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BYU Changes Honor Code After Complaint of Religious Discrimination

After FreeBYU filed a religious discrimination complaint against Brigham Young University with the American Bar Association last fall, BYU adjusted its Honor Code.

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Western wildfires devastate; Church members unharmed

A deadly combination of intense summer heat and dry terrain has resulted in a massive outbreak of wildfires throughout the American West threatening land, homes and lives of people in the endangered areas. According to firewhat.com, each state in the Western region, with the exception of Washington and Oregon, is suffering from at least one wildfire, some with as many as nine fires burning within state boundaries.

Church History Museum unveils new children's exhibit

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled a new interactive history exhibit today designed specifically for families. “The Book of Mormon exhibit represents a higher caliber exhibit than we’ve ever done before,” said D. Kurt Graham, Church History Museum director. “It is the first step in reimagining the museum.”

For Huntsman, a little faith could go a long way

One of the more intriguing questions posed by Mitt Romney's presidential run is whether a Mormon can win the Oval Office. Now that former Utah governor John Huntsman Jr. (also a Mormon) has announced his candidacy, a new question emerges: What sort of Mormon might be elected president?

Mormon Jabari Parker, 17, might be next big thing in NBA

In the pool of high school players considered strong enough to make it to the NBA, 17-year-old Jabari Parker is a big fish. Jabari is a standout, and not just for his size – he’s 6-foot-9 and weighs 220 pounds – or his 3.7 high school GPA. What also makes him unique is that he’s an African-American Mormon.

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Latter-day Saint Gail Miller to Receive Same Congressional Award as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Humanitarian leader and businesswoman Gail Miller will be honored with a congressional award for setting an example for youth and expanding opportunities for Americans.

Student letter about Jimmer gets national attention

"For God so loved the world, he gave us Jimmer."

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David Archuleta Amazes BYU Students with Surprise Performance (Video)

During BYU's Homecoming opening ceremonies, students were shocked when David Archuleta took the stage to sing his first hit single "Crush" and "Glorious," which was featured in the Church's movie Meet the Mormons.

Looking for emotional reaction among Mormons? Don’t.

Remember the emotional faces and powerful words of African Americans four years ago, as the country was voting whether to elect the first black president? You won’t see much of that among Mormon Americans, regardless of Tuesday’s outcome.Sure, there will be celebrating or mourning among Mormons who describe themselves as political conservatives (which is to say, most of them). But most members of Mitt Romney’s faith won’t even be at results-watching events; church officials are barely acknowledging Tuesday’s vote (the top item on the LDS Web site says: “members invited to share the gospel through magazine subscriptions”); and even at the Northwest D.C. Mormon church a President Romney would attend, regular weekly classes are all that’s scheduled Tuesday night.

Book of Mormon goes 'under the knife' in new humanist 'Bible'

The Book of Mormon is among five holy books that go "under the knife" in a new publication by the American Humanist Association that attempts to do for these religious texts what Thomas Jefferson did with his personal cut-and-paste Bible. “A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century,” an e-book available through HumanistPress.com, includes a copy of the original Jefferson Bible, which the third president of the United States created for his personal use by cutting favored passages of scripture from the four New Testament gospels and pasting them together to form a single sequential narrative. According to the American Humanist Association website, the new publication “also includes similarly edited versions of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), the Quran, the (Hindu) Bhagavad Gita, the Buddhist sutras and the Book of Mormon.”