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Officials Say 6 Miners May Not Be Recovered

Ian Urbina and Dan Frosch - The latest results from a fourth hole drilled more than 1,500 feet into the mountainside above the Crandall Canyon Mine found that the air quality could not sustain life, said Rob Moore, vice president of the Murray Energy Corporation, a co-owner of the mine. "It's likely these miners may not be found," Mr. Moore said at a news conference. Asked if they would not be found alive or if their bodies would not be found, Mr. Moore replied, "It's possible they may not be found." He would not elaborate, but his statement marked a decided shift from earlier in the day...

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Religious violence stirs a western

Michael Paulson - HBO is broadcasting the second season of "Big Love," about a modern polygamist, while locally, theaters in Boston and Provincetown this year featured "Confessions of a Mormon Boy," about a gay Mormon's journey through prostitution and drugs, and in Stockbridge, the Berkshire Theatre Festival offered "Two-headed," a play promoted as being about "an intolerant, patriarchal Mormon society and the polygamy it espouses." Now comes Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight in a scathing and largely unsympathetic film portrayal of a polygamous 19th-century Mormon bishop who, driven by a combination of fear and bias, oversees the slaughter of dozens of innocent men, women,...

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No outcry as Gilbert sets to raze first LDS church

Beth Lucas - The building, on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Elliot roads, will come down within the next month, and stories and photos are being recorded and saved for future generations. The Gilbert Historical Society is working with an author to write a book on its history, and the town has hired a consultant to document the history of the church before it is razed. But few residents have called the town to offer their memories or photos about the church. One person who has is Wally Burgess, the first seminary teacher in Gilbert, who taught inside the building between 1968 and...

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Mormons open doors

Matthew Tetrault - But Ayer thinks a lot of people are afraid of her. It's because of what she believes. Because she's a Mormon. "A lot of people don't understand what we're about, and that's why they're afraid," said Warren Smith, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Portsmouth. Ayer, Smith and other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as Mormons, are trying to change that. On Sunday, the church hosted its first open house, a guided tour of the church designed to educate the community about the Mormon faith. The church...

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Persistence

Shauna Gibby - h3. Thought: That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased. (Heber J. Grant, quoting Emerson) h3. Song: "Choose the Right Way," Children's Songbook, p. 160. h3. Scripture: And we know that all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and worship the Father in his name, and endure in faith on his name to the end, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God. (Doctrine and Covenants 20:29) h3. Lesson: Cut two semi-circular arrows. When...

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LDS Church assessing quake damage

Carrie A. Moore and Deborah Bulkeley - "I was really, really scared," said Vergel, whose parents live in Lima. "I tried to call to Lima. There was no answer." Vergel unsuccessfully tried several times to reach his parents, an experience several Utahns with loved ones in Peru reported as calls were unable to get through or were dropped. Finally, Vergel's parents called him. They were safe. Late Thursday, LDS Church officials were still trying to assess the impact of Wednesday night's earthquake on their members and property holdings in the Ica region south of Lima, Peru, where government officials have declared a state of emergency. Church spokesman Scott...

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Brigham Young Student Among the 34 Recipients of the World's Richest Scholarship

LDS Living - As thousands of young men and women across the country received their baccalaureate degrees this past spring, some began preparing for their next scholarly challenge. Included in that group are 34 remarkable students who will continue their education thanks to the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Program. The recipients, chosen after a nationwide selection process that drew 977 nominees, were named this week. The Graduate Scholarships cover tuition, room, board, fees, and books - up to $300,000. The scholarships are among the most generous academic awards offered in the United States . "We're extremely proud to award much-needed and well-deserved...

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The Sabbath--A Delight

John H. Groberg "The Power of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy" - How I pray for the Spirit of the Lord to continue to be with all of us, as it has been thus far. The injunction from God to "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Ex. 20:8) has been in force throughout human history. There is power in keeping the Sabbath day holy. I testify that God lives, that we are his children, that he loves us, and that he gives us commandments so he can bless us as we keep them and thereby have joy. As we keep the Sabbath day holy he will bless us, and we will...

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Keeping a Family Journal

Christine Bradley - Private journal keeping is a great way to sort your inner thoughts and can be an important way to unwind. A family journal is kept with the intention of being written in and read by everybody. While it may not be the place where you pour out private thoughts, it can be a place of communication and a great way to capture the interactions that go on between each another. It will provide a glimpse of how your family dynamic changes over the years. Getting Started What you will need: a journal, pens, crayons, markers, and whatever else your family members...

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YW Lesson 33: The Sacred Power of Procreation

Elder Richard G. Scott "The Sanctity of Womanhood" - There is one title that the First Presidency and the Twelve seldom use, considering it too sacred--that of Apostle. It is in that role that I come to you my beloved priesthood brethren. I would speak of the sanctity of womanhood. President Hinckley has eloquently captured what the Lord has repeatedly inspired His servants to say of His precious daughters: "Woman is God's supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man...