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Famous '50's Rock Star and LDS Convert Who Was Featured in Disney Movie Passes Away

LDS rockabilly legend Joe Bennett, frontman of the famous 1950’s band The Sparkletones, passed away on Saturday, June 27th, at the age of 75.

Latter-day Saint Life

Mormon Missionaries from U.S. Return to Botswana After 4-Year Absence

When Botswana first issued a blanket prohibition on foreign missionaries, the number of Mormon missionaries in Botswana dropped to one-sixth its previous number. We're excited to see missionaries return to the country after a four-year absence.

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BYU Appoints New Institute Director

Brigham Young University President Kevin J. Worthen appointed J. Spender Fluhman as the new executive director for the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. He will be replacing M. Gerald Bradford, who became the executive director in 2008.

{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, Mar. 24-30

By LDS Living

We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of March 24 to 30, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top online stories:

Business Week: Why Mormon missions produce leaders

Many of the men who trained to be Mormon missionaries have gone on to become among the most distinguished persons in American business and civic life.

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"Sports Illustrated" Names Latter-day Saint One of the Best Players in College Basketball

Decades from now, long after Sam Merrill’s jump shot and vertical leap have left him, the Latter-day Saint basketball star will likely remember 2018 as if it was yesterday.

ESPN ranks BYU's LaVell Edwards in the Top 150 Coaches in College Football History

By Danielle Christensen

ESPN released a list of the top 150 coaches over more than a century of college football—and Brigham Young University’s Lavell Edwards made the cut.

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Missionaries Serve Aboard the Ship That Recovered Apollo 8 Astronauts

By Lindsey Williams

While missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are serving in South Carolina, they are also experiencing a piece of American history.

Forbes: LDS man helps Brazilians become bilingual

Carlos Wizard Martins is on a mission to make Brazilians bilingual. Already, the devout Mormon’s mission has gotten him close to making the ranks of The World’s Billionaires — Martins’ stake in his language company, Multi Group, is worth close to $700 million today (his various language school franchises include Wizard, Skill, Alps, Quatrum and Yazigi).

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Watch: Pres. Nelson receives Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize at Morehouse College

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Morehouse College, a historically Black school in Georgia, has awarded its inaugural Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize to President Russell M. Nelson.