News briefs:June 9, 2010
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Doughnut on display in Springfield, New Zealand
Sunday, July 15, 2007 An oversized delight has been erected in the small town of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, as part of the 20th Century Fox massive worldwide marketing campaign for The Simpsons Movie. The giant, pink frosted doughnut was made locally, and the locals are celebrating the fact that their town shares a name …
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What Are The Essential Benefits Of Good It Services?
See More About: Restaurant Menus Hamilton Submitted by: Steven Tracy It solutions as well as services have become rather common in the present times. This is because of the fact that the demand has increased on a large scale in different parts of the world. More and more people can be seen to be looking …
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Explicit Canadian workplace safety ads pulled from TV due to Christmas season
Thursday, December 13, 2007 Controversial and explicit Canadian workplace safety ads have been pulled from television, and paper ads from some bus shelters for the Christmas season. However, the ads will return to air in January. “It’s totally erroneous to suggest we’re pulling anything,” chairman of the Workplace Safety and Information Board of Ontario, Steve …
News briefs:July 20, 2010
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Dozens dead after bus accident in Cameroon
Monday, May 31, 2010 At least thirty people are dead in Cameroon after a bus rolled over, reports say. The accident happened on Saturday near the city of Bafia, 135 kilometres or so north of the capital Yaounde. The accident happened when the bus lost control, rolled down a hill into a ditch, and broke …
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See More About: Synergy Pack Bottle Caps Can You Prevent Cancer? by Diane SabinoThere are some things we can control in this life and some we can not. Can you prevent cancer? This is a subject that receives a lot of attention and rightly so. It was estimated by the National Cancer Institute that there …
Category:Science and technology
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 18 February 2018: Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts 7 February 2018: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts Elon Musk’s personal Tesla into solar orbit 25 January 2018: Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai 17 January …
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Who’s the richest entertainer in Australia? The Wiggles of course!
Saturday, April 9, 2005 The top money grossing entertainers in Australia in 2005 were not Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman, or Russell Crowe. In fact, it was four tot-time entertainers, the Wiggles, with their preference for bright colours and sing-along dance numbers. Their earnings level was estimated at AU$45 million over the last year by Australian …
Wikinews interviews Australian Statistician Brian Pink
Monday, April 7, 2008 The Australian Bureau of Statistics is responsible for some of Australia’s largest surveys, including the Census of Population and Housing, held every five years. At its head is the Australian Statistician. The current Statistician, Brian Pink, started in his position on March 5, 2007, following the retirement of predecessor Dennis Trewin. …