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by Robert Ramstetter Michael Jackson's final movie, “This Is It” depicts the King of Pop in a much different light than the one that fans have become accustomed to over the years. Unlike so many previous media portrayals that cast...

NO BREAKS AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIAYS By ROBERT WELLER For the fifth straight year, soldiers whose terms would expire before Christmas or New Yorks will be held over. Army Times said the 2009 Holiday Early Transition Program has...

Step aside, Elmo. Watch out, Cabbage Patch Kids. This year's biggest and most desired toy? A hamster. But not any hamster. Built with the same technology behind the Roomba vacuum cleaners, these little hamsters can do a lot. According to...

Recently, I have read several news accounts and blog posts covering a somewhat rare form of prayer known as the imprecatory prayer. If nothing else, the term itself seems to me almost laughably contradictory. Prayer, after all, has always seemed...

Oprah said on her talk show Friday morning “After much prayer and months of careful thought, I’ve decided the next season, season 25, will be the last season of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’” She confirmed what she told her staff...

A police officer testified November 18th that Alyssa Bustamante, a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 9-year-old neighbor confessed to the crime, saying that she did it so she would "know what it felt like to kill someone." October 21st,...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was set Saturday to seek a key procedural vote bringing the healthcare reform bill to the Senate floor, observers said. Political analysts say Reid needs at least 60 votes to open debate on the bill,...

When President Obama tells the nation his revised policy on Afghanistan, he will surely indicate that America's mission in that country is not open-ended in duration, that we will leave when our objectives have been accomplished, and that the objectives...

Once news got out last night that Oprah Winfrey would be concluding her syndicated television show in September 2011, the question asked by many people was "Who will replace Oprah?" I think that is the wrong question to ask. Nobody...

The word is still out that Oprah "plans to appear and participate in new programming for OWN:The Oprah Winfrey Network,a 24-hour cable network that reflects her vision,valves and interests. So,the countdown to the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show starts...