Spacex cancels Falcon 1 launch until 2006

Monday, December 19, 2005 TacSat-1 spacecraft (scheduled for SpaceX’s second launch) Rocket company SpaceX, notorious for repeatedly pre-announcing its first flight on Wikinews, cancels its latest attempt and defers further flights until 2006. This latest launch attempt on the 19th December was cancelled due to structural issues with the first-stage fuel tank of the Falcon […]

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Understanding Short Term Health Insurance In Virginia

Click Here To Know More About: Health Insurance For Opt Status As clear from the name, short term health insurance is risk coverage for a shorter period of time. Sometimes it is also called temporary health insurance. Usually, short term health insurance plans are designed for healthy individuals and families. In its best use, temporary […]

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg Some attendees pose by the statue of Alan Turing at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK.(Image missing from Commons: image; log) More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning […]

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Recalled pet food found to contain rat poison

Friday, March 23, 2007 In a press release earlier today, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker, along with Dean of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Donald F. Smith, confirmed that scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory identified Aminopterin as a toxin present in cat food samples from Menu Foods. Menu Foods […]

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Somali pirates release Greek ship, 19 sailors

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 The incident took place in the Gulf of Aden Image: NOAA. According to East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme Kenyan chapter head, Andrew Mwangura, the Greek freighter MV Captain Stephanos and all its 19 crew, consisting of 17 Filipinos, one Chinese and a Ukrainian, had been released late Monday, after 78 days […]

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Home Loan Modification Arrangement Can Help Stop A Foreclosure

Click Here To Know More About: First Home Loan Lender Australia By Burt Workman In these tough economic times, homeowners who took out property loans find themselves in dire financial and worse, facing foreclosures. Anyway, if you are facing a foreclosure, then it is very important for you to consider hiring a home loan modification […]

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Kenya government fires health worker strikers over failure to ‘report back to work’

Saturday, March 10, 2012 The Kenyan government has dismissed 25,000 striking health workers, mostly nurses, citing failure to heed government orders to recommence work and concern for the welfare of hospital patients. Speaking on behalf of the government, Alfred Mutua stated the workers were dismissed “illegally striking” and “[defying] the directive … to report back […]

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Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date […]

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Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, say scientists

Saturday, October 5, 2019 In findings published on Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) and University of South Carolina Beaufort, both in the United States, reported warming seas appear to decrease the efficacy of the chemical compounds that corals release into the water to defend themselves from bacteria and […]

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