(Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images) Today is Ash Wednesday, the official start of the 40 day season of Lent, which leads up to Easter. African-Americans make up only around 2 percent of American Catholics according to the Pew Forum on Religion in 2007

AP CINCINNATI – An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in

DURHAM, NC — There is something decidedly public about Ash Wednesday. Walking around all day with a gash of gray ash across one's forehead — this is among the most visible Christian things I do each year. This is a rare day when I cannot and could

(Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images) Today is Ash Wednesday, the official start of the 40 day season of Lent, which leads up to Easter. African-Americans make up only around 2 percent of American Catholics according to the Pew Forum on Religion in 2007

I'd heard about the pro-biotic and energy-inducing quality of kombucha, and was totally intrigued. However, fermented tea hardly sounded delicious. I'm not exaggerating when I say I had to find courage to purchase a bottle of it at Whole Foods and take

Could kombucha tea hold the cure to AIDS or male pattern baldness? Or could it kill you?

Gehri brews her own fermented tea, commonly known as kombucha, in the comfort of her Bellingham home. Kombucha is a mix of tea, live cultures and sugar that creates an acidic, vinegar-like taste. The sugar mixes with the tea and the culture converts

17 2012 at 2:05 PM ​Tea Room, a kombucha bar (yes, you read right, a bar dedicated almost exclusively to serving kombucha), just opened in Williamsburg last week, according to Grub Street. It sells six types of kombucha, all prettily named: Sunset

Last week, many TV viewers were confused when they tuned to Comedy Central to watch a new episode of the Colbert Report – only to be shown a repeat. It's the first time since 2005 that Stephen Colb

Stephen Colbert explains his absence [VIDEO] | Squashes rumors that show went on hiatus because of presidential bid, rehab or plastic surgery.

Stephen Colbert explains his absence [VIDEO] | Squashes rumors that show went on hiatus because of presidential bid, rehab or plastic surgery.

New episodes of The Colbert Report were abruptly cancelled at the last minute on Wednesday and subsequently on Thursday. The New York Post reported that Stephen Colbert, the host of the comedy show, pulled out of filming because his 91-year-old mother

By Sam Schechner Stephen Colbert has suspended production of his satirical comedy show temporarily because of an emergency in Mr. Colbert's family, according to people familiar with the show. The show is expected to resume production soon,

NEW YORK — With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert is releasing a children's book. Grand Central Publishing said Tuesday that it will publish "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" on May 8.

Stephen Colbert explains his absence [VIDEO] | Squashes rumors that show went on hiatus because of presidential bid, rehab or plastic surgery.

Read More By Lisa de Moraes (Comedy Central) Stephen Colbert returned to his faux news desk Monday, Presidents' Day, after shutting down the show for two days last week, plunging his network into information lockdown and his fans into mourning.

The one-year contract could be extended for four more years, with a total value of as much as $15 million, the IRS solicitation says. PR firm Porter Novelli has had the contract for four years, but it reached the $17.5 million limit,

The IRS has experienced a computer problem causing a nationwide delay with tax refunds being released. Most of the effected refunds were filed between February 2 and February 7, and were expected to b.

Here are the Dirty Dozen tax scams the IRS warns taxpayers to avoid: Topping this year's list Dirty Dozen list is identity theft. The IRS is increasingly seeing identity thieves looking for ways to use a legitimate taxpayer's identity and personal

By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today The Internal Revenue Service has finalized its regulations on paying rewards to whistleblowers for up to 30 percent of the proceeds collected for helping the IRS detect underpayments and violations of the tax laws.

Monday, February 20: Guests include actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is guest starring on CBS's NCIS; and chef Rocco DiSpirito. Tuesday, February 21: It is Fat Tuesday, so The Talk is bringing a little New Orleans to Los Angeles with a raucous Mardi Gras

Monday, February 20: Guests include actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is guest starring on CBS's NCIS; and chef Rocco DiSpirito. Tuesday, February 21: It is Fat Tuesday, so The Talk is bringing a little New Orleans to Los Angeles with a raucous Mardi Gras

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will guest star on the Tuesday, February 21st episode of CBS's NCIS entitled 'Psych Out'. On the episode, when a high-level security Navy reservist is found dead, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) goes face-to-face with Dr. Samantha Ryan

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NEW ORLEANS — As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere of Mardi Gras along St. Charles Avenue ended, streams of revelers poured into New Orleans' French Quarter to continue the party well into the night.

By MARY FOSTER and STACEY PLAISANCE AP NEW ORLEANS – As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere of Mardi Gras along St. Charles Avenue ended, streams of revelers poured into New Orleans' French Quarter to continue the party well into

Attention drunkards: Please dispose of your Mardi Gras beads in a responsible manner. By Jess Zimmerman. 21 Feb 2012 1:45 PM. Photo by Neil Cooler. DRUNK PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS! We know you need that plastic flotsam in order

New Orleans Hornets guard Jarrett Jack, right, passes around Indiana Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough in the first half an Tuesday. / AJ MAST / Associated Press Roy Hibbert's legs may feel like Jello and the bottom of his feet will likely be sore when

This morning I caught MSDNC's Morning Joe while the Reverend Mr. Franklin Graham was a guest. The liberal hosts were apoplectic because Graham refuses to join the media faith and worship President Obama. The clergyman was challenged about an assertion

“I think you have to ask President Obama,” Graham said when asked on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” whether the president is a Christian. “He has said he's a Christian, so I just have to assume that he is.” –Franklin Graham

Franklin Graham joins Morning Joe to discuss if the president is or is not a Christian, Christianity in the Middle East, government overreach with religious institutions, and why he thinks Santorum is a Christian.

“I think you have to ask President Obama,” Graham said when asked on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” whether the president is a Christian. “He has said he's a Christian, so I just have to assume that he is.” –Franklin Graham

Bring back Brady Quinn to be the back-up of the Cleveland Browns.

DENVER — Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback in a GQ article. The article on Tebowmania was written by Michael Silver and titled “The year of Magical Stinking: An

QB Brady Quinn said via Twitter that his quotes in a GQ story about Tim Tebow represented "a completely inaccurate portrayal." Quinn was quoted by GQ as saying the Tebow-led comebacks included "a lot of, I guess, luck," and added that Tebow's on-field

In Michael Silver's GQ article that examined the first months of Tebowmania this morning, Brady Quinn was quoted over several different time.

He compared the taste of it to carbonated vinegar, and after finding out that the basis for all Kombucha is tea, he wondered what it would be like to make the drink using extremely high-quality teas. “I was just doing it as a hobby, but it came out so

Kombucha Tea The first time I heard of Kombucha tea, I wondered why anyone would want to try it. I could not even pronounce the name, so the idea that it would taste good, or be beneficial for me, did not really cross my

Robert Lopez: The founder/brewer of Kickin Kombucha bottled energy teas, sold in Whole Foods and other stores, wants to spread the word on the health benefits of his six flavors of fermented tea. Trinidad native Keisha Bocace has served "Carib-Asian"

Fermented tea company Kombucha Brooklyn, Brooklyn Soda Works, and Steve's Ice Cream have all inked leases at a new 660000-square-foot culinary production facility on Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, Grub Street reported, a former Pfizer pharmaceutical