NASA prepares to launch mission to nearby asteroids

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 NASA is beginning the final preparations for next Wednesday’s launch of the Dawn probe, aboard a Delta II rocket. The Dawn probe, costing over US$250 million, will visit the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta. The launch was originally planned for mid-June, however due to a damaged crate, shipping delays,… Read More »

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Andy Blair wins Capital Punishment 2013 mountain bike race

Sunday, March 17, 2013 Mount Stromlo, Canberra — Yesterday in Capital Punishment, the Canberra 50km and 100km mountain bike race, Andy Blair won in the 100km distance in 3:30:25 ahead of Dylan Cooper and Shaun Lewis, last year’s winner. In the women’s event, Jenny Fay won in a time of 4:01:53 ahead of Michelle Ainsworth.… Read More »

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FAA orders review of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following week of incidents

Sunday, January 13, 2013 The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a review Friday into the design and manufacture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following five incidents in five days involving the aircraft and two Japanese airlines. On Monday, an electrical fire broke out aboard a Japan Airlines 787 at Boston’s Logan International Airport,… Read More »

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1031 Tax Exchange Frequently Asked Questions

Click Here To Know More About: Independent Financial Planning Perth By Nationwide1031 After years of conducting tens of thousands of successful 1031 exchanges, we found that there are a number of frequently asked questions related to this type of transaction Equity and Gain Is my tax based on my equity or my taxable gain? Tax… Read More »

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 Austin, Texas. It was originally posted at Stack’s site, http://embeddedart.com/. The hosting company, T35, took the site offline per an FBI request. The note is reproduced here in its entirety.… Read More »

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Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin

Monday, October 14, 2013 Half-a-million people have fled their homes in and around the Indian state of Orissa after Cyclone Phailin made landfall. Wikinews interviewed specialists in meteorology about the devastation the cyclone has caused. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews_interviews_meteorological_experts_on_Cyclone_Phalin&oldid=4567510”

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Study claims to show difference between male and female brains

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Michael Gurian, psychologist and author of “What Could He Be Thinking?“, has claimed to identify approximately one hundred structural differences between male and female brains in a recent study. Gurian comments: “Men, because we tend to compartmentalize our communication into a smaller part of the brain, we tend to be better… Read More »

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as… Read More »

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At least 26 killed in another Brazil prison riot

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 In the latest of a series of prison riots in prisons across Brazil, dozens of inmates, mostly rival gangs, were reported dead at the State Penitentiary of Alcaçuz, a state prison located in Natal, the capital of the Brazilian state, Rio Grande do Norte. Reports vary but, as of Sunday, the… Read More »

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