Thursday, August 9, 2007 Investigators say that flaws in the design of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota may have caused it to collapse and that the design flaw is not “unique” to the Minneapolis bridge. According to an ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the flaw was found in the…
Over 200 skiers trapped as lift breaks at Maine resort
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Rescue efforts are underway to free more than 200 skiers trapped Tuesday at Maine’s Sugarloaf ski resort, which is located 120 miles north of Portland. Several injuries were reported after a ski lift broke down; an employee at the resort said this caused several people to fall to the ground. The…
How Has Cutlery Changed Over The Years?
Submitted by: Annie Deakin You may not realize as you look at the fork in your hand that it has undergone a huge evolution since its earliest days. The changes that cutlery has undergone over the centuries can often mirror the way the societies that used them have changed as well. From the basic dagger…
Talk:Hard drive technology breaks storage density record
The article says “perpendicular recording has been discussed in academic circles for over 100 years.” How can this be true when hard drives haven’t been around for nearly that long? Sure this shouldn’t be 10 years? 64.218.66.130 02:07, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) I moved the article because the claim of a 230GB/in2 hard disc being…
Australian Labor Party shelves government oversight of media legislation
Friday, March 22, 2013 A package of six media reform bills introduced last week before Australia’s Parliament — including one proposing appointing a Public Interest Media Advocate (PIMA) to monitor print and online sectors — was shelved yesterday by the Australian Labor Party, with only two passed before a seven week break for the country’s…
User talk:KaylaUOW
— Wikinews Welcome (talk) 00:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC) Hi there! Thanks for your article, The plight continues. Unfortunately, the article isn’t ready to be published. I’ve left some notes on the talk page. Regards, Microchip08 (talk) 07:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC) Hi. I have reviewed Two more signals detected during search for flight MH370…
Importance Of A Scotch Whisky Glass
Read An Opinion On: Juicersaustralia Site Importance of a Scotch Whisky Glass by Allan Michael Taylor Perhaps there are no other drinks in the planet that can be more geographically identified than Scotch whisky. What is interesting to point out is that despite of the secrecies and myths surrounding the drink, the best whiskies ever…
Blender Foundation launches open movie, open game projects
Monday, June 11, 2007 The Blender Foundation, which maintains the open source 3D tool Blender, has announced two new projects, codenamed Peach and Apricot. Project Peach will be a new open source movie, following in the footsteps of last year’s Elephants Dream project (which was initially codenamed Orange). Apricot, on the other hand, will use…
Chinese hostage rescued in the Philippines
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 A Filipino police official said that Xili Wu, a Chinese buinessman held by al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern island for one and a half years, has been rescued. Amil Banaan, Chief Inspector of Sulu provincial police, says Wu was under the name Peter Go to hide his illegal status in the…
Are There Benefits To Custom Made Furniture?
Read An Opinion On: Table Tops Table Tops For Sale Are There Benefits to Custom Made Furniture? by Bevi Sclyde For some people, having custom made furniture created is a great way to add flare and unique style to their home. Some people have a unique style that they cannot find in pre-made furniture, so…