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Ryan Riddell is the lead pastor at Shelter Community Church of the Nazarene in Dayton, Ohio. He has hit the streets to be “homeless” for thirty days. “I’m sleeping in a van that’s about 80 square feet,” said Riddell. Riddell visits his family twice a week and has a few technological comforts like a propane […]

VIA CNN.COM In between consoling those touched by Saturday’s Arizona shooting and warning the nation against politicizing the tragedy, President Barack Obama delivered some good news in his address at a Tucson memorial event on Wednesday. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot four days ago. […]

viasource: googleimages.com UPDATED THURSDAY, JAN 13 AT 6:40 AM According to local news reports these are the listed schools with Delays and Closings SCHOOLS Alexander County Schools: Closed Today; Optional Teacher Workday Am Renaissance School: Delayed 2 hours Anson County Schools : Three Hour Delay Ashe County Schools: Closed Today Blessed Hope Bapt School : Closed Today […]

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NAACP President Kojo Nantambu blasted CMS superintendent Peter Gorman’s decision to make up a snow day on Dr. Martin Luther King’s Holiday. “Once again Dr. Gorman has shown total disdain and disrespect for a very significant part of this community. He continues to demonstrate a blatant deliberate disconnect with the African American Community,” said Rev. […]

A federal jury will be asked to decide whether it is acceptable for an African American person, but not a white person, to use the “n” word in a workplace. U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick has ruled that former Fox29 reporter-anchor Tom Burlington’s lawsuit against the station, claiming a double standard and alleging that […]

Tanya M. Wilson 360You Like a lot of people, I have been following the story of Ted Williams, “the man with the golden voice.” To think that in a week’s time, he could go from homelessness living in a tent, to celebrity status with a housing assistance and job offers, is truly amazing. I am […]

Schools are cancelled, flights are delayed, government offices are closed and many businesses are closed as a winter storm dumps more than three inches of snow on Charlotte. The storm pummelled Atlanta and other parts of the southeast on Sunday and is churning it’s way north. See more snow pictures from the Charlotte Observer. Charlotte […]