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Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. The EFF is coming off a series of high-profile successes in their campaigns to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defendingRead More

Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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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 facingRead More

Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

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Man is waiting for 139 days in front of theater for “Star Wars” movie

Saturday, January 15, 2005 Jeff Tweiten, a 27-year-old graphic artist, is encamped in front of the Cinerama Theatre, on a blue sofa, in the northwest city of Seattle, Washington. Tweiten plans to wait 139 days for the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” which opens May 19, 2005. He hasRead More

Man is waiting for 139 days in front of theater for “Star Wars” movie

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Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served asRead More

Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

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Calpine declares bankruptcy, cites natural gas prices

Thursday, December 22, 2005 Electrical power generator Calpine Corporation declared bankruptcy on Tuesday. The San Jose, California based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Federal Court, to facilitate debt restructuring and to allow for normal operations to continue. Calpine has obtained secured debtor-in-possession financing from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First BostonRead More

Calpine declares bankruptcy, cites natural gas prices

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Woman in Buffalo, New York accidentally sets herself on fire

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Buffalo, New York —A woman in Buffalo, New York in the United States is in critical condition tonight at Sisters Of Charity Hospital after she accidentally set herself on fire. The unnamed elderly woman was receiving oxygen for medical problems in her home and lit a cigarette, and the oxygen comingRead More

Woman in Buffalo, New York accidentally sets herself on fire

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US Senate panel approves healthcare reform bill

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The United States Senate Committee on Finance approved a proposal to reform health care on Tuesday, clearing it to move forward. The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, gaining support from the committee’s thirteen Democrats, and one Republican. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only senator from the Republican party to backRead More

US Senate panel approves healthcare reform bill

Stress Anger Management Helps To Get Rid Of Domestic Violence

Here’s An Opinion On: Building Management Sydney Body Corporate Managers Sydney Stress anger management helps to get rid of domestic violence by rosepring Family peace is at stake, and the two word expression called domestic violence is the force behind that. Out of jealousy, insecurity, or simply an angry mindset anything is held responsible forRead More Stress Anger Management Helps To Get Rid Of Domestic Violence

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Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines

Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha inRead More

Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines