Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal…
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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not…
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2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday saw the latest edition of the vetted version of Wikipedia, which is aimed at educational use, go quietly online. The extensively revised version covers over five thousand…
Debt Crisis? What Does God Say?
Find Out More About: 200 Series Sunshine Coast By Zandile Shaba Personal Debt Crisis! The number one issue that people with problems approach me for is related to debt. Being an ex-banker I have personally witnessed how people can be ruined by too much debt. When debt is uncontrolled it can lead to financial destruction,…
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter orbit
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Yesterday, NASA announced their spacecraft Juno has reached Jupiter orbit. It was launched almost five years ago to investigate the largest planet of the Solar System, especially its past. Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, said, “Independence Day always is something to celebrate, but today we can add to America’s birthday another reason…
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Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Frank Walker, the chief minister of Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, denies that there was a cover up after a child’s remains were found. The allegations of a cover-up stem from statements by Stuart Syvret. Syvret, the former Minister for Health and Social Services…
Power Of Social Media Marketing Use Facebook To Grow Your Business
Find Out More About: Sports Betting How to use the Facebook platform properly to grow your business?Create attractive content Images, the description of your post, and the presentation style are features that attract readers’ attention. Therefore, the more attractive posts you create – the more attention you will get. It is a great practice to…
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Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal approved by Common Council
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date…
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Former “crossover” Canadian MP to leave politics
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Canadian MP Belinda Stronach has officially announced she will not run for re-election in her riding of Newmarket—Aurora in the next federal election. She will re-join her father Frank Stronach‘s company Magna International Inc., a large auto parts company, as the executive vice-chairwoman. “My father is looking to the future, the…
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News briefs:April 23, 2010
Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything. Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To…