Appalachian Mountains coal company target of protesters

Saturday, July 9, 2005 A Friday protest in downtown Richmond drew around 200 protesters to Virginia’s state capital to demonstrate against strip mining practices of Massey Energy Company. Demonstrators marched through town and gathered in front of the company’s office building where nearly 20 laid in the street of the city’s main thoroughfare, and were nearly arrested. A few linked […]

Wikinews interviews former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party

Monday, November 5, 2012 With the U.S. presidential election looming, former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson spoke with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn on an assortment of economic, foreign, and social issues. In the interview, Johnson makes his final plea to voters before they cast their ballots on Election Day, November 6. Gary Johnson.Image: […]

Eurovision ’73 winner Anne Marie David discusses her four-decade career and the Contest, past and present

Monday, February 16, 2009 Anne Marie David on the perseverance that built her career: “I always assumed the image of a competitor, maybe because I grew up in a place where I was very happy, but where we were not very rich; so I always had to make choices and needed to earn each thing that life gave me.”Photo: Anne […]

How To Find A Tampa Wedding Videography Expert?

Click Here For More Specific Information On: Equipment Check In Check Out Software System Asset Guru By Ali Foreman It is not difficult to find a professional wedding videography expert in Tampa. Tampa wedding videography is not different to professional wedding videography in the rest of the United States. There are many experts to choose from. People getting married are […]

Norwegian military security agency accused of conducting illegal surveillance of PM

Saturday, June 13, 2009 Yesterday, Norwegian news outlets reported that Defense Security Service (Forsvarets sikkerhetstjeneste [FOST]) had conducted illegal surveillance against the prime minister’s office and other government offices. Kripos, a division of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police, did a police search of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence’s top-secret intelligence agency’s computer equipment in Jørstadmoen, after a […]

As increase in digital music sales slows, record labels look to new ways to make money

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 U2 perform at the King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels. Mark Mulligan, a music and digital media analyst at Forrester Research, said in an interview that “at a time where we’re asking if digital is a replacement for the CD, as the CD was for vinyl, we should be starting to see a hockey-stick growth in download sales. […]

Walmart recalls infant formula after baby death

Friday, December 23, 2011 Trypticase containing Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria. Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retail store group Walmart has removed an infant formula from over three thousand of their stores in the United States. The decision was taken in the aftermath of the death of a baby who suffered from Cronobacter sakazakii, an infection which is extremely rare […]

Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Rocky Anderson in 2009Image: Don LaVange. Former Salt Lake City mayor and human rights activist Rocky Anderson took some time to discuss his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and the newly-created Justice Party with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Anderson served as mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years (2000–2008) as a member of the Democratic […]