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3. BYU scientists rip lawmakers over ...

A group of scientists from conservative Brigham Young University has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama

Sat Nov 07, 2009

American Chronicle

Why Gay Marriage Is Such A Big Deal

In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, George Bush, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

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New DVDs preserve your digital photos for centuries

The Cranberry DiamonDisc, a novel DVD disc, is said to store your digital photos, movies, music, documents, and ledgers for 1,000 years or more.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Deseret Morning News

BYU cuts Women's Research Institute

How does cutting an institution dedicated to studying women's issues promote greater women-centered research? Such a restructuring will allow for more overall research money, Brigham Young University officials say, but a handful of BYU students and professors are still skeptical.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Science Daily

Benefit Of A Mentor: Disadvantaged Teens Twice As Likely To Attend College

For disadvantaged students, mentorship by a teacher nearly doubled the odds of attending college.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, North Carolina State University

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WTIC-TV Hartford

UConn Ranks High In Survey On Sexual Health Resources

OK, so it's not the U.S. News and World Report on colleges, but the University of Connecticut just whupped Yale, Harvard and Princeton in the Fourth Annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card.

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Related Topix: University of Connecticut, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Medicine, Health, Providence College, DePaul University, Human Sexuality

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Liverpool Daily Post

Columns: Mucky home makes you nicer and more tolerant

IS CLEANLINESS next to godliness? The academics at Brigham Young University, in the US, certainly think so, as their research paper, The Smell of Virtue, affirms.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Juneau Empire

Case closed on fugitive sex offender

The state of Alaska last week closed the case of a fugitive sex offender from a prominent California political family who was found dead this summer in Argentina after an international manhunt.

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Related Topix: Prison, Juneau, AK, Gustavus, AK

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Shaping the Western tradition

Outdoor types wear the sportsman-style hat. Ranchers don the "Gus," just like the character in "Lonesome Dove." And children like the buckaroo.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Theater, Arts, Provo Metro

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Deseret Morning News

People on the move

Nicholas U. Frandsen and Sanna-Rae Taylor have joined the Salt Lake City office of Parsons Behle & Latimer.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City Metro, University of Utah, Utah State University

Fri Oct 30, 2009

KSTU - Fox 13

Brigham Young University Plans 2010 Tuition Hike

Officials at Brigham Young University say they'll raise tuition rates by 3 percent for the 2010-11 school year.

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Religion

Campus Life

Most Improbable Dialogue

Mormon Tabernacle revival service is latest sign of openness to evangelicals. Richard N. Ostling posted 10/30/2009 10:04AM R obert Millet would do things differently if he were carefully strategizing how fellow Mormons could best pursue interfaith contacts.

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Related Topix: Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Fuller Theological Seminary, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Halfway to Concord

Gun owners endorse Harmer

The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington D.C. has endorsed Republican David Harmer for Congressional District 10.

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Related Topix: Guns

Thu Oct 29, 2009

ABC 4

BYU awarded $852K in ongoing lawsuit with Pfizer

A federal magistrate has awarded Brigham Young University more than $852,000 in attorney fees and other costs in an ongoing lawsuit between the school and drugmaker Pfizer Inc.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Neatorama

Study Suggests that Certain Smells Promote Good Behavior

Katie Liljenquist of Brigham Young University led a study that suggests that clean-smelling environments subtly encourage people to avoid abberant behavior.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Oregonian

Calendar pokes fun at Mormon mom stereotype

The latest installment of a calendar series that pokes fun at Mormon stereotypes is putting a twist on motherhood.

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Related Topix: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Religion, US Politics, US News

Sun Oct 25, 2009

EMaxHealth

Clean smells promote ethical and charitable behavior

Results of a new study show that clean smells promote ethical behavior. The findings come from Katie Liljenquist, a Brigham Young University professor, has widespread implications for helping children, retailers, and charities.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Science Blog

Cleanliness is next to godliness: New research shows clean smells promote moral behavior

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor.

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Related Topix: Northwestern University

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Capital City Weekly

RD Boardman, PhD, joins SEARHC staff in Sitka

Psychologist RD Boardman, PhD, has joined the behavioral health provider staff at the SEARHC Haa Toowoo Naakw Hit outpatient behavioral health clinic in Sitka.

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Related Topix: Psychology, Science, Autism, Health, Provo, UT, Provo Metro, Colorado State University

Thu Oct 22, 2009

WisInfo

Anderson, Dallas J.

Dallas J. Anderson, Appleton, age 78, passed away on Tuesday evening, October 20, 2009, at Vallhaven Care Center in Neenah.

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Related Topix: Anderson, CA, US Military, US Army, Saint Olaf College, Orange County, CA, Orange County Metro

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