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‘YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!’

In a manner reminiscent of Col. Nathan Jessep, Jack Nicholson’s character in A Few Good Men, I’m tempted to tell Texas Longhorns football fans, “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” It appears, however, that...

Real life Spider-Man scales 24-storey French national library with his bare h...

"Like the nimble superhero, he scales skyscrapers with dazzling agility, with just his hands and legs to support him.And now the man they call Spider-Man has turned his attention to the National Library of...

Gold Cup and Saucer goes tonight

straight from my hometown paper in Moncton NB, i'll be at the final tonight too. "CHARLOTTETOWN - Ontario invader Mach It Paid has drawn the rail for the 49th running of the $60,000 Sobeys Gold Cup and Saucer race tonight at the Charlottetown Driving Park Entertainment...

Olympic Protests Continue in Beijing

Pro-Tibetan activists unfurled a banner proclaiming "Free Tibet" over an Olympics poster at the headquarters of China's nationwide TV broadcaster. This is the latest in a string of unsanctioned protests during the...

‘Jesus sucks’ banner flown across Toronto

Reality show jokesters Kenny and Spenny took their stupidity contest to new heights yesterday by renting a plane to carry a 'Jesus Sucks!' banner across Toronto harbour. The goal of their televised competition,...

Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation

This came from the Greenpeace website:"Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility earlier today, erecting a banner that transformed the...

Yet Another Climber Scales New York Times Building

When George Willig scaled the South Tower of the World Trade Center, he motivation was "because it's there". The motivation behind the man who climbed the side of the New York Times building seems to have been...

Black National Anthem replaces the National Anthem at Denver Event

A jazz singer shocked some Denver residents after replacing the words to the national anthem with those of the "Black National Anthem" during the annual State of the City address this week. While the words are...

Banner Plane Crashes in Myrtle Beach, SC

The State newspaper is reporting that 2 Adverisment- Banner Plane Crashes in Myrtle Beach RAW: Banner plane crashes in North Myrtle Beach Slideshow WIS-TV - " NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A section of...

Vote for Mugabe based on 'fear'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe United Nation's finger wagging at Mugabe is pretty useless when Mugabe states his "Mommy told him God chose him to be a Great Leader".  As for Zimbabweans, if...

Stuntman scales New York Times Building

I guess this is one way of guaranteeing coverage - climbing a building full of journalists and photographers. " Alain Robert, a French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, scaled the north face of the...

Giant Banner Hung on The Bridge..

Environment Day that celebrated every June 5th was a momentum of students in Samarinda to hang a giant banner on Mahakam Bridge..The students said "Stop environment destruction, save our life..!!" with that...

An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing

"An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing As nearly everyone who even occasionally watches the news, listens to the radio, or glances at a newspaper knows, there is quite a bit of...

Arrests as Olympic torch arrives in Australia

A pair of protesters attempting to wave a Tibetan flag were arrested Wednesday when the torch reached Australia."CANBERRA (AFP) - Two people were arrested as the Olympic flame arrived in Australia on Wednesday...

China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue

It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies.  This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...

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