Mormon Tabernacle Choir creates record label

April 3, 2003

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has recorded more than 150 albums on various industry labels, has created its own recording label.

Minors, adult excessive drinkers buying half of alcohol sold in U.S.

March 27, 2003

A recent study concludes that underage drinkers and adult excessive drinkers are responsible for 50.1 percent of alcohol consumption and 48.9 percent of consumer expenditure

Overseas gains keep Methodist membership stable

March 27, 2003

WASHINGTON — The United Methodist Church lost some 43,000 members in the United States in 2001, but membership gains in fast-growing overseas churches and the

Indonesia’s first Islamic court opens for business

March 27, 2003

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Indonesia’s first Islamic court opened in the troubled northwest province of Aceh March 3 as thousands celebrated. The Aceh legislature

Anti-Jewish incidents up 25 percent on campuses

March 27, 2003

NEW YORK — The number of anti-Jewish incidents in the United States increased slightly from 2001 to 2002 but similar incidents reported on campuses rose

Religious violence erupts again in Nigeria

March 27, 2003

LANGTANG, Nigeria — Religious violence erupted last month in the Nigerian state of Plateau. Residents of predominantly Christian communities in the Langtang district attacked Takbam,