Thursday, August 7, 2008 Two web sites purporting to sell tickets to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games due to open in Beijing, China on Friday have been the subject of lawsuits from the International Olympic Committee in United States courts in recent weeks. The web sites, beijingticketing.com and beijing-2008tickets.com, were designed to resemble official sites…
Wikinews interviews Anda Banikos, local council candidate in South Gippsland, Australia
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Since June 2019, the people of South Gippsland Shire, located at the southernmost tip of Australia, have been without a local council, after a state government inquiry found “high levels of tension” within the council. Administrators were appointed by the Victorian state government in July 2019, who have governed the shire…
Buyer’s Remorse And How To Short Circuit It
Read More About: Real Estate Agency Bald Hills By Kenrick Cleveland It’s human nature to want to believe that we have done something of value when we make a purchase. We like to feel we’ve used proper sense and keen determination in choosing things that are going to be good for us and of the…
Dozens of cats removed from feces-ridden New Jersey house
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Almost 100 cats and one dog were found living in a feces- and filth-ridden New Jersey house, in what local authorities are calling among the worst cases of animal cruelty they have ever seen. Authorities had to wear masks in order to help them breathe through the stench of urine as…
Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York,…
Wikinews interviews U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney
Friday, March 7, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Cynthia McKinney, one of the candidates for the Green Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. McKinney is a former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia. She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 and held her seat for ten years until being…
Senior Assisted Living Care Homes | Adult Care Living Homes
Read More About: Phlebotomy Training Programs Van Nuys Ca Senior Assisted Living is a concept that helps senior citizens live independent life while receiving services and assistance in their everyday lives. The assisted living facility offers complete care and support to its residents, 24 hours a day. Senior Assisted Living Homes are designed as residential…
Tour de France: Yellow jersey Cancellara surprises sprinters
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 In the third and longest stage of the Tour de France today, the Swiss leader Fabian Cancellara didn’t wait to compete with the sprinters, and used his time trial qualities to just hold them off and haul in a second victory. The wind was stopping the whole peloton and it’s hard…
Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator
Thursday, September 25, 2008 A Louisiana representative has proposed a controversial solution to “generational welfare,” which would pay women on welfare to get sterilization. Republican John LaBruzzo said he thought of the idea because of his constituents’ outrage over paying for welfare. “You have these people who are just fed up with working their buns…
Manipulating Your Nose With Rhinoplasty
Read More About: Best Surgeons For Facelift In Fort Worth Texas Manipulating Your Nose With Rhinoplasty by aaucoin Rhinoplasty is a very popular option in terms of cosmetic procedures. Though there are many situations in which this procedure can improve breathing and reducing snoring, it is more commonly done to improve the overall look and…