I think every major news player got this last night or today.
We should all expect it to hit the fan on the early evening local news, maybe websites earlier, as soon as they have had a chance to admire the guy's towel.
Re: His towel
Maybe he saw 'Spinal Tap'
Did you see JoanOfArk's home page?
http://www.freerepublic.com/~joanofark/