This week in Mormon Land: Another hint of a two-hour block? Science gives a nod to the Word of Wisdom. Spider-Man goes anti-LDS?

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) In this Nov. 21, 2012, photo, workers inflate the Spider-Man balloon for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

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