PR Web - A new form of entertainment is making waves in Atlantic City as commentators Bill O’Reilly and Glen Beck kick off the Atlantic City Hilton’s Summer Speaker Series.

Atlantic City, NJ (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 3, 2010 -- The hottest ticket in Atlantic City during the third week of June isn't a band or stand up comedian. It's two of the most controversial commentators on television. And that’s no spin.

Fox News commentators Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are teaming up to kick off the Atlantic City Hilton’s popular Summer Speaker Series on June 24th at 8pm to a sold out crowd. The stop

MarketWatch (press release) - PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or the "Company") /quotes/comstock/15*!psid/quotes/nls/psid  (PSID  1.00, +0.05, +5.26%)  announced today that it is the presenting and celebrity keynote sponsor of the 2010 Alzheimer's Educational Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.

PositiveID's Chairman and CEO, Scott R. Silverman, has been selected as co-chair of the conference. In this role, Mr. Silverman and PositiveID partnered with the Center for Health Transformation to bring Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Founder, Center for Health Transformation, Newt Gingrich as the keynote speaker. Mr. Gingrich was co-chair of the Alzheimer's Study Group, a bipartisan taskforce assembled in 2007 to develop

KOLO - RENO, Nev. (AP) - Senate Majority Harry Reid  says he knows he has his work cut out for him to win re-election but he says he's comfortable with the fact the people of Nevada know him pretty well.

The Democratic leader says he hosted First Lady Michelle Obama at a conference on women and children's issues in Reno on Tuesday because she has been such an important influence on the country.
The two were headed to Las Vegas later in the day.

Reid told reporters he's not a boastful man and won't predict the outcome of his race. He refused to discuss the

Madison County Courier - (Hamilton, NY) President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will visit campus in October for the next edition of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.

President Clinton is scheduled to give a public talk at 7 p.m. Friday, October 29, in Sanford Field House. More details about the lecture, including ticket information, will be released at a later date.

After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to

PR Web (press release) - New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 26, 2010 -- Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) of The City University of New York will hold its 45th Commencement Exercises on May 28, 2010, at The Theater in Madison Square Garden, 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

BMCC, one of the nation’s leading community colleges in graduating students of color, will present over 2,700 graduates with Associate degrees in Science (AS), Arts (AA), and Applied Science (AAS), in fields including teacher education, liberal arts, science, business, health and human services.

The Keynote Speaker will be U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY),

Palestine Note (blog) - Washington - The Aspen Institute's Farouki Speaker Series hosted US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Monday, for a roundtable lunch discussion titled “NATO in the 21st Century: Examining the Greater Middle East.”

Secretary Albright presented her Strategy Concept Report “Assured Security: Dynamic Engagement” on May 17th in Brussels which lays out a new strategy for NATO. This event highlighted issues such as Turkey’s changing role in NATO, and the organization's approach to partnerships and challenges in the region such as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, Iran and the future of the peace process.

Secretary Albright is the first of many speakers hosted by

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - President Bill Clinton will join the list of high-profile individuals who have come to Colgate University  to take part in its Global Leaders lecture series.

Clinton will give a public talk at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at Sanford Field House as part of the Kerschner Family Series.

He is expected to discuss his work after leaving the White House, including a AIDs and HIV advocacy effort that has helped 2 million people access lifesaving drugs, and relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.

The Global Leaders lecture series has brought other big names to the village of Hamilton in Madison County. In April, the

By Jon Ferry, The Province - It may not have been Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. But for local political aficionados, it was the next best thing.

Political heavyweight Bill Clinton, the former two-term U.S. president, squared off Thursday in a fascinating public "conversation" with top local middleweight Carole Taylor, the former B.C. finance minister who is fast climbing the rankings to become our next premier.

The star-struck audience at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts had coughed up as much as $599 a ticket to see the liberal-minded Clinton, who looked trim and conservative in a business suit and purple tie.

He delivered a thoughtful,

ABC News (blog) - ABC News' Mallory Thompson reports:

“Pomp and Circumstance” echoed down the National Mall today as thousands gathered for George Washington University’s commencement.  This year, graduates welcomed a special keynote speaker – First Lady Michelle Obama.

Mrs. Obama agreed to be the University’s commencement speaker – with a catch.  Students had to complete 100,000 hours of community service in return.  Last month, the University announced they had reached the goal, and as of today, they had completed more than 163,000 hours.

“If I had known you’d complete more than 3,300 hours on the first day of the

by Jake Stump, Daily Mail - Charleston - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Former President Bill Clinton said he experienced two "big thrills" at West Virginia University on Sunday -- earning an honorary doctorate degree and meeting Da'Sean Butler, the Mountaineer basketball forward headed to the NBA Draft.

"I cheered for you in the NCAA basketball tournament after I lost my Georgetown team," Clinton told a crowd of more than 1,200 graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at the WVU Coliseum.

The 42nd president of the United States served as Eberly's keynote speaker at WVU's 141st commencement ceremony, marking the first time

Examiner.com - Former Alaskan governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will release her new book "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" on November 23rd, 2010.

This release comes after a New York Times Best Seller novel in her first book "Going Rogue" which sold more than 2 million copies.

This novel is to include selections of readings that have inspired Palin. With these readings comes the inspiration of extraordinary men and women that have also struck inspiration in the former governor.

To be included in these inspirations it is highly anticipated that there

By Luke Thomas, Fog City Journal - Political activist, philosopher, socialist, former vice presidential candidate and retired professor, Angela Davis, will be this year’s keynote speaker at the 32nd annual Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club dinner, Thursday May 27.

The historic club will be celebrating the first Harvey Milk Day in California and thirty-five years since the club was co-founded by San Francisco political legend Harvey Milk.

“Angela Davis is a legend in her own right and she’s renowned around the world for her brilliant scholarship, life-long activism and radical politics,” said club co-president David Waggoner. “We are thrilled that she will be joining us for the first time

By Lance Griffin, Dothan Eagle - National civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton will headline the annual The Ordinary People Society (TOPS) Founders Day and Unity Walkathon Saturday in Dothan.

Sharpton is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a banquet Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Dothan Convention Center.

The banquet will conclude day-long activities that begin at 11 a.m. with a walkathon from the Houston County Courthouse to Kinney Park on Powell Street. TOPS director Pastor Kenneth Glasgow said a lunch will be served for the area homeless, then people will gather to pray for the city of Dothan.

From there, participants will head over to

WRGB - ALBANY -- Karl Rove and Howard Dean are coming to the University at Albany tonight to debate as part of the school’s World Within Reach Speaker Series.

Before the event, the Albany County Republican Party will host both public and private events with Rove, a former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush.

“Having Karl Rove in Albany County is sure to generate tremendous interest, especially as 2010 and 2012 are shaping up to be such exciting election years for the Republican Party,” said Albany County Republican Chairman John A. Graziano, Sr. in a release. “Karl Rove

The News-Press - Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, will headline the Philharmonic Center’s 2011 Speaker Series.

Also appearing will be Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes, and Jane Goodall, pioneering anthropologist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. President Clinton, who also formed the William J. Clinton Foundation, will share his insights and observations on the topic of “Embracing our Common Humanity: Meeting the Challenges of Global Interdependence in the 21st Century” during his talk on March 8, 2011.

UPI.com - documentary series about the geography and history of her home state, the New York Post said.

The best-selling author and one-time Republican vice presidential candidate reportedly is collaborating with "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett on the project, which is being compared to Discovery's "Planet Earth" nature series.

The Post reported Palin and Burnett have been shopping the potential series to various U.S. networks, but said no deals have been cut yet. Whether Palin intends to appear on-screen or remain behind the scenes is unclear.

"There's an awful lot of interest in her. As a short order series, it might work. It would depend on

by Doug Stanglin Home Archives Forum About, USA Today - Best-selling author Sarah Palin is planning a new book that will be a "celebration of American values and strengths," HarperCollins has announced.

The publisher says the new tome will include selections of readings that have inspired the former Alaska governor and veep candidate as well as portraits of "some of the extraordinary men and women she admires ...."

Her first book, Going Rogue, has sold 2.2 million copies.

By Stephanie Delman, Johns Hopkins News-Letter - After nearly a year of deliberation, the Senior Class Council (SCC) has chosen mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-NY) as the keynote speaker for this year's commencement ceremonies.

The process began last spring with a long list of names proposed by members of the SCC, including President Barack Obama and both Hillary and Bill Clinton, which was then whittled down according to concerns such as financial constraints, practicality and strength of affiliation with the University.

Bloomberg was a top candidate due to his relationship with the University - he graduated from Hopkins in 1964 and has since remained a loyal alumnus ­- but this

KPSP Local 2 - Hundreds packed a ballroom at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa Friday night to hear former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

She was the second speaker in this years Desert Town Hall Speaker Series.

Friday night, she shared her experiences regarding global affairs, national security and education, as well as her views on moving the country forward.

Rice said, "we can't let the daily headlines affect our long-term decisions, which is how we'll be judged by history."

Talking about her future, she said she loves sports and would one day love to run a professional sports team.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will speak at

Business Wire (press release) - Cowie has planned events for clients including Oprah, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, Elton John, In Style Magazine, and the grand opening celebrations of Atlantis Hotels in Paradise Island, Bahamas and Palm Island, Dubai.

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BizBash, (www.bizbash.com), the trade authority for the event and meeting planning industry, announced today that renowned event designer and lifestyle expert Colin Cowie will keynote Florida’s first-ever BizBash Expo on April 28 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. As BizBash brings its signature event to more than 1,000 Florida event and meeting professionals, Cowie will highlight

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent - Sen. Al Franken was the keynote speaker at the Roe v. Wade 37th Anniversary Luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon. Franken has championed several bills to address reproductive inequalities, including the much talked about “anti-rape amendment.” He’s one of the top recipients of campaign funds from reproductive rights groups.

But his appearance at the event was attacked (predictably) by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, an anti-abortion group.

“Senator Franken should not be celebrating the deadly Roe v. Wade decision as keynote speaker at a NARAL luncheon,” Scott Fischbach, MCCL executive director, said in a statement on Tuesday. “As Senator Franken rejoices