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  • Utah St. player who collapsed hopes to play again

    A Utah State basketball player who nearly died after collapsing during practice Tuesday is expected to be able play again.


  • Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters en route from Pittsburgh to Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    ELECTION 2012: Romney's bid brings Mormons to political forefront

    Mitt Romney's run for president in 2012 has blazed a new path for Mormons, making him the first member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to fight his way to the top of a major-party ticket and into the hearts of millions of Americans on the biggest of political stages.


  • Protestant clerics back Romney by wide margin

    Protestant pastors support Mitt Romney for president by more than a 3-to-1 margin over Barack Obama, and the Republican challenger's Mormonism didn't affect many of their decisions, a new survey from the Southern Baptist Convention's research team found.


  • Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson speaks during the morning session of the 182nd Semiannual General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. Monson says that the faith will lower its minimum age requirement for missionaries from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Laura Seitz

    Mormon church lowers age limit for missionaries

    The Mormon church will lower its minimum age requirements for missionaries from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women, the faith's president announced Saturday.


  • Some black clergy balk at Obama and Romney

    Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first black president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.


  • Utah NBC affiliate won't air show about gay couple

    A Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah won't air an upcoming sitcom about a gay couple that invites a surrogate mother into their home as they try to have a baby because the station deems the content inappropriate for its audience.


  • NBC gets no Romney campaign help on Mormon special

    NBC News unsuccessfully went back to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to request an interview for this week's prime-time special on the Mormon faith after he began to seem more open to talking about it.


  • NBC gets no Romney campaign help on Mormon special

    NBC News unsuccessfully went back to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to request an interview for this week's prime-time special on the Mormon faith after he began to seem more open to talking about it.


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Wide receiver Reggie Wayne (left) talks with rookie quarterback Andrew Luck during Indianapolis Colts training camp Monday. Luck makes his pro debut Sunday against the St. Louis Rams.

    Andrew Luck likely to take 20-25 snaps for Colts

    Andrew Luck isn't sure how much he will play in Sunday's preseason opener, and he's not lobbying for more time.


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