NASA van rolls off California mountain


Wednesday, December 8, 2004 LOS ANGELES — A commuter van (Van Pool No. 36) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) plunged 200 feet into a ravine in the Angeles National Forest this morning. The van was carrying ten people: six JPL employees, two NASA employees, and two private contractors. They […]

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Canada posts record $14 billion budget surplus


Thursday, September 27, 2007 Canada has a budget surplus of CA$13.8 billion for the 2006–2007 fiscal year, totaling 1% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP), Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced today. The record surplus was boosted by revenue from government corporations to $14.2 billion, far exceeding the government’s projections of $9.2 billion and surpassing the […]

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Wide Variety Of Dinnerware To Choose From


Read An Opinion On: Instant Air Fryer Online Submitted by: Jenn Jamie Whenever you find to the dinner table you see the comparable old unexciting dinnerware, and dinner sets. Does that appear to put you down or did you think that it could not get any better, after all there just plates and dishes correct? […]

Supporters of Canadian youth held in Guantanamo gather, demand action


Thursday, September 20, 2007 It was an awkward birthday gathering; as the family and supporters of Omar Khadr gathered in Toronto to try and explain why the Canadian youth was still being held at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr, who turned 21 on Wednesday, has become a rallying point for groups who say the Canadian government isn’t […]

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Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review


Friday, January 1, 2021 After an active year of original content published on the English-language Wikinews, we take a look back at some of the two dozen-plus original reports from our contributors during 2020. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_2020:_An_%27Original_reporting%27_year_in_review&oldid=4641414”

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Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer


Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]

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Naperville Dentist82


Read An Opinion On: Cosmetic Dentist Manhattan Ny naperville-dentist82 by Henry Maxwelldentist-near-naperville17 , naperville-dentist5How To Choose A Dentist Porcelain veneers may well close big gaps in the middle teeth. Having a dentist perform the treatment of porcelain veneers will get a excellent smile. Using a brilliant smile is something almost all people desire. If you […]

Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Lloyd Helferty, Thornhill


Sunday, October 7, 2007 Lloyd Helferty is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Thornhill 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 […]

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Inquiry ordered into video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters


Thursday, January 12, 2012 The United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered an investigation into a video allegedly showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters. Panetta has called the videos “utterly deplorable” and not appropriate conduct for United States armed forces personnel. Afghan president Hamid Karzai called for “the most severe punishment for […]

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs


Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. […]

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