By Molly Farmer Deseret News  SALT LAKE CITY — The budget shortfalls for the 2010-11 school year ...
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SPANISH FORK, Utah — The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday. Any effort to recover John Jones' body from the cramped underground chute where he became stuck with his head at an angle below his feet Tuesday night would simply be too dangerous, they said. "If we put other people in that same location, they could get stuck or get hurt,"...
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"I hope you enjoy moving your cursor over this painting as much as I did. You can read about each individual as to their contribution to our nation. Enjoy." Bessie, Richmond, CA
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched an investigation of church members who posthumously baptized President Obama’s late mother last year and possibly baptized his late father as well.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Protesters marched around the headquarters of the Mormon church Friday night, criticizing the church’s support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California.“Separate church and state,” the crowd chanted as it marched, some waving rainbow flags or carrying signs with messages like “Mormons: Once persecuted, now...
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Joe Biden thought he was flaying John McCain's approach to energy development when, during the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate, the Delaware Democrat summed up the GOP policy as "drill, drill, drill."
    But McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, corrected her opponent. "The chant," she said without a trace of irony, "is 'drill, baby, drill.' "
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Prayer Workshop and Concert of Prayer Take Center Stage at Salt Lake City church.

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT - On Saturday, January 8, 2005, Monarch Health Sciences introduced MonaVie , a potent fruit juice blend of 19 fruits with its main ingredient the Amazon's Acai berry, named first on the world's top ten list of 'superfoods'by Dr. Nicholas Perricone on the Oprah Winfrey show. The official MonaVie launch took place in Salt Lake City with the company posting record sales in the following week. In addition to domestic sales including Hawaii and Alaska, the company is now...
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MILLVILLE, Utah — Janet and Lars Bergeson recently held a prewedding lawn party for their son at their home, surrounded by farms on a bluff in sight of Mount Bergeson. The landmark, named for a Swedish Mormon who arrived in 1860, is a reminder of their ancestors’ religion.
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A truck driver carrying nearly 2,500 cartons of cigars parked his rig at a closed gas station in Florida on March 17, 2003. When he returned the next day to continue his trip to Tampa, the container of cigars was gone. And thus began a legal dispute that, thanks to the efforts of six law students and two professors at the University of Texas, will now be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The legal team took the case, at no charge to Altadis U.S.A. Inc., the Florida-based cigar company that...
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In the fall of 2000 after eight years in three local pastorates around Utah, one as a senior pastor/church planter and as a staff member at two other important evangelical churches in Utah, I was pretty much ready to throw in the towel. Over and over again I felt the discouragement that many pastors in Utah feel, namely that no matter how hard we sought genuine spiritual impact in our culture it regularly felt far off and unattainable. Clearly, there were wonderful moments of victory in each...
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J. Grant Swank, Jr. The fight is on. Or I should say, the battle continues. "This lawsuit shows the pornographers true colors. They claim a 'right' to market porn to adults, but by challenging our Child Protection Registry, they have proven their real intent to force smut on our children in our homes and schools," says Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. "The state of Utah will vigorously defend the fundamental right of parents to keep porn out of their homes. The First Amendment...
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On Easter morning, March 27th on the CBS Sunday Morning News will feature a special demonstration of the new Mormon/Evangelical dialogue. Greg Johnson of StandingTogether.org, along with Charles Osgood and a well respected Mormon professor will be featured highlighting effort to dialogue respectfully with one another. Pray that the story captures the true heart of our effort and that God uses it to open many doors.
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Please prayer for UTAH. Send your prayer requests for the Kingdom of God, and the State of UTAH whereby intercessors may make up the "hedge and stand in the gap before God for the land and the people". Pray for these key issues and concerns. Send prayer requests to: editor@ccnews.org
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The Utah Calendar of Conferences & Events serves the Evangelical Body of Christ in this State. To List your conference or event email: editor@ccnews.org
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We need urgent prayer in Salt Lake City for November 12-15th, 2004. ~ Standing Together and over 50 evangelical churches and ministries are hosting the esteemed Dr. Ravi Zacharias in a three day series of meetings. Ravi will speak on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and Weber State University in Ogden.
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