byAlma Abell Some individuals wonder if they need Water Treatment in Cedar Rapids IA? So what have folks thinking about their water? In 2014, it was revealed that Flint was having a major issue with its water supply. There were people who were actually getting sick because of the water. With the problem in Flint highlighted, it was only natural that residents in other areas began to question their own water. Residents began to realize…
This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page and notes page for more details. This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page and notes page for more details. Saturday, March 5, 2005 The New York Public Library launched a new website that offers over 275,000 historic images culled from the library’s collections. The images have been digitized by the library’s Digital Imaging Unit with assistance from outside…
Saturday, October 8, 2005 Numerous smuggled artifacts were found at an Austrian tour guide’s home. Five Italians were arrested and twenty-eight others are now being investigated. The Austrian, known as “Mozart” in the art trafficking world, received a citation for his involvement. Police claim that some 600 artifacts, which had been illegally excavated, were found. Most ranged from 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE. Many of the items were gold and silver, along…
Friday, January 5, 2007 An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been released). The disabled girl was operated upon at the request of her parents, to prevent her from growing, menstruating and developing breasts. The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, explain their situation on a blog entitled The “Ashley Treatment”. There have been over 1000 reactions on the blog so far.…
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 On Sunday, Wikinews interviewed creator of memorial site LisaMcPherson.org, former Lisa McPherson Trust employee and long time Scientology critic Jeff Jacobsen. LisaMcPherson.org is a memorial site created in 1997 containing information on her death and the resulting legal case against the Church of Scientology. Lisa McPherson died in 1995 while in the care of the Church of Scientology. After a car accident, she became mentally unstable. Scientologists removed her from the…
Friday, July 21, 2006 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT, HKSE:4338) has announced plans to buy back US$40 billion of its stock between now and 2011. (All further figures in this article are in U.S. Dollars.) Microsoft, the world’s largest maker of computer software, will make a tender offer to repurchase $20 billion of its own stock by August 17, and will purchase another $20 billion by 2011. This is in addition to a previous $30 billion stock…
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Friday, July 22, 2005 Administrators PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) have announced that the British car company MG Rover and its engine manufacturer Powertrain Ltd has been sold to Chinese company Nanjing Automobile for an unknown sum of money. The company beat bids from Shanghai Automotive (SAIC), despite being the smaller of the two. MG Rover collapsed this Spring, after struggling to make a profit for several years. SAIC had tried to buy only the engine plant and…
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Pupils who are given detention at a Christchurch, New Zealand high school are being forced to wear orange overalls with the words ‘Work Crew’ on the back. The New Zealand Parent Teacher Association (NZPTA) have said that this is unacceptable humiliation and will make each student stand out. The vice-president of the NZPTA, Margaret Mooney described the overalls as radical. The principal of Shirley Boys’ High School, John Laurenson, denied these…