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Fog foils bay view for choir (6-30-5)
Cameras were rolling. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was singing. But San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was simply unable to put in an appearance. Literally.

Pres. Hinckley, Iceland leader dedicate Sp. Fork memorial (6-26)
President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rededicated a memorial on Saturday to the first pioneers from Iceland who began settling the region 150 years ago.

Nauvoo service for Smiths Monday (6-26)
Nauvoo will hold a service of remembrance to commemorate the lives of Joseph and Hyrum Smith Monday.

Church added to fire lawsuits (6-25)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is now a defendant along with the Boy Scouts of America in lawsuits seeking nearly $14 million for fighting a wildfire allegedly started by an LDS-sponsored Boy Scout troop in June 2002.

Salt Lake's Secret Garden (6-24)
Some call it Salt Lake's secret garden. Others call it weird. The quirky Gilgal Sculpture Garden, located northeast of Trolley Square at 749 E. 500 South, has its fair share of rumors and stories.

LDS Church can join Martin's Cove defense (6-24)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can join the federal government's defense against a lawsuit protesting the church's lease of Martin's Cove in Wyoming, a federal magistrate has ruled.

Nauvoo Bell's 'clang' is back on KSL Radio (6-23)
Ladies and gentlemen, start your watches. The Nauvoo Bell chime is back again on KSL Radio at the top of each hour. After about a month without the bell's toll, caused by a complicated conversion to digital radio, the signature "clang" returned to the air Tuesday.

Mormon portion of Utah population steadily shrinking (6-22)
On this day, 158 years ago, Brigham Young and his band of pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, starting a migration that quickly turned Utah into a Mormon-dominated desert realm.

World tour for LDS leader (6-21)
To cap off his 95th birthday celebration, President Gordon B. Hinckley plans to visit 10 international cities in a 13-day whirlwind tour at the end of July, adding thousands of miles to his log as the most traveled of LDS Church presidents.

Scholars moving to S.L. (6-21)
A handful of scholars researching the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will move to Salt Lake City after the closure of a research institute at Brigham Young University dedicated to LDS history.

Martin's Cove has messages for 2 types of visitor (6-19)
Most people who visit Martin's Cove in southwestern Natrona County are interested in learning the Mormon history surrounding the tragic winter of 1856.

If you go... Wyoming Pioneer treks (6-19)
Free handcarts: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides handcarts free to anyone wishing to experience pulling them at Martin's Cove, which is about 50 miles southwest of Casper, and at Sixth Crossing, which is about 50 miles west of Martin's Cove.

LDS leader remains as rooted as a walnut tree (6-18)
President Gordon B. Hinckley was born the same year Mark Twain passed away. It was as if the nation made a deal to trade in one aging American original for a new one. The national mourning for Twain was tempered in the Hinckley home with a celebration of life.

Smith project relocates to Salt Lake (6-18)
To increase productivity and accelerate publication of materials from an effort called the Joseph Smith Papers Project, historians and researchers working on the project will relocate to Salt Lake City, officials announced Friday.

Having a ball: HaleStorm gets competitive with its newest LDS comedy (6-17)
You know you're a Mormon if there's a similarity between your church basketball games and the L.A. riots. That's the running joke with which many are familiar--but according to the folks at HaleStorm Entertainment, it's reality. At least for the makers of "Church Ball."

Upgrade by KSL changes for whom the bell tolls (6-17)
In case you haven't noticed, the Nauvoo Bell tolls no more for KSL Radio. The signature "clang" that originated live from Temple Square for the West's 50,000-watt station has been silenced--at least for the near future--by the move by KSL (AM-1160) to become Utah's first radio station to convert to a digital signal.

LDS handling of grave wins official's praise (6-16)
The LDS Church handled the rediscovery of an American Indian grave underneath the Salt Lake Tabernacle "precisely the way they should have," according to the state archaeologist.

Tabernacle dig yields remains (6-15)
Construction crews doing seismic retrofitting work on the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square apparently have unearthed the remains of a Native American in a concrete vault.

The lost boys, thrown out of US sect so that older men can marry more wives (6-14)
Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials claim.

"Is the LDS Church Really the Fastest Growing Church?" by Matt Vessey (6-11)

Producers finishing up new 'Nauvoo Pageant' (6-11)
A new pageant portraying a pivotal time in LDS Church history is undergoing final development in Salt Lake City before the production is staged for audiences in Nauvoo, Ill., this summer.

Teens learn on the trail (6-10)
A rugged, 160-year-old trail to the Western frontier has been teaching modern pioneers a new lesson the past two weeks: Don't sell yourself short. Fifteen visually impaired teens are following in the footsteps of the ill-fated 1846 Donner party as part of this summer's Discovery Trails Project, which since 1998 has offered blind teens the chance to live the history of wagon train pioneers.

Pres. Hinckley party set (6-10)
Mike Wallace, co-editor of the TV news show "60 minutes," and singers Gladys Knight and Donny Osmond are on the program for the 95th birthday celebration planned next month for LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Miller forms film distribution firm (6-10)
Larry H. Miller, owner of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, announced Thursday that he has formed a film distribution company to handle the distribution of the new "The Work and the Glory" film adaptations now under production.

Bidder to pay $70,000 for Young's will (6-9)
The reported original last will and testament of LDS prophet Brigham Young sold Wednesday at a Pennsylvania auction house for $70,000--right in the middle of the range consultants estimated it would go for.

Harvard dean named to head BYU-Idaho (6-7)
Kim B. Clark is bringing 27 years of Harvard business expertise to his new role as president of Brigham Young University-Idaho.

The Weekly Standard: In 2008, Will It Be Mormon in America? (6-6)
From the June 6, 2005 issue: Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ponders a presidential bid.

Lectures on Smith set (6-5)
The new Education Institute at This Is the Place Heritage Park, 2601 E. Sunnyside Ave., is scheduling a summerlong Friday-evening lecture series honoring Joseph Smith.

Poll: Keep tax deductions (6-4)
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. met with LDS Church leaders Friday, in part to discuss the church's opposition to removing charitable deductions from state income taxes. And new Deseret Morning News/KSL-TV poll results show that a large majority of Utahns want to retain the donation tax break as well as two others.

'President Romney'? Massachusetts' governor could be first Mormon in Oval Office (6-4)
You remember, or perhaps you don't, Sen. Orrin Hatch's 2000 presidential campaign. The senator talks about it in soft inflections, recalling this event and that debate. But especially he talks about what motivated him to run.

Stem-cell standoff involves moral issues (6-4)
LDS Church remains neutral on the subject

Park unveils panorama (6-4)
This Is the Place Heritage Park launched its new education institute Friday night with an open house and the unveiling of the C.C.A. Christensen Panorama exhibit.

KBYU to show series about LDS Church sites (6-4)
Beginning Sunday, KBYU Television will air a new five-part series, "Road to Zion: Travels in Church History," which will take viewers on road trips to the most significant historical sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Rocky now feeling upbeat about LDS downtown plan (6-3)
Once concerned, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson has a new perspective on the LDS Church's massive downtown redevelopment plans.