Meteorite blamed for mysterious illness in Peru

Thursday, September 20, 2007
On Saturday local villagers claimed a meteorite slammed into a field outside of Carancas, near Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru on the border of Bolivia. It emitted a sweet but noxious odor. It has now been blamed for a mass illness affecting roughly 200 villagers with “nausea, vomiting, digestive problems and general sickness,” according to a local health dRead More…

News briefs:May 30, 2010

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Wikinews interviews Mario J. Lucero and Isabel Ruiz of Heaven Sent Gaming

Friday, November 7, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico —Online entertainment is a booming market, and plenty of players are making their play; back in March of this year The Walt Disney Company bought the multi-channel network Maker Studios. What is web entertainment, and the arts therein? And, who are the people venturing into this field? Wikinews interviewed Mario Lucero and Isabel Ruiz, the foundeRead More…

What You Should Know About Dental Insurance For Individuals

More Detail Here: Compare Green Slips Prices What You Should Know About Dental Insurance For Individuals by E. M.Dental insurance is important, because peoples\’ overall health depends on their oral health. This makes it essential for all people to have regular dental checkups as well as yearly physicals. However, before the average person can have these regular exams, they need some typeRead More…

US considers taxing earnings from online games

Sunday, October 22, 2006
With online gaming in persistent worlds becoming more prevalent, a US congressional committee has begun to look into the tax implications of these booming online economies. Games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life have large player driven economic systems in which – either following the rules or against them – real world currencies are exchanged for in-game currenRead More…

Koreas hold joint training session for Olympics

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
On Sunday, female ice hockey players from North and South Korea joined one another for a training session before the upcoming Winter Olympics. Players from the two Koreas are to compete together as a united team for the events hosted in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which are scheduled to start on February 9; Seoul’s Unification Ministry said. The cross-border gesture isRead More…

The Little Known Problem With Low Fat Diets

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It is absolutely impossible to escape the hysteria going on in the supermarket aisles around the country today. The low fat craze is everywhere. Think of a food, and there is sure to be a low fat version of it. Some of them seem absolutely unbelievable to any fair minded person. I mean think about it. Low fat ice cream! Do you believe iRead More…

GAO reveals $1.6 billion spent on public relations by the Bush administration in 2003-2005

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
A new 154-page Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says seven federal departments together spent US$1.6 billion on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, and media organizations, as well as individuals involved in such activities.
Congressional Democrats requested the report after several incidents surfaced in which journalists or coRead More…

Gallery seeks Control themed mail art for exhibit

Saturday, November 26, 2005
Canadian community art group Visual Arts Brampton is looking for entries for its international entry mail art exhibit “Control”.
The exhibit’s entry information discusses the theme of the show: “Are you a control-freak, or more happy-go-lucky? What do you think of corporations’ control on the media and governments? Is your life quickly spinning out of control? Always Read More…

Passenger plane crashes in Nepal killing 18

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A passenger plane carrying tourists, has crash-landed at an airport near Mount Everest killing 18 of the 19 people on board. Of those killed were 12 German, two Australian and two Nepalese tourists. The remaining three were the plane’s crew who were of Nepalese decent. The only survivor was the pilot-in-command.
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