Wikinews interviews peace activist Cindy Sheehan, 2014 California gubernatorial candidate

Thursday, August 8, 2013 Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who recently announced her intention to run as the Peace and Freedom Party’s nominee for governor of California in 2014, took some time to answer five questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Sheehan is best known for her active opposition to the War in Iraq following…Continue reading

Wikinews interviews peace activist Cindy Sheehan, 2014 California gubernatorial candidate

A Bet You Always Win How Sports Betting Arbitrage Works.

Click Here To Know More About: Hedging Bets The advent of online betting sites meant that the punter could suddenly check prices at a multitude of different locations very quickly, and open bets at those that had ‘slipped’ out of line. By exploiting the inefficiencies of some brokers, a win can therefore be guaranteed. Sometimes,…Continue reading A Bet You Always Win How Sports Betting Arbitrage Works.

Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online “Anthrozoos,” which is described as a “multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals”. The Newcastle University‘s School of Agriculture, Food and…Continue reading

Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study

Randall Munroe, writer of xkcd, talks about the comic, politics and the internet

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Randall Munroe is the writer of the popular webcomic xkcd. The comic is known for its geeky humor and minimalist drawing style that generally uses stick figures. Munroe worked as a contractor for NASA before writing xkcd full time in 2006. Wikinews reporter Joshua Zelinsky interviewed Munroe at Vericon, Harvard’s annual…Continue reading

Randall Munroe, writer of xkcd, talks about the comic, politics and the internet

Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York —”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like this one. According to some reports, unsolicited advertisements (spam) for Viagra and similar drugs account for one in four spam messages. BACKGROUND Spamming remains one of the biggest problems facing…Continue reading

Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

Wikinews holds Reform Party USA presidential candidates forum

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Three men are currently seeking the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States of America: small business owner Andre Barnett, Earth Intelligence Network CEO Robert Steele, and former college football coach Robby Wells. Wikinews reached out to these candidates and asked each of them five questions about their…Continue reading

Wikinews holds Reform Party USA presidential candidates forum

Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 The European Commission currently has proposals on the table to extend performers’ copyright terms. Described by Professor Martin Kretschmer as the “Beatles Extension Act”, the proposed measure would extend copyright from 50 to 95 years after recording. A vast number of classical tracks are at stake; the copyright on recordings from…Continue reading

Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension

JFK airport terminal evacuated due to suspicious package

Sunday, July 1, 2007 According to reports, a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport located in New York, New York was evacuated after authorities found a suspicious package outside the main American Airlines terminal. Reports say that the package was found outside the terminal on a street curb just before 10:30 a.m. (eastern time),…Continue reading

JFK airport terminal evacuated due to suspicious package