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Church Announces General Conference Sessions Will Now Be Consolidated

In a message sent to Church leadership, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles announced changes for future general conferences. The following letter is to be read in sacrament meetings throughout the world:

Use Google alerts for family history research

Let your fingers do the walking. How many of you remember that ad slogan from the Yellow Pages? Google Alerts should adopt that slogan. Since all you do is type in your request and let Google Alerts do the rest. Let me explain.

Bird’s Eye View of Temple Square (and others)

Google has recently has added photographs from planes to its “satellite” imagery in Google Maps. What this means is that many cities in the U.S. now have higher resolution pictures from the sky as you zoom in close, and they are typically more realistic looking since they are at a 45 degree angle. Below is an example of Temple Square, and the Jordan River temple. These are interactive embedded maps, so you can drag them around with your mouse and look at various parts of Temple Square, in exquisite detail, as if you were in an airplane.

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New Study: The Path to Happiness for Millennial Men Is Actually Kids

It seems that millennial dads are more likely than singles to be happy with their careers, with their workplaces, and with their life overall.

Photographer to Visit 16 Temples in 38 Hours

Utah photographer Jason Carlton is setting out on a statewide road trip this Friday to visit and photograph all 16 Utah temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The more than 1200-mile road trip will begin Friday, May 16, 2014, in Sandy, Utah, and end the following night in Logan, Utah, at 11 pm. People can follow the adventure on Twitter and Instagram (handle: @TempleTestimony) for updates, photos and testimonies shared along the way.

From the Church

Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple Dedicatory Prayer

O God, our Eternal Father, our humble hearts are filled with gratitude and love for Thee on this long-awaited day of dedication. We ask for Thy Holy Spirit to attend us during the dedication of the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple. We rejoice in this day of celebration, and our hearts are filled with praise to Thee.

Get ready for Obama’s surrogates to play the Mormon card

Mitt Romney's foreign trip proceeded nicely to Israel, where he has received a warm welcome and avoided trouble. More of the same, after a rough start, would be good for the Romney campaign. Get through Poland unscathed and get back home to talk about the economy. Soon Romney will pick a VP, and there is plenty of startling news and worrisome indicators in the economy that the campaign should highlight and debate. Yet the question of what President Obama will talk about is more complicated.

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Church Announces 4 Temples to Close for 2+ Years for Renovations

By LDS Living

Four temples—the Tokyo Japan Temple, Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple, Memphis Tennessee Temple, and Asunción Paraguay Temple—are expected to close this year for renovations, according to Mormon Newsroom.

Latter-day Saint tenor part of Grammy-winning opera cast

The annual Grammy musical awards are typically associated with rock 'n' roll and pop performers — but for many years opera has been counted among the categories included for recognition. And while music's "usual suspects" — think Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and a cadre of other popular performers — were featured during the recent prime-time Grammy broadcast, fans of opera (and LDS performers) also had something to cheer about. Thomas Glenn, an accomplished opera tenor and a lifelong Church member, was part of the cast from the Met Production recording of "Doctor Atomic" that won a Grammy for Best Opera Recording.

First Ogden Temple Matron Visits Renovated Temple, Shares Memories

Luana Halversen still remembers how she felt when members of the First Presidency of the LDS Church called her and her late husband, A. Reed Halversen, to be the first matron and president of the Ogden Utah Temple in 1971.