US declares public health emergency over spread of swine flu
Sunday, April 26, 2009 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today at a news conference that the U.S. has declared a public health emergency in light of the swine flu outbreak. The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States stands at 20. Secretary Napolitano said thatContinue Reading
Back To School Stress
Here’s An Opinion On: Screenwriting Courses Australia Back To School Stress by Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT A poll on kidshealth.org found that children were just as stressed about school work as they were about social and appearance issues. All of these reasons make back to school time stressfulContinue Reading
Chula Vista, California becomes model for blight control laws in the US
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 The San Diego, California suburb of Chula Vista has responded to the recent housing crisis with an aggressive blight control ordinance that compels lenders to maintain the appearance of vacant homes. As foreclosures increase both locally and throughout the United States, the one year old ordinanceContinue Reading
RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, butContinue Reading
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followedContinue Reading
Put Away That Money Clip Credit Card Holder And Have Financial Freedom Within Your Reach
Here’s An Opinion On: Investment Property Newcastle Australia By Bradlley Mckoy If you have them, you probably know that credit cards are the work of the devil with its false promises of financial freedom, only to find out later that instead of being free, youve been imprisoned in debt. ItsContinue Reading
Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, known as neuropeptide Y (NPY) is released into the body during times of stress. Their findings show the hormone can stop the immune system fromContinue Reading
UN halts aid to Gaza after tons of food aid is seized
Saturday, February 7, 2009 The United Nations has halted aid shipments to the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ Ministry of Social Affairs confiscated ten truck loads of flour and rice on Thursday. This is the second seizure of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastContinue Reading
Business Brief for December 16, 2005
Friday, December 16, 2005 Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Business_Brief_for_December_16,_2005&oldid=1093987”
What Is Marketing?
Here’s An Opinion On: Social Media Reputation Management Tools Submitted by: Richard D S Hill To too many people marketing equates to one of two things: – Selling: with all that entails such as the dreaded double-glazing or financial salesman. – Advertising: with all that entails such as the slickContinue Reading