Sunday, April 24, 2011 In a report on cloud computing issued this week, the environmental group Greenpeace rated ten top Internet companies, including Apple, Google, Twitter and Amazon, on several factors such as each company’s willingness to be transparent by providing information on its energy sources and the energy efficiency of its data centers. In […]
‘Naked Guy’ Andrew Martinez dies
Sunday, May 21, 2006 Andrew Martinez, a former student at the University of California at Berkeley who was better known as “The Naked Guy” in the early 1990s, committed suicide on Thursday. He was 33. Guards at the Santa Clara County Jail reportedly found Martinez unconscious in a jail cell, with a plastic bag cinched […]
Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless
December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After […]
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Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 A car accident involving the car occupants and a dentist’s office happened on Sunday night in Santa Ana, California. A white Nissan sedan which was apparently driving too fast hit the raised concrete median on the road, after which it was launched into the air, slamming straight into the wall of […]
Wikinews investigates: Advertisements disguised as news articles trick unknowing users out of money, credit card information
Notice — May 19, 2010 This article has been judged, by consensus of the Wikinews community, not to meet Wikinews standards of style and neutrality. Please see the relevant discussion for details. Wednesday, May 19, 2010 The Internet has already brought great things to the world, but has also brought spam, phishing, scamming, etc. We all […]
More US recalls: Fish pool toy rips fingernail off child, numerous toys with excessive lead
Saturday, November 10, 2007 The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled more products over the last few days, though not all because of excessive lead. While American toy companies have been rocked in the last few months by numerous unsafe Chinese-made products, mostly due to excessive amounts of lead in paint, a few of […]
Sydney, protesters reach agreement with police
Monday, August 29, 2005 Organisers of the 30A Protest, planned to coincide with this weeks Forbes Global CEO Conference, have reached an agreement with police about how the protest should proceed. The 30A Network has received permission to use the Customs Square area of Circular Quay. “After weeks of discussion and stalling, police have now […]
Tasmanian miners rescued
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 The two miners who had been trapped almost one kilometer beneath the surface in Beaconsfield, Tasmania in a collapsed gold mine for 14 days have now been rescued. The men, Brant Webb and Todd Russell, were well enough to walk out from the lift onto the surface and threw their arms […]
Agricultural Waves Of Price Increases In Food Prices Skyrocketed People Were Hurt
By Christina Xia This year, with the upstream waves of price increases of agricultural products, lower food prices, “gone up.” People feel the monthly cost of living increase. In the consumer market, price inflation has been more and more people feel the; in the manufacturing, agricultural production processes, companies have also have complained that rising […]