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  Jan 17, 2017

  Donnie McClurkin Says He's Lonely and Wants a Wife, but Is Afraid of Failing at Marriage

  Popular gospel recording artist Pastor Donnie McClurkin of New York's Perfecting Faith Church says he's lonely and wants to have a wife, but is afraid of failing at marriage.

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  Jan 17, 2017

  Men Who Say Eddie Long Coerced Them Into Sexual Acts as Teens React to His Death

  Several men who accused the late megachurch preacher Eddie Long in a lawsuit of coercing them into sexual acts while they were teenage members of his congregation, reacted to his death Sunday and announced that they are shopping a book about their lives.

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  Jan 16, 2017

  Bishop Eddie Long Funeral Date Set; TD Jakes Calls Him 'Mighty Man of Valor'

  New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, announced Monday that the homegoing service for the late Bishop Eddie Long will be held on Jan. 25.

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  Jan 15, 2017

  After Eddie Long's Death, Daughter Says He Was 'Perfect,' Others Point to His Cloud of Secrets

  Hours after New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, announced the death of their controversial leader, Bishop Eddie Long on Sunday, the late preacher's daughter, Taylor, called her father "perfect" and said she didn't blame God for wanting him back.

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  Jan 13, 2017

  Experts Spar Over Data Suggesting Blacks Commit More Crimes

  Four law and order experts sparred in New York City Wednesday night over evidence-based data suggesting policing isn't racially biased in America and blacks do in fact commit more crimes than other racial groups.

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  Jan 13, 2017

  Paul Anka to Perform New Version of His Iconic 'My Way' for Trump's Inaugural Dance

  New York billionaire Donald Trump upended the political establishment to become president-elect in 2016 and come next Friday Jan. 20, he will waltz in celebration with his wife Melania at one of his inaugural balls as legendary singer and songwriter Paul Anka croons the lyrics of the song "My Way."

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  Jan 12, 2017

  Ex-Church Music Director Who Murdered Husband to Be With Pastor Is Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

  Cindy Reese, 41, a former music director of Sardis Baptist Church in Morris, Alabama, who was convicted of murdering her husband last month so she could continue an affair with her younger pastor, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday.

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  Jan 12, 2017

  Family of 10-Y-O Christian Boy Decapitated on Kansas Water Slide Settles With Park

  The family of Caleb Schwab, who died at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City last summer while riding the Verrückt, known as the world's tallest water slide, reached a civil settlement Wednesday with the park's owner and manufacturer of the raft he was riding in the day he died.

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  Jan 11, 2017

  Is Policing Racially Biased? Former Police Officers Debate (Watch Live)

  Is policing racially biased? It's been a hot button question in the last few years and on Wednesday Jan. 11, former police officers will debate the motion "Policing Is Racially Biased" as Intelligence Squared U.S. starts their spring season at the Kaufman Center in New York City.

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  Jan 11, 2017

  Historically Black College Will March in Trump's Inaugural Parade Despite Opposition From UCC

  Talladega College, the first college in Alabama to admit students of African-American descent and founded by two former slaves, rejected calls from the United Church of Christ and alumni to withdraw the participation of the school's band in the 58th Presidential Inaugural Parade slated for Jan. 20.