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Via:  www.singersroom.com Grammy Award winning Gospel recording star Karen Clark Sheard is speaking up in the just revealed issue of EEW Magazine. Telling the magazine, she’s always been the “shy” one and “baby girl of the family,” Clark Sheard is looking forward to her first album under a joint venture with EMI, titled Karew Records, […]

Via:  www.eurweb.com TMZ.com came across a flier that promotes rapper DMX as the headliner of a “gospel rap extravaganza” at his church. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, is scheduled to take the stage at Morning Star Sanctified Church, where he and his family have been members for the past eight months. According to Pastor Barbara […]

Via:  www.newsone.com // From CNN: Washington — President Obama is likely to lay out a political road map Wednesday for passage of sweeping health care legislation, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday. Gibbs said the president will talk about “the way forward” to pass a bill. Among other things, Obama is expected to […]

Former inmates were applauded Sunday morning at T.D. Jakes’ renowned Dallas megachurch as they graduated from a program designed to help them succeed and keep them out of jail. “I feel like I’m accomplishing something when everyone told me I wouldn’t have anything,” said Lakitha Dardin, 31, who was in prison for nearly four years […]

When it was time to record his next Verity album, Marvin Sapp decided not to tamper with the live formula he used on his 2007 best seller, “Thirsty.” So on Oct. 16 last year, he returned to the same site-Resurrection Life Church in Grand Rapids, Mich.-with the same talent-including writer/producer Aaron Lindsey and backing vocals […]

Via:  www.eurweb.com *Investigators said arsonists in Rutherford County, Tenn used an unthinkable item to add fuel to their fire, the Bible. Authorities said a group of teens used the pages to set fire to a church bus. Fire officials believe this is the work of some teens trying to have fun, but investigators and church […]

Via:  www.singersroom.com Gospel music was represented well at Friday’s 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards. Joining fellow performing talent Keri Hilson, Wyclef Jean, and Jill Scott, both Mary Mary and Tamela Mann took the stage at Shrine Auditiorium. The latter of the two, Tamela Mann (pictured) turned out the show with a rousing tribute to Chairman […]

Via:  www.newsone.com // WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation’s school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools. Obama’s move comes as many schools continue to struggle to get children to graduation, a profound problem in […]

Via:  www.newsone.com // CHICAGO – The odds of obesity appear stacked against black and Hispanic children starting even before birth, provocative new research suggests. The findings help explain disproportionately high obesity rates in minority children. Family income is often a factor, but so are cultural customs and beliefs, the study authors said. They examined more than […]

Via:  www.newsone.com // CONCEPCION, Chile – Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile’s earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets. “We are confronting an emergency […]

Christian video game makers Left Behind Games and Digital Praise have entered into a merger agreement that they believe will significantly raise the visibility and appeal of the Christian video game market. The merger, announced Wednesday, will bring together the financial resources of Left Behind and the popular games of Digital Praise, which include Dance […]

Tyler Perry reigned supreme at the 41st NAACP Image Awards on February 26 in Los Angeles, where he was honored for both his small-screen and feature film efforts. The NAACP event, which aired on Fox, drew high-profiled celebrities and dignitaries, including Sandra Bullock, CNN’s Roland Martin, Jill Scott, Cicely Tyson, John Legend and Anika Noni […]