Warner Bros. and Sky Complete Pay TV Deal in U.K., Ireland
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warner Bros. has signed a new television distribution deal with Sky, giving the provider comprehensive pay-TV rights to films like "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Dark...
View ArticleIrving says Canadian refinery undergoing upkeep
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Irving Oil Ltd said on Wednesday that its Saint John, New Brunswick, refinery, Canada's largest, was in its annual maintenance turnaround and that it expected to complete...
View ArticleHotlanta Heats Up as the Country's Sexiest & Toned Bodies Compete for the...
Thousands of spectators expected to attend weekend long event taking place on November 8th – 10th. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) September 19, 2012 This November will be hotter than usual in Hotlanta when 1000+...
View ArticleRoy Lee, Warner Bros. and 'Titans' Writer David Leslie Johnson Team for...
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Wrath of the Titans" writer David Leslie Johnson is joining forces with producers Roy Lee and John Middleton of Vertigo Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures on the...
View ArticleMaking Your Child’s World a Safer Place: Spokane Safety Saturday
AAG Insurance is partnering with police, fire, Red Cross, Washington Highway Patrol (WHP), Fairchild Air Force Base, National Guard, Search & Rescue, Avista Utilities, National Rifle Association...
View ArticleArctic ice shrinks to all-time low; half 1980 size
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year, smashing old records for the critical climate indicator. The ice cap at the North Pole...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council split over children and armed conflict
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China, Russia, Pakistan and Azerbaijan abstained from a U.N. Security Council vote on children and armed conflict on Wednesday over concerns that the U.N. envoy on the issue...
View ArticleSpace shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover
HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of people cheered the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday as it circled overhead and then landed in Houston, giving Space City a fleeting glimpse of a retired shuttle many locals...
View ArticleSamsung targets iPhone fans once again in new Apple attack ad [video]
“The next big thing is already here,” according to Samsung (005930). Following up its botched attempt to promote the Galaxy S III on Facebook and an iPhone 5 attack ad that ran earlier this week in...
View ArticleUS Lists 117 Iranian Planes Arming Syria's Assad
The Obama administration has identified 117 Iranian aircraft it says are ferrying weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. The Treasury Department says the planes operated by Iran Air, Mahan...
View ArticleMentoring Champion Rep. Fattah Calls for Bipartisan Congressional Salute to...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a national champion for youth mentoring, called on House colleagues at this morning's Boys & Girls Clubs of...
View ArticleBusiness Lobbyists Kill Japan's Plan to Go Nuclear-Free
Japan's recent decision to phase out nuclear power , but it was opposed by business lobbyists who . Now, the goal to go non-nuclear has been relegated to little more than a side-note in the country's...
View ArticleMayor of struggling Central Falls, R.I. quits amid probe
(Reuters) - Charles Moreau, the mayor of impoverished Central Falls, Rhode Island, resigned on Wednesday. Mayor Moreau said in a letter to the Rhode Island Secretary of State early on Wednesday that...
View ArticleBackyard Travel Promotes Cultural Exchange among the Hill Tribes of Thailand
Bangkok-based Backyard Travel, Asia’s most innovative tour and travel operator, today launched an exciting new tour exploring Thailand's fascinating northern hill tribes. Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB)...
View ArticleTwitch Aspires to Be YouTube for Games
Game-streaming platform Twitch says they hope to bring easy, accessible video game streaming to the masses, and they'll be helped along the way with a $15 million investment from venture capital...
View ArticleFactbox: How much rice should you eat?
(Reuters) - Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products -- from Kellogg's Rice Krispies to Gerber infant cereal -- showed that most...
View ArticleJoin the Roller Derby Obsession: Watch a Bout in Britain | Visit Britain -...
The Suffra Jets (blue) compete with the Ultraviolent Femmes (white) during a London Rollergirls Roller Derby event. … Roller derby is a relatively recent phenomenon in Britain, but the United Kingdom...
View ArticleBerlin unveils plaque to Reagan's 'Wall' speech
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's call to the Soviets to "tear down" the wall that then divided the German city....
View ArticleHistoric Grade II listed Georgian townhouse for sale in South Petherton,...
High quality estate agents, Knight Frank, are proud to bring to market St James’s House in the popular Somerset village of South Petherton, an exceptional property dating back to 1790. London, UK...
View ArticleSan Diego City Council Passes Responsible Banking Ordinance
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last night, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that increases transparency and holds banks accountable to San Diego...
View ArticleChiang Rai, Thailand: a tribal lodge in the clouds
Lindsay Hawdon and her two boys swap Thailand’s beaches and cities for Lanjia Lodge, a tribal hill village in the Chiang Rai province. Lanjia Lodge sits halfway up the hillside in the village of Kiew...
View ArticleScores Baltimore is Celebrating the 2012 Baltimore Orioles Season!! Scores...
Legendary Gentlemen's Club Scores Baltimore will be hosting the “Unofficial Orioles End of Season Party” on Saturday night Sept 29th. Scores Baltimore's welcomes all orioles fans wearing orange attire...
View ArticleHistoric Mansions and Castles to Visit in the Cotswolds
The Berkeley family still lives in Berkeley Castle, namesake of the University of Berkeley (Photo: Britain on View/Visit … When you want to break away from the hustle and bustle of city life, make...
View ArticleReport on U.S. 'Fast and Furious' refers 14 for discipline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday referred 14 department employees, including senior official Lanny Breuer, for possible internal discipline in...
View ArticleJustice Dept Faulted in Gun-Trafficking Operation
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is faulting the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that resulted...
View Article30 XKCD Click and Drag Comic Easter Eggs You May Have Missed
XKCD, the insanely popular web-comic that brings out the nerd in all of us, has done it again. [More from Mashable: Jon Hamm Gets Sleazy for ‘Voices Carry’ Remake [VIDEO]] Their latest comic is a...
View ArticleHigh-profile VC says Apple is awesome but in danger of becoming ‘a dumb...
Roger McNamee, a well-known venture capitalist who is best known for co-founding Elevation Partners and for formerly heading T. Rowe Price’s Science and Technology Fund, has some pointed warnings for...
View ArticleThe Akha People of Northern Laos: A window to a disappearing culture
Paper Edition | Page: 10 The Akha village of Saen Khan Kham. Spread across the northern reaches of Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Thailand, and into southern China, in a region that has long been isolated...
View ArticleFlight of the Gibbon Zipline Tours in Thailand Opens Hill Tribe Museum...
Flight of the Gibbon, Thailand’s most visited zipline canopy tour, announces the opening of a new hill tribe museum at their Maekompong village location, just 55 minutes outside of Chiang Mai in...
View ArticleJolly lodgers: community tourism in Thailand
Community tourism often just means gawping at impoverished locals, but in northern Thailand, our writer visits two new retreats that make a real difference to the lives of the hill tribes, and takes a...
View ArticleWandering among the fields, forests and villages of Thailand's northern hill...
CHIANG RAI, Thailand - The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand's northern mountains to the city of Chiang Rai,...
View Article>Lost among the hill tribes of northern Thailand
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand's northern mountains to the city of Chiang...
View ArticleLost among the hill tribes of northern Thailand
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand's northern mountains to the city of Chiang...
View ArticleUnderground Thailand: Subterranean spirits
Our guide Ong advised casually: "Watch out for the crocodile." I stopped dead in my tracks and peeled my eyes from the slippery cave floor to look at his retreating back, a few steps ahead. When he...
View ArticleBackyard Travel Release News of Promotion for ‘Family Adventure in Chiang...
Backyard Travel, Asia’s most innovative tour company, has today released news of a new discount on one of their tailor-made trips to Chiang Mai, Thailand. The special discount will allow travelers the...
View ArticleHill tribe harmony
The simple life: Lahu women at work. Photo: Getty Images Michelle Wranik-Hicks heads to the country's north, where a mix of exiles and ethnic groups live side by side. We only met two minutes ago, but...
View ArticleChile's Pacific paradise endangered by goats, cats
ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND, Chile (AP) — It's still a natural paradise far out in the Pacific, with thick jungles and stunningly steep and verdant slopes climbing out of the sea. But much of the splendor...
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