Release Of Shoe Thrower Muntadhar al-Zaidi Delayed

The release of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who shoveled both of his shoes at former US President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference in December of last year, is delayed. Al-Zaidi was...

Apple 9/9/09 Conference: Rock n' Roll Event Confirms Most Rumours

The much-awaited Apple 9/9/09 Conference opened this morning in San Francisco, California. The conference was themed “It’s Only Rock n’ Roll" after the famous album by Rolling Stones. The theme, many...

Apple Announcement on 09/09/2009: What To Expect?

The invitation-only, “rock and roll themed” Apple conference to take place on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, is a highly anticipated event of the year, and the online world is abuzz with rumours about the latest Apple...

Jaycee Lee Dugard Press Conference: Highlights

Today, the miraculous reappearance of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl missing for 18 years, has caused quite a bit of uproar and disbelief. Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe in 1991 by Philip and Nancy Garrido...

Anti-Olympics Activists Hang Huge "Riot 2010" Banner in Chinatown

This afternoon at about 4:20 p.m., I was walking down Main St. near Pender in Chinatown when I noticed this huge "Riot 2010" banner. When I walked back 15 minutes later it was gone.Just a sandwich board remained...

Bigfoot Conference Short on Evidence, Smacks of Hoax or Publicity Stunt...

Over the last few days to a week, a story has been circulating on the internet that the body of a deceased primate, possibly the creature known colloquially as big foot, has been found in the woods of northern...

Bigfoot Found? Press Conference Scheduled for Friday August 15th, 2008.

The claimant(s) have stated they have found a deceased body, and have DNA evidence of their claim. They have not, however detailed the specific location where the body was found. If this claim is in fact...

Group to Disclose Larry Sinclair Polygraph Results

Officials with WhiteHouse.com* announced this afternoon that they will hold a news conference Wednesday at approximately 5 p.m. (Eastern) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. At that time, they will...

Yudhoyono and Putin to give joint press conference

""The press conference will probably be held in the middle compound or in the State Palace," President Yudhoyono said as he inspected alternative locations for the press conference. Accompanied by Energy and...

Iraq: Benchmarks vs. Hope

U.S. President George W. Bush held a press conference today to discuss Iraq and address the initial benchmark assessment report. The 25-page report, released today, covers the successes and shortfalls across many measurables that pertain the the 18 benchmarks set by U.S....

Tony Snow: 'Hard to Say' if Iraq's the Most Pressing US Problem

"Editor & Publisher has a piece showing how out of touch the White House is (or pretends to be) when it comes to the war in Iraq."At his White House briefing today [1/22/06], with the president's State of the...

Bush Press Conference

Finally a journalist with some balls.  Helen Thomas was relentless even while Bush kept to the talking points.   As summarized in the martini republic:"Same old, same old from the Preznit: The World...

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