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Joseph Smith birthplace could become Mormon museum

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 12:06pm

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. — A man who tried for seven years to build a gift shop and delicatessen near the Vermont birthplace of Joseph Smith now wants to sell the land to a Mormon historical society that would build a museum and hospitality center.

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Comedian's BYU black history video goes viral

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 4:15pm

PROVO -- A YouTube video of a comedian who painted his face black to quiz Brigham Young University students about Black History Month is bringing some unwanted attention to the Mormon-run school.

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Trial for LDS bishop in witness tampering, abuse case

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 5:12pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A judge has ordered a Mormon bishop to stand trial on charges of witness tampering and failing to report a teen girl's complaint of sexual abuse.

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LDS public relations topic for Ogden SUP

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 11:02pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden Pioneer Chapter Sons of the Utah Pioneers will meet at noon Monday at Comfort Suites Inn, 2250 S. 1200 West.

Blake Whalen will speak about "Public Relations for the LDS Church."

Whalen is the general manager of The Boyer Company at Business Depot Ogden. He also is the director of the Utah Public Relations Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The cost of one meeting for potential members is paid for by the chapter. For other guests, there is a $12.50 charge.

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(© 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved) An advertisement for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on top of a New York City taxi. The LDS Church has received a lot of attention with Mitt Romney’s run for the presidency.

National attention not always easy for LDS Church

Manya A. Brachear Chicago Tribune

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 8:29pm

As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues his drive to win his party's nomination, Mormons worry they could face a barrage of negative scrutiny, much like that which engulfed President Barack Obama's former church on Chicago's South Side four years ago.

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Rachel Denning, Dan Lynch and Brian Speckart browse the recently released 1940s census data at the Find My Past booth during the RootsTech conference at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City this week. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Pay-as-you-go U.K. company entering U.S. genealogy market

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 7:15am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Evidence of an explosion of interest and technology is the best way to describe the RootsTech genealogy conference, which runs through today at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, bows his head during a prayer at the start of a campaign rally in Elko, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LDS Church views Romney's candidacy as a mixed blessing

Mitchell Landsberg Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 5:04pm

Republicans look at Mitt Romney and see a future nominee or a Massachusetts moderate they can't support. Democrats see a formidable opponent with abundant vulnerabilities to exploit.

For one group, though, Romney's candidacy represents a unique mix of hopes and fears, pride and apprehension. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a lot riding on Romney's candidacy -- which is one reason why, paradoxically, they have steered clear of anything that smacks of support for the man who could become the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party.

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LDS Young Womanhood Recognition Awards

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Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:34pm

The Young Womanhood Recognition Award is given to young women who through the Young Women’s program have completed various projects for personal growth and for church and community service.

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Margaret Blair Young (photo from mormonwomen.com).

Author to speak on LDS black history

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:07pm

PROVO -- Brigham Young University will host Margaret Blair Young, one of the authors of "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons," in a lecture at noon Wednesday in the Education in Zion auditorium.

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Gov. Herbert endorses Romney for GOP nomination

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 5:27pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Gov. Gary Herbert has thrown his support behind Mitt Romney in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

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Missionaries

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Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 10:14am

Deadline for submissions is Monday at 5 p.m. For more information call 801-629-5220 or 801-625-4237.

Going

Elder Steven Hadley, son of Bart and Michiel Hadley of Roy, will serve in the Mexico Merida Mission. He entered the MTC on Jan. 18.

Elder Jamison E. Robinett, son of Tim and Karla Robinett of Syracuse, will serve in the Ukraine Kiev Mission. He will enter the MTC on Feb. 1.

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Romney's tax returns offer a glimpse into LDS tithing

Rachel Zoll The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:32pm

Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate's remarkable personal wealth. The documents also give a rare glimpse into tithing to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by one of its most prominent members.

Romney reports he will give a total of $4.13 million to the LDS Church over two years as part of his overall charitable donations. The former Massachusetts governor reported income of about $43 million for the two years. Separately, over the past decade, Romney and his wife, Ann, have given more than $4.7 million to the denomination through the Tyler Charitable Foundation, a multimillion-dollar trust the couple leads.

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Welfare facility for LDS Church expands in SLC

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 8:05am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A huge, technology-driven facility, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' new Bishops' Central Storehouse exists for those in need of life's most basic necessities.

Officials unveiled the facility Thursday. The storehouse has 535,966 square feet of space and room for 65,000 pallets of food and supplies.

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Matt Van stacks food on a pallet at the new Bishops' Central Storehouse Thursday, January 26, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

The new Bishops' Central Storehouse in Salt Lake City

Nick Short, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 10:04pm

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Gypsum Company in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney gave LDS Church more than $4 million in last two years

Rachel Zoll The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 3:31pm

Romney reports he will give a total of $4.13 million to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over two years as part of his overall charitable donations. The former Massachusetts governor reported income of about $43 million for the two years. Separately, over the past decade, Romney and his wife, Ann, have given more than $4.7 million to the denomination through the Tyler Charitable Foundation, a multimillion-dollar trust the couple leads.

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