The LA Times’ story on DNA research undermining the Book of Mormon is getting fairly big play nationwide. In fact, the play is big enough that the Church responded on its web site to the story.
For people who have been following this issue, there is little new going on. The Church web sites has a variety of links that respond to the DNA issue to my satisfaction, including one by the venerable Jeff Lindsay of M* fame. Can I just emphasize once again that for people who have actually read the Book of Mormon the DNA controversy is a non-issue? For those who have not read the book, my suggestion is, read it!
Update: Right Side Redux, a blog I had never heard of, has a thorough and very interesting look at this issue here.