Friday, November 13, 2009 Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at […]
Lyneham air base in England given all clear after bomb scare
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 The British Royal Air Force gave the all clear at the Lyneham air base in Wiltshire, England after an earlier bomb scare. It had earlier been reported that an improvised explosive device (IED) was found inside a vehicle by a bomb sniffing dog. According to BBC News, the vehicle was parked […]
Arson suspected in Namdaemun gate fire in Seoul
Monday, February 11, 2008 Around 8:50 p.m. Korean Standard Time (11:50 UTC) on Sunday, a fire broke out at Sungnyemun Gate (more commonly referred to as Namdaemun Gate), one of the most iconic South Korean landmarks, located in the center of Seoul. Approximately 30 firetrucks and 90 firefighters were sent to the site and were […]
Wall collapse kills twelve in Chhattisgarh, India
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Twelve people have died and twenty more were wounded following the collapse of a wall in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. At the time of the collapse Tuesday, the wall was supporting a shed under which residents were seeking shelter from heavy rain. “I have been told that a shed of […]
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USA beats NZ in the Wheelchair Rugby Championships 2006
Saturday, September 16, 2006 The United States of America have beaten the New Zealand Wheel Blacks to win the 2006 Wheelchair Rugby Championships, the fourth championship ever held. The final score was 34-30 at Christchurch, New Zealand’s Westpac Stadium. The Americans had led by one point following the first quarter, 9-8, and went into half […]
Simon’s Rock College tests Alan Turing theories with ‘Imitation Game’ experiment
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 File:PICT4422.jpg File:GuessingGame01.jpg On Saturday April 16, students at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Dr. Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation for their first time tested Alan Turing’s thought-experiment. The Imitation Game, based on the original Turing model for testing the ability of humans to recognize artificial intelligence […]
Category:Education
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Many Repeating Payday Loan Users Are Successful
Many Repeating Payday Loan Users Are Successful by Holly Petherbridge It happened again, for the second time in a year, you had to rely on a payday loan online to make ends meet. It isn\’t so shocking to the online lender, there are repeating customers relying on the direct payday loans to help with a […]
Wal-Mart cuts ties with PR consultant over controversial Republican TV ad
Monday, October 30, 2006 Wal-Mart severed links with Terry Nelson, a Republican strategist, last night because he had connections to a controversial Republican Party advertisement in Tennessee. The ad’s purpose was to blast Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr, who is running against Republican Bob Corker. A blonde woman in the ad says, “I met […]