Tuesday, October 16, 2007 “We’re only two days in and we’re already fucking tired,” says Sune Rose Wagner to David Shankbone as he walks into the dressing room at the Bowery Ballroom. Wagner and Sharin Foo comprise the Raveonettes, a group made for “nostalgists who long for Everly Brothers 45’s and diner jukeboxes, the Raveonettes tweak “American Graffiti”-era rock with fuzzed-out surf-guitar riffs,” said The New York Times. They recently left Columbia and signed with…

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, killed nearly 19,000 Americans in 2005 alone, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is more people than were killed by AIDS in the United States. More than 94,000 Americans were afflicted with MRSA infections in 2005. Although the supergerm, or superbug, is primarily found in hospitals, a growing number of cases have been contracted…

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Saturday, September 10, 2005 The American Red Cross is not lending its usual assistance in New Orleans, because the Louisiana National Guard acted first. After Saturday September 3, it was agreed with state officials the Red Cross was not needed because the large-scale evacuation of the city was under way. The organization explains on its web site: Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in…

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Thursday, July 23, 2009 Morale is “fine” inside the Vestas plant in Newport, Isle of Wight, England, as an industrial occupation of the wind turbine factory finished entered its fourth night, says one of the occupiers. “Mark,” who prefers not to give his last name for fear of management reprisals, spoke to Wikinews and gave an update on the situation inside the plant, where 30 of the 525 workers whose jobs are slated to be…

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This is the category for CNN, the Cable News Network, a cable and satellite television channel based in the United States. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 9 July 2010: CNN journalist fired for controversial Twitter message 19 April 2008: Chinese hackers call off attack on CNN website 19 June 2007: CNN and YouTube partner for democratic debate 4 April 2007: One killed at CNN Atlanta shooting 5 January 2007: CNN typo mixes…

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Monday, March 21, 2005 Automobile industry pioneer, John DeLorean, died Saturday in a New Jersey hospital by complications from a stroke. DeLorean was born in 1925 in Detroit, Michigan to European immigrant parents. He received an education in automotive engineering and quickly rose through the ranks of Packard and later General Motors (GM). DeLorean was credited with the development of the Pontiac GTO, which helped introduce the era of “muscle cars”. By 1965, DeLorean led…

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Monday, December 13, 2010 At least seventeen people were admitted to an Oxford hospital after a coach, operated by the Oxford Tube service, overturned while exiting the M40 motorway near Thame, Saturday evening. There were no other vehicles involved according to Thames Valley Police. The incident took place at around 2300 GMT Saturday night at junction seven of the M40 near Milton Common, when a coach, belonging to the Oxford Tube service, overturned on a…

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Thursday, September 16, 2010 A man shot a faculty physician as well as his own mother before killing himself at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting occurred on the eighth floor of the Nelson Building, the hospital’s main building. Baltimore police found the suspected shooter, who had been barricaded inside his mother’s hospital room for several hours before killing himself and his mother. At around 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 UTC), an unnamed doctor…

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The time is 18:00 (UTC) on May 17th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities 1.2 EU treating Iran “like a 4 year old”: Ahmadinejad likens EU incentives to the offer of “walnuts and chocolates” in exchange for gold 1.3 Half of Australian defence force’s munitions of no use 1.4 Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal 1.5 Hawaii to…

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