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Snake handling was a ritual used in old timey churches during praise and worship. Many backwoods churches practiced snake handling as a form of faith building with the belief that if the snake bit the handler, God would completely heal them. In this article by WaPo reporter Lauren Pond, we follow a Pastor from Jolo WVa that still handles […]

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  There is a risk of some strong thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, some of which may produce damaging winds, heavy flooding rains and possible hail, according to Storm4 meteorologist Tom Kierein. Prime time for any severe storms will be between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., Kierein said. If you’re going to be out and […]

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  Authorities are on the lookout for a suspect who broke into a McDonald’s in Hillcrest Heights early Tuesday morning. The break-in was captured on a surveillance camera. It shows the suspect, dressed in a black shirt and black pants, breaking the drive-thru window of the restaurant in the 3500 block of Branch Avenue and then […]

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On this “Application” Shaylene poses the question do we use God for our personal gain as if He were a Genie. You can hear “The Application” Saturdays with DatDude JC from 10-3. THE APPLICATION MAGIC OR MIRACLE    

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Fans, family and celebrity friends are expected to turn out for a memorial service for Go-Go legend Chuck Brown on Thursday. Chuck Brown Public Memorial Service Thursday, May 31st 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place NW The Brown Family, Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Events DC and The […]

National

A Florida woman has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for firing a gun into the ceiling of her home in front of her husband and their two young children. Though Marissa Alexander, 31, was claiming she shot in self-defence, citing the state’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, the jury and prosecutors said in […]

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Four days after he was robbed and carjacked outside a Detroit gas station, the Rev. Marvin Winans stepped to his pulpit amid cheers and applause. The 54-year-old pastor and renowned gospel musician told the crowd that packed Perfecting Church on Sunday that he was never afraid during the assault. Nor is he bitter. Rather, he […]

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  Three young men were arraigned in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans. The office of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy identified the suspects as Detroit residents Montoya Givens and Christopher Moorehead, both 20, and Brian K. Young, 18, of Macomb County’s Clinton Township. They are charged […]

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The Community of Greenbelt needs your help. On Saturday a woman was dragged in the woods as she was walking from the Greenbelt Metro Station and  was  savagely beaten and gang bang by at least four men described as Black men.  Police say up to four men jumped out and dragged her back near a […]

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Protesters smeared cake on the logo at Pepco’s headquarters and then climbed atop the building’s first-floor awning Tuesday in advance of the energy company’s shareholder meeting scheduled for Friday. The “OurDC 99% Spring” supporters said they wanted to deliver demands for the meeting. The group says its goal is to push for corporate reform to […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama and talk show diva Oprah Winfrey are not all smiles and buddy-buddy as they’d like us all to believe according to the new book “The Amateur:  Barack Obama in the White House” by Ed Klein, reports The two female powerhouses have allegedly had some ugly confrontations before and after Barack Obama […]

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The man with golden voice is back and sober. Ted Williams was discovered as a homeless man and immediately reached fame overnight only to relapse in to drugs and alcohol. Today Ted claims one year of being clean and sober. check out the interview with Matt Lauer. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, […]