News briefs:July 16, 2010
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Historic gym the site of Benet Academy, Illinois victory over Oswego
Monday, January 18, 2010 Benet Academy Redwings 40 34 Oswego Panthers The Benet Academy Redwings boys basketball team defeated the Oswego High School Panthers 40–34 Saturday night at Benet’s historic Alumni Gym. Located at Lisle, Illinois, United States, the gymnasium is home to Benet’s winning streak of 102 consecutive home games. The statewide record lasted […]
Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
Sunday, May 28, 2006 Stardust is a NASA space capsule that collected samples from comet 81P/Wild (also known as “Wild 2) in deep space and landed back on Earth on January 15, 2006. It was decided that a collaborative online review process would be used to “discover” the microscopically small samples the capsule collected. The […]
Australian treasurer enters nuclear debate
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian nuclear debate Peter Costello, Australian treasurer and the man most likely to succeed Prime Minister John Howard as Liberal party leader has thrown his support behind a nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr Costello said that when nuclear power generation becomes economically […]
Man dies in Serbian enclave; could not call ambulance
Friday, October 1, 2010 The Health Centre of Gra?anica reported a man from central Kosovo died because of late medical attention. He was unable to call for medical attention due to telephone signal cuts in Kosovo. The Health Centre announced on their website the patient with initials M.D. died Tuesday at 17:10 CET and was […]
Crosswords/2005/February/7
Monday, February 7, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword. Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people; print it out and fill it in at your own leisure! < Previous crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Yesterday’s […]
Eleven HIV/AIDS patient-protestors detained in Myanmar
Friday, June 8, 2007 Myanmar authorities detained 11 HIV/AIDS patients for three days in a Yangon hospital following the group’s recent demonstrations calling for the release of detained HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thinn. The patients were being detained at Waybargi Infectious Diseases Hospital on the outskirts of Yangon. “The patients were given a series of […]
Mayor declares weather emergency in New York City
Thursday, January 13, 2011 On Tuesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced a weather emergency in New York City, New York. The announcement was issued as a preemptive measure in preparation for an expected 6-12 inches of snow Wednesday, although the Metropolitan Transportation Authority claims to be ready for 14 inches. Bloomberg explained the meaning of […]
Black Vs. White: The Double Standard Amongst Celebrities
Here’s An Opinion On: Rockhampton Sheds Blue Print Sheds By Todd A. Smith In the summer of 2003, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was America’s public enemy number one. He had been accused of a raping a 19-year-old hotel worker in Eagle, Colo. and before any details of the case had emerged; people had […]
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