anniversary of them rescuing NBA

  30-12-2019 07:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  In 1979, Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird faced off for the first time in the NBA. SI examines the rivalry between the basketball hall of famers and how they changed the landscape of the NBA.
  
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• [Amico Hoops] - Clippers lethargic as Donovan, newcomer Clarkson lift Jazz

  30-12-2019 07:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  Joe Morgan of Sporting News and Sabreena Merchant of Clippers Maven discuss the Clippers' defeat to the Jazz.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Three reasons why Royce O’neale is a big part of Utah’s winning season

  30-12-2019 07:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  When you look at a winning team you’ll see the stars getting all the spotlight. This season, and rightfully so, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are receiving a ton of accolades for their...
  
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• NFL roundup: 49ers stop Seahawks at goal line to win NFC West, claim top seed; Dolphins stun Patriots, denying New England a bye

  30-12-2019 07:02
  
  Seattle • The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will go through San Francisco for the first time since 1997.By inches.The 49ers won the NFC West and a No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a 26-21 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night when Jacob Hollister was stopped by rookie linebacker Dre Greenlaw on fourth-and-goal just inches short of the end zone. San Francisco claimed its first division crown since 2012 and wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs by silencin
  
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• Ross Douthat: The decade of disillusionment

  30-12-2019 04:00
  
  Nothing much happened in America in the 2010s. The unemployment rate declined slowly but steadily; the stock market rose; people’s economic situation gradually improved. There were no terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11, no new land wars to rival Iraq and Vietnam. The country was relatively calm: Violent crime and illegal immigration trended downward, teenage delinquency diminished, teen birthrates fell and the out-of-wedlock birthrate stabilized.In Washington, only two major pieces of
  
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• [Deseret News] - Donovan Mitchell is playing like a star and he’s doing it at the perfect time for Utah Jazz

  30-12-2019 02:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell looked like a star on Saturday night. In the Jazz’s 120-107 win over the Clippers in Los Angeles Mitchell was deliberate and efficient. He shot 56.5% from the field en route to a...
  
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• Five stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews

  30-12-2019 02:20
  
  Monsey, N.Y. • A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America.Police tracked a fleeing suspect to Manhattan and made an arrest within two hours of the attack Saturday night in Monsey. Grafton E. Thomas had blood all over his clothing
  
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