Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate
December 26, 2022
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 race immediately following the 2008 election. Schriner refers to himself as the "Average Joe" candidate, and advocates a pro-life and pro-environmentalist...
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Comedian Jim Davidson arrested as part of Yewtree sex abuse inquiries
December 24, 2022
Thursday, January 3, 2013 British comedian and TV presenter Jim Davidson was arrested yesterday as part of Operation Yewtree, the sex abuse investigation started following accusations against deceased entertainer Jimmy Savile. Police said the arrest of Davidson was not directly connected to the accusations against Savile. Davidson has been released on bail until March. Henri Brandman, Davidson's solicitor, said the complaints against Davidson stem from two women who were adults when the abuse was alleged to...
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Malaysian government warns citizens about Uncyclopedia
December 24, 2022
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Satire site Uncyclopedia, a parody of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has been labeled by the Malaysian government as dangerous. The Internal Security Department of Malaysia issued the warning today, saying that the site has "messages and information insulting Malaysia". The warning notes the creation date of the website as being...
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Pope John Paul II unable to lead Good Friday services
December 22, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2005 Pope John Paul II, the most visible global Christian leader and head of the largest Christian denomination, Roman Catholicism, has for the first time been unable to lead traditional Good Friday services in Rome. He appeared to worshippers via a video presentation from the Vatican. The Catholic leader has been diagnosed with pulmonary illness and Parkinson's disease. Catholic services on this day are strictly liturgies of the word with an optional Eucharist,...
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Stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting recovered by police
December 22, 2022
Thursday, October 4, 2007 Police in Britain have recovered a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting worth, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), £65 million (US$133 million). "Through careful investigations and intelligence-led police work we were able to locate the painting and make four arrests. We are extremely pleased to recover the ’Madonna of the Yarnwinder’ painting," said Mickey Dalgleish, the chief Inspector for Scotland Yard. The famous painting, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, painted by...
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New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine
December 22, 2022
Thursday, April 11, 2019 In two studies presented on Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Orlando, Florida in the United States, scientists have disclosed new steps toward using natural adhesives made by the dusky Arion slug (Arion subfuscus) in medical applications such as in closing skin wounds and reducing scarring. When threatened, the dusky Arion slug secretes an unusual glue, making itself a difficult target for predators....
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Online buyers conned by fake Olympics ticket web sites
December 17, 2022
Thursday, August 7, 2008 Two web sites purporting to sell tickets to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games due to open in Beijing, China on Friday have been the subject of lawsuits from the International Olympic Committee in United States courts in recent weeks. The web sites, beijingticketing.com and beijing-2008tickets.com, were designed to resemble official sites and often appeared above the official sites in Google searches, and scammed some victims out of up to US$50,000 each for...
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Cat in Rhode Island, USA nursing home ‘senses death’
December 16, 2022
Thursday, July 26, 2007 At a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island a cat is reported to be able to sense when elderly individuals are about to die. The cat, known as 'Oscar' is reported to have sensed the deaths of at least 25 elderly people. According to nursing home employees, Oscar has been living at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for two years and seems to sense the deaths at least two to...
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Scottish lawyer denies death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
December 15, 2022
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 A Scottish lawyer today denied reports that Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi had died, after it was reported on Sky News earlier today that "unidentified sources" had said that he was dead. The reports came onto Sky News at around 16.00 BST today. The information could not be confirmed, and it was not immediately clear where Sky News had obtained their information. Megrahi is suffering from terminal prostate cancer. Scottish...
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Record number of failed banks reported in US for February
December 15, 2022
Sunday, March 1, 2009 According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a record number of banks for a calendar month have failed in the United States in February. A total of 10 banks failed in February, more than any other month since October of 2000. A total of 16 banks have closed this year so far, with 24 closing in 2008. If the current trend continues, the total number of failed banks will more than...
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