Knight Skips Grammys for Church Service
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Gladys Knight wasn't sitting in front of a television set watching the Grammy Awards. And she didn't even know she shared a gospel performance Grammy award Sunday with the late Ray Charles for their duet, "Heaven Help Us All," until there was a break in church services.
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Foxy Brown skipped a brief court hearing Wednesday on charges filed by a former colleague, but a judge told the rapper's lawyer that Brown should attend the next session.
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Eight years after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away yesterday from college basketball in midseason.
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By Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 2--After finding out he wouldn't be welcomed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, a retired bishop from Detroit has canceled plans to speak here.   The Rev. Thomas J.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist was absent from the US Supreme Court for the second straight week Monday while recovering from thyroid cancer treatment.
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Nebraska safety Josh Bullocks said Wednesday he's skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.
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Is Kanye West's "The College Dropout" a gospel album? The rapper-producer's debut album includes one explicitly Christian rap, "Jesus Walks." But other tracks have lyrics that might offend a congregation, and because of that, some people in the gospel music industry are upset that "The College Dropout" was included on a Stellar Awards ballot for best gospel rap album.
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A lot of great music was released in the fourth quarter of 2006. But as usual, none of it is being considered for Sunday's Grammy Awards.
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NFL rushing and scoring leader Priest Holmes was out for Sunday&#39;s game against the New Orleans Saints because of a knee injury and replaced by Derrick Blaylock.
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The drifter and self-proclaimed prophet accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart was removed from his competency hearing twice Wednesday for singing a religious song &#151; the third time he has done that in court in recent months.
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Interesting music does not tell us to be good or bad. It asks only to be admired. Getting great music and simple faith together happens, but with difficulty.
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British soul singer Amy Winehouse's personal issues again derailed her career on Thursday as U.S. officials rejected her application for a visa, causing her to cancel plans to attend the Grammy awards.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is "a lie" and God and the nation's founding fathers did not intend the country be "a nation of secular laws." The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate also said that if Christians are not elected, politicians will "legislate sin," including abortion and gay marriage.
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Amy Winehouse will not attend this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was denied, but she will perform by satellite at Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles. Winehouse and her acclaimed "Back to Black" album are nominated for Grammys in six categories.
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For years, Joycelyn Henry voted at the same neighborhood church, so she was surprised last year when she was told she was in the wrong precinct.
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The Grammys have gone autobiographical. Kanye West raps about religion, his fears and his own greatness. Usher steamed up the charts with songs about sex, affairs and breakups. Alicia Keys sang about aching for love, confiding secrets and imagining a different future for herself.
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Amy Winehouse will not perform at the Grammy Awards this weekend because she's been refused permission to touch down on American soil, according to her publicist   "The singer has been invited to appear at the event on Sunday after receiving an amazi...