Sunday, July 1, 2007 A young woman was killed Friday night after an accident occurred on a gyrating ride at the Playland amusement park in Rye, New York in the United States. The woman, Gabriela Garin, was a worker at the amusement park, and had worked there for the past seven years. The accident occurred […]
A Review Of The Electric Mountain Bike, Folding Model Ez008}
Here’s An Opinion On: Palletizing Automated Packaging Machinery Us A review of the Electric Mountain Bike, Folding Model EZ008 by Netna I feel this is a well-designed bike that is seriously needed in a world of excessive pollution with everyone dependent on steadily rising gas prices. Most battery-powered bikes in the past had their battery […]
Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US
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. […]
Wikinews interviews organiser of New Zealand’s Rock2Wgtn festival Phil Sprey
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Across Easter weekend Wellington, New Zealand was host to Rock2Wgtn, an international two-day hard rock festival. Large crowds showed up at Westpac Stadium to see the various acts. The world has never seen an event of this kind before. Day one featured three theatrical acts. Finnish band Lordi, known for their […]
Fourteen dead as passenger helicopter crashes off Estonia
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Fourteen people are presumed dead after a passenger helicopter of the Finnish company Copterline crashed into the Baltic Sea, 5 km off the coast of Estonia. After hours of search, the wreck was found with a sonar at a depth of approximately 60 meters. The cabin is damaged but has remained […]
Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost
Monday, January 23, 2006 Bushfires are burning across Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania assisted by very hot conditions. Victoria is the hardest hit with a single blaze burning out over 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) and destroying 20 homes. There are around a dozen fires burning in Victoria, with others in South Australia, Western […]
Zimbabwe bound arms ship flees from South Africa
Saturday, April 19, 2008 A Chinese arms ship bound for Zimbabwe was expelled from Durban, South Africa on Friday evening by the city’s High Court. This comes after China, soon to host the Olympic games in Beijing, has come under world scrutiny for its human rights record and after Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe created further […]
Controversial medical center demolished in Buffalo, New York
Saturday, May 26, 2007 A medical center, once the site of intense controversy over abortion in the 1990s, which has been vacant for nearly 10 years, was imploded in Buffalo, New York at 6:00 a.m. [eastern time] today. Several streets in about a 2 block radius were shut down until the implosion occurred and the […]
Out Of Home Advertising Opportunities: The Bar Top Video Game}
Here’s An Opinion On: Pump Systems Pressure Pumps Out of Home Advertising Opportunities: the Bar Top Video Game by Jeff R. Lamb In a landscape that used to be dominated by jukeboxes and arcade machines, a new digital player is capturing the attention of customers – the bar top video game machine. These devices typically […]
Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
Friday, October 5, 2007 You may not know Joseph Merlino, but he knows about you and what makes you function. He knows what turns you on and he knows whether it is a problem for you. Merlino, who is the psychiatry adviser to the New York Daily News, is one of the more accomplished psychiatrists […]