Sunday, June 22, 2008 Felipe Massa at the previous 2008 Canadian Grand PrixPhoto credit: Mark McArdle Magny Cours Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the FIA Formula One 2008 Grand Prix de France at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France. Though his teammate Kimi Räikkönen started from pole, Massa was able to get closer and overtake […]
Thursday, August 16, 2007 Robert Cailliau in 1995.Image: CERN. The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
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More On This Topic: Speech Pathology Nowra Stuttering (or stammering) is a voice disfluency, a speech disorder. When a person stutters, the normal flow of speech is disrupted by repetitions and/or prolongations of voice sounds. Frequently, an individual is also unable to start a word. Child stuttering, toddler stuttering and adult stuttering are themes being
Monday, January 25, 2010 Map of England with South Yorkshire in red. An elderly woman has died in a house fire in South Yorkshire, England. The woman, who is currently remaining unidentified, was blind and 93-years-old when her bungalow in Sheffield caught fire as a result of an accident in her kitchen yesterday afternoon. An
Woman killed in house fire in South Yorkshire, England
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Thursday, June 9, 2005On Thursday, Missouri Circuit Court Judge Werner Moentmann ruled that Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Planned Parenthood of Mid-Missouri must repay the state of Missouri $668,850 for grants they received illegally for fiscal years 2000 and 2003. The Judge said that the Planned Parenthood groups shared “office space, expenses, employee wages, equipment
Missouri Circuit Court Judge Werner Moentmann rules that Planned Parenthood must repay money.
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Monday, September 24, 2007 Felicite Stairs is running for the Ontario NDP in the Ontario provincial election, in the Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Felicite Stairs, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke
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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Professor of philosophy Daniel Dennett’s (Tufts University) new book Breaking the Spell uses the scientific method commonly employed to analyze natural phenomena in order to examine religion. The New York Times‘ February 20th review by Leon Wieseltier, which was strongly negative, has sparked debate about the merits of this approach. Breaking
Book review controversy over Daniel Dennett’s ‘Breaking the Spell’
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Monday, January 5, 2009 Amidst ongoing Israeli bombings of Gaza, with the death toll of the bombardments up to 537 with another 2,500 people wounded, UN food agencies again warned that the people of Gaza are facing a heavy humanitarian crisis. “The current situation in Gaza is appalling, and many basic food items are no
UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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Saturday, October 14, 2006 Example “TWELV” time display with translation An American inventor has patented a pair of new time formats with a footprint less than 50% of that of conventional four-digit time. The more unusual of the two new formats, called “TWELV”, dispenses with numerals altogether. In place of clock hands or digits, the
New method of displaying time patented
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