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The creator of the beefcake calendar on my desk that has struck some of my male colleagues speechless has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chad Hardy, the creator of a 2008 calendar that featured topless male Mormon missionaries, was ousted from the church this week after a disciplinary hearing with Nevada church leaders. "I have no regrets,” said Hardy, 31, a sixth-generation Mormon who conceived the calendar as a way to spark healthy dialogue about expectations imposed by the church and to soften the image of missionaries around the world. The ''Men on a...

CHESAPEAKE - A 21-year-old Mormon missionary died Monday night after he and his partner were shot while going door-to-door in the Deep Creek area. The other missionary, age 19, was in serious condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Monday night, Chesapeake police said. Police did not release the victims’ identities. According to police the two missionaries were walking in the 2600 block of Elkhart Street off George Washington Highway about 6 p.m. when they were approached by another man. The man shot them both and fled on foot. One of the victims ran to The Charity House, a nearby nursing...