Monday, May 21, 2007 In an unofficial move by contractor, Roy Harding, a rubbish tip has been named after comedian John Cleese, dubbed "Mt. Cleese" in Palmerston North, New Zealand.…
Continue ReadingWednesday, April 22, 2009 Today is the 39th observance of Earth Day in the northern hemisphere. Earth day is celebrated in Autumn on November 30 in the southern hemisphere. Senator…
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Continue ReadingThursday, July 17, 2008 A man shot and killed a Broward County Sheriff's Office police dog in Miami Beach after a two-county chase in Florida early Thursday morning. The shooter,…
Continue ReadingSunday, February 24, 2008 In the year 2000, Dries Buytaert created Drupal, a freely licensed and open source tool to manage websites, as a bulletin board for his college dorm.…
Continue ReadingFriday, April 23, 2010 The oil rig Deepwater Horizon sank yesterday after an explosion Tuesday night that left eleven people missing. According to an officer from the US Coast Guard,…
Continue ReadingFriday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia —On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a…
Continue ReadingThursday, April 14, 2005 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters that China is protesting Japan's plan to allow drilling for gas and oil in disputed waters in the…
Continue ReadingSee the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding,…
Continue ReadingMonday, January 31, 2005 Metlife announced on 01/31/05 that they were going to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup. Travelers Life and Annuity is an insurance underwriter. MetLife is…
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