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Christopher Savoie in happier times with his children Isaac and Rebecca. His ex-wife took them to Japan and has not allowed him to see them.

A vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were smashed underfoot by other dinosaurs shortly after they died, according to paleontologists.

A group of scientists from conservative Brigham Young University has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue.

In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote.

The Cranberry DiamonDisc, a novel DVD disc, is said to store your digital photos, movies, music, documents, and ledgers for 1,000 years or more.

How does cutting an institution dedicated to studying women's issues promote greater women-centered research? Such a restructuring will allow for more overall research money, Brigham Young University officials say, but a handful of BYU students and professors are still skeptical.

For disadvantaged students, mentorship by a teacher nearly doubled the odds of attending college.

OK, so it's not the U.S. News and World Report on colleges, but the University of Connecticut just whupped Yale, Harvard and Princeton in the Fourth Annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card.

IS CLEANLINESS next to godliness? The academics at Brigham Young University, in the US, certainly think so, as their research paper, The Smell of Virtue, affirms.

The state of Alaska last week closed the case of a fugitive sex offender from a prominent California political family who was found dead this summer in Argentina after an international manhunt.

Outdoor types wear the sportsman-style hat. Ranchers don the "Gus," just like the character in "Lonesome Dove." And children like the buckaroo.

Nicholas U. Frandsen and Sanna-Rae Taylor have joined the Salt Lake City office of Parsons Behle & Latimer.

Officials at Brigham Young University say they'll raise tuition rates by 3 percent for the 2010-11 school year.

Mormon Tabernacle revival service is latest sign of openness to evangelicals. Richard N. Ostling posted 10/30/2009 10:04AM R obert Millet would do things differently if he were carefully strategizing how fellow Mormons could best pursue interfaith contacts.

The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington D.C. has endorsed Republican David Harmer for Congressional District 10.

A federal magistrate has awarded Brigham Young University more than $852,000 in attorney fees and other costs in an ongoing lawsuit between the school and drugmaker Pfizer Inc.

Katie Liljenquist of Brigham Young University led a study that suggests that clean-smelling environments subtly encourage people to avoid abberant behavior.

The latest installment of a calendar series that pokes fun at Mormon stereotypes is putting a twist on motherhood.

Results of a new study show that clean smells promote ethical behavior. The findings come from Katie Liljenquist, a Brigham Young University professor, has widespread implications for helping children, retailers, and charities.

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor.