Monday, March 13, 2006 2006 was the deadliest Datona Beach Bike Week ever, with a total of 18 bikers being killed on Florida roads, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. This year’s festivities brought in about 500,000 bikers to the Daytona area, and 14 of those killed were from Florida. Walter Fliss, 51, had recently […]
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Apple sells two million iPads in two monthsApple sells two million iPads in two months
Thursday, June 3, 2010 The Apple iPad is capable of reading, sending, and receiving e-mails. Apple announced Monday that it has sold over two million iPads, just two months after the device began shipping in the US and only days after its international launch. Apple shares rose 2.9 percent (US$7.41) to US$264.29 Tuesday afternoon. Market […]
Australian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in WarragulAustralian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in Warragul
Thursday, December 23, 2010 Bairnsdale will host their first home game back in the major competition against Moe Bairnsdale will return to Gippsland’s major Australian rules football league after members voted to join the Gippsland League (GL). The GL, East Gippsland Football League and the Victorian Country Football League, regional Victoria’s governing Aussie rules body, […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Torbjorn Zetterlund, WillowdaleOntario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Torbjorn Zetterlund, Willowdale
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Torbjorn Zetterlund is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Willowdale riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from […]
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopmentNational Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
Friday, July 29, 2011 Grant Stott, and Bryony Hare opening the museum. Image: Brian McNeil. Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took […]
Under-reporting of human Bird Flu infections poses worldwide threatUnder-reporting of human Bird Flu infections poses worldwide threat
Monday, November 21, 2005 Possible under reporting of bird flu infections in China and other Southeast Asian countries may be promoting an illusory sense that human infections are very limited. Common press reports only describe fewer than 130 people as infected with H5N1 avian flu and that fewer than 70 have died worldwide. Yet, there […]
Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reportedNumerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported
Monday, March 27, 2017 A number of at-home pregnancy tests were recalled in Australia last week after customers and clinics concluded false negative results were received. A market-wide investigation made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) concluded that five commercially available products displayed false negative results. A further nine products were taken off the shelf […]
New fossils from 10 million year old ape found in EthiopiaNew fossils from 10 million year old ape found in Ethiopia
Thursday, August 23, 2007 Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago. At least nine […]
Philippine Foreign Secretary Del Rosario to visit China amid South China Sea territorial disputePhilippine Foreign Secretary Del Rosario to visit China amid South China Sea territorial dispute
Sunday, July 3, 2011 Location of the Spratly Islands Image: Spiridon MANOLIU. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on June 23, 2011.Image: United States Department of State. Del Rosario with US Defense Secretary Robert GatesImage: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey. Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del […]
Bird Flu found in AfricaBird Flu found in Africa
Wednesday, February 8, 2006 The H5N1 Avian Flu virus, also known as Bird Flu, has been found in Nigeria by Italian scientists. Tests done on samples in a laboratory confirm that the strain is the one that can kill people, although no human cases have been reported said the Paris-based United Nations body. This is […]