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Great news for "Avatar" fans, but not for those hoping to see director James Cameron's take on romantic comedies. The Oscar-winning King of the World told the New York Timesthat he's only in "the 'Avatar' business" now.
"I'm making 'Avatar 2,' 'Avatar 3,' maybe 'Avatar 4,'" Cameron revealed during an interview about the Chinese film industry. "I'm not going to produce other people's movies for them. I'm not interested in taking scripts."
While Cameron admitted that the all-"Avatar," all-the-ti
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4798In a video released Sunday by al-Qaeda, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. 

 
"My life is in your hands, Mr. President," Weinstein said in the video. "If you accept the demands, I live; if you don't accept the demands, then I die."
Weinstein was abducted last August in Lahore, Pakistan, after gunmen tricked his guards and broke into his home. The 70-year-old from Rockville, Md., is the country director in Pakist
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4798(EXPLICIT CONTENT: This report contains graphic details of sexual abuse of children as it has appeared in numerous locations on Facebook. WND immediately reported images of child pornography and child sexual abuse to the FBI. Censored screenshots published are among the mildest of those found.) 

 
 
She's a tiny brunette with brown eyes, barely 10, and she's naked - posing for the man who raped her and traded her photo like currency with thousands of insatiable predators on Facebook.
The girl doe
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Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as eager to "rubber stamp" a conservative Republican congressional agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance power that big banks and insurers hold over consumers.
Romney and his "friends in Congress think the same bad ideas will lead to a different result, or they're just hoping you won't remember what happened the last time you tried it their way,"
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hcsp.jpgGeorge Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83.

FILE - This June 30, 1977 photo shows television actor George Lindsey posing for a picture. Lindsey, who portrayed Goober in the television series "The Andy Griffith Show", has died, Sunday, May 6, 2012. He was 83. (AP Photo/JLR, file)

 
A press release from Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died early Sunday morning after a brief illness.
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Stephanie Montgomery said she voted for John McCain in 2008 for his conservative views. (Michael McElroy for The New York Times)
This is the land of die-hard Democrats -- mill workers, coal miners and union members. They have voted party line for generations, forming a reliable constituency for just about any Democrat who decides to run for office.
But when it comes to President Obama, a small part of this constituency balks.
"Certain precincts in this county are not going to vote for Obama,"
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Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced rapper who made the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, has died. He was 47.
Yauch, also known as MCA, died Friday morning in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, his representatives confirmed Friday. He had been diagnosed with a cancerous salivary gland in 2009.

 
 
At the time, Yauch expressed hope that it was "very treatable," but his illness forced the group to cancel shows and delayed the release of their 2011 album, "Hot Sau
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Gretl Plessinger, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said the eight, who turned themselves in Thursday, face felony charges in the death last November of 26-year-old Robert Champion, CNN reported Friday.
Three others, two in Georgia and one in Delaware, face the same felony count, Plessinger said.
"We're in contact with their attorneys or their families and are expecting them to turn themselves in," Plessinger said.
Two others among the 13 each face a misdemeanor ha
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7 Florida A&M Suspects Surrender

 
Eight of 13 people facing hazing charges in the death of a Florida A&M University band member have surrendered to authorities, police said.

 
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Ebony Magazine Deals with the Problem of Sex Outside of Marriage in the Church

4798Yolanda Jordan* remembers the moment she decided to have sex for the first time. She was 27, fresh out of grad school, in a committed relationship--and horny. She was also raised in the Baptist church and had taken a vow of abstinence. "I was curious," says Jordan, now 34, a graphic designer in Columbus, Ohio. "My mind was telling me one thing, my body another. I was grown [and] longing to be touched. I am not perf

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Faith Like An Ant

7936050668?profile=originalThis afternoon I stood in amazement at the spectacle I witnessed outside of my apartment door. It was surely a seen that I can't honestly recall seeing before. It was the battle between a big black ant and a small spider. The small spider was winning as it had captured the ant; the ant looked all but defenseless as it was stuck in the web fending for its life.


This is surely one of my best articles yet, please click the link below to continue. 

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WATCH: President Obama's Proclamation for the National Day of Prayer


NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 2012

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

 
 
Prayer has always been a part of the American story, and today countless Americans rely on prayer for comfort, direction, and strength, praying not only for themselves, but for their communities, their country, and the world.
On this National Day of Prayer, we give thanks for our democracy that
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Hundreds of Texans are expected to come to downtown Dallas Thursday for an eight-hour string of faith-based celebrations that will include Sikh drummers, Islamic prayers, Hindu singers, a Jewish cantor and Methodist and Baptist congregations.

 
 
It may sound like a standard interfaith event, another of the many that have become popular in increasingly diverse American cities, but the revelry at the the city's Thanks-Giving Square in observance of the National Day of Prayer is unique in how far
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A divorce attorney for the estranged wife of Deion Sanders has called her recent arrest following accusations that she attacked the Hall of Fame cornerback "a complete setup."

 
 
Pilar Sanders was arrested April 23 at the couple's home in Prosper, north of Dallas. Deion Sanders filed for divorce in December, but the pair still shared the home until the woman's arrest.
The former NFL star and Pilar Sanders were in a Collin County court Thursday for a hearing in the divorce case. Both want custo
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Sarah Henson is the type of woman who makes you feel like you really can do it all and still end the day with a big smile on your face. By day she leads the Women's Ministry at The Potter's House of Dallas, her parents' Bishop T.D. Jakes and Serita Jakes famous mega church with over 30,000 members. In the evenings she's a devoted wife to NFL linebacker Robert Henson, a proud mother of two and an inspirational blogger. Henson became a mom at 14, and despite what many expected back then, has
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As a proud promoter of not only natural hair but natural living, The Oracle is proud to partner with Capital City Curlies to host National Natural Hair Meetup Day.

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The event is May 19th and presented by Hair Rules. The goal is to provide a natural hair meetup for the Tallahassee area, provide resources for natural hair services and products, educate those with or without natural hair on the benefits of natural hair, introduce a local natural hair meetup group,”Capital City Curlies” and promot

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1. It Ain’t Nothing If It Ain’t Christ
2. Transform (Feat. Bigg Dre & 300)
3. God Over Money
4. Spotlight (Feat. Kenisha)
5. Spoken Word
6. Favor (Kambino)
7. Hallelujah (Feat. Geeda)
8. Faithful (Feat. Kenisha)
9. Lip Service
10. Trensettaz (Feat. R-Swift)
11. Lifeline (Feat. Benjah)
12. Song of Redemption (Feat. Dan Deitrich Jr.)
13. Cypher (Feat. Beacon Light & T-Nick)
14. Riches in Heaven (Feat. T-Nick)
15. God Over Money (Choppd and Screwe) [Bonus Track]
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Beginning on Thursday, April 5th and following every week after for 7 weeks, Cody Miles will release Apocrypha. One song at a time. 

Apocrypha is greek for "What is hidden". This album is a revealing of what is hidden. 

Showcasing both the lyrical performance of Cody Miles and the production skills of Munich, Germany resident Mista Min, Apocrypha is an exposition that synthesizes life and rhyme in a beautiful, introspective and authentic manner. 

Mixed and Mastered by Skeletone Music enginee
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