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Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale watches the game with the New Orleans Hornets at the Toyota Center on October 12, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images North America)
Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale's daughter Alexandra "Sasha" McHale died Saturday afternoon. She had been hospitalized since Nov. 10 with lupus. She was 22.
Rockets owner Leslie Alexander released a statement from the team: "I extend my deepest condolences to Kevin and Lynn for the loss of their beaut
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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o (5) and wide receiver John Goodman (81) celebrate in the fourth quarter against USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Notre Dame won 22-13. (Matt Cashore, US Presswire)
Somehow amid the swirling chaos -- singing and dancing and so much more - there was a moment of calm and quiet at midfield. Jack Swarbrick found Brian Kelly. Both men laughed, then embraced.
"This game," Notre Dame's athletic director told his football coach, "defines your year."
Kelly rep
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4798If the Knicks' game plan was to shut down Jeremy Lin, it may have been misguided. They should have concentrated more on stopping the Rockets' Chandler Parsons and James Harden.
 
On a team that does not start a player with more than three years of N.B.A. experience, Chandler Parsons, left, is finding his groove. (Pat Sullivan/Associated Press)
 
Parsons was an offensive force Friday in Houston's decisive 131-103 win at Toyota Center. He scored a career-high 31 points, 18 in the first quarter, an
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Should a president lead citizens in a national prayer of repentance?
Uganda's Christian president believes so.
The Ugandan newssite New Vision reports President Yoweri Museveni celebrated Uganda's 50th anniversary of independence from Britain at the National Jubilee Prayers event by publicly repenting of his personal sin and the sins of the nation.
"I stand here today to close the evil past, and especially in the last 50 years of our national leadership history and at the threshold of a new
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Jeremy Lin #7 of the Houston Rockets drives past Pablo Prigioni #9 and Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks at the Toyota Center on November 23, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images North America)
 
Jeremy Lin doesn't know if he'll ever perform as well as he did during his charmed February with the New York Knicks last season.
For now he's content to be a key contributor on his new team.
 
James Harden scored 33 points and Chandler Parsons had a career-high 31 to help th
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Lala on her Relationship With God

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Lala Anthony, media personality, mother and wife to New York Knicks player Carmelo Anthony recently spoke to the "Faith Family Live" radio show about her spiritual gifts and balancing her hectic life with faith.
Anthony, 33, appeared on the faith-based radio show that broadcasts on the WVOX 1190 AM station to reveal what she believes are her spiritual gifts.
"I think a person's spiritual gifts varies from person to person, and I would define it as what is it about you that makes you feel speci
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The Church and the Poor in America

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In the final months of the presidential election, both major candidates mentioned the term "middle class" countless times in any effort to mobilize the country's largest voting bloc. What they rarely, if ever, mentioned were those who live below the poverty line and what role the government and the Church should play in helping these 46.2 million Americans.
Pictured: Workers fill carts with food for the poor at the Foothill Unity Center food bank in Monrovia, California, November 14, 2012. 
 
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Hugely successful music mogul Clive Davis is finally telling his industry secrets to the world in his upcoming autobiography.

 
According to reports, the 80-year-old plans to publish this monumental book and possible manual for the aspiring music producer, in February.
It'll cover the highs and lows of his career, relationships with certain celebs, and so much more.
Music journalist Anthony DeCurtis will write the anthology of never-before-heard stories of Whitney Houston, John Lennon, Bruce
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College coaches have been waiting 20 years for "the next Deion Sanders," and SMU finally has him: On Tuesday, the Mustangs received a commitment from Deion Sanders Jr., son of the former Florida State All-American and NFL Hall of Famer turned broadcaster and businessman. Deion Jr. confirmed the commitment on his Twitter feed.
 

To be fair, he's not projected as the second coming of his feted father on the field. The younger Sanders is regarded as a two-star or three-star recruit, depending on w
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obama-poor-mandate-575-lw.jpgPresident Obama's landslide victory on Nov. 6 was won amid a culture war between the haves and have-nots. Republican candidate Mitt Romney openly admitted that he wasn't "concerned about the very poor," and he privately derided the "47 percent" of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes, claiming they should learn to take responsibility and "care for their lives." 
His running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, earned Tea Party bona fides by designing a budget plan that slashes billions from
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CNN anchor-turned-BET host T.J. Holmes said Wednesday he had broken a pledge he made in an essay for the Grio in July: to stop using the N-Word.
"As soon as I walk out of this room, I'm probably going to drop it 20 times before I get downstairs" [video] Holmes, 35, said on "The Breakfast Club" on New York's WWPR-FM, which calls itself Power 105.1. "I went through a thing about giving up the N-Word," but "I had to bring it back." Holmes agreed with one of the show's hosts, known as "Charlamagne
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Is 2012 the Year of the Tablet?


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The Year of the Multimedia Tablet
One day, the year 2012 may be remembered as the year of the multimedia tablet device. At least five companies--Amazon, Google, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Microsoft--have released upgraded or new tablet devices, all aimed at competing with Apple's iPad, the undisputed king of the tablet computing realm. Indeed Apple also released a new device--the iPad Mini. Once again, tablets and digital readers are poised to dominate holiday gift giving, thanks to a marketplace
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Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots eats turkey after the game against the New York Jets on November 22, 2012 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images North America)
 
The Patriots were in a festive mood following a Thanksgiving Day battering of the New York Jets on Thursday with quarterback Tom Brady devouring a turkey drumstick during an interview after New England's emphatic victory.
Brady could be forgiven for enjoying a rich post-game meal after he an
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Rekonciled - Skyfall feat. Eshon Burgundy (Prod. by RokDiesel) by REKONCILED

 

 

RokDiesel presents Rekonciled’s latest single, Skyfall, featuring Eshon Burgundy for Free Download. Check it out, download, and share freely. The music video for Skyfall is dropping soon. Stay tuned!

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The Oracle Magazine & DJ I Rock Jesus Presents – Call Of Duty Black OPS II Mixtape

 

 

 

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Muslim and Jewish volunteers feed the homeless at the Greater New York Muslim-Jewish Feeding the Hungry event at St. Mary's Episocopal Church in New York City as part of the Muslim-Jewish "twinning" program.  (RNS photo courtesy Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)
It's an idea that feels particularly poignant this Thanksgiving: American Jews and Muslims banding together to help the homeless and other needy people.
The interfaith collaboration has been going on for five years, but the recent
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Selfless service to God and others both impacts and is impacted by transformational discipleship, according to a study conducted by LifeWay Research.
The survey shows 58 percent of Protestant churchgoers in the United States agree with the statement: "I am intentionally putting my spiritual gift(s) to use serving God and others." Seventeen percent disagree with the statement.
A greater percentage of respondents indicate they look for opportunities to serve others in the community. Asked to re
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Resigns from Post

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This March 20, 2012 file photo shows Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., his wife Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, and their children Jessica, 12, and Jesse III, 8, thanking supporters at his election night party in Chicago after his Democratic primary win over challenger, former Rep. Debbie Halvorson, in the Illinois' 2nd District. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says he has received letter of resignation from Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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Oprah Winfrey has been vocal about her love for Microsoft’s new Surface tablet.  Even claiming that it was one of her favorite things.

But that didn’t stop the chat show queen sending a tweet claiming she’d bought 12 as Christmas gifts – via the Twitter app on her iPad.

Microsoft has spent $1.5billion and enlisted a string of celebrities to help market their latest gadget – a rival to Apple’s offering.

Gwen Stefani, Jessica Alba and Oprah have all endorsed Windows 8 and its mobile phone equiv

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Robert Griffin III threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Washington Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-31 on Thursday.
The Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor made the Cowboys (5-6) look like an overmatched college team during the decisive second quarter in his first trip to Texas as a pro.
 
Griffin was 8 of 8 for 178 yards with three touchdowns to key the first 28-point quarter in 13 years for the Redskins (5-6). The rookie became the first Washington quarterback to throw fou
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Robert Griffin III threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Washington Redskins beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-31 on Thursday.
The Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor made the Cowboys (5-6) look like an overmatched college team during the decisive second quarter in his first trip to Texas as a pro.
 
Griffin was 8 of 8 for 178 yards with three touchdowns to key the first 28-point quarter in 13 years for the Redskins (5-6). The rookie became the first Washington quarterback to throw fou
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