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VIA: PRNewswire BET Networks will make a joyful noise on Sunday, January 10 at 8:00 p.m. with the premiere of Celebration of Gospel. Taped at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and hosted once again by host and author Steve Harvey, the night included uplifting performances, powerful duets and soulful choirs. Aptly themed “Ten Years, […]
VIA: AJC.com Kasim Reed became Atlanta’s mayor today at a ceremony at The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein conducted the swearing-in at the event that began with a song from the Howard University choir, Reed’s alma mater. Reed’s first day as mayor began at Ben Hill United […]
An extra-large bouillon cube adds more flavor. If you don’t have this size, you can use two regular cubes. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour(s) 15 minutes Yield: Makes 18 cups Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 (32-oz.) bag frozen mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, green beans, and […]
10 Strategies for Improving Your Marriage in 2010 By Dr. Gloria Morrow 1. Invite God back your marriage to stay in 2010. Make your home a place of prayer, praise, and worship. 2. Celebrate the fact that you survived 2009 as a couple, and give yourselves permission to forgive one another for past mistakes, faults, […]
VIA: AJC.com In the quiet of the Renaissance Middle School library, a half-dozen girls talk about a half-dozen ways Michelle Easley has affected their lives. Imani Dennis said she was something of a loner who never would’ve had the courage to run for vice president of the student body. LaShawn Simmons couldn’t have imagined being […]
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VIA: U.S. Post Service Negro Leagues Baseball, pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, and Cowboys of the Silver Screen are among the subjects headlining the 2010 stamp program, the U.S. Postal Service announced. In addition, consumers get much-needed assistance in sending greeting cards: the first stamp […]
VIA: Creative Loafing Atlanta Before the Rev. Johnny L. Jones earned the nickname “Hurricane” for whipping sermons into a frenzy, before he recorded a string of gospel LPs for Jewel Records, before his church in Atlanta’s West End burned in 1973, and long before his records started showing up again in thrift stores to be […]
VIA: AccessAtlanta.com Robert Leathers was doing his best to infuse life back into the Capitol View Apartments. The tenant count was up; the buildings had been renovated; and the place was starting to feel more like a community, said Leathers. But while he could see things shaping up around the south Atlanta complex that he […]
VIA: AJC.com The decline of Atlanta’s Whittaker School started before it even opened, a campus built in 1959 for a historically black neighborhood already doomed to obsolescence. Yet the school survives, however tattered, boarded-up and graffiti-laden off Huff Road in the city’s now fashionable Westside, Atlanta’s original industrial corridor. It is for sale for the […]
VIA: AccessAtlanta.com For those whose white-Christmas dreams were a big disappointment, Stone Mountain Park offered an enticing consolation with a very snowy day after. The park opened its second season of Snow Mountain on Dec. 26 to a sold-out crowd that brought about 3,000 people out to play in the machine-made flurries. The attraction will […]
TRIPLE A “TIPSY TOW” Had too much to drink? Instead of driving drunk, call Triple A for a free ride and free vehicle tow home until January 2nd. Call 1-800-AAA-HELP OR 1-800- 222-4357. AMERICAN RED CROSS LAUNCHES HOLIDAY GIVING CATALOG The American Red Cross is launching a new and unique way to make a real […]