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  • July 2008

    • Young Gospel Singer Killed in Tampa

      St. Petersburg Times (Russia)  |  Jul 28, 08 1:49 PM CDT

      Young Gospel Singer Killed in Tampa

      (Newser) - A promising 17-year-old gospel singer was shot to death early yesterday morning in West Tampa while staying at a friend’s house, the St. Petersburg Times reports. An unknown assailant burst through the door at 4 am and shot Levi Dixon Jr., whom relatives speculate he mistook for someone else. “By all accounts, he was a good kid,” a police spokesperson said. More »

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      crime  • music  • shooting  • Tampa  • gospel

    • The Gospel According to Jefferson

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 6, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      The Gospel According to Jefferson

      (Newser) - Thomas Jefferson cut and pasted together his own New Testament, removing everything he refused to believe—like miracles and the resurrection of Jesus, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dubbed the Jefferson Bible, it reflects his deist belief that God created the universe and let it run on its own. But Jefferson revered Jesus' teachings as a "sublime and benevolent code of morals." More »

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      Christianity  • Bible  • Jesus Christ  • miracle  • gospel  • resurrection  • Thomas Jefferson

  • October 2007

    • Soundtrack Dylan Covers Score

      Pitchfork Media  |  Oct 31, 07 3:23 PM CDT

      Soundtrack Dylan Covers Score

      (Newser) - In keeping with the movie it supports, the soundtrack for Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There is packed with imitators. Twenty-nine singers cover Dylan tracks on the 34-song tribute, which traces every phase of Dylan’s career—from folk highs to gospel lows—proving each to be “as potentially rewarding as any other,” Pitchfork's Stephen M. Deusner crows in awarding the soundtrack 8.0 out of 10. More »

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      music review  • Bob Dylan  • Willie Nelson  • soundtrack  • I'm Not There  • gospel  • folk

    • Obama Looks for Gospel Lift

      Washington Post  |  Oct 29, 07 7:30 PM CDT

      Obama Looks for Gospel Lift

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's three-city South Carolina gospel tour kicked off over the weekend, with hopes that a little soul would lift his swooning numbers along with spirits. If the goal was, as one local supporter put it, to "get these young folks re-fired up," it wasn't happening at the first two concerts, the Washington Post reports, because the audience was largely "the retired and nearly retired." More »

    • Obama Angers Gays With Choice of Gospel Singer

      Chicago Tribune  |  Oct 23, 07 7:47 PM CDT

      Obama Angers Gays With Choice of Gospel Singer

      (Newser) - A Grammy-winning gospel singer who claims homosexuality can be “cured” is scheduled to perform this weekend at a show organized by Barack Obama's campaign, setting off a political brouhaha in the gay community. Obama’s camp has rejected calls to drop Donnie McClurkin, the Chicago Tribune reports, but the candidate said he “strongly disagrees” with the reverend's views. More »

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      Barack Obama  • gay rights  • Grammy Awards  • gospel  • Donnie McClurkin

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