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Hawaii won't release player to transfer to BYU after mission

USA Today - Perhaps college basketball was drawing too many transfer controversies because now we have one in college football. The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting Hawaii is denying the transfer of Michael Wadsworth to Brigham Young after the defensive back finishes a Mormon mission in England. ...

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UNC's paper notes star player's choice to serve LDS mission

The Daily Tar Heel - By all accounts, Stilman White is living the dream. In just one year, the North Carolina point guard has gone from being the Tar Heels’ last resort to being their answer. But despite the progress he’s made on the basketball court, White is more than willing to leave that dream-come-true behind. At least for a little while. He’s got another dream to pursue. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, White will leave the life he knows this summer and embark on a two-year-long mission, during which he’ll spend his days studying scripture, serving the community and...

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The new general Relief Society presidency makes debut

The Daily Universe - Women’s Conference reached the lunch-hour crowd Thursday with a discussion about “The Vital Role of Women in the Gospel” in the Marriott Center. In one of their first presentations as the new LDS Relief Society general presidency, Linda K. Burton, Carole Stephens and Linda S. Reeves, spoke to their audience about the importance of women’s roles in these latter days. ...

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The 5 Browns' sisters speak at victims of violent crimes conference

Deseret News - Two female members of The 5 Browns piano quintet encouraged victims of violent crime speak out and offered advice on how to help those victims Thursday at the crime victims conference. Deondra and Desirae Brown, sisters who make up two-fifths of the sibling piano group, said it took them years to come to terms with sexual abuse they experienced as children. Their father was sentenced last year to at least 10 years in prison for abusing his daughters. ...

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Mormon Parenting: King Benjamin's fantastic promises to parents

Deseret News - Would you like your kids to “never transgress the laws of God?” Would you like your children not to “fight and quarrel one with another?” What most parents wouldn’t give for those two promises! Well, in fact, they are two of the 10 promises listed by King Benjamin — promises that will be ours if we respond to the challenge they are predicated upon. ...

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LDS Church pilot program for construction in Congo

C'est la Vie - Here in Kinshasa the church is doing a new pilot program for developing nations. It's the first one of its kind and is probably the last big thing done by Bishop Burton before he was released. He was very anxious about the lack of employment in the Congo and this was the idea that they came up with to help that problem. PEF is in Kinshasa, and is wonderful. Our missionary couple, Staggs, have really worked to get it started here in the Congo. It's a good program and many are benefiting from it. But it's very hard to get a...

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Women's Conference begins, new RS presidency debuts

Deseret News - In her first time speaking after being sustained as general Relief Society president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sister Linda K. Burton welcomed guests to the annual Women's Conference at Brigham Young University on Thursday morning. "The depth of your preparation will determine the depth of your understanding and it will enable the spirit to flow freely in the classes that you attend," she said. "Because you have prepared, the Lord will bless and strengthen you and make this a rich and rewarding experience. Then you can use that to go forth and strengthen others at the...

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Seminary in the jungles of Ecuador

ChurchofJesusChrist.org - East of Quito, Ecuador, past the volcanoes and Andes Mountains, the terrain drops swiftly to the Amazon jungle. There you’ll find thick forests, abundant rivers, monkeys, toucans, and even pink dolphins. You’ll also find a city called Puerto Francisco de Orellana. It’s a long ways from, well, everything else in Ecuador. Fifteen years ago, there were relatively few people in the area. But the discovery of petroleum brought industry, people seeking jobs, and members of the Church. ...

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Do you know of a Mormon Olympian competing in the 2012 London games?

Deseret News - Every four years, the Olympic Games give athletes a chance to show their abilities on the world stage. Many times, Mormons are among those who train and work toward a chance to compete. ...

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Old age among myths of Daughters of Utah Pioneers membership

Deseret News - The Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization has another "secret" that Maurine P. Smith, the DUP's international society president, would love to dispel. "Too often people think that we're an organization of old ladies," she says. ...