April 30th, 2012
President Obama will be joined by Bill Clinton at a fundraising reception and dinner tonight. It is the first time the former occupant of the White House has openly joined the current commander in chief on the campaign trail.
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April 29th, 2012
Ethnic labels and segregation at the Lord’s Supper table thwart Christian unity, Baptists’ international leader told participants at the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics .
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Tags: Baptist World Alliance, Christian unity, Ethnic labels, Ethnicity, Hardin-Simmons University, Logsdon Seminary, Neville Callam
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April 27th, 2012
When NFL commissioner Roger Goodell headed to the podium at Radio City Music Hall to announce the first two picks of the 2012 NFL Draft last night, the suspense had long since passed. However, the anticipation in the nation’s capital has only started to build as the No. 2 pick, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, is expected to bring the Washington Redskins back to prominence.
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April 26th, 2012
Suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing center in Jos, Nigeria, April 24, in a Christian area of the city where a crowd had gathered to watch a soccer match.
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Tags: boko haram, bombings, Christ Way Baptist Church, christians, Evangelical Church Winning All, islamic extremists, nigeria
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April 25th, 2012
Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt are being aggressively wooed by the Democrat and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
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Tags: Barack Obama, change, Elaine Chao, Generation Opportunity, hope, reelection 2012, Voters, White House, youth vote
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April 23rd, 2012
Nearly three years before Steve Harvey’s book, “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man”, and the newly released movie, “Think Like a Man,” national bestselling author, Daniel Whyte III, wrote a chapter titled “How To Think Like a Man Yet Be All Woman”, from a biblical perspective, in his bestselling book titled “Letters to Young Black Women”, along with his wife of 25 years and his college age daughter. In the chapter, Whyte touches on some key things that will help women get along better with the men in their lives. Thousands of copies of “Letters to Young Black Women” have been sold and many young women’s lives have been changed.
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Tags: Act Like a Lady, black women, daniel whyte iii, daniella whyte, letters to young black women, meriqua whyte, respect, steve harvey, Think Like a Man, think like a man movie, women, young women
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April 23rd, 2012
Bill Lee Jr., the Sanford police chief at the time of the Trayvon Martin shooting, will step down permanently.
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April 22nd, 2012
George Zimmerman is getting out of jail. Now his defense team has to worry about keeping the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of gunning down Trayvon Martin safe on the outside.
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Tags: Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin death
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April 21st, 2012
Three more Secret Service officers resigned Friday in the expanding prostitution scandal that has brought scorching criticism of agents’ behavior in Colombia just before President Barack Obama’s visit for a summit meeting last week. Agency Director Mark Sullivan came to the White House late Friday to personally brief Obama in the Oval Office.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Cartagena, columbia, Mark Sullivan, prostitution scandal, Secret Service agents, Summit of the Americas, White House
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April 20th, 2012
After spending a week in a jail cell by himself, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin stands a good chance of being granted bail Friday, despite the severity of the second-degree murder charge he faces.
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Tags: bail, George Zimmerman, sanford, sanford florida, Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin death
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