Continue reading On the Long and Winding Road with Our Girl, Amy Grant.
March 2010 Archives
Sir Ian McKellen was last night crowned the Empire Icon for his long and varied film career at the Jameson Empire Awards 2010.
Continue reading 'Middle Earth Rejoices' says McKellen of Empire Icon Win.
Most of us claim that we do not want to be single. Few cherish going home to an empty place. Major decisions are made on our own while if we have been married in the past we often find ourselves missing certain things despite a marriage breakdown.
Continue reading Considering Marriage? Include God as Key Ingredient .
Andy Roddick of the United States, follows through with a serve to Benjamin Becker, of Germany, during the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
The hour was past midnight when Roger Federer found himself one big serve from salvaging a sloppy victory.
Continue reading Roger Federer Upset by Berdych at Key Biscayne .
America's churches and Christians need to practice a "prayer-care-share approach" to "loving their neighbors to Christ," according to a challenge by Mission America Coalition.
Continue reading Mission America Challenges Church to a New Depth of 'Loving Your Neighbor' .
Tamela Mann is one of the most-recognizable names in the contemporary Gospel music industry. Her tremendous success story and long string of accolades are even more impressive, however, when one considers the difficulty religious figures often have in attracting and maintaining secular audiences.
Continue reading An Interview with Tamela Mann - Singer, Songwriter & Actress .
Continue reading CERN Collider Begins Subatomic Exploration .
Wall Street ended slightly higher on Tuesday as an energized technology sector helped offset worries about foreign debt.
Continue reading Wall Street Manages to Stay on Positive Side .
Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question of the day is: Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow?
Continue reading The Sandra Bullock Trade, by David Brooks .
President Obama, with an F-18 "Green Hornet" that will run partly on bio fuel, during his speech on energy security on Wednesday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
President Obama's proposal to open vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling drew criticism from both sides in the drilling debate.
Continue reading Obama's Oil Drilling Plan Draws Critics From Both Sides .
At the Park Kultury subway station in Moscow on Tuesday, a photo had been posted of a girl who was missing after the bombing there the day before.
When two bombs ripped through Moscow subway stations at rush hour on Monday morning, Russia's leaders reached for the kind of hunt-them-down-and-kill-them statements that propelled the country through two brutal wars in the Caucasus.
Continue reading Moscow Attacks May Bring Iron Fist Back to Caucasus .
The site of two explosions in the southern Russian town of Kizlyar on Wednesday.
Two suicide bombers attacked police in southern Russia today, killing at least 12 people and injuring 27. The attack comes as Russia is still reeling from Monday's twin suicide bombing in the city's subway system that killed 39 people.
Continue reading Russia Rocked By Another Twin Suicide Bombing Which Kills 12 .
Healing 4 Haiti will be held outside the government's National Palace, which was devastated by the earthquake.
Roughly 1,000 pastors in Haiti are expected to participate in a two-day event aimed at teaching church leaders to pray for physical and emotional healing in nation still reeling from a January earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.
Continue reading Easter Crusade Aims to Help Resurrect Haiti .
President Obama is talking tough against Iran.
President Obama interrupted a diplomatic love fest with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday to declare Iran will face tougher international sanctions within weeks.
Continue reading President Obama, French President Sarkozy Unite In Bid to Punish Iran .
The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and the official pens after the signing ceremony at the college.
Delaware and Tennessee beat out 38 other states and the District of Columbia to win a share of $4 billion in federal education grants, convincing the Obama administration that they have bold plans for overhauling their public school systems.
Continue reading Deleware and Tennessee Win Education Grants in Race to the Top .
South Hadley students at a vigil after their classmate's death in January.
It is not clear what some students at South Hadley High School expected to achieve by subjecting a freshman to the relentless taunting described by a prosecutor and classmates.
Continue reading 9 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate's Suicide Due to Bullying .
President Barack Obama meets with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France in the Oval Office, March 30, 2010.
President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy went out of their way on Tuesday to show there are no frictions between them.
Continue reading WATCH: Obama and Sarkozy's New Entente Cordiale .
Members Julliard school present manuscripts of"La flute enchantee" from Mozart and another one from Beethoven to French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy during her visit at Julliard school on March 29, 2010 in New York . She is traveling with her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on a two day-visit in the United States. They will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington.
Forget tea with Michelle Obama. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on her first trip to Washington as France's first lady, visited a school in a poor neighborhood and had lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.
Continue reading French First Lady Visits Ben's Chili Bowl and Schoolkids in Washington .
Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
Continue reading WATCH: President Obama Signs Law Finalizing Health Care, Loan Redo .
This file photo shows Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) and House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) on Capitol Hill July 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Republican leaders in Congress have moved to distance themselves from GOP national chairman Michael Steele, but that job will become more difficult as the spotlight on the midterm election intensifies.
Continue reading Some GOP Leaders Start Distancing Themselves from Michael Steele.
One thing is very clear in the controversy now swamping Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele: The RNC very much wants to stop talking about it.
Continue reading RNC Fires 'Bondage-Gate' Staffer As Critics Circle Michael Steele .
There is a grittiness to Holy Week. To be sure, the Gospels throughout point to the fact of the incarnation, but the incarnation, for me, takes on a particularly earthy and tactile quality in the Passion narratives.
Continue reading The Grit and Glory of Holy Week.
Continue reading 'Everyone Needs Forgiveness' .
This rising generation isn't losing its religion. These young people are simply resisting the tried-and-true brands of American religion and politics. Can you blame them?
Continue reading T. D. Jakes and Jim Daly Talk About Heaven.
Officials said 24 were killed in the Lubyanka blast, while 12 were killed in the Park Kultury.
Russia's cities are bracing themselves for a fresh terrorist bombing campaign after two "black widow" suicide bombers launched a rush-hour attack on the Moscow metro killing 38 people and injuring 64.
Continue reading Russia Braces for New Wave of Terror Attacks After Moscow Bombing .
Nine people federal prosecutors say belong to a "Christian warrior" militia were accused Monday of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.
Continue reading Death Toll from Moscow Subway Blasts Rises to 39 .
The pastor of the Christian Church of El Dios Vivo, center, has promised to start a high-budget outreach program on Wednesday.
Animated 3-D family movie "How to Train Your Dragon" slayed audiences this weekend, ousting "Alice in Wonderland" from its three-week run at the top of the North American box office in another strong showing for the 3-D format.
Continue reading "Dragon" Slays "Alice" At the Box Office .
Andy Serkis has revealed that The Hobbit will start production at the end of this year.
Continue reading Andy Serkis: 'Hobbit to Shoot End of the Year' .
Our beloved and favorite children's book series "Ramona" by Beverly Cleary will finally come to life on the big screen in the new adaptation, "Ramona and Beezus," starring Selena Gomez as the over-achiever Beezus Quimby.
Continue reading Selena Gomez's 'Ramona And Beezus' Trailer Is A Real Adventure .
iShine LIVE!, a unique faith-based concert tour designed specifically for the tween (ages 8-14) market, will head back out on the road this spring, hitting more than 20 cities nationwide in April and May.
Continue reading iSHINE Live! Announces 20-city Spring Tour .
Continue reading Are Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike? .
Obese patients who have been saying for years that food binging is like an addiction for them may finally have scientific support. Scientists have found some mechanisms behind drug addiction are also driving forces behind compulsive eating, which can lead to obesity.
Continue reading Can You Be Addicted To Food? .
Very few people play with dragons for a living. Consider Chris Sanders one of the lucky.
Continue reading Chris Sanders' Very Own Personal Dragon.
Spring is here--and along with it come the sneezing and stuffy noses characteristic of allergy season.
Continue reading Suffering With Allergies? Try Tailoring Treatment to Your Symptoms .
The rules that credit-card companies have to live by changed dramatically with the enactment of new regulations last month. Now, some of the rules for consumers striving to maintain good credit are changing, too.
Continue reading 5 New Rules for a Healthy Credit Score .
Continue reading Subway Blasts by Two Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens in Moscow, Russia.
Last night, I had the strangest dream. There was Shaquille O'Neal, standing in the snow, quizzically looking upward to the heavens. Then I realized I was wide awake and I was just watching the new Owl City video for "Vanilla Twilight."
Continue reading Watch: Owl City's New Video for 'Vanilla Twilight'.
In 20 metro areas around the U.S., the cost of buying a home is only a little more -- and in two metros actually less -- than renting
Continue reading When Owning Your Home Doesn't Pay .
The new Sony store in Nagoya, Japan. Some visitors found the similarity to Apple's retail outlets notable.
Continue reading Sony Pursues a Bold Success to Match Its Scale .
When the Apple iPad goes on sale on Saturday, most of the major questions surrounding the device will have been answered, save for one: can it live up to the hype?
Continue reading Can the iPad Live Up to Its Hype?.
Toyota Motor (7203.T) and Mazda Motor (7261.T) announced a deal under which Japan's top automaker will supply its hybrid technology under licence to Mazda, in the latest link-up within the fast-changing auto industry.
Continue reading Toyota to Supply Hybrid Technology to Mazda .
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has changed his working schedule and will return to Moscow after two deadly blasts in the Russian capital's subway, Putin's spokesman said Monday.
Rescue workers carried a body from the Lubyanka metro station in central Moscow. Female suicide bombers set off huge explosions during Monday rush hour in two subway stations, killing at least 35 people.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemned suicide bombings in Moscow that killed at least 37 people and injured 65 on packed metro trains.
Continue reading Obama Condemns Moscow Bombings as Heinous Terrorism .
Continue reading DUKE 78, BAYLOR 71: Duke and Michigan State Return to Final Four .
Continue reading Michigan State Soothes Its Aches With a Little Perseverance .
Brian McLaren is considered one of the country's most influential evangelicals, and his new book , A New Kind of Christianity, takes aim at some core doctrinal beliefs.
March 29 marks the beginning of the holiest week for Christians -- when believers reflect on the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. This year, there's something of a dust-up among evangelicals over core beliefs about who Jesus was and whether he is the only way to salvation.
When I saw that Kathleen Parker's March 24 op-ed, "Stupak's original sin," defined me as a "backstabber," it reminded me of a Bible verse. Matthew 7:3 asks, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"
They say that if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, and the founders of Sydney's Hillsong church are about to find out.
A little-noticed provision of the health legislation has rescued federal support for a controversial form of sex education: teaching youths to remain virgins until marriage.
Continue reading New Health Bill Restores $250 Million In Abstinence-Education Funds .
Continue reading Raphael Nadal On Path to Meet Federer In Sony Open .
A new Lifetime movie based on the Nickel Mines shooting lacks the power of the real-life story.
Continue reading A Story of Grace, Forgiveness and . . . Doubt? .
City Council on Wednesday gave a cool response to Mayor Annise Parker's plan to sell the former site of the Compaq Center to Lakewood Church for $7.5 million, the first hint of discord between the newly elected mayor and the 14-member council.
Continue reading Sale Deal for Lakewood Church Gets a Skeptical Reception.
Nearly 40% of churches reported declines in giving in 2009, according to the annual "State of the Plate" research, with megachurches and West Coast churches suffering most.
Continue reading Economy Slams Churches at Unprecedented Rate .
Sheryl Kauffman, right, consoles Marianne Sommers as they walk to the fellowship lunch following a church service that celebrated the lives of the Esh family, that was killed in an accident on Friday, March 26.
Scores of Mennonites gathered in a large prayer circle and sang at a Marrowbone warehouse Sunday evening, their four-part harmony echoing off the concrete walls as they sang a hymn of faith amid searing grief.
Continue reading Kentucky Mennonites Cling to Their Faith After Tragic Crash .
Last year's Seder, a White House first, saw the Macaroon Security Standoff.
The Obama family is hosting a seder in the White House.
Continue reading Obamas Plan White House Seder .
Top advisers to President Barack Obama say the relationship between the U.S. and Israel remains strong despite sometimes blunt talk and disagreements between the two countries.
Continue reading Obama Aides: US Bond With Israel Remains Strong .
(L-R) White House senior advisers David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett smile at one another as Press Secretary Robert Gibbs listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House June 23, 2009 in Washington, DC.
A top White House adviser says the U.S. is making progress in its efforts to find allies to hold the line on Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Steven Geier said the priest who molested him as a boy told him he had to keep it a secret.
They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents.
Continue reading Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest's Abuse for Years .
Continue reading Obama Meets US Troops, Karzai On Surprise Trip to Afghanistan .
Hee Kyung Seo celebrates after winning inaugural Kia Classic.
Michelle Wie provided the drama in Hee Kyung Seo's runaway victory yesterday in the Kia Classic. It just wasn't the kind of intrigue she had in mind.
The Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove.
At least two longtime vendors for the Crystal Cathedral's Glory of Christmas and Glory of Easter pageant say the megachurch has failed to pay them tens of thousands of dollars they are owed for the 2009 Christmas pageant and has not indicated when they will be paid.
Continue reading Crystal Cathedral Not Paying Bills, Say Some Vendors .
The South Korean military searched on rubber boats for survivors from a sunken South Korean navy ship near South Korea's Baengnyeong Island on Sunday.
Divers finally reached the wreckage of a naval ship that sank nearly three days ago and rapped with hammers on the stern where 46 crew members are believed trapped, but got no response, military officials said Monday.
Continue reading Divers Reach SKorean Ship, Find No Sign of Life .
This family photo provided by Lee Williamson shows members of the Esh family posing for a snapshot in 2005. Left to Right: Naomi Esh, Leroy Esh, Betty Esh, Rose Esh, Johnny Esh, Rachel Esh, Amos Esh, Anna Esh and Abner Esh. Anna, Rose, Rachel, Leroy and Leroy Esh's wife, Naomi were killed after a tractor-trailer loaded with auto parts crossed the highway median early Friday March 26, 2010, near Munfordville, Ky., and slammed head-on into the van carrying members of the family.
Continue reading Kentucky Mennonite Community Prepare to Bury Family Killed In Car Crash .
Devin Ebanks of the West Virginia Mountaineers drives to the basket against Patrick Patterson of the Kentucky Wildcats.
After West Virginia's loss at Connecticut on Feb. 22, West Virginia Coach Bob Huggins sat his team in a circle in the locker room. Huggins has broken a few chairs and made some power forwards blush with his language over the years, but that day he calmly reminded the Mountaineers of their potential.
Continue reading West Virginia Ends Half-Century of Waiting .
Butler players celebrate their win over Kansas State in the West Regional championship game.
As Butler's buses rolled to the Indianapolis airport earlier this week, they passed Lucas Oil Stadium, the site of the Final Four. Hanging from the side of the stadium is a sign that reads: The Road Ends Here.
Continue reading Butler Goes Home to Indianapolis for Final Four .
Continue reading Seeking a Safe Masters for Woods .
Team Jacob was triumphant at the Kids' Choice Awards. "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner picked up two orange, blimp-shaped trophies at Saturday's 23rd annual shenanigan-packed Nickelodeon spectacle inside UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.
Continue reading KCA 2010: Lautner, Miley Cyrus Win Kids' Choice Awards .
Apple CEO Steve Jobs greets Google CEO Eric Schmidt during the keynote speech at Macworld on January 9, 2007 in San Francisco, California.
Do people ever meet for coffee intending to just, well, drink coffee? Of course not. So the tech world, aka the whole world, trembled with titillated tension at the mere idea that Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt sat across from each other in some sort of upscale shopping mall and shot the breeze.
Continue reading Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Meet: Who Called Whom? .
Apple's often accused of running its hype machine to new levels in advance of a product launch. This naturally makes its anonymous claims of pre-selling hundreds of thousands of its latest gizmo, the famed Apple iPad, a bit tougher to digest.
Continue reading Apple Is Sold Out of iPads for Launch Day .
The agency that guards airline security inside the United States is likely to remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for months to come after President Obama's nominee for the position abruptly withdrew late Friday night amid questions from Congress about his work as a defense contractor.
Continue reading Transportation Security Administration Director Nominee Withdraws His Name .
Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign.
Continue reading Landmarks and Cities Worldwide Unplug for Earth Hour .
Lord Carey called on the government to end its "discrimination".
A group of Church of England Bishops have accused the government of discriminating against Christians while treating other faiths more leniently.
Continue reading Church of England Bishops Say Christians Are Being Discriminated Against .
The Republican Party wasn't the only group hit hard a week ago by the passage of U.S. health care legislation. The Christian right, led for years by Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson, is also reeling.
Continue reading How Christian Is Health Care Reform? .
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Massachusetts pediatrician Donald Berwick, known for his work to improve patient care, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid.
Continue reading Obama Set to Name Donald Berwick as Chief for Medicare, Medicaid .
Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said.
Continue reading Former First Lady Barbara Bush Hospitalized In Texas .
Strong winds and rough waves Sunday dimmed hopes of rescuing 46 South Korean sailors as search efforts entered their second day following the Friday night sinking of their navy ship off the North Korean coast.
Continue reading Hopes Dim for South Korean Sailors After Sinking .
This summer fans will get to experience a tour like none other when award-winning and platinum-selling artists Chris Tomlin and TobyMac team up to hit arenas and amphitheaters in seven select cities for the HELLO TONIGHT tour. Tickets for many shows are on sale now and can be purchased at the links next to each city below.
Continue reading Tomlin and Tobymac Team Up For 'Hello Tonight' Tour This Summer .
Paramount has released another trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.
Continue reading New Last Airbender Trailer Released: Contains New Scenes, Sentence from Aang .
Ministry pioneer Freda Lindsay, who founded Christ For The Nations Institute in 1970 alongside her late-husband Gordon, has died. She was 95.
Continue reading WATCH: Christ for the Nations Co-Founder, Freda Lindsay Graduates to Heaven .
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Army Chief of Staff, during the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University as Commandant USMC Gen. James Conway (L) and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz (R) look on, March 12, 2009 at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC.
US President Barack Obama delivers remarks beside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, during a news briefing on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
On a Friday that began in Washington with a triumphant presidential news conference about the conclusion of arms talks with Russia, Moscow seemed to have its mind on other things.
Continue reading As Obama Hails Arms Pact, Applause in Kremlin Is Faint .
Continue reading South Korean Naval Ship Sinks Near North Korea; 46 Missing .
Chief Kremlin economist Arkady Dvorkovich and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
The world's largest country by land mass is challenging time: This weekend, Russia is cutting the number of its time zones from 11 to 9.
Continue reading Russia Cuts Time Zones to 9 On Sunday .
Evangelist Luis Palau and the Rev. James Meeks preached to more than 14,000 people in China March 20-21 at the Hangzhou Chong-yi Christian church. Joining the two American preachers was Rev. Meeks' 52-voice Salem Baptist Church Choir from Chicago.
Continue reading 14,000 Hear Luis Palau and Rev. James Meeks in Hangzhou, China.
The story goes that Jesus and Satan had argued for days about who was more tech-savvy, and God grew sick of the bickering. He told them he would judge a two-hour task set. They e-mailed, e-mailed with attachments, downloaded and created spreadsheets, labels, charts and graphs.
Everyone who is in any kind of serious relationship--with a partner, a child, a close friend--has been guilty of transgression as one time or another. That's because we're not perfect. We all commit hurtful acts, violate trust, and hope for forgiveness.
Continue reading The Science of Prayer .
It wasn't long ago that Rachel Cales volunteered at her church's food pantry, bagging canned goods and emergency provisions for families that had fallen on hard times.
Continue reading Amid Recession, Memphis Becomes America's Hunger Capital .
A proposal to ban abortion in Colorado will be on state ballots this fall.
Continue reading Abortion Ban Proposal to Be On Colorado Ballot .
Christians Including Jim Wallis, Chuck Colson, and Bishop Harry Jackson Sign the 'Civility Covenant'
A group of more than 100 prominent Christians ranging from evangelical minister Jim Wallis on the political left to Nixon White House aide Chuck Colson on the right released a document Thursday calling for an end to the fight club tone of the national political discourse.
Laura Silsby, the head of New Life Children's Refuge accused of child trafficking, is escorted into a court hearing February 4, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The five women and five men are part of a church organization that attempted to cross into the Dominican Republic with 33 Haitian children.
Continue reading Congress Completes Overhaul of Health Care .
Millions of U.S. homes, 2,200 businesses such as Walgreens and 45 national landmarks including Seattle's Space Needle will go dark for an hour Saturday night to draw attention to global warming.
Continue reading Millions of People Turn Off Lights Saturday for Earth Hour .
Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless in "How to Train Your Dragon."
Moviegoers who just took off their 3D glasses after seeing "Alice in Wonderland" will put them back on again this weekend as Paramount unleashes DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon."
Continue reading "Dragon" Poised to Slay Box-Office Competition .
Pictured: Yusuf Mehdi and Steve Balmer demo Bing
Microsoft lags so far behind Google in the search engine market because it didn't acknowledge the long tail, said Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of the Online Audience Group for Microsoft Bing, at Search Engine Strategies NYC March 25.
Continue reading Microsoft Ignored the Long Tail in Search, Bing Boss Says .
Continue reading Tiny T. Rex Ancestors Achieved World Domination .
The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said Thursday.
Continue reading Obama Readies Steps to Fight Foreclosures, Particularly for Unemployed .
It's not every day that an ordained minister debuts in the top five on the Billboard 200, but that's what happens this week. Marvin Sapp, the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., enters the chart at #2 with Here I Am.
Continue reading Pastor Sapp's Chart Miracle .
Text: Luke 24:13-25
I recently read an article called, "How You Can Tell When It's Going to be a Rotten Day." It was signed "Author Unknown But Troubled." You're going to have a bad day when:
Continue reading Easter: Living Life in the Future Tense.
After three days of intensive talks, the effort by U.S. and Israeli leaders to move past recent tensions appeared no closer to resolution as of press time.
Cable channel Nickelodeon announced today it will honor Michelle Obama with its "Big Help" award at the annual Kids' Choice Awards, to be held Saturday at 8 p.m. from Los Angeles.
Continue reading Nick to Honor FLOTUS at Kids Choice Awards.
Continue reading John Lennon's 70th Birthday To Be Marked By Two Month Festival.
Continue reading Netanyahu's Son Wins National Bible Quiz.
With the Senate working through an all-night session on a package of changes to the Democrats' sweeping health care legislation, Republicans early Thursday morning identified parliamentary problems with at least two provisions that will require the measure to be sent back to the House for yet another vote, once the Senate adopts it.
Continue reading G.O.P. Forces New House Vote on Package of Health Bill Changes .
Normal-weight women who want to prevent weight gain as they age need to do an hour a day of moderate-intensity physical activity such as brisk walking, a study shows.
Continue reading Walking: An Hour A Day Keeps the Weight Away .
China faces a diabetes epidemic, a new report warned Thursday, with rising obesity levels and an ageing population helping to trigger a major public health problem.
Continue reading Report: China 'Faces Diabetes Epidemic' .
The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32 percent in 2007, the country's highest rate ever, health officials are reporting.
Continue reading Caesarean Births Are at a High in U.S. .
Continue reading The Kentucky Wildcats Relish Villain Role As Everyone Stands Against Them .
Continue reading Tiger Woods Ready for Return and Hecklers .
Continue reading NFL Passes Player Safety Rules .
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women and girls in technology. It is in honor of Ada Lovelace, obviously, who is often credited with writing the first computer program.
Continue reading Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrate Women in Technology .
As the CTIA kicked off its annual conference in Las Vegas yesterday, it also released the results of its semiannual US wireless industry survey for the last half of 2009. Even in the face of the largest economic recession since the Great Depression, results show that the wireless industry continues to grow as a vast majority of the US population is using a mobile phone.
Continue reading Wireless Survey: 91% of Americans Use Cell Phones .
The leaner Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) that emerged after months of slashing costs is dripping with enough cash to make its first-ever dividend or a share buyback likely, analysts and investors told Reuters.
Continue reading Investors Eye Dividend or Buyback at Starbucks .
As a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican officials did not punish or even hold a trial within the Catholic church for a Wisconsin priest who may have molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to The New York Times.
More than a million baby slings made by Infantino were recalled Wednesday after reports linking them to three infant deaths.
Continue reading Infantino Baby Slings Recalled After 3 Deaths .
Barack Obama's journey to reform America's health care system comes full circle Thursday as he returns to the place where he launched his ideas.
Continue reading Obama Hits the Road to Sell Health Care Overhaul .
Continue reading President Obama Signs Executive Order On Abortion .
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Haitian President René Préval in the Oval Office, Jan. 15, 2010.
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in aid for earthquake-wracked Haiti, jump-starting a global push to raise billions of dollars for the country's reconstruction.
Continue reading Obama Seeks $2.8 Billion for Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti .
Continue reading Russia and U.S. Report Breakthrough on Arms .
Representative Barney Frank, left, and Senator Christopher J. Dodd outside the White House.
Buoyed by passage of landmark health care legislation, the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress said Wednesday that an overhaul of financial regulations was the next legislative priority.
Continue reading Financial Overhaul Is Next Priority of Democrats .
Continue reading Pakistan Says It Is 'Satisfied' With U.S. Pledges On Aid Delivery .
Employees gather on the side of a street after they rushed out of their office building after an earthquake Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook buildings and sent workers out of their offices in the city, though no immediate reports of damages or casualties.
Continue reading 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits West of Manila; No Damage or Deaths Reported .
Continue reading Obama to Sign Promised Executive Order On Abortion Today .
Tyler, Texas-based band Luminate releases its self-titled debut nationwide today. Luminate's lead single, "Shine (Love Is An Action)," is currently New and Active at CHR, while the band has been confirmed to appear on GRAMMY Award nominated Superchick's "Alive Tour" this spring.
Continue reading New Sparrow Records Signing Luminate Releases Today .
Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a headmistress she had accused of performing poorly at her South African girls school, where some students claimed they were abused, lawyers said Tuesday.
Continue reading Oprah Winfrey Settles Headmistress' Pa. Lawsuit .
Nashville-based sister-rock-trio Everlife today released a brand new, eye-popping music video for their latest single, "What's Beautiful," at Ransom.tv.
Continue reading WATCH: Everlife Releases New Video For 'What's Beautiful' At Ransom.tv .
When our daughter fainted at church camp, and tearfully asked if she could come home, I felt a sickening thud in my stomach. My husband and I had not felt peace about sending her to camp, yet we buckled under the pressure of well-intentioned others.
Continue reading Trusting Our "Intuition" as Parents.
A billboard campaign in Atlanta sends an incendiary message connection abortion to genocide. If the outreach tactic to black communities is considered a success in Georgia, pro-choice groups believe it will be replicated across the country.
Continue reading Atlanta Ads on Black Abortions May Go National .
Free time is not a trivial matter. The activities we participate in during our moments of leisure shape our identity.
Continue reading How Do You Spend Your Leisure Time?.
Kathryn Stockett and Tate Taylor have been best friends all their lives. Now they're collaborating on a major motion picture.
Continue reading Best-seller 'The Help' Headed to the Big Screen .
Samia al-Hdaidun with three of her children in the site of their East Jerusalem home, which Israel demolished last week.
Undeterred by turbulence in its ties with the United States and Britain, Israel on Wednesday confirmed further plans to expand the Jewish presence in occupied East Jerusalem, with more building freshly approved.
Continue reading Israel, Undeterred, To Build in East Jerusalem .
Do you remember how excited you were to get up early in the morning, eat your breakfast, then dash out the door, just to be outside?
Continue reading Put Some Spring in Your Step.
Continue reading President Obama and Israeli PM Meet Amid Dispute .
Earlier today, a rumor started circulating the internet that 20th Century Fox will release both The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Gulliver's Travels in 3D this December.
Continue reading Fox to Release Narnia 3 and Gulliver's Travels in 3D.
Continue reading Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship .
President Obama signed major health care legislation into law on Tuesday.
With the stroke of President Obama's pen, his health care overhaul -- the most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades -- became law on Tuesday.
Continue reading President Obama Signs Landmark Health Care Bill .
THE GREATEST GIFT
Trust is the greatest gift we can give God. Sheila says she believes that trust is what love looks like, and her latest book is an in-depth Bible study about how you can trust God.
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"He causes riots everywhere he goes, and my mom loves him almost as much as I do!" sputters a blond girl in a bubble-gum-pink sweater, flanked by two other breathless tweens.
Continue reading Teen Sensation Bieber Gears Up for Busy Year.
The Ferrari World roof will span 200,000 m2.
Continue reading Ferrari Rollercoaster to Allow 'Overtaking' .
Olympic organiser Locog has been receiving around 10,000 registrations an hour since launching its London 2012 tickets website yesterday (22 March).
Continue reading 10,000 An Hour Register for 2012 Olympics Tickets .
President Barack Obama pumps his fists during a meeting with senior staff in the Chief of Staff 's office at the White House, March 21, 2010.
President Obama will sign sweeping health care reform legislation into law at the White House on Tuesday, according to two Democratic officials familiar with the planning.
Continue reading Obama to Sign Health Care Reform Into Law, Then Promote It On the Road .
Since the surprise discovery last year of trace amounts of water on the moon, scientists have been redefining their concept of Earth's rocky neighbor. Now researchers say the water on the moon comes in three different flavors.
Continue reading Moon's Water Comes in Three Flavors, Scientists Say .
Churches, by and large, still haven't entered the digital age when it comes to evangelism -- but those who have are reaping huge rewards, according to a new survey.
Continue reading Most Church Websites Ineffective, Technology Firm's Study Finds .
In this March 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Tea party activists aren't just angry that Democrats passed a major health care overhaul, they are out for revenge.
Continue reading Tea Partiers Vow Revenge Over Health Overhaul .
Israelis watch a live broadcast of U.S. President Barak Obama's speech to the Muslim world from Cairo University on televisions in an appliance shop in Jerusalem, June 4, 2009. President Obama's speech is translated into Hebrew on the Israeli channel.
Continue reading Despite Public Row, Israelis' View of Obama Improves .
Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, carried the gavel that was used when Medicare was passed.
Congress cleared the historic health care bill, and sends it to Obama for his signature
Continue reading Change Has Come: U.S. House Passes Sweeping Health Care Reform .
Art designer: Peter Jackson brought in Guillermo Del Toro to give 'Hobbit' movie a new look
Continue reading Filmmaker Del Toro to Give 'Hobbit' New Look .
Alice remains the queen of the box office.
Continue reading 'Alice' Remains In Box Office Wonderland .
Grammy-nominated Superchick returns to the studio to reinvent its favorite songs from the band's more than 10-year career.
Continue reading Superchick Reinvents Favorite Songs On Latest Project .
The UK-based, RIAA Certified Gold-selling, GRAMMY-nominated and Dove Award winning band Delirious? played its final, farewell concert at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo Nov. 29.
Continue reading Delirious? Farewell Show - Live In London Release May 18th .
5-time Grammy winner Larnelle Harris has been named as one of the newest inductees to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
Continue reading Five-time Grammy Winner Larnelle Harris Marks Another Career Milestone .
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California in 2007.
New York officials are upping the ante in the push to win a coveted space shuttle - calling it one small step for NASA but a giant step for New York City.
Scientists at CERN, the European nuclear research agency, announced Friday morning that they had accelerated beams of protons at the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, to energies of 3.5 trillion electron volts.
Continue reading Switzerland: New Record Set for Speedy Protons .
Continue reading Rush Is On to Be First in iPad Apps .
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The iPad launch is drawing near, so it's not surprising that much of our most popular Apple news for the week was about the highly anticipated device. However, we also saw some news about iPhone app use, Kindle software coming to the Mac, and more.
Continue reading Week in Apple: Macs, iPods See Sales Boost, More iPad News .
Tiger Woods gave two interviews that aired Sunday evening, the first time he has answered questions since his post-Thanksgiving car accident. According to ESPN, Woods' representatives did not restrict the network's questions, but the interview was limited to just five minutes. Another interview aired simultaneously on the Golf Channel.
Continue reading WATCH: Tiger's First Interview Since Crash .
Duncan Wants 40 Percent Graduation Rate or Schools Cannot Play in Postseason
Continue reading Education Secretary Asks NCAA Basketball Teams to Improve Academics .
Andy Roddick fell short in two tie breakers Sunday and lost the BNP Paribas Open final to Ivan Ljubicic.
Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia outlasted Andy Roddick, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday.
Continue reading Ljubicic Tops Roddick in Final; Jankovic Wins .
Children are piling on the pounds while still in grade school, with 6 percent qualifying as extremely obese, according to an extensive new survey of kids in California.
Continue reading Big Weight Problems Start Early: 6 Percent of Kids Are Extremely Obese .
A 5-step action plan for lowering heart risks associated with diabetes
Continue reading To Cut Diabetes Heart Risks, Diet and Exercise May Beat Drugs .
If you're like many people, you stroll through your local supermarket without giving much attention to its design.
Continue reading A Map to Grocery Store Savings .
A college education may not be worth as much as you think.
Continue reading What's a Degree Really Worth? .
Question: I'm trying to figure out what to do with my $500 tax refund. I'm looking to save for the long-term rather than waste it on a TV. Any suggestions? -- Chez, Colorado Springs
Continue reading 3 Ways to Use Your Tax Refund .
China's commerce minister warned the United States on Sunday that if it launches a "trade war" against China by levying punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, the United States will suffer the most.
Continue reading China's Commerce Minister: U.S. Has the Most to Lose In a Trade War .
Continue reading Past Strife and Jeers, Another Long March in the Name of Change .
British Airways Plc and the union representing its 12,000 cabin crew are no closer to resolving a dispute on pay and staffing levels as a strike at the airline enters its third day.
Continue reading British Airways Strike Enters Third Day With No Deal In Sight .
I'm sure you're familiar with fast food--what member of the civilized world is not?--but have you heard about slow food?
Continue reading The Single Life: Salad Daze .
I won't try to kid you into thinking I'm some kind of organizational expert. I am the most disorganized person ever. My professional office is a mess. My home, remarkably, appears to be orderly as long as you don't open a cupboard, drawer or closet.
Continue reading Five Steps to Get Organized .
Continue reading Netanyahu and Obama Will Talk on Tuesday .
Continue reading Pope's Letter Does Little to Assuage Irish Anger .
Continue reading Sarkozy Meets With Leaders of His Party After Defeat in Regional Elections .
About 500 people were evacuated when Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted.
Iceland is preparing for an even more powerful and potentially destructive volcano after a small eruption at the weekend shot red-hot molten lava high into the sky.
Continue reading Iceland Prepares for Second, More Devastating Volcanic Eruption .
