Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery…
Penske Auto selected to buy General Motors’ Saturn unit
Friday, June 5, 2009 General Motors Corporation (GM), an American automaker which has filed for bankruptcy protection, announced on Friday that the Penske Automotive Group (PAG) was selected to purchase Saturn Corporation. The transaction should be completed in October. The purchase includes rights to the Saturn brand, its five current models and its dealership network….
Director’s Chair: Versatility And Durability In One
Read More About: Bean Bag Refills Bean Bag Beans Submitted by: Susan Amez Director’s Chairs: Versatility at Its Simplest Form If you are looking for a versatile kind of chair to use for both inside the house and outside, you need not look no more. Director’s chairs can answer the call of indoor and outdoor…
Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal…
John Vanderslice plays New York City: Wikinews interview
Thursday, September 27, 2007 John Vanderslice has recently learned to enjoy America again. The singer-songwriter, who National Public Radio called “one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today,” found it through an unlikely source: his French girlfriend. “For the first time in my life I wouldn’t say I was defending…
News briefs:September 8, 2005
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Keep Heat &Amp; Money Where It Belongs
Read More About: Opal Rings Australia Australian Opal Rings byalex It’s not uncommon in this day and age to find a family struggling with finances. The global recession has made for tough times, and never is it more apparent than during the searing heat of summer or the freezing cold of winter. As temperatures rise…
News briefs:May 03, 2010
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Romanian oil company claims Iran has seized one of its rigs
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 An Orizont oil platform in the Persian Gulf, owned by the Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) of Romania, has allegedly been boarded by Iranian troops after being fired at by a helicopter. Romanian officials have not “heard anything” from the workers on the platform “since then [the attack].”, according to a company…
Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
Sunday, May 20, 2012 U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Wolfe, an attorney based out of Chattanooga, announced his intentions last year to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. So far, he has…