For today´s Country artists, merchandise constitutes a revenue source of ever-increasing importance. Sales of T-shirts, hats, CDs and other items help cover the costs of the bus and road crews for emerging artists as they play smaller venues across the country. For established performers, merc...
By Tim Ghianni
The art of selecting the sequence of cuts on an album may seem to be vanishing in an age when downloading singles is the rage. But just don´t tell that to Rory Feek or David Nail.
In 2009, each of the two singer/songwriters issued what many would group among the more i...
Binaytara Foundation (BTF) has announced that it will be providing upto ten medical research grants for the year 2010. The purpose of the research grants is to promote evidence based medicine in developing countries by familiarizing medical students to the research process, encouraging them to condu...
SAINT LOUIS - Heading into the final round of the 2010 U.S. Junior Closed Championship, FM Parker Zhao is just a half point behind tourney favorite and defending champion GM Ray Robson, who has a score of 6/8.
In the U.S. Women´s Championship, IM Irina Krush scored a crushing victory over ...
FRESNO, California – The California Table Grape Commission recently awarded three $16,000 college scholarships to high school graduates in California´s fresh grape growing region.
The 2010 scholarship recipients are:
* Mariela Ceballos Magaña, a graduate from Coachella Valley High School, ...
Agency Actively Seeks Public Comment.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed for the first time a standardized fee waiver form in an effort to provide relief for financially disadvantaged individuals seeking immigration benefits. USCIS has published a not...
North Carolina experimental extreme metal troupe GOLLUM have unleashed their latest video for "Blacksmith (Summoning Wrath)," which comes off the band's critically-acclaimed The Core full-length released via Rotten Records last spring. The video was shot in the summer of 2009 in the band's hometown ...
Monthly Online Educational Series Can Be Found On CMA's Member Web Site, My.CMAworld.com; New Episodes Posted Third Monday Each Month.
NASHVILLE - The role of the professional musician is the focus of the latest installment of CMA Industry InSite, an online educational series, posted today.
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Brea, CA — Suzuki has announced its first big wave of several new models for the 2011 model year. In addition to the launch of these new motorcycles and ATVs, American Suzuki is also celebrating its 50th anniversary of international racing this summer. "We are excited to launch a significant n...
Washington - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the National Institute of Health Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) welcome the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Tox21 collaboration. ...
Theatricum Botanicum brings Shakespeare to the Gardens on July 27
La Cañada Flintridge – The acclaimed Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present Shakespeare´s "A Midsummer Night´s Dream" from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at Descanso Gardens.
Scheming fairy folk, ardent mortal...
Beverly Hills, Calif. – Union Bank, N.A., has appointed Simone Branigan as a vice president and senior relationship manager for the Legal Specialty Group of The Private Bank. The Legal Specialty Group provides comprehensive financial solutions to law firms and legal professionals. Branigan will ov...
Hindus are asking for either the opening-up of multi-religious schools or making the education more secular in Ireland.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Irish society and the world had changed so much, and thus education in Ireland should also keep p...
The well-known Hindu leader Rajan Zed´s request to read opening prayer in Australia House of Representatives (AHR) has been denied.
Replying to Zed´s request, AHR Speaker Harry Jenkins wrote in a communiqué: Unfortunately you cannot be scheduled to read the opening prayers as you...
By Mike Wilmering and Katie Baldetti
After 20 straight decisive games closed out the 2009 U.S. Women´s Championship, this year´s event followed suit as all five games produced a clear winner.
The first decisive game of the tournament featured WFM Abby Marshall, the first-ever f...
By Mike Wilmering and Katie Baldetti
Victories by IM Irina Krush and IM Anna Zatonskih in round two of the 2010 U.S. Women´s Championship have set the stage for an epic round-three showdown.
In 2007 Krush unseated Zatonskih, the 2006 champion, to claim her second U.S. Women´...
Namaste Charter School, a public charter school in Chicago (USA), reportedly starts each morning with yoga.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, while applauding this School for its efforts in incorporating yoga in the lives of children at an early stage, has urged other public schools in USA also to ...
LOS ANGELES — World Famous Bullrun 2010 Rally reveals the next checkpoint to race drivers, including Drake Kemper, teen celebrity youngest selected to race, and his co-driver Harrison Webster Allen. Bullrunners will head to Michigan International Speedway, then on to Chicago, from Cleveland, O...
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today reported that 221 people lost their lives in the war-torn Sudanese region due to armed conflict and criminality in June, the vast majority of deaths being attributed to inter-tribal fighting.
The clashes between the Rize...
Former oil executive and Courage Campaign founder says California's Dirty Energy Proposition backers have "officially lost all credibility."
LOS ANGELES -- Led by former Occidental Petroleum executive Rick Jacobs, the Courage Campaign has called on the oil companies financing a proposed ballot i...
NSF Awards $1.2M Grant to Design Energy-Efficient Processors That Extend Battery Life.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – So, your smart phone lets you play music, send text messages, check e-mail, surf the Web, access apps and play games, but somehow it´s not quite smart enough to keep from running ...
Murrieta, CA – As part of a fundraising effort for the new Murrieta Veterans Memorial, an invitation-only gala was held last night at the Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta. General Richard B. Myers, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was the honored speaker.
In front of 150 prestig...
Grain Valley, Mo. – The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has made a $10,000 donation to the St. Christopher Fund in the name of Jasmine "Jazzy" Jordan, 17-year-old daughter of OOIDA Life Members Lee and Paulette Jordan. Jazzy has been running across the United States to raise a...
National Honey Board Launches SavetheHoneyBear.com to save 100% pure honey, threatened by honey-flavored syrups.
Firestone, Colo. – Everyone knows what´s in the honey bear bottle—or so we thought. One of America´s most timeless kitchen staples, honey, is fading from the marke...
Pacific Grove, Calif. – California American Water recently published its 2009 Consumer Confidence Report, which describes the quality of drinking water in the company´s Monterey-area service territory. The reports are being mailed this month to local customers on the Monterey Peninsula, along...
San Francisco - Sierra Club's national board of directors has elected new officers for the 118-year-old environmental organization. Former Vice President for Conservation Robin Mann was named president of the Sierra Club's board of directors. Mann is a long-time environmentalist who helped oversee d...
Washington, D.C. – More than 100 contractors from coast to coast are coming to Capitol Hill today and tomorrow to meet with lawmakers and share their stories on the critical need for the Home Star Energy Retrofit legislation. The contractors, members of the home energy retrofit trade association Ef...
NASHVILLE - The Country Music Association has promoted Cory Chapman to Director of Marketing, announced CMA Senior Director of Marketing Tammy Donham Wednesday.
"During his tenure with CMA, Cory has shown a strategic vision and commitment to our department and organization that has significantl...
San Francisco – According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, United States tourism employment is expected to increase annually through 2015 with more than 2.4 million jobs. The latest Federal Reserve Board Beige Book, issued in April, reported that tourism conditions have improved and that spe...
LOS ANGELES - Dodgers radio KABC 790 AM is now airing a 30-second ad created by Los Angeles labor unions calling out the racial profiling aspect of Arizona's new immigration law as "wrong." In baseball, the ad notes, "the umpire must call the play the same way, no matter what uniform the player is w...
Los Angeles - Bonhams & Butterfields' Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 13, 2010 in Los Angeles will include a wide variety of items related to Hollywood, Rock 'n Roll and Animation Arts. Highlights will include pieces connected to The Beatles, Michael; Jackson, screen goddess Marilyn Monro...
This year´s UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) commencement ceremony will be the site of anti-torture protest initiated by the national organization World Can´t Wait and other anti-torture organizations, lawyers, and activists.
Yesterday, World Can´t Wait student organizer Giovanni Ja...
New York - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed its appreciation to University of California officials for their strong, unequivocal statement in which they announced their decision not to recommend to the university´s board divestment from companies doing business with Israel.
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Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC), considered one of the nation's leading children's choirs, is holding auditions for boys and girls ages eight (as of September 1, 2010) to twelve on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 3, 4 and 5, 2010, in Pasadena. Previous singing experience is not necessary, ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A 40-school study called Classroom SCERTS® Intervention (CSI) is under way at The Florida State University to measure the effectiveness of a curriculum designed specifically for students with autism.
The project is led by Amy Wetherby, professor in the College of Medicine...
LONG BEACH, CA - Two sisters separated by the Holocaust reunite in the aftermath of World War II in Barbara Lebow's powerful and profoundly moving A Shayna Maidel. ICT artistic director Shashin Desai directs Liza de Weerd, Larry Eisenberg, Laura Howard, Charles Pasternak, Julia Silverman and Erin An...
A pack of Surfing Dogs, who have been surfing for several years in southern California, have formed a new group, the "So Cal Surf Dogs".
(The So Cal Surf Dogs broke away from a previous group they helped form, the San Diego Dog Surfing Association (SDDSA), to form the new group. The "So Cal ...
Official selection: 2009 Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard | Toronto International Film Festival | WINNER! Best First Feature - Palm Spring Film Festival
Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem´s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of fou...
An Atheist public policy groups today sharply criticized remarks by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who appeared on the Bill O'Reilly Factor Thursday night and called for U.S. law to be based on the Judeo-Christian Bible.
Palin, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President in 2008, is repo...
Oklahoma City – Los Angeles area residents now have a reason to stay in – stay in their cars that is. SONIC®, America´s Drive-In®, a restaurant where you order your meal and eat right from the comfort of your own vehicle, opened its fifth location in the metro LA area and first drive-in in San...