http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Breaking world and national news - Deseret News en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 MDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:06:44 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581920/Senators-challenging-White-House-on-religious-expression-in-military.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581920/Senators-challenging-White-House-on-religious-expression-in-military.html Two U.S. senators have pushed forward a second challenge to the Obama administration's opposition to legislative language... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:27:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581914/Harvard-study-links-high-air-pollution-with-increased-risk-of-babies-born-with-autism.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581914/Harvard-study-links-high-air-pollution-with-increased-risk-of-babies-born-with-autism.html The first national study of its kind done by the Harvard School of Public Health links high air pollution levels to babies... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:05:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581912/This-week-in-history-Napoleon-defeated-at-Waterloo.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581912/This-week-in-history-Napoleon-defeated-at-Waterloo.html On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte attacked the British/Dutch/German army of the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, Belgium.... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:07:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581904/Google-files-court-case-against-NSA-surveillance-secrecy-cites-First-Amendment.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581904/Google-files-court-case-against-NSA-surveillance-secrecy-cites-First-Amendment.html Google has filed a court case asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to revoke longstanding gag orders... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632440/President-Obama-relying-on-untested-oversight-board-on-NSA.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632440/President-Obama-relying-on-untested-oversight-board-on-NSA.html The obscure Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board that President Barack Obama said will meet with him to discuss the... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632439/American-Medical-Association-recognizes-obesity-as-a-disease.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632439/American-Medical-Association-recognizes-obesity-as-a-disease.html During the American Medical Association's annual meeting Tuesday, the nation's largest physician organization decided to... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:54:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632438/Former-TWA-Flight-800-investigators-want-new-probe-citing-missile-theory.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632438/Former-TWA-Flight-800-investigators-want-new-probe-citing-missile-theory.html Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:22:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632437/NYT-Utah-one-of-6-states-President-Obama-has-avoided-during-time-in-office.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632437/NYT-Utah-one-of-6-states-President-Obama-has-avoided-during-time-in-office.html ... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632428/Mueller-urges-caution-on-NSA-program-changes.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632428/Mueller-urges-caution-on-NSA-program-changes.html FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to move carefully before making any changes that might restrict the... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:51:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632435/Social-issues-still-fire-up-GOP-despite-2012-loss.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632435/Social-issues-still-fire-up-GOP-despite-2012-loss.html Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of... ]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:46:00 MDT