Sunday, April 3, 2005 Volunteers from across the United States and some foreign countries gathered Friday to start an unofficial border patrol project. They converged on the town of Tombstone, Arizona to take part in what organizers call the Minuteman Project. Many came with personal firearms, cell phones or walking canes. Most estimates numbered the […]
Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery
Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Treasury Department secretary Timothy Geithner and the Obama administration are pressuring Congress to allow the government to seize troubled financial institutions such as insurance companies and investment firms. Currently, banks are the only such entities that the government has authority to take over. Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Geithner
US Treasury Secretary: “We need the ability to seize firms”
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Impress the In-laws with Cheap Car Service Houston by Mark Jones While you enjoy the lead up to your wedding day, ensure that you have the time and freedom to enjoy it while still appropriate ensuring the comfort of your in-laws when they come into town to participate in the celebration. Provide them with cheap
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Environmentalists in Brazil are urging the country’s residents to urinate in the shower while washing themselves, to help conserve water and save the rainforest. Television ads being aired in the country claim that by doing so, the nation could save over 1,000 gallons of water per household each year. SOS Mata
Brazilian environmentalists tell residents to urinate in shower to save water
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Saturday, March 14, 2015 This weekend saw the opening of two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art. Wikinews attended Thursday’s press preview for the event where a full contingent of the capital’s press turned out to see the striking collection of paintings, photographs, and other works. Presented below are a selection of
Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s Modern One
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 At 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning the United States Senate voted to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, as part of a budget blueprint. This procedural measure allows most of Obamacare to be repealed by a simple majority rather than the usual requirement of 60
Late-night vote sets Obamacare up for filibuster-free repeal
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Submitted by: Dimah Baheera They will understand how to use the various features that are part of JavaScript which will boost their capabilities to perform. It would go a long way in developing those skills which are more or less considered as necessary to start off or get ahead in the Web development and technology
Friday, April 22, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada – San Jose police arrested the woman who made the claim she found a human finger in a bowl of Wendy’s chili. Police made the arrest of Anna Ayala on Thursday night at or near her Las Vegas home. A sign on the front door of the Ayala
Wendy’s finger pointer gets fingered for crime
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Sunday, September 6, 2009 24-year-old Aman Kassaye, of no fixed abode, is to face a charge of attempted murder for his alleged role in an armed robbery that netted £40 million ($65 million) worth of jewelry from a London store. Kassaye is the seventh man to be charged, and is also facing prosecution for conspiracy
Man charged with attempted murder in £40 million London jewel heist
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