The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News

For Ronald McClain, interest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a gradual process. via Deseret Morning News

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“The investigation has focused solely on that, and nothing more.”

Emptiness echoes off of this polygamist community's once-lush lawns, now parched and brown. via Denton Record-Chronicle

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“We're disappointed to see it go to an every-other-year basis, but we're looking forward to 2009”

For the first time in more than 25 years, the show won't go on this summer in the rural northern Utah town of Clarkston, population 688. via Salt Lake Tribune

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LDS Church leaders approved funds to purchase large quantities of tarps, blankets, basic food, medical equipment and especially clean drinking water for those affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar, church ... via Salt Lake Tribune

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A federal prosecutor has been assigned to look for ways to help tackle problems associated with polygamy in Western states, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. via Kutv.com

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A letter from the Vatican to all Catholic bishops asked them not to allow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to microfilm parish registers. via KSL / Local / Local Stories

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THE HERALD BULLETIN ANDERSON, Ind. - The raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas, that liberated 400 children from a life of abuse a few weeks ago was just the latest in a sorry history of ... via Goshen News, Goshen, IN

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“It's unfortunate that a life was lost, but the public, employees, judges and others in (the) courthouse were properly protected”

A man who was supposed to be returning divorce papers at a courthouse pulled out a gun there instead Wednesday, opening fire in the lobby before two bailiffs fatally shot him.

Several people were in the lobby at the time, but only one of the bailiffs, who was shot in the shoulder, was injured. He was treated and released from a hospital.

Glen Lee Powell, 30, entered the courthouse shortly after 1 p.m. and approached a security checkpoint wearing a backpack. A deputy ordered him to remove the backpack and place it on a conveyor belt, but instead he threw it on the ground and opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun, Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said. Read more

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The Catholic News Service has published an article about new Vatican orders to not cooperate with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the microfilming of records. via Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

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The judge who last month ordered 463 children from a polygamist sect into state custody says the state attorney general should handle any criminal cases that may arise from an April raid on the sect's ranch. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

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