An 80-year-old former advertising and publishing executive, Thomas S. Monson, was named on Monday to be the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one week after the death of the previous president, Gordon B. Hinckley. ...more

February 5, 2008

The president of the Mormon church was remembered Saturday as a "giant among men" who cared deeply for others and devoted his life to the work of his faith. ...more

February 3, 2008

Scott Macartney knew he was having a great run. He was moving fast over the ice and snow, through the ski-chattering turns, as he soared above the steep Austrian mountain. It wasn't until almost the end that Macartney's downhill run turned into disaster. ...more

January 31, 2008

Mormonism's home is America, but most of its believers don't live here anymore. ...more

January 29, 2008

Mitt Romney's recent victory in Nevada and victories in Michigan and Wyoming have given him the lead over all other Republican candidate. Combined with solid silver victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt has secured the most total votes cast for any of the Republican candidates and the most delegate counts. ...more

January 28, 2008

Mitt Romney's recent victory in Nevada and victories in Michigan and Wyoming have given him the lead over all other Republican candidates. Combined with solid silver victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt has secured the most total votes cast for any of the Republican candidates and the most delegate counts. These results are the direct effect of Mitt's long being the best and most qualified Republican candidate on the ballot. As governor, he transformed a nearly $3 billion debt into a $1 billion surplus; turned around the economy and helped create approximately 60,000 jobs; provided market-driven health insurance coverage without a government takeover and without raising taxes; created a scholarship program rewarding the highest performing high school seniors with four-year, full-tuition scholarships to any in-state public university or college. ...more

January 26, 2008

Airline consolidation may not be the panacea for the industry amid persistently high fuel prices, but observers say it would help by removing domestic capacity from the system. ...more

January 24, 2008

AVON PARK — Ann Romney doesn't like to talk about politics, but she did tell a crowd of about 125 that her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is the kind of man who loves his family. "His children and grandchildren are what makes his life rich and fulfilled," his wife said. They've known each other since elementary school, said Ann Romney, 58, an attractive, slender blonde in a black pantsuit and silver pearls. She appeared at Iris & Butterflies, 207 Circle Park Drive, on Wednesday morning, and spent an hour talking to the crowd that gathered in the back room. ...more

January 24, 2008

The city council has postponed a decision to approve an extended-stay hotel on Columbus Drive to allow developers to meet with residents. ...more

December 29, 2007

Sandra Haxton has gone back with the Sparkman family to Ireland in the late 1600s. ...more

December 16, 2007