Evangelical pastor Rick Warren is begging parishioners at his Southern California megachurch to cough up $900,000 before Jan. 1 to keep the parish out of the red. Read More
December 2009 Archives
Christian
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren is begging parishioners at his Southern California megachurch to cough up $900,000 before Jan. 1 to keep the parish out of the red. Read More
Evangelical pastor Rick Warren is begging parishioners at his Southern California megachurch to cough up $900,000 before Jan. 1 to keep the parish out of the red. Read More
Sports
US telecoms giant AT&T announced Thursday that it was dropping its sponsorship deal with disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods who has been embroiled in a sensational sex scandal. Read More
US telecoms giant AT&T announced Thursday that it was dropping its sponsorship deal with disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods who has been embroiled in a sensational sex scandal. Read More
National
President talks religion - President Obama, a mainline Protestant who currently has no home church, dominated much of the U.S. religion news. His inaugural address called the USA "a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers." Read More
President talks religion - President Obama, a mainline Protestant who currently has no home church, dominated much of the U.S. religion news. His inaugural address called the USA "a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers." Read More
African-American
At midnight on New Year's Eve, it's tradition for revelers to pop champagne corks, shoot fireworks or watch some representative symbol of their city drop from the sky in observance of the old year turning into the new. Read More
Christian
On Nov. 3. Ted Haggard hosted his first prayer gathering at his Colorado Springs home, drawing about 150 people. On Nov. 10, Haggard hosted his second prayer gathering, this time in his barn due to the crush of people. Read More
On Nov. 3. Ted Haggard hosted his first prayer gathering at his Colorado Springs home, drawing about 150 people. On Nov. 10, Haggard hosted his second prayer gathering, this time in his barn due to the crush of people. Read More
Christian
Zambian President Rupiah Banda said Tuesday that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation should be retained in the Republican Constitution. Read More
Zambian President Rupiah Banda said Tuesday that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation should be retained in the Republican Constitution. Read More
Christian
"Father, we surrender this past year and give it up to You. We give You our failures, our regrets, and our disappointments, for we have no more use for them. Read More
Christian
Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the Black Church.
(Pictured: Pastor Raymond Turner, and wife.)
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Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the Black Church.(Pictured: Pastor Raymond Turner, and wife.)
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Christian
In October the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Salazar v. Buono, a challenge to a 74-year-old war memorial cross in a remote part of California's 1.6-million-acre Mojave National Preserve. Read More
Opinion
Ten years ago this month, many people were wondering if the world would end with the beginning of the new millennium. Read More
Christian
A national organization promoting prayer for our nation's leaders has revealed the locations across the United States which pray the most for those in authority over us -- and the results are quite surprising. Read More
A national organization promoting prayer for our nation's leaders has revealed the locations across the United States which pray the most for those in authority over us -- and the results are quite surprising. Read More
Christian
A British missionary jailed for sedition in Gambia has been released, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Fiona Fulton, 47, from Torquay, Devon, and her husband David, from Troon, Ayrshire, were sentenced to one year with hard labour last December. Read More
A British missionary jailed for sedition in Gambia has been released, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Fiona Fulton, 47, from Torquay, Devon, and her husband David, from Troon, Ayrshire, were sentenced to one year with hard labour last December. Read More
Sports
Bobby Bowden wrapped himself Wednesday in a gold Florida State sweat shirt and garnet jacket, then pulled on his white cap adorned with the same logo and headed onto the Seminoles' practice field.
Bobby Bowden meets the media during his final practice as Florida State coach.
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National
The Florida pastor who sheltered runaway teen convert Rifqa Bary formally denied Tuesday that he knowingly broke the law to hide the Muslim-turned-Christian girl from Ohio.
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World
A Korean-American missionary believed detained in North Korea walked into the country carrying a Bible, intent on preaching Christianity in a country that bans illegal worship - a bold move that may put him at greater risk of harsh punishment.
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Second Coming Watch/World
When it comes to the end of time, at least one thing is certain: Southern Baptists have a variety of opinions.
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National
Eight years ago, a terrorist bomber's attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner was thwarted by a group of passengers, an incident that revealed some gaping holes in airline security just a few months after the attacks of Sept. 11. Read More
Eight years ago, a terrorist bomber's attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner was thwarted by a group of passengers, an incident that revealed some gaping holes in airline security just a few months after the attacks of Sept. 11. Read More
Sports
He could see something unique in his eldest son. Ross Pospisil, now a senior linebacker at the U.S. Naval Academy who is preparing for the final game of an impressive four-year career, had plenty of typical boyish vigor, but there was something else. He also possessed a precocious tenderness. Ross loved to serve others.
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Education
Cornerstones of evangelistic outreach to college students--concerts and pizza parties--are harder to find these days. One is just as likely to encounter nights spent with the homeless, meetings about human trafficking, and out-reach to gay students.
Kara Powell, executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute
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African-American
The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with black pastors from around the state Wednesday to launch a campaign to urge the nation's largest banks to help churches, homeowners and students refinance their debts. Read More
The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with black pastors from around the state Wednesday to launch a campaign to urge the nation's largest banks to help churches, homeowners and students refinance their debts. Read More
National
Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. Read More
Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. Read More
Eye on Africa
Three years ago, South Africa passed sweeping legislation to crack down on reckless lending and prevent a repeat of its financial crisis of 2002, when banks there collapsed as depositors withdrew their money. Read More
African-American
As U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives prepare to negotiate to combine the two distinctly different health care bills, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are vowing once again to push for a public option to make the final bill affordable for their largely African-American and low income constituencies. Read More
As U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives prepare to negotiate to combine the two distinctly different health care bills, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are vowing once again to push for a public option to make the final bill affordable for their largely African-American and low income constituencies. Read More
Technology
After the Apple vs Nokia legal tussle
went more serious, here's piece of relief for tight-lipped Apple at the
end of the day. Apple was sued alleging that iPod caused 'possible
hearing loss' was rejected by federal appeals court reported Reuters. As per the lawsuit, the design of Apple supplied Earbuds with iPods could put listeners in danger. Read More
After the Apple vs Nokia legal tussle
went more serious, here's piece of relief for tight-lipped Apple at the
end of the day. Apple was sued alleging that iPod caused 'possible
hearing loss' was rejected by federal appeals court reported Reuters. As per the lawsuit, the design of Apple supplied Earbuds with iPods could put listeners in danger. Read More
National
Under explosive bursts of crimson, purple and blue, more than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney got one of the world's biggest parties started Thursday - bidding farewell to the tough year that was 2009 and welcoming a new decade. Read More
Under explosive bursts of crimson, purple and blue, more than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney got one of the world's biggest parties started Thursday - bidding farewell to the tough year that was 2009 and welcoming a new decade. Read More
Other News of Interest
A new account of the night Tiger Woods crashed his car has been detailed in an article from Furman Bisher, described by the New York Daily News as one of America's most respected sports journalists.
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Other News of Interest
The New York Daily News is quoting unnamed former employees of "The Tyra Banks Show" who claim their boss was a complete nightmare, and never even bothered to tell her staff about the show ending before announcing it to the public.
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African-American
The saying is cliché but it is undeniably true: knowledge is power. This holds true especially in our modern capitalistic society of the United States. In order to get a decent job that pays well, the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree. Read More
Finances
American International Group Inc. general counsel Anastasia Kelly, who is stepping down after a dispute over government-imposed pay limits, will collect about $3.8 million in severance, said people familiar with the matter. Read More
American International Group Inc. general counsel Anastasia Kelly, who is stepping down after a dispute over government-imposed pay limits, will collect about $3.8 million in severance, said people familiar with the matter. Read More
Business
For two hours on Wednesday, Times Square morphed into a militarized zone as the police swarmed an unoccupied van with blacked out windows and no license plates parked in an area set aside for Thursday's New Year's Eve celebration. Read More
For two hours on Wednesday, Times Square morphed into a militarized zone as the police swarmed an unoccupied van with blacked out windows and no license plates parked in an area set aside for Thursday's New Year's Eve celebration. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Hundreds of al-Qaeda militants are planning terror attacks from Yemen, the country's Foreign Minister said today.
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi appealed for more help from the international community to help to train and equip counter-terrorist forces.
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National
President Barack Obama has rejected his first piece of legislation from Congress, a stopgap spending bill that never had to take effect. Read More
President Barack Obama has rejected his first piece of legislation from Congress, a stopgap spending bill that never had to take effect. Read More
Opinion
Many of us are looking forward to 2010 and thinking about what resolutions we will make. We are glad this year is coming to a close, as 2009 will go down in history as a year of scandals, disgraces, and re-evaluations. Read More
Many of us are looking forward to 2010 and thinking about what resolutions we will make. We are glad this year is coming to a close, as 2009 will go down in history as a year of scandals, disgraces, and re-evaluations. Read More
Opinion
There is no more solemn duty for an American commander-in-chief than the martialling of "all elements of American power" - the phrase Obama himself used on Monday - to protect the people of the United States. Read More
There is no more solemn duty for an American commander-in-chief than the martialling of "all elements of American power" - the phrase Obama himself used on Monday - to protect the people of the United States. Read More
Finances
The big banks on Wall Street, propped up by taxpayer money and government guarantees, have had a record year, making record profits while returning to the highly leveraged activities that brought our economy to the brink of disaster. Read More
The big banks on Wall Street, propped up by taxpayer money and government guarantees, have had a record year, making record profits while returning to the highly leveraged activities that brought our economy to the brink of disaster. Read More
Christian
A Christian woman in Virginia must turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner in Vermont before 1 p.m. Friday or face possible arrest. Read More
A Christian woman in Virginia must turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner in Vermont before 1 p.m. Friday or face possible arrest. Read More
Christian
The Rev. Daryl A. Foster said he has always celebrated the New Year's holiday by being in church. This year won't be different. Read More
The Rev. Daryl A. Foster said he has always celebrated the New Year's holiday by being in church. This year won't be different. Read More
Christian
More than 16,000 young people are attending the Urbana Missions
Conference in St. Louis this week. Their focus is full-time ministry
both overseas and here at home. Read More
Christian
Rev. Marcus D. Davidson, the new Senior Pastor of New Mount Olive Baptist church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, will ring in the New Year with his new church family. Read More
Rev. Marcus D. Davidson, the new Senior Pastor of New Mount Olive Baptist church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, will ring in the New Year with his new church family. Read More
World
An official of South Sudan's government says Sudan is in danger of
witnessing another civil war between the Muslim north and the Christian
and animist south unless the international community intervenes. Read More
An official of South Sudan's government says Sudan is in danger of
witnessing another civil war between the Muslim north and the Christian
and animist south unless the international community intervenes. Read More
Christian
WLBT News reported on a black face social event held by some students
at the private, Christian college, Mississippi College, in Clinton. Read More
WLBT News reported on a black face social event held by some students
at the private, Christian college, Mississippi College, in Clinton. Read More
Christian
Moments before Sunday worship begins, Pastor Amy Butler and members of the Calvary Baptist Church choir gather in a small annex next to the sanctuary. Butler leads the group in a short prayer, then issues a warning. Read More
Moments before Sunday worship begins, Pastor Amy Butler and members of the Calvary Baptist Church choir gather in a small annex next to the sanctuary. Butler leads the group in a short prayer, then issues a warning. Read More
Christian
Members of a Wisconsin family aboard a Northwest Airlines flight in which a Nigerian man allegedly tried to set off an explosive on Christmas Day said their faith helped them endure the ordeal. Read More
Members of a Wisconsin family aboard a Northwest Airlines flight in which a Nigerian man allegedly tried to set off an explosive on Christmas Day said their faith helped them endure the ordeal. Read More
Health
Medical folk have wondered for years why some racial groups have a greater tendency for diabetes than other groups. Recently a University of Carolina study found for African Americans diabetes is in the genes related to their history. Read More
Medical folk have wondered for years why some racial groups have a greater tendency for diabetes than other groups. Recently a University of Carolina study found for African Americans diabetes is in the genes related to their history. Read More
Health
So many choices. Should I try Atkins? Sugar Busters? South Beach? Low Fat? No Fat? Or, should I just say "forget it" and buy a package of Oreos? Aaaggghhh!
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Sports
TCU's most recent trip to a major bowl was so long ago, Texas was still the largest state in the union.
Coach Gary Patterson, center, will lead TCU to its first major bowl appearance in half a century when the Horned Frogs face Boise State Jan. 4 in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Christian
An international ministry that has mobilized 24-7 prayer in 100 nations is turning its attention to U.S. college campuses.
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Education
The health-care reform bill passed in the Senate on Christmas Eve includes $50 million for states to use for abstinence education funding, the Washington Post reports. Under President Bush, abstinence programs received about $150 million per year but the federal budget signed by President Obama does not include funds directed towards them.
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Education
Their research papers are written and every classroom test taken. But New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's newest graduates will face one more exam for the rest of their earthly lives, NOBTS President Chuck Kelley said Dec. 19.
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Christian
"I love this song and I love singing about Heaven," Pastor Shirley Caesar said about the title of her latest CD project on Shu-Bel/Light Records. "I love singing about my future home...I put something for everyone." Read More
"I love this song and I love singing about Heaven," Pastor Shirley Caesar said about the title of her latest CD project on Shu-Bel/Light Records. "I love singing about my future home...I put something for everyone." Read More
World
Miriam Arbaugh wasn't so sure about her husband Joe's plans to take the family to Haiti for a year of well-drilling and mission work. Their youngest, James, was only 4, and the family business was hurting from another recession.
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Christian
Despite a doom-and-gloom job outlook for print journalists, 20-year-old Nikki Roberti remains optimistic. Read More
Despite a doom-and-gloom job outlook for print journalists, 20-year-old Nikki Roberti remains optimistic. Read More
World
An elderly British man, held as a prisoner by the Germans in World War II, is to be considered for a special honour awarded to those who helped Jewish people avoid death at the hands of the Nazis.
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Sports
A fight over athletic fields in this city goes beyond who gets to play soccer where and raises thorny questions about separation of church and state and public aid to religious institutions -- divisive issues that have flared repeatedly in heavily Catholic Rhode Island. Read More
A fight over athletic fields in this city goes beyond who gets to play soccer where and raises thorny questions about separation of church and state and public aid to religious institutions -- divisive issues that have flared repeatedly in heavily Catholic Rhode Island. Read More
Christian
If you're an evangelical Christian, there's a good chance your church or youth group is planning a missions trip this year. Read More
National
People in the United States are split on whether their president will earn a second term in office, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 46 per cent of respondents believe it is likely that Barack Obama will be re-elected, while 44 per cent think this is unlikely. Read More
People in the United States are split on whether their president will earn a second term in office, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 46 per cent of respondents believe it is likely that Barack Obama will be re-elected, while 44 per cent think this is unlikely. Read More
National
Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. Read More
Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. Read More
Technology
If Apple was expecting Nokia to back down and retract its patent lawsuit after Apple countersued, apparently Nokia didn't get the memo. Nokia has launched a fresh assault, filing a new complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that virtually every product Apple makes violates seven patents held by it. Read More
Eye on Africa
It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts - new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them. Her cell phone chirps. Her desk phone bleats. She
scribbles notes on a planner, spins in her chair, juggles requests
about labs and drug regimens.
(Pictured: an unidentified tuberculosis and HIV patient on his bed at Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi, Thailand.)
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It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts - new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them. Her cell phone chirps. Her desk phone bleats. She
scribbles notes on a planner, spins in her chair, juggles requests
about labs and drug regimens.(Pictured: an unidentified tuberculosis and HIV patient on his bed at Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi, Thailand.)
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Other News of Interest
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's first bid for the presidency. Running for the Democratic Party's nomination in 1984 and 1988, he was the most successful candidate of any black American until 2008, when Barack Obama captured the party's nomination.
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Other News of Interest
A year after the Supreme Court upheld a Mexico City law allowing abortion in the first trimester, 17 states have amended their constitutions to protect the unborn.
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National
The US and Yemen are looking at new targets in Yemen for a potential retaliation strike, two senior American officials told CNN Tuesday following the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, which al-Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized. Read More
The US and Yemen are looking at new targets in Yemen for a potential retaliation strike, two senior American officials told CNN Tuesday following the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, which al-Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized. Read More
African-American
Dymin Ellis (pictured) was wearing half a dozen strong black women role models on her T-shirt. At an all-day conference on Monday, she met that many more in person. Read More
Dymin Ellis (pictured) was wearing half a dozen strong black women role models on her T-shirt. At an all-day conference on Monday, she met that many more in person. Read More
Education
The National Science Foundation is giving Hampton University $1.4 million to recruit more minority students into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read More
The National Science Foundation is giving Hampton University $1.4 million to recruit more minority students into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read More
African-American
African-Americans are extremely supportive of President Obama, but
their enthusiasm appears to have dramatically dropped from earlier this
year, according to a new national poll. Read More
African-Americans are extremely supportive of President Obama, but
their enthusiasm appears to have dramatically dropped from earlier this
year, according to a new national poll. Read More
Finances
Consumer confidence and expectations have risen, and more employers are planning to hire workers in 2010, according to studies released Tuesday, signaling increasing economic strength. Read More
Consumer confidence and expectations have risen, and more employers are planning to hire workers in 2010, according to studies released Tuesday, signaling increasing economic strength. Read More
Business
The dollar traded near a two- month high against the yen on speculation the Federal Reserve will withdraw stimulus measures as the economy recovers. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Lebanon's al-Nahar reported Tuesday that Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak against an Israeli attack on his country. Read More
Lebanon's al-Nahar reported Tuesday that Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak against an Israeli attack on his country. Read More
Christian
In 1971, the Rev. Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter II was one of the few black leaders to have headlined Madison Square Garden, but he always said he didn't want to be called a black preacher. He delivered a message of empowerment to a mostly black audience at the height of the civil rights movement and its aftermath, but he didn't care for the term "black power" either. "Call me a green preacher instead," he said "because the only color of power in the American economy is green power." Read More
In 1971, the Rev. Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter II was one of the few black leaders to have headlined Madison Square Garden, but he always said he didn't want to be called a black preacher. He delivered a message of empowerment to a mostly black audience at the height of the civil rights movement and its aftermath, but he didn't care for the term "black power" either. "Call me a green preacher instead," he said "because the only color of power in the American economy is green power." Read More
National
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is living proof you can not only take the girl out of New York, but take New York out of the girl as well. Napolitano was born in New York and yet takes so little interest in us that as recently as last April she seemed unaware of some basic facts regarding the attack on the World Trade Center. Read More
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is living proof you can not only take the girl out of New York, but take New York out of the girl as well. Napolitano was born in New York and yet takes so little interest in us that as recently as last April she seemed unaware of some basic facts regarding the attack on the World Trade Center. Read More
National
Famed Republican strategist Karl Rove got divorced last week, Politico reports. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week. Read More
Famed Republican strategist Karl Rove got divorced last week, Politico reports. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week. Read More
Christian
The city council members of Washington, D.C. may have approved marriage equality in the District, and Congress may be unlikely to overturn the ordinance, but overcoming cultural and faith-based homophobia in black churches presents a new set of challenges, write a married heterosexual couple, both pastors with Covenant Baptist Church. Read More
The city council members of Washington, D.C. may have approved marriage equality in the District, and Congress may be unlikely to overturn the ordinance, but overcoming cultural and faith-based homophobia in black churches presents a new set of challenges, write a married heterosexual couple, both pastors with Covenant Baptist Church. Read More
Entertainment
As people start to turn their attention towards the holiday season, the CD entitled GOTTA HAVE GOSPEL! CHRISTMAS has been released on Oct. 20, 2009.
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As people start to turn their attention towards the holiday season, the CD entitled GOTTA HAVE GOSPEL! CHRISTMAS has been released on Oct. 20, 2009.
Entertainment
2010 not only marks the start of a new decade but will also mark a new era of entertainment in New York City.
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2010 not only marks the start of a new decade but will also mark a new era of entertainment in New York City.
Entertainment
Most people know you as the creator of VeggieTales and head of Big Idea Productions, but they may not know that you're no longer with those projects as you once were. What happened there? Read More
Most people know you as the creator of VeggieTales and head of Big Idea Productions, but they may not know that you're no longer with those projects as you once were. What happened there? Read More
Entertainment
Look up goofy and lighthearted action video game in the dictionary and ... you probably won't find anything.
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Look up goofy and lighthearted action video game in the dictionary and ... you probably won't find anything.
Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Movie Review by Christianity Today What's often lost in summer's rush of big-budget, action blockbusters is the fresh vision of a dreamer.
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Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
I first saw Shane Acker's Oscar-nominated short film on which 9 is based at the Telluride Film Festival nearly five years ago. It was intriguing: dark yet captivating, dynamic yet baffling, oddly familiar yet undeniably surreal.
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Health
1. Your heart will thank you. Trying to reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, and high cholesterol? Then it's time to shed those extra pounds. Just by losing ten or fifteen pounds, you can reduce your chances of heart diseases dramatically.
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1. Your heart will thank you. Trying to reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, and high cholesterol? Then it's time to shed those extra pounds. Just by losing ten or fifteen pounds, you can reduce your chances of heart diseases dramatically.
Education
Despite what many might believe, a vast majority of home-schooled children say they have plenty of opportunities for socialization with other children and, as adults, come to excel in all measured areas of adult life, according to a new study. Read More
World
Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Christian leaders at his Jerusalem residence on Monday, wishing them Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. Read More
Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Christian leaders at his Jerusalem residence on Monday, wishing them Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. Read More
Christian
Full-time senior pastors tend to work 55 hours or more in a typical week, according to a new survey. While the median number of work hours for Protestant pastors is 55 hours. 42 percent work 60 or more hours, LifeWay Research found. Read More
Christian
FamilyNet, a television and radio network formerly owned by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board, has been sold once again. Charles Stanley's In Touch Ministries, which purchased FamilyNet from NAMB in October 2007, has sold the network to a private firm affiliated with Robert A. Schuller, son of TV preacher Robert Schuller. Read More
FamilyNet, a television and radio network formerly owned by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board, has been sold once again. Charles Stanley's In Touch Ministries, which purchased FamilyNet from NAMB in October 2007, has sold the network to a private firm affiliated with Robert A. Schuller, son of TV preacher Robert Schuller. Read More
National
After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. Read More
After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. Read More
Christian
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently reported that 49 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table. Often they're eating poorly or simply eating less. Read More
Christian
A London planning commission recently ruled that a London developer cannot turn St. Marks Church into a women's wellness center. Read More
A London planning commission recently ruled that a London developer cannot turn St. Marks Church into a women's wellness center. Read More
Christian
Coming out of a restaurant one frosty autumn day, I pulled my jacket collar tightly up under my chin and walked briskly toward my car -- only to find it wasn't there. Read More
Christian
Southern California megachurch pastor Chuck Smith was taken to the hospital over the weekend after having what doctors described as a "mini stroke." Read More
Southern California megachurch pastor Chuck Smith was taken to the hospital over the weekend after having what doctors described as a "mini stroke." Read More
World
North Korea announced today that it has custody of an American who entered the country illegally on Christmas Eve. It was the first possible word from Pyongyang about a 28-year-old Arizona man who activists say sneaked into the reclusive country to raise international attention to its dire human rights situation. Read More
North Korea announced today that it has custody of an American who entered the country illegally on Christmas Eve. It was the first possible word from Pyongyang about a 28-year-old Arizona man who activists say sneaked into the reclusive country to raise international attention to its dire human rights situation. Read More
Sports
Brett Favre quieted the growing rumblings of another December swoon Monday night, but it wasn't enough for the slumping Minnesota Vikings.
Bears tight end Desmond Clark celebrates after his second-half touchdown against the Vikings. The Bears stunned the Vikings, winning 36-30 in overtime.
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World
A group of Shiite Muslims attacked an Assyrian Christian town in Northern Iraq on Christmas morning, according to reports over the weekend.
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Christian
Atlanta police Monday were trying to determine who stole a safe full of money from a Buckhead church overnight.
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Opinion
Two of the most famous books in the Western canon turned 150 years old in 2009-On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
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National
Minneapolis assistant police Chief Sharon Lubinski has become the first openly gay U.S. marshal.
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Opinion
To win election, he turned away from the issue
The Congressional Black Caucus has been growing impatient with President Barack Obama, and this political strain has leaked out to the press.
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African-American
I am not exactly sure how the political capital weighs out when black men are blamed for society's problems, but there must be quite a bit to gain for doing so. In a recent speech in Queens, NY, Attorney General Eric Holder decided that, for some reason, black men are the ones who should be singled out for being bad fathers. Read More
I am not exactly sure how the political capital weighs out when black men are blamed for society's problems, but there must be quite a bit to gain for doing so. In a recent speech in Queens, NY, Attorney General Eric Holder decided that, for some reason, black men are the ones who should be singled out for being bad fathers. Read More
African-American
Editors' Note: Even Though These Books Are Secular in Nature, We Thought it would be Interesting to Our Audience
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Finances
When the financial system collapsed last year, a short-handed Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. went looking for people schooled in the grim art of cleaning up failed banks. Read More
African-American
WITH NEW YEAR'S Eve - one of the biggest date nights of the year - looming, the last thing black women need is another reminder of how so many successful and attractive African-American women remain single. Read More
WITH NEW YEAR'S Eve - one of the biggest date nights of the year - looming, the last thing black women need is another reminder of how so many successful and attractive African-American women remain single. Read More
National
You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner, some airline officials told The Associated Press that the in-flight restrictions had been eased. Read More
You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner, some airline officials told The Associated Press that the in-flight restrictions had been eased. Read More
Technology
Consumers spent a little more than anticipated during the holiday season, according to a report out on Monday, and a significant e-tail threshold may have been crossed on Christmas Day at Amazon, the online bookseller. Read More
Consumers spent a little more than anticipated during the holiday season, according to a report out on Monday, and a significant e-tail threshold may have been crossed on Christmas Day at Amazon, the online bookseller. Read More
Eye on Africa
Fighting between Islamic militants and security forces in northern Nigeria left at least 35 people dead as sect members armed with spears and arrows ransacked a neighborhood and set homes ablaze, a police official said Tuesday. Read More
Other News of Interest
American officials have cause to worry there may be more al Qaeda-trained young men in Yemen planning to bring down American jets.
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Other News of Interest
President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how U.S. intelligence organizations keep the skies safe -- or don't, as demonstrated by a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam.
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Sports
They tossed perfection away like a Christmas leftover. They treated it with a casual shrug of the shoulders, disdain even, as if they were beyond such a trivial pursuit. Standing on the precipice of NFL history, the Indianapolis Colts' brain trust arrogantly, foolishly, treated Sunday's second half like a preseason game. Read More
They tossed perfection away like a Christmas leftover. They treated it with a casual shrug of the shoulders, disdain even, as if they were beyond such a trivial pursuit. Standing on the precipice of NFL history, the Indianapolis Colts' brain trust arrogantly, foolishly, treated Sunday's second half like a preseason game. Read More
Sports
Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Read More
Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Israel is defending its decision to build some 700 new apartments in the eastern sector of the city, including the Jewish neighborhoods of Neve Yaakov, Har Homa and Pisgat Ze'ev. Read More
Israel is defending its decision to build some 700 new apartments in the eastern sector of the city, including the Jewish neighborhoods of Neve Yaakov, Har Homa and Pisgat Ze'ev. Read More
Business
Home price gains of the past few months flattened out in October, according to a closely watched market report issued Tuesday. Read More
Finances
Retailers had a merry Christmas in 2009. Holiday shoppers spent more this year than last year, according to data released Monday. Read More
Retailers had a merry Christmas in 2009. Holiday shoppers spent more this year than last year, according to data released Monday. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Safe havens. They're essential for any terrorist group to survive and thrive. Al Qaeda knows this well. The group had found a sanctuary in Iraq before being decimated by Coalition forces and local tribes. Read More
Safe havens. They're essential for any terrorist group to survive and thrive. Al Qaeda knows this well. The group had found a sanctuary in Iraq before being decimated by Coalition forces and local tribes. Read More
Christian
Traditional marriage advocates in the nation's capital are seeking to roll back the city's pending gay marriage law by forcing a voter referendum on the issue. Read More
National
President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a friend's child was injured while playing on the beach. Read More
President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a friend's child was injured while playing on the beach. Read More
National
President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to track down all those behind an attempt to bring down a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, confronting criticism that he had slipped up on national security. Read More
President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to track down all those behind an attempt to bring down a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, confronting criticism that he had slipped up on national security. Read More
National
Montana Democrat Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one recent mid-afternoon spoke forcefully and sometimes repetitively about healthcare in general. Read More
Montana Democrat Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one recent mid-afternoon spoke forcefully and sometimes repetitively about healthcare in general. Read More
National
Illinois Democrat Roland Burris offered his speech set to the classic holiday poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Read More
Illinois Democrat Roland Burris offered his speech set to the classic holiday poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Read More
National
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watchlist with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
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Entertainment
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Tyra Banks is cutting the talk.
Tyra Banks on The Tyra Show. She has announced she's leaving her talk show couch behind to focus on producing movies.
Christian
Dan French was telling a joke about being bald when strains of gospel music flooded the comedy club where he was performing. "Am I being heckled by God?" he asked the audience at the Capitol City Comedy Club.
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Dan French was telling a joke about being bald when strains of gospel music flooded the comedy club where he was performing. "Am I being heckled by God?" he asked the audience at the Capitol City Comedy Club.(Pictured: Pastor Nathan Thomas) Read More
Christian
The battle against gay rights attained an unprecedented legislative level in Uganda this year. But this is one legal stance against gays the American Christian right isn't celebrating. Read More
Christian
Some two million people in Tanzania have access for the first time to the story of Christ's birth in their heart language. Read More
Some two million people in Tanzania have access for the first time to the story of Christ's birth in their heart language. Read More
Christian
Police are still searching for two men who shot and killed a Salvation Army major Christmas Eve outside the organization's community center in North Little Rock, Arkansas, as his three young children looked on. Read More
Police are still searching for two men who shot and killed a Salvation Army major Christmas Eve outside the organization's community center in North Little Rock, Arkansas, as his three young children looked on. Read More
National
One of murder victim Sheri Coleman's best friends has raised more than $30,000 for the construction of a memorial to Sheri Coleman and her slain sons in their hometown park.
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One of murder victim Sheri Coleman's best friends has raised more than $30,000 for the construction of a memorial to Sheri Coleman and her slain sons in their hometown park. (Pictured: The Coleman Family) Read More
Christian
Jimmy Carter strides through an impoverished neighborhood of the Dominican town of Dajabon, where cattle mope behind a tangle of barbed wires, where the heat suffocates and the air is thick with mosquitoes. Read More
Jimmy Carter strides through an impoverished neighborhood of the Dominican town of Dajabon, where cattle mope behind a tangle of barbed wires, where the heat suffocates and the air is thick with mosquitoes. Read More
Christian
An American missionary believed to be detained when he stepped into North Korea on Christmas didn't inform his parents of his plans but they had a hunch he would visit the communist nation. Read More
An American missionary believed to be detained when he stepped into North Korea on Christmas didn't inform his parents of his plans but they had a hunch he would visit the communist nation. Read More
National
A proposal to ban same-sex "marriage" via constitutional amendment has been filed in the New Mexico legislature. Read More
Christian
Giving to the homeless and the needy increased in numbers this Christmas for over 200 faith-based ministries affiliated with the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM). Read More
Giving to the homeless and the needy increased in numbers this Christmas for over 200 faith-based ministries affiliated with the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM). Read More
Health
The holidays can be a very stressful time for anyone trying to start, or stay on track with their diet. All of the holiday parties and gift baskets that show up in the work place can make one feel surrounded by temptation.
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The holidays can be a very stressful time for anyone trying to start, or stay on track with their diet. All of the holiday parties and gift baskets that show up in the work place can make one feel surrounded by temptation.
Entertainment
It has been a big year for gospel royalty, Mary Mary, whose critically acclaimed album, The Sound, has just been named Top Gospel Album by Billboard magazine.
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Christian
It's been a good year for the Rev. J.I. Packer, one of the world's best-known theologians. In March, the Anglican priest and Regent College professor won Bible of the Year and Book of the Year honors for editing the English Standard Version Study Bible. He also released two of his own books - "Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight" and a year-long devotional using his seminal work, "Knowing God."
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Entertainment
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Award-winning Christian music artists Natalie Grant and Bart Millard are set to host the 2010 GMA Dove Awards, where the Christian music industry's highest honor will be bestowed for the 41st year.
Education
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In the wake of widespread criticism, Lincoln University has voted to repeal a policy that required students with a Body Mass Index of 30 or above to take a fitness class in order to graduate, reports Black Enterprise.
Eye on Africa
An al-Qaida offshoot is claiming responsibility for kidnapping two Italians in Mauritania. Read More
Technology
Happy Christmas. I got a coffee pot. You? If you got a book, it's likely that it wasn't made of paper. The succinct title of this Amazon press release tells the whole story: "On Christmas Day, for the First Time Ever, Customers Purchased More Kindle Books Than Physical Books." Read More
Happy Christmas. I got a coffee pot. You? If you got a book, it's likely that it wasn't made of paper. The succinct title of this Amazon press release tells the whole story: "On Christmas Day, for the First Time Ever, Customers Purchased More Kindle Books Than Physical Books." Read More
Home
Colleges are rapidly adding new majors and minors in green studies, and students are filling them fast.
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Home
The occasion was a happy one: an 85th birthday celebration for Jimmy Carter, at an ornate theater down the road from Plains. And yet the former president could not hold back the tears.
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The occasion was a happy one: an 85th birthday celebration for Jimmy Carter, at an ornate theater down the road from Plains. And yet the former president could not hold back the tears.
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Sports
Florida coach Urban Meyer is taking an indefinite leave of absence instead of resigning and expects to be on the sideline leading the Gators when next season opens. Read More
Florida coach Urban Meyer is taking an indefinite leave of absence instead of resigning and expects to be on the sideline leading the Gators when next season opens. Read More
Home
Today's New York Time features several articles about Tiger Woods. In one of them, Karen Crouse recounts a conversation she had with Tiger's father Earl Woods at the Masters one year. He said that "I've told Tiger that marriage is unnecessary in a mobile society like ours."
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Christian
World "expert" on relationship science says religious communities are "overjoyed" at the findings. A new study published in Psychological Science finds some of the first scientific evidence that there is power in prayer. Read More
Other News of Interest
Brian and Diane McKay spend a lot of time on two wheels.
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Other News of Interest
Last weekend I wore a collar in public for the first time. Not just any collar, you understand (I've had shirts with collars on them since childhood-so-called "Peter Pan" collars were my favorite for many years, and I went through a big button-down phase, and I remember falling in love with shawl collars for a time).
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Last weekend I wore a collar in public for the first time. Not just any collar, you understand (I've had shirts with collars on them since childhood-so-called "Peter Pan" collars were my favorite for many years, and I went through a big button-down phase, and I remember falling in love with shawl collars for a time).
Other News of Interest
A new study shows that singletons might be just as psychologically well-off as married people.
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Other News of Interest
Seeking to make sense of Barack Obama's first year as president -- and why he has come across as competent but less magical than many Americans hoped -- I've been rereading his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father."
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Other News of Interest
Apparently, 'tis the season to despise conservatives.
I have been looking for God my whole life. I first recognized Him in the black foster parents I worked with who manifested Christ-consciousness.
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I have been looking for God my whole life. I first recognized Him in the black foster parents I worked with who manifested Christ-consciousness.
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Other News of Interest
House Democrats aren't optimistic that a government insurance plan, a
central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber,
will survive negotiations with the Senate.
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House Democrats aren't optimistic that a government insurance plan, a
central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber,
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National
There's one common Christmas practice not on the First Family's schedule: a visit to Christmas Eve church services. Read More
There's one common Christmas practice not on the First Family's schedule: a visit to Christmas Eve church services. Read More
Christian
Dallas megachurch pastor and entrepreneur T.D. Jakes usually doesn't make declarations or predictions for the new year. But the year 2010 is different. Read More
Dallas megachurch pastor and entrepreneur T.D. Jakes usually doesn't make declarations or predictions for the new year. But the year 2010 is different. Read More
African-American
An historic black church in Haddonfield, New Jersey reopened four years after a devastating fire. However, members say the opening is about more than a new building. Read More
An historic black church in Haddonfield, New Jersey reopened four years after a devastating fire. However, members say the opening is about more than a new building. Read More
Christian
As the choir launched into the Christmas song, Betty Leach sat in her pew and stared at the words on the page, trying to make sense of them. "Puttenesudu nedu," the Indian parishioners all around her sang. Read More
As the choir launched into the Christmas song, Betty Leach sat in her pew and stared at the words on the page, trying to make sense of them. "Puttenesudu nedu," the Indian parishioners all around her sang. Read More
Christian
An American missionary is believed to be in North Korean custody after he illegally entered the communist nation on Christmas Day in an attempt to call attention to the reclusive country's human rights conditions, an activist said Sunday.
An American missionary is believed to be in North Korean custody after he illegally entered the communist nation on Christmas Day in an attempt to call attention to the reclusive country's human rights conditions, an activist said Sunday. (Pictured: Korean Border)
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Entertainment
Pastor Gregg Patrick & The Bridge Project has been quietly growing a phenomenal music ministry for year at the Southwest Community Christian Center in Houston, TX.
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Pastor Gregg Patrick & The Bridge Project has been quietly growing a phenomenal music ministry for year at the Southwest Community Christian Center in Houston, TX.
Christian
Wireless technology has advanced to the fourth generation (4G Network) so that your phones, computers and other devices can retrieve and send digitized information at breathtaking speed.
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National
U.S. government officials tell The Associated Press that the Nigerian man charged with trying to destroy a jetliner came to the attention of U.S. intelligence in November when his father went to the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, to express his concerns about his son.
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Home
Forgotten in death or abandoned by loved ones, Dewanda McNeil, Maurice Webber and Alan Jones were laid to rest in pauper's graves, their names left to be recognized by a half-dozen strangers at a service in a small Detroit funeral chapel.
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Forgotten in death or abandoned by loved ones, Dewanda McNeil, Maurice Webber and Alan Jones were laid to rest in pauper's graves, their names left to be recognized by a half-dozen strangers at a service in a small Detroit funeral chapel.
Home
Teenagers are using repeat abortions as a form of birth control, with some girls having four or more terminations by the age of 18, it has been claimed.
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Entertainment
Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character "Madea" back on tour. Read More
Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character "Madea" back on tour. Read More
Sports
Sarah Thomas made history at the Pizza Bowl on Saturday, becoming the first woman to officiate a bowl game when she worked the matchup between Ohio and Marshall. Read More
Sarah Thomas made history at the Pizza Bowl on Saturday, becoming the first woman to officiate a bowl game when she worked the matchup between Ohio and Marshall. Read More
Eye on Africa
For the passengers and crew trapped in claustrophobic terror on the Delta flight to Detroit, Christmas Day came close to being a day of death, not the traditional celebration of new life. At first sight the choice of December 25 is as incendiary as possible for someone wanting to spark a global Muslim-Christian war. Read More
Technology
After word spread that Apple had rented a stage for a "major" announcement in January, the rumor mill was at full speed that the oft-rumored Apple-branded tablet may finally be a reality. Read More
After word spread that Apple had rented a stage for a "major" announcement in January, the rumor mill was at full speed that the oft-rumored Apple-branded tablet may finally be a reality. Read More
Finances
Wall Street is likely to make a strong showing in the final week of 2009 as the bulls gear up to toast the first annual advance for U.S. stocks in two years on hopes of more economic stability in 2010. Read More
Business
In the wake of the terrorism attempt Friday on a Northwest Airlines flight, federal officials on Saturday imposed new restrictions on travelers that could lengthen lines at airports and limit the ability of international passengers to move about an airplane. Read More
In the wake of the terrorism attempt Friday on a Northwest Airlines flight, federal officials on Saturday imposed new restrictions on travelers that could lengthen lines at airports and limit the ability of international passengers to move about an airplane. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Thousands of people on Saturday attended the funerals of three al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members who were responsible for the shooting death of Jewish settler Meir Avshalom Hai. Read More
Thousands of people on Saturday attended the funerals of three al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members who were responsible for the shooting death of Jewish settler Meir Avshalom Hai. Read More
Business
Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's largest carrier by traffic, said its domestic and international flights were experiencing "minimal" delays Saturday after Friday's alleged terrorism incident aboard one of its Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flights from Amsterdam. Read More
Sports
The San Diego Chargers have their first-round bye, and Philip Rivers is still perfect in December.
Chargers tailback Darren Sproles (43), following the block set by teammate Kris Dielman, scores on a 9-yard touchown run past Titans linebacker Gerald McRath, right, during the third quarter.
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Christian
A pastor fatally shot one of his eight children on Christmas Day during a dispute at the family home, where more than a dozen relatives had gathered to celebrate the holiday, police said. Read More
A pastor fatally shot one of his eight children on Christmas Day during a dispute at the family home, where more than a dozen relatives had gathered to celebrate the holiday, police said. Read More
Sports
The day after his team's loss in the SEC Championship game, Florida coach Urban Meyer checked himself into Gainesville hospital due to "dehydration." He was quickly released, and the story passed without much attention at the time. But as of tonight, it may go down as the moment that Meyer's burgeoning Gator dynasty came to an end:
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African-American
Stung by accusations from some African-Americans that he has not done enough for urban communities, President Obama has embarked on an effort to soothe a constituency once counted as his fiercest source of support. Read More
Stung by accusations from some African-Americans that he has not done enough for urban communities, President Obama has embarked on an effort to soothe a constituency once counted as his fiercest source of support. Read More
Christian
The proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda has created tension between American Christians who have condemned the legislation and Ugandan Christians who don't want to see homosexuality become an acceptable practice. Read More
African-American
On the last Sunday before Christmas, from an altar flanked by Advent candles and potted poinsettias, the Rev. Clarence L. Johnson preached to the Mills Grove Christian Church about the Nativity. A precise and measured man, Mr. Johnson departed just once from his typewritten text. Read More
On the last Sunday before Christmas, from an altar flanked by Advent candles and potted poinsettias, the Rev. Clarence L. Johnson preached to the Mills Grove Christian Church about the Nativity. A precise and measured man, Mr. Johnson departed just once from his typewritten text. Read More
Life
There's a reason the "Cousin Eddie" character in the movie National Lampoon Christmas Vacation resonates with so many. We've all got a Cousin Eddie, or two, in our extended families. Some of us are Cousin Eddie. Our families weren't designed for a televised Christmas special. Read More
Christian
Every person is created unique, with different characteristics, skills, and abilities. These gifts are then to be used to minister to, and bless other people. Read More
Every person is created unique, with different characteristics, skills, and abilities. These gifts are then to be used to minister to, and bless other people. Read More
African-American
Historic Wesley United Methodist Church, the second oldest African American church in New Orleans, the eighth oldest in the United States and a symbol of the struggle for emancipation and human rights in the state of Louisiana, is in jeopardy. Read More
Historic Wesley United Methodist Church, the second oldest African American church in New Orleans, the eighth oldest in the United States and a symbol of the struggle for emancipation and human rights in the state of Louisiana, is in jeopardy. Read More
Christian
"It is astonishing," wrote Karl Barth, "how many references there are in the Old and New Testaments to delight, joy, bliss, exultation, merry-making, and rejoicing, and how emphatically these are demanded from the Book of Psalms to the Epistle to the Philippians." Read More
Christian
Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists this week unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of about 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood. Read More
Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists this week unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of about 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood. Read More
Life
A month or so ago, Suzanne Woods Fisher sent me a copy of her new book, Amish Peace, with a note that said, "The chapter called 'For the Good of the Community' might have some leadership applications for GFL." Read More
Christian
Robert M. Gilmore Sr. doesn't have a church where he preaches to a congregation. He doesn't proselytize. He doesn't consider himself a pastor, but more a social scientist.
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Robert M. Gilmore Sr. doesn't have a church where he preaches to a congregation. He doesn't proselytize. He doesn't consider himself a pastor, but more a social scientist. (Pictured: Robert M. Gilmore Sr., with his wife, Jacqueline) Read More
World
An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God's love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said Saturday.
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Archaeological discoveries are helping to illuminate the biblical account of the humble birth of Jesus.
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Education
The number of dedicated school chaplains has increased by 25% in five years, fuelled by increasing numbers of faith schools in the state sector, figures released by the Church of England show.
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African-American
Stung by accusations from some African-Americans that he has not done enough for urban communities, President Obama has embarked on an effort to soothe a constituency once counted as his fiercest source of support.
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African-American
A noted black journalist who was the first reporter to integrate the newsroom at the old New York World-Telegram and Sun newspaper has died. Dale R. Wright was 86.
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Eye on Africa
Rainbow's End got its name from its bumper crops of grain, fruit and vegetables. But now the pot of gold is empty. Most of the land is derelict and cut off by a collapsed bridge. Read More
Rainbow's End got its name from its bumper crops of grain, fruit and vegetables. But now the pot of gold is empty. Most of the land is derelict and cut off by a collapsed bridge. Read More
African-American
When Fallon Wilson saw the movie "Precious," she cried throughout the film. But some of the depictions, especially of the title character's abusive mother, also made her angry. Read More
National
An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke -- sending passengers scrambling to tackle a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. Read More
An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke -- sending passengers scrambling to tackle a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. Read More
National
Passengers say an attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit began with a pop and a puff of smoke. Read More
Passengers say an attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit began with a pop and a puff of smoke. Read More
National
An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke -- sending passengers scrambling to tackle a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. Read More
Business
The man who runs the world's largest retailer, a company so big it's a bellwether for the U.S. economy, looks to a rural area 30 miles south of Atlanta when he ponders the people and values that landed him in the office where American icon Sam Walton once sat. Read More
The man who runs the world's largest retailer, a company so big it's a bellwether for the U.S. economy, looks to a rural area 30 miles south of Atlanta when he ponders the people and values that landed him in the office where American icon Sam Walton once sat. Read More
Technology
Four years ago, Omar Hamoui was just another ineffectual entrepreneur trying to spruce up his resume in graduate school. Read More
Finances
Shoppers returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themselves. Read More
Shoppers returned to malls Saturday, rummaging through thinly stocked shelves hunting for deals, next year's Christmas gifts and, for most, gifts for themselves. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Russia will continue developing new nuclear missiles and launchers despite disarmament talks with the US, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev says. Read More
Russia will continue developing new nuclear missiles and launchers despite disarmament talks with the US, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev says. Read More
Home
The year 2009 was a landmark year for BCNN1.com. Read More
Christian
Anyone who knows me knows that once I see a movie one time, I have no desire to see it again. However, earlier this week, I watched "The Nativity Story" movie with my family. I had seen this movie once before, but I decided to watch it again. Read More
Anyone who knows me knows that once I see a movie one time, I have no desire to see it again. However, earlier this week, I watched "The Nativity Story" movie with my family. I had seen this movie once before, but I decided to watch it again. Read More
Christian
Each Christmas, Christians tell stories about the poor baby Jesus born in a lowly manger because there was no room in the inn. But the Rev. C. Thomas Anderson, senior pastor of the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Arizona, preaches a version of the Christmas story that says baby Jesus wasn't so poor after all. Read More
Each Christmas, Christians tell stories about the poor baby Jesus born in a lowly manger because there was no room in the inn. But the Rev. C. Thomas Anderson, senior pastor of the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Arizona, preaches a version of the Christmas story that says baby Jesus wasn't so poor after all. Read More
Christian
A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday. Read More
A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday. Read More
Christian
A Salvation Army major was shot dead in front of his three children on Christmas Eve in North Little Rock, Arkansas, authorities said. Maj. Philip Wise, 40, was gunned down Thursday. He was found lying by the back entrance of a Salvation Army facility, said police spokesman Sgt. Terry Kuykendall. Read More
National
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season. Read More
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday season. Read More
National
White House aides said not to expect much from President Barack Obama's holiday in Hawaii. They've said this before. White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday that the president wants to spend his holiday in his birthplace away from the news-of-the-moment distractions that have dominated his first year in office. Read More
White House aides said not to expect much from President Barack Obama's holiday in Hawaii. They've said this before. White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday that the president wants to spend his holiday in his birthplace away from the news-of-the-moment distractions that have dominated his first year in office. Read More
National
Now that the Senate has caught up with the House by passing a sweeping health care bill, lawmakers are on the verge of extending coverage to the tens of millions of Americans who have no health insurance. Read More
Sports
Veteran sports anchor George Michael died early Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, according to his former TV station.
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Entertainment
*Essence.com has a story about a contingent of moviegoers who believe that "Avatar," currently the nation's No. 1 film, has racist undertones: Read More
*Essence.com has a story about a contingent of moviegoers who believe that "Avatar," currently the nation's No. 1 film, has racist undertones: Read More
Entertainment
Mary J. Blige punched husband Kendu Isaacs in the face at her record release party at club M2 Tuesday night. The singer slugged Isaacs, drawing blood, after she thought he was flirting with a waitress. Read More
Mary J. Blige punched husband Kendu Isaacs in the face at her record release party at club M2 Tuesday night. The singer slugged Isaacs, drawing blood, after she thought he was flirting with a waitress. Read More
Sports
Golf Digest has announced it is suspending its advice column from Tiger Woods while he takes a break from the sport. Read More
Golf Digest has announced it is suspending its advice column from Tiger Woods while he takes a break from the sport. Read More
Opinion
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The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come.
National
A source tells ABC11 Eyewitness News that disgraced financier Bernie Madoff is being treated for serious injuries after he fell out of his prison bed.
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Eye on Africa
US President Barack Obama has stopped Madagascar, Guinea and Niger from receiving trade benefits for a year. He said they had failed to make "continual progress" in meeting US requirements for a programme designed to create jobs in Africa. Read More
Technology
The second outage in as many weeks for Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service has prompted a mini-revolt among users. Read More
Finances
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and brokerage regulators are examining how Wall Street firms bet against mortgage-linked securities to profit as their clients took losses, people familiar with the matter said. Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and brokerage regulators are examining how Wall Street firms bet against mortgage-linked securities to profit as their clients took losses, people familiar with the matter said. Read More
Business
The Obama administration pledged Thursday to provide unlimited financial assistance to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an eleventh-hour move that allows the government to exceed the current $400 billion cap on emergency aid without seeking permission from a bailout-weary Congress. Read More
The Obama administration pledged Thursday to provide unlimited financial assistance to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an eleventh-hour move that allows the government to exceed the current $400 billion cap on emergency aid without seeking permission from a bailout-weary Congress. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
One year after Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip, the spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said this week that the Islamist group would not shirk away from a new battle with Israel. Read More
One year after Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip, the spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said this week that the Islamist group would not shirk away from a new battle with Israel. Read More
Christian
While many Christian leaders campaign to keep Christ in Christmas by going after retailers who use the words "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," a group of pastors are waging a different kind of culture war. Read More
While many Christian leaders campaign to keep Christ in Christmas by going after retailers who use the words "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," a group of pastors are waging a different kind of culture war. Read More
National
The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation's health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs as proposed by President Obama. Read More
The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation's health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs as proposed by President Obama. Read More
Christian
As the celebration of Christmas fast approaches, our attention quickly goes to the familiar words of the infancy narratives found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This is a healthy reflex. Read More
As the celebration of Christmas fast approaches, our attention quickly goes to the familiar words of the infancy narratives found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This is a healthy reflex. Read More
Christian
A recent report that an ornament adorned with the face of a Chinese communist leader is hanging on a Christmas tree in the White House has troubled some Christians.
(Pictured: Mao Zedong's head on Christmas ornament)
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A recent report that an ornament adorned with the face of a Chinese communist leader is hanging on a Christmas tree in the White House has troubled some Christians.(Pictured: Mao Zedong's head on Christmas ornament)
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Opinion
My wife and I have big dreams for our children. We want nothing for
them but health, happiness and success and we recognize that a good
education can be a step towards realizing that goal. Read More
Opinion
President Obama's repeat lecture to black critics that blacks shouldn't expect anything special from him is disingenuous at best, and an insult at worst. Here are two quick political reality checks. He would not have won the
White House if he had not won Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and North
Carolina. Read More
National
President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed
frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying
the use of delaying tactics there harms America's
ability to "deal with big problems in a very
competitive world." Read More
President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed
frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying
the use of delaying tactics there harms America's
ability to "deal with big problems in a very
competitive world." Read More
National
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said the White House and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives have been pressuring him not to speak out on the "compromise" abortion language in the Senate version of the health care bill. Read More
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said the White House and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives have been pressuring him not to speak out on the "compromise" abortion language in the Senate version of the health care bill. Read More
Christian
A Hummer, a 1957 hot rod, a comfortable house in a gated community - if
Bob Vigliotti wanted something, he bought it. Cash or credit didn't
matter. As a successful commercial real estate developer from Naples,
Fla., he could afford it. Until he couldn't.
(Pictured: Dave Ramsey in his broadcasting studio) Read More
A Hummer, a 1957 hot rod, a comfortable house in a gated community - if
Bob Vigliotti wanted something, he bought it. Cash or credit didn't
matter. As a successful commercial real estate developer from Naples,
Fla., he could afford it. Until he couldn't.(Pictured: Dave Ramsey in his broadcasting studio) Read More
Sports
Mark Ingram Sr. helped the Giants win a Super Bowl in 1991, but these days he's behind bars in Queens, N.Y., where he is awaiting sentencing for skipping bail, bank fraud and money laundering, and where he watches his son Mark play tailback for No. 1 Alabama.
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World
Some churches in Iraq have canceled Christmas services to protect themselves against the threats of bombings on churches.
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World
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With at least two violent attacks and alleged "reconversion" of more than 1,700 Christians in the week leading up to Christmas, a sense of fear is growing among India's minority Christian community.
World
Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to improve an often-tense relationship.
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Sports
Tiger Woods has not only damaged his own career as an advertising pitchman, he also fouled the waters for other athletes/celebrities seeking scarce endorsement gigs in a recessionary economy, marketing experts say.
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National
The George W. Bush Institute -- the "action- oriented think tank" that is part of Bush's Presidential Center -- will co-produce a public television show hosted by its executive director, Ambassador James Glassman, in a rare convergence of public broadcasting and a partisan research organization. Read More
The George W. Bush Institute -- the "action- oriented think tank" that is part of Bush's Presidential Center -- will co-produce a public television show hosted by its executive director, Ambassador James Glassman, in a rare convergence of public broadcasting and a partisan research organization. Read More
World
Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household servants, far more than previously thought, a report said Tuesday. Read More
Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household servants, far more than previously thought, a report said Tuesday. Read More
Technology
BlackBerry users were left without e-mail on their handsets for more than nine hours late Tuesday -- the second time the service has been interrupted in a week -- leading some analysts to question whether customers might begin canceling. Read More
BlackBerry users were left without e-mail on their handsets for more than nine hours late Tuesday -- the second time the service has been interrupted in a week -- leading some analysts to question whether customers might begin canceling. Read More
Christian
Pastor Brenda Stevenson says she needs a miracle. For nearly 25 years, her New Outreach Christian Center on Charlotte's west side has been the last hope for low-income parents looking for toys and food for their children on Christmas morning. Read More
Pastor Brenda Stevenson says she needs a miracle. For nearly 25 years, her New Outreach Christian Center on Charlotte's west side has been the last hope for low-income parents looking for toys and food for their children on Christmas morning. Read More
Technology
Customers who placed early orders for Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers will get them in time for Christmas, the company said Wednesday, despite its statements to the contrary a few days ago. Got whiplash yet? Read More
Customers who placed early orders for Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers will get them in time for Christmas, the company said Wednesday, despite its statements to the contrary a few days ago. Got whiplash yet? Read More
Christian
Even though a Detroit, Mich. church had a hole in its roof for about a year, it didn't stop its congregation from ministering to those in need. Read More
Eye on Africa
Climate change
is frequently a matter of life and death for many Africans. From
whatever angle you look at it, the climate change "deal" that was
bulldozed through by rich nations at the Copenhagen climate conference was a disaster for Africa. Read More
Finances
For serious holiday shopping procrastinators, drugstores and convenience stores are offering last-minute deals. Even better for the desperate, many of them will still be open at, say, 3 a.m. Dec. 25. Read More
For serious holiday shopping procrastinators, drugstores and convenience stores are offering last-minute deals. Even better for the desperate, many of them will still be open at, say, 3 a.m. Dec. 25. Read More
Business
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) unwrapped their Christmas presents to themselves Wednesday: They both repaid their government aid, escaping heightened regulatory and public scrutiny. Read More
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) unwrapped their Christmas presents to themselves Wednesday: They both repaid their government aid, escaping heightened regulatory and public scrutiny. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset plenum on Wednesday that in the face of the Iranian nuclear threat, concerted attacks on Israel's right to self defense and a stalled peace process, it was imperative for the opposition to support the government. Read More
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset plenum on Wednesday that in the face of the Iranian nuclear threat, concerted attacks on Israel's right to self defense and a stalled peace process, it was imperative for the opposition to support the government. Read More
Christian
Figures
Count Danny Glover among the Congressional Black Caucus and other prominent African-Americans showing impatience with President Barack Obama.
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Opinion
There's a strange mood in the country this holiday season, a mood we would do well to study if we are to travel the right roads in the years to come.
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National