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Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage

10 December, 2020

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Friday, April 7, 2006Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court, their name for the state legislature, approved legislation on Tuesday, April 4, that would make it the first state in the United States to require all residents to have health insurance and impose penalties for non-compliance. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican who is expected to […]

Wikinews interviews Richard H. Clark, independent candidate for US President

10 December, 2020

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. As a non-partisan news […]

Serie A 2008–09: Inter Milan hire Mourinho as new Head Coach

10 December, 2020

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Monday, June 2, 2008 José Mourinho has succeeded Roberto Mancini as new Inter Milan Head Coach after signing a 3-year contract with the club. Inter Milan was quoted on their website saying, “Thanking Roberto Mancini and his staff for the success obtained in four seasons as the leader of the team, all of Internazionale has […]

British Parliament bans smoking in pubs, workplaces and clubs

10 December, 2020

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Friday, February 17, 2006 MPs at the British Parliament have voted by large majority of 200 to bring in legislation banning smoking in all pubs, clubs and workplaces in a landmark free vote. The ban is expected to come into force from summer 2007. The originally proposed fine of £200 was raised to £2500 for […]

Category:Sports

10 December, 2020

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This is the category for sports. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 1 September 2020: University defeat Maroochydore in round five of 2020 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season 25 August 2020: Caloundra defeat Wynnum in fourth round of 2020 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season 18 August 2020: Caloundra defeat Maroochydore in third round […]

Football’s Rooney returns to Everton

10 December, 2020

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Sunday, July 9, 2017 Manchester United’s top scorer Wayne Rooney signed a two-year contract with his boyhood club Everton, the Merseyside based football club announced today. Rooney joined Everton when he was nine years old, and made his professional debut in 2002 when he was sixteen years old. He scored seventeen goals with Everton in […]

HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

10 December, 2020

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Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no […]

HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer

10 December, 2020

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Mars orbiter finds widespread evidence of water-bearing minerals

10 December, 2020

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found evidence of hydrated silica or opal, a form of mineral, over large areas in the Martian surface, including in the large martian canyon called Valles Marineris. The discovery was made by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer (CRISM) instrument on the orbiter. The findings are published […]

Canadian university students would prefer MP3 players over car radios

10 December, 2020

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Friday, March 30, 2007 At Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, students are finding that popular MP3 players, such as Apple’s iPod, are very convenient devices for listening to music at the gym, while traveling on foot, and in the car. In a recent ad-hoc survey conducted by Wikinews contributor Darren Mar, 150 students […]