Monday, December 10, 2012 Vail, Colorado, United States — Yesterday, Wikinews sat down with Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine who was participating in a national team training camp in Vail, Colorado. ((Wikinews)) This is Melissa Perrine. And are you like Jess Gallagher and just here training and not competing? Melissa Perrine: I’m not competing […]
Bombing of Peshawar Pearl Continental Hotel in Pakistan kills 18
Thursday, June 11, 2009 Militants in Pakistan launched a truck bomb attack on the Peshawar Pearl Continental hotel, killing 18 and wounding at least 55. Among the dead were two foreign United Nations officials working for the World Food Programme. According to the BBC, Fidayeen-e-Islam, a relatively obscure Pakistani militant group, claimed responsibility for the […]
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HID PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS by lexorGone are the days when vehicle headlights were just a necessity for night driving visibility. Now they’ve become a style symbol and fashion statement for the current generation of vehicles.–Gone are the days when vehicle headlights were just a necessity for night driving visibility. Now they’ve become a style symbol and […]
Mistakes To Avoid When Buying Cheap Gold Jewelry Online
byAlma Abell Gold jewelry is stunning, and has become a status symbol in our culture. In fact, most people own at least one item of stunning gold jewelry, if not more, and are interested in adding more to their collection. Buying gold at a retail store, even an outlet store, can become rather costly, even […]
Freak wave rocks luxury liner–4 hurt
Sunday, April 17, 2005 The Norwegian Dawn, a 965-foot-long luxury vessel, was struck by “a freak wave that caused two windows to break in two different cabins,” the owners, Norwegian Cruise Line, said in a statement. It changed course, docking in Charleston late Saturday afternoon instead of completing its planned travel to New York. The […]
Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages
Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved […]
G20 protests: Inside a labour march
Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. […]
Avoiding Diy Electrical Work And Hiring A Professional For Electrical Repair In La Mesa
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Compare Electricity Providers NSW Best Electricity Deals NSW byAlma Abell Electrical problems can be difficult to pinpoint immediately. Whether it’s a wiring problem or a problem with the breaker, there is live electricity involved. Unless you are strongly experienced in DIY electrical repairs, it’s not recommended that you […]
Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
Monday, May 14, 2007 Buffalo, New York —A massive warehouse complex of at least 5 buildings caught on fire in Buffalo, New York on 111 Tonawanda Street, sending a plume of thick, jet black colored smoke into the air that could be seen as far away as 40 miles. As of 6:40 a.m., the fire […]
Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Catherine McGuigan, a resident in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, found skeletons from over a century ago buried under her dining room. She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. […]