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The man who proclaimed the world was going to end this Saturday was quite alive and well when IBTimes spoke to him on Sunday night.

Harold Camping, the Oakland, California-based broadcaster who made a failed prediction about a cataclysmic May 21 Doomsday said on Sunday he would make a statement on or by Monday night in a public forum to explain himself.

With no sign of Judgment Day arriving as he had forecast, the 89-year-old California evangelical broadcaster seemed to have gone silent on the weekend.

Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer uncorked champagne and celebrated on podium at the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. The celebration occured after Horner won the race after the Stage 8 finish into Thousand Oaks. RadioShack teammate Leipheimer came in second place, with a spot next to Horner on the podium.

Harold Camping's reaction was one of bewilderment and mystification after his failed May 21 Doomsday prediction, an associate revealed in a new report.

The Doomsday prediction failure by Harold Camping isn't the only one in history.

Harold Camping is a little bewildered and mystified that his Doomsday prediction on May 21 did not come true, a board member of Camping's Family Radio International said on Sunday, according to a report.

Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer stood side by side on the podium after the final stage of the Tour of California, arms up in victory and content with a dominating victory, a possible showcase for Tour de France.

Harold Camping and his 'end of the world' 2011 prediction have captured the public's attention. While thousands of people believe him, the vast majority of people were there for the show.

While Harold Camping's doomsday prediction hasn't panned out, there is one associated with him that is. Camping is the President of California-based Family Radio, a religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States.

Camping is 89 years old and has made false predictions in the past.

The president of Family Radio Harold Camping's Doomsday prediction did not happen and failed once again.

The intimidating Hors beyond category climb of Mt. Baldy on Stage 7 of the Tour of California proved no match for RadioShack teammates Chris Horner, race leader and Levi Leipheimer, the eventual Stage 7 winner. Andy Schleck, on the other hand, faltered under the beating California sun, out of breath and no chance at keeping up with the strong legs of Horner and Leipheimer.

Silicon Valley chip designer Marvell Technology said it was to invest $200 million in Israel to accelerate research and development of critical communications, mobile and system-on-chip technologies.

A Southern Baptist Convention pastor has called on Family Radio founder and predictor of a May 21 doomsday Harold Camping to repent after his prediction of devastating earthquakes and the “rapture” of “true believers” failed to come true.

With no sign of Judgment Day arriving as he had forecast, the 89-year-old California evangelical broadcaster seemed to have gone silent on the weekend.

In what has been a traumatic, emotional two months in the case, a suspect in the brutal assault of San Francisco Giants' fan Bryan Stow has finally been arrested and taken into custody by Los Angeles police, according to the LA Times.

If current Governor Jerry Brown's bid for tax extensions is not passed in Sacramento, then California's prestieged UC students might find themselves paying upto 32% more in tuition starting in spring 2012.

As the streets were filled with rapture parties and the web alive with rapture discussions and jokes, a realistic question may remain. After the most-hyped nonevent since Y2K, how will Harold Camping take care of his devastated followers?

Members of churches near Oakland, Calif. based Family Radio, are pouring out in droves, offering comfort and spiritual support to the dejected followers of false Doomsday prophet Harold Camping, who has predicted that the World will end on May 21, 2011.