Stolen minibus recovered 35 years after theft

Friday, November 6, 2009 A 1965 Volkswagen minibus that was stolen in 1974 has been recovered by customs agents in Los Angeles. The vintage minibus was in pristine condition, valued at $25,000, and was found during a routine inspection of…

Japanese earthquake death toll surpasses ten thousand

Friday, March 25, 2011 The death toll from the Sendai earthquake has now increased to over ten thousand. In Japan, the National Police Agency has stated that 10,019 are now known to have been killed as a result of the…

Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Wikinews interviewed the creator of a parody website satirizing American political commentator Glenn Beck, about his thoughts after prevailing in a domain name dispute brought by Beck before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva,…

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…

Co-creator of Berenstain Bears dies at 82

Thursday, December 1, 2005 Stan Berenstain, co-creator of the popular Berenstain Bears children’s books, has died due to complications from cancer at age 82. Along with his wife, Jan Berenstain, Stan and Jan Berenstain published over 200 books aimed at…

Study shows that aspirin might do more harm than good

Monday, August 31, 2009 A study performed at Edinburgh University, Scotland has shown that aspirin may do more harm to your health than good. The research at the university in Scotland was to assess the effects of taking aspirin on…

Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out

Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned,…

Canada’s supercomputer goes online

Friday, June 19, 2009 The University of Toronto SciNet Consortium went online yesterday with the IBM System x iDataPlex Supercomputer. U of T’s IBM System x is now the fastest computer outside of the United States, the largest Intel processor…