Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off


Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale […]

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Early morning fire kills four New York group home residents


Sunday, March 22, 2009 After an early morning fire began, four out of the nine people living at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative group home located in Wells, New York were killed by the blaze. The Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office, which supervises the home, told the media that the fire started at approximately 5:30 […]

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French Workers stay at home for Whit Monday


Monday, May 16, 2005 In France, workers by the millions stayed at home during the Whit Monday holiday despite the government’s cancellation of the traditional Pentecost public holiday. Some acted in defiance of the government’s decision, while some took leave or were put on forced leave by their employers due to uncertainties of public transportation. […]

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Five Reasons To Reduce Your Fast Food Consumption


Read An Opinion On: Lunchtime Website Lunchtime Site        By Kya Grace The fast food culture has totally plagued the society these days. Even though fast food is conveniently available, cheap and palatable but is not healthy. These reasons are not enough to intake a food that is unfit for human consumption. Listed below are five […]

Hotel fire kills at least seventeen in Karol Bagh, New Delhi


Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The Hotel Arpit Palace in the Karol Bagh area of the Indian capital, New Delhi, caught fire yesterday morning. At least seventeen people died and 35 were rescued, according to officials, some of whom were hospitalised. Many of the affected guests were Indian; the Myanma embassy confirmed two Buddhist pilgrims from […]

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Stingray kills head diver of Underwater World Singapore


Friday, October 7, 2016 Following an accidental death at the closed Underwater World Singapore (UWS) aquarium in Sentosa on Tuesday, operations to relocate the facility’s animals have been suspended. Phillip Chan, 62, the head diver of the defunct facility, was moving stingrays in preparation for transfer to another aquarium when one of them stung him […]

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Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’


Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming […]

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Wikinews Shorts: February 6, 2009


A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, February 6, 2009. Contents 1 Clarkson calls British Prime Minister Gordon a ‘one-eyed Scottish idiot’ 2 U.S. gay spouses entitled to benefits, says judge 3 Royal Bank of Scotland fires non-execs 4 Icelandic retailer Baugur in trouble  Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new […]

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control


Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

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