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Via:  Elev8.com // Today is January 28, 2010 and we are 28 days into a New Year and many have resolved to look like a whole new person at least in 6 months or so.  So, the question is, are you still on track or have you fallen off the weight loss/fitness wagon all together?  […]

Via:  HelloBeautiful.com // In celebration of his milestone 50th birthday, esteemed pastor, gospel singer and spiritual leader Donnie McClurkin threw an event fit for a King. The extravagant event took place at New York’s majestic Oheka Castle. McClurkin played host to a plethora of close friends and family all on hand to celebrate his birthday […]

Via:  Elev8.com // It was hours after the authorities had called off the search for survivors in Haiti, but a British woman helped rescue a man 11 days after the devastating earthquake. From DailyMail.co.uk http://video.theweek.com/video/Haitian-man-survives-for-11-day/player?title_height=31 Volunteer Carmen Michalska, from Aberdeen, managed to crawl into the tomb-like space where 24-year-old Haitian Wismond Exantus has been trapped […]

Via:  Elev8.com // For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11; NKJ) I had the pleasure of viewing the movie, “The Book of Eli” twice. Initially I had no idea of what the […]

VIA NICK.COM: Never underestimate the power of a boy and his bicycle. A kid from West London, England, started out with a plan – a plan to raise money for kids in Haiti. “I want to do a sponsored bike ride,” said 7-year-old Charlie Simpson, in a message posted on a website, “because there was […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // From the NY Times: WASHINGTON — For all the questions circulating in Democratic quarters as President Obama tries to weather the worst storm of his administration, perhaps none is as succinct as this: Are the missteps at the White House rooted in message or substance? http://cdn.kissrichmond.com/external/js/gallery/267377/?external-src=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsone.com http://cdn.ipowerrichmond.com/external/js/gallery/267377/?external-src=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsone.com http://cdn1.newsone.com/external/js/gallery/267377/ The Republican victory in […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // From 1800Gospel.com: Pastor Donnie McClurkin has decided to donate all funds from his 50th Jubilee Gala Celebration to the Haitian earthquake relief efforts of Feed The Children, WorldVision and Operation Compassion. http://cdn1.newsone.com/external/js/gallery/411062/ In the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, Pastor McClurkin will donate funds specifically toward the organization’s international […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Maxi Extralien, a twig-thin 10-year-old in a SpongeBob pajama top, ate only a single bean from the heavy plate of food he received recently from a Haitian civic group. He had to make it last. “My mother has 12 kids but a lot of them […]

Via:  EurWeb.com *Actress Vivica A. Fox, who is best known for her roles in late ’90s films “Soul Food” and “Set It Off,” is taking the stage for the 2010 Allstate Gospel Superfest as a co-host for the show, which will be nationally syndicated beginning today, January 25. The star, joined by actor Flex Alexander, […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // From HuffingtonPost.com: Republicans have turned overwhelmingly against President Obama, while Democrats are still largely supportive — leading to the most polarized approval ratings ever recorded during a president’s first year in office, a new report by Gallup finds. Over the course of this past year, Obama has averaged a job approval rating […]

Via:  NewsOne.com While the news coming out of Haiti since last week’s tragic earthquake has largely been devastating and hope-shattering, the stories of survivors being found and rescued after days of being trapped under rubble give other Haitians hope of finding their own loved ones. The eyes of the world have been on Haiti since […]

Via:  NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Grieving families are watching workers recover the bodies of loved ones as Haiti’s death roll rises, while aid groups focusing on the living struggle to find tents and sites to erect them for all the people streaming out of Port-au-Prince. It could take experts weeks to search out sites […]