Friday, February 24, 2006 The Virginia legislature’s House of Delegates voted unanimously in a sub-committee to kill a bill that would ban public smoking in the Mid-Atlantic state. The vote was reached during a six-member sub-committee meeting on Thursday. The Virginia Senate, the upper house of the General Assembly, passed on Monday a week ago […]
Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life
Saturday, October 27, 2007 Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards! […]
Metropolitan Police to sell New Scotland Yard
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 The Metropolitan Police — the police force for the Greater London area — has announced they may sell their headquarters, New Scotland Yard, in order to cut costs. They are trying to reduce their £3.6 billion annual budget by £500 million, following cuts by the coalition government. If the sale of […]
Quick Guide For Effective Home Improvement
More On This Topic: Newcastle Artists Painters Submitted by: Lauren B. Laughlin Everything is in constant change including the style and fashion of each home interior and decoration. There are so many things you can improve inside a home as well as the exterior. It is very important to get the right plan and budget […]
Brazilian Medicine Council against Cuban privileges
Monday, February 14, 2005 The Brazilian Regional Council of Medicine has protested against a Ministry of Education decision to accept the diplomas of Cuban medical school graduates without subjecting them to a more rigorous evaluation process. Under the Brazilian 44045 Edict of July 19, 1958, all students of Medicine, Brazilian or non-Brazilian, who studied in […]
Immigration raid at Ohio poultry plant
Thursday, August 30, 2007 Roughly 160 Illegal immigrants were arrested when federal authorities raided a chicken plant in Fairfield, Ohio. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirms a Search warrant was conducted Tuesday, however, they made no arrests. Koch poultry was also raided earlier in the day Tuesday when dozens of suspected illegal immigrants were arrested. […]
Job Interview Help: Cracking The Interview
More On This Topic: Industrial Relations Policies Australia Jobinterview generally precedes a hiring decision and takes place toevaluate the possible candidate. Most common job interview is thebehavioral interview or the competency-based interview. In behavioraltype or the competency-based interview the candidate is asked aboutsome situations that they might have encountered earlier and how theyreacted to them. […]
Microsoft to track legal marijuana with new partner Kind Financial
Sunday, June 19, 2016 Microsoft announced on Thursday they are partnering with KIND Financial to help governments track the production and distribution of legal marijuana. Kind Financial, a California-based start-up company, began selling its Agrisoft Seed to Sale software three years ago. Microsoft is admitting Kind’s software on the Government portion of its Azure cloud […]
Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Thursday, March 31, 2016 Businessman Rocky De La Fuente took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. The 61-year-old De La Fuente resides in San Diego, California, grew up in Tijuana, and owns multiple businesses and properties throughout the world. Since getting his start in […]
Two ill after eating burgers laced with multi-purpose cleaner in Bathurst, Australia
Thursday, March 25, 2010 A prank by three young kitchen staff at Hungry Jack’s fast food restaurant in the Central-Western New South Wales city of Bathurst went wrong when two customers required medical treatment after eating burgers they had laced with multi-purpose cleaner. According to staff at the Emergency Department of Bathurst Hospital, two Hungry […]