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Seven bushfires near Perth, Western Australia
Sunday, February 4, 2007 Fourteen houses have been destroyed and another 3 damaged by a bush fire burning in Jarrah forests and farmland near the historical timber town of Dwellingup 70km south east of Perth, Western Australia. The fire has also destroyed approximately 100 power poles, leading to a loss of telecommunication services to the […]
Interview with Bill Bousfield, Regional Council candidate for Wards 1 & 5 in Brampton, Canada
Monday, October 30, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Bill Bousfield, asking them to answer common questions sent in […]
All In: Poker Night Lessons For Winning Big At Your Career Book Review
Read More About: Financial Adviser By Joy Nesen Cagil Geoff Graber says he was four years old when his grandfather taught him how to play poker. I read this little fact when I opened the book to its beginning, and I was immediately hooked. After having read–a few years ago–another book on the application of […]
Augusten Burroughs on addiction, writing, his family and his new book
Friday, October 12, 2007 I had an unofficial phone call from Gay Talese last Tuesday. He had just flown back from Colombia and he was cranky. “I’m happy to do an interview with you,” he said, “but what the hell could you ask me that’s not already out there? Have you even bothered to look?!” […]
Live 8 concerts around the world to “End Poverty Now”
Saturday, July 2, 2005 Massive music concerts took place around the planet under the Live 8 banner in an effort to put pressure on the leaders of the eight richest countries in the world to end global poverty. All concerts were timed to take place between noon and 10pm local time, with over a million […]
Settlement returns billions to California schools funding
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 The state’s teachers and schools chief Jack O’Connell have settled their lawsuit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and, as a result, billions of dollars in school funding O’Connell and the teachers claimed the governor misappropriated during the state’s fiscal crisis will be returned to the schools. “The restoration of funding to California […]
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Wikinews Shorts: February 5, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, February 5, 2007. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_Shorts:_February_5,_2007&oldid=775171”
Emma’s Imagination declared winner of UK’s ‘Must Be The Music’
Monday, September 20, 2010 Emma’s Imagination, a solo music act otherwise identified as Emma Gillespie, has been declared as the winner of Must Be The Music, a music talent programme broadcast on Sky1 in the United Kingdom. As the winner of the series, Emma gains a prize of £100,000 (US$155,484, €119,061, A$164,130, C$159,968). Shortly after […]
Baseball player Manny Ramirez retires after testing positive for performance-enhancing drug
Sunday, April 10, 2011 Champion Tampa Bay Rays baseball player Manny Ramirez, 38, notified the MLB on Friday that he would retire after being notified that he had tested positive for a banned perforance-enhancing drug. It was his second offense and he was facing a 100-game suspension. In 2009 as a Los Angeles Dodger, he […]