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Fort Lupton, Colo.— A family is stuck in a potentially explosive situation. It looks like a nice home in the country, but the water that comes out of the faucets is so contaminated with natural gas, you can actually light it on fire.

Residents living nearby were forced to leave the area, shortly before a special team tried to enter the man’s apartment. “One of our tactical teams were on the scene. When we knocked on the door, the subject fired several shots striking one o four officers,” Maj. J.C. Perry said.  http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10694868/

For those who aren’t sports fanatics, the reason they tune into the Super Bowl is for the commercials. The ads were a little weak this year, which made it easy to pick favorites. The Urban Daily decided to highlight five of the best commercials of the 2012 Super Bowl. Sorry, ladies, David Beckham’s H&M ad […]

It is Black History Month. Here are some great reads to read right now! #1-I Dreamt It Was Heaven- written by Leonce Gaiter “Hanging Judge” Isaac C. Parker; Notorious half-black half-Indian outlaw Cherokee Bill; one-quarter Cherokee “gentlemen bandit” Henry Starr, relative of the notorious Belle Starr; and the worst of the lot—half-black, half-Indian Rufus Buck. […]

Roseanne Barr threw her hat into the presidential ring last night, announcing during an appearance on The Tonight Show that she would be running in the 2012 presidential election. http://news.yahoo.com/roseanne-barr-enters-2012-presidential-race-190630408.html

Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No!” Jesus replied, “seventy times seven!” Matthew 18:21-22 http://www.christian-marriage-today.com/forgiveness-scriptures.html

If you didn’t make it to this year’s Family Comedy Show, don’t worry! We have footage from the show here. Check out the video below:

The city of Durham will honor the life and achievements of Dr. King and other great African Americans this Saturday Feb. 4th at 12noon… with Grand Marshall Dr. Chuck Davis. 

A newly discovered letter from a freed former slave to his onetime master is creating a buzz. Letters of Note explains that in August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote to his former slave Jourdan Anderson, requesting that Jourdan return to work on his farm. In the time since escaping […]