Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Reliant Energy and CenterPoint Energy–two local utilities in Houston, Texas–plan to increase consumer rates in response to increased demand and recent disasters. Reliant Energy is expected to raise rates to effect a 14% increase on a 1,000 kilowatt-hour bill. A typical customer could see an increase up to $20 per month. Energy companies to raise consumer rates
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
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The time is 23:00 (UTC) on May 11th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Fight Continues, 100 dead in Somalia 1.2 Legislative Assembly election results declared in 5 Indian States 1.3 Marxists retain West Bengal, regain Kerala 1.4 Australian Parliament hears reply to Budget 1.5 AEK Athens fans destroy News briefs:May 11, 2006
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Here’s An Opinion On: Pellet Smoker Australia byAlma Abell Remodeling your kitchen can be an exciting project, but it can also be confusing and complicated. If you are not a do-it-yourself type of person, you may want to just call in the Kitchen Remodeling in Camp Hill professionals to get the job done for you, Read more »
Monday, June 12, 2006 The Lower Saxony, Germany tax authority is migrating 12,000 desktops to use SuSE Linux with KDE as the desktop environment. The systems are being migrated from Sun’s Solaris x86 version 8, which has been in use at the organization since 2002. According to Eva Brucherseifer, president of the KDE community in German tax authority migrating 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux and KDE
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party
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Thursday, August 30, 2007 Announced early Wednesday morning at Nokia’s GoEvent, in a plan to expand the company’s revenue, Finland-based company Nokia Inc. is developing a mobile phone similar to its rival iPhone, which will be available in the near future for Nokia customers. The phone is expected to be available by 2008. Most of Nokia Inc. announces plans for iPhone rival
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Here’s An Opinion On: Radio Controlled Helicopter At whatever point an automaker breaks the news to construct a Sports vehicle, some different requests and assumptions should be met. However,Sports Car, yet not exactly the part it was 15 years earlier, is still exceptionally hot, and the setup names in the class do very well for Read more »
Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
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Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
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