Thursday, November 16, 2006 Sixteen-year-old student Ang Chuang Yang of Singapore has earned a place in the record books, thanks to his fast thumbs. Yang typed a 160-character SMS message in just 41.52 seconds, beating the previous record by seven-tenths of a second. The student was competing in a competition…
Australia/2006
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Scientist demands end to US ‘addiction to oil’
Thursday, October 21, 2010 A scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, Doug Inkley, has criticised what he described as America’s “addiction to oil”. Inkley stated it is ultimately responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster earlier this year. Inkley commented on the incident, six months after the explosion which killed eleven…
Knowing All About Small Business Funding
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Tax Dispute Resolution Asena Advisors byadmin Finance is the basic requirement for starting or expanding any small business. Those who do not have big savings to start it on their own need somebody to help achieve their aspirations. Small entrepreneurs have plenty of…
U.S. Senate passes landmark health care reform bill
Thursday, December 24, 2009 The United States Senate has approved a hard-fought measure to overhaul the health care system. The vote will be followed by the difficult process of reconciling the Senate-passed bill with one approved by the House of Representatives, in order to get a final measure to President…
Spelbound declared winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010 An acrobatic group known by the name of Spelbound has been declared as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won £100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313,…
US actor Dennis Hopper dies at age 74
Saturday, May 29, 2010 Actor, director, and artist Dennis Hopper has died today at the age of 74. He was known to suffer from prostate cancer since October 2009. He was born Dennis Lee Hopper on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas. As a young man, Hopper became interested…
News briefs:October 14, 2007
Audio Wikinews News Brief for 2007-10-14 Recorded by: DavumayaProblems listening to the file? See media help. RSS The time is 5:40 UTC and this Audio Wikinews Brief for Sunday, October 14, 2007. Contents 1 At least 2 die in 15 truck pileup in California 2 Dalai Lama to Receive US…
Find Your Dream Property Faster When You Shop For New Homes
Find Your Dream Property Faster When You Shop for New Homes by aardis Now that the real estate market has a ton of available properties sitting around, you may feel as if you hit the jackpot. While there is nothing wrong with purchasing a previously owned or foreclosed property, you…
General relativity effect confirmed: satellite experiment
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 A team of scientists at Stanford University claim to have detected a subtle, missing element of Einstein’s theory of relativity. In a press release dated February 16th, Robert Kahn, Stanford University’s Public Affairs Coordinator, announced the experimental confirmation of frame dragging, an effect in which the…