Six die in Alaskan plane crash

Sunday, January 6, 2008 A Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain owned and operated by Servant Air has crashed shortly after takeoff from Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. Six people were killed and four others were rescued. The flight was a 100 mile scheduled domestic charter flight from Kodiak to Homer. Servant Air are a small local

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Quiznos restaurant chain airs controversial commercial

Friday, April 3, 2009 Quiznos, a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in selling submarine sandwiches, has aired a controversial television commercial, with an extended version only appearing in the late-night lineups. The commercial is a promotion for the company’s new sandwich, the ‘Toasty Torpedo’. Bob Sassone, a writer for TVSquad.com, argues that it is

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Bomb blast kills 5 policemen in Islamabad, Pakistan

Saturday, April 4, 2009 At least five policemen are dead after a bombing took place near the Frontier Corps check post in Margala Road, Islamabad, Pakistan. Reports conflict as to whether the attack was a suicide bombing, but Interior Advisor Rehman Malik told SAMAA TV that it was. Police have cordoned off the area and

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How To Know If Your Ex Still Loves You?

Read More About: Workers Compensation Lawyers Gold Coast By Anthony Malibu Do romantic feelings really go away after a relationship ends, or do they linger on? And if so, how long do they last? If you’re broken up and currently trying to get your boyfriend or girlfriend back, you’ll need to know the signals given

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G7 announce debt relief plan

Saturday, February 5, 2005 London, UK —The quarterly G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting at Lancaster House concluded on February 5, 2005, with the G7 failing to agree on a plan to reduce debt in developing countries. According to the Los Angeles Times, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced that he

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Australia: Victorian government to trial driverless vehicles on public roads

Saturday, August 12, 2017 Yesterday, the state government of Victoria, Australia announced their decision to trial self-driving vehicles on two of the state’s major connecting motorways, the CityLink and Tullamarine Freeway. The trial is to use autonomous vehicles from automobile companies including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and Tesla. The two-year trial is to have three phases.

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Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau

Thursday, August 16, 2007 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 from an academic tool to

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Choosing The Right Scrubs}

Read More About: Medical Scrubs In New Zealand Submitted by: Edwin M. Leyva If you are a nurse, a doctor, or hospital personnel assigned to work inside the operating room, you surely have worn scrubs while on duty. Scrubs are uniforms specifically designed for use by medical staff working at the operating room. That was

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Microsoft to track legal marijuana with new partner Kind Financial

Sunday, June 19, 2016 Microsoft announced on Thursday they are partnering with KIND Financial to help governments track the production and distribution of legal marijuana. Kind Financial, a California-based start-up company, began selling its Agrisoft Seed to Sale software three years ago. Microsoft is admitting Kind’s software on the Government portion of its Azure cloud

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Florida judge awards Zimmerman $150,000 bond in Trayvon Martin shooting

Sunday, April 22, 2012 George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain who faces second-degree murder charges for shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, took the stand Friday in a Florida courtroom for a bond hearing. While on stand, Zimmerman apologized to the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. “I am sorry for the loss of your son.

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