2 hrs ago | KPNX-TV Phoenix
Jeffs accuser: Conviction reversal hurts victims
A child bride who became the government's key witness against sect leader Warren Jeffs said a Utah Supreme Court decision this week overthrowing the polygamous prophet's conviction on rape charges will damage child victims and embolden leaders in the religious community on the Arizona Strip.
6 hrs ago | Austin American Statesman
Huffington Post lists 15 biggest best sellers after the Bible
Joe Gross is the now-former pop music critic for the Austin American-Statesman. His new beat involves covering books and cultures both popular and un-. He has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, the Village Voice and other papers, magazines, blogs, zines and Twitter feeds.
10 hrs ago | Frontpage Mag
Sharia in a First Amendment Society
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14 hrs ago | Rockbridge Weekly
Dr. Madison Sowell Named Acting Provost at Southern Virginia University
President Rodney K. Smith today announced the appointment of former Brigham Young University Honors Program Director Dr.
18 hrs ago | Hilltop Times
Do Mormons really ban playing cards from the home?
Tired of repeat Go Fish games, I was shamefacedly teaching my younger daughter how to play poker.
Large crowd protests Arizona immigration law at Utah Capitol
About 200 people rallied at the state Capitol on Thursday against Arizona-style immigration reform in Utah.
Mormon comic works to win laughs for clean jokes
Nathan Jones, a local stand-up comedian, has been doing comedy for 15 years, and he's even performed at the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
About 140 Mormon youth help Renton elders with curb appeal
About 140 youth from the Church of the Latter Day Saints helped about 20 elderly and disabled people with service projects June 24.
There seems to be no shortage of calls among Latter-day Saints: follow-up calls, mission calls, calls to teach, and calls to talk and lead.
Mormon Church Conducting Ad Campaign
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is running a major campaign promoting its religion on local television stations.
Forgive My Excitement, But Have You Seen . . . The Latest Journal of Book of Mormon Studies?
Forgive My Excitement, But Have You Seen . . . The Latest Journal of Book of Mormon Studies ? If you haven't searched through the publications of the Maxwell Institute, ma I suggest you begin today with a careful reading of the latest Journal of Book of Mormon Studies ? It's a blockbuster issue with some outstanding scholarship addressing a variety ...
Well, obviously things like Gilgal garden show the
Posted By: Stephen Dark I have a reporter-friend visiting from Las Vegas who is going to hang out for a couple of days in Salt Lake City and possibly do a story for a local alternative paper back home on the sights and sounds of our fair metropolis.
LDS church holding concert tonight to benefit Tri-Valley Food Bank
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold a free concert starting at 7 p.m. tonight as part of its benefit for the Tri-Valley area food bank.
Texas, feds wait turns in polygamist leader cases
A Utah Supreme Court decision that overturns polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs' 2007 criminal conviction won't automatically make him a free man.
BC prepares for temple groundbreaking
In anticipation ofA 2,500 to 10,000 persons attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham City Utah Temple groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, July 31, local officials have announced sections of Main Street and additional streets and intersections will be closed temporarily to help accommodate residents and visitors who will be ...
Reconstructing the Temple of Solomon in S o Paulo
The only surprising thing about this story is that it took so long to materialize.
Anaclare "Bibi" Cross, 89, 530 Cox Lane, Altoona, Riggles Gap area, died Saturday afternoon at her home after an extended and courageous struggle with Parkinson's disease.
Mormon Proxy Immersions for the Dead
Here is a slightly edited version of my essay that appears on Menachem Wecker's Houston Chronicle blog.
Family history 'a work of the heart,' Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander says
Far more than merely identifying ancestors' names, "family history really is a work of the heart," an emeritus general authority of the LDS Church said Tuesday.
3. Fake immigration bill circulated to media
A state lawmaker hoping to bring an "Arizona-style" immigration law to Utah says the version of the bill released to the media this week is a phony.
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