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President Obama, representative of the American people bows to Japan's Emperor Like he bowed to the Saudi king.

a new, not yet aired, next episode of 'Kings', will be broadcast on NBC on Saturday June 13, at 8pm ET.

Good news! Saw on NBCs website, that they will air new episodes of 'Kings' in June. No date/time given, but it looks like they will at least air whats left of the first season. I hope this is only a hiatus, and there will be a second season, instead of just airing the rest of season 1 as "filler". The show has definitely hit a sweet spot with those who have actually tuned into it. Personally, I myself didn't watch the first run of the first episode on TV, because the way they advertised it didn't really grab me, but...

Starting today, "Kings" will play on Saturdays at 8 p.m. Moved from its regular Sunday time slot, this could be the death knell for the show. "Kings," a show set in an alternate reality where kings rule modern nations, follows the country of Gilboa as it rises to power and combats its surrounding nations. It follows the royal family, mainly King Silas, and soldier David, who rises to fame after taking down a tank. The show does not try to hide its colors. It is based on the story of David from the Bible and often, faith is a big...

A modern-day retelling of the biblical story of King David will be premiering on NBC next month as a network television series. “Kings,” created by Michael Green (“Heroes,” “Everwood”), centers on the drama surrounding David Shepherd, a young soldier in the war-torn country of Gilboa, who will rise to fame after inspiring the nation through his fearless rescue of the king’s son. Amid Shepherd's thrust toward destiny and peace for the kingdom, however, the country's power players will go to great lengths to see him fall, blurring the line between his allies and enemies. It’s “the new coming from the...

From Times OnlineOctober 8, 2007 Unearthing Rome's king Richard Owen Italian archeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 2,700 year old sanctuary which they say provides the first physical evidence of Rome at the time of Numa Pompilius, Rome’s legendary second king, in the 8th century BC. Numa Pompilius, a member of the Sabine tribe, was elected at the age of forty to succeed Romulus, the founder of Rome. He reigned from 715-673 BC, and is said by Plutarch to have been a reluctant monarch who ushered in a 40-year period of peace and stability. He was celebrated for his...

Madrid, Aug 26 (EFE).- The decline of the Maya civilization began some 1,100 year ago when millions of Indians working on the contruction of tall pyramidal temples and palaces learned that their kings weren't gods, Spanish anthropologist Andres Ciudad told EFE. The collapse of this culture with its brilliant mathematicians, astronomers and engineers, came when monarchs stopped being immortal in the eyes of their subjects, said Ciudad, who is deputy dean of the Faculty of Geography and History at Madrid's Universidad Complutense. The inhabitants of Mayan lands, which extended through much of what is now Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras...

For two years, Troy Greene pushed ahead with a probe that authorities say ultimately crippled a violent, drug-dealing street gang on St. Paul's West Side. The St. Paul police officer saw his efforts recognized today when he won the Minnesota Peace Officer of the Year Award during a ceremony in Alexandria. Greene led a local and federal task force that landed indictments against 26 gang members and drug dealers earlier this year. The award comes from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association.

Mon Jun 5 09:31:01 2006 Pacific Time New Mexico's Chaco Canyon: A Place of Kings and Palaces? BOULDER, Colo., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kings living in palaces may have ruled New Mexico's Chaco Canyon a thousand years ago, causing Pueblo people to reject the brawny, top-down politics in the centuries that followed, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder archaeologist. University of Colorado Museum anthropology Curator Steve Lekson, who has studied Chaco Canyon for several decades, said one argument for royalty comes from the rich, crypt-style burials of two men discovered deep in a Chaco Canyon "great house"...

Robbers stab Little Canada store owner A well-liked convenience store owner in Little Canada suffered stab wounds in a brazen robbery captured on surveillance video. Amar Albosaad was stabbed by robbers he says he had previously seen shopping in his store. The attackers may have been familiar with Albosaad’s routine, as they only stole the approximately $900 in cash he was carrying and did not attempt to steal from the cash register.

OK, I am going to give most of you the day off. The rest of you need to pay close attention. You have some work to do. A lot of you I know like a book. That comes from almost a decade of responding to your letters and emails on a variety of subjects. You've told me in no uncertain terms that you don't like watching cowboys kiss each other. In fact, watching the media gush over boys marrying boys and girls marrying girls makes you want to upchuck your biscuits and gravy. You don't have much tolerance for those...

NEW YORK -- The Sacramento Kings were fined $30,000 by the NBA on Monday for showing derogatory images of Detroit on video screens prior to their home opener against the Pistons. When the Pistons were introduced Nov. 8, the Arco Arena scoreboard flashed pictures of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars, piles of rubble and other negative images of Detroit. The Pistons won the game 102-88. The Kings apologized that night and owners Joe and Gavin Maloof bought full-page ads that ran in The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, expressing "great respect for Detroit's long and rich tradition as a landmark...

Treasures Fit For The KingsA spate of spectacular discoveries could completely change our view of the Thracians, one of history's most mysterious peoples By JUMANA FAROUKY TCVETAN TOMCHEV / AFP GOLD RUSH: Thracian artifacts, like this piece of horse's armor, reveal Bulgaria's past Sunday, May. 29, 2005 They had been digging for 12 years, 4 months a year, 18 hours a day. Since 1992, Georgi Kitov and his team have been searching through Bulgaria's Valley of the Kings, a 100-km, heavily forested region in the center of the country. The valley is dotted with ancient burial mounds erected by the...

LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders -- some at political loggerheads or even officially at war -- paid their final respects to Pope John Paul on Friday, uniting by joining in the Roman Catholic Church's handshakes of peace. Israeli President Moshe Katsav said he shook hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at the Pope's Vatican funeral, but Syria later called it a formality that did not mark any change in policy. "I think it gave us a glimmer of hope that something can change in the Middle East," Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CNN. Syria's...

"The great object of my fear is the Federal Judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting with noiseless foot and unalarming advance, gaining ground step by step and holding what it gains, is engulfing insidiously the special governments into the jaws of that which feeds them." – Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 1821. Interview with North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby NCC: Justice Newby, thank you for taking the time to acquaint our readers with your judicial philosophy. I just have a few questions for you this evening. You ran on a platform emphasizing judicial restraint, could you elaborate...

10:43am (UK)Fabulous Finds as Saxon King's Tomb Is Unearthed By Tony Jones, PA News The tomb of an East Saxon king containing a fabulous collection of artefacts has been unearthed, it was announced today. The burial chamber, believed to date from the early 7th century, has been described by experts as the richest Anglo-Saxon find since the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk – one of Britain’s most important archaeological locations. The site in Prittlewell, Southend, Essex was filled with everything a King might need in the afterlife, from his sword and shield to copper bowls, glass vessels and treasures...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- LeBrilliant -- except for the result. LeBron James more than lived up to his hype in the first regular-season game of his NBA career, playing like no other 18-year-old ever had in his professional debut as the Cleveland Cavaliers lost 106-92 Wednesday night to the Sacramento Kings. James had 25 points, nine assists, six rebounds and four steals, mesmerizing one of the league's loudest crowds with skills no teenager had ever displayed at this level. James' point total was by far the most by any prep-to-pro rookie since Kobe Bryant made the jump in 1996, eclipsing the...

NEVER FORGET ...This week Sacramento NBA Kings owners JOE & GAVIN MALOOF donated $100,000 to the Governor DAVIS Anti-Recall Campaign. ...Sitting unsigned on DAVIS' desk is Assembly Bill 944 that could significantly benefit the MALOOFS if signed. Assembly Bill 944 would make it possible for the MALOOFS to build a new downtown arena along the Sacramento city rail yard... ...WITH TAXPAYER MONEY ...BUT WITHOUT A PUBLIC VOTE. .."Follow the Money, Follow the Money. It certainly gives the appearance of a Pay-for-Play, that a campaign contribution is directly tied to pending legislation on the governor's desk"... ...states JOHN COUPAL, of the...

I Have a Dream Inc: is King's estate cashing in on his legacy? By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 28 August 2003 The words remain as powerful and inspirational today as they were to the people who heard them on that hot summer evening 40 years ago. "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice," the Rev Martin Luther King told 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on 28 August 1963. "I have...

King's dream not yet reality 40 years after speech, some see `a long way to go' By ERIC BERGER Aug. 23, 2003, 11:00PM Excerpt from King's speech I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." Politicians, community activists and local residents gathered near downtown Saturday afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the civil rights march on Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech. The group marched one...