Monday, September 29, 2008 The US House of Representatives rejected a bill on the USD 700 billion bail out of US banks. The voting on the bill has completed. If passed, the bailout plan would have allowed for the United States government to purchase devalued mortgage backed securities, resulting from the subprime mortgage crisis from […]
Chicago apartment fire kills six children
Monday, September 4, 2006 Six children aged between 3 and 14 died early Sunday in an apartment fire on the 7700 block of Marshfield Ave on the north side of Chicago, IL. The fire also injured the victims’ mother and three other siblings. Authorities say that candles are suspected as the cause, and that the […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Bruce Haines, Bramalea-Gore-Malton
Monday, September 24, 2007 Bruce Haines is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Bramalea-Gore-Malton riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from […]
Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Members of Australia’s Health Services Union (HSU) will go on strike in Victoria next week in a dispute over stalled wage and career structure negotiations. Over 5000 physiotherapists, speech pathologists and radiation therapists will walk off the job next week, effectively closing the state’s 68 largest health services. The strike will […]
Cosmetic Dentistry Isn\’t Just For Movie Stars
Read An Opinion On: Teeth Whitening Double Bay Best Edgecliff Dentist Cosmetic Dentistry Isn\’t Just for Movie Stars by Bernard Phelps Not just choices in dentists but also choices in procedures. This particularly holds true in an area of the city known as Navy Street. For more than a century this particular street has traditionally […]
Two nuclear submarines collide in the Atlantic Ocean
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 The Nuclear ballistic missile submarines Triomphant, from France, and HMS Vanguard, of the British Royal Navy, collided deep under the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night between February 3 and 4, despite both vessels being equipped with sonar. The collision caused damage to both vessels but […]
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Creating A Modern Living Room Using Antique Furniture
Read An Opinion On: Bean Bag Beans Bean Bag Beans Australia Submitted by: Jessica Ackerman If you think antique furniture only works for traditional decorating styles, it’s time to think again. Antiques can definitely be part of a contemporary decorating scheme, especially if you choose pieces with clean lines and plenty of visual appeal. Antiques […]
Trial date scheduled for Austrian man who kept his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years
Friday, January 23, 2009 The trial been scheduled for an Austrian man who admitted to keeping his daughter prisoner in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering 7 of her children. A court in Austria released a statement saying the trial is set to begin on March 16 and last one week. Josef Fritzl, 73, […]
Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice
Sunday, January 15, 2017 In research released on Thursday in Cell, scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism’s brain to switch on when exposed to a laser. The research team used an engineered virus to target and alter […]