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Dave Says: What Happens Now?

Dave Ramsey - Dear Dave, What happens to a vehicle if the co-signer on the loan files bankruptcy? Robert Dear Robert, First, it means that only the co-signer has gone bad. The car is still in your name, and the loan is still in your name. If you were to notify the bank of this, and that you’d be keeping the car and still making the payments on time, then you shouldn’t have a problem. It also wouldn’t affect your credit score. Just because you partnered with someone who failed with money doesn’t mean you’re going to do the same thing. There is one...

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BYU student attacked in Fiji

Deseret News - It's been a week since Hilary has had a good night's sleep. It came after a full day of serving the people of Lautoka, Fiji, where she'd been living since May with a dozen other college-age volunteers. Like Hilary, many of them were BYU students who volunteered with Provo-based HELP International, a nonprofit group focused on fighting global poverty. The trip was not sponsored by BYU nor is BYU directly affiliated with HELP. ...

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Newsweek: Romney’s religion just might be his greatest asset

Newsweek - Voters are likely to know two things about Mitt Romney: that he’s rich and that he’s a Mormon. At the same time, more than one fifth of Americans tell pollsters they won’t vote for a Mormon for president. Yet if Americans understood Mormonism a little better, they might begin to think of Romney’s faith as a feature, not a bug, in the Romney candidacy. If anything, Romney’s religion may be the best offset to the isolation from ordinary people imposed by his wealth. It was Romney’s faith that sent him knocking on doors as a missionary—even as his governor father campaigned...

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Star Wars: Darth Vader vs. The Mormon

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'The right decision' - Mormon gold medalist honored for living with integrity

LDS Church News - For many athletes, success doesn't get much better than winning an Olympic gold medal. However, biathlete Antje Misersky Harvey was recently inducted into the German Sports Hall of Fame in addition to her previous gold medal achievements. A resident of Heber City, Utah, and a German native, Sister Harvey traveled to Berlin with her family to receive the award on May 25. Held at the historic hotel, the Adlon, Sister Harvey was joined in the Hall of Fame award by her father, Henrich Misersky, and two other athletes who not only excelled in athleticism, but who each triumphed over some test...

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Missionary work goes viral thanks to 'I'm a Mormon' campaign

Deseret News - Kevin Fedderson said he gets approached almost on a daily basis, and it’s not just for an autograph. A YouTube video of the professional skateboarder sharing his testimony has been viewed more than 121,000 times, causing people to ask him many questions about being a Mormon. “I have a lot more pressure on me to be an example, all eyes are on me now,” he said. Fedderson is one of many individuals who have shared their stories of how faith impacts their daily lives through a series of videos on Mormon.org. The videos are posted on YouTube and available to share...

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President Monson's 85th birthday celebrated with gala event

Newsroom - “Golden Days: A Celebration of Life” is the theme of the upcoming 85th birthday celebration for President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be held at the Conference Center Friday, 17 August, at 8 p.m. Beloved Broadway selections and other favorites will be performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square and notable guest artists. “We are very pleased that talented solo artists will be joining the choir to honor this great man,” said choir president Mac Christensen. “I happen to know the songs being performed will delight President Monson.” Guest artists...

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England marks 175th anniversary of LDS missionaries arriving

BBC - The missionaries sailed from America to Liverpool before settling by the River Ribble in Preston in 1837. They claimed to have brought the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and began holding baptisms in the river. The concert - in July at Avenham Park - will mark the 175th anniversary of the baptisms which drew huge crowds. ...

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Romney's executive style forged in Mormon faith he seldom mentions

San Francisco Chronicle - When Mitt Romney was serving as bishop of his church in 1981, one of his two counselors wrote home to his mother with a prediction: This guy could wind up in the White House. In the then-34-year-old Romney -- who would put in long hours at his consulting job at Bain & Company only to spend early mornings, late nights and weekends visiting ward members in need and administering church business -- Philip Barlow said he saw the marks of an unusually effective leader, and someone who "epitomized Mormon culture." ...

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Traditional family championed at World Congress

News.lds.org - The traditional family—father, mother, and children—is in rapid decline, though “children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows,” a Church leader warned at the World Congress of Families held in Madrid on May 25–27 (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129). Elder Erich W. Kopischke of the Seventy addressed the audience at the opening plenary session of the congress. He was introduced by Sister Mary Ellen Smoot, former Relief Society general president. ...