When it comes to heart-healthy foods, those containing omega-3 fatty acids are high on the recommended list. Read More
August 2010 Archives
Health
When it comes to heart-healthy foods, those containing omega-3 fatty acids are high on the recommended list. Read More
When it comes to heart-healthy foods, those containing omega-3 fatty acids are high on the recommended list. Read More
Health
Health
Many people drink six to eight sodas, coffee, or tea per day to get that caffeine kick. Read More
Many people drink six to eight sodas, coffee, or tea per day to get that caffeine kick. Read More
Health
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In a word, yes. Read More
Health
You've Always Heard That...
You Shouldn't Cut Off the Bread's Crust. It's Full of Vitamins.
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Figures
If you'd asked Israel Houghton in 2004, before his debut project Live from Another Level catapulted him into the spotlight, 'What is your definition of success?' it's likely he would've given you the title of his August 31 release: Love God, Love People.
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Music
As a unique talent with a humble heart, Michelle Williams, one third of the multi-platinum-selling Destiny's Child, has become a respected singer and songwriter in her own right. Read More
As a unique talent with a humble heart, Michelle Williams, one third of the multi-platinum-selling Destiny's Child, has become a respected singer and songwriter in her own right. Read More
Music
BET's Sunday's Best winner Y'Anna Crawley is ready to release her debut album "The Promise" on Aug. 24 with Imago Dei Music Group. She explained that working on her album has been a huge blessing.
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Music
Steller Award winner and contemporary gospel singer/songwriter/performer Tye Tribbett will release his highly anticipated album, 'Fresh,' October 19 via Columbia Records.
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Music
Grammy and Stellar Award winner Beverly Crawford is gearing up for the release of her highly anticipated new album, 'Live from Los Angeles, Vol. 2,' on September 14th. Read More
Grammy and Stellar Award winner Beverly Crawford is gearing up for the release of her highly anticipated new album, 'Live from Los Angeles, Vol. 2,' on September 14th. Read More
Music
Bishop T.D. Jakes, who's been hailed as America's most popular preacher by Time magazine, has signed a distribution deal between his Dallas-based Dexterity Sounds recording label and the Universal Music Christian Group.
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Movies
Despite its style and flash, Takers suffers from clichés, a lack of originality and moral ambiguity.
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Movies
In the 1960s, a girl and boy meet in second grade, and navigate a romantic relationship over the next five years--but it never finds the magic of Rob Reiner's best films.
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Movies
Some movies are great because of clever writing, flashy effects, or knockout acting. But others draw their appeal from understatement. Read More
Some movies are great because of clever writing, flashy effects, or knockout acting. But others draw their appeal from understatement. Read More
Movies
Isabel Green is doing the best she can. Her husband is off fighting in the British Army, and it's up to her to corral their three unruly children, manage the struggling family farm, and earn grocery money by working a day job at the town's general store. Read More
Isabel Green is doing the best she can. Her husband is off fighting in the British Army, and it's up to her to corral their three unruly children, manage the struggling family farm, and earn grocery money by working a day job at the town's general store. Read More
Movies
Based on a short story by Jeffrey Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex), The Switch is a modern refutation of the timeworn wisdom of the playground: "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage." Read More
Based on a short story by Jeffrey Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex), The Switch is a modern refutation of the timeworn wisdom of the playground: "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage." Read More
Movies
Fifteen years have passed since Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo) shared a tearful goodbye with girlfriend Wendy (Kristy Swanson) at the bus stop in their small town. Read More
Fifteen years have passed since Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo) shared a tearful goodbye with girlfriend Wendy (Kristy Swanson) at the bus stop in their small town. Read More
Video/DVD
Movie Review by Plugged In
Trust is like a car engine. If you take good care of it, it'll take you wherever you want to go. If it breaks, it won't. Here's the catch: A neglected engine doesn't always break down all at once.
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Video/DVD
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Video/DVD
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Movie Review by Christianity TodayThe Last Song is a Nicholas Sparks story, which tells you several key things about the film: Two unlikely people will fall in love. Someone will heal from a past hurt.
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Video/DVD
Movie Review by Plugged In
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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Video/DVD
Movie Review by Plugged In
Being an awkward teenager is tough. Being an awkward, oversized teenage dog is even tougher. Will the world's most famous Great Dane ever find a place to belong?
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Video/DVD
Movie Review by Christianity Today
Movie Review by Christianity TodayAnyone who ever made it in the entertainment business got there because of some "big break." But do these breaks happen because of luck? Or talent? Or both?
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Games
UPDATED REVIEW: Every year before the season gets underway, Madden NFL is released to pacify pro football enthusiasts itching for the real thing. Every year Madden NFL shows us how clean games can clean up.
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National
A shattering war initiated seven years ago by President George W. Bush lurched towards its stuttering conclusion Tuesday night as his successor, a subdued President Barack Obama, fulfilled his campaign promise to end combat operations in Iraq.
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Books
With the heat of summertime in Texas at its peak, the murder of 13 fellow soldiers still a painful memory, and the war escalating in Afghanistan as troops return from Iraq, soldiers at Ft. Hood were ready for a little love this month.
And bestselling Whitaker House author, Vanessa Miller had a whole lot of love to share during her recent visit to the U.S. army base near Killeen, Texas, where she received a warm response to her latest book, A Love for Tomorrow, second in her Second Chance at Love series (available September 7, 2010).
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With the heat of summertime in Texas at its peak, the murder of 13 fellow soldiers still a painful memory, and the war escalating in Afghanistan as troops return from Iraq, soldiers at Ft. Hood were ready for a little love this month.And bestselling Whitaker House author, Vanessa Miller had a whole lot of love to share during her recent visit to the U.S. army base near Killeen, Texas, where she received a warm response to her latest book, A Love for Tomorrow, second in her Second Chance at Love series (available September 7, 2010).
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National
No Victory Lap In Oval Office Tonight; WATCH - Obama Tells Troops 'Our Task In Iraq Is Not Yet Over'
President Obama's Oval Address Tonight at 8pm EDT - WATCH LIVE ON BCNN3.TV
Saying there is "still a lot of work to do" politically in Iraq, President Obama on Tuesday congratulated U.S. troops stationed at Fort Bliss for their accomplishments in the war zone over the past seven years. He thanked a gathering of uniformed service members, some of them about to deploy overseas, saying their service made the withdrawal of combat troops possible.
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Entertainment
Caution: There are two profane words and a couple of shots that linger on scantily-clad voluptuous women.
Rhymefest, co-writer of Kanye's 'Jesus Walks,' opines on megachurch, Osteen, and more
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National
The right-wing campaign against the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" includes vicious personal attacks on the Muslim cleric who leads the Cordoba Initiative, the organization behind the plan.
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The right-wing campaign against the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" includes vicious personal attacks on the Muslim cleric who leads the Cordoba Initiative, the organization behind the plan.
National
Traditional marriage supporters argue that recent court decisions in the
gay marriage debate are shoving the idea of "government by the people"
to the back shelf. Read More
Traditional marriage supporters argue that recent court decisions in the
gay marriage debate are shoving the idea of "government by the people"
to the back shelf. Read More
Health
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol
consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink
actually tend to die sooner than those who do. Read More
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol
consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink
actually tend to die sooner than those who do. Read More
National
A major same-sex marriage fundraiser hosted by former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman and other Republicans provides one of the sharpest illustrations of how gay rights is becoming a cause among more elite, establishment members of the GOP.
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Christian
The Bible is still the most popular book in the world. The renowned inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg, was highlighted this week by the Jerusalem Post, as they noted his other great accomplishment, the completion of the first printed Bible in August of 1456.
Christian
Prophetic minister Rick Joyner said he believes President Obama "wants to know the real Jesus." But the MorningStar Ministries founder is teetering in his own view of which faith the president practices.
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Opinion
The 2010 election cycle is likely to be filled with mystery, wonder and surprise. Both major parties, the tea party movement and myriad other groups will be vying to have their voices heard above the political din. Saturday continued the noise. Two rallies descended upon Washington, D.C., marking the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington.
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Finances
In the pre-dawn darkness of a steamy night of sub-tropical rain, a
queue of anxious, soggy people snakes around the palm trees outside a
cavernous Florida convention centre. Some have erected camp beds or
makeshift tents. All clutch sheaves of mortgage documents.
National
President Obama's top education official urged government employees
to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a
larger conservative event on the Mall.
National
If you think you've been seeing more people sleep on city streets,
statistics back up the perception. The homeless population living on New
York City streets has gone up 50 percent in the past year, according to
city statistics reported by the HellsKitchenLife.com blog. Read More
If you think you've been seeing more people sleep on city streets,
statistics back up the perception. The homeless population living on New
York City streets has gone up 50 percent in the past year, according to
city statistics reported by the HellsKitchenLife.com blog. Read More
National
Martin Luther King III thanked Glenn Beck and leaders of the "Restoring
Honor" rally for honoring his father on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial Saturday and King hopes that there can be dialogue between
civil rights leaders and Beck's followers. Read More
Martin Luther King III thanked Glenn Beck and leaders of the "Restoring
Honor" rally for honoring his father on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial Saturday and King hopes that there can be dialogue between
civil rights leaders and Beck's followers. Read More
Sports
Former Indianapolis head coach Tony Dungy, in Dallas for an NFL kickoff luncheon, said he had no apologies for his high-profile stance in helping troubled players and his recent publicized verbal run-in with New York Jets coach Rex Ryan.
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National
Most Americans continue to know little about Islam, and people in the
United States remain somewhat divided in their views of the religion,
according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center.
The Kaaba, in Mecca Saudi Arabia, is the center of Islam. Muslims from all over the world gather there to pray in unity.
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Most Americans continue to know little about Islam, and people in the
United States remain somewhat divided in their views of the religion,
according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. The Kaaba, in Mecca Saudi Arabia, is the center of Islam. Muslims from all over the world gather there to pray in unity.
Christian
There's no disputing that most Americans "believe" in God. Studies by
the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life consistently reveal over
two-thirds of Americans are "absolutely certain" there is a God. Read More
There's no disputing that most Americans "believe" in God. Studies by
the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life consistently reveal over
two-thirds of Americans are "absolutely certain" there is a God. Read More
Life
Toward the end of spring semester, I set a box labeled "I Always Wanted to Ask" on the table at the front of
Christian
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Be nice to other people and pray if you get into trouble.
Youth leader Rachel Sowell laughs with high school students during a Sunday class at Beech High School, where they discussed teens' tendency to drop out of church.
Christian
A wave of prayer for revival is beginning to sweep through evangelical Christianity in the United States, and one veteran Southern Baptist leader believes spiritual awakening is America's only hope.
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National
Reverend Al Sharpton reacts to Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' event. Read More
Reverend Al Sharpton reacts to Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' event. Read More
National
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has
awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives
and a top aide's two children since 2005, using foundation funds set
aside for black lawmakers' causes.
Christian
The word gospel means, "good news or glad tidings." The apostle Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 15:1; 3-4, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
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The word gospel means, "good news or glad tidings." The apostle Paul declared in 1 Corinthians 15:1; 3-4, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."Read More
Sports
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When NBC hired Rodney Harrison as an analyst for its flagship NFL broadcast last year, the network wanted him to be brutally honest while breaking down the good -- and bad -- about the men who perform on Sundays.
Rodney Harrison has made several headlines with his pointed analysis on NBC Sports since joining the network as an analyst following his retirement last year.
Sports
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The shot bounced off the back rim, then the front, then finally fell out.
Team USA's Kevin Durant drives on Brazilian defender Marcus Vieira during their preliminary round matchup in Istanbul.
Sports
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David Wright dutifully stood in front of his locker. His bedraggled T-shirt with the cut-off sleeves said more than the New York Mets third baseman ever could -- about a game, a season, a four-year run of disappointment and more-than-occasional disarray.
David Wright, who hit .404 in June, fell off to .296 in July and going into Monday's game is batting just .245 with 9 RBI in August. The Mets, who made headlines with famous September fades the past couple of years, are well out of the playoff race.
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With the major college football season opening Thursday, USA TODAY's Kelly Whiteside assesses the landscape.
Can No. 5 Boise State's coach Chris Petersen and the Broncos bust the BCS with a national championship run or will their title hopes crumble against No. 6 Virginia Tech Monday night at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.?
Sports
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The Tampa Bay Rays have almost everything they could want for a September playoff run.
Tampa Bay Rays, from left, Reid Brignac, Carlos Pena, Kelly Shoppach and Willy Aybar congratulate each other on beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2.
Sports
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Bob Bradley isn't going anywhere.
Bob Bradley led the United States to the round of 16 at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Bradley is 38-20-8 in four years at the helm.
Sports
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Lead them.
James Laurinaitis, left, was hesitant to speak up at times last season, when he set a franchise rookie record for tackles, but Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo has told the linebacker to take charge of the huddle in his second year.
Sports
Sports
Pitcher Roger Clemens returned to the nation's capital Monday, but this time, instead of answering questions and getting scolded by members of the U.S. House, Clemens hung out in the back rooms of the U.S. District Court and spoke four words.
Roger Clemens's only words during the hearing in U.S. District Court were "not guilty, your honor."
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Sports
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On the day the Los Angeles Dodgers said goodbye to a former superstar slugger known for wearing a baggy uniform and dreadlocks and swinging a big stick, the superstars working to decide the team's future Monday wore slick business suits and hearing aids and comfortably slung around words with many syllables.
A divorce trial between Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and wife Jamie could determine the ownership future of the team.
Sports
Former Ohio State star Maurice Clarett has signed a one-year contract with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
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Sports
Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh grabbed Jake Delhomme's face mask, twisted it, wrapped his arms around the Browns quarterback's head and slammed him to the ground.
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Sports
Venus Williams landed awkwardly on her recently injured leg after hitting a swinging volley and grimaced. It was about the only glitch during her return to tennis.
Venus Williams of the USA shows some emotion during her straight-sets victory Monday at the U.S. Open against Robert Vinci of Italy. It was Williams' first match since Wimbledon.
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Sports
Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty today to six counts of lying to Congress at his arraignment in federal court in Washington.
Over 23 seasons, Roger Clemens recorded 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.12 -- Hall of Fame numbers that might not land him in the Hall of Fame.
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Technology
Google Inc. can sift through more than a
trillion Web links in a matter of seconds, but can the Internet search
leader help people wade through their overflowing e-mail boxes? Read More
Google Inc. can sift through more than a
trillion Web links in a matter of seconds, but can the Internet search
leader help people wade through their overflowing e-mail boxes? Read More
Business
Small businesses have put hiring, supply buying
and real estate expansion on hold as they wait out the vote on a
small-business-aid bill that stalled in the Senate earlier this summer. Read More
Small businesses have put hiring, supply buying
and real estate expansion on hold as they wait out the vote on a
small-business-aid bill that stalled in the Senate earlier this summer.
Finances
A new federal rule this year requiring mortgage
lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs appears
to be working -- whether it's also costing borrowers more money is
uncertain. Read More
A new federal rule this year requiring mortgage
lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs appears
to be working -- whether it's also costing borrowers more money is
uncertain.
Second Coming Watch/World
The Lebanon-based Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah and the Syrian
army have initiated a significant military cooperation in joint
preparation for the possibility of a future armed conflict with Israel,
the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai reported on Monday.
Media
I asked "GMA" contributor James Carville if President Obama should do more to address the fact that an increasing number of Americans say he is a Muslim and some believe that he was not born in the United States. Read More
I asked "GMA" contributor James Carville if President Obama should do more to address the fact that an increasing number of Americans say he is a Muslim and some believe that he was not born in the United States. Read More
Eye on Africa
An aid worker with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid organization, has
been freed after 105 days in captivity in the Darfur region of western
Sudan, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday.
Pictured: Flavia Wagner, center, in Khartoum on Monday with U.S. Embassy staff and Sudanese security guards. Wagner, 35, was kidnapped in mid-May and was held for 105 days in Sudan's Darfur region, where she worked for the U.S. charity Samaritan's Purse. (Ashraf Shazly)
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An aid worker with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid organization, has
been freed after 105 days in captivity in the Darfur region of western
Sudan, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday.Pictured: Flavia Wagner, center, in Khartoum on Monday with U.S. Embassy staff and Sudanese security guards. Wagner, 35, was kidnapped in mid-May and was held for 105 days in Sudan's Darfur region, where she worked for the U.S. charity Samaritan's Purse. (Ashraf Shazly)
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World
About 3,200 Mexican federal police officers, nearly a tenth of the
force, have been fired this year under new rules designed to weed out
crooked cops and modernize law enforcement, officials said Monday. Read More
About 3,200 Mexican federal police officers, nearly a tenth of the
force, have been fired this year under new rules designed to weed out
crooked cops and modernize law enforcement, officials said Monday. Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts - and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a glass of wine after speaking to his Likud party members in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The U.S. re-launches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts, and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet.
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Christian
Alameda County court panel has overturned an anti-abortion pastor's convictions for illegally approaching patients outside an Oakland clinic, saying a judge's flawed instructions could have allowed jurors to find him guilty for conduct that was legal.
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Christian
Nearly 80 percent of churchgoers surveyed by Christianity Today International (CTI) said they believe sex offenders belong in the church under appropriate supervision.
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Christian
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, accused people who wrongly believe Obama is Muslim of catering to political enemies during a fiery speech Sunday in Arkansas.
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Opinion
"God can use who He pleases. But, in my humble opinion, it is a sad state of affairs when a Mormon television news anchor has to call America back to God. Where are the men of God? In 1963, a prophet of God by the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called America to repentance. Forty-seven years later, a Mormon newscaster - Wow! what a sad commentary on the Christian church." - Editor's Note
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National
President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don't know he's a Christian - and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim.
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Opinion
If President Obama has a big economic initiative up his sleeve, as he hinted recently, now would be a good time to let the rest of us in on it. Read More
If President Obama has a big economic initiative up his sleeve, as he hinted recently, now would be a good time to let the rest of us in on it. Read More
National
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck voiced sharper criticism of President Obama's religious beliefs on Sunday than he and other speakers offered from the podium of the rally Beck organized at the Lincoln Memorial a day earlier.
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Christian
The conservative Christian group Focus on the Family is accusing national gay-advocacy groups of using bullying-prevention initiatives at public schools to introduce the viewpoint that homosexuality is normal.
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Christian
Overnight Debra was torn from her innocent childhood and placed in a world of drugs, violence and prostitution.
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Opinion
I always feared seeing my hometown turn into Armageddon, and five years ago, sure enough, that's just what happened. As a small child, I would sit in the pews of my church and imagine, as our pastor flipped through one apocalyptic scenario after another in his prophecy charts, what our town--Biloxi, Mississippi, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico--would look like after the seals of the Book of Revelation had been opened, after all hell broke loose on the world as we knew it.
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Christian
As speakers of the English language, we don't have to think twice about the availability of materials that help point us toward God.
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Christian
In Cambodia, 90 percent of prostitutes are sold into the sex industry by their parents. Many of the girls say they feel obligated to stay because their families depend on them for support.
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Christian
John Hagee Ministries may be backing away from supporting an Israeli student organization that left-wing groups accuse of being full of "right-wing extremists."
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Finances
REAL MONEY MANAGEMENT: Lee Jenkins is a 23-year veteran of the financial services industry. From his experience in the financial field and speaking to people about money, Lee discovered that most people don't know a lot about how to successfully handle money. They aren't taught about it at home, in school, or at church, though the Bible contains over 2,000 verses on money.
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Life
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Timothy 4:7-8
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Christian
What if you had been in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001? What could have happened to you? You could have died, and you would have had to face God. Read More
What if you had been in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001? What could have happened to you? You could have died, and you would have had to face God. Read More
Christian
The Christian Broadcasting Network has begun broadcasting its first live television program in Latin America.
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Christian
The road to disgrace begins with little things, former Baylor basketball coach Dave Bliss told a Dallas area congregation Sunday, and leads to valuing success more than integrity.
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Five years after failed levees and a slow federal response wrought disaster here, people in this once-drowned city and across the Gulf Coast remembered the catastrophic floods of Hurricane Katrina with candlelight vigils, parades and a visit from the president.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with Maude Smith and her grandson David Robichaux, 9, in Smith's home Sunday.
Christian
The Taliban reportedly killed three Christian aid workers in Pakistan last week. Compass Direct News has reported the bodies of the three have been recovered and were sent to the U.S. Embassy. The names of the workers and their organization have been withheld for security reasons. Read More
The Taliban reportedly killed three Christian aid workers in Pakistan last week. Compass Direct News has reported the bodies of the three have been recovered and were sent to the U.S. Embassy. The names of the workers and their organization have been withheld for security reasons. Read More
Education
William P. Foster, who revolutionized the once-staid world of collegiate marching bands as the founder and longtime director of the high-stepping, crowd-wowing Marching 100 band of Florida A&M University, died Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. He was 91.
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National
Five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina hurtled its way across southeastern Louisiana and the rest of the central Gulf Coast.
Fred Luter, aboard a helicopter after Hurricane Katrina, points to the flood-ravaged Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans where he is pastor.
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Life
I recently started watching Friday Night Lights, a show about the inner workings of a small Texas town and its obsession with football. The show centers on the high school football coach, Eric Taylor and his wife, Tami, as they--sometimes unknowingly--disciple the inhabitants of this small town in football and in life.
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National
The recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is generating much discussion over its provocative finding that an increasing number of Americans (nearly one in five) believe that President Obama is a Muslim. The survey was completed before Obama's recent comments endorsing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero.
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Christian
More than 10,000 men attended what was billed as a "pep rally for God" in Fort Worth. The 16th annual ManPower Conference wrapped up Saturday at the Convention Center.
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Books
'Terrorism begets terrorism," declared the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a post-9/11 sermon denouncing American foreign and domestic policy that, once the address became widely known in 2008, nearly torpedoed the presidential campaign of his best-known congregant, Barack Obama.
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Entertainment
Bishop T.D. Jakes is many things: self-help author, novelist, adviser, movie producer and head of the 30,000-member church The Potter's House.
He's been busy this summer on the set of his latest project, Jumping the Broom, a movie starring Paula Patton (Precious, Deja Vu ) and Angela Bassett (Notorious, Meet the Browns) and expected to be in theaters in the spring. The 53-year-old pastor still makes it back to Dallas to preach nearly every Sunday and to lead a Bible study.
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Christian
A pro-family leader is taking conservative talk show host Glenn Beck to task for saying the legalization of "gay marriage" will not harm religious freedom. Read More
A pro-family leader is taking conservative talk show host Glenn Beck to task for saying the legalization of "gay marriage" will not harm religious freedom. Read More
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Former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden recently told a Baptist newspaper that it was his duty as coach to share his Christian faith with all his players, even though it wasn't the "politically correct" thing to do.
In his new book, Bobby Bowden compares his calling to coaching to a preacher's call to the ministry.
Education
God makes rain fall on the just and the unjust, Jesus said. Similarly, recession makes market prices fall, affecting endowments of Christian and secular colleges and universities alike.
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Christian
"I wanted to dance. I wanted to do theater. I wanted to do all of these different things and my parents were like, 'I want the best for you, so you're going to be a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. Pick those three.'"
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The Rev. Kenneth Haynes Sr. knelt in prayer in the baptismal pool inside Main St. Missionary Baptist Church as Hurricane Katrina started to rip apart the roof.
Kenneth Haynes Sr. leads a Bible study at Main St. Missionary Baptist Church, where members of the community came for aid following Katrina.
National
Among those surprised by all of conservative TV host Glenn Beck's recent religious talk - including at Saturday's Washington rally, where Beck said that "America today begins to turn back to God," - is the Rev. Richard Land, a Southern Baptist leader.
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National
President Barack Obama is aiming to underscore his commitment to a region weary of calamity as he travels to New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Read More
President Barack Obama is aiming to underscore his commitment to a region weary of calamity as he travels to New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Read More
Education
"'See You at the Pole' unites students in prayer at the beginning of the school year. Challenging youth to take leadership on their campus is always a good idea. Every year, it offers a fresh challenge for them to minister to their friends."
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Second Coming Watch/World
Israeli prime ministers don't usually have time for long chats with people outside their circle of advisers and deputies. Yet the day before an important speech last year, Benjamin Netanyahu spent two hours with the novelist Eyal Megged, listening to his ideas and filling several pages with notes.
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Israeli prime ministers don't usually have time for long chats with people outside their circle of advisers and deputies. Yet the day before an important speech last year, Benjamin Netanyahu spent two hours with the novelist Eyal Megged, listening to his ideas and filling several pages with notes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regularly consults with his father, Benzion.
Christian
Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina solicited urgent prayer Aug. 27 for a Hispanic pastor facing possible deportation for a 15-year-old crime he committed before accepting Christ. Read More
Life
So, you've responded to the "wake-up call." You've been a detached, disengaged mate, and your wife has said you must change or she's leaving the marriage. You were so caught up in your own world; you honestly had no idea the immense impact you had on your mate.
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National
Glenn Beck Calls for National Revival
Forty-seven years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech," Fox News host Glenn Beck stood Saturday close to the spot at the Lincoln Memorial where the civil rights leader called for racial equality, urging the nation to return to "faith, hope and charity."
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National
President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from
Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its
own course." Read More
President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from
Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its
own course." Read More
Second Coming Watch/World
Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for
terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S.
combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday. Read More
Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for
terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S.
combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday. Read More
Christian
Five minutes past 9:30 a.m. on a Sunday this month, which is to say five
minutes past the time the worship service was supposed to start,
Shantell Henley pushed open the front door of her pastor's house in the
Lower Ninth Ward. She entered the living room to find a gospel song
playing on the stereo, two ceiling fans stirring the sticky air and 25
folding chairs for the congregants waiting empty. Read More
Five minutes past 9:30 a.m. on a Sunday this month, which is to say five
minutes past the time the worship service was supposed to start,
Shantell Henley pushed open the front door of her pastor's house in the
Lower Ninth Ward. She entered the living room to find a gospel song
playing on the stereo, two ceiling fans stirring the sticky air and 25
folding chairs for the congregants waiting empty. Read More
National
After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Sixteen
swamp white oaks arriving Saturday are the first of nearly 400 trees
that will be planted at the World Trade Center site, where more than
2,700 people were killed when terrorists attacked the twin towers on
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After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Sixteen
swamp white oaks arriving Saturday are the first of nearly 400 trees
that will be planted at the World Trade Center site, where more than
2,700 people were killed when terrorists attacked the twin towers on
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Eye on Africa
President Mwai Kibaki signed Kenya's
new constitution Friday, describing the occasion as the greatest day
since independence in 1963. But the presence of Sudanese President Omar
Hassan Ahmed Bashir, wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against
humanity, brought controversy to the event. Read More
President Mwai Kibaki signed Kenya's
new constitution Friday, describing the occasion as the greatest day
since independence in 1963. But the presence of Sudanese President Omar
Hassan Ahmed Bashir, wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against
humanity, brought controversy to the event. Read More
African-American
New data from Nielsen shows that African Americans average more than
1,300 minutes a month texting and talking, followed by Hispanics at 826
minutes, Asian/Pacific Islanders at 692 minutes, and whites at 647
minutes each month.
National
Could It Be Possible that Both Beck and Sharpton Can be Keepers of the Dream?
In the collective memory of many Americans, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life is frozen in time in a single moment 47 years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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National
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Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here's the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birthrate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn't afford more mouths to feed.
The birthrate dropped for the second year in a row since the recession began in 2007. Births fell 2.6 percent last year even as the population grew, numbers released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics show.
Christian
Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., says
her uncle was pro-life - a stance, she said, that is "supported fully
by everything he always said." Read More
Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., says
her uncle was pro-life - a stance, she said, that is "supported fully
by everything he always said." Read More
Christian
TheCall prayer movement is marking its 10th
anniversary with a 12-hour "solemn assembly" in Sacramento next week, and
ministry founder Lou Engle says the daylong prayer meeting isn't coming a
moment too soon. Read More
TheCall prayer movement is marking its 10th
anniversary with a 12-hour "solemn assembly" in Sacramento next week, and
ministry founder Lou Engle says the daylong prayer meeting isn't coming a
moment too soon. Read More
Christian
Kristy Childs of Kansas City, Mo. has painful memories of her childhood. "I was born in a smaller town in Missouri and left home, started running away. Very abusive stepfather," she told CBN News. Read More
Kristy Childs of Kansas City, Mo. has painful memories of her childhood. "I was born in a smaller town in Missouri and left home, started running away. Very abusive stepfather," she told CBN News. Read More
Life
The New York Times recently profiled an Oregon couple who winnowed their possessions down to 100 things,
giving away most of what they owned and cozying up in a 400-square-foot
apartment. The article discussed new (read: more cautious) spending
patterns, spurred by the recession but potentially having long-term
staying power. Read More
The New York Times recently profiled an Oregon couple who winnowed their possessions down to 100 things,
giving away most of what they owned and cozying up in a 400-square-foot
apartment. The article discussed new (read: more cautious) spending
patterns, spurred by the recession but potentially having long-term
staying power. Read More
Technology
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Not content with dominating search, email, maps and online video, this week
Google announced that, for its American customers at least, it will also be
attempting to usurp the telephone.
Technology
Nancy Ehrlich
was nearing 50 and frustrated, teaching at her small Pennsylvania
town's elementary school with colleagues who didn't share her love of
technology. Then, last summer, she found Twitter.
Opinion
Current federal budget trends are capable of destroying this country
There is an instinctive conclusion among the American public that President Obama's stimulus package has failed to create a sustained recovery.
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National
The national debt is the single biggest threat to national security,
according to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Tax payers will be paying around $600 billion in interest on the
national debt by 2012, the chairman told students and local leaders in
Detroit.
Christian
A handful of prominent evangelical activists are defending their
decision to attend television host Glenn Beck's conservative rally in
Washington this weekend after some Christians complained that
evangelicals shouldn't be partnering with Beck because of his Mormon
faith.
National
Several prominent Christian leaders are defending President Barack Obama in the wake of questions about his faith.
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Christian
Earlier this month, online dating service eHarmony.com celebrated its 10th anniversary and a major milestone: according to a Harris Interactive Study, between 2008 and 2009, 542 people who met through the online matchmaker were married every day in the U.S.
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Sports
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Here we go, another season of college football starting where the last one left off.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and the Buckeyes celebrated when they beat Miami (Fla.) to win the national championship in 2002. No school from the north done it since.
Sports
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Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo announced this morning that pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg will probably require "Tommy John" elbow ligament replacement surgery.
Stephen Strasburg will seek a second opinion before having Tommy John surgery.
Sports
The investigation of North Carolina's football program has expanded into possible academic misconduct involving players and a woman who also has worked as a tutor for coach Butch Davis' son, school officials said Thursday night.
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Sports
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The Washington Nationals aren't planning on any playoff celebrations this year, so they'll make do with moments like Thursday night's thrilling victory.
Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols watches his 400th career home run sail into the right-center field seats during the fourth inning against the Nationals.
Sports
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The intensity was palpable in Terrelle Pryor's voice.
As an early candidate for the Heisman Trophy, Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor is expected to lead the Buckeyes to at least a sixth consecutive Big Ten title.
Education
Liberty University co-founder Elmer Towns has been named dean of the school's Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, officials announced at opening convocation Wednesday. Read More
Liberty University co-founder Elmer Towns has been named dean of the school's Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, officials announced at opening convocation Wednesday. Read More
Christian
Sojourners founder Jim Wallis apologized Wednesday to
Marvin Olasky for saying, "Glenn Beck lies for a living. I'm sad to see
Marvin Olasky doing the same thing."
Sports
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They are breathlessly awaiting Manny Ramirez's arrival on the South Side of Chicago, but while the White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers are discussing a potential trade, it's quite possible the unimaginable will occur.
The White Sox have indicated a desire to acquire Manny Ramirez. Bnut now that the Dodgers are in contention, they are more inclined to keep him.
National
When Fox News and talk radio host Glenn Beck comes to Washington this weekend to headline a rally intended to "restore honor" to America, he will test the strength - and potentially expose the weaknesses - of a conservative grass-roots movement that remains an unpredictable force in the country's politics.
Sports
Indianapolis Colts starting running back Joseph Addai sustained a concussion midway through the third quarter of Thursday night's exhibition game with the Green Bay Packers.
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African-American
On August 28, 1955, Chicago teen Emmett Till was
kidnapped and lynched for whistling at a white woman in the segregated
South while visiting his family in Money, Miss.
Sports
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A time will come during the world championships in Turkey -- a close game, possibly with a medal at stake -- when Team USA, from players to coaches, will rely on Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups.
"He's been through every experience as a player," Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski says of 33-year-old point guard Chauncey Billups (4).
Eye on Africa
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Watch more about the extent of Nigeria's child witch scandal on CNN International's Connect The World this week at 2000 GMT
Just after midnight, the pastor seized a woman's forehead with his large hand and she fell screaming and writhing on the ground. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" shouted the worshippers, raising their hands in the air.
Godswill was abandoned by his mom after being called a witch
Sports
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Cliff Lee insists there's no reason to panic despite his recent struggles.
Starter Francisco Liriano won his sixth consecutive decision after the Twins beat Cliff Lee and the Rangers 6-4.
African-American
A civil rights activist and former congressman equated the Tea Party with the Ku Klux Klan today as he blasted a conservative rally planned in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
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National
Just two days after Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) criticized President Obama at a candidate forum in New York, he walked back his comments Wednesday night, calling the president one of his "best friends."
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Sports
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Mike Smith was embarrassed to fall into his own trap, but the third-year Atlanta Falcons head coach recovered quickly when he recognized a ready-made scapegoat to pay the $200 fine he'd set for anyone texting during a team meeting.
The Falcons are counting on LB Sean Weatherspoon, a first-round pick, for immediate impact this season.
National
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A group of religious and civil rights groups and family members of 9/11 victims announced on Wednesday the formation of a new coalition in support of an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero.
A pedestrian walks past the building on Park Place in Manhattan, N.Y., where Muslims plan to build a mosque and cultural center.
Business
The U.S. Commerce Department released a report on
Friday that shows the economy grew much slower than expected in the
second quarter.
World
Aijalon Gomes, the American Christian who has been
imprisoned in North Korea since January, has been released from custody
due to the efforts of former President Jimmy Carter.
Media
The Federal Communications Commission is fighting a ruling that could allow more profanity on television. In July 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC's "fleeting expletive" policy violates the First Amendment.
World
Since the last U.S. combat brigade pulled out of Iraq last week, insurgents have stepped up their deadly attacks. The increased violence is raising the question: Can Iraqis handle security on their own?
National
WATCH: Was It "Beat Whitey Night Out" at Iowa Fairgrounds? Police Say They Can't Confirm Race Factor
Des Moines police investigators are unable to confirm that weekend
violence outside the Iowa State Fairgrounds was racially motivated,
officials said Wednesday - shifting away from written reports and public
statements made by officers after the melee. Read More
Business
What will Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, say in his big speech Friday
in Jackson Hole, Wyo.? Will he hint at new steps to boost the economy?
Stay tuned. Read More
What will Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, say in his big speech Friday
in Jackson Hole, Wyo.? Will he hint at new steps to boost the economy?
Stay tuned. Read More
National
USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most
dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it
de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more
readers and advertisers on mobile devices. Read More
USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most
dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it
de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more
readers and advertisers on mobile devices. Read More
Sports
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Apparently, the playoffs aren't that different to Candice Dupree.
In her first career WNBA playoff game, Candice Dupree (4) scored a career-high 32 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
Sports
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Michelle Wie refrained from doing a dance after this hole-in-one. She was just as happy, though.
Michelle Wie pumps her fist as her bunker shot tracks for the hole on No. 17 during the firt round of the CN Canadian Women's Open in Winnipeg. Wie took the first-round lead with a 7-under 65.
Sports
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A top official of the National Hockey League Players' Association denied reports Thursday that Donald Fehr, the former leader of baseball's players' union, accepted an offer to take the top job at the NHLPA.
Donald Fehr, former head of the baseball players association, has been serving as an unpaid consultant to the NHLPA since November.
Sports
Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax, who have won 20 European Cups between them, will meet in the group stage of the Champions League.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Moscow is "considering" offer to supply fuel for future reactors as well as Bushehr; Iran says it wants to show the world its capability in uranium production.
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Christian
Richard Mahan and Anita Hill are both Lutheran pastors who were inside a Minneapolis convention hall last summer when delegates for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to allow non-celibate gay and lesbian pastors.
Afterward, each cried for different reasons.
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World
Deadly floodwaters that have wreaked havoc across Pakistan for the past month flowed south on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from a region in the south of the country.
A family visiting their damaged house along the Indus River bank in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province on Thursday.
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African-American
The country's largest African-American denomination, the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., will hold its 130th annual meeting Sept. 6-10 at the downtown Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo.
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Health
Doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely as
those with deeply religious beliefs to take decisions that might shorten
a terminally-ill patient's life, according to research. Read More
Terminally-ill patients would be well advised to find out the
religious beliefs of their doctor, according to research showing the
effect of faith on a doctor's willingness to make decisions that could
hasten death.
National
New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports.
New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports.In this Aug. 23, 2010 photograph, Latasha Phillips, 33, left, feeds her son Ahmad, right, while eating breakfast in the communal dining room at the Community Partnership for Homeless in Miami. Phillips worked as a certified nurse's assistant before losing her job two months ago. She now lives at the homeless center with her four children and is looking for work as a nurse's assistant or a security guard.
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Christian
Times are becoming increasingly difficult for men in America, with men hard-hit by recent job losses. That's why two events are being held this weekend to offer men encouragement, tools for healing and empowerment.
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National
Glenn Beck's rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech is drawing criticism, protests and questions about his intentions.
The stage is being set for the Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. The rally will be held on Saturday.
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National
In response to public pressure, the Department of Health and Human Services has disclosed a taxpayer-funded study that reflects positively on abstinence education, having first kept the full study under wraps while funding for such programs was slashed.
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Christian
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"Seeing the number of invitations eclipse one million encourages me to believe that God is actively using Christians to impact their communities." Already more than one million people have been invited to attend church on Sunday, Sept. 12, as part of the national "Back To Church Sunday" campaign to reach unchurched people.
Christian
Like a triple espresso on an empty stomach, some news stories make my hands shake. In our paper yesterday, I read about a Boy Scout camp director recently arrested for possession of child pornography. The FBI raided the camp to confiscate his computers. This man also worked at a YMCA. Read More
Like a triple espresso on an empty stomach, some news stories make my hands shake. In our paper yesterday, I read about a Boy Scout camp director recently arrested for possession of child pornography. The FBI raided the camp to confiscate his computers. This man also worked at a YMCA. Read More
National
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A federal jury has convicted an Iowa woman of illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records.
African-American
Almost 50 years ago Saturday, Martin Luther
King Jr. transformed the steps of the Lincoln Memorial into a modern-day
pulpit with his message of faith and hope. He stood before the world
and shared his vision for a different, better America. He inspired all
of us to reach for our higher selves and lay down the burden of racial
discrimination and hate. Read More
Almost 50 years ago Saturday, Martin Luther
King Jr. transformed the steps of the Lincoln Memorial into a modern-day
pulpit with his message of faith and hope. He stood before the world
and shared his vision for a different, better America. He inspired all
of us to reach for our higher selves and lay down the burden of racial
discrimination and hate.
National
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For the past three years, Jean Chandler, 42, has been trying to figure out what to do with the six giant cedar wood doors piled up in the office of his new New Orleans house. He ended up selling them on Craigslist last week for $35 apiece-- finally ridding himself of the last remnants of the house he lost in Katrina.
World
Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, who is looking towards a political career,
has learned he can't appeal a decision that has restricted him from
taking part in his native Haiti's presidential race later this year. Read More
Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, who is looking towards a political career,
has learned he can't appeal a decision that has restricted him from
taking part in his native Haiti's presidential race later this year. Read More
Television
In an interview with TV Guide, Oprah Winfrey discussed her upcoming 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," saying she expects something from President Obama for the final season and discussing two of the episodes that changed the way she hosted her show (videos below).
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Christian
Athletes have long been aspiring for victory. Years of training, self-discipline, perseverance, patience, and determination are all in preparation for the goal. Whether competing as a team player or individually, the hope is to reach that defining moment when victory is claimed.
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Athletes have long been aspiring for victory. Years of training, self-discipline, perseverance, patience, and determination are all in preparation for the goal. Whether competing as a team player or individually, the hope is to reach that defining moment when victory is claimed.
Books
Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
by Michael Spencer
WaterBrook Press, June 2010
240 pp., $10.99
Martin Luther let me know that I was not qualified to receive the victorious-Christian-life merit badge. He also let me know that I wasn't a very good Christian.
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Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
by Michael Spencer
WaterBrook Press, June 2010
240 pp., $10.99
Martin Luther let me know that I was not qualified to receive the victorious-Christian-life merit badge. He also let me know that I wasn't a very good Christian.
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Opinion
My March 2008 column "Is Obama Ready for America?" started out: "Some
pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important
question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important
is whether black people can afford Obama." Let's look at this.
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My March 2008 column "Is Obama Ready for America?" started out: "Some
pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important
question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important
is whether black people can afford Obama." Let's look at this.
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Sports
For the first time all summer, Tiger Woods showed up at a PGA Tour event knowing that his day would not include phone calls from a lawyer or divorce documents to approve.
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Technology
A just-released teaser video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab offers a sneak peek at what the latest iPad challenger has to offer.
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Second Coming Watch/World
The top United Nations nuclear envoy has held talks with Israeli
officials to push their country to be more open about its largely
secretive nuclear program.
The top United Nations nuclear envoy has held talks with Israeli
officials to push their country to be more open about its largely
secretive nuclear program.Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano (file photo)
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Second Coming Watch/World
Iran says it has test-fired a new solid-fuel, surface-to-surface
missile. It is the second time this week Iran has announced a new
rocket.
Iran says it has test-fired a new solid-fuel, surface-to-surface
missile. It is the second time this week Iran has announced a new
rocket.This photo released 25 Aug 2010 by the Iranian Defense Ministry claims to show the launch of the Fateh-110 short-range surface-to-surface missile by Iranian armed forces, at an undisclosed location
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Second Coming Watch/World
President Shimon Peres on Wednesday warned to the chief of the UN's
nuclear watchdog on the threat from a nuclear Iran, calling on the world
to acknowledge the danger it posed to Israel's security.
President Shimon Peres and IAEA Director Yukiya Amano, Jerusalem, August 25, 2010
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Finances
The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year's second
quarter dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years as
cardholders continued to pay off balances in the uncertain economy.
The average combined debt for bank-issued credit cards - like those with a MasterCard or Visa logo - fell to $4,951 in the three months ended June 30, down more than 13 percent from $5,719 in the same period a year ago, according to TransUnion.
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The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year's second
quarter dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years as
cardholders continued to pay off balances in the uncertain economy.The average combined debt for bank-issued credit cards - like those with a MasterCard or Visa logo - fell to $4,951 in the three months ended June 30, down more than 13 percent from $5,719 in the same period a year ago, according to TransUnion.
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National
I live in Virginia, so it's a little embarrassing to report that our
attorney general, who's been a dream come true to the state's active
Christian right since taking office in January, is at it again - in a
way that will undoubtedly impact Jewish groups across the state, not to
mention my tax bill.
Business
When Congress passed a new financial regulation
bill last month, it sought to prevent federally insured banks from
making speculative bets using their own money. But that will not stop
banks from making bets that some critics deem risky, even as the rules
go into effect over the next few years. Read More
When Congress passed a new financial regulation
bill last month, it sought to prevent federally insured banks from
making speculative bets using their own money. But that will not stop
banks from making bets that some critics deem risky, even as the rules
go into effect over the next few years. Read More
World
Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days when insurgents ruled the streets.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard after a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.
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National
Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay.
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National
A financially distressed former Dallas FBI agent was arrested Wednesday on charges of plotting to kill his estranged wife, who is also an FBI employee, as well as the special agent in charge of the Dallas FBI field office.
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National
The top US Marine said most Marines would prefer not to share a room with gay comrades, despite plans by President Barack Obama to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military. General James Conway, pictured in 2007, said if the law is changed the Marine Corps might look for volunteers willing to share quarters with gays as some "very religious" members objected to rooming with homosexuals.
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Eye on Africa
A pastor has angered Christians in South Africa
by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV-positive" in an attempt
to break what he regards as a conspiracy of silence by the South African
church.
Christian
The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday at a continental conference attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams arrives to a past Lambeth Conference in Cantebury. The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday.
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Christian
A Baptist seminary professor said Aug. 20 it is hypocritical for Christians to preach against sins like homosexuality they see outside of the church and not about sins like divorce that affect church members.
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Opinion
MLK Embraced "Social Gospel": Civil Rights Leader's Son, Martin Luther King III, Takes On Glenn Beck
Forty-seven years ago this weekend, on a sweltering August day often remembered simply as the March on Washington, my father delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. A memorial to him is being erected at the Tidal Basin, not far from where he shared his vision of a nation united in justice, equality and brotherhood.
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Christian
September 12 is the second annual national "'Back To Church Sunday", according to Outreach Magazine and LifeWay Research.
Rev. Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, says young men in their 20s, are scarce in church
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National
Her re-election quest suddenly in jeopardy, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski struggled to avoid becoming the latest incumbent lawmaker to be fired. She fought against a political novice with the backing of Sarah Palin and tea party activists in a stunningly tight Republican primary race.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Secretary of State Clinton's announcement last week that direct
Israeli-Palestinian talks will recommence next month poses considerable
risk for the United States. The odds are high these negotiations will fail.
National
Had things gone a little bit differently, the site near Ground Zero that is now being proposed for an Islamic cultural center might have been a church and school building. Christ Church New York City, an Anglican congregation that was looking for a permanent home, considered purchasing the site in 2005, long before it was bought by its current owners.
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Christian
A federal appeals court has reinstated a Los Angeles preacher's defamation lawsuit against ABC's popular news program "20/20."
National
The Republican National Committee is distancing itself from a personal tweet sent by one of its directors that suggested President Barack Obama had once admitted his Muslim heritage.
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Education
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Faatimah Knight's college decision came down to eight schools where she would have majored in English, or Zaytuna College, where she could study Islamic classical teachings in an environment that embraces all aspects of her Muslim faith.
Brooklyn native Faatimah Knight chose Zaytuna College, which aims to be the nation's first accredited four-year Islamic university, because college "has to bring me more than book smarts."
Christian
Conservative Christian groups won a major victory Monday (Aug. 23) when a Washington judge halted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to allow a suit challenging the practice as illegal to go forward.
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Christian
Several Houston-area Southern Baptist pastors are among the signers of a
declaration calling for secure borders and a compassionate and just
overhaul of the federal immigration system. Read More
Health
Promising medical research is in disarray as scientists await an appeal by the Obama administration of a judge's ruling that undercuts taxpayer-funded research using human embryonic stem cells.
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National
Second Coming Watch/World
Washington expects
Israel, Palestinians to use timeframe given for negotiations to overcome
difficulties, strike comprehensive peace, US official tells reports in
Jerusalem. America won't accept partial deal, he said
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Washington expects
Israel, Palestinians to use timeframe given for negotiations to overcome
difficulties, strike comprehensive peace, US official tells reports in
Jerusalem. America won't accept partial deal, he said
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Finances
"Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say." That's the title of a New York Times article by David Streitfeld. Here's most of the lead:
Business
High taxes, heavy regulation, powerful unions and a big welfare state
are turnoffs for pretty much any true blue (and especially red)
American, but they are also the four cornerstones that have led Germany
to its strongest quarter in 20 years.
Business
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes dropped more steeply than expected in July to their lowest pace in 15 years, an industry group said Tuesday, implying further loss of momentum in the economic recovery.
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National
Note: The reason for this drop is because Obama is pushing the homosexual agenda. Real men, be they black or white, are not going to roll with anybody who does that.
President Barack Obama's job approval rating among American men has fallen to a record low, hitting 39 percent in the week of Aug. 16-22, according to the Gallup Poll.
President Barack Obama at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is with the president.
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Christian
The King's College surprised many higher education observers by choosing Dinesh D'Souza, widely identified as a Roman Catholic, as president of the New York City school. Read More
The King's College surprised many higher education observers by choosing Dinesh D'Souza, widely identified as a Roman Catholic, as president of the New York City school. Read More
World
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Note:
There have been a lot of negative things
attributed to black people down through history. Please don't try to
put Hitler on us too.
Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of the Nazi leader show he may have had biological links to the "subhuman" races that he tried to exterminate during the Holocaust.
Sports
Bobby Bowden did not want to retire. "Fired might be a little too strong," the former Florida State coach
said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. "Pushed out
ain't bad. I was pushed out, no doubt about it. I didn't want but one
more year. Gosh, I'm 80." Read More
Bobby Bowden did not want to retire. "Fired might be a little too strong," the former Florida State coach
said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. "Pushed out
ain't bad. I was pushed out, no doubt about it. I didn't want but one
more year. Gosh, I'm 80." Read More
National
German prosecutors say a Roman Catholic priest has been charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl 20 years ago. Read More
German prosecutors say a Roman Catholic priest has been charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl 20 years ago. Read More
Books
Technology
Despite Steve Jobs' recent claim that the iBookstore has taken 22 percent of the US e-book market, some authors still report significantly higher sales volume on the Kindle. Read More
Despite Steve Jobs' recent claim that the iBookstore has taken 22 percent of the US e-book market, some authors still report significantly higher sales volume on the Kindle. Read More
Books
Volumes have been written about technology's ability to connect people.
But burying one's nose in a book has always been somewhat isolating --
with its unspoken assertion that the reader does not want to be
disturbed. So what about a device that occupies the evolving
intersection between? Read More
Volumes have been written about technology's ability to connect people.
But burying one's nose in a book has always been somewhat isolating --
with its unspoken assertion that the reader does not want to be
disturbed. So what about a device that occupies the evolving
intersection between? Read More
National
Positive gross domestic product readings and other mildly hopeful signs are masking an ugly truth: The US economy is in a 1930s-style Depression, Gluskin Sheff economist David Rosenberg said Tuesday.
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African-American
Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month, declined Tuesday to return to the agency, though she said it was tempting.
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Christian
A private religious school in Texas has denied admission to the daughter
of a lesbian couple who wanted to enroll the child in preschool, citing
its "clear teaching of the Christian faith" for the refusal.
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A private religious school in Texas has denied admission to the daughter
of a lesbian couple who wanted to enroll the child in preschool, citing
its "clear teaching of the Christian faith" for the refusal. Tracy Harrison, left, and Jill Harrison, right, say Olivia wasn't denied admission until after they attended a parents' night.
Education
When U.S. News and World Report came out with their ranking of the top
20 HBCUs in the country, I became curious. I was wondering if my
personal perception of the best schools matched the views of those who
make these lists. Read More
When U.S. News and World Report came out with their ranking of the top
20 HBCUs in the country, I became curious. I was wondering if my
personal perception of the best schools matched the views of those who
make these lists. Read More
National
The White House said on Tuesday that it was reviewing how to respond to a
federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocks federal financing for
embryonic
World
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The Henan Airlines plane crashed in Heilongjiang province's Yichun City,
according to state media, who said 49 of the 91 passengers had been rescued.
State media last night confirmed 42 passengers had been killed.
National
Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Mary Susan Pine, a sidewalk abortion counselor, who is being sued by the politically motivated U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder.
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Education
Tomorrow Liberty Counsel will meet the Collier County, Florida, School Board in the Fort Myers federal courthouse. This lawsuit challenges the board's recent ban on Bibles during Religious Freedom Day on school campuses in Collier County, Florida.
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National
At an outdoor celebration of Israel on Sunday, there was plenty of live music, dancing, kosher food - and heat. But the 105-degree scorcher did not spoil the fun for the thousands who came downtown to the "Party on the Plaza: A Celebration of Israel" in front of American Airlines Center throughout the afternoon.
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National
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Buried by falling rubble from the World Trade Center towers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, all that remained of the tiny St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church were some candles, two icons and a bell clapper.
National
House Republican leader John Boehner on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to support an extension of tax cuts and to fire key economic advisers, arguing that 19 month of "government as community organizer" hasn't worked.
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Health
A federal district judge on Monday blocked President Obama's 2009 executive order that expanded embryonic stem cell research, saying it violated a ban on federal money being used to destroy embryos.
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National
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Were you praying or playing this past weekend? President Obama's religion -- and how or where he worships -- is all over the news and bets were on that he would/would not worship Sunday at one of the 17 Protestant churches on Martha's Vineyard.
President Barack Obama played golf this Sunday -- just as he did in this photo from last year's vacation. Were you praying -- or playing -- on Sunday, after a week in which Obama took a lot of ciritism for whether he expressed his Christian faith often or clearly enough.
National
During the 2008 presidential campaign, The Brody File spoke with Barack Obama and he addressed the Muslim rumors swirling around him at the time. It all started with an email chain that began to spread virally. Watch his answer below and read the transcription below: (Brody File analysis is at the end of this blog)
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Christian
Debbie Harris said she doesn't know of many ministers who will stop and pray for someone in a grocery store.
No one, really, except for the Rev Henry Calhoun, a 92-year-old associate minister at True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, 307 S.E. Tefft.
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Christian
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a
National
Two-thirds of Americans (67 percent) currently say that religion is
losing its influence on American life, up from 59 percent who said the
same in July 2006, according to the latest national survey by the Pew
Research Center.
Christian
Bumps, scrapes and bruises are not just associated with boyhood but are
necessary in order to raise men equipped to exercise spiritual
leadership in their homes, a Southern Baptist seminary professor said at
a weekend conference on "connecting church and home."
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Bumps, scrapes and bruises are not just associated with boyhood but are
necessary in order to raise men equipped to exercise spiritual
leadership in their homes, a Southern Baptist seminary professor said at
a weekend conference on "connecting church and home."
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African-American
What Rodrick Yarbrough saw when he walked into his living room late one
evening changed his life: His 3-year-old son was rolling up a sheet of
paper like a marijuana joint. Little Rodrick Jr. wasn't imitating what
he'd seen on TV or learned from the bigger kids at the playground. He
was mimicking Dad.
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What Rodrick Yarbrough saw when he walked into his living room late one
evening changed his life: His 3-year-old son was rolling up a sheet of
paper like a marijuana joint. Little Rodrick Jr. wasn't imitating what
he'd seen on TV or learned from the bigger kids at the playground. He
was mimicking Dad.
Read More
Christian
Tattered red, yellow and green umbrellas edge Port-au-Prince's broken
and battered roads, providing shade for street vendors who struggle to
eke out a day's wages by selling everything from groceries and clothes
to tires.
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Tattered red, yellow and green umbrellas edge Port-au-Prince's broken
and battered roads, providing shade for street vendors who struggle to
eke out a day's wages by selling everything from groceries and clothes
to tires.Read More
National
Jimmy
Carter is set to travel to North Korea very soon, according
to two sources familiar with the former president's plans, in what they
characterized as a private mission to free a U.S.
citizen imprisoned there.
Opinion
I remember when I first heard about global warming. It was 1980 and I
was in my senior year of college at Savannah State College (now Savannah
State University). I was reading an article in Omni magazine about how
human activity is causing an increase of greenhouse gases leading to
global warming. Read More
I remember when I first heard about global warming. It was 1980 and I
was in my senior year of college at Savannah State College (now Savannah
State University). I was reading an article in Omni magazine about how
human activity is causing an increase of greenhouse gases leading to
global warming. Read More
Christian
Gun rights advocates have gained ground for Georgians to carry guns
in more and more public places in Georgia, and a federal judge on Monday
kept alive their effort to allow people to carry firearms into
churches.
National
Former model Giselle Meza's career allowed her to visit exotic locations
and world-renowned sights, but it was witnessing the worst violations
of human rights that stuck with her throughout the years. Read More
Former model Giselle Meza's career allowed her to visit exotic locations
and world-renowned sights, but it was witnessing the worst violations
of human rights that stuck with her throughout the years. Read More
African-American
Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana
nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor,
unable to stand.
Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana
nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor,
unable to stand.In this July 30, 2010 photo, attorney Denise LaRue,
right, and her client Brenda Chaney pose in her law office in
Indianapolis. Chaney worked in a Plainfield, Ind., nursing home that
issued her an assignment sheet including a daily reminder that one woman
in her unit "Prefers No Black CNAs." Nursing home residents have the
right to choose who's going to take care of them, except when those
choices are based on color, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in
Chaney's case in July.
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National
Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign
from the Agriculture Department, will meet Tuesday morning with
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss a job offer. Read More
Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign
from the Agriculture Department, will meet Tuesday morning with
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss a job offer. Read More
Eye on Africa
Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some baby
boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers' base in an
eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese
doctor said Monday. Read More
Rwandan and Congolese rebels gang-raped nearly 200 women and some baby
boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers' base in an
eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese
doctor said Monday. Read More
National
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first
time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month
deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the American military said
in a statement Tuesday. Read More
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first
time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month
deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the American military said
in a statement Tuesday. Read More
Education
The first school in the D.C. area named after the current president opens Monday morning as the school year begins in Prince George's County.
World
A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in
heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people
aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national,
officials said. Read More
A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in
heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people
aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national,
officials said. Read More
Entertainment
A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's verdict that
actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry didn't steal material for his 2005 movie
"Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Read More
A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's verdict that
actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry didn't steal material for his 2005 movie
"Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Read More
Sports
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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won the rain-delayed Rogers Cup on Monday, beating Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2.
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates the first of her two victories Monday, this one coming against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Rogers Cup semifinals in Montreal. Wozniacki followed this win up an hour later with a victory in the final against Vera Zvonareva.
Sports
Russian Dinara Safina upset French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the opening round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament Monday.
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Sports
Melanie Oudin was hoping to get in a few more matches before heading back to the U.S. Open, where she was a fan favorite last year during a surprising run to the quarterfinals.
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Sports
Seeking to complete the career Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal will be the top-seeded man when the U.S. Open starts next week, while Roger Federer will come to Flushing Meadows seeded second.
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Sports
Sports
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Roger Federer ended his mini-vacation with another Masters title.
Roger Federer of Switzerland follows through on a forehand during his victory Sunday against Mardy Fish of the USA during the final of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Mason, Ohio.
Sports
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The Phoenix Mercury can breathe a sigh of relief. And so can the WNBA.
Diana Taurasi's extension will enable the Mercury to make roster upgrades and allow the WNBA to keep one of its stars.
Technology
For more than a year now, scammers have been racking up unauthorized
charges on iTunes accounts, leaving Apple's customers to clean up the
mess. Read More
For more than a year now, scammers have been racking up unauthorized
charges on iTunes accounts, leaving Apple's customers to clean up the
mess. Read More
Sports
The Dream raced to a 6-0 start and were in first place in the Eastern Conference late in the season now Atlanta is hoping to regain that momentum for the playoffs.
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Eye on Africa
Southern Sudan on Friday called for a special Inter-Governmental Authority on Development to address alleged plans by their northern partners to scuttle or delay a referendum set for January.
Southern Sudan on Friday called for a special Inter-Governmental Authority on Development to address alleged plans by their northern partners to scuttle or delay a referendum set for January. Pictured: Members of the United Southern Sudan Youth for Referendum during a
peaceful demonstration at Nairobi's Uhuru Park early this month.
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Sports
A judge assigned to Roger Clemens' perjury case issued a gag order Monday prohibiting public comments by the principles in the case that could affect the jury pool for a possible trial.
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Sports
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Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren confirmed Monday they have divorced -- nine months after a single-car accident outside their Florida home set off a torrent of scandalous revelations of infidelity that has marred his private life and plagued his public image and golf game.
Tiger Woods holds his daugher, Sam, and stands next to his wife, Elin Nordegren, on the sidelines before the Cardinal game against the California Bears at Stanford Stadium on Nov. 21, 2009 in Palo Alto, Calif.
Second Coming Watch/World
The United States is concerned about Iran's nuclear intentions, not
the weapons systems it develops, a senior U.S. official said on Monday,
referring to several recent unveilings by the Islamic Republic of
self-made advanced military equipment.
Second Coming Watch/World
A United Nations official says Israel isn't cooperating with the UN
Human Rights Council's probe of May's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid
flotilla.
Second Coming Watch/World
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warned Monday
that his country would show a wide-range of reactions in face of a
possible attack, adding that the extent would be
unpredictable, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Monday.
Finances
Kenneth Feinberg, who today will
start drawing from a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil spill
victims, hasn't decided whether they must waive their right to
sue companies involved if they accept final reimbursement.
Kenneth Feinberg, who today will
start drawing from a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil spill
victims, hasn't decided whether they must waive their right to
sue companies involved if they accept final reimbursement."The question of whether or not a final payment will require a claimant to release one defendant, BP Plc, or all defendants, has not yet been resolved by me," Feinberg said yesterday in a telephone press conference with reporters.
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Business
Two senior staffers have quietly left the Financial Crisis Inquiry
Commission, a panel working under a tight deadline that has been dogged
by rumors of discord among key personnel. Read More
Two senior staffers have quietly left the Financial Crisis Inquiry
Commission, a panel working under a tight deadline that has been dogged
by rumors of discord among key personnel. Read More
Christian
Jim Wallis has admitted that Sojourners has received funding in the past from liberal billionaire George Soros' Open Society Institute.
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African-American
Corey Ealons, director of African-American media for the Obama administration, has decided to resign from his post effective immediately.
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Entertainment
Righteous anger can take an artist only so far so often.
Saints marching in: New Orleans fans gather in the French Quarter before the 2010 Super Bowl, which the Saints won.
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National
The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, "Say no to racist fear!" and American flags waving on both sides.
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Entertainment
Like all strange pairings, there is a purpose for Queen Latifa and Dolly
Parton's hook up. The two will co-star in an upcoming studio production
"Joyful Noise," a gospel film to be released by Alcon Entertainment. Read More
Like all strange pairings, there is a purpose for Queen Latifa and Dolly
Parton's hook up. The two will co-star in an upcoming studio production
"Joyful Noise," a gospel film to be released by Alcon Entertainment. Read More
National
Wind and rain in Amsterdam have toppled a monumental chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she viewed it from her attic hiding place during World War II. Read More
Wind and rain in Amsterdam have toppled a monumental chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she viewed it from her attic hiding place during World War II. Read More
Entertainment
Fantasia Barrino has confirmed that her hospitalization two weeks ago
after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid was a deliberate attempt to
commit suicide. Read More
Fantasia Barrino has confirmed that her hospitalization two weeks ago
after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid was a deliberate attempt to
commit suicide. Read More
Christian
The new principal of International Christian College says the end of Christendom is the biggest challenge facing the church in the West.
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National
To pundits skeptical of Feisal Abdul Rauf, the New York imam is a wolf in sheep's clothing who claims to be building a monument to tolerance near Ground Zero but is actually an apologist for radical, anti-American Muslims. Read More
To pundits skeptical of Feisal Abdul Rauf, the New York imam is a wolf in sheep's clothing who claims to be building a monument to tolerance near Ground Zero but is actually an apologist for radical, anti-American Muslims. Read More
African-American
African-American leaders are positioned to take a leading role in the future of world evangelism at the upcoming Lausanne III Congress on World Evangelization, an historic and unique gathering of evangelical and other mission-minded believers, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-25, 2010.
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National
The Pentagon wants to know whether spouses would urge their husbands or wives to leave the military if it repeals "don't ask, don't tell," and how they might behave at social functions if an openly gay couple attends.
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Christian
James Dobson, founder of the Colorado Springs-based ministries Focus on the Family and Family Talk, announced plans on his "Family Talk with James Dobson" radio show Thursday to form a political action group similar to Focus' CitizenLink.
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Christian
In evangelical Christianity, believers want to judge those outside the
church rather than those within, said a conservative Baptist.
In evangelical Christianity, believers want to judge those outside the
church rather than those within, said a conservative Baptist.Dr. Russell D. Moore, dean of the School of
Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks at the
Connecting Church and Home conference in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 20, 2010.
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Eye on Africa
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Christian
Relief workers are risking their lives to help an estimated 8 million
people in urgent need of assistance in Pakistan's flood crisis, Southern
Baptist humanitarian workers report. Read More
Relief workers are risking their lives to help an estimated 8 million
people in urgent need of assistance in Pakistan's flood crisis, Southern
Baptist humanitarian workers report. Read More
National
With the battle over whether to extend the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthy shaping up as the major political event of the
fall, opponents of repeal were handed a bounteous gift this summer when Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and 38 others announced that they formed a pact to give at least half their wealth to charity. Read More
With the battle over whether to extend the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthy shaping up as the major political event of the
fall, opponents of repeal were handed a bounteous gift this summer when Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and 38 others announced that they formed a pact to give at least half their wealth to charity. Read More
Christian
If you should die today, where would you spend eternity? No one like to think about death, but death comes to everyone. God tells us in His Word, "And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). Read More
If you should die today, where would you spend eternity? No one like to think about death, but death comes to everyone. God tells us in His Word, "And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). Read More
Eye on Africa
Two years ago, Zimbabwe was one of the most unstable countries in Africa. A wave of politically inspired violence left hundreds dead and divided the nation.
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Eye on Africa
The First Lady, Janet Museveni, has said a dangerous tendency of fomenting divisions along tribal lines has cropped up among the youth, especially those with some education.
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National
DEA wants "Black English" linguists to decipher bugged calls
The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records.
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Health
Bed bugs are increasingly becoming a problem in not only hotels, but also houses, apartments, and dormitories.
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Books
Thomas Chatterton Williams' Losing My Cool is a compelling new memoir that exposes the dangers of hip-hop culture and celebrates the power of education over ignorance.
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National
A startling increase in the number of Americans who believe, incorrectly, that President Barack Obama is a Muslim is spurring fresh debate about whether he needs to -- or should -- do more to convince the public of his Christian faith.
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Life
"I took a long time to realize I'd developed some distorted perceptions about biblical submission," admits Brenda Waggoner, author of The Myth of the Submissive Christian Woman (Tyndale). Because the issue of submission is so emotionally charged and hotly debated, I interviewed Brenda, a licensed Christian counselor and prolific author, to address what the Bible says about submission in marriage. Brenda shares not only her personal experiences but also her hard-won insights.
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Christian
WATCH: Bishop Harry Jackson and Dennis Prager Debate Prop 8 and Same-Sex Marriage On Larry King Live
The debate continues with newly-out Stephanie Miller, Dennis Prager and Bishop Harry Jackson.
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Christian
Like the Nativity story told at Christmas, or the 30,000th rerun of "It's a Wonderful Life," the story of mainstream cinema and Christian America has a familiar ring to it: a surprise hit comes along, revealing a huge, underserved religious audience ready to be relieved of its entertainment dollars.
Kevin Sorbo plays a well-to-do executive who experiences an alternative future and rediscovers his faith in the dramatic comedy "What If ...," which opened in selected cities on Friday.
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Opinion
Is President Obama good for the Jews? For more and more Jewish-Americans, the answer is no.
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Business
When Target gave money in July to a pro-business group in Minnesota, the company thought it was helping its bottom line by backing candidates in its home state who support lower taxes. Instead, the retailer has found itself in a fight with liberal and gay rights groups that has escalated into calls for a nationwide boycott and protests at the company's headquarters and stores.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hailing the country's first domestically built drone bomber. The unmanned aircraft, unveiled Sunday, is the latest in a series of Iranian announcements of military advances.
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Sports
Running back Glen Coffee left the San Francisco 49ers on Friday morning, telling the team he no longer wants to play football. It was another sudden blow in a tumultuous week for the 49ers, who saw defensive lineman Kentwan Balmer
leave the team Monday. Read More
Running back Glen Coffee left the San Francisco 49ers on Friday morning, telling the team he no longer wants to play football. It was another sudden blow in a tumultuous week for the 49ers, who saw defensive lineman Kentwan Balmer
leave the team Monday. Read More
National
Christian
The leader of an Ohio church feuding with a nearby strip club says a meeting failed to bring a truce.
The leader of an Ohio church feuding with a nearby strip club says a meeting failed to bring a truce.Pastor Bill Dunfee, of New Beginnings
Ministries, speaks with Foxhole supporters on Sunday. Dunfee said he
and Thomas George, the club's owner, met Wednesday but were unable to
reach an agreement.
National
Many political chat shows thrive on high-octane partisan shouting
matches. But when they break out in the traditionally serene studios of
PBS, they're something of an embarrassment. That's apparently why journalist Gwen Ifill
wrote an extended apology to her viewers after what was meant to be a
friendly debate over the proposed mosque and Islamic community center
near Ground Zero turned heated Monday night. Read More
Many political chat shows thrive on high-octane partisan shouting
matches. But when they break out in the traditionally serene studios of
PBS, they're something of an embarrassment. That's apparently why journalist Gwen Ifill
wrote an extended apology to her viewers after what was meant to be a
friendly debate over the proposed mosque and Islamic community center
near Ground Zero turned heated Monday night. Read More
Christian
In the beginning was the word. And then came 140 words. And at the
rate that Twitter versions of the Bible are developing, there could be
more than 140,000 words in the next few months.
Media
Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning.
Dow has been a correspondent for "48 Hours" since 1990 after serving as a
contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988.
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Longtime CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow died suddenly Saturday morning.
Dow has been a correspondent for "48 Hours" since 1990 after serving as a
contributor to the broadcast since its premiere Jan. 19, 1988. Read More
World
Christians ministering
quietly in the Middle East say Muslims are coming to Christ at an unprecedented
pace despite intense persecution of those who leave Islam. Read More
Christians ministering
quietly in the Middle East say Muslims are coming to Christ at an unprecedented
pace despite intense persecution of those who leave Islam. Read More
World
Fears that Islamist
groups are winning hearts and minds through relief efforts among
Pakistan's flood victims are growing within the Christian community. Read More
Fears that Islamist
groups are winning hearts and minds through relief efforts among
Pakistan's flood victims are growing within the Christian community. Read More
National
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding of the Big Easy has
created a new community of Latino immigrants in this famously insular
city, redrawing racial lines in a town long defined by black and white.
Hispanic workers hang out in the Ninth Ward. While the overall numbers of Hispanics in the city aren't huge, they continue to grow and have had an outsize impact on the culture of this proudly eccentric city.
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Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding of the Big Easy has
created a new community of Latino immigrants in this famously insular
city, redrawing racial lines in a town long defined by black and white.Hispanic workers hang out in the Ninth Ward. While the overall numbers of Hispanics in the city aren't huge, they continue to grow and have had an outsize impact on the culture of this proudly eccentric city.
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National
A man convicted of killing Michael Jordan's father said in an interview
Friday that he will one day walk free from prison, contending a new
report on mistakes at North Carolina's
Second Coming Watch/World
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released the
Israeli and Palestinian Authority's responses to the UN-sponsored
Goldstone Report.
The Goldstone Commission's 575-page report accused Israel of committing war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity during its three-week military incursion into the Gaza Strip, which began in December 2008 and ended in January 2009. The report also noted human rights violations by Hamas.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons
of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a
symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as
well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear
ambitions. Read More
Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons
of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a
symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as
well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear
ambitions. Read More
Finances
Sure, the Credit CARD Act
was a step in the right direction. We all have a little more consumer
protections than we did before. But as we've seen too often, when
Washington tries to fix our problems, the legislation gets watered down
to the point where the language is, well, wishy-washy at best. Here are
just a few of the areas where the vague wording of the CARD Act gives credit card issuers a little too much wiggle room.
Business
The blame game continues over who
is responsible for the worst recession since the Great Depression - the
financiers who did such a bad job of managing risk or the regulators who
failed to stop them. But the economics profession bears more than a
little culpability. It provided the models that gave comfort to
regulators that markets could be self-regulated; that they were
efficient and self-correcting.
Finances
In the wake of news about a spike in new applications for
unemployment benefits comes another potentially troubling sign: A record
number of workers made hardship withdrawals from their retirement
accounts in the second quarter.
Business
Regulators on Friday shut down a big community bank based in Chicago
that has been known for its social activism but racked by financial
troubles in recent months. A consortium funded by several of the biggest
U.S. financial firms is buying its assets and pledging to operate the
new bank by the same principles. Read More
Regulators on Friday shut down a big community bank based in Chicago
that has been known for its social activism but racked by financial
troubles in recent months. A consortium funded by several of the biggest
U.S. financial firms is buying its assets and pledging to operate the
new bank by the same principles. Read More
Business
Corporate profits are soaring. Companies are sitting on billions of
dollars of cash. And still, they've yet to amp up hiring or make major
investments -- the missing ingredients for a strong economic recovery.
Corporate profits are soaring. Companies are sitting on billions of
dollars of cash. And still, they've yet to amp up hiring or make major
investments -- the missing ingredients for a strong economic recovery.Many Democrats say the economy needs more stimulus. Business lobbyists and their Republican allies say it needs less regulation and lower taxes.
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Business
Renewed economic uncertainty is testing Americans' generation-long love affair with the stock market.
Investors withdrew a staggering $33.12 billion from domestic stock market mutual funds in the first seven months of this year, according to the Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund industry trade group. Now many are choosing investments they deem safer, like bonds.
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Renewed economic uncertainty is testing Americans' generation-long love affair with the stock market.Investors withdrew a staggering $33.12 billion from domestic stock market mutual funds in the first seven months of this year, according to the Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund industry trade group. Now many are choosing investments they deem safer, like bonds.
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Finances
For more than 20 years, the mantra in Washington has been "more, not
less" when it comes to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the expansion of
homeownership.
But in light of the financial crisis and Fannie and Freddie's near-collapse, policy leaders are also rethinking the government's role -- and many Americans are starting to question whether homeownership is the only path to the American Dream.
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National
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...When the Obamas moved to Washington, the president said he hoped to find a church to attend. But in an interview this spring, he said he would not join a church in the Washington area. Instead, he said, he would pray privately, read spiritual devotionals on his BlackBerry in the morning and occasionally attend services with his family at the private Camp David chapel.
World
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After US says Bushehr reactor not a proliferation risk, Israeli Foreign Ministry says country that 'so blatantly violates UN resolutions, IAEA decisions should not enjoy fruits of using nuclear energy'
Christian
It was a typical meeting of the church building committee. I unrolled
my architectural drawings and began to review the previous meeting's
directives. I systematically went down the list of changes requested and
illustrated how our firm had subsequently adjusted the design. Up to
this point, the job was similar to other church projects I had worked
on: a constant give-and-take of design issues versus budgetary
constraints.
Christian
Sermon delivered to over a million people at the 58th Annual
Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God delivered by Revd.
Joe Olaiya on Friday August 13 2010. Indeed there is no greater love
than Jesus Christ who laid His life for us. Hundreds of thousands
surrendered to Jesus and repented on hearing this word of God. Preacher:
Revd. Joe Olaiya Read More
Sermon delivered to over a million people at the 58th Annual
Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God delivered by Revd.
Joe Olaiya on Friday August 13 2010. Indeed there is no greater love
than Jesus Christ who laid His life for us. Hundreds of thousands
surrendered to Jesus and repented on hearing this word of God. Preacher:
Revd. Joe Olaiya
Christian
The former president of the United Church of Christ has informed
leaders of the denomination that he and his wife are in the process of
divorcing. Read More
The former president of the United Church of Christ has informed
leaders of the denomination that he and his wife are in the process of
divorcing. Read More
Christian
#1 - Burnout
I once heard someone say, "I would rather burn out than rust out." Uh...BOTH are bad because NEITHER of them finish well. Too many people in the ministry work themselves into a frenzy, never take time to disconnect and refresh and do absolutely nothing for fun...this always goes bad!
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I once heard someone say, "I would rather burn out than rust out." Uh...BOTH are bad because NEITHER of them finish well. Too many people in the ministry work themselves into a frenzy, never take time to disconnect and refresh and do absolutely nothing for fun...this always goes bad!
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Second Coming Watch/World
Iran started loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant Saturday, a day after officials there declared victory for the country's nuclear program.
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African-American
The crisis facing black boys and men in the U.S. is growing worse, and little is being done about it.
A tragic crisis of enormous magnitude is facing black boys and men in America.
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Eye on Africa
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Residents
in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness. Read More
Education
South Carolina State University is currently being investigated for
alleged misuse of state and federal grant funds towards its
transportation research center.
Christian
A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a Missouri law
aimed at preventing members of a Kansas-based religious group from
conducting inflammatory protests outside the funerals of fallen US
service members.
Second Coming Watch/World
The American invitation on Friday to the Israelis and Palestinians to
start direct peace talks in two weeks in Washington was immediately
accepted by both governments. But just below the surface there was an
almost audible shrug. There is little confidence -- close to none -- on
either side that the Obama administration's goal of reaching a
comprehensive deal in one year can be met. Read More
The American invitation on Friday to the Israelis and Palestinians to
start direct peace talks in two weeks in Washington was immediately
accepted by both governments. But just below the surface there was an
almost audible shrug. There is little confidence -- close to none -- on
either side that the Obama administration's goal of reaching a
comprehensive deal in one year can be met. Read More
National
A new poll this week shows a majority Americans are in the dark about President Obama's religion. The Pew Research survey says that only one person in three knows Obama is a Christian, while nearly one in five think he's a Muslim.
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Sports
There is something hypnotic about
Eye on Africa
While Nigeria's president remains silent on whether he'll seek the
oil-rich nation's highest office in upcoming elections, the campaign
has all but begun on the Internet.
While Nigeria's president remains silent on whether he'll seek the
oil-rich nation's highest office in upcoming elections, the campaign
has all but begun on the Internet. Pictured: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan (l.) speaks with the chairman of
the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Okwesilieze Nwodo at the
party's central executive council meeting in the capital Abuja August
12. Will Jonathan run for president in the next election? (Afolabi
Sotunde/Reuters)
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Technology
In an interview, an LG vice president announced that its
Optimus-branded LG tablet will best the iPad by allowing content
creation.
In an interview, an LG vice president announced that its
Optimus-branded LG tablet will best the iPad by allowing content
creation. Pictured: Chang Ma talks about the Black Label camera series
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Technology
Google has acquired Like.com, which offers a visual search engine for
retail products, a deal aimed at boosting Google's shopping search
capabilities and services like its Products engine.
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Google has acquired Like.com, which offers a visual search engine for
retail products, a deal aimed at boosting Google's shopping search
capabilities and services like its Products engine.Read More
Technology
Facebook has acquired Hot Potato in a move that could help further its move into location-based services. Hot Potato announced the deal on its blog Friday but did not reveal the purchase price. Read More
Facebook has acquired Hot Potato in a move that could help further its move into location-based services. Hot Potato announced the deal on its blog Friday but did not reveal the purchase price. Read More
Christian
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A former vicar and his wife have been denied the opportunity to foster children in the United Kingdom because of their stance on homosexuality.
Christian
The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33
children out of Haiti after the January earthquake defended her actions
upon her release, saying she was "wrongly accused and held without just
cause."
Laura Silsby was freed in May after being convicted of arranging illegal travel and sentenced to time served. But another set of legal woes awaited her at home in Idaho. As she had been sitting in a Haitian jail, her ex-husband sought sole custody of their 5-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. Read More
The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33
children out of Haiti after the January earthquake defended her actions
upon her release, saying she was "wrongly accused and held without just
cause."Laura Silsby was freed in May after being convicted of arranging illegal travel and sentenced to time served. But another set of legal woes awaited her at home in Idaho. As she had been sitting in a Haitian jail, her ex-husband sought sole custody of their 5-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. Read More
Eye on Africa
While the flood devastation in Pakistan captures the world's attention, another crisis is looming -- one that is placing nearly 8 million people at risk. The United Nations says the African country of Niger is facing the worst hunger crisis in its history.
While the flood devastation in Pakistan captures the world's attention, another crisis is looming -- one that is placing nearly 8 million people at risk. The United Nations says the African country of Niger is facing the worst hunger crisis in its history. Pictured: A man pours corn into a bucket on a market in Niamey
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World
Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after
election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation
disqualified his candidacy. Read More
Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after
election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation
disqualified his candidacy. Read More
National
Conservative website WND has dropped Ann Coulter as the keynote speaker at its upcoming conference over her plan to speak to a group in favor of gay rights.
Second Coming Watch/World
After Iran begins
fueling first nuclear reactor, president says 'Zionist entity knows Iran
an indestructible bulwark,' adding Tehran's response to any strike will
be 'hard and painful.' US: Bushehr reactor not a proliferation risk.
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After Iran begins
fueling first nuclear reactor, president says 'Zionist entity knows Iran
an indestructible bulwark,' adding Tehran's response to any strike will
be 'hard and painful.' US: Bushehr reactor not a proliferation risk.As Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised a global response if his country is attacked, in an interview with Qatari daily Al-Sharq.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Organizers of
women's Gaza-bound flotilla say they are working to find another place
to sail through after Cyprus announced it would not allow the vessel to
enter its territorial waters. 'We won't give up easily,' activist Samar
al-Hajj says.
Organizers of
women's Gaza-bound flotilla say they are working to find another place
to sail through after Cyprus announced it would not allow the vessel to
enter its territorial waters. 'We won't give up easily,' activist Samar
al-Hajj says.A ship carrying women activists and aid will no longer head to Gaza via Cyprus from Lebanon on
Sunday, the organizers said, after Nicosia announced it would not allow the vessel to sail from its ports.
Second Coming Watch/World
Raising the stakes:
Finance minister says America must warn Tehran of military strike
within weeks; 'Time has come for whole world, under US leadership, to
present Iran with unequivocal ultimatum,' he says.
The US should issue a strict ultimatum to Iran, warning that the possibility of a military strike will turn into reality within weeks should Tehran fail to curb its nuclear program, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said Thursday. Read More
Raising the stakes:
Finance minister says America must warn Tehran of military strike
within weeks; 'Time has come for whole world, under US leadership, to
present Iran with unequivocal ultimatum,' he says.
The US should issue a strict ultimatum to Iran, warning that the possibility of a military strike will turn into reality within weeks should Tehran fail to curb its nuclear program, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said Thursday. Read More
National
Rima Fakih, the first Muslim Miss USA, has come out against the location of the so-called "Ground Zero mosque."
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World
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Counteracting our fleeting attention spans.
The hubbub has died down. Other tragedies have struck; our attentions have been averted. A little over eight months ago, Haiti experienced one of the worst natural disasters in history. Since then, Chile, Turkey, and now Pakistan have faced their fair share of environmental turmoil. We watch helplessly as nature devastates the homes and lives of thousands, and then we turn our attention to the latest earthquake, then back to the wars, celebrities, Apple products, and the ordinary everyday.
Second Coming Watch/World
Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the
United States and other powers to restart direct talks on September 2 in
a modest step toward forging a deal within 12 months to create a
Palestinian state and peacefully end one of the world's most intractable
conflicts. Read More
Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the
United States and other powers to restart direct talks on September 2 in
a modest step toward forging a deal within 12 months to create a
Palestinian state and peacefully end one of the world's most intractable
conflicts. Read More
National
In responding to the growing furor over the public release of a scientifically dubious and overly rosy
federal report about the fate of the oil that BP spilled in the Gulf
of Mexico, NOAA director Jane Lubchenco has repeatedly fallen back on
one particular line of defense -- that independent scientists had given
it their stamp of approval.
Second Coming Watch/World
Iranian and Russian nuclear technicians made final preparations to start up Iran's first reactor on Saturday after years of delays, an operation that will mark a milestone in what Tehran considers its right to produce nuclear energy.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Iran has test fired a surface-to-surface missile, according to the country's defence minister.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Second Coming Watch/World
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Friday that Israel and the Palestinians would resume direct negotiations in Washington on Sept. 2, awakening hopes for the Middle East peace process but leaving many key questions unanswered.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell spoke at the State Department, in Washington, Friday.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Israel informed the United Nations Friday that it reserves the right to use force to stop a new aid flotilla from reaching the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Activist Samar al-Hajj, organiser of the Mariam women-only aid ship which plans to break the Gaza blockade, speaks during a press conference at the entrance of Tripoli's harbour on August 19. Israel informed the United Nations Friday that it reserves the right to use force to stop a new aid flotilla from reaching the blockaded Gaza Strip.
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National
Books
African-American
The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research presents its annual lecture series at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown this evening, beginning at 5 pm.
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Second Coming Watch/World
Last Week, Former UN Envoy John Bolton Said Israel Had '8 Days' to Strike Iranian Nuclear Site
U.S. officials have convinced Israel that Iran needs at least a year to develop a nuclear weapon, dimming prospects of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reports.
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Christian
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham, son of famed presidential religious adviser Billy Graham, said Thursday that he believes President Barack Obama is a Christian, but that the president was born a Muslim because of his father's religious beliefs.
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National
The stubborn misperception among a wide swath of the population that President Obama
is not a Christian has laid bare a host of difficult realities in the
United States; from the notion that being a Muslim would hurt him with
voters to whether the perception is fueled by his race.
Entertainment
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Bishop T.D. Jakes is attempting to change the "Hollywood machine" - what has at times been considered a "tool of the devil" by Christians - into a platform to potentially reach millions of unchurched with Christian messages.
National
As he flew aboard Air Force One to Chicago on his 49th birthday earlier this month, President Obama dialed three Christian pastors to pray with him.
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National
New research confirms the existence of a huge plume of dispersed
National
A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing not to work on the mosque planned near Ground Zero. "It's a very touchy thing because they want to do this on sacred ground," said Dave Kaiser, 38, a blaster who is working to rebuild the World Trade Center site. Read More
A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing not to work on the mosque planned near Ground Zero. "It's a very touchy thing because they want to do this on sacred ground," said Dave Kaiser, 38, a blaster who is working to rebuild the World Trade Center site. Read More
World
Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to become the next president of Haiti has apparently been quashed. There are 34 presidential contenders and Haiti's provisional
electoral council is due to decide on the final list of candidates on
Friday.
Christian
Andrew Marin is trying to bridge a gap that has widened remarkably in recent years. It's the gap between conservative Christians and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. Read More
Andrew Marin is trying to bridge a gap that has widened remarkably in recent years. It's the gap between conservative Christians and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. Read More
National
Despite being fired by the Obama administration, condemned by the media
and targeted with abusive phone calls, Shirley Sherrod still believes in
America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony. Read More
Despite being fired by the Obama administration, condemned by the media
and targeted with abusive phone calls, Shirley Sherrod still believes in
America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony. Read More
National
The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List is taking its fight against government-funded abortions on the road. The group has started a cross-country bus campaign
to call out lawmakers who agreed to an executive order on abortion
funding, and also urge that more be done to prevent tax dollars from
going to abortion groups.
Technology
With its new location-based Places feature, Facebook may have just lit the match that will ignite another round of privacy controversy.
On Wednesday, Facebook took the wraps off of Places, a smartphone-based service that enables users to tell their friends where they are, and to track friends. The service, which is slowly being rolled out to users, enables people to share their friends' locations.
Pictured: Facebook founder, Zuckerburg, gives Places presentation
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Technology
Intel's acquisition of security company McAfee could help the chip
maker make a splash in the handheld and embedded markets, in which the
company has struggled to establish a presence, according to analysts. Read More
Intel's acquisition of security company McAfee could help the chip
maker make a splash in the handheld and embedded markets, in which the
company has struggled to establish a presence, according to analysts. Read More
Technology
Google is now allowing developers to
upload applications to the as-yet-un-open Chrome Web Store, an online
gallery of web applications and web extensions for the company's Chrome
browser and its upcoming Chrome OS operating system. Read More
Google is now allowing developers to
upload applications to the as-yet-un-open Chrome Web Store, an online
gallery of web applications and web extensions for the company's Chrome
browser and its upcoming Chrome OS operating system. Read More
Eye on Africa
58 people, mainly former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia and their family members, yesterday
arrived in the country after they voluntarily decided to put down arms
and return home.
58 people, mainly former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia and their family members, yesterday
arrived in the country after they voluntarily decided to put down arms
and return home.Pictured: Former combatants of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda militia have been repatriated after laying down their weapons.
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Eye on Africa
An initiative to keep girls in school by supporting income-generating
activities for their mothers is bearing fruit in Burkina Faso, where
poverty and cultural values still deprive many girls of an education.
An initiative to keep girls in school by supporting income-generating
activities for their mothers is bearing fruit in Burkina Faso, where
poverty and cultural values still deprive many girls of an education.Pictured: Women teach their daughters in Burkina Faso
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Second Coming Watch/World
Report: Al-Shehri warns against "the greater state of Israel."
National
The White House insisted on Thursday that President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily as it looked to tamp down growing doubts among Americans about the president's religion.
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African-American
Obama's Boldness on Islam vs. His Silence on Race
The president has been criticized for his passivity on race. But he seems to have no problem speaking up on issues that affect Muslims. Will African Americans continue to give him a pass?
President Obama tours Cairo mosque during 2009 visit.
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Christian
I keep my CV updated. People often need it to introduce me for conferences. The strange thing is, in this era of shared information, I often do not know where my work has been published.
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Sports
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, bothered that Tony Dungy criticized him publicly for cursing on camera, said Thursday he cleared the air in a "man-to-man" conversation with the former coach.
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African-American
The African-American caller who was on the receiving end of Dr. Laura Schlessinger's n-word rant told T.J. Holmes on CNN's American Morning that she was hurt and confused by the radio show host's diatribe, and doubts the sincerity of Schlessinger's apologies.