Double car bombing attack in Mosul kills 26

Thursday, December 30, 2004 Mosul – With a Friday dump truck car bombing that left a massive crater and many dead, Iraqi insurgents frontally assaulted U.S. troops in Mosul, Iraq. Initial reports showed 25 Iraqis and one U.S. soldier dead. (As of this writing, additional information on the bombing was expected.)

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Submitted by: Theodore Belfor Introduction Palatal expansion in adult patients is a relatively new concept. Ever since Grays Anatomy the bible for dental students studying anatomy, we all believed that the cranial sutures fuse solid when we become non-growing adults. In an interview for Dental Press Magazine of Orthodontic and Facial Orthopedics in 2002, Donald […]

Finding Affordable Health Insurance For Individuals And Families

Read An Opinion On: Crm For Financial Services Crm For Insurance Agents By Marilyn Katz If you are self employed, own a small business, or do not get health insurance through your job for any reason, you probably have to shop for your own individual or family health insurance plan. Since you are not a […]

Indiana Department of Homeland Security violates Wikipedia copyright

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 The Indiana Department of Homeland Security was revealed on Saturday to have violated the copyright of a number of contributors to online encyclopedia Wikipedia in a document on […]

Fire burns home of late singer Johnny Cash

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 A fast-moving fire engulfed the home of late singer Johnny Cash on Tuesday. The lake-side home, located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was the home of the late singer and his wife, June Carter, from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003. The home was purchased by former Bee Gees singer Barry […]

Stephen Lawrence police corruption allegations lead to calls for investigation

Friday, June 28, 2013 The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence met with Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the investigation of claims that the police attempted to collect evidence from the Lawrence family in order to smear them. Theresa May had previously announced Monday the allegations would be investigated as part of two […]

Australia’s richest man dies aged 68

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 The Nine Network has announced the death of one of Australia’s richest men, Kerry Packer, aged 68. Announcer Richard Wilkins said on the Today Show that he had just been handed official confirmation of Mr Packer’s death at 68. He said a statement from Tony Ritchie, Nine head of news, said: […]

Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, known as neuropeptide Y, (NPY) is released into the body during times of stress. Their findings show the hormone can stop the immune system from functioning properly. “Neuropeptide Y is […]

Microsoft claims 235 patent breaches by open source software

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Software giant Microsoft’s chief lawyer Brad Smith claimed in an interview published in the magazine Fortune on Monday that open-source software products violate 235 of Microsoft’s patents. The main transgressors are claimed to be Linux (107 patents) and OpenOffice.org (45), with e-mail programs infringing 15 patents. Microsoft wants royalties to compensate […]

Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of […]