Hurricane Dean forecasted to become “catastrophic” Category 5 storm

Saturday, August 18, 2007 The National Hurricane Center in Miami is calling Hurricane Dean “extremely dangerous,” saying that the storm is gaining strength and will likely become a Category 5 storm. The storm’s winds are currently clocked at 150 mph, classifying it as a Category 4 hurricane. A Category 5 …

How Do You Choose Your Washington Website Design Service?

Here’s An Opinion On: Enduro Builders Adelaide Passive Home Design byadmin As a startup business, an entrepreneur or a first time ecommerce site operator you want to choose the best Washington website design company and service that you can find. This is even more important now than in the past …

Australian foreign minister tells inquiry it was the UN’s job to investigate Iraq kickback claims

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Cole Inquiry Alexander Downer, Australia’s foreign affairs minister, told the Cole Inquiry yesterday that it was not his department’s job to investigate claims that wheat exporter AWB was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein in the lead up to …

Alabama postal workers and customers become ill, suspicious substance found

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Six workers in the post office in Hueytown, Alabama developed breathing problems and 23 were sent to the hospital after a chemical used in the manufacture of fishing lures leaked from a package. The post office, located five miles west of downtown Birmingham, Alabama, was evacuated, …

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

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 …

Chili Finger Incident

 Correction — October 10, 2019 The day of the alleged incident, March 22, 2005, was a Tuesday, not a Thursday.  Friday, May 6, 2005 On Thursday the 22nd of March, 2005, Anna Ayala, a woman from Las Vegas, claimed to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili at …

Chinese earthquake: Death toll reaches almost 15,000 as ‘dangerous’ cracks found in dam near city

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Officials say the death toll in the recent earthquake in China has reached almost 15,000. The news comes as 2,000 of the nation’s troops were dispatched to the Zipingku Dam to repair “extremely dangerous” cracks in the structure, which is upriver from Dujiangyan City, already severely …