Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the […]
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Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s […]
Friday, March 3, 2006 A sticker for the Pensacola, Florida folk-punk band This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb was found on a bike near the Ohio University‘s Oasis restaurant by a university police officer. The university police, who were unaware of the band’s existence, summoned the Columbus police bomb squad, who destroyed the bike to […]
Friday, January 23, 2009 Wikinews has learned that the internet group known only as “Anonymous” has hacked the website of the No Cussing Club (NCC), nocussing.com, for at least two days in a row. On day one, the group hacked into the website, replacing the content with links to images of alleged e-mail conversations. The […]
Read An Opinion On: Hotel Stellar Website Accomodation In Sydney Enjoy a Staycation in Williamsburg, VA by [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn0ms3K4fzY[/youtube] Joshua Corningstone Many times the best vacation you can take is right in your own hometown. When you are ready for a staycation in Virginia book a room at a Busch Gardens Williamsburg hotel, turn your cell […]
Friday, May 1, 2009 The American auto company Chrysler filed for bankruptcy Thursday, however a deal with European auto maker Fiat went through. The emerging Chrysler will be owned 55 percent by the United Auto Workers, eight percent by the United States Government, two percent by the Canadian Government and Fiat would begin with a […]
Sunday, February 7, 2010 A major winter storm, which has been nicknamed by some as “Snowmageddon“, has pummeled parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region, dumping up to 19 inches (50 centimeters) of snow in some parts of the Washington area. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 24 to 30 inches (60 […]
Saturday, August 5, 2006 Correction — August 14, 2006 This article reports that the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant reactor cooling systems failed. This is incorrect. Two of the four emergency diesel generators supplying power to the plant failed to start as expected, during a reactor shut down. The emergency cooling system, which functioned normally was sufficient […]
Read An Opinion On: Kitchen Mixer Taps Melbourne Best Kitchen Mixer Taps Australia Submitted by: Frederick Grear This last Mother’s Day, my husband paid for a couple of months worth of a house cleaning maid service as my gift. And let me tell you, that house cleaning service was seriously one of the best gifts […]