US First Lady undergoes neck surgery

March 6, 2019 0 Comments

Saturday, September 8, 2007 United States First Lady Laura Bush underwent elective surgery on Saturday at George Washington University Hospital and is now “resting comfortably at the White House,” according to spokeswoman Sally McDonough. Last month, the First Lady injured her neck and shoulder during a hiking trip. The neck surgery, called posterior cervical foraminotomy, …

Ford’s US auto sales spike, surpassing GM

March 5, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Ford Motor Company said on Tuesday that its sales in the United States rose 43% in February compared to the same period last year, as the automaker outsold rivals Toyota and General Motors. The strength of our new products … are resonating with customers Ford said that total sales improved to …

‘Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography’ released, $100 million lawsuit in planning stages

March 5, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, was released in the United States yesterday amidst the potential for a US$100 million lawsuit against its publisher, St. Martin’s Press. The book will not be published in Australia, Britain, and New Zealand due to …

British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria

March 4, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 In findings published Sunday in Environmental International, a team from Britain’s University of Exeter reports that surfers and bodyboarders are roughly three times as likely to house antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and other bacteria that could easily become resistant, than other people who recreate in the coastal waters of the United Kingdom. …

Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie

March 4, 2019 0 Comments

Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia —On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Wikinews caught up with her in …

Relics found behind The Ruins of St. Paul, Macau

March 3, 2019 0 Comments

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Relics dated back to the Qing Dynasty were found under civil servants’ quarters at the Rua de D. Belchior Caneiro adjacent to The Ruins of St. Paul in Macau by archaeological teams at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since St Paul’s College is believed to have been located under those …

St. Anthony Foundation provides hope

March 1, 2019 0 Comments

Friday, September 23, 2005 On the corner of Golden Gate Ave. and Jones St. in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, right next to the Civic Center you can see a throng of low-income and homeless people lining up outside of St. Anthony’s Dining Room hall which opens up it’s doors everyday at 11:30 a.m. Volunteers dressed …

Sallie Mae leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about student loans

February 28, 2019 0 Comments

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about student loans in the United States shows Sallie Mae leads all lending institutions in complaints. Of the 4,851 complaints dating back to March 2012 when the CFPB first began collecting student loan data, 2,262 or 46.6% …

Detroit chemical plant experiences explosions, fire; residents evacuated/Brief

February 27, 2019 0 Comments

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 The EQ Resource Recovery Inc. and EQ Holding Company chemical processing plant near Romulus, Michigan, about 15 miles southwest of Detroit, was the scene of explosions and fire on Tuesday evening, continuing into Wednesday. The cause of the explosions and fire has not yet been determined. Firefighters announced their intention to …

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