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| General News |
| Academic Explains Why Rumors Show Mormons Protected from Harm |
| Amid false rumors and widely-circulated
e-mails, claiming divine intervention among Mormon missionaries and
BYU interns, Mary Ellen Robertson delivered a speech at the Sixth
Annual Religious Studies Conference at Utah Valley State College in
Provo claiming that some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints are exhibiting the "Chosen People Syndrome." An
expert on violence in Mormon history and scripture, Robertson sees a
traditional longing for uniqueness along with an ecclesiastical
mandate to be "in the world but not of the world," which leads to the
syndrome. |
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| Sports |
| Patience is Key to Football, Says Returned Missionary Quarterback |
| A fourth-string walk-on quarterback at San Jose
State says patience is the key to playing football with the Spartans. Clint
Carlson, 24, the second-oldest player on the team, will receive significant
playing time in the Western Athletic Conference, Spartan Coach Fitz Hill said. |
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| BYU Earns Top-10 Ranking |
| For the first time since the 1996 season, the Cougars
have earned a spot among college football's top-10 teams. BYU climbed
from No. 13 to No. 10 in this week's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top-25
Poll after grounding Air Force, 63-33, on Saturday. |
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| Politics |
| Politics: Anthrax Scare Slows Congress, but not Hatch and Reid |
| Activity in the U.S. Congress slowed considerably last
week as the congress dealt with the anthrax scare. But the scare didn't slow
down Senator Orrin Hatch, who introduced four new measures last week, or
Senator Harry Reid, who introduced two bills, in a week when almost every
other Mormon legislator didn't introduce any new bill. In spite of the
scare, the U.S. House managed to vote nearly unanimously for seven bills,
while the Senate looked at a couple of conference reports on major
appropriations bills. |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
| Robert Cundick Concert in New York City |
| The eleven Manhattan congregations of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) include a
disproportionally large number of serious student and professional
musicians. When a group of these musicians, looking for a signal
concert for their "LDS Artists in Concert" series, discovered that
Robert Cundick turned 75 years old this year, it seemed a perfect
occasion to honor the prolific Utah composer with a concert of his
works. |
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| Guess Who Near Wrapping Up American Tour |
| If there is ever a rock anthem titled
"reconciliation," it would have to be by The Guess Who. While most
baby-boomers will, if they remember the band, know that the group died long
ago, and maybe even remember that the Mormon beliefs of its leader, Randy
Bachman, played a factor in the group's demise. But Bachman has now reunited
with his former band members, and they are now nearing the end of an
American tour, finishing the "American Woman" tour they never completed when
Bachman left. |
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| Business |
| Mormon Chosen to Run ATM Manufacturer's Operations |
| LDS Church member Wesley B. Vance has been promoted to
Chief Operating Officer, becoming one of the top management team at the $1.7
billion manufacturer of self-service financial equipment, including
Automated Teller Machines. Vance now reports to the company's Chairman and
CEO, Walden W. O'Dell. |
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| Never on Sunday, Not Even in Las Vegas |
| Utah furniture and electronics retailer R.C. Willey
Home Furnishings already has a store in Henderson, Nevada and plans to open
two more stores in the Las Vegas area, presenting what may be the biggest
challenge in the company's 69-year history. For the first time the company
is moving into a city larger than Salt Lake, and, more importantly, a
significantly different lifestyle, one potentially at odds with R.C.
Willey's longstanding policy of closing on Sunday. |
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