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• Judge rejects challenge from Utah woman charged for being topless in her own home

  21-01-2020 23:56
  
  A Utah judge has upheld the state’s lewdness law after a challenge by a West Valley City woman who is facing charges for being topless in her own home in front of her stepchildren.Third District Judge Kara Pettit denied Tilli Buchanan’s motion to declare the lewdness statute unconstitutional in a ruling filed Tuesday. Buchanan’s attorneys had argued that the law targets and discriminates against women by specifically outlawing them from showing their breasts.Buchanan’s at
  
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• Utah bill would allow wine to be shipped to your home

  21-01-2020 23:41
  
  If Utah consumers can get everything from wet wipes to watermelon delivered to their home, "Why not wine?” asks Rep. Michael McKell.The Spanish Fork Republican is sponsoring a bill that would create a wine order and delivery service through the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.HB157 doesn’t allow wineries or wine clubs to ship products directly to a residence — the DABC would serve as the middleman. But it does move Utah’s strict alcohol provision in that dir
  
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• Washington man is 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from China

  21-01-2020 23:40
  
  Seattle • The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.The man, identified only as a Snohomish County resident is in his 30s, was in good condition and wasn't considered a threat to medical staff or the public, health officials said.U.S. health officials stressed that they believe the virus' overall risk to the
  
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• Referendum campaign to overturn new Utah tax law must submit signatures today

  21-01-2020 23:35
  
  Time is rapidly running out for the organizers of a referendum campaign that seeks to overturn recent changes to the state’s tax laws.Petition signatures gathered in support of the referendum must be submitted to county election offices by 5 p.m. Tuesday, and informal tallies so far paint contrasting pictures of the campaign’s chances of success.On Monday, referendum organizers said that internal tracking numbers showed the campaign meeting minimum signature thresholds in 17 counties
  
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• McConnell backs off, abruptly eases impeachment trial limits

  21-01-2020 23:35
  
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly backed offsome of his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, easing plans for a tight two-day schedule and agreeing that House evidence will be included. He acted after protests from senators, including fellow Republicans.The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol as the president's lawyers opened arguments in support of McConnell's plan. Democrats objected loudly to his i
  
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• Utah governor fills vacancy on state Board of Education — his 4th appointment to the elected board in a year

  21-01-2020 22:56
  
  The governor has selected a longtime advocate for ending child abuse to fill the latest vacancy on the Utah Board of Education — marking the fourth person he’s appointed in the last year to what is designed to be an elected body.Laurieann Thorpe, currently the executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Utah, will step into the seat that opened after former member Linda Hansen announced she would retire in early December. If confirmed by the Utah Senate, Thorpe would represent District
  
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• New Primary Children’s Hospital location to open in Lehi with $50 million gift

  21-01-2020 22:49
  
  A new Primary Children’s Hospital campus is going up in Lehi, and pediatric services are expanding throughout Intermountain Healthcare with a $50 million gift from Gail Miller and her family."I know that for a young mother, the need is great to have the people caring for your children understand you and what you’re going through, and how hard it is to face that kind of trauma alone," Miller said in a news conference Tuesday.In addition to the Lehi campus, the gift will support an adv
  
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• Utah’s lewdness law stands after judge rejects challenge from woman charged for being topless in her own home

  21-01-2020 22:36
  
  A Utah judge has upheld the state’s lewdness laws after a challenge by a West Valley City woman who is facing charges for being topless in her own home in front of her stepchildren.Third District Judge Kara Pettit denied Tilli Buchanan’s motion to declare the lewdness statute unconstitutional in a ruling filed Tuesday. Buchanan’s attorneys had argued that the law targets and discriminates against women by specifically outlawing them from showing their breasts.Buchanan’s a
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz say Mike Conley will improve a team already on a roll

  21-01-2020 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  As the Jazz were reeling off one win after another while Mike Conley sat on the sidelines with a hamstring strain, the narrative started to gain traction among a not-insignificant faction of the fanbase: Maybe this team is better off without the guy...
  
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• Denver has the best home-court advantage in the NBA; Brooklyn the worst

  21-01-2020 22:22
  
  Any competitive advantage in an NBA season is important whether it is home cooking or the comfort and familiarity of your own locker room.
  For this study, we subtracted the difference from the team winning percentage on the road from their winning percentage at home. This illustrates, in part, the impact of playing in their own city has had on franchises around the league. We looked at all games played since the Basketball Association of America merged with the NBA in 1946-47.
  Note that all numb
  
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• Utah Jazz say Mike Conley will improve a team already on a roll

  21-01-2020 22:06
  
  As the Jazz were reeling off one win after another while Mike Conley sat on the sidelines with a hamstring strain, the narrative started to gain traction among a not-insignificant faction of the fanbase: Maybe this team is better off without the guy intended to be its starting point guard. Maybe his inevitable return is just going to throw a big ol’ monkey wrench into what’s become a fine-tuned machine.Well, Conley is back, and granted, it’s only been two games, but the Jazz&rs
  
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• New USU offensive coordinator wants to change the pace of the Aggies attack

  21-01-2020 21:48
  
  Bodie Reeder sat with Utah State football coach Gary Andersen and talked about basketball.Andersen was interviewing Reeder for the offensive coordinator job left vacant by Mike Sanford, who took a position at the University of Minnesota. But in describing how he likes to run an offense, Reeder used an analogy from his days playing prep hoops.“If I was guarding a guy that came from the opening tip going a million miles an hour, my mind and my body sped up to his pace,” Reeder said. &l
  
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• Real Salt Lake signs a veteran free agent to compete for time at left back

  21-01-2020 21:24
  
  Real Salt Lake finally has some depth at its left back position.The club announced Tuesday that it signed defender Ashtone Morgan, a nine-year veteran of Major League Soccer and a left back on the Canadian National Team. He will likely compete for time with Donny Toia, who was RSL’s starting left back for the majority of last season.“Ashtone is a player who has tremendous MLS and Champions League experience at a very good organization in this league,” RSL General Manager Elliot
  
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• The National Parks, a Utah band, plans a music festival near Zion National Park

  21-01-2020 21:09
  
  It’s not as big as Coachella, but the band The National Parks is launching a one-day musical festival this spring at the edge of Zion National Park.The indie folk-pop band, which hails from Provo, announced Tuesday it’s launching the Superbloom Music Festival, at the O.C. Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale on Saturday, April 25.Tickets for the event go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at 24Tix.com."We feel really lucky to be a band from Utah and to be surrounded by such natural beauty,&rdquo
  
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• BYU men’s volleyball team looks like a national title contender

  21-01-2020 21:08
  
  Provo • Coach Shawn Olmstead would never label 2019 as a failure, but it wasn’t a typical BYU men’s volleyball season. Riddled with injuries, the Cougars finished with a 13-12 record.BYU had made it to the Final Four the year prior and played in the championship game the previous two seasons, but didn’t even make the NCAA Tournament in 2019.Now, it seems, BYU has bounced back — even if Olmstead won’t say it just yet. The Cougars (6-0) are off to their best star
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - The Utah Jazz: Bojan Bogdanović’s mid-season player grade

  21-01-2020 21:06 via sportspyder.com
  
  It’s no secret that the Utah Jazz had themselves quite an off-season. And while there might have been plenty of hype for the arrival of Mike Conley in th...
  
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• Nathan Chen is the skater to beat at this week’s national championships

  21-01-2020 21:00
  
  Pushing the threshold of men’s figure skating can take a toll on a person. The same can be said for the rigors of second-year studies at an Ivy League university. The one-two combo caught up to Nathan Chen earlier this month.Chen’s skating has been on the ascent since the 20-year-old landed a record six quadruple jumps in a single program in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He followed that up at the 2018 World Championships, when he became the first skater to la
  
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• Utah Utes coach Larry Krystkowiak reprimanded by Pac-12 for criticizing officials

  21-01-2020 20:57
  
  After getting ejected late in Saturday night’s loss at Arizona State, Larry Krystkowiak calmly made some negative comments about the officiating.On Tuesday, the Pac-12 acted in kind, reprimanding the Utah head coach for what he said about a questionable technical foul on freshman center Matt Van Komen in an 83-64 Sun Devils win.“The Pac-12 membership has established rules that prohibit our coaches from publicly commenting about officiating,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in a
  
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• The Utah Jazz: Bojan Bogdanović’s mid-season player grade

  21-01-2020 20:52
  
  It’s no secret that the Utah Jazz had themselves quite an off-season. And while there might have been plenty of hype for the arrival of Mike Conley in the Beehive State, it’s Bojan Bogdanović and his three-point shooting that’ve turned heads. Let’s take a quick walk down memory lane, shall we? Before the start of […]
  The Utah Jazz: Bojan Bogdanović’s mid-season player grade - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion an
  
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• Suspect in ‘friendsgiving’ killing died after he was accidentally shot with his own gun, authorities say

  21-01-2020 20:46
  
  The Utah Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that the suspect in the killing of one man and the wounding of two others at a “friendsgiving” gathering in South Jordan died after he was shot in the arm by his own gun.The South Jordan Police Department released a statement that investigators believe Joshua Perez-Garcia, 26, was “shot by his own gun during a struggle” early on Nov. 28. About a dozen friends had gathered at a home when a dispute of some kind broke o
  
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• Salt River Project seeks solar energy from bidders, including Navajo Nation

  21-01-2020 20:38
  
  Farmington, N.M. • One of Arizona’s largest utilities is seeking companies to build solar plants to provide up to 400 megawatts of power, including 200 megawatts from Navajo Nation facilities, officials said.Salt River Project issued a request for proposals Jan. 15, The Farmington Daily Times reported.The energy produced will be delivered to customers in central Arizona, SRP officials said.The request from the Phoenix-based utility asked for proposals for plants that can produce betwe
  
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• Watch live: McConnell abruptly eases trial limits as impeachment begins

  21-01-2020 20:18
  
  Washington • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments after protests from senators, including Republicans.The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol as the president's lawyers opened arguments Tuesday in support of McConnell's plan. Democrats objected loudly to McConnell's initially proposed rules, and some
  
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• Tax referendum campaign must submit signatures today

  21-01-2020 20:17
  
  Time is rapidly running out for the organizers of a referendum campaign that seeks to overturn recent changes to the state’s tax laws.Petition signatures gathered in support of the referendum must be submitted to county election offices by 5 p.m. Tuesday, and informal tallies so far paint contrasting pictures of the campaign’s chances of success.On Monday, referendum organizers said that internal tracking numbers showed the campaign meeting minimum signature thresholds in 17 counties
  
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• Watch live: Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins

  21-01-2020 18:47
  
  President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial quickly burst into a partisan fight Tuesday as proceedings began unfolding at the Capitol. Democrats objected strongly to rules proposed by the Republican leader for compressed arguments and a speedy trial.Even before Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled in the session, Democrats warned that the rules package from Trump's ally, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, could force midnight sessions that would keep most Americans in the dark and create
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Mitchell, Gobert help Jazz dominate Pacers in 118-88 victory

  21-01-2020 18:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When the Utah Jazz find a rhythm around the basket, few teams can do anything to stop them from dominating on both ends of the
  
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• [Deseret News] - Funny video: Better passer, 61-year-old Andy Reid or 13-year-old Andy Reid?

  21-01-2020 18:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  New footage of the Chiefs coach tossing a challenge flag onto the field has surfaced, and the 61-year-old clearly isn’t worried about form or distance.
  
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• West Jordan police are investigating stabbing death

  21-01-2020 18:19
  
  A man has been stabbed to death in what West Jordan police are calling a homicide.The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was found near 9200 South and 3825 West on Tuesday morning, according to police. He died from a stab wound.Our detectives are on scene of a homicide at approx 9200 s 3825 w. PIO on scene, media staging are is at 9335 s 3825 west.One male deceased from a knife wound.— West Jordan Police Dept. (@WJPD_PIO) January 21, 2020This story will be updated.
  
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• BYU will allow same-sex couples to ballroom dance

  21-01-2020 17:49
  
  Tyler Keith Wilson has danced in many ballroom competitions at Brigham Young University over the years, gliding with his partner over the glossy floors while she turned in a dress that looked like cotton candy.The decorated dancer, a Utah native, will be there again this year, too, when the school hosts the nation’s top amateur ballroom championship. Except this time — for the first time at the campus — Wilson will be dancing with another man.The event will be historic for the
  
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• Poll: LDS women want to close the wage gap, see more female leaders

  21-01-2020 17:42
  
  They don’t believe women have a lower status than men in Utah. But they want to see more women become leaders in government and business. And they want the state to close its gender wage gap.These are the views of women who identified as active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a statewide poll on women’s issues.In early November, The Salt Lake Tribune and Suffolk University surveyed 400 women, age 18 and older, over cellphones and landlines across Utah th
  
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• [Fansided: Sir Charles In Charge] - NBA: 3 regretful offseason moves at the midway point of the season

  21-01-2020 17:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  Exploring three offseason moves that could be seen as mistakes at the midway point of the 2019-20 NBA season The calendar has flipped over to a new decade ...
  
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• Survivor stories spotlight Auschwitz liberation anniversary

  21-01-2020 16:53
  
  Jerusalem • Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Gluck placed their only child in the care of a local Christian family. Gluck forgot his Yiddish mother tongue and that he even had parents of his own.After the war, his devastated father came to claim him and several months later he was introduced to a weeping woman who showered him with hugs and kisses."My father said: 'Look Maurice, this is you
  
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• Trump lauds U.S. economy in Davos, says little on climate woes

  21-01-2020 16:40
  
  Davos, Switzerland • President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had less to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year’s gathering of top business and political leaders in the Swiss Alps.Trump kept to his speech script and did not mention the historic impeachment trial that was set to reconvene in the U.S. Senate in Washington later Tuesday. But he c
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jordan Clarkson: the Next Jamal Crawford?

  21-01-2020 15:30 via sportspyder.com
  
  He’s become an excellent bench gunner
  
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• [Deseret News] - Donovan Mitchell’s one-on-one battle with Aaron Holiday in Utah Jazz win over Pacers

  21-01-2020 14:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Aaron Holiday wanted to be able to guard Donovan Mitchell. He wanted to force him to foul, he wanted to stop him in transition, he wanted to be able to take Mitchell one-on-one so...
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Midseason report card for Georges Niang

  21-01-2020 14:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Georges Niang and his shooting numbers through the first half of the season showed Jazz fans flashes of the second-rounder's potential. He's putting up car...
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Half of nation hopes Senate will convict Trump

  21-01-2020 14:12
  
  As the Senate begins arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, about half of Americans (51%) say he should be removed him from office, according to a new CNN poll. Also, nearly seven in 10 (69%) say the trial should allow testimony from new witnesses who did not testify in the House inquiry. [CNN]Happy Tuesday!Topping the news: Tribune Washington correspondent Thomas Burr offers a guide to the Senate trial of Trump — and says that for a somber and historic moment, it&rs
  
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• Utah Jazz: Midseason report card for Georges Niang

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  Georges Niang and his shooting numbers through the first half of the season showed Jazz fans flashes of the second-rounder’s potential. He’s putting up career numbers and becoming a reliable role player for the Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz have made it to the midway point. Through the first 41 games, the Jazz marched to […]
  Utah Jazz: Midseason report card for Georges Niang - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Sex assault cases raised questions about work environment at Utah tech firm Domo

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has dropped sexual assault charges against two former employees of the Utah technology firm Domo, a case in which prosecutors asked whether there was a hostile work environment at the company.The two men had been accused of raping a third Domo worker in 2016 at a Salt Lake City party attended by other employees. The woman also contended she was sexually harassed at work in the months leading to the party but did not report to the company beca
  
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• Ross Douthat: The Chinese face a population crisis

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  In recent days both this newspaper and The Wall Street Journal have carried reports on one of the most important geopolitical facts of the 21st century: The world’s great rising power, the People’s Republic of China, is headed for a demographic crisis.Like the United States and most developed countries, China has a birthrate that is well below replacement level. Unlike most developed countries, China is growing old without first having grown rich.Of course China has grown richer: My
  
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• Letter: Promote contraceptives with the same vigor as erectile dysfunction remedies

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  So, it’s fine if the general public is persistently pounded by the suggestive marketing of products that boost male ability to impregnate females, but it’s not OK to humorously market products that will help men and women to reduce the risks of venereal disease and unintended pregnancy. Until contraceptives are promoted with the same vigorous intensity that erectile dysfunction remedies are advertised, the governor’s decision to prohibit the distribution of cleverly packaged co
  
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• Letter: If you don’t like the Wasatch speaker, don’t go

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  Regarding Beverley Cooper’s letter in Sunday’s Tribune: I am a Wasatch Speaker Series subscriber and have been all three seasons. It is made perfectly clear there is no obligation to keep your tickets. In fact, it is my understanding there is quite a waitlist for tickets. Simply don’t subscribe if you disagree with the choice of speakers enough to write a letter to the editor.Additionally, should you object to a specific speaker you are free to not come, or offer your seats to
  
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• Letter: How can Christians support Trump and his hypocrisy?

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  I recently read the article “Utah kid forced to clean his forehead on Ash Wednesday gets promise from Trump” and was, once again, smacked in the face with hypocrisy. There stood a Utah student who was wronged by a clueless public school teacher. That wrong was swiftly corrected and the teacher, hopefully, educated about Ash Wednesday. That boy was standing next to a totally immoral man who just happens to be called the president of the United States. Why? Why would anyone want a youn
  
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• Letter: Doing the right thing is rarely easy

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  In my experience, doing the right thing rarely equates to the easy thing. Invariably, the right thing is the hard thing. With regard to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, the easy thing would be to simply acquiesce to the president’s and Senate Leader McConnell’s desire for a cursory review and quick acquittal vote.But that’s not the right thing. Whether or not what the president did rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, our elected senators owe it t
  
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• Latter-day Saint women want to close the wage gap, have more female leaders, poll shows

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  They don’t believe women have a lower status than men in Utah. But they want to see more women become leaders in government and business. And they want the state to close its gender wage gap.These are the views of women who identified as active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a statewide poll on women’s issues.In early November, The Salt Lake Tribune and Suffolk University surveyed 400 women, age 18 and older, over cellphones and landlines across Utah th
  
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• For the first time ever, BYU will allow same-sex couples to compete in its annual ballroom championship

  21-01-2020 14:00
  
  Tyler Keith Wilson has danced in many ballroom competitions at Brigham Young University over the years, gliding with his partner over the glossy floors while she turned in a dress that looked like cotton candy.The decorated dancer, a Utah native, will be there again this year, too, when the school hosts the nation’s top amateur ballroom championship. Except this time — for the first time at the campus — Wilson will be dancing with another man.The event will be historic for the
  
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• Letter: Exercise your right to vote in the primaries

  21-01-2020 13:00
  
  I live in Virginia and because of this, I would like to talk to all Utahns for a moment. The Virginia Republican Party canceled their presidential primary because they would rather protect the president than have a fair fight. I was looking forward to casting my ballot in the Republican primary. I am unable to vote for the person I want, but you are.Whether you vote for the president or one of his opponents, please exercise your right to vote because it’s guaranteed by your state. Utah may
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Gobert and the Jazz visit conference foe Golden State

  21-01-2020 09:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Golden State and Utah will face off in a battle of Western Conference opponents
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz race past the Pacers for 30th win | KSL.com

  21-01-2020 07:59 via sportspyder.com
  
  Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert led a balanced attack as the Jazz blasted Indiana on Monday at home.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Triple Team: Jazz beat good Pacers team soundly, thanks to smart play on both ends

  21-01-2020 07:49 via sportspyder.com
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 118-88 win over the Indiana Pacers from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• The Triple Team: Jazz beat good Pacers team soundly, thanks to smart play on both ends

  21-01-2020 07:26
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 118-88 win over the Indiana Pacers from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz make right read even against good Pacers DI thought the Pacers played pretty good defense tonight. They forced 21 turnovers, and Myles Turner especially was a force in the middle, getting six steals. The Jazz had real problems passing it in pick and roll with Turner playing defense on Gobert.And yet: the Jazz had a 121 ORtg, and won by 30. How? First, when they d
  
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