Tuesday, April 24, 2007 The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has seized 20 tons or nearly 40,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of over US$500 million in what authorities call one of the largest cocaine busts in history. Three busts in total were made in a period of nearly one month. The first […]
US Congresswoman Jackie Speier comments about Obamacare, Paralympics
Saturday, November 9, 2013 With the 2014 Winter Paralympics set for March, Wikinews sought comment from U.S. Representative Jackie Speier, who serves California’s 14th congressional district about the event and how current U.S. policies impact people with disabilities. Elected to the U.S. House in 2008, she serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform […]
Mothers, teachers concerned about leukemia deaths at California elementary school
Saturday, May 28, 2005 California State Senator Joseph Dunn, school officials, and environmental professionals met with Kennedy Elementary School parents in a town-hall style meeting in Santa Ana Thursday evening. The parents aired their concerns over health issues at schools and workplaces, including a rash of leukemia cases in the student population, and began a […]
Fetch Your Reputation Back Via Rip Off Report Removal
By Steve Waganer Internet and its various services have come a long way but there are negative sides of positive things also and rip-off reports are one of them. In fact, they have become quite a nuisance for the search engines as well as the websites posted on it as they are harming the reputation […]
Payday Loan Practicality May Be A \”No\” For Some Folks
Payday Loan Practicality – May Be A \”No\” For Some Folks by Holly Petherbridge Did you use payday loans a little too much last year? You are not alone. There are many payday loan customers who use more than 5 fast cash loans in a year. If each loan averaged $300, with just five loans […]
Home of Stonehenge builders found
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Scientists have uncovered the largest Neolithic settlement in the United Kingdom at the Durrington Walls and believe that the village was inhabited by the people who built the Stonehenge monument. Scientists say that the village was built around 2,600 B.C., roughly when Stonehenge was believed to have been constructed, and housed […]
News briefs:March 04, 2008
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Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world’s largest radio telescope
Friday, July 18, 2008 For nearly half a century the world’s largest telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has been observing our solar system and the universe around it. Completed by Cornell University along with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1963, Arecibo’s enormous size gives it the ability to collect more light […]
Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Former Salt Lake City mayor and human rights activist Rocky Anderson took some time to discuss his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and the newly-created Justice Party with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Anderson served as mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years (2000–2008) as a member of the Democratic Party. […]
Helix Germans Top Car Audio Brand
Read More About: Visit Website Goulburn Off Road Carts & Generators Submitted by: Jack Wylde Audio tech Fischer is a German based car audio manufacturing system who has a vast series of products. Audio tech Fischer is among the world s best producers of audio systems. Speakers, sub woofers, amplifiers and accessories are open to […]