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The Hall Johnson Summer Camp is held on the campus of Allen University for high school choral students. This camp places an emphasis on the music of Hall Johnson and the appropriate performance practi

SIMON Cowell has "set his heart" on becoming a success in Hollywood and is planning to release ten animated cartoon movies including a revival of Betty Boop. The 55-year-old media mogul is so impre

by Emanuel Maiberg on January 11, 2015 Microsoft has updated its Game Content Usage Rules page to explain how people can use its game content to create YouTube videos and Twitch Streams, but the n

YOUR WORLD NEWS DAY 12 JANUARY 2015 Croatia Elections of Croatia will mark a new history today as making Kolinda Grabar-Kitavoric their first woman president. The election was held on January 1

YOUR WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS DAY 9 JANUARY 2015 The lovely lyrics and gospel songs of Singer/Songwriter Andrae Crouch will be missed. Crouch departed his songwriting legacy on Thursday, January

YOUR NATIONAL NEWS Day9 January 2015 Kalamazoo, MI Fireworks exploded in the air with smoke, ash and popping on I-94 near Galesburg and Kalamazoo, Michigan. The accident was caused by a c

YOUR WORLD NEWS Paris, France Day 9 January 2015 This is a brief news update... A grueling week of terror and terror connections finally are silenced for the time in Paris. The city of rom

Bill Gates is turning human waste into drinkable water with the help of a sewage treatment machine developed using funds from the Gates Foundation. The machine, called the Omniprocessor, has been desi

Your National/ World Weather News January Day 8 2015 Nation Cold, freezing, bitter and cold. That's what most are seeing and feeling as a huge cold blast of winter's breath is making it's tale

President Obama was not the only member of his household that fought to improve the P-20 education system in 2014. Michelle Obama carried out an impressive education agenda that rivaled her husband's

During the last decade diagnosis rates for HIV in the United States have fallen by around one-third and now stand at 16 cases per 100,000. While this is very promising news and an indication that stra

By Tom Dillon / Special to the Times-News BOOK REVIEW • “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,” by Todd Wilkinson. Copyright 2014, Lyons Press (378 pages, $18.95 paperback)

Alcorn State University announces that eligible high school students have a chance to participate in the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program and receive a scholarship to attend the university in any f

Pope Francis: Life is Always Worth Living, Even When Seriously Ill In a year that saw assisted suicide advocates be applauded by the press, Pope Francis made some poignant commentary about the sancti