News briefs:August 6, 2010
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Danish PM pushes for new referendum on euro
Friday, November 7, 2008 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, said on Tuesday that he will seek broad parliamentary support for a national referendum on joining the euro, the common currency of the Eurozone. “I’m convinced that we need broad support in parliament to hold a referendum, because it’s about the Danish currency …
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Hunter Tylo to rejoin the cast of “Bold and Beautiful”
Thursday, April 28, 2005 Actress Hunter Tylo is reported to have rejoined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful, in the latest chapter of a rocky relationship between Tylo and the casting office. The news was first broken by entertainment magazine Soap Opera Weekly. Tylo played the role of Dr. Taylor Hamilton Forrester from …
Flyboys Movie Review
See More About: Independent Financial Advisers Financial Planning Services By Scott Nehring SHORT REVIEW: Perhaps its a bad idea to make a film about World War I that has a longer running time than the war itself. REVIEW: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-brCz-ijkBo[/youtube] There’s a great number of things going for this film, too bad none of them made …
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It …
United Kingdom Home Secretary proposes paedophile law
Monday, June 19, 2006 British Home Secretary John Reid has met criticism from several quarters for his suggestion that the UK should adopt a law allowing the public naming of known paedophiles. The United States has legislation known as ‘Megan’s Law‘ which Reid has suggested should be adopted. Such a law would allow concerned parents …
Residential Solar And Wind Systems: What Are The Costs?
See More About: Kitchen Renovation Best Kitchen Design By Vernon Trollinger Most Texas homeowners considering a solar energy system or residential wind turbine system will quickly face sticker shock. Wind turbine systems can run as high as $65,000 installed. The average cost nationally for a professionally installed solar panel system is about $8 to $9 …
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Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 …
Law center helps defend open source
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law Professor, will head the newSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC). An initial 4 million dollars has been provided by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to fund the project. The law center will provide free legal service for open source projects and developers. In 2004 OSDL established a …
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Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients
Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted because …