The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today the establishment of The Church Historian’s Press, a new imprint for publishing works related to the Church’s origin and growth. More-  From The LDS Church Newsroom

The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday he is "ready, willing and able" to stop broadband providers that unreasonably interfere with subscribers' access to Internet content. From Yahoo More…

Ten years of serious thought and reflection and five years of intense research have been put into this painting entitled “Prophet, Seer and Translator.” More- From josephsmithpainting.com

Last year, The Faith Centered Music Association added five new song categories to its annual Pearl Awards in a nod to the growing diversity of LDS music — or maybe it was just so I would have a chance of actually winning one. Even among LDS music makers there is always a lot of debate [...]

About two months before my niece Kathy Blacker died on Jan. 11, 2008, she found a three-verse poem by President Gordon B. Hinckley among her files. From The Deseret Morning News More…

The Latter-day Saints buried their prophet on Saturday. Thousands attended the service in person and millions more faithful watched in chapels around the globe, as well as on the internet. What they saw was an unusually personal ceremony for a very public man who led and to large degree defined the contemporary Church of Jesus [...]

Television viewing choices were limited when I was a little girl. “Father Knows Best,” “The Donna Reed Show,” “I Love Lucy” and “Bonanza” were the kinds of shows we watched. I loved “The Flintstones” because it was telecast in color. I imagine some of you younger readers have never even heard of some of the [...]

Traveling performing groups touch hearts, change perceptions- More- From The LDS Church News

Max Weaver's home is so stuffed with paintings, pots and sculptures that walking through his front room feels like a trip to the art museum — except Weaver ran out of wall space, so he has to use tables, beds and chairs to show off his work. More- From The Deseret Morning News

I run a theatre department, and this idea of a “respect for mystery” is fundamental to what I teach. It’s not that I have any need for the students to believe what I believe; it’s just that mystery is at the core of all great art, and so students of art must learn to tap [...]

With the recent trend of moving business to the Internet, it is now possible to do banking, shopping and social networking on the Web. Now, thanks to a couple of BYU students, people can keep their personal journals online with the Web site Pyxlin'. From BYU NewsNet More…

With 17 albums under his belt, a string of No. 1 radio hits and a bucket load of music awards, Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman says he still tries to focus on what's important — his relationship with God. From The Deseret Morning News More…

Let's start with a favorite: Murray's David Archuleta. Just barely 17, David sang better than every other guy in the competition on Tuesday night, according to judge Simon Cowell (and millions of fans across the country). From The Deseret Morning News More…

Artists outraged at the possibility of oil drilling near the Spiral Jetty have inundated state agencies with e-mail protests. Now they have a new advocate: the Utah Department of Community and Culture. From The Salt Lake Tribune More…

Marc Andreessen, the 36-year-old co-founder of Netscape, discusses Microsoft's attack on Yahoo, the latest trends in the Web business and the search for the next big thing in a SPIEGEL interview. From Spiegel More…

It was a busy Saturday last summer at the Clark home, with laundry and household chores in progress. Ruth happened to be outside as her brother Roy, a local sheriff, drove past, escorting nationally syndicated radio talk show host Glenn Beck, who was in Idaho on a fundraising visit for then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney. More- [...]

It's the end of the world, the ultimate fight between good and evil. But in this video game world, it's better to pray for your enemies than to shoot them. From Indystar More…

Sandy Brown was a keeper and maker of gardens. With his many workers he tended the lawns and shrubs and flowers of businesses and homes. From The Deseret Morning News More…

While he considers himself a disciple of Christ, Brian Kershisnik doesn't force spiritual themes into his work. More-

As 450 cast members take the stage for this year’s Arizona Easter Pageant, they will be participating in the 70th Anniversary of the event that has grown to be what is considered the world’s largest outdoor Easter Pageant. Beginning in 1928, with a sunrise choir concert held atop a cotton wagon on the grounds of [...]

Hands cramping up from too many video games? How about controlling games with your thoughts instead? Later this year, Emotiv Systems Inc. plans to start selling the $299 EPOC neuroheadset to let you do just that. More-  From MyWay

An LDS military veteran who walked 500 miles to promote a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has made a documentary, "A Soldier's Peace." More-  From The Deseret Morning News

Sandy has been studying the issue for about a year and a half and has the funding in place for a development near 10100 South and 250 West that would include a theater. More- From The Deseret Morning News

Recently, Professor Kathleen Flake of Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tenn., who has written a history of the Reed Smoot hearings in the U.S. Senate and is LDS, wrote an essay for the Washington Post “On Faith” Web page. In her essay, “How to bury a prophet,” she explains how the funeral of President Gordon B. [...]

Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video. More-  From Yahoo

Toshiba may halt production of its HD DVD format for high definition video, a move that would leave Sony's competing Blu-Ray technology victorious in the next-generation video format wars. More- From The Christian Science Monitor

Dr. Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at BYU in Provo, turned to a range of modern and ancient scholars during the annual Joseph Smith Lecture Series at BYU-Hawaii on February 19 in the Cannon Activities Center to show that the Latter-day Saint Prophet's revelations restored a number of early Christian doctrines [...]

With impressive performances, LDS singers Brooke White and David Archuleta moved on to the Top 24 on television's "American Idol." Both got positive comments from Paula, Randy and Simon. David has really caught fire, with nearly 300,000 views of this week’s performance on YouTube. More-  From The Deseret Morning News

Maybe Mitt Romney should have taken up tango. More-  From Newsweek

With impressive performances, LDS singers Brooke White and David Archuleta moved on to the Top 24 on television's "American Idol." Both got positive comments from Paula, Randy and Simon. David has really caught fire, with nearly 300,000 views of this week’s performance on YouTube. More- From The Deseret Morning News