Up to 100,000 can hear Conference on the Internet
The new LDS Church-owned Internet services company MStar.Net will broadcast the Church's upcoming General Conference to up to 100,000 listeners via Real Audio on the World Wide Web. The company has set up a new internet domain, http://www.generalconference.com, which will broadcast tomorrow's General Relief Society meeting as well as all four sessions of General Conference. The company said the popularity of the limited feeds provided in the past by BYU and by KSL Radio urged them to provide the service.

LDS missionaries serving in Taiwan are safe
The LDS Church reports that all LDS missionaries serving in the Church's three missions in Taiwan are safe and accounted for, according to Church spokesman Dale Bills. "We do not have a lot of information about members or our (church) facilities," he said. "We're still waiting for information on injuries."

Local News
Troubled LDS man, trying to return, is killed by police (Choices trapped Ogdenite)
Dave M. Drain, 33, was shot and killed in the home of his nephew, in an apparent shooting by a cop.

Sports
LaVell is here to stay
In spite of continuing speculation about who would replace BYU football head-coach LaVell Edwards, BYU has put the question to rest for now. Edwards and BYU signed a contract Wednesday that will keep him as head coach for the next five years.

LDS Church-owned Bonneville creates new Sports Television Entity (Regional Sports Television Entity Announced)
"We believe that SportsWest will provide a great benefit to sports fans as well as the nine universities and their local television affiliates," said Steve Lindsley, President of KSL TV Group, parent company of SportsWest. "Fans will see more of their favorite local college teams, while each school will benefit from the additional exposure and rights fees."

People
Taiwan quake is 'felt' in Utah
Cheng-Sheng Pan, a Taiwanese student at Brigham Young University, along with a handful of Utah Valley State College students, attempted to reach relatives and friends. Phone lines have been down and it was difficult to know if they were safe. "My friends cry and cry. I try to comfort them," Schen-Sheng Pan said. "The difficult part is the unknown. I was with them between ll and l:30 a.m. trying to comfort them and trying to find out information."

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Business
Lawsuit aims to stop Utah bank merger
A lawsuit was to be filed yesterday by six individuals and businesses in Utah to stop the proposed merger between First Security Corp. and Zions Bancorp, Utah's two largest bank holding companies, both of which have strong Mormon roots. Zions Bancorp is the successor to an LDS Church owned bank established by Brigham Young in the 1800s and First Security was founded by LDS Church member David Eccles in the later 1800s.