Former professional wrestler Giant González dies aged 44
June 11, 2022
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Former Argentine professional wrestler and basketball player Jorge 'Giant' González has died at the age of 44. González died in his hometown of San Martin, Argentina. The cause of death was established to be complications of diabetes. González had suffered with the illness for several years and was wheelchair bound. Standing over 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) tall, González was originally a basketball player before becoming a wrestler. Upon moving to the United...
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Illinois high schools now required to buy insurance for athletes
June 9, 2022
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 This past Sunday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill known as "Rocky’s Law" that requires Illinois high schools, through the local school district, to buy catastrophic injury insurance up to US$3 million or medical costs for up to five years, whichever one comes first, that covers student athletes. The insurance must cover student athletes while they are competing. The legislation was named after Rasul "Rocky" Clark. In 2000, the...
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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
June 7, 2022
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. The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full...
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Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre
June 6, 2022
Monday, August 27, 2012 London, England — As Paralympians ready for the Games which are set to open later this week, they have access to a world class fitness center inside the Paralympic Village which is designed to maximise their pre-Game preparations. According to volunteers staffing the center, instead of being a single large room, as in Beijing, the building has numerous rooms. It, along with the adjacent Village Services Centre, is designed to be converted...
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Microsoft to licence Windows source code
June 5, 2022
Thursday, January 26, 2006 In a move aimed to prevent fines stemming from its antitrust lawsuit filed by the European Commission (EC), Microsoft announced that it will be releasing portions of the source code to its Windows operating system. The EC ruled in March 2004 that Microsoft had abused its position in the low-end server and media player market, and required that Microsoft "disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers...
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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
June 5, 2022
Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country's environmental problems stemming from the bags' popularity....
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Brazilian environmentalists tell residents to urinate in shower to save water
June 5, 2022
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Environmentalists in Brazil are urging the country's residents to urinate in the shower while washing themselves, to help conserve water and save the rainforest. Television ads being aired in the country claim that by doing so, the nation could save over 1,000 gallons of water per household each year. SOS Mata Atlantica ran the ad campaign in an attempt to use comedy to get people to reduce the amount of water they...
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Nokia takes over Symbian OS development
June 5, 2022
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 On Monday, Symbian Foundation discontinued Symbian OS, as a result of its lost popularity since Android came to market. The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia, being one of the few hardware manufacturers who use the system on some of the models, announced that it has taken over the operating system's development. Nokia had acquired Symbian Foundation in 2008. Now, the foundation refused to continue the project, because this smartphone operating system had lost...
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University of Alberta to buy Hudson’s Bay Building
June 4, 2022
Friday, July 8, 2005 The University of Alberta is set to expand into the heart of Edmonton's downtown with plans now in place to purchase the aging Hudson's Bay building on Jasper Avenue between 102nd Street and 103rd Street. The deal, which is yet to be approved by the University's Board of Governors, could result in students starting classes in the building as early as September 2006. The building has been a huge vacancy in the...
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CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Stefan Jetchick in Louis-Hébert
June 3, 2022
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Stefan Jetchick, who is a candidate in Quebec's Louis-Hébert riding, running under the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP) banner. The CHP is a minor, registered political party running a significant number of candidates across the country, looking to earn its first ever seat in the House of Commons....
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