Host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver received city council approval last month to host MMA events, lifting a 3-year ban. Upon hearing the news, UFC organizers were quick to snag Jun 12th at GM Place for its UFC 115 event. According to Vancouver …
DALLAS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, delivered the keynote address at the January 29 meeting of the Leadership Tea Party, a conservative grassroots training event, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airp…
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The OC Fair & Event Center was recently awarded several top placements in the Western Fairs Association (WFA) annual Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in the fair industry and prov…
SOMERVILLE, Mass., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tonight, Farm Aid board member Neil Young will be honored as MusiCares’ Person of the Year at its award event. Young is being honored for his artistic accomplishments and his philanthropic work with…
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Internet safety experts will teach middle school students in Northampton steps they can take to have a safe and secure online experience and address issues such “cyber bullying” through i-SAFE education and a…
WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Toys”R”Us, Inc. today issued a call to action for customers to rid their homes of potentially unsafe old and second-hand baby products and exchange them for savings on a new item during the “Great Trade-In” event. &…
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – From Taiwanese folk-pop to Korean hip-hop and Japanese techno and dance, the sounds of Asia are reverberating at this year’s MIDEM music fest, the industry’s biggest annual event.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — The National World War II Museum’s first International Conference on World War II in 2006 set the precedent for outstanding scholarship and public history on the most pivotal event of the modern era. The Museum cont…
Organizers knew the first event of the L.A. Poker Classic would be big, but not this big. An amazing 5,847 entrants paid the $335 to play for their share of the $1,683,936 prize pool. It has become one of the largest live poker tournaments in a casino …
This blog is about to change form for a week.
I’m in Davos with a group of FT writers including Gideon Rachman and Gillian Tett to cover the annual World Economic Forum. You will be able to read my posts about the event here along with those of o…