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Top 8 of 2016

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Utah Utes tight end Harrison Handley (88) leaps over Oregon Ducks defensive back Tyree Robinson (2) as Utah hosts Oregon, NCAA football at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Saturday November 19, 2016.

Utah v Oregon

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Sean O'Connell works out at Jeremy Horn's Elite Performance MMA in Sandy, Wednesday June 8, 2016. O'Connell was a walk-on linebacker at the University of Utah, too slow and undersized, who continued to pursue his dream of being a professional athlete through mixed martial arts. He likewise became a sports radio personality, working on a show in the Bay Area on which UFC President Dana White. O'Connell asked White, on air, if he could have a contract. White didn't give him one. So O'Connell worked his way into a UFC contract the hard way, plowing ahead with a tough chin and hard strikes, while gaining a cult following on the Internet for his colorful weigh-in antics. Next week, in Ottawa, is a must-win fight for O'Connell as he vies to stay alive in the UFC.

The faces of MMA fighter Sean O’Connell

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Reaction to results in the Presidential election at the Utah Democrats Election Night Party at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City, Tuesday November 8, 2016.

Utah Democrats react to Donald Trump winning the Presidency

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at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH, Thursday July 21, 2016.

Donald Trump

Ballet West’s Nutcracker

Enes Kanter

Antelope Island

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Manti players celebrate after defeating Enterprise for the Class 2A softball championship, in Spanish Fork, Saturday May 14, 2016.

Manti State Champions

Top 8 in Photojournalism

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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks at Provo High School in Provo, Saturday March 19, 2016. Also appearing were Senator Mike Lee, Carly Fiorina and Glenn Beck.

Ted Cruz Rally

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Reaction to results in the Presidential election at the Utah Democrats Election Night Party at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City, Tuesday November 8, 2016.

Utah Democrats react to Donald Trump winning the Presidency

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at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH, Thursday July 21, 2016.

Donald Trump

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Juan Andres Zalazar looks down during his sentencing in Salt Lake City, Tuesday April 26, 2016. Zalazar pleaded guilty in February to first-degree felony aggravated robbery and second-degree felony manslaughter for his part in the March 18, 2015, shooting death of 62-year-old David Marsh, a clerk at the Lee Mart store, 5905 S. 700 West, Murray, during a robbery,

Sentencing

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Jacob Jensen speaks to about thirty people who attended a rally at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City, Saturday April 23, 2016, calling for the release of video showing the police shooting of Abdi Mohamed.

Jacob Jensen

Ted Cruz Supporters

Ballet West’s Nutcracker

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Brine shrimpers working the harvest on the Great Salt Lake rescued a fixed-wing airplane pilot after he crashed the craft near Stansbury Island Thursday October 13, 2016.

Plane Crash – Great Salt Lake