Sunday, December 27, 2009 David Taylor, the 63-year-old Labour Co-operative British Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire, died yesterday from a sudden heart attack whilst walking in Calke Abbey, Derbyshire with his family. According to his website, he was taken to Queen’s Hospital, Burton in Staffordshire, but staff were unable to save him. British Member of Parliament David Taylor dies
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday saw the latest edition of the vetted version of Wikipedia, which is aimed at educational use, go quietly online. The extensively revised version covers over five thousand 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 According to the state of Wisconsin, Wal-Mart has avoided paying millions of dollars in state taxes by paying rent on 87 Wisconsin properties. The Wisconsin State Department of Revenue call this behavior “abusive and distortion of income.” Wal-Mart is doing this by setting up one subsidiary to run all its stores Wal-Mart owes back taxes, according to State of Wisconsin
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Here’s An Opinion On: Potty Patch Best Dog Grass Pad The Best Mommy Bloggers on the Web by Erin Leakes While most of us only dream of being able to stay home with the kids and make a living online, for some moms it\’s actually a reality. Some of the best Super Mom bloggers to Read more »
Aviation articles by Wikinewsie Iain Macdonald. Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing ‘security’ Lion Air disaster: Crashed jet’s voice recorder recovered from Java Sea Iranian cargo plane crashes into Karaj houses Police warn new drone owners to obey law after disruption at UK’s Gatwick Airport Category:Iain Macdonald (Wikinewsie)/Aviation
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Thursday, March 16, 2006 Anti-war demonstrators in Sydney, Australia on Thursday dubbed U.S. Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice a “war criminal” and “murderer.” Two protesters were evicted and five people were arrested during protests against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Dr Rice, on a three-day trip to Australia, said she understood why people found Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice’s trip to Australia
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Saturday, October 15, 2005 Dogs are normally resistant to most flu strains. Since about 2000, a new strain of dog flu has been spreading in America, and there’s no vaccine to prevent it. To limit exposure to the flu, some dog owners are avoiding public places like dog shows and parks. Since the flu can Dog flu spreads across the US
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Here’s An Opinion On: Jacon Buy Jacon Concrete Mixers Perth Submitted by: Todd Herman First and foremost, the Alberta website designers must make it apparent that the website is a commercial venture. Poor web development, for example, may be loaded with lots of cool graphics and interesting text but the actual items that are for Read more »
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 In late 2010 a geological expedition to Antarctica drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf so they could send an ROV under it. What they found was unexpected: Sea anemones. In their thousands they were doing what no other species of sea anemone is known to do — they were living in Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI began his visit to the United States on Tuesday. In an unprecedented gesture, he was greeted by President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and their daughter Jenna, upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Today, which is also the Pope’s 81st birthday, Benedict XVI visited Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
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