The government reports 78 dead and warns that the toll will rise. The jolt flattens buildings, downs phone lines and creates a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile.
February 2010 Archives
Continue reading Charlie Rangel To Be Admonished By House Ethics Committee.
Governor Paterson announced Friday that he was suspending his election campaign.
Gov. David A. Paterson ended his campaign for election on Friday amid crumbling support from his party and an uproar over his administration's intervention in a domestic violence case involving a close aide.
Continue reading Under Fire, Paterson Ends His Campaign for Governor .
The Norma Kamali boutique in Manhattan is ready to put the ScanLife technology service to use.
Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali's boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it -- even late at night when the store is closed.
Continue reading Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase .
Over the past two weeks, Apolo Ohno danced with danger, evading crashes, employing strategy and adding two Winter Olympics medals to the most expansive collection in United States history. Sometimes he seemed forever fortunate.
Continue reading Disqualified in 500, Ohno Wins 8th Medal in Relay.
Finland's Miikka Kiprusoff struggled in the first period, failing to get a handle on a shot by Zach Parise of the United States early in the period.
How good is the United States men's hockey team, really? The American record so far consists of some workmanlike but not overwhelming preliminary games, an amazing upset against the Canadians (assisted immeasurably by Ryan Miller's spectacular goaltending and Martin Brodeur's miscues) and now an easy recreational cruise past the Finns.
Continue reading U.S. Routs Finland, but Questions and Canada Remain .
Shoving between Canada's Shea Weber and Slovakia's Michal Handzus brought down the net over Roberto Luongo.
For Canada, it came down to a single play in the final moments. If the puck went one way, it meant a trip to Sunday's Olympic gold-medal game against the United States. If it went the other, it meant a trip to overtime and possible humiliation against Slovakia.
Continue reading Canada Advances, but Struggles With Slovakia .
The American Lindsey Vonn missed a gate and did not finish the women's slalom Friday, her final event at the Vancouver Olympics.
Continue reading Her Games at an End, Vonn Looks Ahead to '14 .
Continue reading Tom Joyner Plans Online School to Cater to Historically Black Colleges .
Joannie Rochette won the bronze in women's figure skating Thursday, less than a week after her mother died from a heart attack.
So many times in the days before the women's figure skating final on Thursday, Joannie Rochette wanted to pack up and go home.
Continue reading Recalling Mother's Advice, Rochette Chose to Skate .
Gatorade officially cut its ties to Tiger Woods on Friday, one week after he admitted to extramarital affairs and said he was unsure when he would return to golf.
Continue reading Gatorade Ends Its Relationship With Tiger Woods .
He has been called the NBA's greatest player and one of the country's top pitchmen.
Continue reading Michael Jordan Reaches Deal to Buy Bobcats .
Anette Norberg put her hands to her face and let loose with a joyous whoop. She embraced her teammates and raised her right arm.
Continue reading Sweden Wins Gold in Women's Curling .
The author of Why Boys Fail says females now have an unfair academic advantage in most schools -- and that the pendulum needs to swing back.
Continue reading Why Are Boys Failing in the Classroom? .
The ideal America has been described as a married couple, preferably male and female, with two children, a three-bedroom house, a dog and a white picket fence.
Continue reading The Family of God Should Not be Divided by Race .
Lindsey Vonn made her way down the mountain after going off course on Friday.
Lindsey Vonn's Olympics, which started so triumphantly with a gold medal in the women's downhill, sputtered to a close on Friday as she missed a gate on the slalom course at Whistler Mountain and failed to finish for the third time in five races.
Continue reading Riesch Wins Slalom; Vonn Misses a Gate .
For years the largely white staff of Georgia Right to Life, the state's largest anti-abortion group, tried to tackle the disproportionately high number of black women who undergo abortions. But, staff members said, they found it difficult to make inroads with black audiences.
Continue reading To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case .
Japan Meteorological Agency's official Yasuo Sekita discusses supposed impact of tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday.
Hawaii braced Saturday for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean.
Continue reading Hawaii Under Tsunami Warning .
Japan Meteorological Agency's official Yasuo Sekita speaks near the graphic showing the seismic center of an earthquake in Chile during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday.
People in Hawaii were urgently told to protect lives and property from a tsunami crossing the Pacific as fast as a jetliner after a devastating earthquake in Chile.
Continue reading Chile Earthquake Generates Cross-Pacific Tsunami .
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Continue reading Faithless New World .
Evangelist Benny Hinn is speaking out about his wife's recent divorce announcement.
Continue reading Hinn Breaks Silence on Divorce Announcement .
South Korea's Kim Yu-na, the overwhelming favorite, did not disappoint, skating flawlessly for her entire four minute program to win the gold medal. Her free skate score of 150.06 shattered the world record by 16.11 points. She finished with a total of 228.56.
Continue reading Kim Yu-na Wins Gold in Figure Skating .
Continue reading TobyMac Brings More Attitude, Extra Juice to Tonight .
The punishment fits the crime, and the preaching fits the subject.
Continue reading President Obama's New Faith-based Initiative Is Coming Soon .
Fast-forward 20, 30 or even 40 years in your life. Imagine thinking back over the choices you have made in your life, and feeling a deep sense of joy and satisfaction about what you have done with the time God has given you. Sound good? If so, here are some "backward thinking" principles you can use now to live a life that will culminate in experiencing a sense of joy, not regret, about what you have done with your time on earth.
Continue reading Regret Free Living: Making Decisions Backwards.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych holds his hand on the bible as he takes an oath in the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Viktor Yanukovych has been inaugurated as Ukraine's President, five years after his first bid failed amid massive protests over vote fraud.
New Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych vowed Thursday to create "a European state outside of any bloc," but the crippling lack of consensus in his government was clear in the half-empty hall during his inaugural address.
Continue reading Viktor Yanukovych Inaugurated as Ukraine President .
There's been something lurking under the waters of Martin Scorsese's films since the start of his career. It's more prominent in some works than in others, but it's always present. It's not just his obvious filmmaking prowess. It's not violence, drugs, sex or profanity. It's not Italian-American life in New York City. It's something bigger.
Claire Marie Bryditzki gets a grip on playground life last week in her new hometown of Lake of the Pines. Claire left Haiti just a month ago. But she has already made friends in her school and neighborhood, and calls her new parents "Mommy and Daddy."
From a crowded orphanage in Haiti, Claire Marie Bryditzki seems to have landed in a little girl's dream world.
Continue reading Haitian Girl Adapting to New Life in California .
President Barack Obama argued Thursday that a sweeping overhaul of the nation's broken health care system is imperative for the nation's future economic vitality, clashing in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes. "We believe we have a better idea," declared GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander.
Continue reading Obama, GOP Clash at Summit: 'We have better idea' .
The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Thomas preaches at Community Church of the Nazarene. The Rev. Thomas, who recently earned a PhD in theology and personality at Claremont School of Theology, could have had his pick of churches. He settled on skid row's Church of Nazarene, which he has pastored for seven years.
Tim Burton, girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter and pal Johnny Depp are starting to look like wayfarers you might find somewhere along the Yellow Brick Road.
Continue reading Burton's New Fantasy Lands Him In `Wonderland'.
Why keeping that resolution doesn't have to be that difficult.
Continue reading Getting In Shape Is Easier than You Think.
Yesterday's WinterJam filled Nashville's Sommet Centre offering a great Christian music show just only for $10!
Continue reading WinterJam Gathers People Around U.S For Nights Of Worship .
GRAMMY Award nominated pop-rock group Superchick is offering a free download of its song "Courage" (from the Beauty From Pain album) Feb. 21-27 in support of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Continue reading Superchick Offers Free Download Of 'Courage' .
South Korea's Kim Yu-na, the reigning world champion and the overwhelming favorite, skated in the women's short program with the confidence and skill to match her expectations. Her first-place score of 78.50 shattered her own world record.
In a black, bejeweled dress and her hair pulled back into a neat bun, South Korea's Kim Yu-na skated on Tuesday as if she knew she would win the short program at these Olympics.
Continue reading License to Thrill: Kim Wins Short Program .
Canada's Joannie Rochette performs her short program during the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.
When it could not be put off any longer, Joannie Rochette of Canada slapped her coach's hands, took a deep breath and circled the ice, no doubt wondering along with everyone else whether her emotions would overcome her or inspire her.
Continue reading Through Grief and Tears, a Triumph on the Ice .
Carlo Janka of Switzerland charged past the course's 52 gates in 1 minute 17.27 seconds.
On the Swiss Alpine team, they call Carlo Janka the Iceman, something Janka finds amusing.
Continue reading Young Swiss Stays Cool and Takes Giant Slalom .
Belarus goalie Andrei Mezin held his ground as Switzerland's Raffaele Sannitz slid into the net during the Swiss victory.
Canada crushed lightly regarded Germany, 8-2, in an elimination game Tuesday, and its reward was another elimination clash on Wednesday, against Alex Ovechkin and the Russians.
Continue reading Canada Calms Panic With a Rout of Germany .
Ashleigh McIvor, left, avoided the glut of crashes and gave Canada gold in the debut of women's ski cross. Here she led Julie Brendengen Jensen of Norway.
Here at women's ski cross, otherwise known as crash central, Ashleigh McIvor of Canada won gold Tuesday, in large part by doing something that sounds relatively simple. She stayed upright.
Continue reading Canadian Wins Gold in Women's Ski Cross .
Think back to those doodles you've inked in the margins of your notepad in school, at work or while listening on the phone.
Continue reading For Google, Doodles Are Oodles of Surprise .
Lago, who won a bronze, being congratulated by, left from middle, Linda Freije, Tammi Perkins and Ginny Mazmanian at a restaurant in his hometown.
One country and three time zones from Vancouver -- where he had planned to be this week -- Scotty Lago sat perched on a bar stool Monday night in this small seaside town, wearing a Team USA jacket and cap, his bronze medal hanging from his neck.
Continue reading Back Home, U.S. Snowboarder Finds Solace .
Austria's Mario Stecher, left, celebrates with his team mate David Kreiner after crossing the finish line to win the Nordic combined event.
The lead changed four times in the last half of the relay's final leg Tuesday. The American stepped past the Austrian on the uphill portions, and the Austrian glided past the American on the downhill portions.
Continue reading U.S. Completes a Step Forward With a Silver Medal in Nordic Combined .
President Obama supports a bill that requires carrying insurance, regulates insurers and subsidizes coverage for the uninsured.
Three years ago this month, a presidential candidate -- John Edwards, as a matter of fact -- started a debate on health reform by announcing a plan to cover the uninsured. Since then, we've had an election, town hall meetings, speeches, Congressional hearings and a special election in Massachusetts.
Continue reading Big Questions Still Linger on Eve of Health Care Meeting .
Charisa Coulter (left) and Laura Silsby, who have been detained in Haiti, could be set free this week.
Continue reading Two Jailed Missionaries in Haiti May be Released Next Week.
Pop-rock bands We the Kings, Mayday Parade, A Rocket to the Moon, There For Tomorrow and A Stereo Skyline played to a sold-out crowd at the Anaheim House of Blues on Saturday in support of the Sub City Take Action Tour.
Continue reading Bands 'Take Action' for Leukemia .
The four older Muslim brothers of a 26-year-old Christian beat him unconscious here earlier this month because he refused their enticements to convert to Islam, the victim told Compass.
Continue reading Pakistani Christian Beaten for Refusing to Convert to Islam .
A presidential adviser says Nigeria's vice president will continue to lead the nation while the ill president recuperates.
Continue reading Official: Ill Nigerian President has Returned Home .
Pictured: Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Monday for closer cooperation between Russia and NATO, the trans-Atlantic alliance that Moscow views with suspicion as a relic of the Cold War and a potential threat to its security.
Continue reading Clinton Urges Closer NATO Ties to Russia .
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it will buy broadband entertainment provider Vudu, a deal that gives the world's biggest retailer the ability to sell movies directly through TVs and Blu-ray players over the Internet.
Continue reading Wal-Mart to Buy Digital Movie Provider Vudu .
What happens when Christians get out of their comfort zones and really start serving their communities? In San Diego--it's happening.
Continue reading 'Do Something' Campaign Transforming San Diego .
Scott Moir would have gone to sleep on the Olympic rings in the middle of the Pacific Coliseum ice if they'd let him, clutching his gold medal.
Continue reading For Canadian Dance Pair, Gold Is `Our Stanley Cup' .
Julia Mancuso of the United States after finishing the Women's super-G at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.
Lindsey Vonn's bruised shin may be the least of her worries now.
Continue reading Vonn has New Challengers in Giant Slalom .
Canada's forward Cherie Piper (7) celebrates after scoring against Finland in the first period of a women's semifinal round ice hockey game game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Finland's forward Karoliina Rantamaki (29) is in background.
Continue reading US, Canada Advance to Final Game in Women's Hockey .
This Feb. 16, 2010 file photo shows Canada's goalie Roberto Luongo blocking a shot against Norway during the third period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Luongo is in and Martin Brodeur is out as Canada's Olympic goaltender -- at least for Tuesday's qualification game against Germany. Canada coach Mike Babcock decided to bench Brodeur -- the NHL career victories leader -- after he allowed four goals on 22 shots during a 5-3 upset loss to the United States on Sunday.
Martin Brodeur is out as Canada's Olympic goaltender.
Continue reading Luongo Replaces Brodeur as Canada Goalie .
The Rev. Clint Pressley, 40, delivers his sermon during a Sunday morning service at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte. It was Pressley's debut as co-pastor and a return to the church he once served as associate pastor.
The longtime pastor of North Carolina's largest Southern Baptist church has begun turning over the reins of leadership to his much-younger heir apparent.
Continue reading Hickory Grove Baptist's 'Next Generation' Pastor .
Before I had children, I had a "good mother" list. You might have one as well. Mine read like this:
Continue reading Three Parenting Principles for Moms.
In many places across the United States, a darkness that most people overlook clouds the eyes of hurting children, their stares serving as silent cries for help. They're the glazed-over gazes of trafficked children who live enslaved, beaten down and hopeless. In someone else's possession and under their control, victims of human trafficking silently struggle to survive in this darkness.
Continue reading New Abolitionists Shine Light On Domestic Human Trafficking .
Have you heard about the millionaire who is giving away the fortune that made him miserable? Karl Rabeder is a 47-year-old businessman in Austria. He and his wife live in an Alpine lakeside villa when they're not driving his Audi A8 to his farmhouse estate. Now he's selling everything he has, donating the proceeds to charities he has established in Central and South America.
Continue reading The Cure for the Restless Soul, by Jim Denison .
Flames were still shooting from the building when the suicide pilot who crashed his plane into the IRS office in Austin was being hailed in some corners as a hero who struck a courageous blow against the tyranny of the U.S. tax code.
Continue reading To Some, Suicide Attack on IRS Made Pilot a Hero.
Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Shutter Island."
The gamble worked: "Shutter Island," yanked from the fall release schedule by a cost-cutting Paramount Pictures, arrived in theaters on Friday and was a strong No. 1 at the North American box office.
Continue reading Martin Scorsese Sends U. S. Crazy With Shutter Island .
Maria Riesch of Germany upset Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in the women's super combined.
It was the weekend when the party seemed to begin in earnest at these Olympics. Pedestrian streets in Whistler and sidewalks in downtown Vancouver were elbow-to-elbow, red-mitten-to-red-mitten, with rowdy Canadians fueled by Olympic spirit, plenty of Pilsener and pale ale and, perhaps above all, relief over Canada's great hockey escape against Switzerland.
Continue reading Olympic Host City on the Comeback Trail .
United States players piling onto a helmetless Ryan Kesler after he scored into an empty net with 45 seconds left. His goal sealed the Americans' first win over Canada at the Olympics since 1960.
With a hard-earned, thrilling victory Sunday, the United States surprised Canada, both the hockey team and the nation.
Continue reading Waking Its Neighbors, U.S. Upsets Canada .
Bode Miller, center, won his first Olympic gold medal. Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, left, won silver; Switzerland's Silvan Zurgriggen took bronze.
During a United States ski team training camp last November in Colorado, Bode Miller spent an entire lunchtime finding fault with the way his teammates had skied that morning.
Continue reading Miller Wins Gold in the Super Combined .
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada during the original dance of the ice dancing competition. They moved into first place.
With only one segment of the ice dancing competition left at these Olympics, three North American teams find themselves in an unprecedented position: all are in reach of a medal -- with some even close to the gold.
Continue reading Ice Dancing Tilts Toward North America .
Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette takes a break during practice on Sunday at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.
Just hours after learning that her mother had died of a heart attack here, the Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette was on the practice ice Sunday.
Continue reading After Death in Family, Medal Favorite From Canada Presses On .
Continue reading Tough Day for a Land Where Hockey Is a Religion .
Sweden celebrated its victory.
Loui Eriksson scored power-play goals in each of the first two periods, and Sweden went on to beat Finland 3-0 on Sunday night in a rematch of the Turin Games final.
Continue reading Sweden Beats Finland in Rematch of '06 Hockey Final .
In 6 of 16 races, skiers ran into gates, each other or the ground. Christopher Del Bosco, left, of Canada crashed hard, losing out on the bronze.
When ski cross made its Olympic debut Sunday, competitors careened downhill, four men and eight skis jumping and turning at one time.
Continue reading An Entertaining and Bloody Debut for Ski Cross .
Tenth Avenue North, 2009's GMA Dove Awards New Artist of the Year, picked up where they left off last year, notching two nominations for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.
The promotion of the third Narnia film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, is getting off to a positive start. A group of Christian leaders from around the country were invited by Twentieth Century Fox, Walden Media, and the marketing firm Grace Hill Media to hear big wigs from the studios and see some raw footage.
Continue reading Dawn Treader Footage Screened by Group in Los Angeles.
Alex Ovechkin had two assists but made his biggest impression by lowering his shoulder into Jaromir Jagr.
It will go down as one of the most memorable plays in Olympic hockey history, a thunderous mid-ice collision in which one superstar leveled another.
Continue reading Momentum of Hit on Jagr Propels Russia to a Victory .
Popular trio Brothers Forever has been nominated for their first Christian Music Hall of Fame Visionary Award. The trio received a nominated for Southern Gospel Group of the Year. Other artists nominated for the award include the Booth Brothers, Gaither Vocal Band, The Nelons, and Legacy Five.
Leave it to the ice dancers to restore some Canadian pride at the Vancouver Olympics.
Continue reading Canadian Ice Dancers in Running for Olympic Gold .
Continue reading Nato Airstrike Kills 27 Civilians in Afghanistan.
The young members of the Voices of Friendship from Yorba Linda put up their hands in praise while singing a gospel song.
It was "praise the Lord" and more as choirs sang out during the first ever "Celebrate Gospel" event at the Disneyland Resort as part of Black History Month.
Continue reading Celebrating Gospel Music at the Disneyland Resort .
Today, Todd Martens from the Pop & Hiss blog visits with a review of that new "Wonderland" sound...
Continue reading Avril Lavigne Wanders in 'Wonderland'.
Continue reading GOP Watch: The Ron Paul Revolution.
In this photo provided by NASA, the International Space Station is photographed by one of the STS-130 crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Endeavour shortly after the relative separation of the two spacecraft on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.
Continue reading In Rare Night Landing, Space Shuttle Back On Earth .
Continue reading Some Churches Are Fasting for Climate.
Several pastors who support President Obama said church membership would send an important signal about the depth of his conviction.
Continue reading Since Taking Office, President Obama Keeps his Faith Private.
Pastor Anita Naves preaches in the Giant store community room. Seen here making a spiritual connection with store clerk Curtis Dempsey.
After years of searching for a place to start her own church, Rev. Anita Naves found an unusual location to disseminate her message: the community room at a Giant grocery store in District Heights.
Continue reading While Maryland Grocery Customers Fill Carts, Preacher Fills Souls.
Forty-five men you've probably never heard of were honored with an Academy Awards ceremony of their own that recognized scientific and technical achievements in moviemaking.
Continue reading Motion Picture Academy Honors Nerds of Film-making.
Aeisha Jones joins other parishioners at All Saints Episcopal Church in Sacramento on Sunday. Like many other churches, All Saints is feeling squeezed financially and is looking for ways to trim its budget.
She sings the litany. He delivers the sermon.
Continue reading Declining Membership Hurts Episcopal Churches in Northern California .
At a Tuesday night reception in New York City, director James Cameron confirmed the buzz that he's writing a novel based on the story of his box-office-record-setting film, "Avatar." And he believes the book may, in some respects, be even more successful than his movies have been. Why?
Continue reading Cameron Penning "Avatar" Prequel .
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is rejecting charges that the country is less safe because of the way President Barack Obama has handled national security matters.
Continue reading Colin Powell Backs Obama on National Security Decisions.
The William Rast fall 2010 collection is modeled during Fashion Week Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in New York.
William Rast, the contemporary fashion label by Justin Timberlake and longtime friend Trace Ayala, marched a parade of biker styles down the runway at New York Fashion Week Wednesday night in a collection dubbed "New America."
Continue reading Timberlake's Brand Brings the Road to the Runway .
Retired Army Gen. Alexander Haig, who held influential positions in the United States military and in politics and who as White House chief of staff shepherded Richard M. Nixon toward peacefully resigning the presidency, died today at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications from an infection. He was 85.
Continue reading Former Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, Dies.
Continue reading When Christianity Becomes Churchianity .
Continue reading BeBe And CeCe Claim Billboard Hot Gospel Charts .
Dove Award winning group, Austins Bridge, is gearing up to release their highly anticipated sophomore project, Times Like These, May 4, 2010. The CD was produced by Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts). At the same time, Austins Bridge has signed with Jeff Robert and Associates for booking and Patton House Entertainment for management.
Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.
Continue reading Live From Washington! It's Obama Health Care Drama .
Artist's Highest Solo Debut Ever Sells Over 78,000 Units And Lands At No. 6 On Billboard Top 200
Continue reading Tobymac's "TONIGHT" Takes Over With NO. 1 Christian Soundcan Debut .
I have been thinking a lot lately about Colossians 1, where Paul writes: "We proclaim Christ, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Continue reading Avatar and Becoming Mature in Christ .
Artistic communities around the world continue to come together in efforts to aid the island nation of Haiti after the devastating earthquakes of January 12, 2010. Music City has done its part with the recent collaboration of the biggest names in Nashville's own Country, Christian and Gospel music communities.
New Single is the Result of the Popular Christian Duo Accepting a Live On-Air 60-Minute Songwriting Challenge
Continue reading The Sonflowerz Release 'My Heart Is Alive' at iTunes .
New teaching program for couples and for marriage ministries launches with major event March 12-13, 2010 at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX
A new gospel artist with EMI Gospel called 'forever Jones' is a family band from Shreveport, LA.
Continue reading Forever Jones a Family Gospel Band .
When Priscilla Shirer steps into a pulpit, you don't have to wonder if she's related to Texas pastor Tony Evans. She carries his mantle with grace.
Continue reading Like Father, Like Daughter.
Apolo Anton Ohno looks up during the medals ceremony after winning silver in the men's 1,500 meter short track skating competition last weekend. Today he competes in the 1,000 event.
Apolo Anton Ohno knows what awaits him as he attempts to careen into U.S. Olympic history.
Continue reading Ohno Casts Eyes On a 7th Medal .
There were a few things that The Star-Ledger's recent front page story about mega-churches didn't mention.
Continue reading What Is the Big Deal with Mega-Churches?.
Essential Records artist Red announced its presence with authority as one of the premier rock bands in Christian music with a total of three nominations for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.
Continue reading Red Rocks 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards With Three Nominations .
Continue reading Brandon Heath Scores Key Dove Awards Nominations .
Lindsey Vonn is hoping a day off will help her bounce back in Saturday's super-G and win a second gold medal.
Continue reading After A Day's Rest, Vonn Aims for Gold Again .
Five-Time Group of the Year Receives Three Nods
Continue reading Casting Crowns Gets Nomination For Artist Of the Year, Group Of The Year .
Veteran progressive band Jars of Clay may have reinvented its sound with last year's The Long Fall Back To Earth, but its peers in the Christian music community continued to honor band members in some familiar ways, with the band picking up six nominations for this year's GMA Dove Awards.
Continue reading Jars of Clay 'Long Fall' Rises To Capture Six GMA Dove Nominations .
After three records that received international acclaim including huge success in Japan, Juno nominee Manafest (aka Chris Greenwood) returns to partner with BEC Recordings for his March 30th release, "The Chase." This fourth studio project is Manafest's most aggressive and sonically evolved record to date.
Continue reading Manafest Teams Up With BEC Recordings For Release .
Continue reading It Is Well From Kutless Continues To Resonate With Fans .
Vampires are hot stuff right now. The preternatural creatures leer seductively from the covers of books and lust dramatically after their prey in television shows and movies. A glance at recommended reading lists for those who enjoyed Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular vampire-romance series, yields hundreds of vampire entries, the majority published in the past three years.
Continue reading There's Power in the Blood .
Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers plans to take the stage by storm for his CD release show at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville, TN on February 23rd, giving the crowd a sneak peek performance of selections from his brand new album. My Time is slated to release March 2nd and features special guest appearances from MOC, Khristian Dently, and Canton Jones.
Continue reading Mr. Talkbox Hits The Stage In Nashville To Debute My Time .
Newest title in the multi-platinum series features worship songs by favorite Christian artists with three brand new recordings
Continue reading Word to Release WOW Worship (Purple) on March 2 .
GRAMMY Award nominated singer/songwriter Matthew West recently partnered with national network K-LOVE Radio for a third consecutive year on its "Next Great Love Song" promotion. The contest drew more than 4,000 submissions from which one entrant was selected to win a custom love song performed by West.
Continue reading Matthew West And K-Love Radio Collaborate On 'Next Great Love Song' Promo .
In first public appearance, golf star says he was 'foolish,' admits to therapy
Continue reading Tiger: Sorry for Behavior, Unsure of Return .
Evan Lysacek of the U.S. won the gold by 1.31 points.
On what was perhaps the longest night of his life, Evan Lysacek had to wait.
Continue reading Nearly Flawless, Lysacek Skates to Gold.
Torah Bright of Australia in action during the women's halfpipe snowboard competition.
The night before the Australian snowboarder Torah Bright won the gold medal in the halfpipe, her parents hid in the closet.
Continue reading Australian Torah Bright Wins Women's Halfpipe .
While millions of Canadians held their breath, Sidney Crosby scored the lone goal of an overtime shootout to enable the Canadian hockey team to survive a scare Thursday night with a 3-2 victory over Switzerland.
Continue reading Crosby's Shootout Goal Saves Canada .
Lindsey Vonn lost a ski and crashed during the slalom portion of the women's super combined on Thursday.
Continue reading Vonn Crashes, but Mancuso Rolls On .
Elmbrook Church was trying Wednesday to set the world record for the largest potluck supper ever. People filled the gym for the dinner.
Continue reading A World Record Breaking Potluck at a Local Church? .
Continue reading 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations Announced Today .
Continue reading Shutter Island Movie Review.
Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps sits in a bobsled while making an appearance in downtown Vancouver during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
Michael Phelps visited the Winter Games as a fan on Thursday, and seeing the athletes in action had him anticipating his own final run at Olympic gold in two years.
Continue reading Phelps Is a Fish Out of Water at Winter Olympics .
Some of Virginia's most influential Christian leaders asked Gov. Bob McDonnell and other top officials Thursday to block state funding for Planned Parenthood because the nonprofit organization provides abortions.
Continue reading Va. Pastors Want Planned Parenthood Defunded .
The wife of faith healer and televangelist Benny Hinn has filed for divorce in Orange County Superior Court.
Continue reading Wife of Televangelist Benny Hinn Files for Divorce .
Recently, LifeWay Research surveyed pastors about the church's leadership development and mission. We asked them to rate their agreement in the following three areas:
Continue reading Churches Struggle with Fostering Young Leaders .
Deas Vail, anchored by husband-wife duo Wes and Laura Blaylock, isn't afraid to wrestle with the big questions on their new album, Birds and Cages.
Continue reading Birds, Cages, and Doubts .
Perhaps people are looking for something else.
Continue reading Should Churches Be as Friendly as a Bar? .
Pictured: A Jewish Wedding - From Jewish Art, edited by Grace Cohen Grossman.
Drew Culberth, one of the eight American missionaries, arriving at Kansas City International Airport.
Eight American missionaries who had been held in a Haitian jail returned home Thursday to the hugs of their loved ones, while the last two members of their group prepared for further questioning by a Port-au-Prince judge.
Continue reading 8 Freed Missionaries Welcomed Home .
President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to an earthquake survivor on a visit to a French field hospital in Port-au-Prince
Nicolas Sarkozy promised €230m (£200m) in aid for Haiti today as he made the first visit by a French president to what was once his nation's richest colony. Sarkozy, who was greeted by the Haitian president, René Préval, as a brass band played the Marseillaise, toured a French field hospital and viewed the remains of the capital through the door of a helicopter.
Nicolas Sarkozy promised €230m (£200m) in aid for Haiti today as he made the first visit by a French president to what was once his nation's richest colony. Sarkozy, who was greeted by the Haitian president, René Préval, as a brass band played the Marseillaise, toured a French field hospital and viewed the remains of the capital through the door of a helicopter.
Continue reading France Cancels Haiti's Debt; Pledges Hundreds Of Millions in Aid.
On a recent Wednesday evening, about a dozen teenagers and adults are lazing around on couches arranged in a horseshoe shape.
Continue reading Status of Youth Pastors Rises as Kids' Lives Get More Complicated .
Continue reading Athlete Had Warned About Luge Track .
Lindsey Vonn, right, and Julia Mancuso, longtime rivals and teammates, were 1-2 in the downhill. Vonn won in 1:44.19; Mancuso was 0.56 of a second back.
Standing next to the start house, Lindsey Vonn heard the radio crackle. She lifted it to her ear.
Continue reading Defying Injury, Vonn Wins Gold in Downhill .
Shaun White was the defending champion in the event, having won gold at the Turin Games in 2006.
The quest to successfully defend his gold medal might have begun the moment that Shaun White won the halfpipe competition at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Continue reading White Cements His Status With 2nd Gold .
Shani Davis of the United States was timed in 1 minute 8.94 seconds. Mo Tae-bum of South Korea was second and Chad Hedrick of the United States was third.
Continue reading Davis Earns Repeat Gold and Validation .
It was a thrilling, nonstop celebration of hockey amid a festive atmosphere that felt like a holiday in Prague or Bratislava, and it provided a glimpse of why this Olympic tournament is expected to be the greatest in the history of the game.
Continue reading N.H.L. Stars Thrill as Czechs Defeat Slovaks .
USA's Evan Lysacek reacts after performing his short program during the men's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
Continue reading Plushenko, Once Untouchable, Faces Competition .
Todd McHugh, 17, stands on train tracks Tuesday off Folsom Boulevard where a vehicle carrying a mom and two kids swerved out of control and landed on the tracks. He pulled out the mother, who unbuckled her kids. The Bella Vista High junior said he "didn't do anything anyone else wouldn't have done."
Todd McHugh doesn't think he was a hero Monday night, but police say the Citrus Heights teen probably saved a mother and her two young children from serious injury or death.
Continue reading Teen Who Pulled Mother and Children from Train's Path says he's No Hero .
Windows out in the building where plane crashed.
Authorities say a small private plane has crashed into a seven-story office building in Austin, leaving one person inside unaccounted for.
Continue reading Small Plane Crashes Into Austin Building .
American missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping, Corinna Lankford, of Meridian, Idaho, right, Steve McMullin, 56, second from right, and Paul Thompson, 43, third from right, both from Twin Falls, Idaho, leave a Haitian Jail as an unidentified US Embassy official walks behind them at left in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. Eight of the ten U.S. missionaries arrested were released on Feb. 17, nearly three weeks after they were caught trying to take a group of children out of the quake stricken country.
Continue reading WATCH: 8 American Missionaries Freed by Haitian Judge Arrive in the US .
Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, and other unidentified American missionaries charged with child kidnapping, wait at the tarmac of the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. Eight of the ten U.S. missionaries arrested were released on Feb. 17, nearly three weeks after they were caught trying to take a group of children out of the quake stricken country. Man at left is unidentified.
President Obama hailed the success of his much-debated $787 billion stimulus legislation yesterday, saying the one-year-old program has created or saved 2 million jobs and helped prevent a second Great Depression.
Continue reading Obama says Stimulus Bill Saved U.S. from Another Great Depression.
Continue reading Rare Color Video: JFK Arrives in Dallas Before his Assassination.
Continue reading Teenagers Seeking Purpose .
Continue reading Steele To Meet With Tea Party Leaders.
Latvia goalie Edgars Masalskis (31) dives but can't block a goal by Russia's Alexander Radulov, not shown, during the first period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. Also defending for Latvia are Rodrigo Lavins (2) and Janis Sprukts (5).
Alex Ovechkin leaned over the boards from the bench, looking like he desperately wanted to get on the ice when Russia had power plays.
Continue reading Ovechkin Scores 2 to Help Russia Beat Latvia 8-2 .
The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last month may have caused billions of dollars more in damage than initially estimated, according to a study released Tuesday by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Continue reading Estimates of Quake Damage in Haiti Increase by Billions.
Canada's Maelle Ricker, who crashed early and finished fourth in 2006, after winning the gold in the women's snowboard cross Tuesday.
This time, the finish line in sight, Lindsey Jacobellis landed the big jump and sailed cleanly to the end. But there was no joy in not making the same mistake twice.
Continue reading Redemption, but Not for Jacobellis .
Bobby Ryan scored the first goal for the United States on Tuesday.
Continue reading U.S. Opens With a Victory and Makes a Case for Hope .
Continue reading Shani Davis: Man of the World .
Season Three of SUNDAY BEST to Make National Stops in Detroit, New Orleans and Philadelphia
Facing criticism that President Barack Obama isn't connecting with the American people, the administration is infusing its communications strategy with some of the ironclad discipline and outside-the-box thinking that made the Obama presidential campaign so successful.
Continue reading Obama Seeks Return to Campaign-style Discipline .
Shen Xue beamed as she clutched the big shiny medal and husband Zhao Hongbo planted a kiss on her forehead.
Continue reading China's Shen and Zhao Win Pairs Gold.
Have you ever noticed when you put the words "the IRS" together, it spells "theirs?" Most of us feel like all we ever do is pay taxes. And the truth is, taxes are the only certainty in life (aside from death). No less a genius than Albert Einstein is quoted as admitting, "The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax." While it may be hard to understand, the same moral and ethical guidelines that we follow in life apply to paying our taxes.
Continue reading Christian Advice on Paying Your Taxes.
Alice has jumped back down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, and it's a whole lot more surreal. Mark Salisbury joins Tim Burton and Johnny Depp on the set of their new 3D extravaganza .
Continue reading Tim Burton and Johnny Depp Interview for Alice In Wonderland .
In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2009, instructor Ngoc Bay, center, leads students Tran Tuong Nguyen, left, and Nguyen Dai Ly during a Vietnamese opera class in Westminster, Calif. Bay has embarked on a mission to revive an esoteric art form that is in danger of dying.
Ngoc Bay purses her feet together and glides to the left, then to the right, guiding her eight-year-old pupil in the subtle movements of the centuries-old Vietnamese opera.
Continue reading Vietnamese Artist Breathes Life Into a Dying Song .
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Haitian
President Rene Preval as the two leaders begin a bilateral meeting in
tents set up at the airport outside the Haitian capital of
Port-au-Prince
It will take three long years to clear the rubble left by Haiti's devastating earthquake, said President Rene Preval who admitted even he's still afraid to sleep under concrete in case another quake strikes.
It will take three long years to clear the rubble left by Haiti's devastating earthquake, said President Rene Preval who admitted even he's still afraid to sleep under concrete in case another quake strikes.
Continue reading Haiti President: It Will Take 3 Years to Move Quake Rubble .
They were arrested, tortured and killed for their faith, but more than 40 years after the cultural revolution, Chinese Christians are getting bolder about sharing their faith in public.
Continue reading China for Christ in Post-Revolution Era.
Apple is not officially present at this week's Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain, yet carriers are talking about the iPhone and rivals are introducing what they hope to pitch as "iPhone killers."
Continue reading Despite Apple's Absence, iPhone is Talk of Mobile World Congress .
Chrysler dealers optimistic, yet worried, after meeting with new management team at convention
Continue reading Chrysler Dealers Upbeat, Worried After Meeting .
Cheney Says Obama Wrong on Security Threat, Waterboarding; Biden Defends National Security Policies
Continue reading Vice Presidents Face Off: Dick Cheney and Joe Biden Go on the Offensive .
Now that Valentine's Day has just gone by, and married couples and those in love have taken time out to celebrate their relationships and look forward to the future, it's time for churches to turn the focus on the singles in their congregations, particularly those that wish to find a life partner.
Continue reading Why Are So Many Black Christian British Women Single? .
Continue reading Keeping Christ in Christianity.
Jasmine Turner (center) and Larry Oliver (right), both age 11, attend the Super Sunday service at West Oakland's Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church.
The pulpit at many black churches has become a place to pray to a higher power - and praise higher learning.
Continue reading Black Churches Spread Gospel of Higher Education.
Here are a few words I never thought I'd say: This 3-D stuff is getting out of hand.
I have a lifelong love for the viewing innovation/gimmick.
Continue reading '3-D' Doesn't Mean It's Good .
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao of China competing during the pairs short program.
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, pairs figure skaters from China, did not have to be at these Olympic Games.
Continue reading Older and Better, Chinese Couple Dominates Pairs Short Program .
China's Shen Xue, left, and Zhao Hongbo are considered favorites in pairs skating, an event that has been dominated by Russia.
As Wang Meng, China's champion short-track speedskater, breezed through her first heat of the 500 meters Saturday night, she stayed well ahead of a crash that wiped out a competitor, set an Olympic record, then walked dismissively past waiting Chinese reporters.
Continue reading China Grooms Team to Become a Powerhouse .
Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada won the gold in the Men's Moguls on Sunday.
Three men stood in the sea of red at Cypress Mountain on Sunday, their chests bare except for paint. Euphoria surrounded them, men and women, young and old, who waved Canadian flags and clanged cowbells and danced to the Black Eyed Peas.
Continue reading Host Canada Gets Its Gold.
The freestyle and moguls courses on Cypress Mountain, where the warmest January on record prevented snowmaking in the weeks before the Olympic Games.
Continue reading Snowboarders Report Poor Halfpipe Condition .
Felix Loch of Germany became the youngest men's singles luge athlete to capture the gold medal on Sunday.
As flags flew at half-staff in honor of the luge competitor from the Republic of Georgia who died training here last week, Felix Loch of Germany became the youngest man to capture the gold medal in the singles luge Sunday.
Continue reading German Wins Gold on Shortened Luge Course .
The long-track speedskater Martina Sablikova grew up training on a frozen pond in southern Moravia, which many of her peers from other countries found endlessly amusing. At the elite level, it was virtually unheard of, like a basketball team preparing for an N.B.A. game by practicing on outdoor asphalt courts.
Continue reading Modest Beginning Propels Czech Victory in Speedskating .
Meghan Duggan, center right, had two goals as the United States began play with a 12-1 rout of China. The Americans had 61 shots on goal.
To the surprise of no one, including dozens of cheering, flag-waving Chinese fans, the American women's hockey team, in its first game of these Olympics, breezed to a 12-1 victory over China on Sunday.
Continue reading U.S. Women Rout China in Hockey Opener .
American Johnny Spillane, right, took the silver medal in the Nordic combined on Sunday. Italy's Alessandro Pittin, center, won the bronze and American Todd Lodwick, left, came in fourth.
One by one, the Americans in the Nordic combined had their chance Sunday at reversing a history of futility.
Continue reading U.S. Wins Its First Medal in Nordic Combined .
Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States picked up the silver medal after a crash took two members of the Korean team out of the 1,500-meter final.
Continue reading Ohno's Silver, His 6th Medal, Ties a Record .
J.P. Jones is the pastor at Crossline Community Church which has moved to a 30-acre campus in Laguna Hills.
For the 10 men carrying the 100-pound Crossline Community Church cross from the southern tip of Mission Viejo to the northern end of Laguna Hills, it was a pilgrimage of sorts, an acknowledgement of the miracle they say God provided the church.
Continue reading Church Looking for More Contagious Christians .
Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner in a scene from Valentine's Day.
Continue reading Star-Studded "Valentine's Day" is Mostly Forgettable Fluff .