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Pierce: MLS really needs flex scheduling for TV games

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:40:56 MDT

Pierce: MLS really needs flex scheduling for TV games

By Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 22, 2013 11:40PM MDT

When the Major League Soccer season began 2½ months ago, it would have surprised many fans that Real Salt Lake would be in second place in the Western Conference in mid-May. It would have stunned just about everyone that Montreal would win its first four games. Soccer is unpredictable. And nowhere is it less predictable than MLS. That fact hasn’t gotten through to the league and its national television partners, however. They make decisions about what games fans will want to watch as much as 10...

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Utah man gets prison for shooting neighbor over ‘telepathic’ rape

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:03:14 MDT

Utah man gets prison for shooting neighbor over ‘telepathic’ rape

By Jessica Miller The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 10:03PM MDT

Farmington • To this day, Michael Selleneit believes his wife is in danger. A year and a half after he shot his neighbor in Centerville — claiming self-defense because the neighbor had “telepathically” raped his wife — Selleneit’s attorney said he still hears voices telling him his wife is going to be killed or raped. “He still to this day is very, very concerned about his wife’s safety,” attorney Julie George told 2nd District Judge Thomas Kay during Selleneit’s sentencing Thursday. In Januar...