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| General News |
| Is Scouting Worth the Fight? Liberals say 'Yes' |
| Like a commander rallying his troops who
have just been turned back in their assault on a strategic hill,
Benjamin Sockis has outlined in The New Republic the liberals' call
to courage in their continued effort to have the Boy Scouts of
America yield on its stand against homosexuality. The goal, clearly,
is to take the hill with continuing assault. |
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| Seatrek Crew Mourns at Terrorist Attack News |
| The private venture re-enactment of the 19th
Century migration of European converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints has been taking place over the past six weeks, where those
aboard left behind sports scores, stock prices and celebrity gossip.
However, on Tuesday, Captain Kaare Omsted called crew members and trainees
on deck to announce the news of the terrorist attack on the United States.
Deseret News correspondent Tawny Archibald recently reported ship board
experiences in light of the tragedy. |
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| Local News |
| Notable Mormons, Apostle Support New 'Alliance for Unity' |
| The "Alliance for Unity," a group of church,
business, political and media leaders stood together Monday on the
steps of the state Capitol under a U.S. flag and read a statement of
unity crafted by the alliance. "We are concerned that acceptance of
diversity in Utah today is not of the scope or at the level it ought
to be," read billionaire industrialist Jon M. Huntsman and Salt Lake
City Mayor Rocky Anderson. "Our overriding goal is to help people
cross boundaries of culture, religion, and ethnicity to better
understand and befriend one another." |
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| New York Stake Member Details Help Needed |
| A member of the New York, New York Stake sent
the following e-mail message detailing some of the local needs in the
wake of the attack on the World Trade Center and suggesting that it
be forwarded to "those who have expressed a desire to serve." As some
of the needs are applicable to communities outside New York City, and
since Mormon News has learned of several efforts around the US to
provide assistance, we are forwarding the message for the benefit of
those interested in helping. |
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| Sports |
| BYU Football Graduation Rates Among Lowest in NCAA |
| The NCAA released a study last week of
student-athlete graduation rates that puts BYU on the bottom when measuring
the difference between the graduation rate of football players at the school
and the graduation rate of male students at BYU. But while the rates are
affected by the prevalence of LDS missionaries at BYU, missionaries still
don't explain why BYU's rate is so low. And the rates could put BYU out of
post-season and championship competition under the Knight Commission's
recommendations released earlier this year. |
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| LDS Olympian Drowns in Fishing Accident |
| Former Olympic runner and member of BYU's
Athletic Hall of Fame Paul Cummings drowned Monday in a fishing
accident on Strawberry Reservoir near Salt Lake City. Cummings was a
versatile runner, a five-time All-American track star who competed in
the 1984 Olympics and set records in the 15 kilometer and indoor
1,500 meter races. He was 48. |
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| Politics |
| LDS Church-backed Seattle Amendment Makes Ballot |
| An amendment to the King County, Washington charter
backed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other
religions in the Seattle area will appear on the ballot in the county in
November. The County Council agreed to put the measure on the ballot Monday
in an 11-2 vote in spite of critics who said that the measure is irrelevant,
since it contains the same language that is already in the state constitution. |
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| Internet |
| Missionaries at World Trade Center Rumor Not True |
| A widely-circulated email message claiming that a
group of missionaries were scheduled to meet in New York City's World Trade
Center on Tuesday, September 11th is incorrect, according to local
missionaries, and is likely a hoax. The message, entitled "Testimony
Builder" claims that three or four zones of missionaries were supposed to
meet in the complex, but that all of the missionaries and the mission
president were unable to make the meeting. So many details in the message
are erroneous that it is more likely a hoax than a misunderstanding, unlike
another message concerning BYU student interns. |
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| People |
| NEWSFLASH: KSL TV Reports Utah Tourists May be WTC Victims |
| A report on Salt Lake City's KSL-TV 5 last night says a
family of 12 vacationing in New York City may have been victims in last
Tuesday's World Trade Center attack. Steve Mendenhall of Springville, Utah
told co-workers at the Flying J. truck stop there that he hasn't heard from
the family members, who were scheduled to tour the World Trade Center
Tuesday morning. |
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| Number of Mormon Casualties at Five |
| The number of Mormon casualties in Tuesday's
terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and on the
Pentagon stands at five as two additional casualties have come to
light. While the identities of these most recent people are not know,
Mormon News' sources say one New York area LDS Church member who
worked in the World Trade Center is missing and the LDS Church has
reported that another Church member is among those missing at the
Pentagon. |
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| Munich LDS Members Accused in Massive Fraud |
| The Munich, Germany Criminal Court opened
a massive fraud trial last Thursday against four principles of a
local investment company, including three prominent local LDS Church
members. The trial accuses the four of using their firm,
Wirtschaftsanalyse und Beratung Aktiengesellschaft (Economic Analysis
and Consultation, AG), known by its initials, WABAG, to defraud more
than 6,000 investors of 190 million German Marks ($ 95 million). |
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| Business |
| Hollywood Entertainment Fighting Investor Fears |
| Mark Wattles, the LDS CEO of video rental chain
Hollywood Entertainment, is fighting misconceptions among investors
and trying to lift his company's stock price. Over the past two weeks
Hollywood Entertainment's stock has fallen more than 25% after rival
Blockbuster devalued its inventory because of the increasing
popularity of DVDs. Investors have assumed, erroneously according to
Wattles, that Hollywood Entertainment needs to devalue its inventory
also. |
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