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The squared design is going to be a matter of taste, given how challenging one-handed operation can be, but BlackBerry could be on to something.

It is perhaps fitting that a company as maligned and battered as BlackBerry would launch a new smartphone that has one of the oddest dimensions and form factors seen in a handset to date. For a device that is supposed to reflect the notion of “serious business,” as company execs kept saying, this is a phone that is a head-turner, thoug

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The NFL, Controversy, and Christians

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By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about the horrific video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancée unconscious inside a casino elevator. The Ravens have terminated Rice’s contract, and the NFL has placed him on indefinite suspension.

Rice’s actions were reprehensible, and the NFL’s handling of the matter at this point has been questionable at best, and shameful at worst.

Now, what should Christians make of all this? The first thing is perhaps the hardest but certainl

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Quarterback Jameis Winston allegedly raped a fellow FSU student in 2012.
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Florida State is proceeding with a school investigation of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston related to the alleged rape of a fellow FSU student in 2012, an attorney for the woman told USA TODAY Sports. 

Florida State officials traveled to where the woman lives in early August to interview her for the first time since she reported the alleged assault to police in D

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The #noangel in question here is Darren Wilson, not Michael Brown. 

On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of his love of rap lyrics, having “dabbled in” drugs and alcohol, and get

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New House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CBN News that any potential attempt to impeach President Barack Obama should be taken off the table. 

Several conservatives have mentioned impeachment, saying the president has been overstepping his constitutional authority.

But McCarthy prefers House Speaker John Boehner’s route of suing the president for exceeding the limits of his powers.

“The only one talking about that (impeachment) are Democrats and they ones doing it because they want to m

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Christian Bales is Moses in Ridley Scott’s new epic.

Frustration with an all-white main cast in “Exodus: Gods and Kings” was voiced earlier this week in the hashtag campaign, #BoycottExodusMovie.

The Old Testament epic is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Christian Bale as Moses, Aaron Paul as Joshua, John Turturro as Seti, Ben Kingsley as Nun and Sigourney Weaver as Tuya. Earlier this month, Entertainment Weekly released initial photos of the film release, which Twitter users quickly point

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“Do you want to hit this?” a man asked President Barack Obama in a bar in Denver Tuesday night. The president laughed but didn’t indulge.

It wasn’t the only time Obama was offered weed on his night out. That’s apparently what happens in Colorado, which recently legalized recreational marijuana.

The man posted the exchange on Instagram for the world to see.

Obama has admitted to smoking pot as a young man. He was an active member of the “Choom Gang” in high school, which perfected all sorts of

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Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights
In 1963, Civil Rights protests became increasingly confrontational as Birmingham, Alabama's police commissioner, Eugene "Bull" Connor, crushed a nonviolent protest with extreme force. In June 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace refused to allow two black students to enter the University of Alabama forcing President Kennedy to use the National Guard to ensure the safety of the
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john-piper.jpg?w=330In a recent DesiringGod.org "Ask Pastor John" episode, John Piper responded to comments that were allegedly made about his beliefs at John MacArthur's Strange Fire Conference. MacArthur, who is a cessationist, allegedly claimed that continuationalist Piper may not be strongly convinced about his views on the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

 

Biblical commentator John MacArthur is one of "very few people" whom John Piper listens to. "His attention to the text and his love of the Bible and his ability
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John F. Kennedy's Undelivered Speech

jfk.jpgThese are the last words of the speech John F. Kennedy was to give at the Trade Mart in Dallas, Texas, the day he was shot: 
"We in this country, in this generation, are -- by destiny rather than choice -- the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility -- that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint -- and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of 'peace on earth, good will toward m
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Sphere of Hip Hop podcast 102

Episode 102 of the Sphere of Hip-Hop Podcast is now available. Mixed by DJ Stibs. Most artists heard on the Sphere of Hip-Hop podcast have music releases available at SphereofhiphopStore.com.

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Lecrae - Gravity Baptized EP Free Download!

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John the Baptist is at it again! This time releasing a remix project entitled the Gravity Baptized EP! On this project John the Baptist remixes several songs from Lecrae's groundbreaking album 'Gravity.' Enjoy this free download! 

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