Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B ‘giant Ponzi scheme’

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Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B ‘giant Ponzi scheme’

 Correction — January 10, 2009 This article incorrectly states that Mr Madoff attended Hofstra University Law School. His education was actually with Hofstra College, which he graduated from in 1960.  Friday, December 12, 2008 Top broker and Wall Street adviser Bernard L. Madoff, aged 70, was arrested and charged by the FBI on Thursday with a […]

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Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas

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Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Wikinews attended the sixth annual Mini Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas, United States on Saturday. Similar to a giant science fair, the event featured a variety of science, engineering and technology projects and items. An array of technologies were on hand including 3D printers, drones, and various other physics devices. The […]

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How To Spot Low Cost Health Insurance

Read An Opinion On: Buy Sarms For Bulking Australia Submitted by: Sammy Kay A lot of companies claim to offer low cost health insurance, but few deliver. Although finding the best and walking away from the rest will require some homework and research, it can be done. Shopping for the best low cost health insurance […]

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SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

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SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

Monday, November 28, 2005 SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 satellite, which will monitor plasma interactions with the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. The launch was delayed, then […]

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Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008

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Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008

November 3rd, 2022 by Admin

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps […]

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Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced

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Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced

November 2nd, 2022 by Admin

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 In an opinion piece published by CNN on Tuesday, Georgetown University law student and women’s rights advocate Sandra Fluke insisted she will not allow slurs from critics to silence her and other women from continuing to speak out on issues regarding women’s health and contraception. Fluke has faced slurs and personal […]

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Health Subsidy And The Exchange Plans

November 2nd, 2022 by Admin

Read An Opinion On: Sarms For Sale Australia Submitted by: Dennis Jarvis We have had two decade of health insurance experience and the health reform changes still require a great deal of study to understand. We can imagine how it must feel for the average American who is trying to see how it applies to […]

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CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy

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CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy

November 1st, 2022 by Admin

Thursday, June 4, 2009 In a New York press conference at 16:15 UTC, June 1st, Fritz Henderson, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors earlier today, outlined a plan for what he called a “New GM”. Speaking to the press under safe harbor provisions […]

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Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

October 31st, 2022 by Admin

Sunday, September 16, 2007 The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist local health authorities with a recent outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kasai Occidental province of […]

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Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot

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Triple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot

October 27th, 2022 by Admin

Tuesday, April 5, 2005Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot in its place. The operation to re-attach three limbs was thought to have been a […]

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