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• McAdams says he’s moving on after impeachment vote — including hoping to work with President Trump

  18-02-2020 23:41
  
  Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams says that as gut-wrenching and politically dicey as his vote was to impeach President Donald Trump, he’s now moving on — and is seeking to work with Trump and his allies on important issues.“I felt what the president did was wrong and warranted impeachment. The process yielded a different outcome. I’m not going to continually relitigate a process that has concluded for me. My focus in on the next issues in front of us,” he told The Salt L
  
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• Mark Sanford: Why do my fellow Republicans make excuses for Trump’s deficits?

  18-02-2020 23:00
  
  People have a tragic flaw: Sometimes we want others to do the thinking for us. And across the ages promoters and con men have been more than willing to oblige. They invite us to indulge in the fantasy that a newfound father figure will fix it all, though it never works out that way.This is the premise of a prescient book from 1841, “Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,” by the Scottish journalist Charles MacKay, which documents in extensive detail the moments when entir
  
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• As Utah expands medical cannabis access, lawmakers resist recreational use

  18-02-2020 22:56
  
  Lawmakers reiterated their firm commitment to keep recreational marijuana out of Utah on Tuesday as they advanced legislation to help streamline the state’s emerging medical cannabis program.The multifaceted bill that they discussed would offer expungement opportunities for patients prosecuted in the past, increase the number of cannabis recommendations each doctor can issue and eliminate a much-maligned packaging requirement for raw flower. However, the bill’s sponsor, Senate Majori
  
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• President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long

  18-02-2020 22:55
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting what he called a “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.Others who got a break from Trump include financier Michael Milken, who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, and Edward DeBartolo Jr., the form
  
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• Utah man acquitted of rape last month now charged with raping a child

  18-02-2020 22:31
  
  A Utah man was charged Tuesday with five felony counts, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl and offering her mother money to keep her from calling the police.The latest charges against Samuel Heber Butler is the eighth time the 24-year-old has been accused of sexual assault.It’s the second time prosecutors have charged him. A little over two weeks ago, Butler was acquitted of sexually assaulting a Dixie State University student in 2017.He was arrested last week after a woman called
  
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• [Deseret News] - Breaking down the Utah Jazz’s remaining regular season schedule

  18-02-2020 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz have 28 games remaining in the season after the NBA All-Star break, and Utah is favored in 19 of those contests according to FiveThirtyEight’s game-by-game projections.
  
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• Paul Krugman: Democrats of the Living Dead

  18-02-2020 22:00
  
  Madrid • I’m in Spain right now, talking about zombie ideas — ideas that should have been killed by evidence, but just keep lurching along. In the modern United States, most important zombie ideas are on the right, kept undead by big money from billionaires who have a financial interest in getting people to believe things that aren’t true.But sometimes zombie ideas also manage to eat centrists’ brains. Sure enough, some of the most destructive zombies of the past doz
  
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• George Pyle: We don’t need to boost growth. We need to handle it.

  18-02-2020 22:00
  
  Saying you want to build more public transit along the Wasatch Front because you want to encourage development is like saying you want to build more hospitals in China because you want to encourage coronavirus.You build hospitals because people are already sick, or are going to be. And you build more public transit because people are already here, or are going to be.There is no need for the state and local governments hereabouts to do anything along the lines of tax breaks or grants to boost tha
  
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• Utah House votes to require warning labels on porn

  18-02-2020 21:03
  
  The distributors of obscene material would be required to include warnings on their products or face lawsuits and fines under a bill that earned overwhelming support from the Utah House on Tuesday.Representatives voted 60-12 in favor of HB243, which seeks to curtail the prominence of pornography in the state — and particularly its reach to children — by requiring the inclusion of a warning label on printed materials or a 15-second advisory ahead of online content.Failing to do so cou
  
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• BYU vs. Houston moved to a nationally televised Friday showdown

  18-02-2020 20:51
  
  Provo • Friday night football is coming to LaVell Edwards Stadium this fall.BYU and ESPN announced Tuesday that the Cougars’ 2020 home football game against Houston is moving to Friday, Oct. 16 as a featured national television matchup on ESPN or ESPN2.This will be a second visit by the Houston Cougars to Provo. Houston lost to BYU 33-25 in a 2014 showdown.The BYU and Houston Cougars have met a total of two times before, with BYU leading the series 2-0. The first matchup between both
  
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• A Utah bill could prevent offenders from buying alcohol at state stores

  18-02-2020 20:39
  
  Editor’s note • This story discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255 or suicidepreventionlifeline.orgA Utah legislator wants to create an alcohol-restricted list — one that would prohibit individuals prone to overconsumption from purchasing products at state-run liquor stores.These people still could buy beer at grocery or convenience stores.Most of the names added to
  
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• Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy, urge victims to step forward

  18-02-2020 20:27
  
  The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund for potentially thousands of men who were sexually molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters or other leaders.The Scouts resorted to Chapter 11 in hopes of surviving a barrage of lawsuits, many of them made possible by recent changes in state laws that allow people to sue over long-ago sexual
  
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• Nicholas Kristof: China’s 21st century science hobbled by its 19th century politics

  18-02-2020 20:22
  
  China’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has imperiled itself and the world because it is a land of 21st-century science and 19th-century politics.Scholars in China predicted a year ago in an article in the journal Viruses that it was “highly likely” that there would be coronavirus outbreaks, calling it an “urgent issue.” Once the outbreak occurred, other Chinese scientists rapidly identified the virus and sequenced its DNA, posting it on Jan. 10 on a virolog
  
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• Bernie Sanders campaign to open Utah headquarters, add new staff

  18-02-2020 20:19
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaign is expanding its Utah operation with a new state headquarters in Salt Lake City and staff hires.In a statement to The Associated Press Tuesday, the Sanders campaign said Jodi Clemens will serve as the state coordinator and Rose Asaf will be a regional field director. The campaign is also adding two full-time field organizers.The state headquarters will officially open with an event on Wednesday night.The extra staffers, in addition to vol
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - The Utah Jazz hope to finish season as the West’s second best

  18-02-2020 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  After an exciting All-Star weekend, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, and the Utah Jazz are looking to finish the regular season on a high note. With 28 games...
  
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• Officials redouble efforts to double-track FrontRunner commuter rail

  18-02-2020 19:59
  
  Murray • Officials are opening a second front in the fight for money to build a second parallel track for the FrontRunner commuter rail system — needed for the Utah Transit Authority to run trains more frequently, reliably and quickly.Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams and Republican Rep. John Curtis announced Tuesday that they introduced legislation to change the rules for one of the nation’s biggest rail federal grant programs, which would allow FrontRunner to compete for some of the
  
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• The Utah Jazz hope to finish season as the West’s second best

  18-02-2020 19:53
  
  After an exciting All-Star weekend, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, and the Utah Jazz are looking to finish the regular season on a high note. With 28 games left to play in the regular season, the Utah Jazz are basically a lock to make the playoffs. The unknown answer is with what seed Utah will enter […]
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Predicting teams record for the final 28 games of the season

  18-02-2020 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz have 28 games remaining for the 2019-20 season. 16 of them at home, and 12 on the road. How will they finish during this key stretch? The exc...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Monson: Post All-Star game, the pressure only rises on Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell

  18-02-2020 19:36 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert’s response was perfect when he was asked after his NBA All-Star debut if he was trying to prove something in the game.
  
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• Utah senators pass bill to decriminalize polygamy

  18-02-2020 19:34
  
  A bill that would effectively decriminalize polygamy and dispel fears of prosecution for plural marriage among consenting adults sailed through the Utah Senate on Tuesday.Sen. Deidre Henderson’s bill would reclassify bigamy as an infraction, codifying the practice of the Utah Attorney General’s Office not to prosecute otherwise law-abiding polygamists. An infraction, like a traffic ticket, carries no threat of imprisonment.The measure, SB102, cleared the Senate by a unanimous vote af
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - SC7: Playoff Race Visualized, All-Star Dreams Realized, Clarkson On Fire & More

  18-02-2020 19:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  Check in every week for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. Its back again for the 2020 stretch run.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Post All-Star game, the pressure only rises on Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell

  18-02-2020 19:18
  
  Rudy Gobert’s response was perfect when he was asked after his NBA All-Star debut if he was trying to prove something in the game.Nah, he said, “You prove something by winning championships.”Yes, you do.And so, now, it is left to the Jazz’s two All-Stars, Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, to show what they’ve really got, what they really are. Few teams win championships without two stars leading the way for a competent team, a team adequately equipped to handle the chall
  
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• Utah lawmaker says designing cannabis program is like “tiptoeing through a minefield”

  18-02-2020 19:03
  
  State lawmakers reiterated their firm commitment to keep recreational marijuana out of Utah on Tuesday, as they advanced legislation to help streamline its emerging medical cannabis program.The multifaceted bill that they discussed would offer expungement opportunities for patients prosecuted in the past, increase the number of cannabis recommendations each doctor can issue and eliminate a much-maligned packaging requirement for raw flower. However, the bill’s sponsor, Senate Majority Lead
  
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• Utah Jazz: Predicting teams record for the final 28 games of the season

  18-02-2020 19:00
  
  The Utah Jazz have 28 games remaining for the 2019-20 season. 16 of them at home, and 12 on the road. How will they finish during this key stretch? The excitement of the All-Star break is over, and things will soon get back to normal for the Utah Jazz as they look to finish the […]
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• Utah bill could prevent some people, including first-time DUI offenders, from buying alcohol at state stores

  18-02-2020 18:26
  
  Editor’s note • This story discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255 or suicidepreventionlifeline.orgA Utah legislator wants to create an alcohol-restricted list — one that would prohibit individuals prone to overconsumption from purchasing products at state-run liquor stores.These people still could buy beer at grocery or convenience stores.Most of the names added to
  
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• Study: There are 7 states that are less sinful than Utah

  18-02-2020 17:23
  
  Not surprisingly, Utah is one of the least ‘sinful’ states in America, according to a study by Wallethub.com. But the Beehive State isn’t all that close to being the state most free of sin.There are, as it turns out, as it turns out, seven states that ranked even lower on the personal finance website’s analysis of “47 key indicators of immorality” — everything from violent crimes per capita to alcohol abuse to gambling disorders.The most sinful state is,
  
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• Boy Scouts’ future uncertain after bankruptcy filing

  18-02-2020 17:12
  
  Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of the biggest, most complex bankruptcies ever seen. Scores of lawyers are seeking settlements on behalf of several thousand men who say they were molested as scou
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Alumni: A pair of former Jazzmen to sign with Houston Rockets

  18-02-2020 16:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Former Utah Jazz players DeMarre Carroll and Jeff Green are on their way to Houston to join the Rockets after underperforming this season. Well, two former...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz: Biggest questions for Utah at the All-Star break

  18-02-2020 16:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz entered the 2019-20 NBA campaign with lofty expectations, which was what made their rather rough start all the more puzzling. Through Dec. 4, the Jazz had gone just 12-10 in spite of a stocked roster that included mainstays Donovan...
  
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• Salt Lake City Catholic Diocese ordains new deacons amid priest shortage

  18-02-2020 16:02
  
  With few exceptions, married men cannot be priests in the Catholic Church, but they can wear robes, assist in the Mass, give sermons, officiate at baptisms, weddings and funerals, visit the sick, comfort the brokenhearted and lift the poor.They can do all that if, that is, they are deacons — and the Diocese of Salt Lake City just ordained a new batch of them.Last month, five white-robed men between ages 45 and 61 walked solemnly and slowly down the center aisle of the exquisite Cathedral o
  
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• Utah Jazz Alumni: A pair of former Jazzmen to sign with Houston Rockets

  18-02-2020 16:00
  
  Former Utah Jazz players DeMarre Carroll and Jeff Green are on their way to Houston to join the Rockets after underperforming this season. Well, two former Utah Jazz Players, DeMarre Carroll and Jeff Green, appear set on making a move to Houston, Utah’s No. 1 enemy over the past two seasons. According to ESPN’s Adrian […]
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• Kim White, a Utah woman who charted her cancer battle on Instagram, dies at 32

  18-02-2020 15:57
  
  A Kaysville woman who chronicled her six-year battle with cancer for thousands of Instagram followers — and counted rock star Dan Reynolds and “The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison among her friends and supporters — has died.Kimberly Lynn White, known to many by her Instagram handle @kimcankickit, died Friday, Valentine’s Day, according to her and her husband’s Instagram accounts. She was 32.“Kim didn’t just battle cancer, she documented and shared it
  
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• One thing unites establishment Democrats: Fear of Sanders

  18-02-2020 15:18
  
  Las Vegas • A growing number of Democratic lawmakers, union officials, state leaders and party strategists agree that Bernie Sanders is a risky nominee to put up against President Donald Trump. There’s less agreement about whether — and how — to stop him.Critics of the Vermont senator, who has long identified as a democratic socialist, are further than they’ve ever been from unifying behind a moderate alternative. None of the viable centrists in the race is eager to
  
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• Utah woman who charted her six-year cancer battle on Instagram dies at 32

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  A Kaysville woman who chronicled her six-year battle with cancer for thousands of Instagram followers — and counted rock star Dan Reynolds and “The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison among her friends and supporters — has died.Kimberly Lynn White, known to many by her Instagram handle @kimcankickit, died Friday, Valentine’s Day, according to her and her husband’s Instagram accounts. She was 32.“Kim didn’t just battle cancer, she documented and shared it
  
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• Stephanie Coontz: How to make your marriage gayer

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  It’s been legal across the country for nearly five years now, and same-sex marriage hasn’t yet killed heterosexual marriage. In fact, it appears that many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex counterparts.Researchers recently asked three sets of legally married couples — heterosexual, gay and lesbian — to keep daily diaries recording their experiences of marital strain and distress. Women in
  
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• Robert Kirby: Resolve to keep resolving

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  Tuesday is the 49th day of 2020. With 13% of the year already gone, how are you doing with the New Year’s resolutions you made seven weeks ago?If you’re like many Americans — including me — you broke your vows within 48 hours of yelling “Happy New Year.”Without getting into specifics, my resolutions involved using inappropriate language within earshot of my grandchildren. I went through the proper steps to formalize them — public announcement, arranging
  
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• Poll: 57% of Utahns support banning ‘conversion therapy’ for minors

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  Most Utahns seem to stand behind a new ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, a welcome sign to LGBTQ advocates who hope other conservative states are on the verge of prohibiting the discredited practice.About 57% of adults in the state support the state’s efforts to stop therapists and other licensed mental health professionals from attempts to change a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a recent poll conducted by The Salt Lake Tribune and Suffo
  
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• Newly ordained deacons give Salt Lake City diocese helping hands and hearts amid priest shortage

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  With few exceptions, married men cannot be priests in the Catholic Church, but they can wear robes, assist in the Mass, give sermons, officiate at baptisms, weddings and funerals, visit the sick, comfort the brokenhearted and lift the poor.They can do all that if, that is, they are deacons — and the Diocese of Salt Lake City just ordained a new batch of them.Last month, five white-robed men between ages 45 and 61 walked solemnly and slowly down the center aisle of the exquisite Cathedral o
  
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• Letter: Time to stand up for real equality

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  The Utah Capitol was a flurry of excitement Wednesday as Utah celebrated the 150th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Legislators sported yellow roses to mark the day.I was lucky to be present as Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution that honored women. This was something extraordinary to witness. The event featured wonderful speakers, a strong and passionate poem written and read by Utah’s own poet laureate, Paisley Rekdal, and uplifting and emotional performances by the Westlake High
  
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• Letter: This is why I left the Republican Party

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  Recent actions by several Utah Republican leaders reminded me why I left the party years ago.It is definitely not a place where free-thinking people with original thoughts and ideas are welcome. Members are told what to think, say and how to act. If they fail to fall in line, consequences are quick to come and very severe.After all, this worked really well for the Nazis in Germany, the Communists in the Soviet Union, and the radical Muslims in Iran. No reason it won't work for Republicans here.W
  
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• Letter: Stand up for those who did the right thing

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  A standing ovation for an ousted ambassador, applause for the patriotism of a military officer being escorted from the White House and admiration for the principled resignation of four federal prosecutors isn’t near enough gratitude for the actions of United States citizens defending our Constitution. Unfortunately, it appears we are depending upon the dignity of ordinary people to cast aside everything they have worked toward their entire lives to save us, because we are desperate and afr
  
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• Joshua Cameron: Medicare for All would save everyone money

  18-02-2020 14:00
  
  “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” – Joseph CampbellIn today’s political climate it seems we have two transformational candidates: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Trump says, through his actions, that his meaning he’s bringing to party is one of division, derision, and segregation. Bernie is one of human solidarity and eliminating the vulgarity of austerity.Let&rsqu
  
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• Letter: Boris Johnson, how dare you?

  18-02-2020 13:00
  
  Boris Johnson! How dare you stand up to President Trump’s bullying?Surely you have learnt from the Senate Republicans, and particularly from the majority of elected Utah Republicans and gubernatorial candidates that, in matters of principle or the national interest, it is safer to crumble, cower, cringe, cave, concede and capitulate.Martin Gregory, Salt Lake City
  
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• Letter: Attorney General William Barr’s true loyalty is obvious

  18-02-2020 13:00
  
  If there was ever any question about the shady relationship between President Trump and Attorney General William Barr, that was made crystal clear in how Trump responded to the AG’s recent criticism of the president.Nobody’s kidding anybody. Barr has been sticking his nose into cases against favorite associates of Trump who have been found guilty of violating federal law. After Trump’s repeated tweets complaining about unfairly targeting Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, for examp
  
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• [Franchise Sports] - Pocket Rockets: Will Houston be effective in the playoffs?

  18-02-2020 10:29 via sportspyder.com
  
  Houston Rockets are playing super small. Russell Westbrook has been immense. Mike D'Antoni is under pressure to succeed in the playoffs.
  
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• [Deseret News] - Lessons learned from the NBA All-Star Game and looking forward to 2023 in SLC

  18-02-2020 05:55 via sportspyder.com
  
  CHICAGO — The NBA All-Star Game is a star-studded exhibition meant to give players and fans a break from the stress and rigor of the regular season, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t lessons...
  
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• Pete Buttigieg campaigns in Utah on President’s Day, drawing big crowd

  18-02-2020 05:16
  
  Pete Buttigieg celebrated President Day’s like no other presidential candidate ever has: campaigning at a Salt Lake City rally with thousands of excited fans — a Democratic rock star in a rock concert hall.“This is what it looks like to prove there is no such thing as a permanently red state,” Buttigieg said to raucous cheers at his jam-packed event held in the Union Events Center in Salt Lake City.Buttigieg expounded on that idea in a short interview before he took the s
  
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• Ross Douthat: Trump’s black comedy vs. Bloomberg’s velvet fist

  18-02-2020 05:00
  
  For a long time the notion of a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy seemed like a Manhattan fancy, a conceit with elite appeal but no mass constituency, a fantasy for Acela riders who imagine that the American people are clamoring for a rich person’s idea of centrism.This was especially true in the days when Bloomberg would advertise his interest in a third-party candidacy. Third parties are generally founded on ideas that elites are neglecting, like the combination of economic populi
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - San Antonio Spurs Buyout DeMarre Carroll

  18-02-2020 03:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  DeMarre Carroll has left the Spurs with a buyout. He will most likely join Jeff Green and improve the defense of the small-sized Houston Rockets.
  
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• Leah Allred: Is human value a question of circumstance?

  18-02-2020 03:00
  
  Apparently, we are at a point in society, according to an article by CJ Taylor, recently printed in The Salt Lake Tribune, where encouraging a woman to keep her unborn child is a punishment.She makes the claim, as many others have done before, that because single mothers exist in society, children living in these homes must not be valued. But what makes children valuable? The fact that they have two parents? Their economic situation? Their potential to do good in the world?These things reflect o
  
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