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Sweet Potato Soufflé Baked until golden brown and bubbly, satiate your appetite with this main dish is drizzled with a syrupy pineapple sauce. Serves: 8 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Nutrition Score per serving: 240 calories, 50.3 carbs (83%), 3 g fat (11%), 1.3 g fiber, 3.7 g protein (6%), 0.13 g […]

Atlanta, Inspiration, Music

Congratulations to Byron Cage. His latest CD, FAITHFUL TO BELIEVE has snagged a spot as the highest debut in Gospel Music this week, landing in the #3 spot on Billboard’s Gospel Albums Charts. Byron Cage’s latest CD FAITHFUL TO BELIEVE is the highest debut in Gospel music this week, landing in the #3 spot on […]

Atlanta, Music

GRAMMY® nominated vocalist Kierra Sheard will release KIKI’S MIX TAPE (EMI Gospel) on September 22, 2009.  Included on the project are 2 brand new songs, the lush and slow-grooving “Teach Me” and the church-girl-gets-her-rock-girl-on high-octane praise anthem “Sing To The Lord”. An EP comprised of 8 tracks, KIKI’S MIX TAPE is a vivid portrait of […]

Atlanta

VIA: AJC.com The path to victory for Atlanta’s next mayor is clear, even if the candidates don’t want to say it. It’s about race. If Tuesday top vote-getter Mary Norwood, a white woman, can hold onto her strong support from white voters, and she draws away a respectable minority of black voters as she did […]

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VIA: Entertainment Weekly WARNING: SPOILER ALERT Part of the great power of movies is that they can take us perilously close to the life of someone we might otherwise feel perilously far from. The title character of “Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire” is a hushed, damaged, morbidly obese 16-year-old African-American girl from […]

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VIA: AJC.com The parents of a dead Spelman College sophomore want Clark Atlanta University to pay them for pain and suffering they and their daughter suffered after the 19-year-old woman was hit by a stray bullet while walking on the CAU campus. Constance Franklin and Clint Ronald Lynn, parents of Jasmine Lynn, filed a lawsuit […]

Atlanta

Be sure to listen to Praise 102.5 this afternoon to hear our live interview with gospel artist and actress Tamela Mann. She will be joined in studio with her husband and fellow actor, David Mann.

Atlanta

VIA: AJC.com Recent encounters with coyotes within the city have alarmed some Douglasville City Council members. “They’re running rampant in the city,” exclaimed Councilman John Schildroth during a legislative work session Monday. Schildroth said he saw two coyotes cross Rose Avenue near downtown recently and Councilman Dennis McLain said a coyote approached him on another […]

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VIA: AJC.com Forbes magazine rates Atlanta as the “most toxic” city in the United States. “In Atlanta, Ga., you’ll find southern gentility, a world-class music scene — and 21,000 tons of environmental waste. In spite of its charms, the city’s combination of air pollution, contaminated land and atmospheric chemicals makes it the most toxic city […]

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VIA: PRNewswire The 2009 Soul Train Awards took place last night at the Georgia World Congress Center and Beyonce emerged as the night’s biggest winner, while Mary Mary took home the top gospel prize for their  hit song, “God In Me.” Hosted by Academy Award-nominated actors Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, the night opened […]

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VIA: AJC.com Atlanta has one more month and one more election to go before it chooses the city’s next mayor: Councilwoman Mary Norwood and former state Sen. Kasim Reed will face each other in a runoff Dec. 1. With 100 percent of the vote counted, Norwood led the race with 45 percent. She maintained a […]