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Senate committee investigating six televangelists

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 United States Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has asked for the financial records of six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct, CBS News reported. The six groups were led by Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and BennyRead More

Senate committee investigating six televangelists

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Ford Motor Company cutting 30,000 jobs by 2012

Monday, January 23, 2006 The Ford Motor Company, the second-largest car manufacturer in America, will cut 30,000 jobs and 14 plants as part of a restructuring plan to relieve Ford after a US$1.6 billion loss last year in North American sales. The plan, called “Way Forward”, the brainchild of Ford’s Chief Executive Officer, William ClayRead More

Ford Motor Company cutting 30,000 jobs by 2012

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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY

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. ItRead More

Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY

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Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before ‘externals’

This article’s primary contributor, Patrick Gillett, is an alumnus of Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Monday, August 30, 2010 A deal between Sunshine Coast Grammar School headmaster Nigel Fairbairn and the Independent Education Union of Australia has ended a week of uncertainty for 22 of the Queensland, Australia school’s staff. Last week Wikinews obtained a listRead More

Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before ‘externals’

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U.S. wants to impose its “no-fly” list on most Canadian domestic flights

Sunday, June 5, 2005 The government of Canada is fighting to keep Washington from having access to passenger lists for Canada’s domestic flights. The Canadian transport minister Jean Lapierre said two-thirds of Canada’s domestic flights at some point cross through American air space. The Minister said he may have to re-route them (around U.S. airspace)Read More

U.S. wants to impose its “no-fly” list on most Canadian domestic flights

Ready For Digital Digital Television Aerials

Here’s An Opinion On: Data Centre Infrastructure Submitted by: Leandro Gagnon Singh Whether you have already started watching digital television, or if you are preparing yourself for the very imminent changeover, being prepared to fully go digital may not be quite as simple as you thought. Getting a set-top box to receive Freeview may indeedRead More Ready For Digital Digital Television Aerials

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Race to save Chilean miners trapped underground from spiralling into depression continues

Thursday, September 2, 2010 It has emerged that the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground after the mine they were working in collapsed could be brought to the surface in a shorter time than was initially feared. While officials publicly announced that the men would not be brought to the surface until Christmas, sources inside technicalRead More

Race to save Chilean miners trapped underground from spiralling into depression continues

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Time Warner/Comcast bid to snap up Adelphia cable service

April 9, 2005 A bid topping $17.7 billion was jointly proffered by Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corporation on Thursday to buy beleaguered Adelphia Communications Corporation in an industry consolidation move. Adelphia is the fifth largest cable service provider in the United States with nearly 5 million subscribers. The market-share grabbing bid trumps the previousRead More

Time Warner/Comcast bid to snap up Adelphia cable service