Today (Thursday March 31) is Cesar Chavez Day. California state offices (including the Department of Motor Vehicles and Los Angeles Superior Courts) will be closed. Chavez was a labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the group which later became the United Farm Workers. Los Angeles city offices will be open, as it observes […]
“Dancing With The Stars” has lost its first couple. Mike Catherwood and Lacey Schwimmer were voted off the reality TV show last night. The dance partners were hoping that their energetic jive in Monday’s live show would save them from elimination. But their underwhelming performance didn’t manage to see them through with the public vote […]
French specialist climber Alain Robert succeeded in conquering the world’s tallest tower, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa on Monday night, completing the 828m climb in around six-hours. Robert (known as the French Spiderman) began the climb at 6pm and reached the top of the spire of the building just after midnight. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch […]
On tonight’s episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice”, where Dionne Warwick was fired and then called NeNe Leakes a coward, the teams had to create commericials for the ACN video phone. But, this wasn’t the first time that there has been an ACN challenge on The Celebrity Apprentice. The March 22, 2009 Celebrity Apprentice Challenge was […]
Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel started his 2011 Formula One defense in emphatic style on Sunday – leading the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from start to finish. McLaren’s 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton did well to finish second after damaging his car on the first corner while Lotus Renault’s Russian driver Vitaly Petrov […]
This time tomorrow, Earth Hour would have come and gone. But the threat from the effects of climate change will still very much be a reality. Earth Hour 2011 has reached an unprecedented record number of participation with 130 countries and territories registered to take part – on all seven continents, all G20 countries, thousands […]
Over 4,000 cities (including New Delhi and Mumbai) from 131 countries will turn off their lights during the global Earth Hour event Saturday, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday. Earth Hour is organised annually on the last Saturday of March by the WWF. “Earth Hour is your chance to vote for […]
Missouri Tigers AD Mike Alden flanked by Marcus Denmon, Laurence Bowers and Kim English announced at a Wednesday night press conference that the rumors were true – head coach Mike Anderson is headed to Arkansas to become the head coach of the Razorbacks. The rumors had been out there for over a week although the […]
Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dug down deep when it mattered on Tuesday night to remain the hottest team in the NBA. Bryant scored 42 points, including a floater with 14 seconds left in the third overtime, as the two-time defending NBA Champions outlasted the pesky Phoenix Suns for a thrilling […]
Tuesday is ‘World Water Day’, an occasion to celebrate water and its crucial contribution to human life in all its forms. To mark the occasion, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report that gathers available evidence on the benefits of investing in water and sanitation services. The emphasis of the […]