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WOW GOSPEL 2013 salutes Atlanta, Georgia – the jewel of the south with a Gospel music legacy that includes Dottie Peoples, Reverend Jasper Williams, Bishop James Morton and The Pace Sisters and RCA Inspiration’s own William Murphy. Atlanta is also the birthplace of the civil rights movement, and WOW Gospel 2013 celebrates the 50th anniversary […]

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In about two weeks it will be one year since we lost the legendary Whitney Houston. For the first time Houston’s mother Cissy speaks publicly about her daughter’s death in an interview with Oprah. While the speculation continues about how she died, Cissy seems to believe drugs had nothing to do with it even though […]

Assault charges against Atlanta Pastor Creflo Dollar have been dropped, reports 11Alive.com. The charges stemmed from the June 2012 domestic dispute involving his teenage daughter. His 15-year-old daughter told authorities that the World Changers mega-pastor shoved her to the ground, choked and hit her with a shoe — but apparently that wasn’t enough. According to […]

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When he was attending New York University Film School with classmate Spike Lee, filmmaker Ernest Dickerson was faced with a common belief that was even…

Two men were arrested in Gwinnett County for allegedly stealing $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings from a cold storage facility where they worked in Doraville. Police say Dewayne Patterson, 35, and Renaldo Jackson, 26, stole the chicken wings from Nordic Cold Storage by using a rental truck and forklift. The bizarre theft comes at […]

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Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…

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South Carolina Sargent Terry Achane (pictured left) received a wonderful gift this past week:  a judge granted him custody of his daughter who was given…

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Barnes & Noble’s top store executive Mitchell Klipper has told the Wall Street Journal that the company plans the closure of at least 20 stores…

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The suspicious details surrounding the 1977 death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko (pictured) took two decades to finally come to light. Although South African officials…

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EMI Gospel today signed an exclusive recording partnership agreement with GRAMMY® nominated and multiple Stellar award-winning gospel artist Tye Tribbett and Tribbett’s Kingdom Music. To…