Turner Broadcasting apologizes for Boston scare
May 14, 2021
Friday, February 2, 2007 An advertising campaign for shows on Adult Swim, a programming block on Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, gave local and federal law-enforcement a scare when devices were discovered on eight different bridges and roads. The U.S. city of Boston was snarled in traffic jams January 31 as police investigated devices with flashing lights representing a cartoon character were placed around bridges and other areas throughout the city. Different governmental...
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Nigeria’s cabinet dissolved by acting president
May 14, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2010 Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the dissolution of the country's cabinet. In a statement after a cabinet meeting, Nigeria's information minister, Dora Akunyili, said that "the acting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council [cabinet]." In the same statement, Akunyili said that Jonathan had provided no reason for the move, although analysts said that it was due to the impediment of the cabinet...
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Home of Stonehenge builders found
May 13, 2021
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Scientists have uncovered the largest Neolithic settlement in the United Kingdom at the Durrington Walls and believe that the village was inhabited by the people who built the Stonehenge monument. Scientists say that the village was built around 2,600 B.C., roughly when Stonehenge was believed to have been constructed, and housed over 100 people. Inside the areas which would have been the interior of houses at the time, scientists also found outlines...
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Mass industrial walkouts in UK
May 12, 2021
Friday, January 30, 2009 Workers at British industrial plants are staging mass walkouts this morning. The workers are taking unofficial action in support of a three day strike at Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire, England. Staff have walked out at sites in Scotland, Wales and Teesside in north eastern England. The original strike was called over the awarding of a contract by refinery owners Total to an Italian company. This brought 300 Italian and Portuguese workers...
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Collyer brothers to bid for Everton F.C.?
May 11, 2021
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 Rumours in London and Merseyside have linked Paul and Oliver Collyer, creators of the football management series Championship Manager, with a possible bid for Premiership football team Everton. The Goodison Park club, under the chairmanship of former Coronation Street actor Bill Kenwright, were subjects of a failed takeover bid in August 2004. After suffering the blow of failing to get beyond the qualifying stage of the Champions League, Kenwright is known to...
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“Mrs. Hockey” Colleen Howe is laid to rest
May 10, 2021
Friday, March 13, 2009 Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects in honour of Colleen Howe yesterday at St. Hugo of the Hills Church in Michigan, United States. According to a statement released by the Detroit Red Wings, Howe, who was a business entrepreneur and sports agent with the nickname "Mrs. Hockey", died on Friday of Pick's disease, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She was 76 years old. Howe, who was born in Sandusky, Michigan in 1933,...
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Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives
May 10, 2021
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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
May 9, 2021
Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd's List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust on the...
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Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
May 9, 2021
Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews' neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on the collaboration page. This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a...
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Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives
May 8, 2021
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