UPDATE: Kanye West in Hawaii After LAX Arrest

UPDATE | 12 September - Kanye Gets Out on Bail, Heads to Hawaii"After yesterday’s arrest at Los Angeles airport, LAX, both Kanye West and his road manager, Don C, have been released on $20,000 bail and are...

Kanye West Holds Up NY Fashion Week

Leave it to Kanye to keep 'em waiting. But wait...this has happened before! It's like one of his concerts all over again! How perfectly à propos."Perhaps celebrities attending the Spring collections this week...

25th Annual VMAs Yawn to a Close

The 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards were held on Sunday in Los Angeles but, despite the best efforts of British host Russell Brand, the show failed to produce much more than a 'meh' from most critics and viewers."Did you manage to catch the MTV Video Music Awards last...

Three killed as storms and torrential rain batter Britain

Two months of rain fell in one day in some parts of Britain causing widespread flooding and at least 3 deaths. The worse affected areas are in Wales but severe weather warnings are now in place for the North East...

Phone Hoax Plays On Heartstrings, OHP Says

" Phone Hoax Plays On Heartstrings, OHP Says'Sick' Call Delivers Message About Fatal CrashesPOSTED: 11:13 pm CDT September 4, 2008UPDATED: 10:18 am CDT September 5, 2008OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma highway patrol troopers are arning people about a heartstopping and...

Kanye West Ends Brief Boycott of MTV Awards

Oh Kanye, ever the egoiste, ever the self-obsessed rapper least likely to hold to a self-imposed awards show boycott when given the opportunity to self-promote.And so it goes that Mr. West will once again grace...

Tatas shut down Singur plant, preparing plan for Nano relocation

" Kolkata: With no hopes of the stalemate ending in Singur, Tatas on Tuesday said it was considering shifting the low-cost Nano car project from West Bengal to some other State, on which a decision may be taken...

West Indian Day Parade in New York concludes summer - officially

The 102nd annual Farwell Labour Day celebration took place yesterday in New York, officially ending summer. The weather was great, and the crowds were numerous." Sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s made it a...

Russian Oil Company Denies Reports it Would Halt US Shipments

An unidentified source said Russia would be putting pressure on at least one oil company, causing more shortages in the West. However, the oil company, LUKOIL, Russia's 2nd-largest oil company, denied the report.Meanwhile, Russian diplomats and politicians were asking the...

EU considers sanctions on Russia

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said today that the EU is considering sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Georgia. As Russia faces growing isolation from the West, Russian president Dmitri...

Shevchenko returns to AC Milan

Ukraine international Andriy Shevchenko has completed his move to AC Milan from Chelsea after passing a medical. The 31-year-old spent two seasons in west London after signing from Milan for about £30m in 2006, but has failed to make an impact at Stamford Bridge.Read full story

Top US diplomat escapes gun attack in Pakistan

The top US doplomat in Pakistan narrowly escaped an ambush this morning, at the same tiem that a bomb exploded at a political rally in the Southwest of the country. Violence in Pakistan is increasing as that country looks to replace outgoing president Pervez Musharraf....

Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels

"Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both houses voted unanimously in favour of the non-binding motion, which analysts say could help President Dmitry Medvedev...

Carnival goers flock to Notting Hill

Update: The Notting Hill Carnival ended up drawing close to 850,000 people this year.  More than 200 of them were arrested over the two-day festival.  NowPublic contributor LotusFlower also covered...

East-West Artery Reopens in Georgia

"TBILISI, Georgia -- Traffic gradually began to trickle along Georgia's main east-west highway over the weekend, after the departure of Russian troops who had been barring traffic on the road and, effectively,...

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