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Tuesday June 20, 2006
 

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Cover Story
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #1 — Doctrinal Foundations of the LDS Marriage
The quality of our life here in morality, and in the eternities, will largely be determined by the quality of our relationships with God and others.

By Scott Anderson, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network

Don't Miss Your Chance to Have the Joseph Smith Commemorative Postcards in Your Home
The last remaining sets of Joseph Smith Commemorative Postcards from Sharon, Vermont are going fast. This is a once-in-a-hundred-years offer. Order yours today.


Does an Equity Indexed Annuity Make Sense for You?
Sometimes the stock market is just downright lousy. Wouldn't you love to be invested in the stock market when it is setting new highs and then disappear before it falls apart for months or sometimes years at a time?
By Brad Halverson


Join us in the Holy Land for a life-changing tour as you walk in the footsteps of Jesus. See Christ's life in a whole new perspective. Click here for details.

Share With Us Your "Open Heart" Experience
Was your life changed by reading this simple book? If so, we'd like to hear your story.
By Catherine K. Arveseth

Week 3 of June:  The Value of Justice and Mercy
Even very young children can understand the complex concepts of justice and mercy. All you have to do is present the concepts in a way that will make them understand. Here are some games geared to different age groups.
In Connection with Richard and Linda Eyre


Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26
King Solomon; Man of Wisdom, Man of Foolishness

1 Kings 3; 5-11
By Taylor D. Halverson

Arizonans:  More Signatures Needed for Marriage
Protect Marriage Arizona, a coalition of individuals and organizations spanning a broad religious and cultural sector in the state, has been gathering 300,000 signatures to ensure a marriage amendment can be on the ballot for a July 1st deadline. If you live in Arizona, your help is needed now.
By Maurine Jensen Proctor



Join Donna Nielsen in Israel
Join Donna Nielsen and a group of Latter Day Saints as you walk the streets of Israel. Gain a greater appreciation for the Bible as you study the scriptures in the environment in which they were written. Don't miss this life-changing, testimony-building experience. Reserve now 888-707-4386.Click here for all the exciting details.

Business News You Can Really Use
Meridian's editors give you quick access to today's most important and pertinent business stories. Today's headlines: Nokia, Siemens Set Telecom Deal; Social Security: A Plan Both Parties Can Love (and Hate); Scientists Taking Cues From Nature; Plan to Enlarge Canal Stirs up Controversy; Golden Buffalo to Roam Again as a Coin and much more.
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First Line News - Business -
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Nokia, Siemens Set Telecom Deal
NEW YORK - European telecommunications makers Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to combine their telephone equipment units in a deal valued at roughly $31.6 billion, according to a newspaper report.

Mexico’s Energy Future Hinges on Elections
MEXICO CITY - In the midst of Mexico's biggest oil boom since the 1970s, the nation's top two presidential candidates are debating whether to turn outward and open oil to private investors -- or inward by exporting less crude and giving Mexicans subsidized gasoline.

Social Security: A Plan Both Parties Can Love (and Hate)
NEW YORK - The debate over Social Security reform has taken a backseat – in the nosebleed section - to other issues on the Hill this year. And it's likely to remain there at least until the mid-term elections in November are over.

Apple in Talks to Offer Movies at iTunes
LOS ANGELES - Apple Computer Inc. is in talks with most of Hollywood's studios to offer movie downloads via its popular iTunes Music Store Web site, show business newspaper Daily Variety reported on Monday.

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First Line News

N. Korean Threat Activates Shield
The Pentagon activated its new U.S. ground-based interceptor missile defense system, and officials announced yesterday that any long-range missile launch by North Korea would be considered a "provocative act."

Episcopal Church Regrets, Won't Repent for Gay Bishop
Episcopalians passed a resolution expressing "regret" for consecrating a homosexual bishop in 2003, but not "repentance" as many of the world's Anglican archbishops have urged.

New Genetic Testing Opens Door to Designer Babies
Doctors in Britain say they have developed a way to screen embryos for 6,000 potential diseases.

High Court Takes California Partial-Birth Abortion Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review a second case on the constitutionality of the federal ban on partial-birth abortions.

Pentagon Document Classifies Homosexuality as Mental Disorder
A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position.

Bountiful to Honor Mormon Battalion
The formation of the Mormon Battalion at the beginning of the Mexican War in 1846 would have probably failed if not for the encouragement of Brigham Young.

Jared Hess Embodies A Victory For The Nice Guy
Mormon Film Director Keeps It Sweet And Goofy, And Hollywood's Noticing

600 Youth to Perform in ‘Dancing Through the Decades’
More than 600 youths and young adults from across the High Desert and beyond will be performing elaborately choreographed dances tonight at Apple Valley High School.

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Announces Plan to Withdraw Troops From Iraq
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his plan Tuesday to withdraw troops from Iraq at a ruling party meeting, a party official said, moving to end Japan's largest military mission since World War II.

Prosecution Seeks Death for Saddam
The prosecution demanded the death penalty for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in its closing arguments yesterday, saying he had shown "no mercy" in the killings of women and children during a crackdown on Shi'ite Muslims in the 1980s.

Louisiana Gov. Blanco Orders National Guard to Patrol New Orleans Upon Mayor's Request
Acting at the mayor's request, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she would send National Guard troops and state police to patrol the streets of New Orleans after a bloody weekend in which six people were killed.

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