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Emeritus general authority H. David Burton honored with Freedom Award

PROVO — America’s Freedom Festival at Provo honored four Utahns on Tuesday for espousing the cause of freedom and supporting traditional American values. H. David Burton, an emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, received the Humanitarian Freedom Award.

Mormon mom not giving up on Mexico, despite arrest

The American woman who was jailed for a week after Mexican authorities said they found marijuana under her bus seat said she'll return to Mexico someday. But she's going to drive her car.

NPR: At ballot, black Mormon couple weighs faith, race

With two African-American candidates and two Mormon candidates vying for the presidency, black Mormons find themselves at the political intersection of race and religion. Host Michel Martin speaks with two black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Don Harwell and his wife, Jerri, who have different political viewpoints.

Matt Grow

Matthew J. Grow is Managing Director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that capacity, he leads a team of history professionals who collect documents and artifacts, preserve them, and promote understanding of the Church’s past through a publishing program, a research library, a museum, and many historic sites. Grow also serves as a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers and Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. He has published widely on Latter-day Saint history and American religious history. Grow received his PhD in American history from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Alyssa live with their four children in Sandy, Utah.

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Studio C: When Dieting Gets Hilariously Out of Hand

By LDS Living

We're coming up on a new year, and with that comes new resolutions and new challenges. Among one of the most common of those resolutions among Americans is the goal to drop a few pounds. And, if you're among them, then you should realize you're not alone.

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President Obama: "Mormon Communities Have Been Attacked Throughout Our History"

"An attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths," President Obama said. Considering Mormonism's history of persecution, Latter-day Saints should be more sensitive and ready to fight for the religious liberty of all Americans.

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Mitt Romney's Response After Trump Won the Presidency

By LDS Living

"Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division," Donald Trump said during his presidential victory speech. "To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. It is time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be President for all of Americans, and this is so important to me."

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Does College Put Students' Faith at Risk? Not for Mormons, Studies Show

Does a college education hinder or help your faith? Find out how Mormons are proving the stereotypical way of thinking wrong.

{Poll} How Prepared Are You?

By Kaela Worthen Gardner

A recent study by Bankrate.com found that 28 percent of Americans have no emergency savings at all, and 49 percent don't even have enough to cover three months of expenses. Only 25 percent of America has enough to cover six months of expenses. Ouch!

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Watch: Breathtaking Music Video Shares Beautiful Message for 9/11

By LDS Living

LDS multi award-winning independent pianist, violinist, and composer Jennifer Thomas collaborated with spoken word poet Jeremy Nelson (J.ournal Poems) to create "Nine Twelve," a music video inspired by the coming together of American citizens on the day after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.