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Matthew D. LaPlante
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- News, August 7, 2019
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'At Least You're Pretty'
From the Utah Royals to the World Cup in France, 'fansplaining' is an utterly unsurprising phenomenon that needs to end at women's sporting events.
- "It's really not that difficult," he whined. "They need to score on their opponents' goal, but they keep moving the ball back toward their own goal. It's ridiculous."
- News, June 12, 2019
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The New Freedom Fighter
Freshly out Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie reflects on the evolution of the Republican Party.
- Even if the Republican rank-and-file are ready, willing and eager to embrace Ivie, the pressure might not be there to make the GOP leadership care
- News, Cover Story February 20, 2019
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This Is The (Other) Place
Searching for the Greatest Snow on Earth in the Land of the Rising Fun.
- There was no line for the lift, a fixed double that looked like it might have been recycled from the Winter Olympics, which were held in Hokkaido in 1972.
- News, December 12, 2013
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Written in the Stars
After this year's surprise success, the pressure is on Real Salt Lake
- KANSAS CITY, Kan.—The star atop Real Salt Lake’s crest doesn’t come with an asterisk. Four years after Real won its first Major League Soccer Cup, it matters little that the team had
- News, Cover Story November 21, 2013
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Finding the Proof of Pando
Measuring the aspen clone's size turned into a giant project
- It was just a half-day’s drive from her office in Logan, but Karen Mock wasn’t much more than passingly interested in Pando. Not at first.
- News, Cover Story November 20, 2013
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Devastated
The world's largest known organism is in Utah-and it's dying
- FISH LAKE NATIONAL FOREST—There was a boy named Gary here, in 1984. He carved his name into the bark of an aspen tree, and, next to that, the name of his lover, Lori. Then, hedging his b
- News, Cover Story December 7, 2011
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Swift Justice
Cache Co. 5 years after immigration raid
- Today, many of those who were arrested in the raids are back in Cache County, living deeper in the shadows and closer to the edge of desperation.
- News, Cover Story November 9, 2011
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Special Service
Utah's vets: Justice or free pass?
- John Baxter did everything he could to get into the fight. He volunteered for the Marines after high school. He signed on with a unit that was headed to Vietnam.
- News, July 13, 2011
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Rio Tinto Doesn't Add Up
Stadium concerts fall short of hype
- The capacity crowd at Sandy’s Rio Tinto Stadium whooped and hollered as the Englishman stripped off his coat. “That’s all that’s coming off,” McCartney chided.
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