Pope Benedict XVI received a rapturous welcome from George Bush and a cheering crowd as he arrived in the United States last night. The pontiff, who is on his first papal trip to the U.S., gave hundreds of spectators a
PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented. According to
PR-inside.com) ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI stepped onto U.S. soil for the first time as pontiff Tuesday, arriving to a presidential handshake and wild cheering only hours after he admitted that he is "deeply ashamed"
PR-inside.com) BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A German man has been arrested in Brazil on suspicion of trafficking large quantities of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs. Federal police say Frank Armin Dahmen is accused of being part of a gang that
PR-inside.com) MIAMI (AP) - Federal officials say a Florida man is charged with illegally trying to broker the sale of Russian military aircraft without a proper State Department license. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say phone conversations and e-mails between
PR-inside.com) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Six high school students and a teacher died after being swept away in a raging river Tuesday during an outdoor adventure course in a rugged New Zealand national park, police said. Five survivors were
PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Bush administration officials acknowledged Tuesday they mistakenly added a multibillion-dollar loophole to a planned crackdown on contract fraud, then urged Congress not to get involved in fixing it. Instead, the officials said, they have removed the
PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Historian Robert Caro, humorist Calvin Trillin and poet Paul Muldoon will be among the eight new members inducted next month into the elite American Academy of Arts and Letters, the academy announced Tuesday. Caro, a
PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - A Harry Potter fan who wants to publish an encyclopedic guide to the popular fantasy novels broke down and cried on the witness stand Tuesday as he reluctantly faced off in federal court against his
PR-inside.com) UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he is looking forward to a wide-ranging discussion with Pope Benedict XVI on issues ranging from climate change and fighting poverty to disarmament and promoting cultural dialogue. Ban noted that
PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats they may be forced to serve in Iraq next year and says it will soon start identifying prime candidates for jobs at the Baghdad embassy and outlying provinces, according
PR-inside.com) SANTA MONICA, California (AP) - Want to be a big wheel? Here's the auction for you. A 10-day eBay auction began Tuesday for a nine-story-tall Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier. The great wheel overlooking the ocean has
PR-inside.com) GOMA, Congo (AP) - A Congolese jetliner trying to take off Tuesday with about 80 people aboard careened off a runway in this eastern town, bursting into flames and killing at least 21 people in a busy market neighborhood.
PR-inside.com) PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Gay couples had to struggle mightily to win the right to marry or form civil unions in certain states. Now, some are finding that breaking up is hard to do, too, thanks to America's
PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is resisting legislation that would put more restrictions on domestic surveillance of Americans' private records, saying the agency already has tightened its rules to crack down on wrongful use of national security letters. FBI
PR-inside.com) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A radio station suspended two disc jockeys Tuesday over a derogatory remark about Alaska Native women made on their show. The Anchorage DJs, known as Woody and Wilcox, were joking about what makes someone a
Motorola (NYSE:MOT) today announced it will add multiple high-definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding channels at the HBO Latin America Group (LAG) digital transmission facility located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The new channels will integrate with HBO-LAG's existing Motorola MPEG-2 modular
