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Knot Yet: Getting married later can have economic costs, benefits

2013-03-15 13:42:00

Americans are getting married at ever-older ages, and a new report says this trend may be partly responsible for the shrinking of the middle class. On average, brides are 26.5 years old and grooms are 28.7 when they head to the alter, according to the...

Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant

2012-12-12 16:13:00

Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...

Martin Fleischmann dies at 85; claimed cold-fusion success

2012-08-13 00:00:00

Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons thought they were going to change the energy world forever. On March 23, 1989, they announced at a news conference at the University of Utah that they had discovered a tabletop process for producing nuclear fusion at...

Stephen R. Covey dies at 79; wrote influential self-help bestseller

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Stephen R. Covey, a former Brigham Young University business professor who blended personal self-help and management theory in a massive bestseller, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday at a hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was 79....

Judy Wright dies at 72; 'Ms. Claremont' wrote two books about city

2012-01-20 00:00:00

After moving west from Illinois in 1972, Judy Wright turned into a civic leader and amateur historian whose active role in her community earned her a telling nickname: "Ms. Claremont." She arrived as a "faculty wife" whose husband taught economics at...

Megan Judson and Nate Vereb

2011-09-25 15:53:00

Megan Judson and Nate Vereb had been good friends since 2008, when they were classmates at Buena High School in Ventura. But after graduation, Judson had taken off for Brigham Young University in Utah. When she came home that summer, their friendship...

Firefighters try to contain Cajon Pass fire; I-15 open

2011-09-03 16:35:10

People who need people live longer

2010-07-27 13:47:00

It's pretty clear that eating a healthy diet, exercising, not smoking and not drinking to excess are factors linked to longevity. Perhaps the most ignored but potentially powerful strategy, however, is being a social butterfly. In a study published...

Social support network may add to longevity

2010-09-13 00:00:00

The best medicine for a longer, healthier life may be the support of family and friends: That's the conclusion of an exhaustive July report looking at studies over three decades on social relationships and mortality. People with adequate social...

Richard B. Wirthlin dies at 80; pollster and strategist helped steer Reagan's political career

2011-03-18 00:00:00

Richard B. Wirthlin, a pollster and strategist whose research, particularly on voters' personal values, helped steer Ronald Reagan's political career from his early years as California governor through his two terms in the White House, has died. He turned...

Brigham Young museum readies exhibition of Christ paintings by Carl Bloch

2010-11-02 16:32:51

UCLA women's soccer team plays top-seeded Stanford in third round of NCAA tourney Friday

2010-11-18 16:32:47

Glendale High School's Michael Davis is all smiles as the crowd in the quad applaud him as he is recognized for his accomplishment of a full-ride scholarship to BYU that his is about to sign in Glendale on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.

2013-02-06 00:00:00

Rank: 140 GPA: 1.22 People on the campus of Brigham Young University protest the visit of Vice President Dick Cheney for commencement services at the school on April 26, 2007 in Provo, Utah.

2010-10-07 14:19:48

FSU wide receiver Bert Reed leaps over BYU linebacker Jordan Pendleton during the Brigham Young University at Florida State University NCAA football game at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Saturday.

2010-09-18 00:00:00