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Computer-controlled prosthetic ankle patent awarded to Oklahoma City company
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Martin Bionics, a company based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was awarded the patent to a computer-controlled ankle. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement for Science and Technology funded $573,000 towards the development of the device. The computer-controlled ankle functions similar to how the brain controls a real human ankle. Although…
Best’s body arrives in Northern Ireland
Friday, December 2, 2005 The body of former Manchester United player, George Best, has arrived in Northern Ireland. It was flown into RAF Aldergrove, on a chartered plane accompanied by his son, Calum, and his agent, Phil Hughes. Bests Family, including his father Dickie were waiting at the runway of RAF base in County Antrim….
Paul McCartney slams Chinese fur practices, rules out future concerts in China
Monday, November 28, 2005 Legendary musician Sir Paul McCartney has boycotted China in response to a preview of BBC news footage that was filmed undercover at a fur market in Guangzhou, China. The footage, some of which is to air during BBC’s Six O’Clock News at 18:00 GMT on November 28, 2005, shows animals (particularly…
Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps…
Two helicopters collide in Gold Coast, Australia
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 Two helicopters operated by Sea World Helicopters collided near the Sea World theme park located in Gold Coast, Australia Monday, leaving four people dead and three critically injured. The helicopters, believed to be taking off and landing, crashed on a nearby sandbar at around 2 PM AEST (UTC 4:00). Witnesses reported…
Sealing in New Delhi put off until Monday
Thursday, November 2, 2006 Correction — November 9, 2006 The article incorrectly reports that the “opposition parties opposed” the HC notice on exempting Lal Deora areas from building bylaws. The article should read, BJP Municipal corporators opposed some provisions of resolutions passed by the MCD on March 13 urging postponement of demolition and sealing of buildings….
Wikinews international report: “Anonymous” holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
Sunday, February 10, 2008 The Internet group Project Chanology today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology’s practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer…
Hiker missing from US state of Utah wilderness found in Australia
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 A man missing from a camping ground in southern Utah in the Western US since July 30 was found in Australia. His automobile was found in a campground of Dixie National Forest with a note that he would be back in a few hours. An extensive search and rescue operation was…
Wikinews interviews Bill Hammons, Unity Party of America presidential nominee
Friday, October 23, 2020 Wikinews accredited reporter William S. Saturn reached out to Unity Party of America presidential nominee Bill Hammons of Colorado to discuss Hammons’s 2020 campaign for President of the United States. Hammons, a former Newsweek manager and owner of the website “Bill’s List”, founded the Unity Party in 2004 with supporters of…