Monday, September 20, 2010 Leonard Skinner, the namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at the age of 77. Skinner was a gym teacher and basketball coach and taught members of the group. His death was announced by his son, also named Leonard Skinner, who also said that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. […]
2007 Baseball World Cup Quarter Final: A brand new semi-finalists except the host team
Sunday, November 18, 2007 In the quarter-final of 2007 Baseball World Cup, because actual strengths of those finalists were merely close, the pitching became a key role to decide a team who entered or eliminated the semi-final. Contents 1 Japan vs Australia 2 Mexico vs Cuba 3 South Korea vs USA 4 Netherlands vs Chinese […]
London Knights trade Steve Mason to Kitchener Rangers
Sunday, January 6, 2008 On the morning of January 4, 2008, while at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 19-year-old goalie Steve Mason received a phone call from Canada informing him that he was traded by the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights to the Kitchener Rangers. In a press release Friday, Kitchener Rangers Head […]
Entertainment, Restaurants And Bars In Norwich
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Lunchtime.Com.Au Submitted by: Susan Ashby Norwich is not a city that is particularly well known for its ‘night-life’. It does, however, have some fine restaurants, pubs and cafes with charm and history that you wouldn’t encounter in other cities. Being the home town of Delia Smith, a popular […]
Afghan women’s rights official shot dead
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday. Safia Ama-jan, […]
U.S. outlaws online gambling
Saturday, October 14, 2006 Over the weekend, millions of Americans faced the new ban of online gambling. The legislation was attached by Rep. Bill Frist to the Port Security bill. Many of the public companies that offer online gambling have been quick to react and give their outlooks on the legislature. Party Gaming and 888 […]
Ten-year-old computer glitch prevents delivery of 1,380 Canadian health results
Sunday, May 24, 2009 The Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan, Canada recently discovered a fax machine problem which had not relayed almost 1,500 X-rays, Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, ultrasounds, and other medical imaging test results to doctors. The fax machine is part of the automated Radiology Information System. An audit […]
Specialize In Food And Nutrition Management
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On the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 The following is the third edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: two individuals previously interviewed by Wikinews announce their candidacies for […]
Wikinews interviews Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA presidential candidate
Sunday, March 30, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. As a non-partisan news […]