July 2009 Archives
Known as a pioneering prosperity preacher of the airwaves, former televangelist Reverend Ike died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness.
Florida A&M University College of Law announced July 31 the Orlando-based school gained full accreditation from the American Bar Association. Read More
President Obama issued the following statement after his "beer summit" with Sergeant James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Read More
Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley told reporters following his White House meeting with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Thursday that he and Gates had a "cordial and productive discussion" in which they "agreed to disagree." Read More
China released statistics Thursday showing there are at least 13 million abortions a year in the country, a sobering number that U.S. experts say likely is a low estimate and a direct result of the country's one-child policy that often includes forced abortions. Read More
Discussing money and religion can be dicey, even as it's more common. As people turn to a faith-based view of personal finance, the number of sources speaking to them is growing. Read More
Say you're having a conversation with a non-believing friend or a co-worker, and you want to defend the traditional Christian view of marriage. You are well prepared to appeal to Scripture-to talk about how God made man and woman, how He instituted marriage. Read More







President Barack Obama portrayed his much-anticipated chat Thursday evening with a black professor and the white police officer who arrested him as nothing more than "an opportunity to listen to each other." Read More
Cinematical has just received this exclusive poster for Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself, which is due to hit theaters on September 11.
Today the Susan B. Anthony List announced that pro-life activists nationwide have sent over 100,000 letters to Congress urging the exclusion of abortion from any national health care reform effort.
The nation's first black attorney general, Holder tells ABC News that, as a college student, he was stopped by an officer while driving and told to open his trunk for a search. Read More
What began as a government internship for a one-time honors student with a questionable past has become a full-blown sex scandal that ensnared a married Tennessee state senator and led him to resign. Read More
Nigerian security forces shelled then stormed the mosque and compound of an Islamist sect blamed for days of violence across northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 militants in a raging gunbattle. Read More
The Internal Revenue Service closed its investigation of a Minnesota pastor who advised congregants in a sermon last year not to vote for Barack Obama. Read More
Five days after the 2008 presidential election, Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" did a profile on "Obama's brain trust," four political veterans that he reported were the president-elect's most important team members: David Plouffe, Robert Gibbs, David Axelrod and Anita Dunn. Read More
More than 600 faith leaders from all 50 states have endorsed a letter calling for state and federal officials to raise the minimum wage to $10 in 2010. Read More
Christians were not the target of the recent attacks by Islamist radicals in Nigeria, says one Catholic Bishop. "As things stand, there is no report of Christians being killed or churches being attacked, but religious leaders have called on the government to protect law-abiding citizens and religious structures," Bishop Emmanuel Badejo in Nigeria said. Read More
As the country embarks on a mandate of relevant change, it is essential to look at the state of the "traditional" family structure within our communities. Read More
You can't solve a problem if you don't discuss it. That's why some say that despite all the accusations and emotions hindering the resolution of the Henry Louis Gates Jr. imbroglio, there is opportunity for racial progress in President Barack Obama's "teachable moment" sitdown with Gates and Sgt. James Crowley. Read More
WATCH: Whitney Houston Says "Without Her Faith, She Would Not be in as Good a Shape as She Is Today"
On Whitney Houston's new album, I Look to You, fans can expect to hear Houston singing all about the ups and downs of her life over the past few years. The album, which hits stores in September, will reflect the events and emotions that she has gone through since her last release in 2002. Read More
Israel's window for a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities is narrowing considerably, and Israeli leaders may have to make a decision to strike before the end of 2009, according to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. Read More
Sun Belt cities dominated the list of metro areas with the biggest foreclosure problems during the first six months of 2009. Read More
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was among the many Americans whose finances took a sharp hit in 2008, according to disclosure forms released by the central bank on Tuesday. Read More




























Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. Read More
Neighbors of a Muslim father accused of recruiting suicide bombers in the United States and training them for jihad overseas said Tuesday that he was one of the nicest guys on the cul-de-sac. Read More
While it may not generate the instant buzz of the latest Pete Rose speculation, baseball's ultimate gambling scandal has researchers and aficionados reinvigorated as it approaches its 90th anniversary. Read More
In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's health director reiterated Monday afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives:
Baptists in El Paso, Texas, are distributing nearly 250,000 CDs containing selected Scripture passages and Christian testimonies in a pilot launch of a campaign to share the gospel with every un-churched person in the state by Easter 2010. Read More
Sounds like ... a frothy mix of Rihanna and Leona Lewis. At a glance ... a confident Sparks reveals summer's most likable pop project. Sweating the same boring tunes on Top 40 radio?
The Senate Judiciary Committee forwarded the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice to the full chamber Tuesday in a vote nearly along party lines. Read More
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard University-owned house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots. Read More
Americans by the tens of thousands are making it clear to Congress that any health care legislation being considered should exclude abortion as a mandatory health benefit. Read More
Churches and government buildings have been torched by groups of militants who have been dubbed Nigeria's Taliban. The unrest is the deadliest sectarian violence in Nigeria since November last year when human rights groups say up to 700 were killed in Muslim-Christian clashes in and around the central city of Jos. Read More
The American Idol-style talent search series Gospel Dream will be crowning the winner of its fourth season Wednesday, after six weeks of competition.
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Dear ESPN the Magazine,
I was less than surprised when I read in USA Today about your upcoming "body issue," which hits newsstands October 19.
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Ed sits across from me, during our counseling session, blowing the steam off coffee too hot to drink. A confident man in his late thirties, he searches hard for words that explain the unexplainable--why his marriage is ailing. Read More



I was recently cleaning out a closet and came across an interesting artifact: my first iPod. It was nearly eight years ago that I was among the very first people in New York City to carry around the first-generation iPod. Read More
The whole world tuned in to the shocking news of the 8 year old who was raped then spurned by her own family, according to Phoenix police. Read More
Turkish researchers say they've proven the connection between abortion and an increased risk of developing cancer --also known as the ABC (abortion-breast cancer) link.















From time to time, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Clarence Thomas have naturally talked about growing up African-American under far less tolerant conditions than those we take for granted today. Read More
The woman whose 911 call led to the arrest of a Harvard scholar at his home and a national debate on racial profiling plans to speak publicly for the first time. Read More
An anti-abortion activist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to opening fire on late-term abortion provider George Tiller after a witness gave chilling testimony that he saw the alleged shooter point a gun at the Kansas doctor's head before pulling the trigger.
I work part time as a pastor at a church near downtown Minneapolis. A few months ago, I went to the church one Saturday evening to do some work. The church has an alarm system and I tried to disarm it with my code only to realize that the code did not work.
The worldwide Anglican Communion may have to accept a "two track" system in which churches can hold different opinions about gay clergy and same-sex unions, the Archbishop of Canterbury said Monday in a bid to keep the church unified.
Mark Spencer's adult Sunday-school students flipped through their Bibles, oblivious of the handgun tucked into his boot. 
Calling on Israel to simply say "no" to US pressure to freeze settlement activity and to divide the capital, close to a thousand people rallied outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem home Monday evening. Read More
Three Lutheran pastors from West Virginia are riding a bamboo bicycle built-for-three through Dallas today on a cross-country tour to raise awareness and money for world hunger. Read More
Several hours before President Barack Obama gave his well-received speech at the NAACP centennial convention in New York City, he spoke before another probing audience of African-Americans aboard Air Force One. Read More
Christ, not culture, models how black men can best lead their families, churches and communities, speakers said during the annual "Be the Man" conference. Read More
The first time I read Michael Green's Evangelism in the Early Church in 1984, it was a required textbook for a course at seminary. My subsequent six readings since then have all been the result of my desire to be reminded of the passionate heart of evangelism of the early Church. Read More
A Virginia Beach pastor will spend 10 months behind bars for stealing more than $200,000 from his former church and its insurance company. Kenneth L. Montgomery was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, with all but 10 months suspended.
A long-time friend of Rev. Billy Graham says the 90-year-old evangelist is having trouble speaking. In a recent interview with Minnesota's KTIS Radio, Rev. Jack Hayford said Graham "can hardly talk now."
You've seen him in the boxing ring and selling everything from mufflers to his own lean, mean grilling machine. And now George Foreman has taken on writing a book about fatherhood. Read More
Israel stood firm on its insistence Monday that it would do anything it felt necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, possibly the ultimatum the United States hoped not to hear as it tries to nudge Iran to the bargaining table. Read More


Recent economic numbers point to some progress in home sales and other key areas, but is it enough to prove America is turning around from a recession?
For most families, housing expenses include more than just rent or mortgage payments. Most housing arrangements require paying for utilities, communication and cable TV services, and maintaining and repairing the home or things around the home. Read More
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to travel to Africa next week on a seven-nation tour aimed at highlighting the Obama administration's commitment to the continent. Read More














Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of the NAACP, recently wrote of his hope for his daughter to have the opportunity to choose an African American as a marriage partner. Read More
The widow of slain former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has broken her silence for the first time since his death earlier this month. Read More
Henry Louis Gates Jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at Sgt. James Crowley. Looking back at Gates, Crowley worried about making it home safely to his wife and three children.
President Barack Obama's push to overhaul health care needs Republican votes, lawmakers from both parties say.
Last week, Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, offered an apparently heartfelt and anguished mea culpa to customers whose digital editions of George Orwell's "1984" were remotely deleted from their Kindle reading devices.
Ministers moving to a new church have a long tradition of dusting off some of their favorite homilies from the past. But in these electronic days, that's just where the recycling begins.
This has been a remarkable year for civil rights history in the US, the kind of year that many Americans my age - baby-boomers - dreamed of, but never expected to see in our lifetimes. Read More
On a Boston radio program this morning, Bill Cosby suggested that President Obama spoke too soon on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Read More
The Rev. Delles Ray Howell set out last Sunday morning with a suit and a Bible. Mr. Howell drove east from Monroe into the rising sun, cutting through the cotton fields to Archibald. There he turned south on Route 425, and when he could see the silver cylinder of the grain elevator, he knew he was coming into Wisner. Read More
Several African American professionals find professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s recent encounter with police all too easy to relate to. Their lingering question is when to speak up. Read More
Rwanda Genocide 100-Day Commemoration Culminates with Kigali Evangelistic Festival with Andrew Palau
Fifteen years after the 1994 genocide that killed an estimated 1 million people in 100 days, the people of Rwanda continue the hard work of healing and restoration, laying the groundwork for a strong future. Read More
Evangelical Christian supporters of Israel are taking on the Netanyahu government's fight to ease mounting pressure from the Obama administration on the settlement issue.
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Like many young boys, Tim Tebow had always looked forward to becoming a professional football player. And while today, the 21-year-old college football star still looks forward to becoming a quarterback in the NFL, that's not what he looks forward to most as he and the University of Florida prepare for the start of the new football season. Read More


From the western edge of the Muslim world, the King of Morocco has dared to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues in the Middle East conflict -- the Holocaust. Read More





Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Sunday said he engineered the central bank's controversial actions over the past year because "I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second Great Depression." Read More
U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, reaffirmed Sunday his country's allegiance to Israel, amid tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over Israeli construction in the West Bank. Read More
When our lives get chaotic, we pay dearly in stress and money. There are hundreds of things you can do to simplify your life. Here are six ideas to help you get started.
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President Barack Obama says he's gone from praying nightly before going to bed to praying all the time because he has a "lot of stuff" on his plate and needs "guidance all the time." Read More
Popular Pentecostal teacher Paula White announced two weeks ago that she is taking the helm of the megachurch that she and ex-husband Randy White founded 18 years ago. Read More
State Rep. Sally Kern said Monday she was the first to alert a Baptist newspaper that it had made an error in printing a copy of her "Proclamation for Morality" with a fake endorsement from the governor. Read More
President Kibaki told off Government officials bent on criticising and undermining others even as he dismissed Church leaders calling for fresh elections. Read More
In 2003, Tim Ahlen took a trip that changed his life. He and several other American church planter strategists traveled overseas to learn how God was moving among people groups on the international mission field. Read More
So God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. Gen. 1:27. This is a very strong message. Before I begin, let's understand the ground rules. Read More
Just six months into his Presidency; facing the worst economic downturn since the great depression and with America at war on two fronts (with two more possibly lurking - North Korea and Iran), Barack Obama is finding out rather quickly what black achievers in positions of "power" and "influence" have known for a while now. Read More
In a speech delivered earlier this year, during Black History Month, Attorney General Eric Holder drew headlines by criticizing the tenor of public discourse on race. Read More
Two "Innovator" student missionaries remain in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings, Mont., three days after their SUV flipped and rolled over several times, injuring them and two companions. Read More
Prominent activists and clergy on both sides of the abortion debate are supporting congressional legislation aimed at preventing unintended pregnancies and supporting pregnant women. Read More
Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying "in the end, this is not about me at all." Read More
Warren Buffett, whose market acumen spurred countless Americans to take their first steps as investors, is taking his insights to the online playground. Read More


Cowboys QB Tony Romo has led the team to a 5-10 record in December and January during the past three seasons. Read More




NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is offering a glimpse of atmospheric debris from an object that plunged into Jupiter in a rare collision with the planet. Read More







Baltimore's Inner Harbor is postcard perfect. After all, it is one the city's most photographed areas and home to its most popular tourist attractions. Read More
Blacks remain the most religious ethnic group in America, a new study shows. And over the last 15 years, African Americans have grown even more religious and orthodox in their Christian beliefs, according to The Barna Group. Read More
I am an African American Christian who as a child grew up in the Pentecostal church. As a teen I attended a Baptist church and as an adult I became a staff minister at a non-denominational church. Oh, did I tell you I attended Catholic school? Read More
Former CT associate editor Edward Gilbreath has interviewed former CT columnist (and novelist and Yale Law professor) Stephen Carter over at UrbanFaith.com. They discuss Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and then briefly touch on race relations, education reform, and, oh yes, Carter's new novel, Jericho's Fall. Read More
The black leader of an organization dedicated to "rebuilding the family by rebuilding man" rebuked Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and civil rights activist Al Sharpton on Thursday for their "unfounded and reckless" allegations of racism against police in Cambridge, Mass. Read More
One year ago today, a well-known evangelist lost his oldest son. Reflecting on the anniversary of his son's death, evangelist Greg Laurie testifies that the Lord has been there for him in the midst of a devastating time. Read More
Tiger Woods has outgrown those Urkel glasses he had as a kid. Outgrown the crazy hair. Outgrown a body that was mostly neck. When will he outgrow his temper? Read More
Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren is working on his next book - the follow-up to the bestselling Purpose Driven Life, which launched the Southern California preacher into national prominence. Read More
I am convinced that the easiest part of my job is taking pictures. Coming up with story ideas, getting access and then producing the final results are MUCH tougher! That was very true with this story. Read More
Paula White bounds on stage to a rousing ovation at Without Walls International Church. "I want to feed you some faith food," she says, bringing the crowd to its feet at a recent Thursday evening service. Read More
"Everyone participating in the 'God Has a Better Way' rally must comply with the Terms of Involvement, which include: 'I will not engage in hate speech, name-calling, or angry rhetoric; I will seek to befriend those who oppose me; I will seek to overcome bad attitudes with good attitudes; I will seek to be a living example of Jesus; I will not violate the law.'" Read More
Bishop James Stanton says the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas won't join in what he sees as the Episcopal Church's growing acceptance of gay unions.
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Families looking for extra income to help brave the stormy economy may want to take a look in the back of their bedroom closets or the dusty corners of their garages. Those tight-fitting clothes or that rusty lawnmower could earn some extra dollars at a yard sale. Read More
President Obama ended a rough day by paying tribute to a popular law, the Americans with Disabilities Act. "The ADA showed the entire world our commitment to people with disabilities," Obama said during a White House ceremony for "an historic piece of civil rights legislation." Read More
The province will still seek a legal opinion on proposed legislation allowing marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex marriages for religious reasons, despite a court ruling censuring such denials.
"There is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately."
Human rights groups in South Korea say North Korea has stepped up executions of Christians, some of them in public.
Nicky Cruz is well known in evangelical circles as the former gang member who turned his life around after converting to Christianity.
Americans will get a new incentive to trade-in their gas-guzzling cars today when a government rebate program that offers cash vouchers to people who trade in their cars for new fuel-efficient vehicles officially starts.
The Cable News Network is at it again. After presenting the 2008 documentary about African Americans in this country to mixed reviews, CNN is tackling the prickly subject again with "Black in America 2,'' which first aired on July 22 and 23.
South African President Jacob Zuma says police will continue to "act swiftly" against protesters who have taken to the streets to demand better government services. Read More

So Tim Tebow is college football's Andy Stitzer. But unlike Stitzer -- the lead character played by Steve Carell in "The 40 Year Old Virgin" -- Tebow isn't embarrassed he's a virgin, and he's planning to stay nookie-free until he's married.
God's quarterback: At SEC media days this week, Florida's Tim Tebow was asked about his sex life, specifically if he's saving himself for marriage. Read More




The Rev. Gerry Stoltzfoos will be praying to Jesus in front of Pennsylvania legislators after all. 
From the president to everyday people, the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the talk of the town. Cambridge Police Union President Stephen Killion is 'Disgraced' that Obama is Our Commander-in-Chief
The president of the Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Association says that President Obama's statement that officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black scholar Henry Louis Gates was "disgraceful."
The Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement's founding at the very spot where many believe it began.




Violent riots and threats of a fresh wave of crippling labour strikes may force South African President Jacob Zuma to deliver quickly on election promises and risk scaring investors in Africa's biggest economy. 




In an era when corporate CEOs are urged by consultants to quickly apologize for mistakes, Amazon.com's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has taken that advice to heart.
We've all heard the countless reasons Americans don't like the church. Bookstores are full of writings that critique the church and talk about why people have left the pews. Read More

The cop who arrested African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates refused to apologize and denied he's a racist, saying he once gave black basketball star Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Breaking three weeks of silence since his admission of an extramarital affair, Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that it's time for him to put the matter aside and get back to work governing the people of South Carolina.
First lady Michelle Obama's mother summed up her life at the White House in one word: wonderful.
One week after the NAACP's 100th anniversary celebrations, we speak to Princeton University professor Cornel West and Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party about the current state of Black America. Read More

In May of 2004 the New York Times published an article entitled "Health Care Leads Other Issues in Canadian Vote." The substance of the article was that in the elections that were upcoming, the future of the Canadian health care system was the predominate issue. Read More
Local churches both in the UK and abroad are key players in international development according to a new report from an aid agency published at the weekend. Read More
A county judge said Monday that the ministry of televangelist Joyce Meyer must publicly release the employment records of a former security chief accused of killing his wife and two sons. 



Parents often worry their teen will learn about their own past mistakes. Perhaps they think their teen will repeat some of those same mistakes if they are revealed. But I say just the opposite is true.
A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home says he followed procedure and is disappointed by the national debate triggered by the incident, which has drawn criticism from the president on down to local sports radio hosts. Read More

For the past decade, most independent Gospel labels have seen the lion's share of their sales come through Nashville-based Central South Distribution Company. Read More

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a pilot project Tuesday that will require schoolchildren to take classes in religion or secular ethics.
The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in African-Americans, according to a new study. The results, which were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.
What such sitcoms as "Cheers," "Seinfeld" and "Friends" accomplished in seven or eight seasons, Tyler Perry's "House of Payne" has been able to do in only two years.
In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations. 


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a demand by the Palestinian Authority to tear down the security fence separating Israel and Palestinian population centers in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). Read More
Perhaps you've noticed that the investment landscape has been long on turbulence and short on stability recently.
Porsche on Thursday fired Wendelin Wiedeking, the high-profile chief executive who rejuvenated the nearly bankrupt sports car maker in the early 1990s but stumbled as a massive debt load torpedoed plans to take over the much larger Volkswagen concern, which will now absorb Porsche itself. Read More
What is happening in our black churches of the 21st century? Where are the strong families? Why are our families not spiritually well? Did this epidemic start before the 20th century? Read More
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said this morning that he has not ruled out the possibility of filing a lawsuit over his arrest last week. Read More
Conservative House Democrats signaled on Wednesday that Congress is far from fulfilling President Barack Obama's goal of overhauling health care, just hours before the president planned another televised appeal to lawmakers to get the job done. Read More
Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.
A Christian doctor in England was removed from an adoption panel because she refused to endorse applications by gay couples. Pediatrician Dr. Sheila Matthews had requested to abstain from voting in cases of same-sex couples, as she has done for the past five years. Read More
How can churches raise money by making movies? One church in Georgia has done it. Sherwood Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia has produced three movies as ministry tools ("Flywheel," "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof") that have returned over $90 million. Read More
The makeup of the American Baptist Churches USA is one of the most diverse in American Christianity -- ethnically, regionally and ideologically. Read More
President Obama's universal healthcare plan may move him one step closer to his goal of allowing unlimited access to abortion-on-demand. Read More





When the kids in Dawn Kelley's vacation Bible school class entered Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church every day last week, they were whisked back almost 2,000 years to the early days of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
When a spiffy, $621-million visitors center opened at the U.S. Capitol last year, a number of lawmakers were taken aback by what they didn't see: the words "In God We Trust."
In a fascinating in-depth article on the Babylonian Exile posted in The Jerusalem Post, reporter Abraham Rabinovich writes:
Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested by a white officer at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.
On one of the many days that rain soaked area baseball fields this spring, Gaither Beard got in his car and made the 20-minute drive from his home in Glen Allen to the sandlot field at Chandler Middle School in Richmond's North Side. 
Six months into his administration, President Obama is at a pivotal moment. He has pushed through a $787 billion economic stimulus package, bailed out Wall Street and, on Tuesday, managed to beat the defense industry in the Senate, which voted to kill a high-profile fighter jet program.Read More
On one side of a downtown street in this eastern Texas town stood about 200 protesters, chanting "Black Power" and led by a group of New Black Panthers clad in paramilitary outfits and black berets. On the other side of the street stood a couple dozen counter-protesters, a few yelling "White power!" while some skinheads waved Nazi flags. Read More
Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14. Read More
The Jordanian government has begun revoking the citizenship of its Palestinian residents, who make up 70 percent of the population. Read More
NASA's new boss said Tuesday he will be "incredibly disappointed" if people aren't on Mars - or venturing somewhere beyond it - in his lifetime. Read More
Nadia Bitar has experienced life's extremes. As a young child, she rode in a BMW driven by a chauffeur. The car was a gift to her then-13-year-old older sister from their father, she says. Read More
A few weeks ago, President Barack Obama invited Americans to go to his Web site to post stories about their experiences getting health care in the current system. Read More
It might have been her first performance in Rwanda, but Nicole C. Mullen's tracks are popular in the country, especially to the Christians. 




Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised, Tuesday, to keep interest rates at record-low levels as the country continues to bounce back from a recession. Read More
The recent exodus by the Church of God in Christ left Memphis without a major convention and all the revenue that comes along with it. Monday there was an announcement about a different major national religious group coming to Memphis for their convention. Read More
I don't know if Walter Cronkite was a Christian or not. But, I thought I would ask since everyone was trying to put Michael Jackson in Heaven when he died.
It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling - it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality. Read More
After some hesitation and a time shift, three major broadcast networks have agreed to carry Barack Obama's latest primetime news conference. Read More
For Danish film director Lars von Trier, the outrage that greeted "Antichrist" at the Cannes festival in May was music to his ears. Read More
It was interesting to watch the Republican Party lose touch with America. You had a party led by conservative Southerners who neither understood nor sympathized with moderates or representatives from swing districts. Read More
Proving that there can be life after divorce, Bishop Thomas Weeks is seemingly preparing to launch the next chapter in his life with a new bride. Read More
From the outside, Johnny and Shanna Woodbury looked like the perfect couple. They had been married 13 years, owned multiple properties and were successful managers. Read More
CBA's 60th summer convention closed with attendance down significantly on 2008, but with mostly positive verdicts from suppliers and retailers alike. Read More
A Chicago priest known nationally for his social










