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1. Condolences: President Gordon B. Hinckley - News Release

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2. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - News Release

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3. Time line of Significant Events as President - News Release

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4. Utah Membership - News Release

The net growth in Utah among members of the Church is growing steadily, approaching 1.8 million or 72 percent of the population according to end-of-year 2006 statistics.Full Story

5. Why Professional Basketball Team Owner Does Not Go to Sunday Games - News Story

SALT LAKE CITY 16 May 2008 ESPN writer Gene Wojciechowski wrote recently about Utah Jazz basketball team owner, Larry Miller, a Mormon who chooses not to attend or even watch on television his team’s Sunday games, even the big ones.Full Story

6. Genealogy Web Site Publishes Civil War Records, Adds Web 2.0 Enhancements - News Release

SALT LAKE CITY 15 May 2008 FamilySearch, a genealogy Web site maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced yesterday its agreement with Footnote.com to publish two Civil War-era databases online — the 1860 U.S. Census and the Civil War Pensions Index. The two collections will provide free online access to millions of names of individuals from 1860 to 1865 in the United States.Full Story

7. Newspaper Profiles Latter-day Saint Women - News Release

SALT LAKE CITY 13 May 2008 The Salt Lake Tribune recently profiled several women who are leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other female Church members with leading roles in their communities.Full Story

8. Strength of Church in Brazil Celebrated as Curitiba Temple Opens Doors to Public - News Release

CURITIBA, Brazil 8 May 2008 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had its beginnings in this country in a small German community called Joinville. The handful of early members in the congregation couldn’t have imagined that nearly three-quarters of a century later a Latter-day Saint temple would be constructed less than 100 miles away in the city of Curitiba.Full Story

9. Church Responds to Myanmar Disaster - News Release

SALT LAKE CITY 7 May 2008 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today extended its sympathy to the citizens of Myanmar following the recent devastating cyclone, and announced a package of humanitarian aid.Full Story

10. Mormon Students Approach Lifelong Learning - News Release

SALT LAKE CITY 7 May 2008 Adam Ruri, the newly elected student body president at Brigham Young University, tried to keep a straight face as he poured a jug of water onto the head of the eighth-grade volunteer standing in front of his peers. Full Story

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Official press releases from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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1. Condolences: President Gordon B. Hinckley

Full Story

2. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Full Story

3. Time line of Significant Events as President

Full Story

4. Utah Membership

The net growth in Utah among members of the Church is growing steadily, approaching 1.8 million or 72 percent of the population according to end-of-year 2006 statistics.Full Story

5. Genealogy Web Site Publishes Civil War Records, Adds Web 2.0 Enhancements

6. Newspaper Profiles Latter-day Saint Women

7. Strength of Church in Brazil Celebrated as Curitiba Temple Opens Doors to Public

8. Church Responds to Myanmar Disaster

9. Mormon Students Approach Lifelong Learning

10. Mormon Women Reach Out to Serve in Their Communities and Around the World

SALT LAKE CITY 2 May 2008 On any given day, Carol Pia can be seen with a special loom making dozens of hats for the homeless. Jean Bentley organized medical relief for a Senegalese village thousands of miles away, and Carmen Pingree created vital resources to help those with autism in her community.Full Story

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1. Why Professional Basketball Team Owner Does Not Go to Sunday Games

2. New LDS Apostle Appreciated for Help With Vanocur Genealogy

SALT LAKE CITY 14 April 2008 ABC Channel 4 journalist Chris Vanocur reported recently on an experience he had with Elder D. Todd Christofferson, the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Christofferson helped Vanocur to research his family tree. Full Story

3. On Faith: “How to Bury a Prophet” by Kathleen Flake

13 February 2008 In an essay on the life and death of President Gordon B. Hinckley, religious scholar Kathleen Flake reflects on the special role of the family in Mormon funerals.Full Story

4. Mormon Media Monitor: Time to Grade LDS Coverage - Deseret Morning News

PROVO, Utah 2 January 2008 Joel Campbell, an assistant professor teaching journalism at Brigham Young University and a former reporter, has blogged on the latest news reports and editorials about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issuing grades to specific articles for their research, accuracy and relevance.Full Story

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