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The Senate passed a $871 billion health care reform bill Thursday morning, handing President Obama a Christmas Eve victory on his top domestic priority. The bill passed in a 60-39 party line vote after months of heated partisan debate. Every member of the Democratic caucus backed the measure; every Republican opposed it.

Listen to Carol Blackmon’s exclusive interview with R&B legend Charlie Wilson. As we previously reported, the Gap Band frontman will perform with the O'Jays and K’Jon on January 2 at the Atlanta Civic Center!

The Obama daughters, Sasha and Malia, joined their mother, the first lady, Michelle Obama to read to children and answer their questions at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Singer Tony Terry performed at Crowe's Nest recently. Click here to check out some of the pictures from the performance.

The Atlanta Hawks demolished the Minnesota Timber Wolves last night 112 to 87. The Hawks are now 20 and 7 for the season and are off to the best start in franchise history.<!--more-->

During more than a decade of monitoring, the Federal Bureau of Investigation helped set up interviews over child-molestation allegations, investigated a possible terror attack and an alleged assassination plot against Michael Jackson, according to newly released FBI files.

Ann Nixon Cooper, the 107-year-old Atlanta woman whose name President Barack Obama invoked when he gave his historic election speech last year, has passed away.

Founded in 1968, the Boys Choir of Harlem sang at the White House for nearly every president since Lyndon B. Johnson, and it was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Bill Clinton. But it did not survive long enough to perform for the country’s first black president. Keep reading for details.

With only three days before Christmas, the Marines' annual "Toys for Tots" program is only halfway to its goal, and down over 30 percent from a year ago.

Check out the official trailer for Fantasia’s new VH1 reality show ‘Fantasia For Real’, which premieres January 11th 2010. Do you plan to watch?

President Obama rejected criticism yesterday that he isn't doing enough to help black Americans. "Is there grumbling?" Obama said. "Of course, there's grumbling, because we just went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."

Despite a year that saw her slapped with a $20,000 fine for an on-court tirade, Serena Williams managed to win the Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year Award, beating fellow tennis great Kim Clijsters and horse Zenyatta to capture the annual honor.