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 […]
Read MoreExperts fear for the health of London whale
Saturday, January 21, 2006 Experts are now fearing the worst for the northern bottle-nosed whale that is still swimming in the Thames river London. The […]
Read MoreFourteen dead as passenger helicopter crashes off Estonia
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Fourteen people are presumed dead after a passenger helicopter of the Finnish company Copterline crashed into the Baltic Sea, 5 km […]
Read MoreRalph Nader calls out Democrats for financial bailout
Correction — Aug 2, 2010 Nader referred to the 1999 repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagal Act. The Wikinews article omitted the word “repeal” from the account […]
Read MoreGoogle planning PayPal rival
Monday, June 20, 2005 Financial analysts say Google is planning an e-wallet service that could eventually compete with eBay’s payment service PayPal. Google has not […]
Read More$158 billion missing in U.S. Medicare drug benefit cost estimate
Thursday, February 10, 2005U.S. Medicare drug benefit cost estimates rise to $558 billion in latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates. The CBO estimated that the […]
Read MoreAmericans spent more than they earned in 2005
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Americans are spending more than they are earning, pushing the national savings rate to lows not seen since the Great Depression. […]
Read MoreKatrina raised gas prices higher than ever
Sunday, September 11, 2005 The retail price of gasoline has risen higher than ever in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The losses from the deadly […]
Read MoreHeating bills, oil price rise predicted
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 USA — A US government report was issued Wednesday predicting the rise of heating bills due to colder temperatures and impacts […]
Read MoreGround broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts
A view of the Leonard Zakim bridge from the construction site. The warehouses at right will be replaced by a five-acre park within two years. […]
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