Entries from December 2008
December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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By Tim O.
The Author:
Tim O. stated in his Bits & Pieces blog post entitled, Settling for Mediocrity: “I have lost the ability to settle”. As the CEO of an e-strategies consulting company and co-founder of JoDom Publishing this Washington, D.C. native refuses to be average. So much so, [...]
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Tags: Mybooks
December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
HOUSTON — The level of passion is as high as ever but tidings at St. Johns Downtown church are dropping.
The weakening national economy combined with hurricane damage has the church scrambling to answer tough questions: “What services must we offer? What time schedule works best for the needs of the community we are [...]
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Tags: Faith-Gospel · News
Myvoicedc.com’s “Philly Lamar” let’s Fox 5’s Dave Ross and WOL’s Mark Gray know why the Philadelphia Eagles are shopping for shorts and tank tops for Tampa in February.
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Tags: Sports
December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) — New figures show Morris Brown College is inching closer to paying off its massive water bill. It raised about $70,000 at a weekend rally, but that’s a far cry from the $380,000 it needs. Now, a civil rights icon is pitching in to keep the doors open.
The city of Atlanta turned [...]
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Tags: News
December 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of the hardest-hit places in our area for foreclosures is Prince George’s County.
Congresswoman Donna Edwards tells Fox 5 that her staff is so overwhelmed by calls for help, they have little time to address other issues.
On Monday night, Edwards sat down to dinner with the Guardado family. The family home is in foreclosure, and [...]
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Tags: Community · Finances
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December 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The clergy chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to pray at his inauguration fill separate symbolic roles: One is a nod to the civil rights activists who made Obama’s election possible. The other is an overture to conservative Christians who rankles some Obama supporters.
The Rev. Rick Warren, who will give [...]
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Tags: Faith-Gospel · News · Politics
December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
by Stephaine Iszard
As I sit and listen to my ten-year-old and eleven-year-old chatter about their “have to do” lists, I devilishly smirk as they name each one by one. My daughter whines about “having to” clean her room, put the laundry away, and maintain great grades. My son has a bit more of an extensive [...]
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Tags: Commentary
December 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The housing market may be at a standstill, but DC is experiencing a sort of rental market boom in the buildup to Barack Obama’s inauguration next month.
Will Thomas
FOX 5 Reporter
The housing market may be at a standstill, but DC is experiencing a sort of rental market boom in the buildup to Barack Obama’s inauguration next [...]
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Tags: Misc.
Photo Credit: Bart Everson | Creative Commons License
By MIKE BRODY
MyFox National
People are so attached to their cell phones these days that they are being buried with them.
There are no actual figures that show how many people are taking their phones and other gadgets with them to the grave, but many morticians are reporting the [...]
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Tags: Misc.