Toronto police officer threatens to arrest G20 activist for blowing bubbles during a mass detention in Toronto's Parkdale community. Woman is later arrested along with twenty others while dozens more are detained and searched.
After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse”. More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result.
Hot on the heels of recent threats from Vice President Joe Biden and Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel directed at sites offering unauthorized movies and music, last month U.S. authorities targeted several sites they claimed were connected to the streaming of infringing video material.
Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, slams Al Gore and defends his previous statement that "global warming is a myth." As an "excellent political idea," Klaus believes global warming is a convenient way for politicians to appear compassionate.
(UPDATE 061710: It is now being reported that BP knew that the well pipe was leaking as early as February 2010, which might account for all the insider trading) Right before this disaster there were reports of training drills, in various parts of the US, for dealing with large amounts of refugees and displaced people.
Day 83: Film maker Matt Smith, who has been in the Gulf for the last three weeks filming the Documentary "Project Gulf Impact", believes from his observations that an evacuation of the Gulf is Imminent. He also says that some are preparing to leave ahead of a forced evacuation, and that he himself is leaving. http://www.projectgulfimpact.com/
Excavation teams at the World Trade Center site unearthed the hull of an 18th-century ship, and hope to have it removed in the next few days.
Workers first found the wooden remnants buried in muck on Tuesday morning, and by Wednesday the outline of the ship became apparent at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Along with other debris, historians say the ship weighed down and sunk to the bottom of the riverbed around 1810 to extend the lower Manhattan shoreline from old Lindsey's Wharf and Lake's Wharf further into the Hudson River.
Dozens of vertical luminous beams appeared in the night sky of Xiamen about 11:30pm last Friday, reports Southeast Express.
The singular sight, which lasted for nearly one hour, was first discovered by Mr. Wang's friend, a resident in Huangcuo, near Xiamen’s famous Huandao Road.
According to Mr. Wang, his friend first saw several luminous beams in the sky and then told them to go outside and take a look. They were stunned by the sight before their eyes.
“At first, there were only five of them, hanging very low in the sky, but after a short while, the number increased to about 50, and they were higher and higher, just like a stave hanging in the sky,” Mr. Wang said.
Award winning artist Joss Stone is set to debut as the newest Bond girl in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s James Bond 007: Blood Stone, an original Bond experience from legendary screenwriter Bruce Feirstein. In addition to stepping into a leading role, Grammy and BRIT Award winner Joss Stone will create original music for the game, luring players into an explosive third-person action adventure where they will unravel an international conspiracy across exotic locales. Players will experience full-throttle, behind-the-wheel action on land and sea while using the most high tech gadgetry known to James Bond 007, the world's most skilled secret agent.
The Monday storm that pounded Calgary with hail the size of golf balls would have been even more severe if cloud seeding planes hadn't been in the sky earlier in the day, says an official with the company that flies the aircraft.
Just before the hail hit the city, Weather Modification Inc. had two airplanes in the air, seeding the clouds with shots of silver iodide, which shrinks the ice stones, said Tom Walton, the company's field program manager.
The President praises Congress for passing a financial reform package that brings new accountability to Wall Street and helps provide economic security to individuals, families and businesses. July 15, 2010.
The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center.
Gloria Jackson, a police communications supervisor for the Montgomery County Police Department, said the department has gotten numerous calls about the earthquake, but that no injuries or significant property damage had been reported as of 5:35 a.m.
