Each week, tens of thousands of people attend worship services at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.
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March 2010 Archives
Christian
Opinion
American Christianity is far less bloody than it used to be. Songs like "Power in the Blood" or "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" or "Are You Washed in the Blood?" are still sung in some places, but fewer and fewer, and there aren't many newer songs or praise choruses so focused on blood. Read More
American Christianity is far less bloody than it used to be. Songs like "Power in the Blood" or "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" or "Are You Washed in the Blood?" are still sung in some places, but fewer and fewer, and there aren't many newer songs or praise choruses so focused on blood. Read More
Christian
I am neck deep in strategic thinking. The school where I teach is engaged in an aggressive strategic planning initiative. We are working with an excellent consulting team and are asking hard but important questions about the present and the future. But all this has got me wondering about the apostles. Read More
I am neck deep in strategic thinking. The school where I teach is engaged in an aggressive strategic planning initiative. We are working with an excellent consulting team and are asking hard but important questions about the present and the future. But all this has got me wondering about the apostles. Read More
Christian
Congress may soon be considering legislation that would force schools and business to hire transgendered employees, including teachers. Read More
Home
City officials in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. are dropping their challenge to a home Bible study group.
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Home
Light can twist matter, according to a new study that observed ribbons of nanoparticles twisting in response to light.
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Home
Winemaker Yaakov Berg has a recycled winery under his land. Hewn out of stone in the days of Jerusalem's Second Holy Temple, it holds an ancient wine press now flanked by oak barrels in which Mr. Berg's best wines are aging.
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Christian
A gay former engineer at the Christian broadcast giant Trinity Broadcasting Network has settled a civil lawsuit that alleged his employer harassed him for his sexual orientation.
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National
LL Cool J, who had a hit called "Mamma Said Knock You Out," may be thinking the same about the folks behind Sarah Palin's inspirational new show for the Fox News Channel. Read More
LL Cool J, who had a hit called "Mamma Said Knock You Out," may be thinking the same about the folks behind Sarah Palin's inspirational new show for the Fox News Channel. Read More
National
Over the years, we have had a whole succession of world leaders who were said to be the Antichrist. They have ranged from just about every Pope, to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, President John F. Kennedy, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (because of the mark on his head), Prince Charles of Wales, and even Barney the Dinosaur.
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Christian
Does the Shroud of Turin show the "real face of Jesus"? That claim is impossible to judge, even though it serves the title of a documentary about the 3-D analysis of the Shroud of Turin premiering tonight on the History Channel. Read More
Does the Shroud of Turin show the "real face of Jesus"? That claim is impossible to judge, even though it serves the title of a documentary about the 3-D analysis of the Shroud of Turin premiering tonight on the History Channel. Read More
Christian
When people ask me to describe my idea of heaven, the thought itself can be quite daunting. Not because I doubt its existence, but because we have nothing here on earth that can equate to or even come close to the utopia that we would consider heaven to be. It's above luxury, exceeds flawlessness and it's far beyond breathtaking.
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Christian
A retired Presbyterian minister in Northern California is again facing charges she violated church law when she officiated at the weddings of gay couples.
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World
The National Association of Social Workers of Uganda recently endorsed anti-homosexuality legislation under consideration in that country's parliament, prompting a response from Exodus International. Read More
The National Association of Social Workers of Uganda recently endorsed anti-homosexuality legislation under consideration in that country's parliament, prompting a response from Exodus International. Read More
Christian
It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer. Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of "Christian warriors" preparing to fight the Antichrist. Read More
It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer. Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of "Christian warriors" preparing to fight the Antichrist. Read More
Entertainment
It's been more 30 years since I, as a relatively new Christian, was first introduced to the music of Amy Grant--a fellow teen at the time (and the object of much smitten-ness from my college buddies and me). Read More
It's been more 30 years since I, as a relatively new Christian, was first introduced to the music of Amy Grant--a fellow teen at the time (and the object of much smitten-ness from my college buddies and me). Read More
Christian
A total of 19,700 people attended the three-day East Alabama-West Georgia Will Graham Celebration -- the most ever for a Will Graham Celebration -- including the Sunday night overflow crowd of 12,000. More than 795 came forward at the invitation to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. Read More
A total of 19,700 people attended the three-day East Alabama-West Georgia Will Graham Celebration -- the most ever for a Will Graham Celebration -- including the Sunday night overflow crowd of 12,000. More than 795 came forward at the invitation to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. Read More
Entertainment
Marvin Sapp has raised the bar and broken records with "Here I Am," his anticipated follow up to 2007's "Thirsty". Read More
Marvin Sapp has raised the bar and broken records with "Here I Am," his anticipated follow up to 2007's "Thirsty". Read More
Life
As I handed my carefully wrapped package to the postal clerk, I thought, By tomorrow, my publisher will have my manuscript, and in a few months I'll see a lifelong dream fulfilled--a published book! Read More
As I handed my carefully wrapped package to the postal clerk, I thought, By tomorrow, my publisher will have my manuscript, and in a few months I'll see a lifelong dream fulfilled--a published book! Read More
Extra Christian
Recently Dr. Juanita Bynum II appeared on "In Session," a news show that takes you behind the scenes of current legal headlines with breaking news and in-depth analysis.
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Extra Christian
Tonight NBC Nightly News aired a clip from Matt Lauer's interview with President Obama, in which he asked the President why he has not chosen a church to attend. He was told that so doing would create too much of a distraction for fellow parishioners, and that the President, instead, receives a daily "devotional" email from a group of pastors nationwide.
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Other News of Interest
On Tuesday's "Today" show, President Obama sat down for a wide-ranging interview with NBC's Matt Lauer in the White House.
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Other News of Interest
Toward the end of a mostly compelling and occasionally moving new documentary, Cornel West does his best to puncture the image of a benign and nonconfrontational Martin Luther King Jr.
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Home
The high-profile group Christian Leaders for a Nuclear-Free Iran is demanding increased economic sanctions against the Islamic regime. But other Christians worry that sanctions could backfire against Iranian believers.
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National
President Obama on Tuesday signed his second piece of major legislation in a week, an overhaul of student lending and the final piece of health care legislation that incorporates more generous benefits demanded by the House.
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Home
Late last week, the Georgia Senate approved a bill barring gender- and race-specific abortions. If it becomes law, the bill, dubbed The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, would criminalize a person who performs an abortion "with the intent to prevent an unborn child from being born based upon race, color or gender of the child or the race or color of either parent of that child." Read More
African-American
Even if you haven't caught up on TV One shows, or spent hours cruising HelloBeautiful.com, chances are you've experienced Tom Joyner's flagship radio show, or flipped through the pages of GIANT magazine--all because of one powerful businesswoman, Cathy Hughes. Read More
Even if you haven't caught up on TV One shows, or spent hours cruising HelloBeautiful.com, chances are you've experienced Tom Joyner's flagship radio show, or flipped through the pages of GIANT magazine--all because of one powerful businesswoman, Cathy Hughes. Read More
Home
In this video, Dr. Cherry talks about the effect of green tea on weight loss and breast cancer. Read More
In this video, Dr. Cherry talks about the effect of green tea on weight loss and breast cancer. Read More
African-American
Some of the nation's most prominent Black leaders publicly took President Obama to task last Saturday in Chicago at a forum organized by outspoken television and radio talk-show host Tavis Smiley. Read More
Some of the nation's most prominent Black leaders publicly took President Obama to task last Saturday in Chicago at a forum organized by outspoken television and radio talk-show host Tavis Smiley. Read More
Home
The plan could pave the way for a significant new domestic source of energy, helping to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports and boost supplies of natural gas used to displace coal in power plants as the country works to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases.
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Extra Christian
Most of us claim that we do not want to be single. Few cherish going home to an empty place. Read More
Most of us claim that we do not want to be single. Few cherish going home to an empty place. Read More
Extra Christian
State laws legalizing same-sex marriage are becoming the newest battle line in American Christianity's ongoing civil war over the church and homosexuality.
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Other News of Interest
African American women are less likely to breastfeed their children, in part due to the preconceived attitudes that women have regarding breastfeeding vs. formula feeding, according to a new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers.
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Home
An appeals court ruled a Pennsylvania man must pay court costs in his lawsuit against church protesters who picketed the funeral of his son who died in Iraq.
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Christian
Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented a united front on Iran at a joint White House news conference, saying they felt it was time to move ahead with tougher sanctions that their governments have been negotiating with China, Russia, Germany and Britain.
Health
We can come up with all kinds of excuses for why we continue our unhealthy eating habits and ignore the need to get up and move, but we're only hurting ourselves with that attitude. So let this be the day that you and I stop procrastinating. Our health depends on it.
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Home
The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold a race-conscious admissions system at the University of Texas at Austin, aiming to stymie a lawsuit that conservatives hope will spur the Supreme Court to limit affirmative action at public colleges.
Entertainment
A distinguished group of celebrities and VIPs attended Bishop Neil C. Ellis' book launch and press conference for Pursuing the Glory at Tyler Perry's Studios in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Entertainment
Additional performances by Vickie Winans, Kurt Carr, Regina Belle, J.Moss, Cissy Houston, Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson, KOHSHI and Bishop Hezekiah Walker! Read More
Additional performances by Vickie Winans, Kurt Carr, Regina Belle, J.Moss, Cissy Houston, Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson, KOHSHI and Bishop Hezekiah Walker! Read More
Entertainment
Entertainment
Brace yourself for the first 10 minutes of How to Train Your Dragon. They're among the most chaotic ever seen in an animated feature, as Scottish-accented Vikings bellow and grunt while warding off a full-scale night attack on their village by flying fire-breathing dragons. Read More
Brace yourself for the first 10 minutes of How to Train Your Dragon. They're among the most chaotic ever seen in an animated feature, as Scottish-accented Vikings bellow and grunt while warding off a full-scale night attack on their village by flying fire-breathing dragons. Read More
Entertainment
Noah Baumbach's films--like The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding--are full of grown people, usually related by marriage or blood, eloquently eviscerating one another. Read More
Noah Baumbach's films--like The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding--are full of grown people, usually related by marriage or blood, eloquently eviscerating one another. Read More
Entertainment
The Last Song is a Nicholas Sparks story, which tells you several key things about the film: Two unlikely people will fall in love. Someone will heal from a past hurt.
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The Last Song is a Nicholas Sparks story, which tells you several key things about the film: Two unlikely people will fall in love. Someone will heal from a past hurt.
Entertainment
He introduces himself, simply, as the Ghost. He has no family, no attachments. We never know his name. Read More
He introduces himself, simply, as the Ghost. He has no family, no attachments. We never know his name. Read More
Entertainment
Greg Heffley is a journal-keeping wisecracker who's just trying to somehow survive the hazing, harassing and general horror of ... middle school. But unlike all those other half-size sojourners, Greg has a plan.
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Entertainment
Relationships don't always read like Valentine's Day candy. Young lovers who once exchanged chalky hearts bearing the words "you're sweet" and "be mine" sometimes wind up rooting around for pieces that read "you jerk" or "get lost."
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Entertainment
Movie Review by Plugged In
Michael Oher arrived at Wingate Christian like an overgrown moose: gigantic, lost and impossible to miss.
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Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Ever since Alvin and his brothers debuted in 1958, movie, TV, and music producers have been able to count on the money-making combination of precocious animated rodents, kid-friendly plot lines and, most importantly, chart-topping pop music delivered in those trademark chipmunk vocals.
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Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
This is definitely not your father's version of Sherlock Holmes ... or your grandfather's, for that matter.
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Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
It's a sign of the times that the May-December relationship at the center of An Education is unique. Why unique?
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Entertainment
It's hard to begin a review of a Wes Anderson film without using the word "auteur." Read More
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Entertainment
If my wife's snorting dismissal as she passed by my gaming setup is any indication, it's an uncomplicated certainty that God of War III won't be a big draw for the feminine crowd. Read More
If my wife's snorting dismissal as she passed by my gaming setup is any indication, it's an uncomplicated certainty that God of War III won't be a big draw for the feminine crowd. Read More
Entertainment
All right, soldier, you may have worked some tough missions before and met your share of tough hombres, but I guarantee you, you ain't seen nothin' like this!
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Health
Willy Wonka may have been on the right track -- chocolate may be a
sweet way to control blood pressure and thus protect the heart,
according to a report from German researchers. Read More
Willy Wonka may have been on the right track -- chocolate may be a
sweet way to control blood pressure and thus protect the heart,
according to a report from German researchers. Read More
Christian
Tough economic times may actually result in stronger, healthier and smarter churches and Christian ministries, according to Dan Busby, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Read More
Tough economic times may actually result in stronger, healthier and smarter churches and Christian ministries, according to Dan Busby, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Read More
Technology
Meet Barbara Place. She's an app-aholic. One look at her smartphone explains her condition.
Meet Barbara Place. She's an app-aholic. One look at her smartphone explains her condition. (Pictured: Dan Wright says the apps on his iPhone have led him to think that the new iPad could free him from his desk for good. "My mobile device doesn?t boot up, it just comes on," the publishing consultant says. "I love that.")
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World
An
Iranian nuclear scientist who vanished in May 2009 defected to the CIA
and has been resettled in the United States, ABC News reported on
Tuesday. Read More
National
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama marked the start of Passover on Monday with a Seder for about 20 staffers and friends, White House officials said. Read More
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama marked the start of Passover on Monday with a Seder for about 20 staffers and friends, White House officials said. Read More
Technology
Saying an old e-mail or your
online photo album should have the same privacy protection from police
as your home filing cabinet, Google, Microsoft and others said Tuesday
they will ask Congress to overhaul a 24-year-old federal law that helps
define online and mobile phone privacy. Read More
Eye on Africa
Sudan president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has threatened that if
former southren rebels rejected to participate in next month's polls, a
southern referendum would not occur. Bashir said the Sudan government
will not accept a postponement to the national election. "Not even for
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Sudan president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has threatened that if
former southren rebels rejected to participate in next month's polls, a
southern referendum would not occur. Bashir said the Sudan government
will not accept a postponement to the national election. "Not even for
one day." Read More
Other News of Interest
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A gay teenager in New York wins $50,000 from a school district that failed to stop taunts about his sexual orientation. The Justice Department investigates complaints that administrators ignored racial bullying in a Philadelphia school.
Other News of Interest
France is standing with the United States in condemning Israeli settlement activity in east Jerusalem.
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Christian
California pastor Jim Garlow--a champion of Proposition 8 (Calif. marriage admendment) and who has become a national spokesman in support of biblical values--has been tapped by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to chair his non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to Judeo-Christian values. Read More
California pastor Jim Garlow--a champion of Proposition 8 (Calif. marriage admendment) and who has become a national spokesman in support of biblical values--has been tapped by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to chair his non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to Judeo-Christian values. Read More
Christian
Roughly 1,000 pastors in Haiti are expected to participate in a two-day event aimed at teaching church leaders to pray for physical and emotional healing in nation still reeling from a January earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.
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Christian
A former American Baptist youth minister who entered and then withdrew a guilty plea for sending nude photos to a 15-year-old girl he was counseling has been convicted of sexual assault. Read More
Christian
A simple Easter egg hunt for the children on the front lawn after worship services isn't enough anymore.
(Pictured: Wearing her Sunday best, Lauren Fierro plays video game in the Cove for 1st-3rd graders at the Sunset Christian Center.) Read More
A simple Easter egg hunt for the children on the front lawn after worship services isn't enough anymore. (Pictured: Wearing her Sunday best, Lauren Fierro plays video game in the Cove for 1st-3rd graders at the Sunset Christian Center.) Read More
Extra Christian
A survey just released by LifeWay Research indicates that American churches are picking up speed in courting new immigrants, but that plenty of potential for attendance gains and outreach remain.
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Christian
Nancy Schaefer, a conservative Christian activist and former two-term
state senator in Georgia, was found dead with her husband March 26 in
their north Georgia home in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Read More
Nancy Schaefer, a conservative Christian activist and former two-term
state senator in Georgia, was found dead with her husband March 26 in
their north Georgia home in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Read More
Christian
A passion play for the 21st century, happening in real time through
Holy Week, is being chronicled in 140-character bites in the Easter
(LIVE) passion play, which started on Palm Sunday on Twitter and
Facebook. Read More
Christian
As Houston City Council considers a proposal by Mayor Annise Parker to
sell the former Summit-Compaq Center to lessee Lakewood Church, there
are a number of compelling arguments for making the $7.5 million deal. Read More
Christian
America's churches and Christians need to
practice a "prayer-care-share approach" to "loving their neighbors to
Christ," according to a challenge by Mission America Coalition. Read More
Sports
The Donovan McNabb trade speculation won't die down, but the momentum to call one team a favorite in the sweepstakes is petering out.
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Entertainment
Tamela Mann is one of the most-recognizable names in the contemporary Gospel music industry. Her tremendous success story and long string of accolades are even more impressive, however, when one considers the difficulty religious figures often have in attracting and maintaining secular audiences. Read More
Tamela Mann is one of the most-recognizable names in the contemporary Gospel music industry. Her tremendous success story and long string of accolades are even more impressive, however, when one considers the difficulty religious figures often have in attracting and maintaining secular audiences. Read More
Home
Bigger grants for college students who need them. Relaxed payment terms for students with loans. More money for community colleges and historically black institutions.
Sports
U.S. Olympic coach Anne Donovan isn't going to be satisfied simply rebuilding and re-energizing the women's basketball program at Seton Hall.
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Sports
Proclaiming a new era in its program, Seton Hall has introduced Kevin Willard as its men's basketball coach.
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Sports
Nebraska's Yvonne Turner will compete in the State Farm College Slam Dunk and Three-Point Championships on Thursday in Indianapolis as part of the NCAA men's Final Four festivities.
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Sports
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South Carolina coach Dawn Staley is losing the Southeastern Conference's newcomer of the year.
Sports
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One day after their men's team was denied its first trip to the Final Four by a loss to Duke, the Baylor women evened the score, rallying past the Blue Devils 51-48 Monday in the Memphis Regional to advance to the national semifinals.
Morghan Medlock (55) grabs a rebound in front of Duke's Joy Cheek during the Bears' victory in the Memphis Regional final.
Christian
WATCH: The Southern Baptist Convention Pulls Fellowship with Atlanta Church that Has a Female Pastor
A more than 95-year-old church in Atlanta may be ousted from the Southern Baptist Convention over a woman pastor.
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Christian
For the first time, computer graphic artists have recreated the face of Jesus based on the Shroud of Turin. It took six months, cutting-edge technology and a team of computer artists to create the 3-D image. Read More
For the first time, computer graphic artists have recreated the face of Jesus based on the Shroud of Turin. It took six months, cutting-edge technology and a team of computer artists to create the 3-D image. Read More
Christian
Every church hits a wall in growth, that attendance barrier your church can't seem to get past. Maybe it's 50, 100, 1,000, or 10,000. It doesn't matter. One of the best chances you'll have all year to pass that barrier is at Easter. Read More
Every church hits a wall in growth, that attendance barrier your church can't seem to get past. Maybe it's 50, 100, 1,000, or 10,000. It doesn't matter. One of the best chances you'll have all year to pass that barrier is at Easter. Read More
Home
Every morning, Samuel's wife, Nicole, connects to the Internet and does nothing else until it's time for work. Read More
Every morning, Samuel's wife, Nicole, connects to the Internet and does nothing else until it's time for work. Read More
Life
Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow? Read More
Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow? Read More
Culture
Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials - the
American teens and twenty-somethings currently making the passage into
adulthood - have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive,
liberal, upbeat and receptive to new ideas and ways of living. Read More
National
Today the Georgia Senate passed SB 529, a bill which would ban abortion in cases where the woman was coerced against her will into aborting her child. Read More
Today the Georgia Senate passed SB 529, a bill which would ban abortion in cases where the woman was coerced against her will into aborting her child. Read More
National
The actions of the Christian militia group raided in Michigan are part of a growing trend of militant activity across the U.S. because of the weak economy and an African-American president, experts and a civil rights group said today.
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National
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into
law last week costs too much and expands the government's role in
health care too far, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, underscoring an
uphill selling job ahead for President Obama and congressional
Democrats. Read More
World
Members of the
International Religious Freedom Caucus, based in Washington, DC., has
called the Nigerian Government to "Ensure Justice and Religious
Freedom."
(Pictured: The shocking sight of bodies of some of those killed in the recent Jos violence.)
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Members of the
International Religious Freedom Caucus, based in Washington, DC., has
called the Nigerian Government to "Ensure Justice and Religious
Freedom."(Pictured: The shocking sight of bodies of some of those killed in the recent Jos violence.)
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National
A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008. Read More
A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008. Read More
Christian
In December, the pastor of a fledgling storefront church in Red Hook, Brooklyn, began spreading word among several dozen evangelical Christian congregations that he was hiring employees for a huge new social service program. Read More
In December, the pastor of a fledgling storefront church in Red Hook, Brooklyn, began spreading word among several dozen evangelical Christian congregations that he was hiring employees for a huge new social service program. Read More
Christian
A Buffalo man who threw a pipe bomb into a predominantly black church last summer has pleaded guilty to three felony charges.
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Christian
A Christian nurse moved to an office role after refusing to remove a necklace bearing a crucifix told an employment tribunal that taking it off would ''violate her faith''.
Nurse Shirley Chaplin with the cross she has been told she must remove at work.
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African-American
When Marie Meggs walked into Christ the Cornerstone Community Church in 2006, Pastor Otis Adams was surprised. Elderly white women don't drop by black churches often, and he assumed her first visit would be her last. Read More
When Marie Meggs walked into Christ the Cornerstone Community Church in 2006, Pastor Otis Adams was surprised. Elderly white women don't drop by black churches often, and he assumed her first visit would be her last. Read More
National
An Oklahoma-based arts-and-crafts store chain announced this morning that it has acquired various rare Bibles, religious scrolls and centuries-old manuscripts to house at a new museum, possibly in Dallas. Read More
An Oklahoma-based arts-and-crafts store chain announced this morning that it has acquired various rare Bibles, religious scrolls and centuries-old manuscripts to house at a new museum, possibly in Dallas. Read More
National
The major Jewish holiday of Passover starts tonight, with families and friends gathered to tell the Exodus story over Seder meals.
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Christian
Hey, Pastor Friend, If Pastor John Needs to Take a Sabbatical, Is It Possible that You Might Need to Do the Same Thing?
Hey, Pastor Friend, If Pastor John Needs to Take a Sabbatical, Is It Possible that You Might Need to Do the Same Thing?Well-known evangelical preacher John Piper announced Sunday that he will be taking his first-ever break from ministry to reexamine his soul.
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African-American
The documentary "You Saved Me" -- an emotional, in-depth look into the marriages of eight African American couples -- drew thousands nationwide this past weekend.
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African-American
It's been a contentious year, but now that supporters of health care reform finally got their day, Black political and civil rights leaders, as well as other health care reform advocates are applauding the bill's passage for a diversity of reasons. Read More
National
So just how should black Americans identify themselves on the new 2010 census? Black? African-American? Maybe Negro? Read More
So just how should black Americans identify themselves on the new 2010 census? Black? African-American? Maybe Negro? Read More
Christian
For 25 years, the Rev. Deborah Jackson guided insurers in competing for the hearts and minds of people looking to protect the financial security of their loved ones. Read More
For 25 years, the Rev. Deborah Jackson guided insurers in competing for the hearts and minds of people looking to protect the financial security of their loved ones. Read More
Technology
WAR OF WORDS: Amazon's Kindle might get its strongest challenger yet
when Apple releases its iPad tablet computer. Although the Kindle
starts at $259 and the iPad at $499, the iPad does so many other things
that people who want to read books electronically might have a tough
choice. Read More
WAR OF WORDS: Amazon's Kindle might get its strongest challenger yet
when Apple releases its iPad tablet computer. Although the Kindle
starts at $259 and the iPad at $499, the iPad does so many other things
that people who want to read books electronically might have a tough
choice. Read More
Technology
The total compensation of Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt fell 52 percent
last year as the Internet search leader cut back on its employee
perquisites to help lift its profits during the recession. Read More
The total compensation of Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt fell 52 percent
last year as the Internet search leader cut back on its employee
perquisites to help lift its profits during the recession. Read More
Education
If 18-year-old Demarcus Jones doesn't get up promptly for his 10 a.m.
math class at the University of Cincinnati, he'll first get a text
message from Judy Mause.
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If 18-year-old Demarcus Jones doesn't get up promptly for his 10 a.m.
math class at the University of Cincinnati, he'll first get a text
message from Judy Mause.(Pictured: Read More
Sports
The Buffalo Bills got an up-close-and-personal look at the most headline-grabbing prospect in the NFL Draft on Monday. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was among about a dozen college prospects who visited One Bills Drive.
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World
"We're waiting to see which direction and what guidelines the new
government will follow. We hope that the government's plans call for
peace and security." Read More
Entertainment
Premiering on Easter Sunday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.,* BET's hit singing competition SUNDAY BEST returns for a third season of higher praise and tougher competition.
(Pictured: BET in Lagos, Nigeria during season 3 of SUNDAY BEST) Read More
Premiering on Easter Sunday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.,* BET's hit singing competition SUNDAY BEST returns for a third season of higher praise and tougher competition. (Pictured: BET in Lagos, Nigeria during season 3 of SUNDAY BEST) Read More
Christian
Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on
which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites
from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based.
(Pictured: The arrival of toxic algae would have forced frogs to leave the water where they lived.) Read More
Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on
which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites
from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based. (Pictured: The arrival of toxic algae would have forced frogs to leave the water where they lived.) Read More
Christian
A group of students at Trinity University is lobbying trustees to drop
a reference to "Our Lord" on their diplomas, arguing it does not
respect the diversity of religions on campus. Read More
A group of students at Trinity University is lobbying trustees to drop
a reference to "Our Lord" on their diplomas, arguing it does not
respect the diversity of religions on campus. Read More
Christian
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is being sued by a "Christian-focused" PR firm she hired to help spread her "biblically correct" message. Read More
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is being sued by a "Christian-focused" PR firm she hired to help spread her "biblically correct" message. Read More
Christian
"Cinderella, Cinderella," Mateya Ford called out.
Breanna Spencer giggled, swishing around in the beaded pink Jasmine gown she found Monday at The Prom Closet's second annual dress giveaway. Ford was giddy herself, having found a blue Sterling dress by Stone Ferris that suited her perfectly
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Christian
Things are changing at Victory Life Baptist Church.
At the center of it all -- jumping up and down, waving his hands, singing loudly -- was Tim Lester. The new children's pastor is striving to reach not just children, but their parents, too.
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African-American
Earl Godfrey, dean of enrollment services at San Jacinto College's south campus, founded an initiative intended to help San Jacinto college students stay in school. Read More
Earl Godfrey, dean of enrollment services at San Jacinto College's south campus, founded an initiative intended to help San Jacinto college students stay in school. Read More
National
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves behind a romantic sojourn in New York for an encounter he's long been waiting for: talks Tuesday with President Barack Obama in the White House. Read More
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves behind a romantic sojourn in New York for an encounter he's long been waiting for: talks Tuesday with President Barack Obama in the White House. Read More
National
A judge has lifted a temporary restraining order on a never-enforced Illinois law requiring that a girl's guardians be notified before she has an abortion, but that doesn't mean the law takes effect right away. Read More
A judge has lifted a temporary restraining order on a never-enforced Illinois law requiring that a girl's guardians be notified before she has an abortion, but that doesn't mean the law takes effect right away. Read More
World
South Korea's president ordered the military on alert Tuesday for any moves by rival North Korea after the defense minister said last week's explosion that sank a South Korean ship may have been caused by a North Korean mine. Read More
South Korea's president ordered the military on alert Tuesday for any moves by rival North Korea after the defense minister said last week's explosion that sank a South Korean ship may have been caused by a North Korean mine. Read More
African-American
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Portland, Ore., and he's critical of another fatal shooting involving police. The longtime civil rights leader visited the city in February, shortly after an officer shot and killed an unarmed man, Aaron Campbell, on Jan. 29 in what began as a welfare check. Read More
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Portland, Ore., and he's critical of another fatal shooting involving police. The longtime civil rights leader visited the city in February, shortly after an officer shot and killed an unarmed man, Aaron Campbell, on Jan. 29 in what began as a welfare check. Read More
Eye on Africa
A human rights organisation yesterday released a chilling report
indicating that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) killed at least 321
civilians during a previously unreported four-day rampage in
northeastern Congo in December. Read More
A human rights organisation yesterday released a chilling report
indicating that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) killed at least 321
civilians during a previously unreported four-day rampage in
northeastern Congo in December. Read More
Sports
Baylor's youth nearly cost the Lady Bears a trip to Final Four, and ended up saving the day.
Baylor's Brittney Griner (42) shoots between Duke center Krystal Thomas (34) and guard Jasmine Thomas (5) in the first half of the NCAA Memphis Regional championship college basketball game Monday, March 29, 2010, in Memphis, Tenn.
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Business
In December, when Brian Moynihan was tapped to be the chief executive of Bank of America, many said he got the job because no one else would take it. Just days before, Robert Kelly, the CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, had become the latest high profile executive to turn the post down. Read More
In December, when Brian Moynihan was tapped to be the chief executive of Bank of America, many said he got the job because no one else would take it. Just days before, Robert Kelly, the CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, had become the latest high profile executive to turn the post down. Read More
Finances
Myth: Make sure your teenager gets a credit card so he or she will learn to be responsible with money.
Truth: Getting a credit card for your teenager is an excellent way to teach him or her to be financially irresponsible. That's why teens are now the number-one target of credit card companies.
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Second Coming Watch/World
U.S. President Barack Obama's demands during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Tuesday point to an intention to impose a permanent settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in less than two years, political sources in Jerusalem say. Read More
U.S. President Barack Obama's demands during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Tuesday point to an intention to impose a permanent settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in less than two years, political sources in Jerusalem say. Read More
Opinion
A news report from Washington, D.C. tells the story of vestigial Christianity unhinged from biblical authority. Religion News Service [RNS] reports that many pastors in the nation's capital are struggling with just how they can go about the wedding of same-sex couples now that gay marriage is legal in the District of Columbia.
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National
In the world of politics, there was plenty of eye-rolling and mockery at reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele spent lavishly on gratuitous and questionable expenditures in February. Read More
In the world of politics, there was plenty of eye-rolling and mockery at reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele spent lavishly on gratuitous and questionable expenditures in February. Read More
African-American
State Senator Eric Adams has a message for the youth of America: Stop the Sag! The Brooklyn politician is behind six new billboards around town taking on the saggy pants trend.
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Christian
The Michigan-based Christian militia group raided by the FBI over the weekend is preparing for battle with the Antichrist, according to a Web site purportedly run by the group. Read More
The Michigan-based Christian militia group raided by the FBI over the weekend is preparing for battle with the Antichrist, according to a Web site purportedly run by the group. Read More
Christian
In my ministry of racial reconciliation, I had to move from a culture of effort to a culture of grace.
"All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful." -- Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being
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World
As the sexual abuse scandal sweeps through the Roman Catholic Church in Europe and the United States, there are few places where dismay and confusion among worshipers strikes as deep a chord as here in Armagh, seat of the embattled cardinal whose fate has become closely entangled with the widening controversy facing Pope Benedict XVI.
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Christian
City Council on Wednesday gave a cool response to Mayor Annise Parker's plan to sell the former site of the Compaq Center to Lakewood Church for $7.5 million, the first hint of discord between the newly elected mayor and the 14-member council.
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Christian
Gospel music emanated from the sanctuary, but a few feet away, a parking space remained empty. A black ribbon was tied around the "Reserved for Pastor" sign.
Anthony L. Taylor was pastor of the United House of Prayer for All People and active in many community endeavors on Church Hill.
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Christian
As we approach Easter. I would like to share some history on African American Christians in our Portland community as this particular holiday represents a special time in our culture and our history. Read More
As we approach Easter. I would like to share some history on African American Christians in our Portland community as this particular holiday represents a special time in our culture and our history. Read More
Christian
Marcus Vander's home has burned down and no one has stepped up. Jerry Bishop tells this to about 60 men gathered at the Wealthy Theatre for their weekly "Brother 2 Brother" Bible study.
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Christian
Churches count the cost of coverage. Now that President Obama has signed the health care reform bill into law, many churches are wondering what the impact will be on staffing costs. Read More
Churches count the cost of coverage. Now that President Obama has signed the health care reform bill into law, many churches are wondering what the impact will be on staffing costs. Read More
Christian
They were kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban for 105 days. But what the Taliban could not do was break their faith in God nor destroy their hope. Read More
They were kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban for 105 days. But what the Taliban could not do was break their faith in God nor destroy their hope. Read More
Christian
As someone who has spent the past year tangled in the minutia of excise taxes and curve bending and subsidy levels, it is good to finally say this: With the passage of the reconciliation fixes, the health-care reform debate is finally over. But if you're thrilled to hear that, then I also have some bad news: Health-care reform itself is just beginning. Read More
As someone who has spent the past year tangled in the minutia of excise taxes and curve bending and subsidy levels, it is good to finally say this: With the passage of the reconciliation fixes, the health-care reform debate is finally over. But if you're thrilled to hear that, then I also have some bad news: Health-care reform itself is just beginning. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
A Passover eve poll says Israelis are increasingly concerned about their country's international standing amid its most serious crisis with the U.S. in decades. Read More
A Passover eve poll says Israelis are increasingly concerned about their country's international standing amid its most serious crisis with the U.S. in decades. Read More
Christian
Nearly 40% of churches reported declines in giving in 2009, according to the annual "State of the Plate" research, with megachurches and West Coast churches suffering most. Read More
Nearly 40% of churches reported declines in giving in 2009, according to the annual "State of the Plate" research, with megachurches and West Coast churches suffering most. Read More
Christian
The Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha Hill, the manger at Bethlehem ... familiar symbols to Christians around the world. Now picture them with a Madison County setting. Read More
The Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha Hill, the manger at Bethlehem ... familiar symbols to Christians around the world. Now picture them with a Madison County setting. Read More
Christian
At least seven people, including some from Michigan, have been arrested in raids by a FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based Christian militia group, a person familiar with the matter said. Read More
At least seven people, including some from Michigan, have been arrested in raids by a FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based Christian militia group, a person familiar with the matter said. Read More
Sports
When jump-shooting Indiana native Gordon Hayward thought he was going to be about the same size as his 5-10 parents, he worked on his ball-handling skills and dreamed about becoming the next John Stockton or Steve Nash.
Butler's Nick Rodgers hold up the West Regional trophy as the team returned home to Indianapolis amid a throng of fans after earning a spot in the Final Four with a victory over Kansas State Saturday.
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Over the weekend, Nolan Smith's mother reminded him of what his late father accomplished 30 years ago.
The Duke Blue Devils hold up the South Regional trophy after a 78-71 win over Baylor in Houston on Sunday. The victory put Duke back in the Final Four for the first time since 2004.
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Technology
Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, but
fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must
wait a week. Read More
Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, but
fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must
wait a week. Read More
Eye on Africa
Libya lifted a visa ban on travelers from 25
European nations after the resolution of a diplomatic row that began
with Switzerland. The Foreign Ministry said
Libya scrapped the measure Saturday after the European Union blocked a
Swiss proposal for a visa blacklist against nearly 200 senior Libyan
officials, including leader Moammar Gadhafi and his family. Read More
Sports
The players come and go, the years pass. About the only thing that doesn't change is Tom Izzo and Michigan State's mastery in March.
Michigan State players celebrate after the buzzer sounded on their 70-69 victory over Tennessee Midwest Regional final in St. Louis.
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Sports
Duke is back in the Final Four, ending an unusually long absence for coach Mike Krzyzewski's team -- and keeping No. 1 seeds from being shut out of the title chase.
Duke's Lance Thomas (42), Kyle Singler (12), Nolan Smith and Jon Scheyer, right, celebrate after the buzzer sounded on Duke's 78-71 victory over Baylor in the South Regional final in Houston.
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Sports
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Sports
Fran McCaffery's Sunday change of address, from Siena to Iowa, caught Dick Vitale by surprise.
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Sports
The new men's basketball coach at Iowa prefers his teams to race up and down the court like Usain Bolt. He's piloted three different small schools to the NCAA Tournament. He takes the concept the of "student-athlete" seriously.
Fran McCaffery is Iowa's new head coach after five seasons at Siena.
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Sports
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A Butler University freshman made a valiant attempt to get her vocal chords to work again. Her beloved Bulldogs were headed to the Final Four.
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Life
Could you support a family of four on a teacher's salary? One man is doing just that and he's not only surviving -- he's thriving. Read More
Could you support a family of four on a teacher's salary? One man is doing just that and he's not only surviving -- he's thriving. Read More
African-American
A recent report from Richard Prince's "Journal-isms"
column should raise a few eyebrows. That's because black shows on the
mainstream Turner networks are drawing more black viewers than BET and
TV One. Read More
A recent report from Richard Prince's "Journal-isms"
column should raise a few eyebrows. That's because black shows on the
mainstream Turner networks are drawing more black viewers than BET and
TV One. Read More
Sports
One day after Duke knocked off Baylor for a berth in the men's Final Four, their women's programs will battle for the same prize tonight when the fourth-seeded Lady Bears face the No. 2 Blue Devils at FedEx Forum.
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National
The Obama family is hosting a seder in the White House. The seder, launched during the 2008 campaign when candidate Barack Obama joined three Jewish staffers mounting an improvised seder while on the road, has become a private affair, with a focus on black-Jewish relations. Read More
The Obama family is hosting a seder in the White House. The seder, launched during the 2008 campaign when candidate Barack Obama joined three Jewish staffers mounting an improvised seder while on the road, has become a private affair, with a focus on black-Jewish relations. Read More
World
Two explosions shook crowded subway stations in central Moscow during
the morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 37 people and injuring
many others, according to local officials, who said early reports
pointed to coordinated strikes by suicide bombers. Read More
Two explosions shook crowded subway stations in central Moscow during
the morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 37 people and injuring
many others, according to local officials, who said early reports
pointed to coordinated strikes by suicide bombers. Read More
College Basketball
The quicker, more athletic Kentucky Wildcats ended Nebraska's record-breaking season.
Kentucky Wildcats guard Amani Franklin, top, celebrates with forward Victoria Dunlap after Kentucky beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 76-67.
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Sports
Brittney Griner of Baylor has set the NCAA tournament record for most blocks with her fifth blocked shot against Duke.
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Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale is rarely at a loss for words yet even she struggled to find the right ones to describe her team's thrilling overtime victory over Notre Dame.
Oklahoma forward Nyeshia Stevenson passes in front of Notre Dame guard Ashley Barlow during the second half. Stevenson hit the game-winning three-pointer with 4.4 seconds left.
Sports
Courtney Ward carried Florida State to its first regional final. Getting any farther will be much tougher.
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Sports
Sports
It was a sight that stunned all but the few in Kentucky blue.
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Sports
Just about everybody loves an underdog. Not Geno Auriemma. He'll go with Goliath in his bracket.
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Sports
Anne Donovan is leaving the New York Liberty after the upcoming WNBA season to become the women's basketball coach at Seton Hall.
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Sports
Former Clemson star Itoro Umoh Coleman looked out at her new players and made a vow she'd heard more than a decade before when she led the team to two Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles.
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The first time Maya Moore touched the ball on offense she hit a three-pointer from the top of the key. The second time, she hit one from the left corner. And so began another Connecticut rout.
Connecticut's Maya Moore goes up for a basket during the Huskies' rout of Iowa State in the Sweet 16 Sunday in Dayton, Ohio. Moore led the top-seeded Huskies with 25 points.
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Fourth seed Baylor had too much Brittney Griner and No. 1 Tennessee didn't have enough defense Saturday in their NCAA women's Sweet 16 showdown.
Baylor players wave to fans as they leave the court after beating Tennessee 77-62 to reach the Memphis Regional final.
World
At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk, according to an investigation by a human rights group. Read More
At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk, according to an investigation by a human rights group. Read More
Sports
There's a favorite in Duke, a little guy in Butler, a team returning to the big-time in West Virginia and a regular hardly anyone figured would get so far this season in Michigan State.
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Sports
With his men's bracket a bust, the president is in trouble in the women's NCAA tournament, too.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Israel's leader tried to play down tensions with the U.S. on Sunday after a rocky meeting at the White House last week, saying that relations with Washington remain solid. In his first public comments on the matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Israel and the U.S. can work out their differences. Read More
Israel's leader tried to play down tensions with the U.S. on Sunday after a rocky meeting at the White House last week, saying that relations with Washington remain solid. In his first public comments on the matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Israel and the U.S. can work out their differences. Read More
Sports
Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo moved into some pretty elite company.
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Maybe Baylor can finally escape its past, even if the Bears couldn't cap their breakthrough season with a perfect ending.
Sports
Butler's players sat in the locker room, nursing the scrapes and bruises that had come with another round of gnawing through two more opponents and extending a run that seemed improbable to everyone but the Bulldogs themselves.
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National
A national ministry that organizes prayer for the president says it's hearing from members who have quit praying for President Barack Obama.
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Home
U.S. President Barack Obama is in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit that is expected to last several hours.
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Christian
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How many singles pastors do you know who are married? Which church in your city is the official meat-market for single adults? Whenever your church's children's ministry needs more workers, do they ask the singles class first?
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Monday night, somewhere in the USA there will be, no doubt, all-Jewish Passover Seders, the first ceremonial meal of the eight day holiday celebrating the Jewish exodus from Egypt and freedom from bondage at the hand of God.
Sunday evening is the first Seder, the Passover meal with symbolic foods, prayers and stories retelling Jews' exodus from slavery in Egypt and freedom from bondage through God.
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Watching Kirk Franklin and his likes gives a glimpse of what gospel music in Nigeria could have been if the likes of D'banj, KC Presh, Terry G, and MI are in the church singing to the glory of God.
Pictured: Terry G
African-American
Back in the olden days, as my children say about the 1980s, when The Cosby Show was on television, a couple of times I heard someone say that the show was a fairy tale - that no African-Americans lived like the Huxtables.
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Christian
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A group of Church of England Bishops have accused the government of discriminating against Christians while treating other faiths more leniently.
Lord Carey called on the government to end its "discrimination"
Christian
A Jacksonville, Fla., church has a message for the community: Come hear the message of hope this Easter and get your light bill paid! Read More
A Jacksonville, Fla., church has a message for the community: Come hear the message of hope this Easter and get your light bill paid! Read More
National
They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents. Read More
They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents. Read More
Education
A federal judge will allow to continue a lawsuit by a former student against a long list of university officials who tossed her out of a graduate counseling program after she said her Christian beliefs would not allow her to affirm homosexual behavior. Read More
A federal judge will allow to continue a lawsuit by a former student against a long list of university officials who tossed her out of a graduate counseling program after she said her Christian beliefs would not allow her to affirm homosexual behavior. Read More
Christian
As members of a close-knit Mennonite community prepared to bury their own, they sliced through wooden planks with electric saws Saturday and wrestled with the loss of a family of nine killed in a central Kentucky crash. Read More
As members of a close-knit Mennonite community prepared to bury their own, they sliced through wooden planks with electric saws Saturday and wrestled with the loss of a family of nine killed in a central Kentucky crash. Read More
African-American
You might feel some pressure to get hitched this weekend, as activities throughout African-American communities lead up to Black Marriage Day on Sunday. Read More
You might feel some pressure to get hitched this weekend, as activities throughout African-American communities lead up to Black Marriage Day on Sunday. Read More
Life
We must each decide when, holding on is mere stubbornness, when holding on is mere refusal to accept what is painfully obvious. Read More
We must each decide when, holding on is mere stubbornness, when holding on is mere refusal to accept what is painfully obvious. Read More
Christian
At a traditional Passover seder, you'll find the broken matzo, taste the bitter herbs and listen to a retelling of the Exodus story. Read More
At a traditional Passover seder, you'll find the broken matzo, taste the bitter herbs and listen to a retelling of the Exodus story. Read More
African-American
Contrary to Twitter rumors, civil rights icon Dorothy Height is alive and well in a Washington D.C. hospital. Read More
Contrary to Twitter rumors, civil rights icon Dorothy Height is alive and well in a Washington D.C. hospital. Read More
National
Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said. Read More
Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said. Read More
Christian
A three-day effort to pack nearly a quarter of a million meals for impoverished children in Haiti and other countries is wrapping up today in Roseville.
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National
Americans overwhelmingly see the new health-care law as a major shift in the direction of the country, but they remain as deeply divided today over the changes as they were throughout the long congressional debate, according to a Washington Post poll. Read More
Americans overwhelmingly see the new health-care law as a major shift in the direction of the country, but they remain as deeply divided today over the changes as they were throughout the long congressional debate, according to a Washington Post poll. Read More
Christian
Congregation, heal thyself. That is a judge's message to a western Pennsylvania congregation divided over the removal of two church elders because one was allegedly quarrelsome and the other hasn't spoken in tongues.
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Technology
Apple's
often accused of running its hype machine to new levels in advance of a
product launch. This naturally makes its anonymous claims of
pre-selling hundreds of thousands of its latest gizmo, the famed Apple iPad, a bit tougher to digest. Read More
Apple's
often accused of running its hype machine to new levels in advance of a
product launch. This naturally makes its anonymous claims of
pre-selling hundreds of thousands of its latest gizmo, the famed Apple iPad, a bit tougher to digest. Read More
Eye on Africa
The first black leader in the 106-year history of the University of the Free State started his tenure last year with a surprise.
In his inaugural speech, rector Jonathan Jansen declared that the university would drop its criminal case against four white students accused of making a video where four black janitors eat a stew apparently spiked with urine. Jansen also offered two of the students who had been expelled the chance to resume their studies -- the other two had graduated. Read More
The first black leader in the 106-year history of the University of the Free State started his tenure last year with a surprise.In his inaugural speech, rector Jonathan Jansen declared that the university would drop its criminal case against four white students accused of making a video where four black janitors eat a stew apparently spiked with urine. Jansen also offered two of the students who had been expelled the chance to resume their studies -- the other two had graduated. Read More
African-American
Messages about the health-boosting powers of breast-feeding aren't
reaching black American women as well as their Hispanic or white
counterparts, a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) suggests. Read More
Sports
The stadium erupted when Mardy Fish walloped the final shot of the match for a winner, and he let loose a jubilant roar of his own.
Mardy Fish defeats Andy Murray in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open.
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Dwyane Wade showed a new move Saturday: He leaped over the net.
Andy Roddick jumps over the net as he and Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade play a game of H-O-R-S-E on Saturday.
National
Three years after serving a bid for robbery, Glenn Martin tried to
register to vote in his state. In New York, formerly incarcerated
people are allowed to vote once they complete parole. A few weeks
later, the Bronx Board of Elections sent him a letter telling him he
wasn't eligible. Read More
Sports
Fernando Gonzalez and Andy Roddick have arranged a charity doubles match on the eve of the men's final at the Sony Ericsson Open to benefit earthquake-stricken Chile.
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Education
Three generations of the Howard University community gathered Friday to
remember James Edward Cheek, the longtime Howard president who
envisioned a "second emancipation" of African Americans through
scholarship.
(Pictured: The Howard University Choir performs during James Edward Cheek's memorial service, which was postponed after his death in January due to snowstorms.) Read More
Three generations of the Howard University community gathered Friday to
remember James Edward Cheek, the longtime Howard president who
envisioned a "second emancipation" of African Americans through
scholarship. (Pictured: The Howard University Choir performs during James Edward Cheek's memorial service, which was postponed after his death in January due to snowstorms.) Read More
Opinion
Health care is the next-to-last thing I want to write about. The last
thing is abortion, so this column is a banquet of tortures.
Usually, I would not return so soon to a topic that I tend to associate with the pleasures of head-banging, but broad misunderstanding about what's in the health-care-reform law justifies another lap.
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Health care is the next-to-last thing I want to write about. The last
thing is abortion, so this column is a banquet of tortures.Usually, I would not return so soon to a topic that I tend to associate with the pleasures of head-banging, but broad misunderstanding about what's in the health-care-reform law justifies another lap.
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National
For a couple tight weeks after taking in her sixth-grade stepson, Lisa Lewis fretted about how to pay for his school lunches.
Unable to find a full-time job, the 37-year-old works part-time at a Kansas City, Kan., daycare, earning minimum wage. On that money alone, she supports herself, her unemployed husband, her stepson and her 11th-grade son. Read More
For a couple tight weeks after taking in her sixth-grade stepson, Lisa Lewis fretted about how to pay for his school lunches.Unable to find a full-time job, the 37-year-old works part-time at a Kansas City, Kan., daycare, earning minimum wage. On that money alone, she supports herself, her unemployed husband, her stepson and her 11th-grade son. Read More
National
Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the
dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain
his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign. Read More
Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the
dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain
his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign. Read More
National
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Massachusetts pediatrician
Donald Berwick, known for his work to improve patient care, to oversee
Medicare and Medicaid. Read More
World
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Saturday that
peace talks would not move forward "as long as Israel maintains its
settlement policy," continuing the rift in the region that began this
month with Israel's intent to build housing in disputed territory. Read More
National
The Tea Party dynamic is on full display in New Hampshire, where a
veteran officeholder is challenging his Republican primary opponent for
the conservative movement's blessing. Read More
Sports
Butler coach Brad Stevens celebrates with his players on the court in Salt Lake City after the Bulldogs beat Kansas State to win the West Regional and earn the school's first-ever trip to the Final Four. Read More
Butler coach Brad Stevens celebrates with his players on the court in Salt Lake City after the Bulldogs beat Kansas State to win the West Regional and earn the school's first-ever trip to the Final Four. Read More
Sports
One thing led to another and now, it is Butler freshman walk-on forward Emerson Kampen, who has played all of 12 minutes this season and just two minutes in the NCAA tournament, who gets the first celebration with coach Brad Stevens after Bulldogs wins.
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Butler sophomore guard Ronald Nored, the Horizon League's co-Defensive Player of the Year, is the best individual defensive player on one of the best defensive teams in the country.
Sports
Shortly after DeMarcus Cousins talked about how much fun he had this season, the stunning finality of the Wildcats' loss suddenly hit him.
West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler celebrates during the Mountaineers' upset of No. 1 seed Kentucky in the East Regional final in Syracuse, N.Y. The win propels West Virginia into the Final Four in Indianapolis.
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After watching his team miss its first 20 three-point atempts and finish 4-for-32 from the arc against West Virginia's suffocating defense, Kentucky coach John Calipari could only salute his long time friend, Bob Huggins, and the Final Four-bound West Virginia Mountaineers.
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One minor question about Michigan State and Tennessee, before they decide Sunday who goes to the Final Four.
Sports
Cal Poly Pomona's Austin Swift, left, Donnelle Booker, center, and Dahir Nasser celebrate their victory in the Division II championship game over Indiana, Pa. in Springfield, Mass.
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Xavier's low-post tandem of Ta'Shia Phillips and Amber Harris was just too big, too tough and altogether too much for Gonzaga.
Xavier's Ta'Shia Phillips shoots over Gonzaga's Heather Bowman during the first half of the Musketeers' win in Sacramento.
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The suspended coach of the Binghamton University men's basketball team has filled a racial discrimination complaint against the school.
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Jayne Appel is doing it all for Stanford on a bum ankle: passing, scoring and willing her team to the cusp of another Final Four in her last hurrah.
Stanford center Jayne Appel shoots over Georgia defender Porsha Phillips, left, during the first half of the Cardinal's rout over the Bulldogs.
Sports
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie sees Jasmine Thomas as someone who is never satisfied. Thanks to the junior guard, the Blue Devils now stand a win away from their first Final Four since 2006.
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Alli Volkens had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocks to help Emporia State win its first Division II women's basketball title with a 65-53 victory over Fort Lewis on Friday night.
Emporia State players celebrate after winning the NCAA Division II college women's basketball championship game over Fort Lewis.
Finances
Are you discouraged? Worried? Stressed out? Paralized with fear? A recent survey showed that 70% of the American population would answer "Yes!" to one of those questions when it comes to finances. Read More
Are you discouraged? Worried? Stressed out? Paralized with fear? A recent survey showed that 70% of the American population would answer "Yes!" to one of those questions when it comes to finances. Read More
Business
If you have a mortgage with Bank of America, and you're extremely underwater, you just might be in luck. Bank of America has announced plans to extend about $3 billion in loan forgiveness to 45,000 homeowners who are in dire straits. Read More
If you have a mortgage with Bank of America, and you're extremely underwater, you just might be in luck. Bank of America has announced plans to extend about $3 billion in loan forgiveness to 45,000 homeowners who are in dire straits. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
The security establishment conducted a first-of-its-kind trial run, meant to test the joint operation of several anti missile and rocket defense systems. The aim of the test was to gauge the systems' performance during a missile attack on Israel. Read More
The security establishment conducted a first-of-its-kind trial run, meant to test the joint operation of several anti missile and rocket defense systems. The aim of the test was to gauge the systems' performance during a missile attack on Israel. Read More
Sports
Sports
Shortly after DeMarcus Cousins talked about how much fun he had this season, the stunning finality of the Wildcats' loss suddenly hit him.
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Sports
Butler's greatest basketball accomplishment will be a homecoming.
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Sports
With his hands flashing and fingers pointing, the moderator of the news conference looked like a cross between a referee and an overzealous flight attendant, and Bobby Maze just couldn't resist.
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Sports
Ta'Shia Phillips turned in 22 points and 14 rebounds as the third-seeded Xavier Musketeers handled the seventh-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs, 74-56, in the Sweet 16 stage of the NCAA Tournament at Arco Arena.
Gonzaga's Vivian Frieson, left, challenges the shot of Xavier's April Phillips, center, as Gonzaga's Kelly Bowen, right, looks on during the first half of an NCAA Sacramento Regional semifinal college basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, March 27, 2010.
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Christian
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. announced in convocation on Wednesday that Liberty University is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel challenging the legality of the healthcare reform bill signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. This act of litigation makes Liberty the first private organization to pursue legal opposition to the bill. Read More
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. announced in convocation on Wednesday that Liberty University is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel challenging the legality of the healthcare reform bill signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. This act of litigation makes Liberty the first private organization to pursue legal opposition to the bill. Read More
National
Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Read More
Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Read More
Education
After Tarleton State University received a "staggering" number of threatening calls and e-mails, a drama professor canceled a class assignment for Saturday morning that included the staging of a portion of the controversial play Corpus Christi. Read More
After Tarleton State University received a "staggering" number of threatening calls and e-mails, a drama professor canceled a class assignment for Saturday morning that included the staging of a portion of the controversial play Corpus Christi. Read More
Education
Tarleton State President Deplores 'Homosexual Jesus' Play, But Defends Student's Right To Present It
The president of Tarleton State University said he thinks a play about a gay Christ figure, which a student is presenting this weekend on campus, is "offensive, crude, and irreverent."
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Christian
A former pastor in Floyd County is arrested and charged with assault in what detectives call one of the worse cases of domestic violence they have seen.
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National
The Marine Corps' top uniformed officer says he won't force his troops to bunk with gays on base and would give them separate rooms if Congress votes to allow openly gay service.
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Christian
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Ministry pioneer Freda Lindsay, who founded Christ For The Nations Institute in 1970 alongside her late-husband Gordon, has died. She was 95.
Opinion
Speakers at a recent prophecy conference proclaimed that this is "the rapture generation" as they warned of a looming one-world government and attacks on Israel that could hasten end-times events.
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Christian
Evangelist Luis Palau and the Rev. James Meeks preached to more than 14,000 people in China March 20-21 at the Hangzhou Chong-yi Christian church. Joining the two American preachers was Rev. Meeks' 52-voice Salem Baptist Church Choir from Chicago.
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World
As an Idaho woman sits in a jail in Haiti, her Internet business is closing and her ex-husband is seeking sole custody of their 5-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son.
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Christian
A group of more than 100 prominent Christians ranging from evangelical minister Jim Wallis on the political left to Nixon White House aide Chuck Colson on the right released a document Thursday calling for an end to the fight club tone of the national political discourse.
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Christian
A recent survey by Lifeway Research reports that 65 percent of Protestant pastors work 50 or more hours a week. And many of the pastors responding to the survey say the extra time they spend results in less time with their families and less time with God.
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National
For the first time in 130 years, members of Congress gathered in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol for a church service. About 300 members from both sides of the aisle gathered to worship just hours before the House of Representatives voted to pass health care reform.
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Business
A private religious school in Decatur has agreed to pay $53,000 to two women to settle their pregnancy discrimination cases, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday.
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Education
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Although thousands of Texas students fail in high school each year, success still is possible for these students. That's what more than 25 Texas Hispanic Baptist leaders discovered during an education advocacy day in Austin hosted by the Texas Baptist Hispanic Education Initiative and the Christian Life Commission.
Christian
The story goes that Jesus and Satan had argued for days about who was more tech-savvy, and God grew sick of the bickering. He told them he would judge a two-hour task set. They e-mailed, e-mailed with attachments, downloaded and created spreadsheets, labels, charts and graphs. Read More
The story goes that Jesus and Satan had argued for days about who was more tech-savvy, and God grew sick of the bickering. He told them he would judge a two-hour task set. They e-mailed, e-mailed with attachments, downloaded and created spreadsheets, labels, charts and graphs. Read More
Life
This past fall, my husband Doug and I had what was most likely the dreaded H1N1 virus at the same time. The coughing and hacking got bad for both of us. Read More
This past fall, my husband Doug and I had what was most likely the dreaded H1N1 virus at the same time. The coughing and hacking got bad for both of us. Read More
African-American
March 28 is "Black Marriage Day", a national initiative that promotes marriage in the black community. More than 300 communities across the country organize events to help celebrate this special day. Read More
March 28 is "Black Marriage Day", a national initiative that promotes marriage in the black community. More than 300 communities across the country organize events to help celebrate this special day. Read More
Christian
Scared but curious after surviving a horrific interstate crash in south-central Kentucky that killed 11 people, including eight from the Mennonite family that adopted him, Josiah Esh wanted to know where his parents were. Read More
Scared but curious after surviving a horrific interstate crash in south-central Kentucky that killed 11 people, including eight from the Mennonite family that adopted him, Josiah Esh wanted to know where his parents were. Read More
Technology
A report from AppAdvice says that over 30,000 major book titles will come free with the Apple iBookstore when the Apple iPad hits the market on April 3. So those who want to use their iPad as an eboook reader have much to look forward to. Read More
A report from AppAdvice says that over 30,000 major book titles will come free with the Apple iBookstore when the Apple iPad hits the market on April 3. So those who want to use their iPad as an eboook reader have much to look forward to. Read More
Christian
Joel Osteen's popular Lakewood Church is planning to partner with Houston ISD to open a charter school for autistic children. Read More
Joel Osteen's popular Lakewood Church is planning to partner with Houston ISD to open a charter school for autistic children. Read More
Christian
THEY say that if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, and the founders of Sydney's Hillsong church are about to find out. Read More
THEY say that if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, and the founders of Sydney's Hillsong church are about to find out. Read More
Christian
Long before the "Twilight" craze, author Anne Rice brought vampires into the literary forefront with her best-selling novels, "The Vampire Chronicles." Read More
Long before the "Twilight" craze, author Anne Rice brought vampires into the literary forefront with her best-selling novels, "The Vampire Chronicles." Read More
Christian
Humor doesn't show up on any spiritual practice list. But Richard Olson hopes to make that happen. "Humor is a very important spiritual practice, especially for those under stress and turmoil," he said. Read More
Humor doesn't show up on any spiritual practice list. But Richard Olson hopes to make that happen. "Humor is a very important spiritual practice, especially for those under stress and turmoil," he said. Read More
African-American
For Kenny and Lynette Seymour, last weekend's black marriage gala was about celebrating their seven-year marriage. They got to meet other black couples while spending a romantic evening together. Read More
For Kenny and Lynette Seymour, last weekend's black marriage gala was about celebrating their seven-year marriage. They got to meet other black couples while spending a romantic evening together. Read More
National
When I saw that Kathleen Parker's March 24 op-ed, "Stupak's original sin," defined me as a "backstabber," it reminded me of a Bible verse. Matthew 7:3 asks, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" Read More
When I saw that Kathleen Parker's March 24 op-ed, "Stupak's original sin," defined me as a "backstabber," it reminded me of a Bible verse. Matthew 7:3 asks, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" Read More
Science
Experiment was based on "Schrodinger's Cat": a situation where a cat is placed inside a steel chamber alongside a vial of acid and a small amount of radioactive substance. Read More
Experiment was based on "Schrodinger's Cat": a situation where a cat is placed inside a steel chamber alongside a vial of acid and a small amount of radioactive substance. Read More
Christian
How do you get to a deeper understanding of the most recited prayer in Christianity? If you're Brian Hadley, you take The Lord's Prayer into the streets, then turn it into an art project with a little help from 30 homeless men and women - "The least of these," Jesus would call them. Read More
How do you get to a deeper understanding of the most recited prayer in Christianity? If you're Brian Hadley, you take The Lord's Prayer into the streets, then turn it into an art project with a little help from 30 homeless men and women - "The least of these," Jesus would call them. Read More
National
As outrage mounted over the latest Catholic Church sex scandal, writer Christopher Hitchens called for the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI, and singer Sinead O'Connor said the pope should face a criminal investigation. Read More
As outrage mounted over the latest Catholic Church sex scandal, writer Christopher Hitchens called for the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI, and singer Sinead O'Connor said the pope should face a criminal investigation. Read More
National
The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint "civility" statement, POLITICO has learned. Read More
The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint "civility" statement, POLITICO has learned. Read More
National
Republicans have to be careful to avoid demonizing Democrats, Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) warned Wednesday. Read More
National
So what was the Securities and Exchange Commission doing while the economy fell to pieces? At least a few SEC employees were viewing pornography on their government-issued computers, according to media and government reports. Read More
World
The General Pharmaceutical Council has decided to uphold the right of
pharmacists in the United Kingdom to refuse to dispense treatments that
conflict with their religious beliefs. Read More
The General Pharmaceutical Council has decided to uphold the right of
pharmacists in the United Kingdom to refuse to dispense treatments that
conflict with their religious beliefs. Read More
National
A Mississippi lesbian Tuesday won a judge's backing for her contention
that her First Amendment rights were violated when her high school
refused to allow her to attend her prom with her girlfriend. Read More
National
President Barack Obama is back to square one -- again -- in finding a
transportation security chief to shore up the nation's defenses against
terrorist threats from the air, road and rail. Read More
President Barack Obama is back to square one -- again -- in finding a
transportation security chief to shore up the nation's defenses against
terrorist threats from the air, road and rail. Read More
Sports
WATCH: Florida International University Football Player Kendall Berry was Stabbed to Death on Campus
Kendall Berry was going to be one of the featured running backs in a FIU
football scrimmage on Saturday, something so exciting to the
22-year-old that he spent some of his final hours begging people to
come to Miami and watch. Read More
National
The teenager accused of jumping on the intercom at a southern New
Jersey Walmart ordering all black people to leave has been charged in a
similar incident at the same store just after Christmas. Read More
The teenager accused of jumping on the intercom at a southern New
Jersey Walmart ordering all black people to leave has been charged in a
similar incident at the same store just after Christmas. Read More
Technology
Google is using Internet freedom as a rallying cry in its confrontation with China. Read More
Technology
More than 1,100 communities have approached Google Inc. in hopes of
landing one of the ultra-fast broadband networks that the company plans
to build in a handful of spots around the country. Read More
Eye on Africa
Egypt's ruling party is taking measures to restrict the work of
non-governmental organisations ahead of crucial parliamentary elections. Read More
World
A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with
North Korea, possibly after an explosion, but officials played down
suggestions that it may have been attacked by the North. Read More
A South Korean naval ship sank near the disputed maritime border with
North Korea, possibly after an explosion, but officials played down
suggestions that it may have been attacked by the North. Read More
Education
The public image of Cornell University, the Ithaca, New York, Ivy League school, changed drastically this month when news broke that a third student in one month had committed suicide by jumping from Cornell's famed gorges, following three other student suicides since October. Read More
The public image of Cornell University, the Ithaca, New York, Ivy League school, changed drastically this month when news broke that a third student in one month had committed suicide by jumping from Cornell's famed gorges, following three other student suicides since October. Read More
National
President Barack Obama plans to sign the final piece of his health care overhaul on Tuesday. Read More
National
Poet Maya Angelou has often visited St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side to read her poetry. This week, after a rash of shootings in Chicago, she once again joined Rev. Michael Pfleger and said "we have to stop this madness."
National
Gov. David Paterson was directly involved in writing a statement to be signed by the alleged victim in a top aide's domestic abuse case saying that she had not been assaulted by the aide, the New York Times reported Thursday. Read More
Gov. David Paterson was directly involved in writing a statement to be signed by the alleged victim in a top aide's domestic abuse case saying that she had not been assaulted by the aide, the New York Times reported Thursday. Read More
Health
People who smile a lot are usually happier, have more stable personalities, more stable marriages, better cognitive skills and better interpersonal skills, according to research. Science has just uncovered another benefit of a happy face. People who have big smiles live longer. Read More
People who smile a lot are usually happier, have more stable personalities, more stable marriages, better cognitive skills and better interpersonal skills, according to research. Science has just uncovered another benefit of a happy face. People who have big smiles live longer. Read More
National
A company that guarantees federal student loans said Friday that personal data on about 3.3 million people nationwide has been stolen from its headquarters in Minnesota. Read More
World
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have approved a landmark arms accord aimed at cutting the nuclear arsenals of both countries.
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Two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian civilian were killed Friday as a gunbattle between troops and Palestinian militants widened into some of the fiercest fighting in the Gaza Strip since Israel's military offensive there last year. Read More
Finances
The Obama administration Friday tried to manage expectations about its newest foreclosure-prevention efforts, while consumer advocates and others who track the housing market praised the initiative but questioned whether it would succeed in curtailing the foreclosure epidemic. Read More
The Obama administration Friday tried to manage expectations about its newest foreclosure-prevention efforts, while consumer advocates and others who track the housing market praised the initiative but questioned whether it would succeed in curtailing the foreclosure epidemic. Read More
National
Because of the new health care law, Arizona lawmakers must now find a way to maintain insurance coverage for 350,000 children and adults that they slashed just last week to help close a $2.6 billion budget deficit. Read More
Sports
With a listless, sloppy performance, the No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic lost his opening match Friday at the Sony Ericsson Open to Olivier Rochus 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4.
Olivier Rochus reacts after defeating Novak Djokovic, a former champion at Key Biscayne.
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Sports
With a listless, sloppy performance, the No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic lost his opening match Friday at the Sony Ericsson Open to Olivier Rochus 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
Olivier Rochus of Germany celebrates match point against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day four of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 26, 2010 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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Guillermo Canas of Argentina, once a nemesis to Roger Federer, has announced his retirement from tennis.
Sports
After a one-year postponement, Andy Roddick is again planning to take on Dwyane Wade in H-O-R-S-E.
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Gonzaga has advanced to its Sweet 16 showdown with Xavier on Saturday by a series of measured steps under coach Kelly Graves.
Gonzaga's Carter Schick, right, leaps into the arms of Heather Bowman after the team beat Texas A&M to reach the Sweet 16. "We took it a step further this year, but I think the foundation was laid in 2007," coach Kelly Graves says.
Sports
The NCAA tournament is when Michigan State shines. Deep runs are expected, national championships realistic.
Michigan State's Delvon Roe dunks in front of two Northern Iowa Panthers during the second half of the Spartans' slim Sweet 16 victory in St. Louis.
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Sports
Duke is done answering questions about its sooner-than-expected exits from the NCAA tournament.
Duke's Jon Scheyer, left, and Nolan Smith celebrate during the second half of their Sweet 16 victory over Purdue, which sends the Blue Devils into the South Regional final where they will face Baylor.
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Ohio State has one of the best players in the country in Evan Turner. Tennessee has what seems like an endless supply of nasty, stingy defenders.
Tennessee's Scotty Hopson celebrates a basket as Ohio State's Jon Diebler, front, looks on during the Volunteers' 76-73 victory to earn a spot in the Elite Eight.
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LaceDarius Dunn quickly got the ball back from Tweety Carter to complete the alley-oop dunk, then turned and flashed a wide smile.
Baylor guard Tweety Carter exults during the Bears' rout of Saint Mary's in their Sweet 16 matchup in Houston.
Sports
Jacob Pullen, Kansas State's irrepressible and sometimes seemingly unstoppable junior guard, is giving the Wildcats a chance to make history.
Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen, right, celebrates with backcourt mate Denis Clemente after the Wildcats' victory over BYU in the second round. After taking care of Xavier in a double-overtime matchup Thursday, Pullen and Clemente will square off with Butler for a spot in the Final Four.
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Sports
Evan Turner got one final shot. A second. A third. None found the basket -- the last was blocked -- and the Ohio State guard and likely soon-to-be consensus national Player of the Year became the latest marquee name to exit the NCAA tournament Saturday.
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Sports
Virginia Tech says it has agreed to terms with men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg on the remaining four years of his contract and extended it two years.
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Sports
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Boise State has named Leon Rice, a skilled recruiter and longtime assistant at Gonzaga, to be the next head basketball coach.
Sports
A person close to the situation says Boston College coach Al Skinner will interview with St. John's.
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Finances
In an age where calendars are computerized, photos are files, and documents are downloaded, the humble checking account register is often ignored. But, if you'll take 15 minutes to balance your checking account, you'll stay on top of your budget and avoid bounced checks and overdraft fees. Read More
In an age where calendars are computerized, photos are files, and documents are downloaded, the humble checking account register is often ignored. But, if you'll take 15 minutes to balance your checking account, you'll stay on top of your budget and avoid bounced checks and overdraft fees. Read More
Business
Four banks in Georgia, Florida and Arizona were shut down by regulators, bringing the total for the year to 41 as smaller lenders are pressured by bad loans tied to commercial real estate. Read More
Four banks in Georgia, Florida and Arizona were shut down by regulators, bringing the total for the year to 41 as smaller lenders are pressured by bad loans tied to commercial real estate. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Osama bin Laden warned that Al-Qaeda will kill Americans if the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the United States, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, is executed, in a tape aired on Al-Jazeera on Thursday. Read More
Osama bin Laden warned that Al-Qaeda will kill Americans if the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the United States, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, is executed, in a tape aired on Al-Jazeera on Thursday. Read More
Sports
Wayne Odesnik, an American tennis player ranked No. 98, pleaded guilty Friday to importing human growth hormone into Australia before a tournament leading to the Australian Open. He was fined more than $7,000 and could be banned from tennis for two years.
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Tennessee and Butler will both be making their first appearance in a regional final.
The sixth-seeded Volunteers moved on Friday night with a 76-73 victory over No. 2 seed Ohio State in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
Sports
Sports
Magic Johnson had to be reminded it was the 31st anniversary of his memorable NCAA championship run with Michigan State. Watching his school play was enough excitement.
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National
President Obama's March 24 signing of an executive order related to federal funding of abortion did nothing to placate pro-life opponents of a new health-care law.
President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order that reaffirms the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's conssistency with longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion, in the Oval Office, March 24, 2010.
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Opinion
Given the recent uproar in Washington this past week, I thought it might be helpful to post a short section from my book Unfashionable regarding the role of politics and cultural change. Wherever you might land politically, it's helpful for all Christians to remember that the Kingdom of God is not flying in on Air Force One.
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Christian
Vendors who helped produce popular Christmas and Easter pageants at the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in Garden Grove said Thursday that they are owed tens of thousands of dollars for their work. Read More
Vendors who helped produce popular Christmas and Easter pageants at the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in Garden Grove said Thursday that they are owed tens of thousands of dollars for their work. Read More
African-American
Richard Jackson was walking past the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's handsome $3-million headquarters this month, just blocks from the grave of its first president, Martin Luther King Jr. Read More
Richard Jackson was walking past the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's handsome $3-million headquarters this month, just blocks from the grave of its first president, Martin Luther King Jr. Read More
Christian
The first large-scale evangelistic festival since the massive earthquake devastated Haiti earlier this year will be held Friday amid the rubbles of Port-au-Prince. Read More
The first large-scale evangelistic festival since the massive earthquake devastated Haiti earlier this year will be held Friday amid the rubbles of Port-au-Prince. Read More
National
A top White House official defended the executive order President Barack Obama signed yesterday supposedly nullifying the abortion funding provisions in the new health care scheme. The main Obama spokesman got testy with reporters, who challenged him on the details of the order.
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World
There has been a "sharp break" from previous U.S. policy toward Jerusalem, a former Israeli diplomat told CBN News.
Pictured: Dore Gold
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National
The House of Representatives cleared the final hurdle in Congress' overhaul of the nation's health care system, passing a health care reconciliation bill by a 220-207 vote.
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Christian
Millions of Jews from around the world gathered to celebrate passover in Jerusalem and among them were Jesus of Nazareth and his disciples.
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National
Former President Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Read More
Former President Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Read More
Christian
Nancy Dunn was raised in what looked like the typical American family. "I was raised in California," Nancy tells The 700 Club. "My father worked in the aerospace industry. Read More
Nancy Dunn was raised in what looked like the typical American family. "I was raised in California," Nancy tells The 700 Club. "My father worked in the aerospace industry. Read More
Christian
It's one of those when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people scenarios. A Christian praise band had their van broken into and an estimated $14,000 in equipment stolen after playing a concert earlier this week at Houston's First Baptist Church. Read More
It's one of those when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people scenarios. A Christian praise band had their van broken into and an estimated $14,000 in equipment stolen after playing a concert earlier this week at Houston's First Baptist Church. Read More
Christian
Less than two weeks before Easter, a judge has ruled that a father involved in a contentious divorce and custody dispute cannot take his 3-year-old daughter to church on the most holy day of the Christian calendar. Read More
Less than two weeks before Easter, a judge has ruled that a father involved in a contentious divorce and custody dispute cannot take his 3-year-old daughter to church on the most holy day of the Christian calendar. Read More
Health
"Don't take life so seriously, you'll never get out of it alive," was the simple advice I saw on a greeting card once and it makes sense, especially when thinking about the incredible pressures placed on those in the important role of caregiver for a loved one. You've got to lighten up the load to prevent major burnout. Read More
"Don't take life so seriously, you'll never get out of it alive," was the simple advice I saw on a greeting card once and it makes sense, especially when thinking about the incredible pressures placed on those in the important role of caregiver for a loved one. You've got to lighten up the load to prevent major burnout. Read More
Entertainment
Brian Courtney Wilson is no betting man, but thanks to the success of his debut CD, Just Love, the odds that he'll take home one of two awards he's up for at the 41st Annual Dove Awards look a whole lot better.
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Entertainment
From faith-based film Producer David Nixon of "Fireproof" (2008) and "Facing the Giants" (2006) fame, comes a new story of hope, love, redemption and one eight-year-old boy's struggle to overcome a deadly bout with an incurable brain cancer. Read More
From faith-based film Producer David Nixon of "Fireproof" (2008) and "Facing the Giants" (2006) fame, comes a new story of hope, love, redemption and one eight-year-old boy's struggle to overcome a deadly bout with an incurable brain cancer. Read More
Entertainment
Grammy Award winner Karen Clark Sheard is back at radio with the recently released single "Prayed Up".
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Technology
The annual Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest hacker
conference in Vancouver, B.C. has already claimed its first round of
victims. Included in the wave of fallen Web browsers hacked by security
buffs were Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.6.2 on 64-bit Windows 7, Safari on OS X and the Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone. Read More
The annual Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest hacker
conference in Vancouver, B.C. has already claimed its first round of
victims. Included in the wave of fallen Web browsers hacked by security
buffs were Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.6.2 on 64-bit Windows 7, Safari on OS X and the Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone. Read More
Technology
Albert Gonzalez, the computer hacker who helped organize massive credit card thefts from TJX Cos.,
BJs Wholesale Club, and other national retailers, was sentenced in
federal court in Boston yesterday to 20 years in prison, one of the
longest sentences ever imposed for computer crime or identity theft. Read More
Albert Gonzalez, the computer hacker who helped organize massive credit card thefts from TJX Cos.,
BJs Wholesale Club, and other national retailers, was sentenced in
federal court in Boston yesterday to 20 years in prison, one of the
longest sentences ever imposed for computer crime or identity theft. Read More
Eye on Africa
As Pesach comes around again, Jews all over the
world are preparing to sit down and remember our journey as Jews,
through the desert and into Israel, escaping slavery and oppression in
Egypt. A few days before most of us begin our Seder, an alternative
event will take place in Tel Aviv, telling a similar story. Read More
Christian
While still in high
school, she closed her heart to the opposite sex and embraced a lesbian
identity with open arms. Years later, she and her live-in lesbian
partner attended church together, which started them on path of
surprising spiritual discovery. Read More
While still in high
school, she closed her heart to the opposite sex and embraced a lesbian
identity with open arms. Years later, she and her live-in lesbian
partner attended church together, which started them on path of
surprising spiritual discovery. Read More
Entertainment
Israel Houghton has taken worship music to another level. For years he
has led thousands of people in praising God through song, especially as
worship leader at Lakewood Church pastored by Joel and Victoria
Osteen. Read More
Israel Houghton has taken worship music to another level. For years he
has led thousands of people in praising God through song, especially as
worship leader at Lakewood Church pastored by Joel and Victoria
Osteen. Read More
Christian
The owner of a private
Christian TV station on Tuesday accused the Palestinian Authority of
silencing the voice of the Christian minority in the Holy Land by
forcing him to go off the air.
(Pictured: Al-Mahed (Nativity) TV Station Building)
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The owner of a private
Christian TV station on Tuesday accused the Palestinian Authority of
silencing the voice of the Christian minority in the Holy Land by
forcing him to go off the air.(Pictured: Al-Mahed (Nativity) TV Station Building)
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National
A quarter of Republicans believe President Barack Obama might be the Antichrist, according to a Harris Poll released Wednesday. Read More
A quarter of Republicans believe President Barack Obama might be the Antichrist, according to a Harris Poll released Wednesday. Read More
Christian
Scott Drew, Baylor University's arm-waving, ever-smiling, ever-positive
head basketball coach, has led his Bears to heights unimaginable, but
he says he isn't able to do the miraculous or the mundane without his
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Scott Drew, Baylor University's arm-waving, ever-smiling, ever-positive
head basketball coach, has led his Bears to heights unimaginable, but
he says he isn't able to do the miraculous or the mundane without his
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Back and forth they went, Kansas State's and Xavier's spectacular guards slicing to the basket, drifting deep beyond the three-point arc for would-be daggers and generally putting on quite an exhibition.
Kansas State's Denis Clemente celebrates his team's 101-96 double-overtime win over Xavier the West Regional semifinals Thursday in Salt Lake City.
Christian
It's not every day that an ordained minister debuts in the top five on the Billboard 200, but that's what happens this week. Marvin Sapp, the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., enters the chart at #2 with Here I Am. Read More
It's not every day that an ordained minister debuts in the top five on the Billboard 200, but that's what happens this week. Marvin Sapp, the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., enters the chart at #2 with Here I Am. Read More
Christian
A Christian who prayed in a public park with six other people is
serving a nine-day jail sentence for disorderly conduct even though his
case is under appeal and charges against the others were dismissed or
overturned. Read More
National
California voters will decide this November whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Supporters gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Read More
California voters will decide this November whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Supporters gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Read More
African-American
A teenager who allegedly made an announcement earlier this month ordering all black people to leave a southern New Jersey Walmart has been charged in a similar incident at the same store just after Christmas. Read More
National
The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said Thursday. Read More
The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said Thursday. Read More
Sports
World No. 1 Serena Williams won the 2009 WTA Tour Player of the Year award and also took the Doubles Team of the year honors with sister Venus at a ceremony held at the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday.
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Business
In a renewed bid to stave off foreclosures, the Obama administration will propose measures Friday to give some jobless homeowners a three-month break on payments and give lenders more incentives to reduce the principal on delinquent loans.
In a renewed bid to stave off foreclosures, the Obama administration will propose measures Friday to give some jobless homeowners a three-month break on payments and give lenders more incentives to reduce the principal on delinquent loans.The new measures come on top of a series of steps administration officials announced Thursday to fortify their $75-billion effort to modify mortgages and reduce foreclosures. To date, those efforts have focused on giving lenders cash incentives to ease payments by extending the payout period for loans.
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African-American
The youngest-ever president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, CC '94, will be speaking at Columbia College's Class Day. At a celebration tonight in Havana Central's back room, Class Council 2010 President Cliff Massey revealed Jealous's selection after weeks of speculation that saw names floated including Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan. Read More
The youngest-ever president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, CC '94, will be speaking at Columbia College's Class Day. At a celebration tonight in Havana Central's back room, Class Council 2010 President Cliff Massey revealed Jealous's selection after weeks of speculation that saw names floated including Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan. Read More
National
The Pentagon made it harder to boot gays out of the military Thursday, acting on its own while Congress considers President Barack Obama's goal of lifting the ban on gays serving openly. Read More
The Pentagon made it harder to boot gays out of the military Thursday, acting on its own while Congress considers President Barack Obama's goal of lifting the ban on gays serving openly. Read More
Sports
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Venus Williams said she looked "solid" in her opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open, a rather drab adjective considering she played in a red corset.
Venus Williams returns a shot against Sorana Cirstea of Romania on Wednesday during day three of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscanye, Fla.
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For former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, an opening-match win over a qualifier is cause for encouragement.
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia sets up for a return during her victory Thursday against Pauline Parmentier of France at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla.
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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was right. Butler belonged.
Butler's Shelvin Mack and the Butler bench react after a play in the first half of their stunning upset of No. 1 seed Syracuse.
Sports
Kentucky's defense locked down on the nation's top three-point shooting team Thursday night and ended Cornell's' Cinderella run through the tournament, pulling away late in the second half for a 62-45 victory.
Kentucky's Patrick Patterson is pressured in the post by Cornell's Jon Jaques during the Wildcats' victory in the East Regional semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Without starting point guard Darryl Bryant, who was sidelined by a broken foot, a ragged-looking West Virginia had only 27 first-half points and made 13 turnovers before halftime Thursday in its East Regional semifinal against Washington.
West Virginia's Kevin Jones lets loose in the second half as the Mountaineers pulled away to trump Washington and reach the Elite Eight.
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Amid the euphoria following a buzzer-beating second-round victory against Maryland, a harsh reality set in for the Michigan State basketball team.
Michigan State's Korie Lucious (34) reacts after hitting the game-winning three-pointer in the Spartans' victory over Maryland in the second round on Sunday. Lucious is now thrust into the starting lineup after starting point guard Kalin Lucas went down with a torn Achilles' tendon.
Sports
Purdue's Chris Kramer, center, is mobbed by teammates after making the game-winning basket in the Boilermakers' second-round victory over Texas A&M. Against No. 1 seed Duke, Kramer will again need to play a role offensively if Purdue hopes to reach the Elite Eight. Read More
Purdue's Chris Kramer, center, is mobbed by teammates after making the game-winning basket in the Boilermakers' second-round victory over Texas A&M. Against No. 1 seed Duke, Kramer will again need to play a role offensively if Purdue hopes to reach the Elite Eight. Read More
Sports
After its victory over Xavier Thursday, Kansas State will try to become the first team since Minnesota in 1997 to win a tournament game in double-OT, come back two days later and win again.
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Sports
The New Orleans Hornets' Morris Peterson not only was part of Tom Izzo's first recruiting class at Michigan State but also helped win his first national championship in 2000.
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Sports
Omar Samhan walked into a news conference Thursday in Houston with his hand in the air to greet reporters.
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Business
The health care overhaul will cost U.S. companies billions and make them more likely to drop prescription drug coverage for retirees because of a change in how the government subsidizes those benefits. Read More
The health care overhaul will cost U.S. companies billions and make them more likely to drop prescription drug coverage for retirees because of a change in how the government subsidizes those benefits. Read More
Sports
After three years as men's basketball coach at the University of Iowa, Todd Lickliter was fired from the position on March 15.
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Tony Barbee was a little surprised to hear from his mentor Thursday after taking the job as Auburn's coach.
Newly-minted Auburn men's basketball coach Tony Barbee speaks during a press conference at the Auburn Arena.
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From the pileup of interview requests and photo shoots to the rapture in Cedar Falls and adulation of a nation, life at Northern Iowa has been extraordinary the last five days.
Northern Iowa hero Ali Farokhmanesh, second from left, has his collar adjusted by media relations staffer Colin McDonough as Farokhmanesh and coach Ben Jacobson prepare for an interview with CBS Sports in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Finances
It's no secret that lots of people are struggling right now, especially those who are married and can't agree on money. Things seem so complicated with the economy that people lose sight of how fixing the little things can turn a relationship from faltering to firm. Read More
It's no secret that lots of people are struggling right now, especially those who are married and can't agree on money. Things seem so complicated with the economy that people lose sight of how fixing the little things can turn a relationship from faltering to firm. Read More
Sports
Second Coming Watch/World
Iran on Thursday urged the West to take action against Israel over the Jewish state's decision to build more settlements in east Jerusalem. Read More
Iran on Thursday urged the West to take action against Israel over the Jewish state's decision to build more settlements in east Jerusalem. Read More
Sports
Saying he already feels at home, Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt turned down a chance to move to St. John's.
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Sports
For Jim Larranaga, Northern Iowa-Kansas was deja vu all over again. There it is, he said to himself. The same grins. The same swagger. He looked into the eyes of the Panthers and saw his own kids, four years earlier, dancing up a storm.
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National
Senate Republicans learned early Thursday that they will be able to kill language in a measure altering President Barack Obama's newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval.
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Home
Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., a Congressional Black Congress member and gubernatorial candidate, has long been a staunch opponent of President Barack Obama's transcendent health insurance reform, which will increase Americans' access to health care.
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Home
A resolution to impeach the Democratic Attorney General of Georgia has been filed after he refused to sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to block the health care bill in the state.
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Home
An African American GOP congressional hopeful in Florida called President Obama "Buckwheat" while delivering a speech denouncing his health care reform bill. Read More
An African American GOP congressional hopeful in Florida called President Obama "Buckwheat" while delivering a speech denouncing his health care reform bill. Read More
Home
Cable channel Nickelodeon announced today it will honor Michelle Obama with its "Big Help" award at the annual Kids' Choice Awards, to be held Saturday at 8 p.m. from Los Angeles.
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Home
After three days of intensive talks, the effort by U.S. and Israeli leaders to move past recent tensions appeared no closer to resolution as of press time.
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National
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World
As a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican officials did not punish or even hold a trial within the Catholic church for a Wisconsin priest who may haqve molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to The New York Times. Read More
As a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican officials did not punish or even hold a trial within the Catholic church for a Wisconsin priest who may haqve molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to The New York Times. Read More
Opinion
I watched the healthcare vote on C-Span. I was disappointed in how partisan the vote concluded. Quality healthcare for all will undoubtedly not be the result of Sunday night's vote.
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Christian
A group of black pastors is looking to spread biblical teaching and quash the prosperity gospel teachings that have been proliferating in their churches. Lance Lewis, pastor of Christ Liberation Fellowship in Philadelphia, says the health and wealth gospel is as much a threat to the historic black church as theological liberalism was to the evangelical church in the early part of the 20th century, as reported by By Faith magazine.
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Opinion
In early March, more than 500 Christians in Jos, Nigeria, were killed by what the New York Times called "rampaging Muslim herdsmen."
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Life
In the Great Recession, breaking up is hard to do. With housing values depressed and jobs disappearing, divorce has become a luxury beyond the reach of some couples. Read More
In the Great Recession, breaking up is hard to do. With housing values depressed and jobs disappearing, divorce has become a luxury beyond the reach of some couples. Read More
Christian
Traditionalist Christians have appealed to ministers to block plans allowing civil partnership ceremonies to take place in churches. Read More
Traditionalist Christians have appealed to ministers to block plans allowing civil partnership ceremonies to take place in churches. Read More
Christian
A new poll released Tuesday finds broad Christian support for comprehensive immigration reform. The national phone survey of 1,201 Americans showed that 56 percent of respondents believe the U.S. immigration system is completely or mostly broken. Read More
A new poll released Tuesday finds broad Christian support for comprehensive immigration reform. The national phone survey of 1,201 Americans showed that 56 percent of respondents believe the U.S. immigration system is completely or mostly broken. Read More
Christian
The economic recession delivered a hard blow to more churches this past year than at the start of the downturn, new research indicates. Read More
The economic recession delivered a hard blow to more churches this past year than at the start of the downturn, new research indicates. Read More
Christian
Evangelical leaders, prosperity preachers, televangelists, and the Virginia Legislature were among those who wished Pat Robertson a happy 80th birthday Monday, touting the charismatic figure as "a compelling and compassionate spiritual leader." Read More
Evangelical leaders, prosperity preachers, televangelists, and the Virginia Legislature were among those who wished Pat Robertson a happy 80th birthday Monday, touting the charismatic figure as "a compelling and compassionate spiritual leader." Read More
World
The world's bill for the Haitian earthquake is large and growing -- now $2.2 billion -- and so is the criticism about how the money is being spent. Read More
The world's bill for the Haitian earthquake is large and growing -- now $2.2 billion -- and so is the criticism about how the money is being spent. Read More
Christian
"In the very beginning, God created a world - the heavens and the earth - out of nothing." Read More
"In the very beginning, God created a world - the heavens and the earth - out of nothing." Read More
Christian
Facing strong criticism, the Palestinian Authority government on Wednesday suspended its decision to close down several private TV and radio stations, including Al-Mahed TV, a Christian broadcaster in the Palestinian territories. Read More
Facing strong criticism, the Palestinian Authority government on Wednesday suspended its decision to close down several private TV and radio stations, including Al-Mahed TV, a Christian broadcaster in the Palestinian territories. Read More
Christian
Since Jesus' death nearly 2,000 years ago, theologians such as Origen, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, and John Calvin have proposed ways of understanding it: Read More
Since Jesus' death nearly 2,000 years ago, theologians such as Origen, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, and John Calvin have proposed ways of understanding it: Read More
Christian
A South African Anglican Bishop says the Anglican community must 'stay the course' in helping to rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Read More
A South African Anglican Bishop says the Anglican community must 'stay the course' in helping to rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Read More