Daily Bread

Daily Bread

Accordingto biography.com Mary McLeod Bethune Biography (1875–1955) Related People George Washington Carver Benjamin Banneker John D Rockefeller Franklin D Roosevelt Educator and civil and women’s rights activist. Born July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina. A child of former slaves, she began her life picking cotton, but a scholarship to Scotia Seminary in North Carolina […]

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) – There are new developments in a story 24-Hour News 8 first reported last Thursday. 24-Hour News 8 has learned the Carmel Police Department is now investigating a bullying incident at Carmel High School that resulted in three senior basketball players being disciplined. The high school’s principal alerted police about the incident […]

Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. Words of the Day: Turn Down the Noise Noisy people don’t hear from god. And we […]

Forget looking for your next job in a traditional office. Armies of recovering cubicle dwellers are making an honest-to-goodness living right here on the Web — and we don’t mean by selling diet pills or kitchen accessories to unsuspecting friends and relatives. From writing and graphic design to software development and social media marketing, countless […]

The most decorated athlete in Olympic history began a five-day trip to Vancouver by making a little news of his own. Michael Phelps told reporters that the 2012 London Olympics will be his last and that he won’t attempt to repeat his eight-gold-medal performance in two years. “I told myself I will not swim over […]

Once upon a time, back when Ray Kroc was still pushing milkshake machines, a hamburger and fries meant a wad of freshly ground chuck and a peeled, sliced, and fried potato. Now, these two iconic foods—like nearly everything we consume—has taken on a whole new meaning. Sadly, many of our favorite foods today (especially fast […]

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works has ramped up the number of plow drivers to full capacity with 80 Snow Force drivers on the roads since late Sunday afternoon. Solid waste trucks equipped with snow plows helped clear snow from the city’s 6,000 lane miles of major thoroughfares. Now residential contract staff has been activated […]

Simon Cowell said he honestly has no idea who will replace him on “American Idol” after this year, but he has some thoughts. During a conference call on Thursday, the departing judge said whoever fills his seat needs to have knowledge and not just the ability to be critical. “I think over the years judges […]

According to biography.com James Weldon Johnson Biography (1871 – 1938) Related Works Novels 1912 Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man 1930 Black Manhattan Poetry 1917 Fifty Years and Other Poems 1927 God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse 1930 Saint Peter Relates an Incident at the Resurrection Day 1935 Selected Poems Editor 1922 The Book of […]

According to biography.com Quincy Jones Biography in full Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , byname “Q” (1933–) Related People Michael Jackson Count Basie Ray Charles Aretha Franklin Dizzy Gillespie Whoopi Goldberg Diana Ross Steven Spielberg Sarah Vaughan Oprah Winfrey Will Smith Stevie Wonder Bono » More Related Sites Official Quincy Jones Web site Black History at […]

Barbara Walters just announced that she’s ending her Oscars special after this year. Hubbawha? That show is an institution! A rickety, kinda hokey institution! But as much as I enjoy a good old couch-and-cry with Barbara Walters, the truth is, by the time her special airs we’ve seen the nominees on Oprah, Ellen, The View, […]