Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised by the local Evening News […]
Portland, Oregon mayor admits to sexual relationship he previously denied
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 After an investigation by the Portland, Oregon weekly newspaper Willamette Week, mayor Sam Adams admitted he did have a sexual relationship with Beau Breedlove in 2005. The openly gay mayor said Breedlove was 18 years of age when the sexual relationship began, however the two met when Breedlove was still a minor. Adams also admitted he […]
Online Secured Personal Loan: Make Use Of People Online Cash
Online Secured Personal Loan: Make Use of People Online Cash by Barry Johns On online secure personal loans these days are available with all the significant creditors in US. On online personal financial loans can be very handy if you wish to go for significant plans which require a lot of money. You can get manually online secured personal loan […]
Canada’s Trinity—Spadina (Ward 20) city council candidates speak
This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Trinity—Spadina (Ward 20). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include […]
European Parliament rejects computer-implemented inventions directive
Correction — August 23, 2010 The vote counts in this article are incorrect. 648 members rejected the proposal, 14 voted for and 18 abstained. Wikinews apologises for the error. Wednesday, July 6, 2005 File:European-parliament-strasbourg.jpg The European Parliament has rejected the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (software patent directive) sustained by lobbies of large software publicists such as the corporations […]
Why You Should Consider Hiring Financial Advisors In Ct
See More About: Financial Advisor Best Financial Advice byAlma Abell There is a common misconception that the services of Financial Advisors in CT are just for the wealthy or large business owners. However, this could not be further from the truth. Learn the many reasons that you should consider hiring a financial advisor for your financial health and well-being. To […]
Overclocking experts gather in the Intel Overclocking Live Test in Taiwan
Monday, December 10, 2007 This past Saturday at 2007 Taipei IT Month, Intel of Taiwan invited hardware engineers, overclocking experts, and gamers to participate in the “Intel Taiwan Overclocking Live Test” at the Taipei World Trade Center to share techniques and technology for overclocking and other hardware tweaking. According to Intel Taiwan, this “Live Test” event was a friendly competition […]
Romanians to pay power bills via SMS
Friday, January 21, 2005 Romania’s electricity production and distribution company, plans to introduce a new system which will allow its consumers to pay their power bills via the Short Message Service, or SMS. Currently, electricity bills can be paid directly at banks using cash or credit cards, or via automatic teller machines (ATMs). Additionally, since 2004, customers have been able […]
You’re Never Too Old To Start Your Own Business
See More About: Craft Shop Australia Art And Craft For Children bytimothyharvard The young whippersnappers who start highly successful businesses in their teens or early 20’s get lots of attention. Think Facebook’s when he created The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company that was the forerunner to IBM. Fewer Distractions in YouthIt’s well known how much work is involved in starting your own business […]
Honda Civic tops Canada’s list of most stolen cars
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 The 1999 and 2000 year model Honda Civic SiR tops the list of Canada’s most stolen cars. Consumer popularity also assures the cars will be popular with thieves. Its the second year in a row the Honda SiR has topped the list. Rick Dubin Vice President of Investigations for the Insurance Bureau of Canada said “The […]