Nineteen-year-old Hanouk's lips shook slightly, and he looked up and down the wide, rocky pathway outside the polling station. He said he just voted for an opposition party. Read More
Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as criticism and condemnations arose across Europe and the Arab world Monday over Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Read More
Israel's regional allies froze military ties as angry protests erupted over the storming Monday of aid ships bound for Gaza, while Muslim leaders demanded swift UN action to punish the "criminal" assault.
Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré commanded the military response to Hurricane Katrina. He retired from the U.S. Army in 2008 after 37 years, sits on the board of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation and is an adjunct professor at Emory and Vanderbilt universities. He is the author of "Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can Save America and You from Disasters." Read More
At 7:20 local time the pool was holding at Woodlawn and 49th, next to a large sandstone mansion that the Chicago reporters say is the home of one Louis Farrakhan. 
The Obama administration scrambled to respond on Sunday after the
failure of the latest effort to kill the gushing oil well in
the Gulf of Mexico. But administration officials acknowledged the
possibility that tens of thousands of gallons of oil might continue
pouring out until August, when two relief wells are scheduled to be
completed.
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the failure of BP's latest effort to stop the damaging flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is "as enraging as it is heartbreaking." Read More
The campaign to overturn the ban on military service by open homosexuals gained two major congressional victories Thursday that increased its likelihood of success. Read More
The White House hopes it's a new day for gay rights in the African nation of Malawi and around the world. Read More
Yet another mix of risky undersea robot maneuvers, containment devices and longshot odds is being prepared to fight the uncontrolled gusher feeding the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Read More
Christian leaders on the Korean Peninsula are calling for prayer as tensions escalate between North and South Korea. Read More
A well-funded black congressman has a shot at becoming the first African-American to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama, even without the backing of the state's traditional civil rights organizations. Read More
Supporters and opponents of Arizona's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies in Phoenix, drawing thousands of people from around the country. Read More
Torrential rains brought by the first tropical storm of the 2010 season pounded Guatemala and southern Mexico, triggering deadly landslides. The death toll stood at 12 early Sunday but authorities said the number could rise. Read More
All but a handful of the roughly 980 Jamaicans detained during raids by security forces in gang-heavy Kingston slums have been released, police said Saturday. Read More
President Spock's behavior is illogical.
Once more, he has willfully and inexplicably resisted fulfilling a signal part of his job: being a prism in moments of fear and pride, reflecting what Americans feel so they know he gets it.
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It's always the right time to praise the Lord!" That's the life-governing philosophy of recording artist/producer/songwriter/singer/preacher Chris Byrd. Read More
The economy trudges ahead yet debt dogs many Americans, stressing them
out even as they firm up their own financial foundations. 
Four-year-old Ava abandons her playmates at school, flying into the arms
of Air Force Sgt. Stacia Zachary. The mother and daughter head to the
playground.
Wal-Mart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to
get its low-price mojo back. Read More
BP PLC has abandoned an attempt to plug a mile-deep oil and natural-gas
gusher in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by injecting thousands of barrels of
drilling fluid and will now try a new method to contain the flow of
hydrocarbons. Read More
Mr wa Mutharika had been under international pressure to reconsider the convictions of Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20. Read More
Israel says it will not take part in a
conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed
at a UN meeting in New York. Nearly 200 nations, signatories of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), backed plans for the meeting in 2012.
The bill repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military could present the Obama administration with a problem: It also contains money for projects the Pentagon considers wasteful. Read More
Pastor and one of his congregants allegedly forced victims to videotape them. A Newark pastor allegedly forced two teenage girls to videotape him and one of his congregants engaged in sexual acts at a New Jersey motel, authorities said. Read More
A day after Marie Stopes International abortion advertisements began airing in the UK, a woman died while undergoing a termination at one of the organization's Nepal clinics. Read More
Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church is ready for its checkup. The Rev. Timothy E. Tyler's finger is on the pulse of this congregation of roughly 1,200, and he has a vision of vitality that includes fiscal, physical and spiritual health. Read More
Christian leaders are deeply divided over the current serious tension between North and South Koreas. Some blame the North for creating the problem, while others blame the South. Read More
A Southern Baptist church in East Tennessee is considering cutting back on ministries amid reports that a trusted employee of 47 years embezzled more than $1.5 million in church funds. Read More
The GodTube chief wants to make the term "Christian technology" obsolete. Read More
Brazil's green and yellow-clad football team touched down in South Africa this morning with their eyes set on a record sixth World Cup victory. Read More
As they shoot the follow up to their surprise hit film, the makers of Christian drama Fireproof know that the pressure is on. Read More
Earlier this week it was reported that there might be some love in the air between prophetess Juanita Bynum and guess who? Mathew Knowles. Read More
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to deport the son of a Hamas founder who told of his conversion to Christianity and decade of spying for Israel in a New York Times best-seller. Read More
North Korea's most powerful state organ said Friday that South Korea faked the sinking of one of its own warships and warned that the Korean peninsula was edging ever closer to war. Read More
Reputed Jamaican druglord Christopher (Dudus) Coke, the subject of an islandwide manhunt, has reportedly volunteered to surrender himself to officials in New York. Read More
Some of the most successful entrepreneurs in America have never been to high school, don't use electricity, and would sooner love their competitors than sue them. Read More
Two days after BP began a risky effort to stop a gushing oil well in the
Gulf of Mexico, company officials said the operation was going as
planned but offered few details, leaving the nation in suspense about
whether its worst oil spill would end any time soon. Read More
In a news story at The Times today, we report on the
lovers of priests calling for an end to clerical celibacy. In an open
letter to Pope Benedict XVI, the women say they
can no longer afford to be ignored. And they urge the Pope to take
compassion on the 'painfully lonely being' that is the modern Catholic
priest. Read More
The premier of China, North Korea's main ally, offered condolences
Saturday to South Korea for the sinking of a warship blamed on Pyongyang
after promising that Beijing - under pressure to punish the North -
would not defend any country guilty of the attack. 
A Fargo man will get his ISNOGOD license plate, a letter from
the Department of Transportation director says. Brian Magee's request was initially denied, but following an
appeal, Director Francis Ziegler overturned that decision
Thursday.
The soot has been washed away but evidence from the May attack on a
Jacksonville mosque is still visible. Now, a group of a different faith
is offering to repair it. Read More
As members of the oldest
black church in Genesee County celebrated 135 years of history
Friday night, political commentator Roland Martin urged the congregation
to focus on what people will be saying about the church 135 years from
today.
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Christians have gathered in London for a unique conference on how
to succeed in business, without compromising their biblical principles. Up
to 300 people are expected at the event, which culminates on Saturday.
In 2004 the cable station TBS, based in Atlanta, rebranded itself with
a bold slogan: "very funny." What it had to back up the tag line, at
the time, were reruns of "Seinfeld" and "Friends" -- shows that had
already proven their hilarity on NBC.
An American lawyer helping defend a Rwandan presidential hopeful against
charges that include promoting a genocidal ideology was arrested Friday
and charged with genocide denial, police said. 
Google has begun making
available traffic numbers from its DoubleClick
Ad Planner to the public traffic, and the data lends weight to the
rumors that this Facebook site is a big thing. Read More
Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer driving season, typically means higher prices at the gas pump. But drivers hitting the road for the holiday this year will be greeted with falling prices instead, thanks in part to investor jitters about the global economy that have sent crude oil prices tumbling in recent weeks. Read More
Ford Motor Co.'s sales analyst on Friday said the U.S. auto industry will continue its current pace and finish May on track for an annual sales rate of slightly more than 11 million new cars and trucks. Read More
North Korea is exporting nuclear and ballistic missile technology and using multiple intermediaries, shell companies and overseas criminal networks to circumvent U.N. sanctions, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. Read More
A founder of the Irish Republic, Eamon de Valera, famously idealized Ireland 70 years ago as an innocent land of saints and scholars, whose villages were joyous with the laughter of happy maidens. Read More
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Barack Obama next week in Washington, a fresh attempt by the U.S. administration to make amends over recent diplomatic slights. Read More
Pastor David Crabb of the Grand Ronde Church of the Nazarene leaned back in an office chair, spread his arms wide and chuckled when thinking back to his one-year anniversary leading the West Valley congregation. Read More
An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history. Read More
The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert to U.S citizens living in South Africa or traveling there for the World Cup. "There is a heightened risk that extremist groups will conduct terrorist acts within South Africa in the near future," the department said in an alert Thursday. Read More
In rural Nigeria, children are told they're possessed by Satan and
blamed for local disasters by church leaders. "Saving Africa's Witch
Children," a British documentary scheduled to air on HBO2 tonight,
portrays the accused children and the charities trying to rescue them
from their treatments, which range from discrimination to torture and
death. Read More
The two black men boarded the buses in Washington along with 11 others,
both white and black, bound for an unforgettably harrowing journey
through the segregated South. Read More
Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist Wyclef
Jean can now add another distinguished honor to his long list
of achievements: The Haitian-born Jean was awarded an honorary doctorate
on May 23 from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. Read More
First lady Michelle Obama visited Detroit with a celebrity posse and an
old school message. Spike Lee, Magic Johnson, Michigan Governor
Jennifer Granholm, and former Essence Editor Susan Taylor joined her at
Wayne State University on Wednesday, May 26. Read More
President Obama announced sweeping curbs on deep sea oil
drilling Thursday, as a new government study found the BP
spill is now the worst in U.S. history.
In these uncertain times, most of us cling to the things that make us
feel secure. Those who have jobs give thanks. We hug our children a
little tighter. We wait - and hope - for better times. Read More
President Obama speaks about the Federal response to the Deepwater BP
Oil Spill and answers questions from the media. Read More
U.S. Rep. Charlie
Melancon, D-Napoleonville, who was born and raised in the threatened
marshlands of coastal Louisiana, was overcome with emotion Thursday as
he told a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that
"everything I know and love is at risk." Read More
Two prominent commentators from the left have now criticized the Obama
administration for their response to the Gulf oil spill. Last night,
Chris Matthews went on Jay Leno and said the President is acting like a
"Vatican observer" to the trajedy. Read More
Dozens died early Friday morning after a passenger train was derailed in
an apparent act of sabotage and collided with an oncoming cargo train
in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Read More
Thousands of gadget fans have mobbed shops around
the world as Apple began the international launch of its iPad. A
200m (656ft) queue formed outside Apple's flagship Sydney store in
Australia, and there were similar scenes in Tokyo, Japan.
An anonymous tipster has confirmed the long-whispered rumors that Amazon
will offer a Kindle
that isn't white. A mystery unit, described by our tipster as "exactly
like a Kindle DX but black," was being photographed at a Seattle coffee
shop (with a 5D mk II, he or she notes) and Mr/Mrs Tipster had the
presence of mind to snap a picture before they put it away. Read More
An Arkansas woman who locked her son out of his Facebook account and
posted her own items there was convicted Thursday of misdemeanor
harassment and ordered not to have contact with the teenager.
Military bureaucrats enforcing Israel's blockade of Gaza allow frozen salmon filet, facial scrub and low-fat yogurt into the Hamas-ruled territory. Cilantro and instant coffee are another matter - they are banned as luxury items. Read More
At least 73 people died this week as Jamaican security forces stormed a Kingston slum and battled armed supporters of an alleged drug lord wanted for extradition to the United States, police said on Thursday. Read More
A California church has taken prayer for the sick to a whole new level. Members head out to grocery stores, cafes, even motels to pray for people with all kinds of physical conditions -- and they have been seeing miraculous results. Read More
Congress is headed toward landmark votes on whether to allow gays to serve openly in the military. The House was expected to vote as early as Thursday on a proposal by Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Pennsylvania Democrat who served in the Iraq war, that would repeal the 1993 law known as "don't ask, don't tell." Read More
The pastor of one of the three southern Florence County churches targeted in a burglary spree said he feels the suspect should be punished, but also forgiven. Read More
Long after the statute of limitations on torture itself has run out, a trial finally begins. For decades, black men across Chicago described torture at the hands of former police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers, and for decades no one listened. Read More
Oprah Winfrey's charity, The Angel Network, is shutting down as her talk show draws to a close. The network stopped accepting donations this week and said on its website that it plans to dissolve as soon as its remaining funds are disbursed. Read More
An Icelandic volcano neighbouring Eyjafjoell, whose eruptions paralysed Europe's skies last month, could come to life in the near future, according to experts. Read More
Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next
one: The most important technology product no longer sits on your desk
but rather fits in your hand. Read More
Government has, with immediate effect, banned the export of diamonds from any mine
operating in Zimbabwe until the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
certifies the sale of diamonds from Chiadzwa. Read More
Back in February of this year, Mountain View-based Google announced the beginning of its annual "Doodle 4
Google" contest. This year's theme was "If I Could Do Anything, I
would..." The company stated that the winning doodle would be featured on
its homepage on May 27. Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today unveiled his company's revamped
privacy tools in front of a corps of tech journalists that included
organizers of last year's Facebook
Redesign Revolt, PCWorld editors who drafted a Bill
of Rights for Facebook Users, and many of the company's fiercest
critics of its privacy policies. Read More
Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security, shutter the Education
Department and return to the days almost a century ago when the federal
income tax was unconstitutional. Read More
It might go against conventional wisdom, but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are fast becoming the gurus of online reputation management, especially when it comes to social networking sites.
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Trinidad and Tobago made history Wednesday when it swore in Kamla
Persad-Bissessar as the Caribbean nation's first female prime minister. Read More
Yahoo Inc. raised its financial target Wednesday, reflecting
expectations that the Internet company will attract more online
advertisers as it reaps savings from an upcoming search partnership with
Microsoft Corp. Read More
About 2,000 people gathered in uptown Charlotte on Thursday morning for a
YMCA Community Prayer Breakfast that sometimes seemed like a worship
service - with sing-along contemporary Christian music, personal
testimonies, and even a few arms stretched heavenward.
This one could have been mailed in. Sarah Palin predictably knocked President
Obama for, as she put it, failing to "dive in there" and solve the Gulf
spill disaster.
A New York City community panel has given a stamp of approval to build a mosque near Ground Zero. The city board voted 29-1 in favor of the Cordoba Mosque, despite a very contentious debate over the building.
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Seven cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have been ranked among
the 10 best in the world for quality of living, according to a survey
published today. Read More
Americans' confidence in the economy rose in May for the third straight month in a row, fueled by growing optimism about future job prospects. Read More
Trust in the Lord, Pastor Wayne Milliner tells his congregation, and rely on his timing. Milliner has become all too familiar with that message as he's waited, patiently, to realize his dream. Read More
Patience Dassah, a smartly dressed young Nigerian, has recently had trouble getting a taxi. But her trouble with okadas, the motorcycles that zip through the streets here in Africa's most populous country, does not lie with the typical traffic jams or fuel shortages. Read More
Pastor Harley Keough told a Gaston County judge Tuesday that the King James Baptist Church in Bessemer City was "a loving church" and a place where "we frequently hug." Read More
Thousands of heavily armed police and soldiers barged past barricades into the capital's most violent slums on Tuesday, clashing with die-hard defenders of a gang leader sought by the United States. At least 30 people have died, officals said. Read More
This time of year my husband is chomping at the bit to grill, grill, grill! He wants to grill everything--which is fine by me because not only is grilling a super-quick way to cook, but when it comes to lean proteins it guarantees flavorful, juicy results--without having to add a lot of fat or calories. (Or do extra dishes!) Read More
The global economic crisis and climate change threaten to curtail
already slow progress on meeting the social development targets of the
Millennium Development Goals, says a new report by the Africa Progress
Panel, an international review group headed by former United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Read More
Facebook Inc. has rankled politicians from Amsterdam to Washington for
failing to protect personal privacy. Yet for all the criticism, users
are flocking apace to the world's largest social network. Read More
Amazon.com (AMZN) plans to keep its Kindle e-reader device focused on
long-form reading to compete against new multipurpose tablet devices,
such as the iPad, the CEO of the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday. Read More
It might not sound like a lot on first glance, but the 36 extra seconds
that the average Google.com visitor spent there last Friday playing
Pac-Man adds up to a massive 4.8 million of wasted hours.
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Very quickly after announcing an extended partnership with Nokia, Yahoo
has further expanded its presence in the mobile market by acquiring
Koprol, a social networking start-up based in Indonesia. Read More
Yahoo Inc and Nokia Oyj said they would team up to boost their mobile Internet offerings, seeking to regain market share lost to rivals like Apple Inc and Google Inc. Starting in the second half of this year, Yahoo
will host Nokia's Ovi email on phones exclusively and Nokia in turn will
provide maps and navigation for Yahoo. Read More
Google has pulled back another curtain and revealed the size of its
lucrative Internet ad network in the U.S. It spans more than 1.5 million
advertisers and Web sites. Read More
Thousands of residents gathered at dawn Wednesday to pray for peace at
sites across Bangkok where people were killed and high-rise buildings
torched in two months of the worst political violence in the country's
modern history. 
Twitter is banning third-party advertisements on its site in a move to
control the monetization and integrity of the micro-blogging service.
The company is spinning the move, saying it's building a firewall that
blocks out advertisements that tarnish Twitter's coherent "timeline." Read More
George W. Bush said Tuesday that his upcoming book begins with an
anecdote about his wife persuading him to give up drinking by pushing
him to decide whether he preferred booze to fatherhood. Read More
Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday he's planning a
campaign staff shake-up a week after a round of interviews in which he
dismayed fellow Republicans by discussing his views on racial
segregation. 
If you watched all the way to the end of last night's dramatic
overtime game when the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics, you
would have caught this provocative statement from Magic star Dwight
Howard: Read More
Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice's presence in the illustrious
1st Presbyterian Church on Friday, May 21, celebrated the integration
of the church, while also honoring her belated father and grandfather. Read More
After hours of contentious public comment, a New York City community
board voted late Tuesday to support a plan to build a mosque and
cultural center near ground zero. 
The close-knit siblings began to notice little things about their
mother, Roberta Randolph. Read More
Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered
1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico
border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressional vote to
send the troops. Read More
The big bet for Super Bowl 2014? The weather. Tourism leaders in New York and New Jersey are hoping thousands of football fans flock to the region in the dead of winter wearing overcoats with deep pockets.
New York/New Jersey was awarded the Super Bowl for 2014, creating plenty of talk about playing the game in cold weather.
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With Congress getting close to finalizing an overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke weighed in against provisions in the proposed legislation that would subject the central bank to more political scrutiny. Read More
Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison this morning by Wayne Circuit Judge David Groner who said the former mayor engaged in "contemptible behavior" by hiding assets from the court. Read More
At least 11 people died in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, when troops stormed the stronghold of an alleged drug lord, Jamaican officials said. Gunfire erupted as troops and police moved into the Tivoli Gardens district to search for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who is wanted by the United States. Read More
A Polish priest accused of sexually abusing a former altar boy in Rio de Janeiro and turning his parish home into an "erotic dungeon" has surrendered and is now in police custody, a public safety official said Saturday. Read More
Bestselling author, Vanessa Davis Griggs, releases her novel, The Truth is the Light, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. In this new release, readers will see how the newest member of Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center stirs up more troubles than blessings when he decides to rededicate his life to God... Read More
Rachel Maddow points out that the same futile efforts to handle oil spills 30 years ago are being applied to the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Rep. Joe Sestak spoke with CNN's John King about the controversy over a job offer. Read More
Time Warner and NBC Universal have told Apple they won't spend the time
and money to rework their Flash-friendly video libraries to make them
compatible with the
