Sunday, December 20, 2009 A conservative Democratic United States senator has agreed to supply the key 60th vote needed for passage of a sweeping health care reform package. Senate Democrats have reached a breakthrough in their struggle to pass sweeping heath care reform legislation, lining up the 60 votes needed to overcome fierce Republican opposition. […]
LulzSec claims Sony network hack
Friday, June 3, 2011 A group of Internet hackers, which refers to itself as Lulz Security or LulzSec, has claimed to have broken into servers for Sony entertainment websites and stolen in excess of one million items of personal details, including email addresses and passwords. Seventy-five thousand “music codes” and three-and-a-half million “music coupons” were […]
High school football coach shot dead at school gym in Iowa
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 An American football coach has been shot at his school gym in Iowa, United States. Ed Thomas was shot in front of his students at around 8.00 am local time. Thomas was in the weight room at the time of the shooting. An adult male has been arrested suspected of his […]
Eva Hassett, VP of Savarino Construction Services Corp. answers questions on Buffalo, N.Y. hotel redesign
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, […]
Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computer […]
Allegations that New Zealand school administers corporal punishment
Thursday, August 24, 2006 South Auckland Tyndale Park Christian School have been asking parents of the pupils for permission to administer corporal punishment. The parents are informed that corporal punishment is illegal in New Zealand schools but it quotes the Bible “we ought to serve God rather than men”. Strapping children has been illegal since […]
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]
How To Find And Sell Scrap Iron In Philadelphia
More Detail Here: Australian Opal Rings Online Australian Opal Rings byphineasgray A declining economy and soaring commodities prices convinced people to sell their gold and silver jewelry for cash. Once in the habit of selling precious metals, they began looking for other metals to turn into cash. That old iron and those rusty bed springs […]
Category:Dominique Strauss-Kahn
This is the category for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a French politician, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 April 2012: French journalists claim Gaddafi promised Sarkozy campaign €50 million 24 August 2011: Strauss-Kahn case dismissed 19 May 2011: Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of IMF 18 […]
Bush unveils America’s new Iraq plan
Thursday, January 11, 2007 President Bush gave a speech that unveiled a “surge” strategy plan for the Iraq War. His plan involves sending 21,500 more troops into Iraq. He and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have sent benchmarks for the Iraqi government to accomplish. These benchmarks include increasing the Iraqi Army’s size and appointing a […]