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Mormon historical documents create auction buzz

Some of the early Mormon Church’s most poignant and embarrassing episodes are recounted in a trove of letters and other original documents sold at auction this week in New York. None of the items, from the descriptions on the auction house Web site, appears to contradict history. But they do illuminate the bitter contention between [...]

Mysterious Jamestown Tablet an American Rosetta Stone?

Slate may show early colonist efforts to communicate with Indians. With the help of enhanced imagery and an expert in Elizabethan script, archaeologists are beginning to unravel the meaning of mysterious text and images etched into a rare 400-year-old slate tablet discovered this past summer at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. [...]

Chevy Volt: When the juice runs out

Chevy Volt: When the juice runs out Drained of its battery power, the Volt finally reveals how it performs when running on gasoline. 40 miles and a question, Can it survive? How well will General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt drive once it gets past its 40 mile all-electric driving range and starts to rely on power [...]

Mormons Most Conservative Major Religious Group in U.S. – Six out of 10 Mormons are politically conservative

PRINCETON, NJ — Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, are the most conservative major religious group in the country, with 59% identifying as conservative, 31% as moderate, and 8% as liberal. The ideological leanings of Mormons have become of greater interest in recent years as a result of Mormon [...]

Till story retold at MLK scholarship event

MARTINSBURG -The story of the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955, and its often overlooked connections to the Montgomery Bus Boycott that would thrust a young preacher onto the world stage was recalled Sunday during the 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. [...]

Hot, Steamy Mormons: Are the Latter Day Saints Getting Sexy?

AlterNet Decem,ber 10, 2009 Calendars and videos featuring scantily clad Mormons are helping redefine images of the Latter Day Saints — but not everyone in the Church is happy. … http://www.alternet.org/sex/144447/hot,_steamy_mormons:_are_the_latter_day_saints_getting_sexy/

Glenn Beck’s Christmas Wish List

By Ken Kupchik Dear Santa, It’s me Glenn Beck. I wanted to write you personally and tell you that you need to wake up and see what’s happening to the country! Wake up, Santa. Look! See! Think for yourself, using the thoughts that I want you to think! I stand with you. Your socialist policies [...]

Two Major Publishers To Hold Back E-Books

By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG Simon & Schuster is delaying by four months the electronic-book editions of about 35 leading titles coming out early next year, taking a dramatic stand against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of e-book best sellers. A second publisher, Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Book Group, said it has similar plans in the works. “The [...]

Seeking ethics and civility in new media

In the era of emerging social media, anyone who posts information on a blog, tweet, Facebook or e-mail ought to be aware of some simple rules, law and principles. In other words, follow these and keep yourself out of hot water as you participate in citizen journalism and rise above the incivility so common online. [...]

A Senator’s Gift to the Jews, Nonreturnable

By MARK LEIBOVICH WASHINGTON — The canon of Hanukkah songs written by Mormon senators from Utah just got a little bigger. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a solemn-faced Republican with a soft spot for Jews and a love of Barbra Streisand, has penned a catchy holiday tune, “Eight Days of Hanukkah.” The video was posted Tuesday [...]