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"Shock jock" Howard Stern makes his satellite radio debut

January 10, 2006 The self-proclaimed "King of All Media", "shock jock" Howard Stern made his debut on Sirius Satellite Radio, being introduced by the new official announcer, actor George Takei. yesterday with liberal use of profanity. Stern made the deal last year to jump to Sirius after increasing pressure from the government, due to fallout after the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy.

Stern said, "I don't compete on terrestrial radio anymore." Satellite radio is not regulated by the United States government as it is a subscriber service.

In his deal with Sirius, Stern gets two channels, "Howard 100" and "Howard 101". The channels launched in October 2005 under the names "Douche 100" and "Douche 101," filled with mostly dead air. However, due to his contract to former employer, Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio), at the time he could not broadcast on them, so he filled up the time with 24-hour marathons of Wack Pack members until his contract expired on New Year's Day. That day, Stern did a commercial free segment on his two stations, playing clips from his days as a child, to working at WTBU (Boston University college radio), WCCC, W4, WWDC, WNBC, and WXRK. Then on January 3 and 5, Stern and his team did live test broadcasts, listeners did call in during the tests, Stern told them that these were test broadcasts and that debut show would be on January 9.

Stern began his career in his family's basement, making tapes of fictional radio programs. He then moved into real broadcasting when he began a show at WTBU, Boston University's college radio station. He then moved on to Hartford's WCCC, followed by WWWW (W4), before landing a job at DC-101, WWDC, there his morning show became a big hit but was fired for criticizing the station. A notable incident happened the day after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90. He called Air Florida asking how much a one-way trip from the Washington National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge would cost. He then moved to New York's WNBC-AM were he had an overnight program (since Don Imus had the morning show). WNBC management attemepted to control Stern but not to much success he was eventually fired before WXRK "K-Rock" picked him up and where history was made from then on.

With the departure of Stern, K-Rock and some other stations have switched to a francished format know as Free FM. CBS Radio also replaced Stern with Van Halen guitarist David Lee Roth on the East Coast, comedic radio personality Adam Corrolla on the West Coast and a lesser-known DJ know as Rover.


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Archbishop Levada questioned regarding sex abuse cases in Portland

January 9, 2006

Archbishop, who was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland, Oregon from 1986 to 1995, was deposed in on January 9. Levada was questioned by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking damages from the Archdiocese of Portland for sexual abuse allegedly performed by priests in the archdiocese. The archdiocese filed for protection days before the trial was set to begin.

Levada, one of the highest ranking Americans in the Vatican, was the Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005, when he was appointed to succeed Pope Benedict XVI as Prefect of the. Levada was served with a subponea to testify in this case last August, immediately before leaving the United States to assume his new duties in Rome. When Levada arrived at the deposition, he was served another subponea, to testify in an abuse case involving the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Michael Morey, an attorney for the plaintiffs, stated, "We expect to find out what he knows and when he knew it." The plaintiffs are seeking over $150 million in damages. Kelly Clark, another plaintiff attorney, stated, "We are trying to prove that the Archdiocese of Portland, over the last 40 years, had a policy and practice of responding to child abuse claims in a less-than-appropriate manner." Judge Elizabeth Perris barred attorneys from asking Levada about his current position, or his activities when serving at the Congration during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled on December 30 that parish and school assests of the Portland Archdiocese can be used to pay claims and other debts of the archdiocese. The archdiocese had argued that the assets were not under its control, and therefore not available to settle the claims.

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Dick Cheney released after health scare

January 9, 2006 Early Monday morning, U.S.Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to George Washington University Hospital after he reported having shortness of breath.

Tests on the Vice President indicated that his symptoms weren't related to his extensive history of heart disase, a White House spokesperson said. Doctors eventually determined that he was "retaining fluid as a result of anti-inflammatory medication he has been taking for a foot problem," and was prescribed a diuretic. He was released from the hospital around 7:30am, and returned to work on Monday afternoon after resting at his home.

Doctors say that an anti-inflammatory prescribed to him for an operation on his foot may have played a role in the health scare. He was seen Friday using a cane.

Cheney has had a history of heart-related issues for several years and recently had a pacemaker implanted.

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Talk:Annoying someone online becomes federal crime

Upon reading the text of the law, I'm not sure if this does apply to the internet or not. The full text as a PDF is located here. The relevant section is: ''SEC. 113. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING.''

The text being amended states this after amendment (to see it before amendment, read section (h) here):

"(1) The use of the term “telecommunications device” in this section—   (A) shall not impose new obligations on broadcasting station licensees and cable operators covered by obscenity and indecency provisions elsewhere in this chapter;    (B) does not include an interactive computer service; and    (C) in the case of subparagraph (c) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note))."."

So it clearly states that it "does not include an interactive computer service" yet goes on to say it "includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet" so I'm a bit confused. Is it only talking about VoIP-type things or does it contradict itself? Or is it a bit of a loophole? The software and device that transmits the communication signal is not necessarily interactive even though it is connected to something interactive. What do you think?

--Jonathan Patt 05:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Not to diminish what you said, but I don't think Congress knows what it is passing or that Bush knows what he is signing into law. -68.232.153.54 05:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Maybe not - in fact, I wouldn't be surprised - and if that is the case, all the more reason to get the facts correct. --LoganCale 05:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

We won't know what the law really means until the courts interpret it -- which I suspect will never happen. It is my hope (as a slightly right of center pseudo-conservative) that this law will quickly be struck down by the Supreme Court. I can understand the need for there to be some law, similar to this, but this is worded horribly. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree that it is horribly worded and it seems it could be interpreted to mean just about anything at its present state. --LoganCale 05:50, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought it was hard to believe this.. I prepared a little mark-up of how a particular part of this bill changed the particular part of the U.S. Code. See here: http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bac3b5fdk4tw7

Regarding the Interactive Computer Service issue: my understanding is that it does not limit the effect of the bill. When you use a blog, wiki, or mailing list to anonymously/pseudonymously annoy somebody, you are using an interactive computer service. But at the same time, you are very certainly using a computer, PDA, cell phone, or some other device to transmit an annoying message or to take an annoying action, then it would fall in the prohibited act as defined.

And only now, I realize that this is not intended to "change" the definition. It is intended to be a clarification of what had already been in the Code. It mean the article's title should not say annoying.."becomes"..crime It had been a crime, but now only more clearly a crime as a result of this bill..

But I am not a lawyer, so I could be wrong. Tomos 06:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * GOOD stuff, I gotta go to bed. -68.232.153.54 06:47, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. :)
 * Additional comment: I think it is up to the courts how to interpret the word "annoy," and I suppose there might be some precedents.. I checked some legal sources (to the extent that I could comprehend them), and see some issues related to indecency (which, I suppose, some people find annoying). It seems indecency except for obscenity is a protected speech even under this clause.
 * From the context of this law, I would guess stalking someone is more likely to be a crime than other actions. Trolling of some sort as I perceive is quite close to this. Many other types of speech would seem to my eyes fall technically in the prohibited act.. which I think is strange. Perhaps we will see some lawsuit to strike this down? I cannot wait reading lawyers blogging about this.. Tomos 07:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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What are fealings on trying a slightly less acurate, but funnier, title, like "U.S. congress bans online trolling". Nyarlathotep 11:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, can you add "US" to the title - the crime doesn't apply to any other federation (e.g. Germany, Australia...)! AndrewRT 17:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


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Story of mouse burning down house proven false

January 10, 2006

Early media reports got it wrong in the case of a New Mexico man's house that burnt down after he tried to destroy a mouse he caught by burning it in a trash fire behind his home.

The wacky story was picked up by news agencies reporting that the burning mouse escaped the fire and scurried back into the home of Luciano Mares, aged 81, of Fort Sumner. The mouse allegedly caused a window curtain to ignite, and the fire spread to engulf the entire home.

Mares later indicated this was untrue. However, the bonfire did spread to the wooden house, which was completely destroyed as a result, according to local fire officials.


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Murdoch's News Corp. Ends Automated Censorship of MySpace

January 10, 2006

In December 2005, MySpace members discovered that mentions and links to content hosted by rival video-swapping site YouTube were disabled. Debate concerning this issue was apparently even stifled on the site's message boards. Regardless, member unrest grew, culminating in a campaign led by 600 MySpace members to boycott and relocate to rival sites such as Friendster, LinkedIn (linkedin.com), Revver, and Facebook. Subsequently, MySpace reenabled the YouTube links and content in late December. However, it appears that MySpace also closed down a blog forum where members were complaining about this issue.

MySpace was also apparently banning Revver, another video swapping site, but had relented as of early January. To this, Revver co-founder Oliver Luckett responded, "References to his service were banned because MySpace saw it as competition".

Overall, the blocking of video stored on YouTube and other sites or embedded in user profiles has led to accusations of censorship from MySpace members. Chris DeWolfe, MySpace's chief executive denies any this, as well as any connection between recent events and the advent of MySpace's own video-sharing service, stating that blocking links or entire sites are sometimes necessary when MySpace investigates complaints of pornography or racism.

There has been concern among groups of bloggers operating out of MySpace that News Corp would monitor or censor their activities, ever since they purchased Intermix, then MySpace's parent company. Ellis Yu told the Blog Herald that "their CEO said nothing like that would happen. Well, now it has. MySpace was built on an open community and now they're trying to censor us, putting business interests above its members!"


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Talk:Story of mouse burning down house proven false

Is this a brief? Nyarlathotep 12:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

First Sentence
The first sentence is difficult to understand, but I can't come up with a more elegant solution. Any suggestions?

Sad
How sad to kill a mouse this way.

Wiki News just gets worse.
This should not be global news headline. How crap.
 * Rotten mood today? -Edbrown05 18:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


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FL professor & wife accused of spying for Cuba

January 10, 2006

A Florida college professor and his wife have been indicted on charges that they are illegal foreign agents and passed on non-classified information to Cuba.

Florida International University (FIU) education professor Carlos Alvarez, 61, and his wife Elsa, 55, were ordered to be held without bond or bail on Monday. The U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea Simonton sided with federal prosecution arguments stating the couple would leave their five children and flee to Cuba if granted bail.

Neither of the two entered pleas in Miami Federal Court to the charge that they failed to register themselves as agents from a foreign government.

The couple are reported to have lived "low-profile lives" in the academic community. Despite strong criticism from friends and colleagues, federal agents say that the Alvarezes have been "secretly spying for the Cuban government for decades, using all their academic background as covers."

Citing university policy, FIU put the Alvarezes on administrative leave, with pay Monday, the first day of school for spring semester. Supervisors were asked to relay all questions to FIU's media relations director, Mark Riordan.

The Alvarezes were, however, not charged with the more serious crime of espionage, but the indictment does state that they were trained and equipped by Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence and recruited "young people of Cuban heritage" in the U.S. to be spies.

The charge carries up to a 10-year prison term and fines up to $250,000.


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Saginaw Spirit victorious in first home shootout

January 5, 2006

In their first overtime game ever in the Ontario Hockey League, the Saginaw Spirit ice hockey team won against Sarnia Sting. The Spirit were also victorious in the first ever shootout at the Dow Event Center.

Friday, January 5, 2006 saw the Saginaw Spirit play division rival the Sarnia Sting at the Dow Event Center. Coming into the contest, the Spirit were in 2nd place in the OHL's West Division with 42 points and the Sarnia Sting were in 5th place with 27 points.

The scoring began at 1:15 of the first period with Spirit forward Chris Chappell scoring on a pass from defenseman Steven Whitely. After goals from defenseman Tyson Gimblett at 8:45 and a power play goal from captain Patrick McNeill at 11:42, the Sting scored their first goal; Chad Painchaud unassisted at 12:12. Mark Katic followed with a power play goal at 14:22 to make the score 3-2 Spirit at the first intermission.

In the second period, the Spirit and Sting exchanged goals. The Spirit struck first with Ryan McDonough scoring on the power play from Michal Birner and Patrick McNeill at 12:11. The Sting responded at 14:19 with a power play goal from Nick Tuzzolino assisted by Chad Painchaud and Tomas Pospisil.

The third period saw the score become tied. The Spirit scored on the power play at 2:10 with Chris Chappell placing the puck in net from Michal Birner and Patrick McNeill. The Sting would go on to tie the hockey game with Chad Painchaud and Jamie Fraser scoring at 15:59 and 17:31 respectively. The game was tied at 5 going into the overtime period.

After a scoreless overtime, the first shootout in the history of the Dow Event Center began. Sarnia's Chad Painchaud and the Spirit's Michal Birner were the first to shoot. Neither scored. On their next shot, the Sting took a 1-0 shoouout lead on Tomas Pospisil's goal. The Spirit would respond as captain Patrick McNeill would score on the very next shot. Shooting next for the Sting, Harrison Reed did not score and neither did Zack Torquato for the Spirit. According to OHL rules, the game then proceeded into sudden death. The Sting shot first. Ryan McInerny's shot was saved by Ryan Daniels. The Spirit sent Ryan McDonough to attempt to win the game. His shot was also blocked by Parker Van Buskirk. Sarnia's next shot was off the stick of Jamie Fraser. It was blocked. The Spirit then sent out Jesse Gimblett, brother of Tyson, to take the Spirit's next shot. His goal won the game for the Spirit at 9:45 pm in front of a sold out crowd of 4,312.

The OHL Three Stars of the Game were Saginaw's Jesse Gimblett with no points, but the winning goal in the shootout, and Patrick McNeill with 1 goal and two assists and Sarnia's Chad Painchaud with 2 goals and 2 assists.


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Iran resumes nuclear research

January 10, 2006

Iran resumed full atomic fuel research today, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced, adding that "the research will involve small-scale enrichment of uranium, usable in power plants or weapons."

"There is a difference between research and producing nuclear fuel ... The production of nuclear fuel is still under suspension," said Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation. The United States has said that any enrichment of uranium would be a "serious escalation." A spokesman also stated that Iran risks referral to the UN's Security Council, which could impose sanctions, if it pursues its current nuclear course.

British Foreign Secretary said the conflict with Iran would need to be resolved through diplomatic means and that "military action is not on our agenda."

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the IAEA, told the 35-nation governing board that "Iran intended to carry out limited uranium enrichment at its Natanz facility, where it broke UN seals as IAEA inspectors watched."

"Iran plans to install a small-scale gas ultracentrifuge cascade in its pilot fuel enrichment plant at Natanz," said a Western diplomat, reading from ElBaradei's report.

European diplomats have said that they will hold an emergency IAEA meeting to consider referring to the UN for further action and or sanctions. The United States said "this now looks inevitable."

Tehran denies wanting nuclear technology for anything but civilian energy programs to satisify the countries "booming" demand for electricity.

Western powers disregard Iran's claim and say that "Iran is to refrain from any work that could help it develop atomic weapons." The EU said Iran's latest action was "eroding international confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program".

In Berlin, German Foreign Minister warned that by removing the seals of its atomic plants, Tehran had "crossed a line". Steinmeier said "that the Iranians knew they would face consequences as a result of their action". He also added that he hopes Tehran would return to a "path of reason".

Today, China also urged Tehran to continue talks with the EU trio, with foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan saying "all parties should show restraint and make efforts to build mutual trust".

Iranian news network Khabar reported that the Iranian parliament backed the decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to resume the research work, terming it a "source of national pride".

The White House said that if Iran continues on its current nuclear course, it will leave the no choice but to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council for possible actions.

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Reporter abducted in Baghdad Saturday morning

January 10, 2006

Freelance writer Jill Carroll, currently working for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped in western Baghdad Saturday morning. During the abduction, her Iraqi interpreter was fatally wounded, although her Iraqi driver escaped and was unharmed.

Carroll was attempting to gather direct and accurate views of political leaders when she entered western Baghdad's Adil area on Saturday morning.

Christian Science Monitor's editor Richard Bergenheim said, "Jill's ability to help others understand the issues facing all groups in Iraq has been invaluable. We are urgently seeking information about Ms. Carroll and are pursuing every avenue to secure her release."

At present, no one has claimed responsibility for her capture.


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Florida bank stand-off ends with hostages rescued

January 10, 2006

Two suspected robbers west of Kissimmee, Florida released one hostage after negotiating with sheriffs' deputies. Other hostages remain inside, authorities say. Police later shot and killed one bank robber and arrested a second on after a 10 hour stand-off with police. "A sniper shot the male suspect while the female was in custody", said Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell. Four hostages were not injured.

The suspects had escaped the Mercantile Bank, a mile west of Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports, with one hostage after authorities blasted through the rear door using an explosive device. But police soon cornered them in their getaway car, authorities said. The male suspect then "used the hostage again as a shield to get into another vehicle," Hansell said. "He tried to leave again and at that point he was taken down by one of our snipers."

Deputies had been using cell phones to negotiate with the suspects, who were wearing masks, wigs and coats.

Around 7:15 p.m. EST, police blasted through the bank's rear door. The suspects escaped with a female hostage and drove away in a bank employee's car, but they traveled less than a mile before street barricades stopped them. Shots were fired at deputies but nobody was hurt, police said.

The suspects had been holed up in the bank since Tuesday morning. The first hostage was released when the robbers panicked when deputies arrived so quickly after the robbery, said sheriff's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain. The second was freed in exchange for cigarettes and the third after deputies agreed to back their vehicles a few feet farther away from the bank, Lizasuain said.

Police did not release the names the hostages, but the suspects were identified Wednesday as a 50-year-old male, Gaetano Alessandrello, and a 26-year old woman, Amanda Lynn Moeller. It was not immediately clear whether the suspects ever got any money. Tourists near the bank, in hotels, were confined to them for hours as police asked them "to stay indoors". The hostages said they were treated well and were not threatened with violence, Hansell said.

The same bank was robbed just 2 months ago on November 16, 2005. It is unclear if the two robberies are connected or not.


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This article cites no sources, "I saw it on Faux news" doesn't count. Please refer to Google news and ensure valid sources are selected and filled in using the template. I'm not doing this one. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Story breaking as we speak
We're talking to ourselves again. We'll remove that line about answering our schizophrenic voices. Karen 21:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

A mile west of Walt Disney World isn't Kissimmee.
If the Merchantile Bank is "a mile west of Walt Disney World" and Kissimmee is many miles east of Walt Disney World, then the bank robbery could not have been in Kissimmee. Something is incorrect in the sources. All sources filed the story from Kissimmee, but that doesn't mean the bank is within city limits. If it's the Merchantile Bank I'm thinking it is, it's in the Formosa Gardens Shopping Center - closer to Buena Vista and within a mile of Walt Disney World. Karen 18:06, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I was right, Buena Vista is 5 miles away, while Kissimmee is 11. The closest city is actually "Bay Lake". I updated the story to state that "The suspects had escaped the Mercantile Bank, a mile west of Walt Disney World's Wide World of Sports," although Disney's nearest theme park is Animal Kingdom, who's entrance is less than 2,500 feet northeast of the bank which was robbed. I believe the confusion regarding the bank being in kissimmee is that the bank's mailing address is Kissimmee. Karen 19:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Good eye. -Edbrown05 19:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, as the story was happening, breaking, all sources initially said Kissimmee. No specific city was stated at the time. Hint: thats why I put expand. DragonFire1024 5:52 PM (EST)

I just happen to know the area a bit - locals lament that tourists think Walt Disney World is in Orlando, or Kissimmee - when in fact those cities are 15 and 11 miles away, respectively. Some hotels in the area have Orlando postal addresses and some Kissimmee. When you book a hotel, you have to specifically ask "How far are you from Walt Disney World?". I found the address of the bank from the November 16 police report (which also says 'in Kissimmee') then made sure exactly what was nearby. Karen 02:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Suggested title change
Florida bank stand-off ends with hostages rescued --LoganCale 23:40, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That sounds good. Boy somebody was having fun with the rename button earlier. anyways, you can also rename things as well if you like(press the rename button. (ussually a tab on the top of the page, but varries with skin). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:50, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


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"Genius" award recipient leads luminaries campaigning for worldwide end to war
As you'll see from the above title, the article you've been working on has been given a different name that is – hopefully – a little more NPOV. Your last edit on the previous title will need put into the new version as you didn't move it when the redirect was put in. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I just did that :). --Deprifry|+T+ 20:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

203.214.121.148 here! When I got that conflict page... i just couldn't understand how to proceed! Anyway, I'm quite over this article. I was really just trying to demonstrate a npov to the original poster. Then I realised that wouldn't work because you can't turn a piece of opinion into a news item simply by reporting it in a npov! Now I might just go and read all those wikinews help articles you kindly left for me. :)

203.214.121.148 10:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC) is learning to sign his name

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User talk:Elrom~enwikinews

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User talk:Trungle

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User talk:Yamamoto Ichiro

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User talk:Adrian~enwikinews

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User talk:Melle Gloerich

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User talk:Dcanizar

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4 injured when bus overturns in Charlotte, NC

January 10, 2006

A school bus overturned Tuesday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina causing minor injuries to two children and two adults. The driver reportedly swerved to avoid a log in the road. The bus rolled down an embankment and came to rest on its roof.

The children on the bus were 3 and 4 year-olds from the Bethlehem Center Head Start program. The bus was carrying 18 children, all strapped into safety seats in accordance with North Carolina law. The uninjured were transferred to a second bus and taken to school.


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User talk:WilliamKF

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Thanks
Thank you for your contributions to the Reporter abducted in Baghdad Saturday morning article however please do not add new info to an old story. Start a new story instead. I have moved the info you added about the demonstration to Demonstration held in support of Jill Carroll Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 21:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:The Maker

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User:Eltoro

Faves:
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 * Richmond, Virginia

This was the news the instant I was born as Eltoro.

 * 20:21, 10 January 2006 Portland, Maine to get Condominions? (427 bytes) . . 216.220.231.226
 * 20:15, 10 January 2006 Bus flips, 18 children hurt in charlotte (686 bytes) . . 216.220.231.226
 * 19:59, 10 January 2006 Super Bowl 2006 (533 bytes) . . 216.220.231.226
 * 19:55, 10 January 2006 Chess Portal (12 bytes) . . 216.220.231.226
 * 19:32, 10 January 2006 Wacky News: 4 foot ice cream cone stolen from dairy queen (844 bytes) . . 169.244.143.115
 * 19:26, 10 January 2006 Chess News (201 bytes) . . 169.244.143.115
 * 19:02, 10 January 2006 Darwin Yang chess master (2,161 bytes) . . 169.244.143.115 (ALL! BREAKING!)
 * 18:20, 10 January 2006 Robbery Suspects hold Hostages in Bank robbery in Florida. (1,554 bytes) . . DragonFire1024
 * 17:33, 10 January 2006 Reporter abducted in Baghdad Saturday morning (1,069 bytes) . . 64.60.243.18
 * 17:29, 10 January 2006 Iran Resumes Full Nuclear Research (3,671 bytes) . . DragonFire1024
 * 16:46, 10 January 2006 Saginaw Spirit Victorious in First Home Shootout (2,975 bytes) . . 24.247.88.4
 * 13:47, 10 January 2006 2 Accused of Spying for Cuba (2,042 bytes) . . DragonFire1024
 * 11:57, 10 January 2006 Murdoch's News Corp. ends automated censorship of MySpace upon threat of blogger boycott (1,823 bytes) . . Nyarlathotep (intiial version)
 * 10:34, 10 January 2006 [[Mouse causes house fire (1,432 bytes) . . Uncle G (Category:Wackynews)
 * 03:28, 10 January 2006 Archbishop Levada questioned regarding sex abuse cases in Portland (2,643 bytes) . . Gentgeen (start)
 * 03:19, 10 January 2006 "Shock jock" Howard Stern makes his satellite radio debut (2,420 bytes) . . TUFKAAP
 * 00:18, 10 January 2006 Annoying someone online becomes federal crime (1,821 bytes) . . LoganCale (initial post with a little information)

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United Church of Christ loses Puerto Rico Conference over GLBT issues
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating United Church of Christ loses Puerto Rico Conference over GLBT issues, we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently does not conform to our Style guide. Wikinews articles must meet certain standards. You may find the information at Writing an article to be useful.

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 * Specifically, we don't usually place sources inline with the text, we put them in a "Sources" section at the bottom, using the tag. Take a look at some other articles to see what I mean. - Borofkin 23:52, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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Whole Foods moves to renewable energy

January 11, 2006

Whole Foods Market, a natural food grocery chain based in Austin, Texas, announced that it intends to use wind energy for all of its electrical needs. This will make the company the largest business to use renewable energy in the United States.

"It's a sales driver rather than a cost," Michael Besancon, a regional president for the company, said. "All of those things we do related to our core values: help drive sales, help convince a customer to drive past three or four other supermarkets on the way to Whole Foods."

Since utility companies send power directly to the national utility grid, Whole Foods will purchase energy credits equivalent to 100% of the energy they use, a total of 458,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy credits per year from Renewable Choice Energy. That's enough electricity to power 44,000 homes for a year.

title: Whole Foods moves to renewable energy


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Talk:Murdoch's News Corp. Ends Automated Censorship of MySpace

So..... to Publish, or not to Publish?
I'm thinking in a few hours I'll set it to published, unless anyone has an issue to bring up. As long as it's an issue that has substance. ;)

(AntelopeInSearchOfTruth 08:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC))

As far as validity of the claims go, I've seen none from the articles other than people accusing News Corp. of censoring the links. This, of course, could claim that this whole issue was fabricated (as the links supposedly, although perhaps magically, "appeared" again) - as many sites do block remote images for many reasons, as well. I want to treat this article with great suspicion of being fabricated, because of the nature of the claims (and the current state of operations). We could very possibly be seeing an attack against the web site/corporation, and I'd like to have some hard data that proves that these items ever occurred before this goes to publish. Besides, the real reason for them occurring again may have absolutely nothing to do with the "threat of a blogger bycott", so perhaps the title needs a change as well (as well as tone change in article). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:33, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with this, but happened to have found one source reporting the alleged censorship part.

It is a short piece, and does not quote anything from MySpace.com people admitting their practice regarding links. Tomos 04:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

MrM, you might try actually clicking on the first source, everything is supported there, you can cut & paste the title to google if you want more sources. As it makes clear, they blocked litterally the word YouTube, not just off site links. Nyarlathotep 08:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm still wanting more proof than that. This whole article can very well be fabricated, and unfortunately The Independent requires registration - which does not smooth my suspicions of this being fabricated.  I'd like some hard proof (that is accessible, please see the sources section of the style guide), otherwise I'm sending this back into Develop, citing unverifiable information.  The title also needs to be changed, because the item wasn't definitively a response of a proposed "blogger bycott" until the corporation actually states it as such.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

 * note that this newly created "rule" in the sources section being referred to above, is still under discussion and is likely to be modified, moved or removed. Doldrums 15:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think there is any rule involved. MrM just does't trust the New York Times & the Independent.  Its a situation which has happened before & will happen again.  Nyarlathotep 10:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Your objections are not actionable. The Independent and the New York times both ran the story. That is verification enough by any standard measure. If you think it needs to be more explicit in citing of those sources, that would be an actionable objection. It might still be excessive, but its at least actionable, and I have no objection to implementing it.

Yes, both require registration now, but that is wholely irrelevant.. even offline sources are sufficent. BTW, these two articles were not registration only when each source was added. Not that being registration only has any bearing upon a sources validity. I'm sorry that you don't like the story, but our story is just condensed more NPOV version of these two sites story.

We have simply no reason to suspect a "hoax" here. I see no serious suspecions of it being a hoax on other clueful sites, such as Slashdot. If its ever found to be a hoax, we'd have to run a retraction anyway, as would the Independent, the New York times, and Slashdot.

Oh, BTW, MySpace has also blocked & unblocked revver.com too. And such blocks are text blocks, mails containing the site name have it replaces with "..." They don't generally block embedding of offsite content, img tags, etc., they just block specific site names in text or html tags.

As to your title suggestion, I actually kidna agree with you here. As it seems they have unblocked other sites for fewer complaints, although those might have part of the YouTube thing. Nyarlathotep 11:13, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

If anyone has any actionable objections to this article they should make them. Nyarlathotep 10:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I have no problem with the sources, if I believed that this couldn't be anything but a hoax. The whole fact of the comments "being restored after pressure" really reinforces these concerns.  If ther was any hard proof that is accessible, I would support the publishing of this article.  However, as it stands, there is no proof that this ever happened (that has been brought up in discussion).  Remember, just because another source reports on it doesn't make it true.  I'm looking for the factuality of WN, and don't want to become the subject of any hoaxed article.  If there is hard proof that this event ever occurred, please present it.  Until then, I'm posting a cleanup.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:33, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


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Former NSA employee alleges illegal spying

January 11, 2006 Russell "Russ" Tice, a former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) who specialized in "special access programs," has admitted to ABC News that he was one of the sources the New York Times used in its December 2005 investigation into the NSA's spy activity against Americans.

He alleges that some of NSA and the Department of Defense's secret intelligence operations were run in violation of the law and has agreed to testify before Congress about their legality.

President Bush admitted ordering the NSA to monitor a small number of Americans without the use of warrants, but Tice believes it goes beyond that. If the full extent of NSA programs is being taken advantage of, he said, the number of Americans under surveillance could be in the millions. The ability exists, Tice stated, to track every domestic and international phone call as they are switched through centers and to monitor them for key words.

"If you picked the word 'jihad' out of a conversation, the technology exists that you focus in on that conversation, and you pull it out of the system for processing."

Tice's security clearance was revoked in May of 2005 based upon "psychological concerns" and the NSA later dismissed him.

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Stars pose for ITV ice-skating show (UK)

January 11, 2006

The celebrities taking part in a new entertainment show for ITV in UK, Dancing on Ice, today posed for the press at the Natural History Museum. The show will be presented by former champion ice skaters Torvill and Dean, reunited for the first time since 1999. Each celebrity will be partnered with a professional ice-skater to dance on ice each Saturday night, and will have to win votes from the public to continue on the show.

Phillip Schofield, who will present the show, announced the names of the stars as they posed for the press photographers. A few passers by took photos using their mobile phones.

The stars on the show include former England football goalkeeper David Seaman, the former children's tv presenter and now tv Exec Andi Peters, Olympic athlete Kelly Holmes, former It girl Tamara Beckwith and actor John Barrowman (who played "Captain" Jack in the recent Doctor Who tv series).


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Apple unveils new Intel-based Mac

January 11, 2006

Apple Computer announced on Tuesday the first generation of their products to use Intel processors. The iMac and the new MacBook Pro - a notebook computer replacing the PowerBook - are said to be up to four times faster than their predecessors (up to two times faster in the iMac, four times for the MacBook.)

These new lines of computers have been set up to support the newest collection of Mac software entitled iLife, which has added internet publication software to its high-end graphics, video, and sound tools.

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Talk:Whole Foods moves to renewable energy

i think its pretty funny that they are using renewable resources so people will waste gas driving by other stores to go to theirs. -- 216.78.202.201

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Considering that the market Whole Foods caters to will be driving more fuel-efficient vehicles the above claim (joke) is not only inconsiderate, it is probably unfactual. Just wanted to say that it is quality, edge, stories like this one that keep me reading Wikinews. Keep up the great work.

 * That is likely true and, in addition, the use of renewable energy is not nearly as widespread in vehicles as it is in the electric grid at this time. --LoganCale 03:07, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Stars pose for ITV ice-skating show (UK)

Image too big and very dull subject. This wouldn't even be classed as British Headline News.

 * Resize the image then. I realise it's not huge news, and it wouldn't normally be the kind of thing that interests me, but photos of this will be in all the papers tomorrow. Is there room in Wikinews for celebrity news?? Frankie Roberto 16:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

As of this writing, the story doesn't cite any sources. Is it original reporting? If so, please make sure it has the proper tag. Sawran 18:58, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

 * It's an original photo, and the information is taken from announcements made at the time of the photograph being taken and the BBC news source which I've just added. Frankie Roberto 22:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

203.214.121.148 19:19, 11 January 2006 (UTC) so... Tamara Beckwith is in Information Technology?

 * Huh? Frankie Roberto 22:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh, you're referring to 'IT girl' - which doesn't mean Information Technology but It girl. I'll update the article... Frankie Roberto 22:46, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting
Photojournalism certainly qualifies for the Original reporting on Wikinews. Please give us some details of What you saw happening, when, and where you took the photo here. You said the information used in the article was also presented at the time? And yes, Wikinews does have room for celebrity news. We have a couple of categories for such news reporting. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Shall I add this photo (taken at the same time)? Frankie Roberto 17:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure that the representation of ice used in this picture won't be copyrighted by DeLongi freezers? Also, have you asked permission to use "ITV" ? Spum 14:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Please don't ridicule other contributors just because they have voiced honest concerns. --Deprifry|+T+ 14:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Spum - there's no need for sarcasm. I do a few google searches. I see fanzine sites in protracted e-mail arguments with the FA over the claimed 'copyright' over future fixtures. I voice concern. Others claim that this isn't a problem as the site ignores UK copyright. I accept. Let's move on... Frankie Roberto 17:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


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Chinese block of Wikimedia enters tenth week

January 11, 2006

The blocking of the Wikimedia project by government agencies of the People's Republic of China has entered its tenth week. The Wikimedia project includes Wikinews as well as other popular sites such as Wikipedia.

First instituted on October 19, this is the third such block in China, upsetting students and researchers who say that it is having a significant impact on their ability to conduct research, and even pass civil service exams. It is unclear why they are using Wikipedia as a sole source for research in the first place.

There is little indication of whether the block is temporary or permanent. As with all Internet blocks instituted by the PRC, government agencies have not commented. Wikimedia has been blocked twice in the past and Wikipedia users have speculated that the two previous blocks, both in 2004, were due to articles on banned subjects – such as Taiwanese independence and the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989. Many users in China have been using proxy servers and other means to circumvent the block. Hopes that the block would be quickly lifted, like the previous two times, faded as weeks turned into months.

On October 21st, a prominent Chinese Wikipedia administrator posted, "If nothing goes wrong, the block should be lifted within one week." He followed up on the 24th by saying, "The block will be lifted by Wednesday [October 26]. According to procedure (the details of which are unknown), after the appeal is submitted, a reply will come within 3 business days, and my appeal has already been submitted by the ISP on Friday. My ISP has said that so far they haven't encountered a case where an appeal has failed. This should be good news, but it's still impossible to know the reason for the block." Since then, there has been no reported response from government agencies.

During the first block in 2004, users of the project petitioned their ISPs, one of which is thought to have had a role in restoring access. The second block, slightly later in the year, was only temporary, lasting four days.

The Chinese government has an active policy of blocking websites they consider harmful. Sites that have been blocked include foreign news sites (BBC News as an example), information about Tibetan independence, the Falun Gong and some websites based in Taiwan.

Wikimedia Foundation maintains a group of non-profit websites dedicated to open content information that any user can edit. It includes an encyclopedia, news, quote archives, and other information.


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Opera Singer Birgit Nilsson, 87 was buried today

January 11, 2006 court singer ; who died of ; was buried today in western ; southern Sweden, with only her closest people attending.

She married Bertil Niklasson; a Swedish restaurateur in 1949. She has no children. Many fans consider her the greatest post-war dramatic soprano.


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UN warns neighbours of Turkey about bird flu

January 11, 2006

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has asked countries neighbouring Turkey, specifically mentioning Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, to be cautious and take measures to prevent the avian flu, H5N1, from spreading. The UN also warned that civilians in these countries should be given more information about the disease.

Two people have died in Turkey so far, possibly a third, and more hospitalized, after contracting the flu virus. All 15 confirmed cases in Turkey had close contact with birds. As of now, the H5N1 virus strain does not pass easily to humans and does not spread at all between humans.


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Could 'turkey' please be capitalized? Otherwise it would be very seemly for a pun in Jay Leno's Headlines.

I've pushed this back to develop as it isn't really ready yet. It needs to cite sources correctly, and perhaps have an tag if it isn't going to be filled out more. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


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Smoke reported on London Underground

January 11, 2006

No injuries were reported when firefighters were called to two London Underground stations when the smell of smoke was reported and seen, said police.

A spokeswoman for London Transport police said firefighters had checked reports of smoke coming from the Bakerloo line, but the incident was not threatening. Fire services were sent to Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus.

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Ukraine hurt by Russian gas deal

January 11, 2006

The Ukrainian Parliament voted to oust the Prime Minister and his cabinet Tuesday after the handling of the countries gas crisis with last week.

called the vote "incomprehensible, illogical, and wrong".

Although Russia and Ukraine have solved the crisis, for the time being, when the two countries agreed to new gas prices last week, the parliament described the deal as "traitorous," reports The Independent of London, and ousted Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov's government in response.

Both Members of Parliament and even opposition groups, said they were unhappy with the governments response to the crisis, and began to accuse it of "selling out to Russia and betraying national interests".

The motion to oust the government, which both shocked and surprised many MP's was backed by 250 of the 450 members of Parliament. Mr Yushchenko's former ally and one-time prime minister, Julia Tymoshenko, was among those who voted against the government. Yushchenko is calling the no-confidence vote politically motivated.

It is expected, however, that the government will remain in place until parliamentary elections are held, which are scheduled to occur in March.

The debate, at the moment, is whether the standing parliament has the authority to dismiss the prime minister. While the constitutional amendments allowing such an action were adopted Jan. 1, Yushchenko and Yekhanurov claim that only the parliament set to be elected in March will have such an ability.

However, there are some that believe that the parliament's move was more about gaining "political leverage" than responding to the gas crisis, reported the Los Angeles Times.

Yushchenko also accused Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday of "destabilizing the country by sacking his government," a move which sent the local currency plumitting to its lowest point in nearly nine months.

Yushchenko met Vladimir Putin for the first time since the Russian president ordered gas taps to be turned off to his ex-Soviet neighbor at the new year in a bitter dispute over prices that briefly disrupted supplies to the rest of Europe.

Last week Moscow agreed to a new contract, which Ukraine would pay nearly two times the amount it did before. The two leaders barely touched on the energy issue in comments to reporters after their meeting, instead focusing on the positive side of their strained relations.

"Ukraine and Russia have entered an excellent phase in bilateral relations, a phase of personal friendship, which allows us to discuss wonderful prospects," Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Yushchenko as saying.

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Comet Wild samples near home

January 11, 2006 Stardust, a NASA space capsule carrying precious comet samples from deep space, is scheduled to return to earth January 15, 2006.

Scientists hope to discover new meaning to the beginning of our solar system.

Stardust's 2.9 billion mile round-trip mission took it halfway to Jupiter to catch particles from Comet Wild 2 two years ago. Its journey will have lasted a total of just over seven years when it lands in the Utah desert.

On Sunday, the ship will remain in space while a 100-pound (45 kg) capsule loaded with comet dust returns to earth and lands at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range at 3:12 a.m. local time (5:12 a.m. EST or 1012 GMT). If the skies are all clear on January 15, then people from Northern California, Oregon and Nevada could get quite a show as the capsule enters Earth's atmosphere. The show will be quick, but should prove impressive. Comets are thought to be remnants from the process of planet formation, and scientists said the dust collected by Stardust will give them their first opportunity to study pristine samples of materials formed billions of years ago. The particles from the comet were captured using a tennis-racket-sized space probe containing ice-cube sized compartments lined with aerogel, a porous substance that is 99.9 percent air. It is the first time since 1972 that any solid extraterrestrial material has been collected and brought back to Earth, and the first time ever for comet particles.

During its descent over the desert, the capsule is scheduled to deploy two parachutes, though NASA officials said they have prepared for the possibility of a hard landing. A NASA probe called Genesis crashed to Earth in 2004 when its parachute failed to open. That craft had been on a three-year mission to collect solar wind ions, which were recovered by scientists even though the spacecraft was destroyed.

Stardust's project manager, Tom Duxbury, said that "after the Genesis incident and the Columbia shuttle disaster, the mission's team spent six months testing and reviewing the spacecraft's design to make sure there were no errors". Once the craft is recovered, it will be whisked away to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Only after it is in a secure lab, free of potential contamination, will the probe be pried open to reveal its payload.

"We are at the end of a fantastic voyage," Don Brownlee, the lead scientist for the mission known as Stardust, recently told reporters at a media briefing. "We will learn a phenomenal amount… from the most primitive materials in our solar system. It is a real thrilling time." Now, near the end of its long voyage home, the probe is set to plunge back to Earth in the predawn hours on Sunday.

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