Tuesday, April 18, 2006 According to Buffalo, New York Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson, Sister Karen Klimczak, 62, a Catholic nun who went missing on Friday, has been found dead in a shallow grave. Her body was found inside a shed in the backyard of an abandoned house just five miles from her home. PoliceRead More
Guitarist Les Paul dies at 94
Friday, August 14, 2009 Les Paul, the American jazz guitarist whose eponymous electric guitar remains one of the most popular and influential designs of musical instrument in modern history, has died at the age of 94 of complications from pneumonia. Born Lester William Polfuss in 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, Les Paul was establishingRead More
Polaroid goes bankrupt
Friday, December 19, 2008 Camera company Polaroid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. The firm, famed for the introduction of instant photography, says alleged fraud by the founder of their parent group is to blame. Owned since 2005 by Petters Group Worldwide, Polaroid says that the group’s founder Tom PettersRead More
International row after Spielberg quits 2008 Beijing Olympics
Friday, February 15, 2008 On Wednesday, United States film director Steven Spielberg withdrew from his position as artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. “Conscience will not allow me to continue with business as usual,” he said. “Sudan’s government bears the bulk of the responsibility for these ongoing crimes but the internationalRead More
Funny Epitaphs 1
Here’s An Opinion On: Mining Truck Shovel Australia Australia Mining Truck Funny Epitaphs -1 by rocktree Humor can be originated where least likely. Headstone epitaphs, for example, can be astonishingly funny. Many epitaphs are accidentally, and sometimes, deliberately, amusing. They provide us the different view angles toward the death. On a lawyer: Sir John Strange.Read More
Fires at Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia
Saturday, November 12, 2005 34 accommodation units have been destroyed by fire at the Baxter Detention Centre near Pt Augusta in South Australia today. The blaze also gutted a kitchen, laundry, recreational area and officers’ station. The original blaze broke out around 4am ACST in the kitchen of the “White One” compound which houses singleRead More
Eleven killed in train crash in northern Victoria, Australia
Tuesday, June 5, 2007File:Swan Hill3.jpg Eleven people have been killed, and more than 20 injured, when a V/Line passenger train and a semi trailer collided at a level crossing on the Murray Valley Highway in northern Victoria, Australia. At least 13 more are still missing and are believed to be trapped in the wreckage. TheRead More
Interview with Vicky Dhillon, City Council candidate for Wards 9 & 10 in Brampton, Canada
Thursday, October 26, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Vicky Dhillon, asking them to answer common questions sent inRead More
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UK government’s Information Commissioner takes enforcement action against Liberal Democrat party for cold calling voters
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Richard Thomas, the British Information Commissioner has criticized the Liberal Democrats for cold calling 250,000 British people automatically to encourage them to support their party. The commissioner announced in a press release made public on Thursday that “the Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against the Liberal Democrats after findingRead More