Month: April 2019

Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion

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Post date April 7, 2019

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday, October 15, 2007 Sam Brownback is perplexed. The U.S. Senator from Kansas and Presidential candidate is a Republican whose politics—he is against marriage for gay people, he is against abortion, and […]

An Emergency Dentist In Delran Can Help You When You Lose A Tooth

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Post date April 3, 2019

Read An Opinion On: Dodge Ram 2017 New Dodge Ram byAlma Abell When you have a tooth knocked out, there are many people who assume that there is nothing that a Emergency Dentist in Delran can do. That is not the case at all though. Many advancements have been made in Cosmetic Dentistry to ensure […]

Wikinews Shorts: October 4, 2006

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Post date April 3, 2019

A compilation of brief news reports forWednesday, October 4, 2006 Contents 1 Brisbane Broncos 2006 NRL Premiers 2 Editing Biologists discover new marine life in Indonesia 3 Lenovo Recalls 526,000 ThinkPad Batteries 4 Sources October 1, 2006 The Brisbane Broncos have won the 2006 National Rugby League Telstra Premiership, defeating the Melbourne Storm 15-8, in […]

BHP halts operations after mine death in Western Australia

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Post date April 3, 2019

Sunday, February 5, 2006 A BHP Billiton nickel mine at Leinster, 645Km northeast of Perth, Western Australia has halted operations after the death of a mine worker. WA Police say Mark Quinn, 32, an employee of mining contractor MacMahon’s, working about 900 metres underground, was killed in an explosion. The cause of the explosion is […]

US home sales fall at fastest pace on record

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Post date April 3, 2019

Monday, January 25, 2010 Sales of previously owned homes in the US fell at the fastest rate ever recorded last December, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to the association, existing home sales fell 16.7% last month, to an annual rate of 5.45 million, the largest crash since 1968. The […]

U.S. Senate passes landmark health care reform bill

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Post date April 2, 2019

Thursday, December 24, 2009 The United States Senate has approved a hard-fought measure to overhaul the health care system. The vote will be followed by the difficult process of reconciling the Senate-passed bill with one approved by the House of Representatives, in order to get a final measure to President Barack Obama. HAVE YOUR SAY […]

Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students

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Post date April 1, 2019

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching […]

I’ll Have Another wins 2012 Preakness Stakes

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Post date April 1, 2019

Monday, May 21, 2012 The placement for first and second place at the 2012 Preakness Stakes could have been a replay of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month as I’ll Have Another came in first with Bodemeister behind in second. In this race, Creative Cause finished third. By winning the Kentucky Derby and the 137th […]

US swimmer Phelps suspended over ‘pot pipe’

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Post date April 1, 2019

Friday, February 6, 2009 United States swimmer Michael Phelps has been banned from competition and his training stipend revoked for three months by USA Swimming after Phelps was photographed smoking from a glass pipe, often used for smoking cannabis. The picture was published last Sunday by British tabloid News of the World. USA Swimming, which […]