Meridian Magazine :: Daily Send

Monday December 8, 2003

LDS Fiction for Your Christmas List
Christmas shopping is on our minds and high on most shopping lists are books. Jennie Hansen picks her favorite LDS fiction of the season for those who want to curl up by a fire and read during the holidays.
By Jennie Hansen

Gaining a Personal Testimony
What advice would you give a young woman considering marriage to a man unsure of his faith? Do you know some ways she can help him gain a testimony?
By Joni Hilton

There's Still Time to Come to Central America with Kieth Merrill!
You'll get a double bonus by coming on this January 15, 2004 expedition to Central America with both Kieth Merrill and Dr. Joseph Allen. Click here for all the details. Don't delay.

“Homecoming—for the Whole Human Family”
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of homecoming, of belonging, of the wonderful warmth and welcome of family and friends, and of the opening of hearts for the whole human family.
By Richard L. Evans

Latter-day Laughs
Mary Jane Helms, of Meridian, Idaho, writes: “Last night I was sitting in our family room nursing our 3-month-old baby. My chair faced away from the kitchen where our 5-year-old was. She has a long history of being mischievous, so I asked her what she was doing. She responded: ‘I don't know. You better come and check on me.’" Come laugh with us.

Secret Memos Reveal Worldwide Pro-Abortion Legal Strategy
A long-term, multi-faceted strategy to promote abortion and "sexual rights" worldwide is outlined in a secret document.

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First Line News - Business -
Monday, December 8, 2003

MBA? Why Many Women Say No
It's one of those conundrums. Slightly under half of the students in medical school are women. Ditto for law school. But in the hunt for an MBA, women remain a definite minority - about a third at the top schools.

Olympic Bribery Case Dismissed
A judge last Friday threw out all charges against two men accused of bribing members of the International Olympic Committee with $1 million in gifts, cash and favors to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City, saying prosecutors hadn't proved their case.

Dollar Hits 3-year Lows vs Yen
Also reaches near-record lows against the euro. Weak U.S. jobs data add fuel to downturn.

Stuck in All Seasons?
Why do many fund managers hold on to losing stocks in down markets? Because exposure to certain sectors is more important than performance.

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Bin Laden’s Iraq Plans
According to Taliban sources, Osama bin Laden’s men officially broke some bad news to emissaries from Mullah Mohammed Omar, the elusive leader of Afghanistan’s ousted fundamentalist regime. Their message: Al Qaeda would be diverting a large number of fighters from the anti-U.S. insurgency in Afghanistan to Iraq.

S. Korean Engineers Quit Iraq
A week after two of their colleagues were killed in an ambush, the remaining contingent of 60 South Korean contract engineers and technicians working for the U.S. government on a project north of the capital has decided to leave the country.

U.S. Gone 'Off a Cliff' In Iraq, Gingrich Says
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday that the Bush administration has gone "off a cliff" in postwar Iraq and that "the White House has to get a grip on this."

Iraqi Colonel: WMD Could've Been Launched in 45 Minutes
Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and his army was capable of firing them off in less than 45 minutes, according to statements from an Iraqi colonel.

Anger, Confusion After Afghan Kids' Deaths
Shoes and woven hats littered a bloodstained field in this desolate Afghan village Sunday, a day after a U.S. warplane targeting a terror suspect mistakenly killed nine children.

Judge Frees Would-be Bomber
Despite his fear that an admitted would-be domestic terrorist is "someone more likely to end up as a Columbine shooter than a merit scholar," a federal judge slapped the man on the wrist with mere probation and set him free.

Judge to Rule on Querying VIPs in Plaza Suit
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball will rule early this week on whether the American Civil Liberties Union can interview three of the most powerful men in Salt Lake City — Mayor Rocky Anderson, billionaire Jon M. Huntsman Sr. and Presiding Bishop H. David Burton of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — as part of ongoing legal wrangling in the second Main Street Plaza case.

Friends and Family Recall Fallen Soldier's Generosity
The U.S. Army captain who grew up in Kirkland was remembered Saturday at the church where he was awakened spiritually. About 200 people assembled at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Third Ward in Kirkland to share their love and respect for the fallen soldier.

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