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Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients

16 December, 2020

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Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted because […]

RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

16 December, 2020

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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, but because he did it as […]

RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

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RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

16 December, 2020

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Encyclopædia Britannica fights back against Wikipedia, soon to let users edit contents

16 December, 2020

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Encyclopædia Britannica (EB), the authoritative reference book first published in 1768, is planning to let readers edit its entries, Jorge Cauz, its president said Friday, as it battles […]

News briefs:July 26, 2010

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Two Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants close in Buffalo, New York, USA

16 December, 2020

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Friday, May 11, 2007 At least two Kentucky Fried Chicken [KFC] restaurants, operated by G & H Restaurant Specialties, have closed in Buffalo, New York “for remodeling,” according to signs placed on the front doors of at least one location on Elmwood Avenue and Bryant Street in Buffalo. The other KFC is located on East […]

UN says more investment in agriculture needed to tackle world hunger

16 December, 2020

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Thursday, October 22, 2009 The director general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for more investment in agriculture in the developing world to tackle the problem of food insecurity. Jacques Diouf told Parliamentarians attending the 121st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union that more than one billion people are going hungry because of […]

News briefs:May 27, 2010

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Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 Buffalo, New York — The property at 605 Forest in Buffalo was the center of attention at last night’s public meeting held at the offices of Forever Elmwood on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino Construction Services Corporation, confirmed last night that the company will be seeking […]