Thursday, December 1, 2011 Today saw Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopen following a two-and-a-half-year, £17.6m (US$27.4m) refurbishment. Conversion of office and storage areas sees […]
Read MoreWalt Disney Co. reconciles with Disney heir
Saturday, July 9, 2005 Today The Walt Disney Company issued a joint statement with business partners Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold to the media, […]
Read MoreDistributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US
Monday, October 24, 2016 On Friday, a network of diverse Internet-connected devices targeted the Dyn domain registration service provider. It took down Dyn clients, including […]
Read MoreBritish oil firm claims discovery off coast of Falkland Islands
Thursday, May 6, 2010 A British oil firm has claimed to have discovered oil off the coast of the Falkland Islands. Rockhopper Exploration would be […]
Read MoreHighway billboard gives Moscow drivers an unexpected show
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Drivers in the Russian capital, Moscow, were given an unexpected show courtesy of a 30-by-20 foot electronic highway billboard when an […]
Read MoreJetBlue launches service from Raleigh, North Carolina to New York
Thursday, July 20, 2006 JetBlue Airways launched service from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday, July 20. The airline also […]
Read MoreMusharraf quits as chief of army staff in Pakistan
Thursday, November 29, 2007 President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan gave up his uniform in a ceremony yesterday in Rawalpindi. He handed power over to General […]
Read MoreSpaceX Falcon I launches from Kwajalein Atoll
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 SpaceX Corporation launched its Falcon I rocket today from Kwajalein Atoll. Liftoff occurred at 6:00 PM PDT, following two previous launch […]
Read MoreShuttle launch called off due to faulty fuel tank sensor
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 The U.S. space agency NASA called off the launch of Space shuttle Discovery today after a problem with a fuel sensor […]
Read MoreInterview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and “the […]
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