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• [Deseret News] - Alec Burks thriving in opportunity with Golden State Warriors

  22-01-2020 23:41 via sportspyder.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A player with an injury-plagued career is not a new concept in the NBA. It happens all the time and often leads to a once promising prospect dwindling to the edges of a rotation and...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Georges Niang quietly excelling in his role

  22-01-2020 23:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Given a defined and increased role after Jeff Green’s release, Niang has filled it to near perfection.
  
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• Congressman is new fan of experimental ‘microtransit’ service in south Salt Lake County

  22-01-2020 23:18
  
  The Utah Transit Authority’s new “UTA On Demand by Via” microtransit service has a new fan: Rep. Ben McAdams, R-Utah.“It’s a game changer,” he said Wednesday after experimenting with it the first time. It inspired him to call for more people to use it to connect to mass transit to help reduce air pollution.On a rainy January day with no inversion (thanks mostly to recent storms), McAdams reveled in doing his small part to help clean the air. “You’r
  
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• ‘Banned in Utah!’ Recalled condoms appear on eBay.

  22-01-2020 23:05
  
  As state officials make plans to destroy thousands of recalled condom wrappers emblazoned with sexy Utah-themed slogans, a complete set of the 13 condoms appeared on eBay.“NEW, MINT CONDITION,” the ad promises. “Banned in Utah!”The starting bid for the set is $250, and proceeds will go toward HIV education, according to the ad.The Utah Department of Health ordered 130,000 condoms as part of an HIV awareness campaign launched this month with a coalition of patient advocate
  
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• Jennifer Finney Boylan: The first time I said, ‘I’m trans’

  22-01-2020 23:00
  
  Twenty years ago this month I stood on the banks of Great Pond, in Rome, Maine, holding my children in my arms. It was New Year’s Eve. Over the frozen lake, fireworks burst, welcoming the new millennium.Something inside of me struggled to be known.The next morning we climbed French’s Mountain, in Belgrade. We do that every year, on New Year’s Day. We ate clementines.At the summit I looked down over Long Pond. What would happen, I wondered, if I finally spoke the words aloud, af
  
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• Frank Bruni: Let us all now weep for Donald Trump

  22-01-2020 23:00
  
  Donald Trump obviously relishes the role of bully. But his greatest talent by far lies in playing the victim.He’s a victim of Adam Schiff. A victim of Nancy Pelosi. A victim of all Democrats, really, and of his own seedy henchmen (Michael Cohen, Lev Parnas) and of the “deep state” and of the “fake news media” and of the entire establishment, whatever that is.He’s a victim of so many forces so many times over that even “martyr” doesn’t do just
  
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• [THE SPORTSRUSH] - GSW vs UTA Dream11 Prediction : Golden State Warriors Vs Utah Jazz Best Dream 11 Team for NBA 2019-20

  22-01-2020 22:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  GSW Vs UTA Dream11 Team Overview, Match Centre And Probable Playing 5: GSW do little but serve the purpose of pushovers in this foregone conclusion.
  
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• Dems appeal for GOP open minds as impeachment arguments open

  22-01-2020 22:28
  
  Washington • House Democrats opened arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial Wednesday, appealing to skeptical Republican senators to join them in voting to remove Trump from office to “protect our democracy.”Trump's lawyers sat by, waiting their turn, while he blasted the proceedings from afar, threatening jokingly to face off with the Democrats by coming to “sit right in the front row and stare at their corrupt faces.”Democratic accusers say Trump wa
  
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• UTA to offer free fares to more low-income people, with help from schools and social agencies

  22-01-2020 22:16
  
  Carlton Christensen long worked with low-income people, addicts, the homeless and former convicts — as a Salt Lake City councilman, a county official overseeing some programs for the poor and as an LDS stake president. He found they often face a common roadblock to success.“Transportation is always a challenge,” says Christensen, the chairman of the Utah Transit Authority Board. He says many cannot not afford the agency’s full fares for buses and trains — and do not
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Jazz vs. Warriors odds, line, spread: 2020 NBA picks, Jan. 22 predictions from advanced computer model - CBSSports.com

  22-01-2020 22:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The SportsLine projection model has a pick for the clash between the Jazz and Warriors. Here are the results:
  
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• Runnin’ Utes expecting a test versus Isaiah Stewart and Washington

  22-01-2020 22:07
  
  Isaiah Stewart and the University of Washington will pay a visit to the Huntsman Center on Thursday evening to take on the University of Utah.Make sure you’re paying attention, because this is likely to be the 6-foot-9, five-star freshman forward’s only trip to Salt Lake City as a collegian.Stewart, the Naismith National Player of the Year and a McDonald’s All-American in 2019, is a projected top-20 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, according to ESPN NBA Draft expert Jonathan Givony.
  
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• Now serving at Sundance: Martha Stewart and Alice Waters

  22-01-2020 22:05
  
  Martha Stewart and Alice Waters — two of America’s best-known food icons — will be in Park City for ChefDance — a dining and fundraising event that coincides with the Sundance Film Festival.The four-day celebration of food and film — now in its 17th year — attracts some of the country’s best chefs, bringing awareness to various causes and raising money for charity. This year, the private dinners will take place in the Memorial Building, 427 Main St.Water
  
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• Sean Reyes joins GOP AG’s urging Senate to acquit Trump

  22-01-2020 22:01
  
  Washington • Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes on Wednesday joined 20 of his Republican colleagues in urging the Senate to reject the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump because of the harm they warn it will cause to the presidency and the Constitution.The 21 attorneys general argue in a “friend of the Senate” brief — a play off of a legal filing called a friend of the court brief — that Democrats’ charges against the president are “fact
  
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• BYU has another challenge with improved Pacific and coach Damon Stoudamire

  22-01-2020 21:57
  
  Provo • Two years after BYU joined the West Coast Conference, College of the Pacific made it's return. Initially one of the five founding programs of the conference, Pacific came back after a 42-year absence.But since rejoining the WCC, the Tigers haven't had much success.Ever since BYU joined, the top of the conference has pretty much been the same: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, BYU. However, there’s a chance that could get shaken up this year.No. 1 Gonzaga remains on top, the lone te
  
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• New report details inland port’s potential harms

  22-01-2020 21:29
  
  Opponents of the Utah Inland Port, a large import and export trading hub planned for Salt Lake City’s northwest side, estimate the project could create about 11,600 new truck trips and 23,000 additional car trips every day — even at only half of its developable potential.That number, included in a summary report released Wednesday outlining the potential harms of the future development, is based on estimates that each 2,000 square feet of warehouse space would generate about one truc
  
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• Pacific has improved markedly under former NBA great Damon Stoudamire, which means BYU has another tough challenge on its hands

  22-01-2020 21:25
  
  Provo • Two years after BYU joined the West Coast Conference, College of the Pacific made it's return. Initially one of the five founding programs of the conference, Pacific came back after a 42-year absence.But since rejoining the WCC, the Tigers haven't had much success.Ever since BYU joined, the top of the conference has pretty much been the same: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, BYU. However, there’s a chance that could get shaken up this year.No. 1 Gonzaga remains on top, the lone te
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Native American law professor discusses the ‘curse,' Lamanites and how to view troubling verses in church scripture

  22-01-2020 21:02
  
  This year, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are studying the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon.A printed Sunday school manual accompanying the course caused a stir recently when news broke that it contained outdated teachings about “dark skin” referred to in the text as being a “curse” and a sign of divine disfavor.The church corrected the reference in its digital manual and an apostle even told a Martin Luther King Day gather
  
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• Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes joins GOP colleagues urging Senate to acquit Trump

  22-01-2020 20:55
  
  Washington • Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes on Wednesday joined 20 of his Republican colleagues in urging the Senate to reject the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump because of the harm they warn it will cause to the presidency and the Constitution.The 21 attorneys general argue in a “friend of the Senate” brief — a play off of a legal filing called a friend of the court brief — that Democrats’ charges against the president are “fact
  
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• Jesse Wegman: Trump’s defense is legal claptrap. And it will probably work.

  22-01-2020 20:45
  
  Let’s dispense with one thing off the bat: President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense is — in addition to being riddled with false factual claims and misleading characterizations — legal claptrap.It’s also likely to work.The essence of the argument, which appears in a 110-page brief submitted Monday by the president’s ragtag legal team in advance of his Senate trial, is that Trump can’t be impeached for behaviors that are not actual crimes.“Every
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Game thread: Utah Jazz take on dismantled Warriors one last time

  22-01-2020 20:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz will look to sweep the season series with the dismantled Golden State Warriors in the Bay. For the final time this season (and possibly many ...
  
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• Food icons Martha Stewart and Alice Waters will be in Utah for Sundance dining event

  22-01-2020 20:30
  
  Martha Stewart and Alice Waters — two of America’s best-known food icons — will be in Park City for ChefDance — a dining and fundraising event that coincides with the Sundance Film Festival.The four-day celebration of food and film — now in its 17th year — attracts some of the country’s best chefs, bringing awareness to various causes and raising money for charity. This year, the private dinners will take place in the Memorial Building, 427 Main St.Water
  
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• Hillary Clinton reflects on her mistakes in documentary debuting at Sundance

  22-01-2020 20:23
  
  The four-hour documentary “Hillary” — which premieres Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival — “did not start out as the film it ended up being,” said the woman who’s the subject of the film.“It really started out as maybe a campaign documentary, because we had about 1,700 hours of behind-the-scenes footage — some of which is in the movie,” said Hillary Rodham Clinton.But filmmaker Nanette Burstein pitched the idea of a documentary that
  
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• Trump’s impeachment trial opens, Dems argue for his removal

  22-01-2020 20:17
  
  Washington • The U.S. Senate began hearing opening arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with proceedings now on a fast track. First up: Democratic House managers making their case that Trump abused his presidential power and should be removed from office.After late-night deliberations over the rules almost ensured no new witnesses will be heard, the trial picked up speed. There were few signs of Republican resistance to quickly assessing, and voting, on ch
  
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• Game thread: Utah Jazz take on dismantled Warriors one last time

  22-01-2020 20:00
  
  The Utah Jazz will look to sweep the season series with the dismantled Golden State Warriors in the Bay. For the final time this season (and possibly many more), the Utah Jazz will catch a break with the Golden State Warriors. After winning three championships in four years, the Dubs seemed primed to threepeat as […]
  Game thread: Utah Jazz take on dismantled Warriors one last time - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Utah gymnastics transfer Emilie LeBlanc knew she was taking a risk by leaving Maryland, but the rewards have come quickly

  22-01-2020 19:43
  
  Emilie LeBlanc knew she was taking a big chance when she decided to transfer from Maryland. She would be giving up a full scholarship with no idea of what, if any, program would offer her a roster spot, much less scholarship money.“It was terrifying because I knew it could be a financial burden,” she said. “It was like I was jumping into a void and had to have faith it was going to work out.”That leap of faith led to a perfect landing for LeBlanc, as she now is a member o
  
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• [Forbes] - As Mason Plumlee Joins Three Nuggets Starters On The Injured List, Denver Faces A Tough Road Ahead

  22-01-2020 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  Mason Plumlee joins three Nuggets starters on the injured list, just as Denver enters a tough stretch of schedule with eight of their next 13 games on the road.
  
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• Impeachment schedule explained: Why the trial could last weeks

  22-01-2020 19:18
  
  Washington • With the adoption early Wednesday morning of the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the Senate prepared to plunge forward over the next week with oral arguments, questions from senators and consequential votes on whether to admit new evidence.The trial could be over in two weeks, or it could stretch on much longer, depending on how much time is used by each side and how much additional evidence — if any — senators vote to review.After
  
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• Rules set, Senate to hear case for pulling Trump from office

  22-01-2020 19:16
  
  Washington • The U.S. Senate was poised to hear opening arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, with Democratic House managers set to make their case that Trump abused power and should be removed from office.After late-night deliberations over the rules that will govern the process, the trial was on fast track, with almost no signs of Republican resistance to quickly assessing, and voting, on charges related to Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Senators r
  
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• Sundance filmmakers capture man who committed ‘Love Fraud’

  22-01-2020 19:15
  
  “Love Fraud” is TV documentary about a man who conned dozens of women and the women who hunted him down — and it’s front-and-center as the Sundance Film Festival opens on Thursday.“Opening night!” exclaimed filmmaker Rachel Grady. “I’m shocked! They’ve never done a project like this before on opening night.”And Grady and her partner, Heidi Ewing, are not Sundance newbies. They co-directed “Detropia,” which screened at the 20
  
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• [CBS Sports] - How to watch Warriors vs. Jazz: NBA live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds - CBSSports.com

  22-01-2020 19:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  How to watch Warriors vs. Jazz basketball game
  
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• Union membership rate among Utah workers is 5th lowest nationally

  22-01-2020 19:02
  
  Utahns don’t exactly look for the union label when choosing their jobs. The Beehive State now has the fifth lowest union membership in the nation.Only 4.4% of Utah workers — 62,000 out of 1.4 million — belong to a union, according to 2019 data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is less than half the national average of 10.3%.The only states with lower rates than Utah were South Carolina at 2.2%, North Carolina at 2.3% and Texas and Virginia at 4.0%.
  
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• Washington’s Isaiah Stewart making first, and likely only trip to Huntsman Center to take on Utah Utes

  22-01-2020 19:00
  
  Isaiah Stewart and the University of Washington will pay a visit to the Huntsman Center on Thursday evening to take on the University of Utah.Make sure you’re paying attention, because this is likely to be the 6-foot-9, five-star freshman forward’s only trip to Salt Lake City as a collegian.Stewart, the Naismith National Player of the Year and a McDonald’s All-American in 2019, is a projected top-20 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, according to ESPN NBA Draft expert Jonathan Givony.
  
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• BYU will allow same-sex dancing at annual competition

  22-01-2020 18:47
  
  Tyler Keith Wilson has danced in many ballroom competitions at Brigham Young University through 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 Provo campus — Wilson will be dancing with another man.The event will be historic
  
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• Utah woman finds metal blade in carrot sticks

  22-01-2020 18:38
  
  A Salt Lake City grocer is recalling its carrot sticks after a woman bit down on a piece of a metal blade that was lodged in her snack.Amber Choruby Whitely was eating precut carrot sticks from Harmons in City Creek on Monday with her 7-year-old daughter when she bit down on the metal shard, according to a warning she posted on social media.“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if, heavens forbid, a child ate a piece of metal and ended up in the hospital with serious internal injur
  
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• BYU will allow same-sex couples to ballroom dance at national competition

  22-01-2020 18:37
  
  Tyler Keith Wilson has danced in many ballroom competitions at Brigham Young University through 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 Provo campus — Wilson will be dancing with another man.The event will be historic
  
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• [Deseret News] - ESPN analyst proposes Mike Conley-Russell Westbrook trade

  22-01-2020 18:35 via sportspyder.com
  
  ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins, who had a longtime career in the NBA (including two days with the Utah Jazz in 2015), isn’t shy about throwing out controversial opinions, and on Tuesday he shared...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz head to the bay looking to complete season sweep of Warriors

  22-01-2020 18:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  Would be the first season sweep in 10 years
  
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• West Jordan police arrest man in stabbing death of 27-year-old

  22-01-2020 18:13
  
  The suspect in the stabbing death of a 27-year-old in West Jordan was apparently the victim’s childhood best friend, who police allege lashed out because he believed the victim was having sex with his girlfriend.The confrontation took place around 4 or 5 a.m. Tuesday outside a home near 9250 South and 3825 West.According to a probable cause statement, about 30 minutes earlier Adam D. Cross and his girlfriend were at a gas station getting drinks when Cross started arguing with someone on th
  
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• Utah enacts ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for minors

  22-01-2020 17:56
  
  Utah has officially enacted its ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors, becoming the 19th and most conservative state so far to prohibit the discredited practice.“Ultimately, this bill means to me that youth will be accepted and protected within our communities,” Nathan Dalley, a University of Utah student and survivor of conversion therapy, said at a Wednesday news conference.The professional licensing rule, which officially took effect Tuesday, bars therapists and counselor
  
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• Trump says he’s open to trial witnesses — but backtracks

  22-01-2020 17:54
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s open to new witnesses at his impeachment trial, a major demand by Democratic prosecutors, but he immediately backtracked, suggesting it could never happen despite what he said was his willingness.Separately, Trump's lawyers let a deadline pass without filing a motion to outright dismiss the articles of impeachment, ensuring that the trial will continue.Trump, who was in Davos, Switzerland, for an economic conference, seemed at on
  
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• The Senate won’t vote to remove President Trump. But what happens if it did?

  22-01-2020 17:14
  
  Washington • Let’s start with this — it won’t happen.Barring some bombshell — and we’re talking an earthquake-causing, swamp-shattering bombshell — that would persuade 20 Republican senators to vote to remove a president from their own party, Donald Trump will remain in the White House following the impeachment trial.But what would happen if the Senate did convict Trump?“The removal is indeed immediate in that the president is stripped of his office
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run podcast: Mike Conley’s return, Royce O’Neale’s extension, trade deadline possibilities

  22-01-2020 17:08 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz are still hot, but can they get even better?
  
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• [Deseret News] - Are the Jazz the third-best team in the West? This TNT analyst thinks so

  22-01-2020 16:54 via sportspyder.com
  
  As the NBA season heads past the halfway point and into February, the Western Conference standings are tightly packed. The two Los Angeles teams — the Lakers and Clippers — are No. 1 and No. 2,...
  
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• How Utah may have found a model for bipartisan action on climate change

  22-01-2020 16:39
  
  When Utah lawmakers start their legislative session next week, they’ll have a roadmap waiting for them that could become one of the nation’s most aggressive climate action plans in a Republican-led state — and potentially a path forward for other conservative states looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.That the proposal even exists signals a major shift in thinking in a state where legislators for years have publicly questioned — and sometimes ridiculed — clim
  
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• A Utah lawmaker says the state should support Native American mascots

  22-01-2020 16:37
  
  A Cedar City lawmaker wants the state to assert its formal opposition to stripping Native American names or symbols from schools — about a year after a high school in his community scrapped its controversial "Redmen" mascot.The resolution sponsored by Rep. Rex Shipp would discourage the removal of these mascots, logos or names unless local officials “determine that there consensus amongst the affected individual Native American or other indigenous people” that the symbol should
  
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• Weekly Run podcast: Mike Conley’s return, Royce O’Neale’s extension, trade deadline possibilities

  22-01-2020 16:36
  
  The Jazz are still hot, but can they get even better?On this week’s episode, hosts Andy Larsen and Eric Walden talk about the still-hot Jazz. Mike Conley has returned and looked good, what’s happening with the rotation? We talk about Royce O’Neale’s new deal. Finally, we minimize expectations for the trade deadline... a deal could be done, but it’s unlikely to be a big one.Of course, we open by talking about Eric’s love for bad rock-and-roll jackets.The breakd
  
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• Utah State basketball team gets revenge; Aggies beat Air Force 72-47

  22-01-2020 16:34
  
  Logan • The Utah State Aggies looked like a completely different basketball team — against the same opponent.When the Aggies lost to Air Force just two weeks ago, it left the team citing discipline and toughness issues. USU got thoroughly outshot, outrebounded, outplayed.But the Aggies sung a different tune Tuesday at the Spectrum, beating the Falcons 72-47 for their second win in the last three games. Air Force is now 0-12 all time against USU in Logan.“They punked us at their
  
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• A #MeToo moment: Harvey Weinstein trial set to open

  22-01-2020 16:15
  
  New York • Harvey Weinstein arrived at court Wednesday to face the biggest trial of the # MeToo era, with opening statements soon to start in the rape case seen as a symbol of a global reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful men.Weinstein, 67, walked past a phalanx of cameras and reporters as he arrived at a Manhattan courthouse, guided by aides and lawyers but not using the walker he's been using lately after a summer car crash and subsequent back surgery. He told reporters he was fee
  
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• $3 million-plus bail set for three Utah drug suspects arrested in Nevada

  22-01-2020 16:09
  
  West Wendover, Nev. • Three drug-trafficking suspects from Utah have been jailed in Nevada on bail set at more than $3 million each after a police officer says he spotted them near the state line transferring a bag between two vehicles, one that had been reported stolen.A drug-sniffing dog helped find more than a pound of methamphetamine after an officer confronted the trio Monday on a city street in West Wendover just south of Interstate 80 half way between Elko and Salt Lake City, accordi
  
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• Ambersnail found in Arizona, Utah to lose endangered status

  22-01-2020 16:06
  
  Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. • An amber-colored snail found in Arizona and Utah could be losing it status as an endangered species.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services wants to remove the Kanab ambersnail from the list of threatened and endangered species, saying it's not a valid subspecies. The small snail with a spiral shell is not genetically different from other ambersnails in the region and not at risk of extinction, the agency said.The public has until March 6 to weigh in on the p
  
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