Tuesday, August 23, 2011 A former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive has hit former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with a $60 million defamation lawsuit…
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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the…
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Ten-ton ice cube melting in Seattle park
Saturday, September 10, 2016 A cube of ice, weighing about ten tons (about 9000 kg) and measuring 80 inches (2m) per side, is melting in…
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Iran moves finances out of Europe’s banks
Friday, January 20, 2006 Iran, has decided to pull its finances out of European banks and into different foreign banks. A senior Iranian official stated…
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Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note
This is the online suicide letter authored by Andrew Stack, the man believed to be responsible for flying a light aircraft into a building in…
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US salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, brand recalls product
Sunday, January 11, 2009 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an outbreak of salmonella that has affected at least 399 people in…
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Riots in Greece enter fourth night
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 The riots in Greece that started on December 6 have entered their fourth night. These are the worst riots the Hellenic…
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US Senate unanimously passes genetic nondiscrimination bill
Thursday, April 24, 2008 In a unanimous 95-0 vote Thursday, the United States Senate passed a bill that would forbid employers and health insurance companies…
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Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers
Sunday, January 11, 2009 While it was just a joke, the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia doesn’t find a recent “Mother Goose and Grimm”…
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Obama lessens US ban on offshore drilling
Thursday, April 1, 2010 US President Barack Obama has announced that he will ease the country’s ban on offshore oil drilling, which has been in…
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