Residents fear environmental hazard on site of partially collapsed building in Buffalo, New York

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Buffalo, New York — Residents in Buffalo, New York fear that demolishing a nearly 200-year-old livery and stable which partially collapsed on Wednesday June 11, could cause an environmental hazard. Wikinews has learned that according property records with the city, the stable was converted into a gasoline station and auto repair […]

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‘Outraged’ LaHood unveils plans to tackle fatigued U.S. air traffic controllers

Sunday, April 17, 2011 I don’t know when I’ve ever been madder. I’m outraged about this. United States officials have unveiled new plans which require air traffic controllers to have longer rest periods between shifts after a spate of controllers fell asleep while on duty at airports across the country. Announcing the plans, transport secretary […]

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Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan

Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery […]

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Suspected US drone strikes kill twelve in western Pakistan

Thursday, December 17, 2009 Pakistani intelligence officials said earlier today that two suspected US drone attacks in Taliban-dominated tribal areas of the country have killed at least a dozen people, although some reports put the number as high as seventeen. The first attack targeted a vehicle carrying two suspected militants in the town of Dosali, […]

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Wikinews interviews Spain’s most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales

Saturday, January 19, 2013 Zaragoza, Spain — On Thursday, Wikinews traveled to Zaragoza, Spain to interview the nation’s most decorated Paralympian and IPC Athlete Council representative Teresa Perales. A wide range of topics about the Paralympics and sport in Spain were discussed including the evolution of Paralympic sport, disability sport classification, funding support across all […]

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