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The New Yorker remembers the Homefront commercials

Deseret News - Remember the song that the great Michael McLean used for a soundtrack to a TV commercial? "Look, I know you gave up a lot, but look at the kids you've got. Hey, Mom, you've never failed me." Or remember the advertisement where a child, excited to bring home an excellent report card, gets yelled at by Dad for slamming the door. "Think again," the announcer taught us. ...

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Jesus Teaches about the Widow's Mites

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President Packer seminary centennial: How to survive in enemy territory

LDS Church News - Fifty years and more than 2.5 million miles of worldwide travel later, President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve still has an ever-deepening interest in the seminary and institute programs of the Church, and more particularly in the youth of the Church. “We invest in our youth,” President Packer said during the seminary centennial broadcast held in the Conference Center on Jan. 22. “We know of your worth and potential. I speak as one who has seen the past and would prepare you for the future.” ...

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LDS author's novel 'Ender's Game' hitting big screen with big names

Deseret News - Sci-fi fans are finally feeling optimistic about a project they've waited more than 20 years to see. When "Ender's Game" hit bookshelves back in 1985, fans of the eventual series started asking themselves, "When are they going to make this into a movie?" Rumors of a film adaptation have circulated since then, and multiple attempts to get the project off the ground have collapsed, many of which included the book's author, Orson Scott Card, as screenwriter. ...

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Elizabeth Smart is engaged; summer wedding is planned

Deseret News - Elizabeth Smart is engaged to marry, a family spokesman confirmed Friday. A summer wedding is planned, said Chris Thomas of the Salt Lake public relations firm Intrepid Group. Thomas would not identify Smart's fiancé nor confirm how the couple met. The pair became engaged this past weekend. "She has planned to be very public in her child advocacy work but wants to keep the details of her personal life private," Thomas said. Smart, 24, is "happy and excited for this next chapter in her life," he said. ...

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Mormons plan temple in Connecticut

Farmington Patch - The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints is expected to give an informal presentation at the Monday Town Plan and Zoning Commission meeting to discuss plans to build a temple at the intersection of Melrose Drive and Farmington Avenue. The organization has not yet submitted a proposal to the Town Plan and Zoning Office but has discussed plans for the building. “They’re proposing to build an incredibly beautiful, very New England-appropriate temple that is going to be a significant landmark in this town for hundreds of years,” ... ...

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Mormons Celebrate 100 Years of Seminary

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Seminary 100th anniversary commemorated in worldwide broadcast

Newsroom - President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will speak at a broadcast on the 100-year anniversary of the Church’s seminary program, where high school age students learn about the Holy Scriptures. The event will be held in Salt Lake City at the Conference Center 22 January 2012 at 6:00 p.m. mountain standard time and broadcast to Church meetinghouses worldwide. A rebroadcast is scheduled on 29 January. The fireside will also be streamed live on seminary.lds.org. ...

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Seminary program celebrates century of teaching Mormon teens

Newsroom - In 1912, adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thomas J. Yates assumed the challenging task of organizing and teaching the first seminary class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Yates, a Cornell University trained engineer and a power plant employee, rode his horse at midday from his full-time job to teach the 70 students enrolled in the fledgling program. Yates recognized the demanding nature of the new educational pursuit. “This was a new venture,” he stated in his autobiography. “It had never been tried before. We could see wonderful possibilities; if it were...

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Does faith dictate which politician gets elected?

Indiana's NewsCenter - Indiana’s NewsCenter spoke with local residents who shared whether they think faith and religious background matters when it comes voting for political candidates. It seems a lot of attention is being paid to Republican Presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney. Not only because he's the overall GOP front-runner, but also because of his religious background. Between Romney and ads on TV and billboards, the Mormon faith is a hot topic. But, does a politician's faith affect votes? ...