Laura Story is having a kudos-filled month. Slightly more than a week after nabbing her first Grammy Award for best contemporary Christian music song for “Blessings,” Story, a worship leader at Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, scored five nominations for this year’s Dove Awards – Christian music’s most treasured acknowledgement.

Rapper LeCrae, who lived in Denver as a child, is nominated for several Dove Awards, including Artist of the Year and has two songs in Rap/Hip-hop Song of the Year category.

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Former ESPN editor Anthony Federico has stepped up to clear his name in light of being terminated for an anti-Asian racial slur used on the New York Knicks last weekend, specifically toward the team's overnight sensation Jeremy Lin. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]

Event organizers Guerilla Union and hip-hop vet Murs announced the final and full line-up of their upcoming 2012 Paid Dues Independent Hip-Hop Festival last week, revealing the additions of Mac Miller, Three 6 Mafia, Brother Ali and others.