A debate created in America
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Europeans have long viewed the conflict between evolutionists and creationists as primarily an American phenomenon, but it has recently jumped the Atlantic Ocean with skirmishes in Italy, Germany, Poland and, notably, Britain, where Darwin was born and where he published his 1859 classic.
Darwin’s defenders are fighting back. In October, the 47-nation Council [...]
How one small school changed the world
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The giveaway is the wind turbine in the field behind the school. It sits on a hilltop, swings to catch the wind, and brings light to classrooms nearby. This is new, clean energy. Older, dirtier power came from coal dug at a pit which once lay in a dip on the other side of the [...]
Mr Js big questions
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Some teachers tell you that there is no other job they could conceivably wish to do. Some run with this rhapsody a few bars further and declare they can’t remember a time, ever in their lives, when they didn’t want to be a teacher.Ian Jamison, by his own admission, never had such dreams. When he [...]
Have compassion for immigrants lawmakers urged
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An LDS Church leader on Wednesday urged Utah’s lawmakers to “take a step back” and hold a “spirit of compassion” as they consider a slate of bills aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
“Immigration questions are questions dealing with God’s children,” said Elder Marlin K. [...]
Sales of Utah homes drop 33.8%
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Sales of existing homes in Utah dropped 33.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, compared to the fourth-quarter of 2006, mirroring decreases in much of the rest of the nation, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.
The median sale [...]
Bars to dwindle in South Salt Lake
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SOUTH SALT LAKE When City Council member Rea Goddard ran for public office two years ago, she pledged to help clean up her small but busy city.
But she faced tremendous odds: South Salt Lake has the valley’s highest number of bars per resident, two-thirds of [...]
Take time to serve others BYU students are urged
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PROVO Special for Valentine’s Day week devotional, Timothy B. Smith, associate professor of counseling psychology at Brigham Young University, addressed love of the Savior when he spoke at the Marriott Center on Tuesday.
His address was titled “Love of the Savior: A Pattern for Following Christ [...]
Sister Faust remembered for her happiness service
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Sister Ruth Wright Faust was eulogized Wednesday as a woman whose deep faith in and love for God were the foundation for her happiness as a wife, mother and grandmother.
As the wife of the late President James E. Faust, former second counselor in the First [...]
Big guns train their sights on universities
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Six weeks ago, with little publicity, the Royal Air Force’s first “hunter-killer” unmanned drone took flight in Afghanistan. Although initially to be used for reconnaissance, the drone will soon be armed with Hellfire missiles for ground attacks. It is, appropriately, called the Reaper.Made in the US, the Reaper is based on the Predator B, the [...]
Iran Sex Changes Get Mullahs#39; Money as Regime Persecutes Gays
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Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Nasser didnt think much of Irans
Islamic regime — until it paid for him to become a woman.
Growing up in the city of Mashhad, Nasser knew he was
different [...]
