Read More About: Melbourne Music Academy Melbourne Music School Recycling plastic bottles to build eco-friendly schools by Chris Barry In October 2010, San Diego nonprofit Hug it Forward completed the construction of their fourth green school – or “bottle school” – in a rural Guatemalan village near Central America’s tallest volcano. Prior to Hug It…
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Spelbound declared winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010 An acrobatic group known by the name of Spelbound has been declared as the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2010, a televised variety talent show competition broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. As the winning act of the show, Spelbound have won £100,000 (US$144,580, €120,313, A$175,079) and a place at…
MuchMusic Video Awards this Sunday in Toronto, Canada; Wikinews will be there
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Wikinews will be attending The 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards this weekend, a popular annual event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. True stars will be out to play, present, and…
Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits
Thursday, January 21, 2016 A majority of Detroit public schools were closed yesterday due to a coordinated “sickout” of teachers. This work stoppage was the latest in a series of showdowns with state government and was timed with an arrival by the President to attend an auto show. Activists used the opportunity to hold rallies…
Oakland, California record release party catches fire
Sunday, December 4, 2016 A fire broke out at a record release party in Oakland, California late on Friday night. Nine were confirmed dead the following morning with the death toll rising to 24 the next day. The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, was hosting a party for the release of the newest album by…
My Wife Moved Out Can I Get Her Back? 5 Ways To Tell}
Read More About: Desa Australia Site Submitted by: Robbie T. James When you were a kid, nobody told you how hard married life could sometimes be. Sure, you saw adult married couples arguing now and then, but the seriousness of the issues they faced eluded you as kid. Now that you have experienced being married…
US Federal deficit reaches record high of $455 billion
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 The United States 2008 federal deficit has reached a record high, US$454.8 billion—more than double last year’s deficit. Financial experts believe that next year, the deficit will reach over $700 billion, while the National Debt Clock has recently run out of digits to record over $10 trillion in national debt. The…
Cuban funds tied to Lula campaign, Brazilian magazine alleges
Sunday, October 30, 2005 Brazil — Former advisors to Brazilian Minister of Finance Antonio Palocci have claimed that three million US dollars from Cuba were used in the 2002 political campaign of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The accusation was printed by the Brazilian magazine Veja in its issue circulating this week. According to Veja,…
Movado: An Unmistakably Classy Style Statement
Submitted by: James Oates There is no mistaking the classic look of a Movado watch. The single dot at the 12:00 spot represents the sun at high noon the way people told time before there were watches. It also represents a museum-quality timepiece. Since the company was founded in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the…