HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that noRead More

What You Must Disclose When You Sell Your Own House

Here’s An Opinion On: Financial Services Salesforce Coin Financial Planning Software By Geri Mason As a for sale by owner home seller, you are responsible for completing many of the steps that a real estate agent would typically handle for you. Most likely youve already fixed up the inside and outside of the home, setRead More

Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s Modern One

Saturday, March 14, 2015 This weekend saw the opening of two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art. Wikinews attended Thursday’s press preview for the event where a full contingent of the capital’s press turned out to see the striking collection of paintings, photographs, and other works. Presented below are a selection ofRead More

Eurovision ’04 winner Ruslana discusses her paths as singer, spokesmodel, stateswoman and source of inspiration

Monday, March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described “Amazon” Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Wild Dances,” inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. In the five years since, Ruslana has decidedRead More

Category:August 5, 2010

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party.Read More

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,Read More

11 Saveti Za Slikanje Teksturnih Zidova}

Here’s An Opinion On: Farm Sheds Rockhampton Blue Print Sheds 11 Saveti za slikanje teksturnih zidova by Kendra Mata Henry Sherrod: Vi nesumnjivo elite da ponete sa svojim zidom, svojim plafonima. Dakle, tako’e moete, ako u sluaju da imate brojne zidove, moda ak i koristite kao prani mop ili sun’er, tako neto. Previe pritisnuti, modaRead More

Australians need bigger toilets

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Standards Australia, the non-government standards setting organisation in Australia has indicated that it is reviewing the weight limit for toilet seats as they need to accommodate the “increasing size of humans”. Obesity levels have been rising for years in Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that the percentage of AustralianRead More