Sunday, December 20, 2009 A conservative Democratic United States senator has agreed to supply the key 60th vote needed for passage of a sweeping health care reform package. Senate Democrats have reached a breakthrough in their struggle to pass sweeping heath care reform legislation, lining up the 60 votes needed to overcome fierce Republican opposition. […]
UK Supreme Court will not hear Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom announced it will not rule on Julian Assange’s appeal on his extradition to the United States. Stating the application “didn’t raise an arguable point of law,” the court left in place a ruling from December that Assange is eligible for extradition after assurances […]
Applebees Careers: Grow With Diverse Culture
Find Out More About: Brisbane Restaurant Menu By John Kaun Applebees is recruiting their staff at various levels and in various parts of the world. Since the outlet as well as office of this well known organization is situated at various geographical boundaries, even the employees present there are equipped with the diverse culture. Since […]
Pterosaurs bore colored plumage, say scientists
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Chef who appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ commits suicide
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Joseph Cerniglia, a chef who had appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s television show Kitchen Nightmares, has commited suicide. Cerniglia was the owner of Italian restaurant Campania. He jumped off a bridge into the Hudson river on the New York–New Jersey border. At the time of filming in 2007, Cerniglia owed suppliers $80,000. […]
Tom Cruise Scientology promotional video leaked to the Internet
Thursday, January 17, 2008 Two days before Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, was released in the United States, a video showing Cruise promoting Scientology was leaked to the Internet. The promotional video appeared on video-sharing sites including YouTube, Gawker.com and radar online.com, and clips […]
Eastwood’s Versa Cut Plasma Cutter
Find Out More About: Buy Air Compressor Nz Plasma cutting is a process that is used to cut steel and other metals of different thicknesses using a plasma torch. In this process, an inert gas is blown at high speed out of a nozzle. At the same time an electrical arc is formed through that […]
South Gippsland, Australia local council candidate Sue Plowright speaks with Wikinews about environment, education, and other local issues
Saturday, September 4, 2021 Since June 2019, the people of South Gippsland Shire, located at the southernmost tip of Australia, have been without a local council, after a state government inquiry found “high levels of tension” within the council. Administrators were appointed by the Victorian state government in July 2019, who have governed the shire […]
93-year-old Michigan man freezes to death after electric company limits his power usage
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old man from Bay City, Michigan has died after the electric company limited his electric use due to his failure to pay over US$1,000 in past-due payments. Bay City Electric Light & Power installed a power-limiting device on his home on January 13. The device would limit the […]
New fossils from 10 million year old ape found in Ethiopia
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago. At least nine […]