French teacher returns home after being held in Iran for ten months

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 24-year-old Clotilde Reiss, a French teaching assistant who had been detained in Iran for ten months, returned to France Sunday. Iranian officials arrested Reiss as she was about to leave the country on July 1, 2009. The arrest came after she had attended a protest regarding the country’s elections, with the …

Evangelist Kent Hovind’s tax trial begins

Saturday, October 21, 2006 Evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, are trying to convince a federal jury that their money from video and amusement park admission sales belong to God and cannot be taxed. The trial began at United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Tuesday October 18, 2006 after …

Celebrities contribute to Katrina relief

Published:Wednesday, September 7, 2005Updated:Saturday, September 10, 2005 (Travolta, Preston, Moore, Stones, Three Doors Down, Johnson, Smith) After Hurricane Katrina passed across the United States, various artists and media stars have leapt at a call to action. John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston flew his private plane to deliver a load of supplies and tetanus vaccine …

Adding A Patio Swing To A Kid’s Bedroom Ceiling

See More About: Dangerous Goods Storage Brisbane Buy Dangerous Goods Storage By Alyssa Davis When you are looking to make your child’s bedroom unique, there are many different options for inspiration. One of the most fun and clever places to find inspiration is the great outdoors. Since children spend a lot of their free time …

Authorities in Belgium raid Church of Scientology

Saturday, April 12, 2008 According to reports, authorities in Belgium have seized documents, financial records and computer equipment from the local branch of the Church of Scientology (Church) and then sealed off the building. The reports state that the Church in Belgium is being investigated for extortion and fraud for allegedly posting false job openings …

Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan

Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery …

Murray Hill on the life and versatility of a New York drag king

Monday, November 19, 2007 Drag—dressing in the clothing atypical of your born gender—in recent years has found mainstream success. Films such as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar have prominently featured drag performers. But they have all focused on …

Ontario Provincial Police: Caledonia land dispute is top priority

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 The newly appointed Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino told reporters on Monday that “the Caledonia land dispute is the single biggest issue facing him” and that, ” ‘lawbreakers’ in Caledonia will be dealt with swiftly, regardless of which side of the native occupation they are on.” The Caledonia land dispute …