LOS ANGELES, The U.S. state of California has been put on high alert for possible tsunami, authorities said on Wednesday. A tsunami advisory has been issued for the Southern California coast because of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake in the South Pacific near American Samoa. An inundation of 1 foot to 1.5 feet was expected to...
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NEW YORK — Dennis Hopper, in town to publicize his TV series “Crash,” was taken to a hospital after developing flulike symptoms. Sheila Feren said that the 73-year-old star of “Easy Rider” and “Blue Velvet” was being examined at an unidentified New York hospital Wednesday afternoon after complaining of stomach ailments usually associated with...
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4 Bands / 4 Sounds: Black Dawn, Damsel, Severed and Dahmer Project When: SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 9pm Where: DJ RIDERS 3297 Long Beach Road, Oceanside, NY, 11572 (516) 992-8174 Cost: $10 admission – 21+ w/ID For further info: http://www.djriders.com/
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JERUSALEM — In a surprise deal announced Wednesday, Hamas will give Israel a videotape providing a first glimpse of a captured Israeli soldier to prove he is alive in return for the release of 20 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons. It marked the first tangible sign of progress in more than three years...
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“Liner Notes,” an Evening of Music and Literature, to Raise Money for HIV/AIDS, Presented by SPIN (New York, NY)—Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie and progressive rock band Dredg will co-headline Liner Notes, an event at Housing Works Bookstore Café on Thursday, October 1, 2009, to explore the cross-pollination of music and literature and raise funds...
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The justices will decide how much time plaintiffs have to file a lawsuit when they believe they’ve been unfairly penalized by hiring tests. The Supreme Court plunged back into the legal fight over firefighters, test scores and accusations of racial discrimination today, this time to decide how long disappointed candidates have to file a...
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Petaluma, Calif. – President Barack Obama‘s future plans for the Small Business Administration (SBA) are raising concerns within the small business community. The American Small Business League (ASBL) is sounding the alarm and expressing its concerns over President Obama’s future plans for the SBA. The ASBL is concerned that President Obama may try to...
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Many people who have died of swine flu infections in the United States have also had bacterial infections, health officials reported on Wednesday. A study of 77 patients who died of the new pandemic H1N1 virus showed 29 percent of them had so-called bacterial co-infections, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported....
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FIRST CFCF TRACK “MONOLITH,” AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD Montreal-based DJ and electronic artist CFCF (aka Michael Silver) is preparing for the release of his first full-length debut album, Continent, on Paper Bag Records. The twelve-track album is the followup to his celebrated Panesian Nights EP, and will be released on October 27th. As CFCF...
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A subdued John Travolta returned to the stand Wednesday in the ongoing trial in the Bahamas involving an alleged extortion plot following the January death of his 16-year-old son Jett. Dressed in a charcoal gray suit and accompanied by wife Kelly Preston, the actor, 55, entered a Nassau courtroom in the morning to continue...
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