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The newest cast member of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” is getting married this weekend. Cynthia is marrying Atlanta businessman, restauranteur and entrepreneur Peter Thomas today in Atlanta. And of course Bravo will be taping the event. Here’s a snippet of the press release sent by Cynthia’s publicist: Model Cynthia Bailey, one of the newest […]

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From the New York Times: President Obama on Thursday urged Shirley Sherrod, the black Georgia Agriculture Department official whose firing and subsequent offer of rehiring this week renewed a conversation about politics and race, to continue “her hard work on behalf of those in need,” the White House said. Mr. Obama reached Ms. Sherrod by […]

From the AJC.com: President Barack Obama will make a rare fund-raising trip to Atlanta next month for the Democratic National Committee and Organizing America, the successor grassroots organization to Obama’s ‘08 campaign effort. Click here to see the invite. RELATED: President Obama On Father’s Day: “Time To Honor The Men Who Raised Us” RELATED: In […]

From CNN.com: Shirley Sherrod, who was forced to resign from her government job in Georgia based on incomplete and misleading reports of a speech she gave, has been offered a new job by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. But, she said Thursday she is “not so sure.” “I’m not so sure that going back to the […]

From the AJC.com: Former Gov. Roy Barnes successfully completed the first step of his political redemption tour Tuesday, handily winning the Democratic nomination for his old job. Almost eight years after being ousted by Sonny Perdue and becoming the first Democrat to lose a governor’s race to a Republican in modern Georgia history, Barnes overwhelmed […]

From the AJC.com: The wife of the white farmer allegedly discriminated against by the USDA’s rural development director for Georgia said Shirley Sherrod “kept us out of bankruptcy.” Eloise Spooner, 82, awoke Tuesday to discover that Sherrod had lost her job after videotaped comments she made in March at a local NAACP banquet surfaced on […]

From Elev8.com: As we previously reported, gospel recording artist Darwin Hobbs was recently hospitalized. The cause was multiple large blood clots in both lungs. He is being treated at a hospital in Atlanta, where he currently resides. Hobbs recently had lap band surgery, which went extremely well. He has lost a considerable amount of weight, […]

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Atlanta

Georgians can begin downloading a new discount prescription drug card which guarantees the lowest cost on prescriptions for the entire family. The Georgia Prescription Assistance Discount Drug Card Program was launched yesterday. The card is free and can be used at 60,000 pharmacies nationwide for both brand name and generic drugs. There are no enrollment […]

Reports have surfaced that gospel recording artist and talk show host Lexi’s “The Lexi Show” has been canceled. Well according to Lexi’s Facebook Fan Page, a press release was posted earlier this week confirming the news: The critically acclaimed talk show “The Lexi Show” has ended its successful four-season run on the Word Network. “The […]

From Elev8.com: Introducing children to the Bible at an early age allows them to grow up knowing and applying God’s Word to their life. Young children are pliable, eager to learn, and enjoy learning about God’s Word. Proverbs reminds us, “Train up a  child in the way he should go; even  when he is old, […]