Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, has arrived in New Zealand today (UTC+13) to a flurry of fans who gathered in the bad weather at Wellington’s international airport. His royal highness was met by a Honorary Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, Wing-Commander John Cummings, RNZAF The Duke has no plans for today […]
Culture of creativity features at Furnal Equinox 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Visual art, fabric art, photography, performance, dance, virtual reality, and music were all the subject of sessions at Furnal Equinox 2018, a conference held from March 16 to 18 at Toronto’s Westin Harbour Castle. Canada’s largest furry convention by attendance, the annual event offers dozens of subculture-specific programs. The convention’s communications […]
Car and train collide in Buffalo, New York
Friday, January 12, 2007 Buffalo, New York —Reports say that a subway train and a car have collided in downtown Buffalo, New York. Witnesses say that calls to 911 came in just before 12:00 p.m. [EST] that a car had driven onto the tracks of the Metro Rail operated by the Niagra Frontier Transit Authority […]
Death toll from tsunami in Southeast Asia increases
Correction — May 8, 2018 This headline incorrectly locates the tsunami in Southeast Asia; it was in the South Pacific, as stated in the lede. Thursday, October 1, 2009 A tsunami that was generated in the South Pacific by a powerful undersea earthquake has killed at least 110 people, according to authorities. The majority of the […]
Police arrest former NFL player Alonzo Spellman
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Alonzo Spellman, a former National Football League player, was arrested Tuesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a twenty minute car chase with police. Officers used “spike sticks” that flattened three tires on Spellman’s car, but he refused to get out until officers fired pepper-spray pellets into the vehicle. Spellman was hospitalized and […]
Oscar Foreign Film race narrowed to nine films
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Nine films have advanced to “Phase II” of the 80th Academy Awards Foreign Language Film race, out of 63 international films entered. They are: Austria, The Counterfeiters, Stefan Ruzowitzky, director Brazil, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Cao Hamburger, director Canada, Days of Darkness, Denys Arcand, director Israel, Beaufort, Joseph […]
Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006
Thursday, January 4, 2007 Bicycle sales in Australia have recorded record sales of 1,273,781 units for 2006, exceeding car sales by 32 percent. It is the fifth year in a row that the bicycle industry has sold more than one million units, a figure yet to be realised by car manufacturers. The Cycling Promotion Fund […]
Controversial rapper dethrones Mariah Carey from No. 1
Thursday, September 8, 2005In one of the most shocking changes in No. 1 in Hot 100 history, rapper Kanye West, who has been in the news this week because of his controversial views on the federal government’s reaction to the relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina, received a surge of radio airplay in the pop mainstream […]
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Liverpool Biennial 2006 art festival starts
Thursday, September 14, 2006 The 2006 Liverpool Biennial art festival will start its ten week run on September 16, finishing on the November 26. The exhibition uses public places located across the city. Installation will be situated at sites across the city including St. George’s Hall and Church of St Luke with specialist centers such […]