Everlife Meet and Greet

In August of 2009, my sister and I had another chance to meet Everlife, the band who is known for their song "Go Figure." You may think they would be very rude and stuck up because they are famous, but they weren't...

Wanted: 'A $100,000 Anthem': CBC

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOur Canadian Anthem is gone, but not forgotten, an Anthem that can't be sung, for there are no words, but hyme'd universally by all Hockey Fans. An Anthem most Canadians...

Railway turns to feline 'stationmaster' for help

" KINOKAWA, Japan -- In times of need, Japanese say they can even ask the cat for help. In this town in western Japan, people look to Tama, a nine-year-old cat working as master of an unmanned train station.The...

Pope Benedict XVI Arrived Aboard "Shepherd One"

 "WASHINGTON—President and Mrs. George Bush will greet Pope Benedict XVI, April 15, when he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for a six-day visit to the United States that will take him to Washington...

Obama packs Target Center in Minneapolis

I was at the Target Center in Minneapolis today to see Obama.  People were lined up around the block and jammed into the skyways to get into the arena.  The man is a rock star."Presidential politics...

Kayakers arrive in NZ after 62 days

"Two adventurers who spent two months paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak arrived in New Zealand today, becoming the first people to kayak there from Australia. Several thousand people crowded the shore at Ngamotu Beach, near New Plymouth on New Zealand's west coast, to...

Boos, weak cheers greet Clinton at New York rally

Guess her stance is to be "everywoman for everyone", it should never be personal as per her attacks against Obama, but a platform against her rivals party platforms on the issues, not the person. To elect someone...

Michael Jackson Party With His Less Affluent Fans

"After a $3,500-a-head gala the day before, Michael Jackson attended another party in Tokyo for his less affluent fans, more than 1,000 of whom crowded a popular nightclub Friday for an evening with the reclusive pop star. Tickets for Friday's party went for $130, a fraction...

Cheney Lands in Australia only to see protest

I think it speaks for itself when Cheney's secret service troop was allowed for the first time to be fully armed for the duration of his visit to Australia.  The Vice-President landed in the land down under,...

Tough Biker Bar is an Easy Sell

"Tough biker bar is an easy sell 01:13 PM CST on Thursday, February 15, 2007 LESLEY TÉLLEZ UP ALL NIGHT Reno's Chop Shop is a biker bar, but it's not the kind of place where the wrong look earns you a knife in the gut. [Click image for a larger version] JASON JANIK/Special...

Saddam's Execution Was a Gargantuan PR Disaster

"When will we recognize that the best thing we can do in Iraq is to get out of there? "The president's view is that in the absence of a U.N. endorsement, this war will become 'self-legitimating' when the world sees most Iraqis greet U.S. troops as liberators. I think there is...

Aussies welcome 2007 with fireworks show

"SYDNEY, Australia - Fireworks showered over Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge as a million onlookers cheered the New Year. Crowds scaled Japan's Mount Fuji for a view of the first 2007 dawn, but the Thai capital...

Prostitution Arrest In Carmel

"A Carmel woman is under arrest after she agreed to perform sexual acts for money with an undercover officer. Carmel Police got numerous complaints about the woman and after a tip from State Police investigators went undercover. "It's a shock, but actually it could happen...

Amish children knew their killer - Times Online

" Tony Allen-Mills, Paradise Milkman was a popular figure on his rounds THERE were no children to greet Charles Roberts the last time he collected milk from the Fisher family farm near the Pennsylvania town of Paradise. It was in the early hours of last Monday and the excited...

Relatives greet rescued Siberia miners

"As the survivors were rushed to hospital Saturday to be treated for hypothermia and carbon dioxide poisoning, they described their two-day ordeal, saying they managed to stay alive several hundred yards underground by sticking together."

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