Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not
to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until
they can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in
the ranks.
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April 2010 Archives
National
Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not
to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until
they can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in
the ranks.
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Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not
to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until
they can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in
the ranks.
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Christian
Officials at First Baptist Church of Dallas are apologizing for a radio
broadcast that aired an off-handed ethnic slur uttered by a Sunday
school teacher before his class. Read More
World
"We need to clear the room," a translator announces.
Then, he says quietly, "This woman was raped by rebel soldiers, and
she's never told anyone before. She's been too embarrassed and too
ashamed to let anyone know."
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"We need to clear the room," a translator announces.
Then, he says quietly, "This woman was raped by rebel soldiers, and
she's never told anyone before. She's been too embarrassed and too
ashamed to let anyone know."
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Christian
Arizona's new immigration law drew immediate criticism from political
advocacy groups last week. The condemnation has continued as groups
prepare rallies and protests across the country, including a major event
in Dallas, Texas, with the theme "We Are All Arizona."
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Christian
As kids, it never occurred to us to "work" on any of
our relationships. They just happened. And if for any reason they
didn't, we jumped ship. No fuss, no muss.
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As kids, it never occurred to us to "work" on any of
our relationships. They just happened. And if for any reason they
didn't, we jumped ship. No fuss, no muss.
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Life
After the funeral, people in grief need support and
care for weeks and months to come. Pastors are hard-pressed to offer
this level of ongoing care alone.
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After the funeral, people in grief need support and
care for weeks and months to come. Pastors are hard-pressed to offer
this level of ongoing care alone.
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Opinion
There once was a tight-knit community in America
where everyone knew everyone else. It was a prosperous place, because
people were hard-working, honest folk.
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World
Church leaders in Kenya are vowing to scuttle a
decades-long quest for a more democratic constitution over the issue of
abortion, and American groups on both sides are weighing in on the
debate.
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Church leaders in Kenya are vowing to scuttle a
decades-long quest for a more democratic constitution over the issue of
abortion, and American groups on both sides are weighing in on the
debate.
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Health
The way you eat - healthy combinations of food,
ongoing dietary habits and food group choices - can lower your risk of
developing Alzheimer's Disease by nearly 40 percent.
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National
The rapidly expanding environmental catastrophe
caused by the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is presenting a
growing political challenge to the Obama White House, with Mr. Obama and
his aides at pains to defend the response and forestall comparisons to
the Hurricane Katrina crisis.
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National
The oil leak triggered by a deadly rig blast off the
coast of Louisiana has the potential to cause more environmental damage
than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, one of the largest ecological
disasters ever recorded, some observers say.
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The oil leak triggered by a deadly rig blast off the
coast of Louisiana has the potential to cause more environmental damage
than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, one of the largest ecological
disasters ever recorded, some observers say.
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National
The son of a Democratic Tennessee lawmaker was
convicted Friday on two charges in the hacking of Sarah Palin's e-mail
account while she campaigned on the Republican presidential ticket in
2008.
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The son of a Democratic Tennessee lawmaker was
convicted Friday on two charges in the hacking of Sarah Palin's e-mail
account while she campaigned on the Republican presidential ticket in
2008.
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African-American
Thanks to an unlikely confluence of history and genetics -- the fact that he is African-American and president -- Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to reshape the debate over one of the most contentious issues of America's racial legacy: reparations, the idea that the descendants of American slaves should receive compensation for their ancestors' unpaid labor and bondage.
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Christian
For Bishop Anthony Jinwright, on trial on fraud and tax evasion charges, the prosecutor's line of questioning Thursday couldn't have been more perilous.
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Technology
Steven P.
Jobs, Apple's
chief executive, posted a 1,700-word letter on Apple's Web site on Thursday,
explaining the company's decision not to allow the multimedia software
Adobe Flash on Apple's mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad. Read More
Steven P.
Jobs, Apple's
chief executive, posted a 1,700-word letter on Apple's Web site on Thursday,
explaining the company's decision not to allow the multimedia software
Adobe Flash on Apple's mobile devices, including the iPhone and iPad. Read More
National
President Barack Obama
on Thursday interviewed federal
appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana for an opening on the Supreme Court, a person
familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.
The roughly hour-long session at the White House was the first known formal interview that Obama has conducted for the upcoming vacancy on the high court. It is not clear whether Obama has interviewed other candidates in person.
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President Barack Obama
on Thursday interviewed federal
appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana for an opening on the Supreme Court, a person
familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.The roughly hour-long session at the White House was the first known formal interview that Obama has conducted for the upcoming vacancy on the high court. It is not clear whether Obama has interviewed other candidates in person.
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Technology
Eye on Africa
"Nothing," wrote Reuben Abati, the editor of Nigeria's The Guardian,
"can be more tragic than the present season of uncertainty in which
Nigeria has found itself." Indeed, in recent months the country has
experienced an extraordinary and often surreal political drama seemingly
scripted by a writer of fantasies. Read More
World
The numbers are shocking: 12,000 people killed in a cycle of violence between Christians and Muslims stretching back more than a decade.
Women in Jos, Nigeria, mourn as they march against a recent bout of sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians.
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Sports
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Manu Ginobili stepped off the podium and bumped into Dirk Nowitzki. They shook hands. Nowitzki gave his longtime foe a congratulatory slap on the back and Ginobili disappeared down the hallway.
The Spurs' Tim Duncan shoots over Mavericks defenders Brendan Haywood and Dirk Nowitzki during the first quarter of Game 6 Thursday night in San Antonio. Duncan scored 17 points and led his team in rebounds with 10 in the Spurs' 97-87 win.
Sports
Tiger Woods delivered a few memorable shots Thursday at Quail Hollow, hitting two tee shots in the water and shooting a 2-over-par 74.
Tiger Woods watches an errant shot on the 16th hole Thursday during the first round of the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte.
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Christian
State trooper chaplains in Virginia are being told they can pray "in Jesus name" again just two years after then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine affirmed a measure ordering them use only "nonsectarian" prayers or quit. Read More
State trooper chaplains in Virginia are being told they can pray "in Jesus name" again just two years after then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine affirmed a measure ordering them use only "nonsectarian" prayers or quit. Read More
African-American
The number of African-Americans who say they trust the U.S. government
is nearly twice the number of whites who say that. The finding, from a
recent poll on trust in America, is a sharp turnaround from previous
years.
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Christian
New attacks on Arizona's controversial immigration law allowing police to stop people they suspect are in the country illegally are coming from varied fronts. Read More
New attacks on Arizona's controversial immigration law allowing police to stop people they suspect are in the country illegally are coming from varied fronts. Read More
Christian
Church leaders deal with pain everyday. And, in the words of Southern California pastor Miles McPherson, "it ain't going away."
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National
Every year the issue of religious freedom is becoming less important to the White House and State Department, a bipartisan U.S. government panel complained in its annual report on Thursday.
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Christian
National
The bodies of two coal miners were found Thursday after they had been
crushed in a roof collapse at a large Kentucky underground coal mine
with a history of such roof falls. Read More
National
A religious watchdog group says a cross and motto on the emblem of an Army hospital in Colorado violate the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state and should be removed. Read More
A religious watchdog group says a cross and motto on the emblem of an Army hospital in Colorado violate the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state and should be removed. Read More
Entertainment
Lionsgate has announced that director-producer Tyler Perry will reprise his signature role as the straight-shooting Madea in 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family.' The film is adapted from his new stage play, 'Madea's Happy Family,' which is currently on tour in the United States. Read More
Lionsgate has announced that director-producer Tyler Perry will reprise his signature role as the straight-shooting Madea in 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family.' The film is adapted from his new stage play, 'Madea's Happy Family,' which is currently on tour in the United States. Read More
African-American
The midterm congressional elections are seven months away. Republicans are already promising a strong effort to take back the majority and they're attracting candidates who are already making history.
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National
A bill allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted some of Hawaii's biggest protest rallies is headed to the governor after the state House of Representatives gave it final legislative approval Thursday. Read More
Business
The proposed overhaul of financial regulations was boosted by Senate hearings that turned Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives into poster boys for Wall Street excess, but the bill senators started debating Thursday would do nothing to outlaw the secret bets Goldman made against the very securities they sold to investors. Read More
The proposed overhaul of financial regulations was boosted by Senate hearings that turned Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives into poster boys for Wall Street excess, but the bill senators started debating Thursday would do nothing to outlaw the secret bets Goldman made against the very securities they sold to investors. Read More
Finances
We're so close to being debt-free, but I can't get my wife to stop using credit cards. We pay them off every month, but it still scares me. I've tried to get her to use a debit card instead, but she doesn't like the idea of having $500 in the bank and seeing something she wants that costs more. Any ideas?
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Second Coming Watch/World
"Complete panic" is reigning in Lebanon because of fears of an Israeli attack and another war, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a closed meeting earlier this week, sources say.
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Second Coming Watch/World
U.S. President Barack Obama told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that he was committed to seeing the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state within two years, an Egyptian official told the Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat on Thursday.
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Christian
A North Texas pastor who made a name nationally as a youth ministry innovator and Christian advice book author has resigned from his church, acknowledging, "I have been unfaithful in the marriage vows that I made to my wife."
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Eye on Africa
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Police were called to intervene when tempers flared at a Mdantsane church yesterday as congregants chased away their minister during a morning service.
Members of the St Andrew's Parish congregation protest and chase away the Reverend Warren Bada, left, after a church service yesterday in Mdantsane.
Education
Every time you put something into an email, please remember that someone you send it to may hit Forward. If your email makes the case for a biological reason for racial disparities in intelligence, someone might hit Forward and send it to Black Law Student Associations across the nation.
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African-American
Organizations led by civil rights leaders Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, who both died this month, were in the forefront of the fight for equal rights, but they are now struggling to stay relevant. And nowhere is that fight more evident than in the group founded by Martin Luther King Jr.: the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Education
Dean of Harvard Law School Martha L. Minow denounced a law student's e-mail circulated on school lists this week that suggested black people are genetically inferior to white people.
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Second Coming Watch/World
The Obama administration Thursday warned Iran and Syria that America's commitment to Israel's security is unshakable and that they should understand the consequences of threats to the Jewish state.
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African-American
Dignitaries including President Obama paid tribute to late civil rights icon Dorothy Height today at the National Cathedral. It's one of several services this week honoring Height. Tell Me More brings listeners the voices of many ordinary people who gathered at Washington's Shiloh Baptist Church yesterday to pay tribute to Height.
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Christian
A hip-hop writer from Houston has started a Christian campaign to support rappers behind bars, including Lil Wayne, who began a year-long sentence for weapon possession last month, and local rapper Richard "Lolife" Nash, who's serving time in Sugar Land.
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National
A group of retired military chaplains and lawyers gathered at the conservative Family Research Council on Wednesday to speak out against repealing the military policy on homosexuality, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), and suggested that current chaplains were being kept from doing the same. Read More
A group of retired military chaplains and lawyers gathered at the conservative Family Research Council on Wednesday to speak out against repealing the military policy on homosexuality, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), and suggested that current chaplains were being kept from doing the same. Read More
African-American
Bria Fleming has been through a lot in the last year, including her mother's hospitalization and job loss and a fire in their home. It'd be enough to get most 18-year-olds down. Read More
African-American
Evelyn Cunningham, a pioneering journalist who covered the birth of the 1960s civil rights movement and later served as an aide to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, died Wednesday. She was 94. Read More
Evelyn Cunningham, a pioneering journalist who covered the birth of the 1960s civil rights movement and later served as an aide to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, died Wednesday. She was 94. Read More
Christian
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A bipartisan U.S. commission on religious freedom says President Obama is softening his stand on protecting the right to one's faith at a time when religious persecution is on the rise, according to an annual report to be released today.
Iraqi Christians hold signs denouncing violence against Christians in Mosul, Iraq, in a demonstration Feb. 28.
Christian
A relationship counsellor's bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples has been turned down by the High Court.
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Home
Sheila Johnson is using her riches from launching BET to raise awareness of the capital's AIDS crisis with a new documentary. Read More
Sheila Johnson is using her riches from launching BET to raise awareness of the capital's AIDS crisis with a new documentary. Read More
Home
Anger mounted Thursday over an Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration as a police officer filed one of the first lawsuits challenging the law and activists gathered outside an Arizona Diamondbacks game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, chanting "Boycott Arizona."
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Home
By now, everyone in America knows the story of Michael Oher, a homeless black kid who became pro football player with the Baltimore Ravens -- thanks in large part to a well-to-do white family that took him in. Read More
By now, everyone in America knows the story of Michael Oher, a homeless black kid who became pro football player with the Baltimore Ravens -- thanks in large part to a well-to-do white family that took him in. Read More
Home
In the end, the funeral for civil rights icon Dorothy I. Height was much like the woman. Reverent. Forceful. Funny. And ultimately, dignified.
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Home
Young Arab women wait in an upmarket medical clinic for an operation that will not only change their lives, but quite possibly save it. Read More
Young Arab women wait in an upmarket medical clinic for an operation that will not only change their lives, but quite possibly save it. Read More
Health
Opinion
There is much rhetoric about social justice but few frameworks for sustainable economic empowerment and liberation for the truly disadvantaged. Whatever one's conception of justice is it must be applied in a way that does not do more harm in the name of "doing good."
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Second Coming Watch/World
A Hezbollah member of parliament in Lebanon has vowed that the militant Shi'ite group will continue to build its arsenal, media reports said Wednesday.
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Sports
Sam Bradford heard his name called as the first pick in the NFL draft, collected a new St. Louis Rams jersey with his surname on the back and took the obligatory pictures with commissioner Roger Goodell.
Sam Bradford met with Roger Goodell after the Rams made him the first pick in the NFL draft.
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Christian
Last Sunday the president of the United States came to visit my 91-year-old father, Billy Graham, and me at my father's home in North Carolina. Read More
Last Sunday the president of the United States came to visit my 91-year-old father, Billy Graham, and me at my father's home in North Carolina. Read More
Christian
CJ was a thug and a hustler on the streets. However, all the guns and drugs could not stop the prayers of his grandmother.
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Opinion
After viewing Friday night's "Larry King Live" with Jennifer Knapp, pastor Bob Botsford, and Ted Haggard, I was struck with the question:
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After viewing Friday night's "Larry King Live" with Jennifer Knapp, pastor Bob Botsford, and Ted Haggard, I was struck with the question:
National
Church leaders from various denominations have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to work with Iraqi authorities in protecting the persecuted Christian minority.
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National
The tension over Arizona's new law aimed at bringing illegal immigrants to justice is spilling over into Washington, D.C.
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National
President Barack Obama, preparing to make his second nominee to the
Supreme Court, warned Wednesday of a "conservative" brand of judicial
activism in which the courts are often not showing appropriate
deference to the decision of lawmakers. Read More
President Barack Obama, preparing to make his second nominee to the
Supreme Court, warned Wednesday of a "conservative" brand of judicial
activism in which the courts are often not showing appropriate
deference to the decision of lawmakers. Read More
National
Saudi Arabia and China are among 13 countries a
U.S. government panel named on Thursday as serious violators of
religious freedom. The panel's report also
criticized the current and former administrations in Washington for
doing far too little to make basic religious rights universal. Read More
Christian
The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled a greater
willingness to allow religious symbols on public land Wednesday, a
stance that could have important implications for future church-state
disputes. Read More
The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled a greater
willingness to allow religious symbols on public land Wednesday, a
stance that could have important implications for future church-state
disputes. Read More
Eye on Africa
The top South African World Cup organizer says
his country is prepared to have President Barack Obama visit during the
tournament. Obama met last summer at the
White House with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and South African
officials have said Obama has told them he might try to attend if his
schedule allows. Read More
The top South African World Cup organizer says
his country is prepared to have President Barack Obama visit during the
tournament. Obama met last summer at the
White House with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and South African
officials have said Obama has told them he might try to attend if his
schedule allows. Read More
Business
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have not been able to agree yet on a
financial overhaul plan. But they have agreed to grill executives from
one of Wall Street's biggest firms. Read More
Christian
A Muslim group is calling for evangelist Franklin Graham to be removed from a National Day of Prayer Service on Capitol Hill. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Graham's past criticisms of Islam are divisive and intolerant. Read More
A Muslim group is calling for evangelist Franklin Graham to be removed from a National Day of Prayer Service on Capitol Hill. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Graham's past criticisms of Islam are divisive and intolerant. Read More
Health
You may have noticed the yellow-green dusting of pollen covering just about everything outside this spring. While many people find all that pollen to be a major annoyance, some say eating honey containing local pollen is a natural way to fight allergies.
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World
World markets tumbled Wednesday amid acute fears that Greece's debt
crisis would spread like wildfire through Europe after a leading credit
ratings agency downgraded the country's debt to junk status and cut
Portugal's rating as well. Read More
World markets tumbled Wednesday amid acute fears that Greece's debt
crisis would spread like wildfire through Europe after a leading credit
ratings agency downgraded the country's debt to junk status and cut
Portugal's rating as well. Read More
Technology
Palm Inc. a pioneer in the smart phone business
that couldn't quite make the comeback it needed, has agreed to be
bought out by Hewlett-Packard Co. for about $1.4 billion in cash. The
two Silicon Valley companies announced Wednesday that the deal will see
HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share and certain preferred shares.
Also included in the $1.4 billion price tag are payments for additional
preferred shares, warrants and employee restricted stock units. Read More
Palm Inc. a pioneer in the smart phone business
that couldn't quite make the comeback it needed, has agreed to be
bought out by Hewlett-Packard Co. for about $1.4 billion in cash. The
two Silicon Valley companies announced Wednesday that the deal will see
HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share and certain preferred shares.
Also included in the $1.4 billion price tag are payments for additional
preferred shares, warrants and employee restricted stock units. Read More
Technology
It may no longer be the hot phone du jour, but Motorola's Droid appears to still be leading the way when it comes to Android devices. A new report by mobile ad company AdMob
measures the amount of ad traffic sent from different smartphones in
March -- and the Droid's blinking red eye is going to be very pleased
with what it found. Read More
It may no longer be the hot phone du jour, but Motorola's Droid appears to still be leading the way when it comes to Android devices. A new report by mobile ad company AdMob
measures the amount of ad traffic sent from different smartphones in
March -- and the Droid's blinking red eye is going to be very pleased
with what it found. Read More
World
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A Haitian judge says he dropped kidnapping charges against Laura Silsby and nine other U.S. missionaries because all the children they were trying to take out of Haiti were given over freely by their parents.
Christian
Muslims have demanded that Christian evangelist Franklin Graham be booted from yet another National Day of Prayer service, prompting officials with the National Day of Prayer Task Force to condemn as "ridiculous" the idea that religious leaders should be excluded from public events because of their faith statements.
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National
For the first time in New York City, federal prosecutors have used the Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act to secure a conviction in a case where access was blocked to a clinic that provides abortions. Read More
For the first time in New York City, federal prosecutors have used the Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act to secure a conviction in a case where access was blocked to a clinic that provides abortions. Read More
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Christian
An infamous group of correctional officers at the old territorial prison commanded obedience and dealt punishment with violence, earning the classic nickname for prison guards: "the bulls." Read More
An infamous group of correctional officers at the old territorial prison commanded obedience and dealt punishment with violence, earning the classic nickname for prison guards: "the bulls." Read More
National
Should it be possible to sue the city of New York for sexual abuse by public school teachers that happened decades ago? How about doctors or hospital attendants? Police officers? Welfare workers? Playground attendants? Read More
World
More than 100 long days after the earthquake, Ginette Lemazor, her husband and their impish 5-year-old boy are still living in a filthy mechanics' lot on Avenue Poupelard.
(Pictured: Huguette Joseph washed laundry in a filthy mechanics' lot on Avenue Poupelard. The back of the pickup truck sleeps five.) Read More
More than 100 long days after the earthquake, Ginette Lemazor, her husband and their impish 5-year-old boy are still living in a filthy mechanics' lot on Avenue Poupelard.(Pictured: Huguette Joseph washed laundry in a filthy mechanics' lot on Avenue Poupelard. The back of the pickup truck sleeps five.) Read More
Christian
The careers of many if not most military chaplains will end if the
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy against open homosexual service is
overturned, more than 40 retired military chaplains contend in an April
28 letter to President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Read More
World
Peter Mugyenyi runs the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC), one of
the most successful AIDS-treatment providers in Uganda. Back in 2003,
he went to Washington on a day's notice to help the Bush administration
draft its plan for what would become PEPFAR (the President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief), the most ambitious public-health initiative ever
to tackle the AIDS crisis. Read More
Peter Mugyenyi runs the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC), one of
the most successful AIDS-treatment providers in Uganda. Back in 2003,
he went to Washington on a day's notice to help the Bush administration
draft its plan for what would become PEPFAR (the President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief), the most ambitious public-health initiative ever
to tackle the AIDS crisis. Read More
National
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The national debate over gay rights and free speech goes before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.
Ignoring pressure from Washington, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) says he's considering running for the Senate as an Independent.
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Books
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Former First Lady Laura Bush reveals personal stories in her new book, Spoken from the Heart, set to release May 4.
National
Entertainment
Imagine being onstage during a black gospel concert in the '60s and '70s with some of the most famous gospel groups of all time. Read More
Imagine being onstage during a black gospel concert in the '60s and '70s with some of the most famous gospel groups of all time. Read More
Entertainment
Flow Records proudly presents Juanita Bynum's new CD, More Passion. The highly anticipated follow-up to the chart topping release, A Piece of My Passion features the unmistakable production skills of Myron Williams and intertwines them with the melodic voice of Juanita Bynum. Read More
Flow Records proudly presents Juanita Bynum's new CD, More Passion. The highly anticipated follow-up to the chart topping release, A Piece of My Passion features the unmistakable production skills of Myron Williams and intertwines them with the melodic voice of Juanita Bynum. Read More
Entertainment
As a gospel music artist who travels widely, Alvin Slaughter has discovered that discouragement permeates the body of Christ.
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Entertainment
Award-winning quartet The Soul Seekers release the first single "It's All God," featuring the incomparable Pastor Marvin Winans, from their highly anticipated sophomore project, SS2, on My Block Records.
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Entertainment
The 2010 Tour Kicks Off in May, Returns for Fourth Year with Free Concerts Read More
The 2010 Tour Kicks Off in May, Returns for Fourth Year with Free Concerts Read More
Entertainment
Born in Virginia and raised in Newark, NJ. Carl "CL" Carr was destined to do music. I, like many other people I grew up with, come from a family of many gifted singers, songwriters, from my Mom and Dad.
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Entertainment
When the alarm on a woman's biological clock starts ringing, no snooze button on earth can truly turn the thing off.
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Entertainment
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." - Psalm 19:1
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Entertainment
It's the good guys with guns against the bad guys with snukes in this DC/Vertigo comic book actioner. Read More
It's the good guys with guns against the bad guys with snukes in this DC/Vertigo comic book actioner. Read More
Entertainment
A Shine of Rainbows is a small Candadian/Irish production with its heart in the right place, intertwining beautiful cinematography and emotional performances with a warm and poignant tale about finding (and embracing) familial love and acceptance. Read More
A Shine of Rainbows is a small Candadian/Irish production with its heart in the right place, intertwining beautiful cinematography and emotional performances with a warm and poignant tale about finding (and embracing) familial love and acceptance. Read More
Entertainment
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Movie Review by Christianity TodayMeryl Streep can't seem to get out of the kitchen. This past summer she embodied world-famous chef Julia Child on the big screen.
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Entertainment
There aren't many video games that will let you hijack an airliner and send it hurtling into a skyscraper while you leap out at the last second and grab on to a passing helicopter for a slick getaway. Read More
There aren't many video games that will let you hijack an airliner and send it hurtling into a skyscraper while you leap out at the last second and grab on to a passing helicopter for a slick getaway. Read More
National
Chicago is in a state of emergency. It has been reported that 113 people have been killed in Chicago this year. The same number of U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the same time period.
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Christian
Bishop Anthony Jinwright, fighting for his freedom and reputation, took the witness stand Tuesday and acknowledged taking "too much" in pay from his Charlotte congregation, but insisted he isn't guilty of fraud or tax evasion. Read More
Bishop Anthony Jinwright, fighting for his freedom and reputation, took the witness stand Tuesday and acknowledged taking "too much" in pay from his Charlotte congregation, but insisted he isn't guilty of fraud or tax evasion. Read More
Christian
"When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line. The true Negro does not want integration." Read More
"When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line. The true Negro does not want integration." Read More
Opinion
The last two weeks have been anything but calm in the world of faith
and religion. Conservative Christians are wondering whether they are
being betrayed by both the White House and the court system. Read More
The last two weeks have been anything but calm in the world of faith
and religion. Conservative Christians are wondering whether they are
being betrayed by both the White House and the court system. Read More
Entertainment
In public, Sandra Bullock has been through the best and worst of times this year - from winning her first Oscar to enduring the breakup of her marriage. In private, she was quietly keeping a joyful secret - his name is Louis, and he is her newborn son. Read More
In public, Sandra Bullock has been through the best and worst of times this year - from winning her first Oscar to enduring the breakup of her marriage. In private, she was quietly keeping a joyful secret - his name is Louis, and he is her newborn son. Read More
Christian
New England Patriots Chaplain Don Davis says oftentimes there seems to be a disconnect between the life God promises and the one we live. Read More
New England Patriots Chaplain Don Davis says oftentimes there seems to be a disconnect between the life God promises and the one we live. Read More
Christian
Two thirds of Americans born between 1980 and 1991 identify themselves as Christians, but most do not regularly pray, read the Bible or attend church, according to findings of a new LifeWay Research study. Read More
National
The president is touring the Midwest trying to convince voters his economic policies are working. But with unemployment near 10 percent, many Americans still have their doubts. Read More
The president is touring the Midwest trying to convince voters his economic policies are working. But with unemployment near 10 percent, many Americans still have their doubts. Read More
Eye on Africa
Nigeria's evangelical Church of Christ was mourning Tuesday, April 27, after Nigerian Muslims killed two journalists working for a church publication and two church members in the troubled Bauchi state. Read More
Nigeria's evangelical Church of Christ was mourning Tuesday, April 27, after Nigerian Muslims killed two journalists working for a church publication and two church members in the troubled Bauchi state. Read More
Life
"Make love happen."
"When you're ready to find the love of your life..."
"Empower your love life."
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National
An author of two books about Internet pornography says recent reports about porn usage by Securities and Exchange Commission employees likely is only the "tip of the iceberg" and is an example of a larger problem of porn addiction in workplaces nationwide.
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Culture
Priests for Life announced in a press conference today that it is kicking off a Freedom Ride campaign to help raise awareness about abortion and other acts that "destroy" human life.
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LeBron James pulled his right arm tightly to his chest, unable to do anything but grimace as the final seconds expired on Cleveland's series-clinching win.
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, bottom, struggles with Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal for possession during the third quarter.
Business
In his new book, 60 Seconds to Greatness, Bishop Eddie L. Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, instructs people to create a blueprint to help realize God's plan for their lives and the lives they encounter. Read More
In his new book, 60 Seconds to Greatness, Bishop Eddie L. Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, instructs people to create a blueprint to help realize God's plan for their lives and the lives they encounter. Read More
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Brazil's foreign minister is in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials on bilateral and international issues, including the dispute over Iran's nuclear program, APA reports quoting "The Voice of America". Read More
Brazil's foreign minister is in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials on bilateral and international issues, including the dispute over Iran's nuclear program, APA reports quoting "The Voice of America". Read More
Entertainment
Urban-gospel singing duo and sisters Erica and Tina Campbell (pictured), aka Mary Mary, have written a book to encourage young women to embrace who God made them to be. Read More
Urban-gospel singing duo and sisters Erica and Tina Campbell (pictured), aka Mary Mary, have written a book to encourage young women to embrace who God made them to be. Read More
Eye on Africa
Five people died Saturday in a new outbreak of sectarian bloodshed in
the Nigerian city of Jos, as angry youths sought revenge for the death
of a Muslim teenager, police and residents said. Read More
Five people died Saturday in a new outbreak of sectarian bloodshed in
the Nigerian city of Jos, as angry youths sought revenge for the death
of a Muslim teenager, police and residents said. Read More
National
Two bills putting restrictions on abortion in Oklahoma became
law Tuesday morning after the Oklahoma Senate overrode Governor Brad
Henry's veto. Read More
Christian
Chip and Julie Harshaw vividly remember the first time they met a little 18-month-old boy named Roman in a Russian orphanage. It was December 2003. Read More
Chip and Julie Harshaw vividly remember the first time they met a little 18-month-old boy named Roman in a Russian orphanage. It was December 2003. Read More
Home
An FBI agent who led the investigation of nine Michigan militia members charged with trying to launch war against the U.S. couldn't recall many details of the two-year probe Tuesday during a grilling by defense lawyers.
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Caron Butler saw a path to the basket and didn't care that Tim Duncan was in his way.
Dallas Mavericks forward Caron Butler shoots over San Antonio center Ian Mahinmi, right, and forward Matt Bonner during the third quarter. Dallas won 103-81.
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The Boston Celtics have a few days off to prepare for the second round of the NBA playoffs and a matchup with LeBron James.
Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen shoots as Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem defends and Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra looks on during the second half. Allen scored 24 as the Celtics moved on to the Eastern semifinals.
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So that's what Kobe Bryant meant when he said Oklahoma City had definitely caught the mighty Lakers' attention.
Los Angeles forward Pau Gasol blocks a shot by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant during first half action in game 5 of the their Western Conference playoff series at Staples Center. Gasol scored 25 points and Los Angeles held Durant to 17 points in a 111-87 victory.
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The Denver Nuggets, who trail the Utah Jazz 3-1 in their Western Conference playoff series, are on the brink of closing a season that only months ago held such promise.
Denver Nuggets players, Chris Anderson, left, Anthony Carter, center, and Malik Allen watch the final seconds of Game 4 in the first round, a 117-106 loss to the Jazz.
Christian
About the only thing missing from Tim Tebow's triumphant entry into Denver was the donkey and palm fronds -- and not only because the Broncos picked a Heisman- and national championship-winning quarterback in the first round of the NFL draft.
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Charlotte Bobcats center Theo Ratliff has played for Larry Brown on two teams spanning three decades in his 14-year NBA career.
Bobcats coach Larry Brown shouts instructions during Game 2 of their first-round series against the Magic.
Home
A young Montagnard Christian man has died in a Vietnamese prison because of torture and abuse, the latest in a series of attacks on Christian prisoners in the communist-run nation, representatives said Wednesday, April 28.
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Sports
Christian leaders there say they are eager for him to join the flock.
About the only thing missing from Tim Tebow's triumphant entry into Denver was the donkey and palm fronds -- and not only because the Broncos picked a Heisman- and national championship-winning quarterback in the first round of the NFL draft.
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Opinion
The Washington Examiner brings us a headline for the ages, in this photo snapped by Twitter user Maimonides. Read More
The Washington Examiner brings us a headline for the ages, in this photo snapped by Twitter user Maimonides. Read More
African-American
NBC is brushing off complaints from the Detroit chapter of the National
Association of Black Journalists and several community activists that it
presented an unbalanced and sensationalized portrait of the city on a
recent edition of "Dateline." Read More
NBC is brushing off complaints from the Detroit chapter of the National
Association of Black Journalists and several community activists that it
presented an unbalanced and sensationalized portrait of the city on a
recent edition of "Dateline." Read More
Christian
A museum in Kentucky that promotes biblical teaching about the origin of the universe says it reached the milestone of one million visitors on Monday.
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Christian
Chile's Roman Catholic Church was shaken by a series of dramatic
televised interviews of men alleging they were abused by a respected
former priest, followed hours later by a bombing that damaged a
church's facade. Read More
Eye on Africa
The soccer World Cup in less than two month will be South Africa's
greatest opportunity to show off the diversity and potential of the
nation and the whole of Africa, President Jacob Zuma said recently. Read More
The soccer World Cup in less than two month will be South Africa's
greatest opportunity to show off the diversity and potential of the
nation and the whole of Africa, President Jacob Zuma said recently. Read More
National
Every spring, Princetonians return in droves for their 25th reunion,
donning orange-and-black class jackets, to reunite with classmates,
march in the P-Rade and sing "Old Nassau." But the highest-profile
member of the Class of 1985 -- First Lady Michelle Obama -- will not join
her classmates. Read More
Books
Former U.S. first lady Laura Bush is going public about a car crash in
Midland, Texas, that claimed the life of a high school friend when she
was 17. Read More
World
A woman to be sworn in as Germany's first Muslim
regional government minister on Tuesday received renewed political
backing after withdrawing a suggestion that Christian crucifixes be
removed from public schools.
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He told his congregation he had nothing to hide.
He insists a News 8 investigation about his lifestyle was wrong.
Christian
Faith, labor and community groups will join forces from New York City to
San Francisco to protest the "harmful practices" of big banks starting
Tuesday. Thousands of people are expected to participate in the three protests
over the next three days to demand financial reform. Read More
Faith, labor and community groups will join forces from New York City to
San Francisco to protest the "harmful practices" of big banks starting
Tuesday. Thousands of people are expected to participate in the three protests
over the next three days to demand financial reform. Read More
Books
In the fifth book of the Beta Gamma Pi book series titled, Get What You Give, Christian fiction author, Stephanie Perry Moore, focuses on faith in God and the importance of allowing Him to guide our decisions. As Hailey Grant seeks to follow in her sister's footsteps, she encounters some trials that she did not think she would have to face. She soon learns that inspite of everything she faces and everything that the people around her are telling her, she will have to listen to her own heart and determine her own future. Read More
In the fifth book of the Beta Gamma Pi book series titled, Get What You Give, Christian fiction author, Stephanie Perry Moore, focuses on faith in God and the importance of allowing Him to guide our decisions. As Hailey Grant seeks to follow in her sister's footsteps, she encounters some trials that she did not think she would have to face. She soon learns that inspite of everything she faces and everything that the people around her are telling her, she will have to listen to her own heart and determine her own future. Read More
Christian
A conservative Republican congressman from Georgia is calling for congressional hearings to investigate actions by the U.S. military in recent weeks to cancel or rescind invitations that had been made to two prominent conservative Christian leaders -- Franklin Graham and Tony Perkins -- to speak at military prayer events. Read More
A conservative Republican congressman from Georgia is calling for congressional hearings to investigate actions by the U.S. military in recent weeks to cancel or rescind invitations that had been made to two prominent conservative Christian leaders -- Franklin Graham and Tony Perkins -- to speak at military prayer events. Read More
National
President Obama will deliver the eulogy Thursday at the funeral of civil rights leader Dorothy Height, the White House announced. Read More
President Obama will deliver the eulogy Thursday at the funeral of civil rights leader Dorothy Height, the White House announced. Read More
Christian
A new claim is being made for the discovery of Noah's Ark, as
evangelical explorers from China and Turkey believe they may have found
the remnants of the legendary biblical vessel. Read More
A new claim is being made for the discovery of Noah's Ark, as
evangelical explorers from China and Turkey believe they may have found
the remnants of the legendary biblical vessel.(Pictured: In this photo from Noah's Ark Ministries International, an explorer is investigating a wooden structure on Mount Ararat in Turkey that may be the remnant of Noah's Ark mentioned in the Bible.)
National
The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion. Though other states have passed similar measures forcing women to have
ultrasounds, Oklahoma's law goes further, requiring a doctor or
technician to set up the monitor where the woman can see it and
describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are
made for rape and incest victims. Read More
The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion. Though other states have passed similar measures forcing women to have
ultrasounds, Oklahoma's law goes further, requiring a doctor or
technician to set up the monitor where the woman can see it and
describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are
made for rape and incest victims. Read More
Christian
A new Judson Press book celebrating the vitality, gifts, and strength of the black church stands in sharp contrast to the death knell sounded by Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. in his recent Huffington Post essay titled "The Black Church is Dead." In What We Love about the Black Church: Can We Get a Witness?, William H. Crouch and Joel C. Gregory identify twelve aspects of the black church that highlight its impact and contributions. What makes this resource particularly unique and compelling is that Crouch and Gregory are white pastors and academics who have discovered the benefits of being in the black church without being of it.
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President Barack Obama has ordered the U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and at all public buildings and military installations on Thursday in honor of civil rights legend Dorothy Height.
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Christian
President Obama has told Franklin Graham, son of 91-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham, that he will "look into" the situation of the U.S. Army rescinding its invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham for the upcoming National Day of Prayer at the Pentagon. Read More
President Obama has told Franklin Graham, son of 91-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham, that he will "look into" the situation of the U.S. Army rescinding its invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham for the upcoming National Day of Prayer at the Pentagon. Read More
Christian
When a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that our National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, it immediately generated widespread anger, heated debate, and new rounds of legal maneuvering. Read More
When a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that our National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, it immediately generated widespread anger, heated debate, and new rounds of legal maneuvering. Read More
World
A Haiti judge dropped kidnapping and criminal association charges against jailed Baptist volunteer Laura Silsby and nine others April 26 but ordered Silsby to face trial on another charge, meaning she will remain in prison.
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Christian
Living @ the Next Level comes over 40 years after Bishop
McBath's commitment to God when he was eight-years old. He feels that
it is a gift from God to be able to share the concept of when we accept
Jesus as our Savior, we are at the next level! Read More
Living @ the Next Level comes over 40 years after Bishop
McBath's commitment to God when he was eight-years old. He feels that
it is a gift from God to be able to share the concept of when we accept
Jesus as our Savior, we are at the next level! Read More
Christian
Most young adults today don't pray, don't worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows.
While many members of "Generation Y" are drifting away from traditional Christian beliefs and practices, the director of LifeWay Research says he's encouraged by the 15% that are deeply committed, like these students praying together at one of LifeWay Christian Resources' annual Collegiate Weeks at the Glorieta Conference Center in New Mexico.
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Marnie Ferree's No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction challenges easy assumptions about who gets addicted and why.
Biblical scholars have yet to determine if the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11) was a sex addict. But Nashville-based clinical therapist Marnie Ferree says the woman's shame and social status make her an apt archetype for women struggling with sex addiction.
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Life
Read this." I thrust the newspaper at my husband, Fritz, so he can't avoid it. "It's an interesting interview with the president."
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Eye on Africa
About 75 inmates of the Naabuli witches camp in the Gushegu district have appealed to government to support them to survive. Read More
Opinion
Here we go again. On April 15 a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer, slated for May 6, was unconstitutional. The usual voices have been heard rising in objection (Sarah Palin and Franklin Graham among them) and, proving yet again that President Obama is no radical, the administration announced its own plans to challenge the decision. Read More
Here we go again. On April 15 a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer, slated for May 6, was unconstitutional. The usual voices have been heard rising in objection (Sarah Palin and Franklin Graham among them) and, proving yet again that President Obama is no radical, the administration announced its own plans to challenge the decision. Read More
National
An 11-year-old girl thanked church members for their support after she
was lost for days in a central Florida swamp. Read More
An 11-year-old girl thanked church members for their support after she
was lost for days in a central Florida swamp. Read More
African-American
"The Arizona Immigration Bill is an affront to the civil rights of all Americans and an attempt to legalize racial profiling. Read More
"The Arizona Immigration Bill is an affront to the civil rights of all Americans and an attempt to legalize racial profiling. Read More
Education
The latest school battle over the separation of church and state may not feature prayers at football games, after-school Bible clubs or even a moment of silence.
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Christian
In 2006, a W-FIVE investigation of the Dominion Christian Centre centred on allegations of cult activity and divided families and focused the on the charismatic pastor.
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Christian
One prayed to God under a Communion table as his church was blown to pieces around him. Another was on the phone with a meteorologist when the tornado threw him against a cinderblock wall that held just long enough to save his life. Read More
African-American
The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45
years after he assassinated the civil rights leader. Read More
The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45
years after he assassinated the civil rights leader. Read More
Life
Elizabeth Post, an etiquette expert known for writing books and magazine
columns on manners, has died. She was 89. Read More
Elizabeth Post, an etiquette expert known for writing books and magazine
columns on manners, has died. She was 89. Read More
Christian
The high-profile legal saga of the 10 Idaho-based Baptists arrested in January for attempting to smuggle 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic is winding down. But evangelical adoption advocates wonder what the long-term impact will be. Read More
The high-profile legal saga of the 10 Idaho-based Baptists arrested in January for attempting to smuggle 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic is winding down. But evangelical adoption advocates wonder what the long-term impact will be. Read More
Home
Robert Scott, right, commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, is shown in Austin, Texas in this file photo. A former direct of the science program for Texas' public schools is taking Scott to court over her firing. Christina Castillo Comer was let go after forwarding an e-mail about a forum opposed to teaching creationism.
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Home
Democrats planned to keep up the pressure on Republicans after an expected setback put the brakes on Senate consideration of financial regulations.
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Haiti's leader on Monday called for an influx of international aid to organize elections this year as the impoverished Caribbean country rebuilds from the January earthquake that devastated the capital.
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By all accounts, America has become the most litigious society on the face of the earth. In the last decade, civil caseloads have increased by 33 percent, which is five times faster than the increase in our population.
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Austrian prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against one of two undercover policemen who allegedly mistook a black American teacher for a drug dealer and pounced on him.
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Home
President Obama left white, middle-age male voters in his rear-view mirror Monday in launching his first midterm election pitch, calling on "young people, African Americans, Latinos and women" to deliver for Democrats in November.
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Sports
British Open organizers hope to see more players struggle to handle the 17th at this year's championship at St. Andrews, after lengthening the famous Road Hole to give it back its teeth.
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Organizers of the British Open are still waiting for an entry from Tiger Woods but expect him to try and become the first player to win the title three times at St. Andrews on the tournament's 150th anniversary.
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This week's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic has made quite a name for itself without one tee shot being struck.
Sports
South Carolina's Steve Spurrier will be looking to retain golf bragging rights when he competes against rival coaches in the Chick-fil-A Challenge at Reynolds Plantation resort on Lake Oconee.
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Sports
For the last two games (or weeks, or months), Los Angeles Lakers fans have been waiting for their defending NBA champs to flip a switch or push a magic button.
Though he downplays it, Kobe Bryant, right, has been slowed by a sore knee, a broken finger and Kevin Durant's defense during the Lakers' first-round series against the young and emerging Thunder.
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Health
I am in the middle of a seven-day Arbonne detox cleanse and am starting to feel cramped. Read More
I am in the middle of a seven-day Arbonne detox cleanse and am starting to feel cramped. Read More
Business
A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a
massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay
for female workers can go to trial. Read More
A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a
massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay
for female workers can go to trial. Read More
Health
Nearly half of all adult Americans have high cholesterol, high blood
pressure or diabetes, all conditions that increase the risk of
cardiovascular disease, researchers from the national Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Read More
World
The Government has apologised to the Pope over official documents that mocked his forthcoming visit to Britain by suggesting he should bless a gay marriage and even launch Papal-branded condoms. Read More
National
Sobs overcome Susanne McGraham-Paisley when she thinks about her
mentally ill brother who lived for years on a city sidewalk -- John
McGraham died when a man doused him with gasoline and set him ablaze. Read More
Eye on Africa
President Omar al-Bashir got exactly what he wanted from Sudan's elections. The president's supporters are presenting this electoral victory as the Sudanese people's response to the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Mr Bashir, accusing him of war crimes in Darfur. Read More
President Omar al-Bashir got exactly what he wanted from Sudan's elections. The president's supporters are presenting this electoral victory as the Sudanese people's response to the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Mr Bashir, accusing him of war crimes in Darfur. Read More
National
US President Barack Obama has announced a series of educational and business exchanges in an effort to improve ties between the US and the Muslim world. Mr Obama unveiled his plans to Muslim entrepreneurs from 50 countries at a summit hosted in Washington. Read More
US President Barack Obama has announced a series of educational and business exchanges in an effort to improve ties between the US and the Muslim world. Mr Obama unveiled his plans to Muslim entrepreneurs from 50 countries at a summit hosted in Washington. Read More
Eye on Africa
Sudan's elections, originally designed to help keep the country
together, have likely ensured the opposite. President Omar Hassan
al-Bashir, the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the
International Criminal Court at The Hague, has been declared the victor
in what was billed as the nation's first multiparty polls in 24 years.
The election, however, has been tainted with opposition boycotts and
allegations of rigging. Read More
Sudan's elections, originally designed to help keep the country
together, have likely ensured the opposite. President Omar Hassan
al-Bashir, the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the
International Criminal Court at The Hague, has been declared the victor
in what was billed as the nation's first multiparty polls in 24 years.
The election, however, has been tainted with opposition boycotts and
allegations of rigging. Read More
Technology
Google has scrapped its plan to sell a Nexus One phone that works on Verizon Wireless' network, the most widely used in the U.S. Read More
Google has scrapped its plan to sell a Nexus One phone that works on Verizon Wireless' network, the most widely used in the U.S. Read More
Christian
The following is an edited transcript of the audio.
Chronic illness, difficult marriages, losing a child-doesn't God want me to be happy? God definitely wants you to be happy long-term and infinitely, and deeply now in and through those circumstances.
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In the second and third chapters of John's Revelation,
we find the letters dictated to the seven churches. Here, in a uniquely
direct way, we have the Lord's assessment of health indicators for
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A top administrator at Bob Jones University, one of South Carolina's
most prominent conservative Christian institutions, plans to endorse a
primary challenger to Republican Rep. Bob Inglis, POLITICO has learned. Read More
Health
Many psychologists use a test called a standard depression scale to see if someone is suffering from major depression. Read More
Many psychologists use a test called a standard depression scale to see if someone is suffering from major depression. Read More
Christian
The Obama administration is appealing the ruling by a federal judge that decided the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.
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National
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Ms. Dorothy Height was more than a wonderful person; she was a leader, a vanguard and a driving force behind social justice, equal rights and quality education.
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No pool coverage of today's visit by President Obama to Billy Graham, just White House statements about the meeting first arranged when Obama called Graham in November to wish him a happy 91st birthday.
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Christian
Jim Daly is certain there is "a right way and a wrong way" to live one's life, and it's all about Jesus Christ and a literal reading of the Bible. But the new leader of the evangelical ministry Focus on the Family isn't going to get in your face if you disagree.
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Life
Across the country, some social conservatives are fighting for what they view as a critical article of faith: criminal adultery laws. Read More
Across the country, some social conservatives are fighting for what they view as a critical article of faith: criminal adultery laws. Read More
Christian
Pat Robertson retire? Leave "The 700 Club," the hour of television evangelism he's hosted since its inception in 1966? And the Christian Broadcasting Network, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year?
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With cheers and screams from a nearly filled-to-capacity Dodger Stadium, megachurch pastor Joel Osteen on Saturday night brought people to their feet as he spoke faith and hope, promising audience members they would leave with a renewed hope in their lives.
Christian
Kirk Cameron might forever have been known to the world as Mike Seaver, the mischievous rascal of television's "Growing Pains" of the 1980s and 1990s.
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World
Tony Blair's spokesman Alastair Campbell famously once said the prime minister didn't "do God" when talking to the media. Read More
Tony Blair's spokesman Alastair Campbell famously once said the prime minister didn't "do God" when talking to the media. Read More
Education
More than 300 parents have filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights challenging a compulsory anti-Christian curriculum in Spain's public and private schools that promotes liberal sexuality with graphic imagery while openly bashing the Catholic Church.
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Christian
On March 30 an administrative judicial court in Egypt dismissed a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Camilia Lutfi, mother of the Coptic Christian twins boys Mario and Andrew, against the Interior Minister, and the director of the Civil Status Department for refusing to re-instate the Christian religion on their birth certificates, and invalidate those which were forcefully changed to "Islam" in 2005 by their father Medhat Ramsis Labib, who had converted to Islam. Read More
On March 30 an administrative judicial court in Egypt dismissed a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Camilia Lutfi, mother of the Coptic Christian twins boys Mario and Andrew, against the Interior Minister, and the director of the Civil Status Department for refusing to re-instate the Christian religion on their birth certificates, and invalidate those which were forcefully changed to "Islam" in 2005 by their father Medhat Ramsis Labib, who had converted to Islam. Read More
National
A united front of black and Latino Arizonans mobilized against a state law that they see as a threat to their civil rights on Sunday at the First Institutional Baptist Church in downtown Phoenix. Read More
A united front of black and Latino Arizonans mobilized against a state law that they see as a threat to their civil rights on Sunday at the First Institutional Baptist Church in downtown Phoenix. Read More
National
Dozens of states are passing or debating new restrictions on abortion, a trend fueled in part by passage of the nation's new health care law. Read More
National
An armed man spotted at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed Sunday told an officer he wanted to see the president and had a car equipped with police gear, including a siren and flashing lights, authorities said. Read More
An armed man spotted at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed Sunday told an officer he wanted to see the president and had a car equipped with police gear, including a siren and flashing lights, authorities said. Read More
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With the 2010 NFL draft complete, USA TODAY's Jarrett Bell hands out grades for how teams performed:
Raiders fans may see more wins in 2010 after the team's strong performance in the NFL draft.
Home
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he's ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state's new immigration law.
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Home
The US military will end its disaster relief mission in Haiti at the beginning of June, nearly six months after the massive earthquake struck.
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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) says more than 100 homes are uninhabitable after a tornado cut through the state, killing 10 people and injuring dozens.
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The Congressional Black Caucus plans to meet this week to plot its strategy for the upcoming Supreme Court nomination.
Home
The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as "a black girl from Richmond, Virginia," would have excluded her in years past.
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Christian
President Barack Obama is fitting in his first visit with ailing evangelist Billy Graham during his vacation weekend in North Carolina. Read More
President Barack Obama is fitting in his first visit with ailing evangelist Billy Graham during his vacation weekend in North Carolina. Read More
Christian
For 2,000 years, Christian missionaries have traveled to foreign lands to spread the Gospel. Today, there are thousands of missionaries preaching around the world without leaving home. Sometimes even while wearing pajamas.
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They pass through the larger world in relative anonymity - good men from humble backgrounds, hard-working and generous, their lives dedicated to those around them. They call themselves servants of the Lord. But in the neighborhoods surrounding their churches, these pastors are revered.
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Don't call yourself a believer if you're not caring for orphans, said Kay Warren. "If we are doing little to nothing, how dare we, how dare we claim to be followers of Jesus Christ," she said Friday. Read More
Don't call yourself a believer if you're not caring for orphans, said Kay Warren. "If we are doing little to nothing, how dare we, how dare we claim to be followers of Jesus Christ," she said Friday. Read More
Christian
A missionary inventor is using his ingenuity and innovative methods to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Steve Saint invented the flying dune buggy, an all-terrain vehicle that can drive on freeways or, when needed, take to the sky-ways.
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It isn't often a politician provides pastors with a religious epiphany. And Arvada Mayor Bob Frie didn't mean to. But when a group of pastors of 20 churches decided more than a year ago
they needed to help tackle some big problems in the northwest metro
area, Frie gave them what they call a "duh" moment.
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World
Witnesses say people are fleeing their homes in central Nigeria over fears of renewed religious violence between Christians and Muslims.Witnesses say there has been at least one death in the city of Jos and people began fleeing on Saturday. Read More
Witnesses say people are fleeing their homes in central Nigeria over fears of renewed religious violence between Christians and Muslims.Witnesses say there has been at least one death in the city of Jos and people began fleeing on Saturday. Read More
National
Gay rights advocates often claim that gay Americans are denied employment, fired from their jobs, or otherwise discriminated against just because they are gay. Read More
Gay rights advocates often claim that gay Americans are denied employment, fired from their jobs, or otherwise discriminated against just because they are gay. Read More
Sports
As third overall draft pick in this year's NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, former Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy knows a thing or two about rising to the occasion. In fact, he says rising to the occasion is something he has had to do his entire life. Read More
As third overall draft pick in this year's NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, former Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy knows a thing or two about rising to the occasion. In fact, he says rising to the occasion is something he has had to do his entire life. Read More
Education
Trinity University's board of trustees announced Thursday they will not grant a student group's request to drop the phrase "our Lord" from diplomas, saying that while Trinity welcomes all religions, it is right to honor its Christian roots.
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National
President Barack Obama says 29 victims in the worst mining disaster in a generation died in pursuit of a better life and he's promising safer working conditions underground. Read More
President Barack Obama says 29 victims in the worst mining disaster in a generation died in pursuit of a better life and he's promising safer working conditions underground. Read More
National
Harry Taylor, 59, left home made posters at Liverpool John Lennon Airport three times in November and December 2008. The self-styled philosopher denied three counts of causing religiously
aggravated harassment, alarm or distress but was convicted in less than
an hour by a unanimous jury. Among the posters, one image showed a smiling crucified Christ next to an advert for a brand of ''no nails'' glue.
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World
Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Buddhist members of an armed rebel group and their sympathizers are holding three tribal Christians captive in a pagoda in southeastern Bangladesh after severely beating them in an attempt to force them to return to Buddhism, Christian sources said. Read More
World
Man seriously wounded in chest, leg after trying to stab worshippers, policemen in Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem; his identity and motive unclear
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National
Opponents who fear that Arizona's tough new immigration law will lead
to police harassment of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who look
Hispanic are set to demonstrate against the measure at the state
Capitol Sunday afternoon. Read More
Opponents who fear that Arizona's tough new immigration law will lead
to police harassment of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who look
Hispanic are set to demonstrate against the measure at the state
Capitol Sunday afternoon. Read More
Christian
U.S. Army military chaplains, who travel the battlefields across Afghanistan, provide a backbone of support for thousands of soldiers struggling with the difficulties of war and yearlong deployments away from home.
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Health
Researchers found that "do-gooders" appear to be naturally stronger than their counterparts and that an act of heroism can actually improve your overall stamina.
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Christian
Canada is run by a minority government. The ruling Conservative party holds 144 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons and must rely on support from at least one opposition party (Liberal, Bloc or NDP) to govern. Read More
Canada is run by a minority government. The ruling Conservative party holds 144 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons and must rely on support from at least one opposition party (Liberal, Bloc or NDP) to govern. Read More
Christian
Thanks to dozens of Assemblies of God churches, U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are able to listen to the New Testament on compact, battery-powered devices known as BibleSticks.
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World
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture, has announced that fishing in the Sea of Galilee has been banned. Read More
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture, has announced that fishing in the Sea of Galilee has been banned. Read More
National
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the nation's toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a sweeping measure that supporters said would take handcuffs off police but which President Barack Obama said could violate people's civil rights. Read More
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the nation's toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a sweeping measure that supporters said would take handcuffs off police but which President Barack Obama said could violate people's civil rights. Read More
Christian
In the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, resort churches were pivotal players in the fight for equality: Members held voter-registration drives and supported organizations such as the NAACP. Read More
In the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, resort churches were pivotal players in the fight for equality: Members held voter-registration drives and supported organizations such as the NAACP. Read More
Sports
Golfer Tiger Woods says he's back in the swing of things.
Embroiled in a scandal over extramarital affairs, Woods posted an upbeat blog item on his website about his return to golfing, his happiness over fan support and his commitment to play in more tournaments.
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Health
A leader in the search for a vaccine against HIV, which causes AIDS, said Friday that recent advances have given scientists new reason for hope.
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National
In a tough year for Democrats, the political fate of Obama pal Deval Patrick is on the line in his bid for a second term as Massachusetts' governor.
In a tough year for Democrats, the political fate of Obama pal Deval Patrick is on the line in his bid for a second term as Massachusetts' governor.His popularity already battered by a series of gaffes and the state's economic woes, Patrick found himself jolted again in January by Republ