Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Yes, Roman Polanski will get to leave jail on bail and live at his Swiss chalet while awaiting extradition . We hope that he’ll stay at his Swiss chalet, anyway. A Swiss court has accepted film-maker Roman Polanski’s plea to be freed on bail from a Swiss jail where he is being held for a US child sex case. Polanski has been wanted in the US since fleeing the country in 1978 after pleading...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Wave of prejudice among Republican politicians may actually be frustrating anti-terrorism efforts Maddow says. By David Edwards, Raw Story. Posted November 20, 2009. Courtesy Of Alter Net A wave of anti-Muslim "McCarthyism" among Republican politicians in the wake of the Fort Hood shooting is not only not helping make America safer, it may actually be frustrating anti-terrorism efforts, MSNBC's...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
— PA Group : The owner of the Press Association news agency has appointed Clive Marshall its new CEO to replace Paul Potts, who steps down in January. Marshall, currently CEO of the Australian Associated Press (AAP), joins PA in London in February after eight years in Australia; before that he spent eight years at PA in a variety of roles and has also worked at Reed Elsevier ( NYSE: RUK ) and...
The Insider (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Mike Tyson was detained by police at LAX airport in Los Angeles Wednesday night, according to a new report. The Associated Press reports that the former boxing champ has been detained by police on suspicion of battery following an incident involving a photographer at a United Airlines ticket counter. According to the news agency, the photographer says Tyson hit him, and the photographer fell to the...
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Mike Tyson was detained by police at LAX airport in Los Angeles Wednesday, according to a new report. The Associated Press reports that the former boxing champ has been detained by police on suspicion of battery following an incident involving a photographer at a United Airlines ticket counter. According to the news agency, the photographer says Tyson hit him, and the photographer fell to the ground...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Artist Shepard Fairey can be questioned by lawyers on why he changed his story about which 2006 photograph he used to create the famous Barack Obama HOPE poster, a judge said Tuesday as he also granted a request to let Fairey change lawyers. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein made the decision during a pre-trial hearing over a dispute that arose after The Associated Press...
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Four people are reportedly facing felony charges after allegedly burglarizing the homes of several celebrities including Lindsay Lohan and "The Hills" star Audrina Patridge. Los Angeles prosecutors filed felony residential burglary charges against three women and one man on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. The suspects, ages ranging from 18 to 27, include a female who is reportedly...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- In court papers filed by The Associated Press, the news organization said Shepard Fairey concocted the story that he was mistaken about which photo he used to create the famous Obama HOPE poster and disputed his contention that he has not personally profited from the iconic red, white and blue image. Days after Fairey acknowledged trying to destroy potentially damaging evidence...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
A non-LatAm OT , courtesy of kind reader and always entertaining mailer 'JR'. Let's not beat around the bush, let's just get the BBC to tell it as it is: The Associated Press (AP) news agency has accidentally published internal notes about the arrest of film director Roman Polanski instead of a story. The document details an exchange of messages between reporters about Mr Polanski, who was held in...
The Insider (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have been released from a Texas jail following their arrest for allegedly not paying a California hotel bill in excess of $10,000. Quaid and his wife each posted $20,000 bail on Thursday after being locked in jail for several hours, says the Associated Press -- and Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez tells the news agency that he drove the couple to a bank to...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in Rosemont for an Indian film festival, is downplaying being questioned at the New Jersey airport when he entered the United States. Press Trust of India news agency reported that Kahn said he was detained for two hours because his name came up on a computer alert list at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. U.S. customs officials say Khan was questioned...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Ms Hussein wants to make this a test case for women's rights in Sudan A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers says she has been stopped from going abroad. Lubna Hussein says she tried to leave Sudan on Tuesday to visit Lebanon where she had been invited to appear on a television programme. She says an airport official said her name had been put on a blacklist last Friday,...
CNN (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Two journalists working for Associated Press were wounded when they were struck by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the news agency reported Wednesday.
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been issued a "special pardon" from North Korea after they were convicted and imprisoned by the North Korean government for allegedly entering the country illegally last March. North Korean leader Kim Jong IL ordered the women be released from a labor prison following a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton , the Associated Press reports....
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Raul Reyes, a leader in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was recently killed in Ecuador by the Colombian military. The incident has created a near war-like situation involving Venezuela, Ecuador and the Colombian Governments. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Ecuador leader denies Farc funds A videotape purportedly shows Mono Jojoy addressing his troops President...
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