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FBI's continued Clinton probe could rock pivitol swing state votes. Trump criticizes Evan McMullin's independent bid. Poll: Trump and McMullin neck-and-neck in Utah.

Happy Monday. The latest revelation that the FBI will continue its probe into Hillary Clinton's use of private email servers has rocked the presidential race, and it could have a big impact on the number of undecided voters in pivotal swing states. With eight days to go, the race is going down to the wire. [Politico] (More on the FBI's letter and fallout below)

Topping the news: Donald Trump finally turns his criticism to Evan McMullin — the independent candidate who could rob Trump of Utah's votes — calling him a puppet and a coffee shop campaigner who will do nothing but throw the election to the Democrats. [Trib] [Fox13]

-> Trump is at 32 percent and Evan McMullin at 30 percent, leaving Hillary Clinton behind at 24 percent in Utah, according to a breaking Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll. [Trib]

-> Republicans' spirits lift as they see another chance for Hillary Clinton to go down in the FBI's continued probe of her emails. [Trib]

-> But Utahns have also been turned off by the "Access Hollywood" tape of Trump talking lewdly about women, a new poll finds. [UtahPolicy]

-> Rep. Jason Chaffetz is a lock for re-election, with a new poll showing him up 47 percent over Democrat Stephen Tryon. [UtahPolicy]

Tweets of the weekend: @BenjySarlin: "The Broadway musical about this election in 250 years when we have some more perspective will be great."

From @mattyglesias: "The only way the email story could get any worse for Clinton would be if some kind of actual wrongdoing were unearthed at some point."

From @ron_fournier: "Taking a moment to note that @HillaryClinton is demanding the @FBI to release more info. Rich, isn't it? Clinton wants transparency."

From @jeneps: "If you had Anthony Weiner throwing a wrench in the election 10 days out, you win whatever award one gets for predicting that."

Opinion section: Richard Anderson, who recently retired as the chairman and CEO of Delta Air Lines, offers his thoughts about why Hillary Clinton's policies are best for the nation from the perspective of the aviation industry. [Trib]

-> Sharlene Hawkes, president of RMS productions and Miss America 1985, says Evan McMullin measures up to her conservative benchmark set by Ronald Reagan and gives her someone to vote for, not against. [DNews]

-> Stuart C. Reid, a former Utah state senator, warns the country to fix the establishment — which so many are disenchanted enough with to vote for Donald Trump on his promise to blow it up — before someone worse than Trump comes along. [Trib]

-> Morgan Deane, a military history professor at American Public University, defends Evan McMullin's proposal to stop China from controlling international waters in the Western Pacific as the right thing to do, not simply picking a fight. [Trib]

-> Daniel McCool, a political science professor at the University of Utah, outlines the strangely relevant red flags in Hitler's "Mein Kampf." [Trib]

-> Matthew Weinstein, state priorities partnership director at Voices for Utah Children, breaks down newly released high school graduation statistics by race, showing that all of Utah's ethnic groups fall behind national averages and begging the question if Utah voters couldn't sacrifice a tax increase to invest in the future. [Trib]

-> John C. Wester, former bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, argues that the death penalty in Utah should be thrown out because it promotes vengeance, not justice, and ever-long appeals string along family members and prevent them from healing. [Trib]

-> Alicia Worthington, a sex educator and mom of seven, pitches for another shot at sex education legislation that gives Utah kids an alternative to internet porn to find answers to their questions. [Trib]

-> Brian Codding, an assistant anthropology professor at the University of Utah, says that while state and federal co-management of public lands with Native American tribes doesn't have a precedent in the United States, the players in the Bears Ears deal could look to Canada and Australia for examples that thrived. [Trib]

-> Nigel Steward, managing director of Rio Tinto Copper and Diamonds, puts in a plug for the Trans-Pacific Partnership's potential to up the value of Utah products and increase Utah jobs. [Trib]

-> Neil Kornze, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, reminds Americans that the bureau is designed to grow and change along with citizens' ideas. [Trib]

-> Paul Rolly lists the scariest sights he can imagine for a Halloween right before Election Night. [Trib] Rolly then looks back to 1990 to point out that in-fighting in the Utah Republican Party usually just leads to a Democrat victory. [Trib]

-> Republican LaVarr Webb and Democrat Frank Pignanelli fill their column with what costumes politicians would don for trick-or-treating this Halloween. [DNews]

-> Utah State Treasurer David Damschen explains what changes Amendment B would make to the School Land Trust program to channel millions more into Utah public education funding. [DNews]

-> McKell Withers, a former superintendent of Salt Lake City School District, pushes for teaching young voters the objective skills to determine if a candidate has produced good "fruit" during their time in office or their political prep. [DNews]

-> Pearce Godwin, founder and president of Listen First Project, presents his organization's pledge to consider the other side before fighting for political opinions as a remedy for a divisive election. [DNews]

-> Denni Cawley and Tim Wagner, the current and former executive directors of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, call on the Obama administration to finalize a revamped Regional Haze Rule to protect the air quality in the country's national parks. [DNews]

Weekend in review: Former Miss Utah Temple Taggart has hired Gloria Allred, a top women's rights attorney, to represent her should Donald Trump sue her for her accusations of unwelcome kisses. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13] [KUTV]

-> SLC Mayor Jackie Biskupski's plan for sheltering the homeless during this winter may be coming too little, too late. [Trib]

-> Salt Lake County Council Republican incumbent Richard Snelgrove is leading Democratic opponent Catherine Kanter by 13 points, according to a fresh Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll. [Trib]

-> President Barack Obama named two Utahns on Friday to a commission working toward carrying out the Central Utah Project, which puts Uinta Mountains water to use on the Wasatch Front. [Trib]

-> Mike Weinholtz, a Democrat seeking the governorship, accused Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday of paying his female employees less than the men who work for him. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4]

-> The Republican and Democratic party leaders in Utah want to keep their cards close to their chests, but increased voter turnout — especially with Democrats — because of by-mail voting and a whacky presidential election has the GOP aiming to keep its legislative seats and the Democrats looking to snag a few more. [Trib]

-> A commission announced Friday that Envision Utah will take over planning development for the Draper land where the current prison sits when it relocates to Salt Lake City. [Trib]

-> Officials in St. George consider trying out a new approach for alleviating pressure on a homeless shelter — building tiny homes named by and funded with donations from local businesses. [KUTV] [Trib] [DNews]

-> A year after the LDS Church's policy of blocking children of gay couples from being blessed or baptized in the church hit the news, Peggy Fletcher Stack checks in on how members have coped. [Trib]

-> The four BYU faculty members who researched how the school responded to sexual assault reports and wrote the recommendations that prompted big changes for the university last week dive in to what they found, how they found it and what's next on the agenda. [Trib]

-> Watch the Brigham Young University Honor Code evolve from simply asking students for their honor in 1876 to clashing with with Title IX laws today. [Trib]

-> The Colorado City Manager and lawyers for both Colorado City, Ariz. and Hilldale, Utah argued in trial on Thursday that disbanding the twin polygamous towns' police force came with too many logistical problems and offered other ideas that would still let the city be a city. [CNSviaTrib]

-> The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday sent lawsuits over whether a referendum vote on a Bus Rapid Transit project in Provo and Orem can be held and construction halted on the project in the meantime down to district court. [Trib]

-> The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Friday not to reconsider the case of Gov. Gary Herbert cutting funding to Utah Planned Parenthood, letting its earlier ruling in favor of Planned Parenthood stand. [APviaTrib] [Fox13]

-> Salt Lake City attorney Marcus Mumford stashed a big win under his belt when the seven defendants who staged an armed occupation of federal property were acquitted in at trial, but a spat between the judge and Mumford that left him stun-gunned and escorted out of the court in handcuffs put a damper on his celebration. [Trib]

-> Following that trial acquittal in Oregon, workers for the Bureau of Land Management and Utah leaders hope that violence to win the tug-of-war between the states and the federal government over control of public lands doesn't bleed into other Western states. [Trib] [KUTV]

-> Plans to construct a road through a St. George Mojave Desert Tortoise reserve have made it through the first step of approval. [APviaTrib]

-> Utah Rotary spent Saturday celebrating refugees and breaking a Guiness world record along the way. [Trib]

-> The new Salt Lake City Flea Market & Swap Meet is up and running as of Saturday. [Trib]

-> Utah Hindus celebrated the triumph of light over dark at a festival in Salt Lake City Saturday. [Trib]

-> Jessica Luther, with a unique background in reporting on rape culture in conjunction with college football, will be featured at the Tribune's panel discussion Wednesday. [Trib]

Nationally: The FBI stopped Hillary Clinton's momentum in its tracks on Friday when Director James Comey said in a letter to congressional committee chairs that the agency will look at new evidence in its probe of Clinton's private email servers found in a separate investigation of Anthony Weiner. [Politico] [NYTimes] [WaPost]

-> Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid responded to Comey's controversial timing by accusing him of violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits using official authority from swaying an election, by dropping a potentially misleading announcement right before Nov. 8. [WaPost] [CBSNews] [Politico]

-> The Washington Post looks at Evan McMullin's 10 years undercover for the CIA. [WaPost]

Where are they?

Gov. Gary Herbert sits down with legislators, office staff, the lieutenant governor and the leadership team in his office.

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox meets with French businessmen at the Capitol, talks with legislators, dashes into office staff and leadership team meetings and has a weekly update with Gov. Herbert.

State Auditor John Dougall spends the day in the office before going home to greet trick-or-treaters.

President Barack Obama lunches with Vice President Joe Biden and welcomes local children and kids of military families to trick-or-treat at the White House.

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— Thomas Burr and Zoe Woolf McGinn

Twitter.com/thomaswburr and Twitter.com/zoewmcginn