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LDS Female Weightlifter Wins American Open Title

It's been six years since Bonney Lake resident Melanie Roach competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, placing sixth. Last month, though, Roach came back into the spotlight by winning the American Open, a biannual national weightlifting competition.

Church Presents Database of Freed Slaves to African American Museum

After efforts of Saints across the world to index names for the Freedmen's Bureau Project, millions across the world can now connect with a lost past.

American Fork LDS family mourns loss of 5-year-old killed at Lake Powell

AMERICAN FORK — A Utah County family is mourning the loss of a 5-year-old son killed in a boating accident on Lake Powell. Keaton Howard was riding at the front of a boat, wearing a life jacket, near Bullfrog Marina on Friday when the boat hit a wave and the boy fell into the water. He was hit by the propeller and killed instantly, according to a statement from the Glen Canyon National Recreation area.

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Stirring Photo Shows Mormon NFL Players Holding the American Flag with First Responders

By LDS Living

Latter-day Saints Ezekiel Nana "Ziggy" Ansah and Kyle Van Noy quietly showed their quietly showed their solidarity with first responders as they helped hold the American flag on Sunday, Sept. 11.

BYU dean named fellow of American Academy of Nursing

Patricia Ravert, associate dean of the Brigham Young University College of Nursing, was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during the organization’s 38th annual meeting and conference in Washington, D.C., for her outstanding contributions to the nursing profession. Standing out in a field with millions of practitioners, she now ranks among an elect 1,500 Academy Fellows that are considered leaders in nursing education, administration, research and practice.

Fewer than half of Americans know Mitt Romney’s a Mormon

Mitt Romney’s Mormonism—a huge media talking point leading up to the Republican primaries—may not be as big of an issue with everyday Americans since most of them can’t correctly identify his faith. Only four-in-ten people said that Romney is a Mormon in a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service.

USA Today: Many Americans uninformed but still wary of Mormon beliefs

When Mormons proudly call themselves "a peculiar people," they mean it in the biblical sense — set aside by God, chosen.But many Americans call them peculiar in Webster's way — strange, odd. Now Mormons, followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are in a spotlight even more glaring than when the 2002 Olympics were held in their Salt Lake City stronghold. One of their own, Mitt Romney, is contending hard for the Republican nomination for the November presidential election.

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LDS Mom Shares Faith, Competes on "Great American Baking Show"

"They would ask me a lot, ‘Why are you being so positive?’ ‘What makes you so happy?’ and it was cool to just be able to say, ‘I definitely am the person I am and the happiness I have is because of my belief in God and the redeeming power of the Atonement,'" LDS mom Bryan McKinnon says about her experience on the Great American Baking Show.

Defending the Family Means Defending Women and Rooting Out Misogyny

By Adam S. Miller

As “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” warns, if we fail to defend the family, “the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.”

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LDS Fathers Are Founding the National Museum of American Religion in Washington DC

Two LDS fathers are planning to create on the Mall in Washington D.C. a National Museum of American Religion which will highlight the influence of religion in America.