Sunday, August 20, 2006 Correction — January 23, 2006 Cyclist Floyd Landis failed a drugs test for the hormone testesterone, not adrenaline as reported in the article. Track star Marion Jones, winner of 3 gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has tested positive for the performance enhancing drug, EPO. The hormone helps create extra red…
Fiery collision between prison van and truck kills seven in Alabama, US
Saturday, October 4, 2008 Six applicants to join the Alabama Department of Corrections and their driver have been killed after the prison van they were traveling in collided with an 18-wheeled truck. Both vehicles burned at the scene. Andrew David Carter, who was driving the Lewis Trucking Company truck with a cargo of treated lumber,…
Personalized Wedding Invitations Are Truly One Of A Kind
Read More About: Strapping Supplies Online Hunter Industrial Supplies Submitted by: Clare G Personalized wedding invitations are the perfect way to create an invite that is as unique as the bridal couple themselves. They have the unmistakable stamp of the bridal couple all over them and leave a lasting impression on the recipients. If you…
Swedish nuclear reactors shut down over safety concerns
Saturday, August 5, 2006 Correction — August 14, 2006 This article reports that the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant reactor cooling systems failed. This is incorrect. Two of the four emergency diesel generators supplying power to the plant failed to start as expected, during a reactor shut down. The emergency cooling system, which functioned normally was sufficient…
House of Supreme Court Justice threatened
Monday, January 23, 2006 In the town of Weare, New Hampshire, a movement is under way to force Supreme Court Justice David Souter to sell his home for “public benefit,” an expansion of the eminent domain provision in the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution that the Supreme Court legalized in the controversial 5–4 decision…
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Communist Party candidate Shona Bracken, Toronto Danforth
Sunday, October 7, 2007 Shona Bracken is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election in Toronto—Danforth. Wikinews interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 wins Grammy’s Record of the year; Bad Blood wins the Best Music Video
Thursday, February 18, 2016 On Monday, US singer Taylor Swift won the 58th Grammy Awards Album of the Year for her album 1989, and her video song Bad Blood won the Grammy Award for the Best Music Video. There will be people who will try to undercut your success This was the second time Swift…
Eric Bogosian on writing and the creative urge
Thursday, April 17, 2008 Eric Bogosian is one of America’s great multi-dimensional talents. “There’s sort of three different careers, and any one of them could exist by itself, on its own two feet. There was that solo stuff, and then I started writing plays in the late seventies.” Although his work has spanned genres, most…
Motorcycle Frames And Motorcycle Parts
Read More About: It Procurement Consultants New York It Procurement Consultants Ca Motorcycle Frames And Motorcycle Parts by Victor Epand When you are ready to buy your bike, you may have a hard choice to make about your frame. Should you get a custom one or should you get a generic one? These are all…
An account of the Esperanza Fire from an animal rescuer
This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details. This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details. Saturday, December 2, 2006 As families fled their homes in the early morning hours on Thursday October 26, there was no warning. The Esperanza Fire…