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I went on to Delta's website (http://www.delta.com), and looked up the flight number for the flight from Atlanta to Portland, OR and that flight number was 1457, not 1747 as reported by CBS. Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 19:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
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Family of five killed in Staten Island, NY house fire

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Five people were killed early Thursday morning in a fire in the New York City borough of. The fire destroyed most of the home in the neighborhood. The five killed are 33-year-old Leisha Jones and her four children.

Neighbors said that the fire began at approximately 4 a.m. (0800 ). Two officers noticed the fire and radioed for assistance at 4:10 a.m. Rescue workers attempted to enter the building although they were deterred by heavy flames and smoke. Once flames were doused with water, Fire Lieutenant Robert Strafer entered the building and found the youngest child, two-year-old Jermaine Sinclair. Upon further inspection, officers found the other four victims.

Witnesses reported hearing a loud popping sound before the building burst into flames. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, although it is not considered suspicious. The apartment which Jones and her children were living in did not have a, as required by city law.

Jones's mother, Martha Anderson, told the , "She was such a nice person and she was a really good mother," adding, "She loved her kids ... and I loved her."


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This as all about arctic control, which is a major long term strategy for the conservatives (the remainder of this post assumes this goal is positive, obviously if you reject this notion, this purchase makes no sense). Despite the political propaganda and out-of-context RAND simulations, this is quite an effective aircraft for this purpose, with the only major concern being its shorter-then-optimal ranged nature. Keep in mind though, this 'short-range' is a >1100 km radius from its fuelling source. For purposes of tactical geographical defense or control, this fighter's range is more than sufficient.

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Kosovo independence ruled legal by International Court of Justice

July 22, 2010Judges from the United Nations ruled Thursday that Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was not in violation of international law.

Despite protests from Serbia, which claimed that Kosovo's independence threatened its sovereignty and was illegal under international law, ten of the ICJ's fourteen judges supported the non-binding motion declaring Kosovo's independence legal. The move was supported by the United States and most European countries, while other countries, including Russia and China, opposed the ruling.

In its opinion on the matter, the court said that it "considers that general international law does not contain any prohibition on declarations of independence. Accordingly, it concludes that [Kosovo's] declaration of independence on the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law."

Even before the ruling, 69 members of the UN, out of a total of 192, had recognized Kosovo's independence, and observers say that more may do so in light of the ICJ's ruling.

Kosovo's president,, said that "[t]he decision finally removes all doubts that countries which still do not recognise the republic of Kosovo could have," while Serbian president said that "Serbia will never recognise the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo."


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The Court said (not ruled) Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal, not its actual independence. 193.230.230.101 (talk) 10:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The court explicitely said it does not decide whether the Kosovo independence legal or not.--MathFacts (talk) 12:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Forgive my stupidity. What is the difference. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:55, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * At the most a legal technicality...the general population probably doesn't care. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:29, 24 July 2010 (UTC),
 * -This is not just legal technicality: it means while the declaration per se is not illegal, it does not have any implication on Kosovo's statehood!


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WOW! Where's Dana Carvey when we need him? Folks like these god-aholic religious zombies depicted in this story are walking comedy material... welfare for the likes of Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and the future President of the United States - Stephen Colbert (2012)! ; - ) Oh and btw, Coco sits on the sidelines as well; a spectator 'till November but something tells me he's gushing jokes for the future based on these type incidents that will make BP's Gulf of Mexico, Deep Water/Macondo disaster well look like a Death Valley mirage.

In all honesty folks, this is why I think religion needs to be taxed in the U.S. This current example of on-going "religious" nonsense falsely labeled "protest" is in direct conflict with Constitutional rights (and Bill of Rights) to free assembly (associated with congressional activity originally but not restricted to such). Oh and btw, speaking for myself, music is more a religion than this particular group of irrational and misguided souls known as Westboro Baptist Church. These continued intrusions by such "religious organizations" into political and social activities in the U.S. has caused increasing damage and costs to our already over whelmed infrastructures of safety and security budgets - not to mention the infringement of a legal business activity (for which I certainly wish just ONE good lawyer would emerge to press this point in a Civil Court). In this particular situation, there is not one shred of purpose or gain for the general good of society and is therefore nothing more than a lame (and no cost) advertisement for this organization to grow its ranks of ill advised, knee jerk, knuckle dragging alarmists who will be long gone when an actual need arises (floods, earthquakes, tornados, etc.). If religion wants the State to stay out of its business then perhaps the Church should stay out of State business - or ante up the costs like all the taxpaying members of this society!


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Wikinews:Briefs/July 22, 2010

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Today on Wikinews : A Delta airliner experiences a tire blow-out on take off; Kosovo independence is ruled legal by the International Court of Justice; a misleading Burger King ad is banned in the UK and on this day in history, a shocking and unfortunate story.

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Today is Thursday, July 22, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Delta Airlines flight makes emergency landing (0:35)
Delta Air Lines flight 1457, departing from Atlanta, made an emergency landing after it blew out a tire during take-off. The flight was carrying approximately 160 passengers and six crew members and was destined to Portland, Oregon.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said that the Boeing 737-800 turned around when the flight crew noticed the blown out tire. The flight was then forced to go into a holding pattern to burn off fuel for more than an hour before it safely landed back at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport at around 3:00pm local time with no injuries being reported at this time.

Delta did not immediately return calls inquiring about the flight, however, Delta Spokesperson Anthony Black told the Associated Press that the 160 passengers on board would be put on a future flight to Portland.

Kosovo independence ruled legal by International Court of Justice (1:30)
Judges from the United Nations International Court of Justice ruled Thursday that Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was not in violation of international law.

Despite protests from Serbia, which claimed that Kosovo's independence threatened its sovereignty and was illegal under international law, ten of the ICJ's fourteen judges supported the non-binding motion declaring Kosovo's independence legal. The move was supported by the United States and most European countries, while other countries, including Russia and China, opposed the ruling.

In its opinion on the matter, the court said that it "considers that general international law does not contain any prohibition on declarations of independence. Accordingly, it concludes that [Kosovo's] declaration of independence on the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law."

Even before the ruling, 69 members of the UN, out of a total of 192, had recognized Kosovo's independence, and observers say that more may do so in light of the ICJ's ruling.

Kosovo's president, Fatmir Sejdiu, said that "[t]he decision finally removes all doubts that countries which still do not recognise the republic of Kosovo could have," while Serbian president Boris Tadic said that "Serbia will never recognise the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo."

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'Misleading' Burger King advert banned in the United Kingdom (3:37)
An advert by fast food restaurant Burger King has been banned from British television over claims that it is misleading. The campaign for the new TenderCrisp chicken burger received two complaints over the fact that the burger appears significantly larger on the advert than in real life.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated the complaints and purchased three burgers from a Burger King restaurant. They reported that both the thickness and the height was "considerably less" than in the advertisement.

The ASA also commented on the actor, stating, "[w]e also examined the size of the burgers in the hands of an average-sized man and considered that they did not fill the hands to the same extent as the burger featured in the advert. We concluded that the visuals in the advert were likely to mislead viewers as to the size and composition of the product."

Burger King responded to the complaints, saying that the advert needed to make all the ingredients in the product clearly visible. Despite the company's defense, it has been ruled that the advert will not be shown again in its current form.

Facebook reaches 500 million users (4:43)
Social networking service Facebook, which has been active for six years, has announced that the website reached a total of 500 million users on Wednesday. According to AFP, this number equates to one out of every fourteen people or, according to The Hindu, 8% of the population of the Earth.

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, created a blog post in relation to this milestone. He wrote "As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them ... This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world."

To mark the occasion, the California, United States-based company released an application, entitled Facebook Stories, that allows the website's users to "tell the incredible stories of the moving and interesting ways they've used Facebook". Zuckerberg stated that there is a "good chance" of Facebook reaching a total of a billion members in the next three to five years.

On this day in history (5:45)

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Georg Wilhelm Richmann, a German physicist who lived in Russia, was born into a Baltic German family in modern day Estonia. Though his father had died of plague before his birth, his mother remarried and he was allowed to study in Tallinn (the capital and largest city of Estonia but then known as Reval) where he became interested in physics.

After briefly studying in Germany at the universities of Halle and Jena, young Richmann then submitted an essay on physics to the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg and in 1741 he was elected a member where he did pioneering work on electricity. There, he worked on calorimetry (the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes) and even collaborated with Mikhail Lomonosov (who had discovered that Venus has an atmosphere).

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Then, on August 6, 1753, he was attending a meeting of the Academy of Sciences, when he heard thunder and so ran home with his engraver to capture the event for posterity. At the time he had been hoping to compile a list of bodies arranged by their electrical conductivity.

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Considered an excellent teacher and researcher, he often arranged demonstrations of electrical phenomena to his students at the Academy, including how electricity effects animals (supposedly by electrocuting them), how the curvature of an object can effect the density of an electric charge and most importantly the properties of electrostatic induction (the redistribution of an electrical charge in an object, caused by the influence of nearby charges.)

But on the night of August 6th, while trying to quantify the response of an insulated rod to the nearby storm, a supposed ball lightning appeared ...

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... and collided with Richmann's head leaving him dead in a red spot. His shoes were blown open, parts of his clothes singed, the engraver knocked out; the door frame of the room was split, and the door itself was torn off its hinges. Reportedly, the ball lightning had traveled along the apparatus causing his unfortunate death.

Richmann thus apparently became the first person in history to die while conducting electrical experiments, a mere single year after Thomas-François Dalibard of France conducted Ben Franklin's kite experiment from three years previous using a 40-foot-tall iron rod to extract electrical sparks from a cloud.

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Typhoon kills two in southern China

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Two people are dead and thousands of others lost their homes in southern China after. The Typhoon made landfall in the province with winds that reached 126 kilometers per hour (78 miles per hour). The storm caused approximatively 2.2 billion (325 million, 251 million) worth of damages.

Chanthu caused downpours in China's southern provinces, with central and western provinces expected to flood as well. The Typhoon prompted President Hu Jintao to call for increased flood control measures. Chanthu is the latest in a string of recent violent storms followed by massive floods.

So far this year 701 people have been killed by flooding, the highest since 1998. Along with that 347 people are missing and presumed dead. Storms have also destroyed 27,160 houses and 101,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of farmland.

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so, so, so, sad i'm just without words.I'm also a mom so i could only imagine such a loss for the family....so traggic and heart wrenching...I don't know about you but i am so very tired of turning on the tv to witness various crimes every day...I'll keep the family in my prayers....


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"considers that general international law does not contain any prohibition on declarations of independence. Accordingly, it concludes that [Kosovo's] declaration of independence on the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law."

Not a single prohibition? I'm not familiar with general international law, so I don't know. This is interesting, however, because it means anybody with a de facto claim to territory can declare independence. As far as I know, Abkhazia, for example, is de facto independent. I can't wait to see what the UN says if and when Abkhazia and similar proto-nations present their case, though I privately suspect that they won't get the same treatment.

There is, of course, a qualitative difference between Kosovo and Chechnya (for example) on the one hand, and Transnitria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia (for example) on the other - but given the article's quote, the International Court of Justice recognizes no restrictions to declarations of independence, and thus does not seem to distinguish between them legally at all. Of course, international recognition is another issue, and anyway I doubt Kosovo would decide to peacefully go back to Serbia had the ruling been made otherwise. I fear that when another breakaway nation presents its case to the ICJ, some law may indeed be found to rule the declaration illegal, and doing so could seriously undermine the credibility of the instution; so either the ICJ really is impartial, or they've made a big mistake (unless there are some legal technicalities not mentionned in this article). Either way, I am curious to see what repurcussions the ruling will have.


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I Feel I Should Get A Barnstar For This... Maybe Two...One for General Excellence and Another For Services To Australia =D BKCW8''' talk  10:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. You just earned one:

 * Diego, mocking another contributor is unhelpful. --Pi zero (talk) 05:35, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I know. But I wanted to do that. :-P Diego Grez return fire 15:50, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

This is complete crap, But I accept your Barnster not being one to refuse a gift. Any "infringement" was purely accidental but after reading the below accredits, I can see how it looks like that - removing the article was probably the right thing to do...

I do not blame you Diego Grez for holding a grudge - everyone did come down hard on you for your little stunt at the ArbCom elections =D you're like a poodle in the circus, just keeping jumping through those rings and dont ever change BKCW8''' talk  09:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

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A large part of the story regards the bipartisan objection to Gillard's proposal, I did however get rid of "explosive" terms BKCW8''' talk  13:41, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

You changed two words before putting it up for review again, so I added a tasks banner because I think the article and the headline take sides. During an election campaign almost any announcement by a candidate is going to be opposed by the other parties, so I don't think we can make the story wholly or mainly about the opposition statements, just because your sources do. Please do some research into why Labor proposed this policy (from independent policy advisers, opinion polls, focus groups, MPs idea, lobbyists, or whatever it might be), and what the reaction of Labor supporters is to the announcement, then consider if any of that is suitable to add to the article to balance it out. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:20, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Comment: examine English usage as well. eg "The announcment resulted in a bipartisan opposition from The Coalition, The Greens, economists and environmentalists alike." Bipartisan refers exclusively to two (generally political) parties; you mention four groups, only two political parties, the other two being an academic profession and a presumably ideological affiliation. -  Amgine | t 16:02, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

A large part of the story is the objections that both the right and left have to it, it's really phenomenal actually how so many people can hate this policy. If you would help me remove the "bias", that would be a great help...BKCW8''' talk  11:34, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

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Both review and cleanup? Kayau (talk · contribs) 12:15, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite of one source
It looks to me that this is a rewrite of James Massola's article. It follows the same structure, with several paragraphs cut, and close paraphrases of the rest.

It seems to me that this is not original enough for Wikinews, and despite good intentions, this seems to be likely to be a copyright infringement. I wish I had read Massola's piece when I failed the original review, as it would have saved several contributor's wasted effort improving this.

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Here are a couple of examples. You shouldn't read this sentence:
 * ''Critics, which also included Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin and the Australian Conservation Foundation, labelled today's announcement as, variously, a “policy failure”, a “leadership failure” and a “delay to make it appear that action is being taken”. (para 2)

and then write this:
 * ''Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin joins Friends of the Earth protester Bradley Smith and other critics in calling the updated climate change policy, which is set to include a 'Citizens Assembly' among other things, a "lack of leadership", a "policy failure" and a “delay to make it appear that action is being taken”.

Nor can you read this:
 * ''Greens climate change spokeswoman Christine Milne was scathing, describing the plan as “rubbish” and saying it delivered no certainty to business.
 * ''She predicted Labor's policy would boost the Greens' chances of gaining the balance of power in the Senate.
 * ''Senator Milne said the Greens would introduce legislation to put a price on carbon as soon as the next parliament sits.
 * ''She said Labor would have “no excuses” to delay an emissions trading scheme if the Greens win the balance of power in the Senate.

and write this:
 * ''Senator Christine Milne of the Greens describes it as "rubbish", saying that it delivered no certainty for businesses. With some experts predicting the Greens will gain the balance of power in the Senate and their first seats in The House of Representatives, Milne went on to say that Gillard will have no choice but to face climate change head on with bills the Greens are set to introduce to parliament after the election, which include a carbon emission trading scheme.

Since no-one else is around, I will pull the trigger in order to protect the project from suspicion.

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WA is the only region we have an ag source, and it suggests over-all the weather will be *negative*. 45-50% chance of above average rainfall means 50-55% chance of below average rainfall. (More importantly, it states harvest predictions of 21.9m, which is up from last year's 21.7m but down from earlier predictions of 22.5m)

This article is for all intents and purposes a re-write of the Australian article, with almost no improvement over the original. No one even went to find the original forecasts, which can be found here. The article was poorly written (although I have to thank whoever realized that northern hemisphere readers are often too self-centered to remember the seasons are opposite in the southern hemisphere.) It should not have been published in its earlier form as it consistently stated prognostications as facts. -  Amgine | t 16:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


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Independent Wisconsin legislative candidate to sue over censorship of controversial description

July 24, 2010

An independent candidate for the Wisconsin state legislature is prevented from using the words "NOT the white man's bitch" to describe herself on the ballot. The decision came on Wednesday from the state's (GAB), which upheld a staff recommendation that deemed the wording "pejorative".

Ieshuh Griffin, a black woman running for a seat representing east and, argued her case before the panel of five retired judges on the GAB, which regulates elections in the state. "It's not racist, it's not a slur ... it's not pointed to a particular person. In my point of view, the average politician is a token," she said. When asked by a board member if she would be satisfied with the wording "not under the white man's influence", Griffin did not reply.

The GAB voted 3–2 to allow the wording, but one member was absent, and Griffin needed four members to vote in her favor. Gordon Myse, the GAB's chairman, supported Griffin's request. "Isn't she saying, 'I'm not under the white man's direction? I'm independent of that.' Isn't that what she's saying?" he asked.

State election laws allow independent candidates to have a five-word description of themselves instead of the political party placed after their names, as long as it is not "pejorative, profane, discriminatory or includes an obscene word or phrase." However, Griffin claimed that the wording is protected free speech. GAB staff insisted that since she was not prohibited from using the slogan on nomination papers, her Declaration of Candidacy form, and all other public documents such as campaign materials, her free speech concerns were "circumscribed". Griffin will still appear on the ballot, but without the desired description. She plans to appeal in federal court and wants to delay the election pending a decision.


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Matthew Edwards, honored Michigan police officer, shot and killed

July 24, 2010 A Michigan police officer was shot and killed yesterday in an early-morning exchange of gunfire. Corporal Matthew Edwards, 31, of the Taylor Police Department, was responding to a call about a of a home in an apartment complex on Pine Street near Telegraph and Northline Roads, in, Michigan.

After arriving at the scene, the Taylor Police Department say that two of their officers observed a man trying to enter an apartment through a window. While his partner walked towards the building, Edwards approached the suspect and began speaking to him. The suspect pulled out a gun and shot at the officer. Edwards and his partner then opened fire on the suspect, who police say is 36-year-old Tyress Matthews from, which resulted in a volley of bullets being exchanged. Residents told investigators that they heard between 15 and 20 gun shots in the shootout, and saw Edwards lying on the ground near his vehicle and screaming for help for about five minutes.

Edwards and Matthews were taken to Oakwood Hospital in, where Edwards was pronounced dead. Matthews underwent surgery, and is reported to have non-life threatening injuries. The second officer was not injured in the incident. The and officers from the nearby cities of  and  are assisting the Taylor PD in investigating the incident. Taylor police Commander Dan Crowell said while the initial report was of a break-in, it was more likely a domestic disturbance. Matthews has "quite a lengthy criminal history".

Residents of the apartment complex say that crime and gunfire is a common occurrence there. "I heard the shots. There were a lot of them," Teresa Webster told the . "They woke me up. But I didn't think much of them because we hear so many gunshots around here. There was a stabbing here about a month ago. And three days ago, I found a body in a car in the parking lot. We thought (a teenaged male in the front seat) was passed out, but he was dead." Another resident, Arthur White, told the Associated Press that drug use and teenage delinquency is common in the complex, while Deborah Brown has decided that the incident today has convinced her to move out, following an increase of criminal behavior in recent weeks.

Matthew Edwards, a five-year veteran of the Taylor Police Department, is survived by his wife Shannon and two children, Luke, 8, and Moriah, 6. Before returning to his hometown of Taylor in January 2005, Edwards was with the. He is the first Taylor police officer to be killed in the line of duty since it formed in the 1930s. In 2008, Edwards was named Officer of the Year by the Police Officers Association of Michigan for shooting a drunken knife-wielding man who was attempting to.


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I also watched the webcasts of WXYZ and WJBK's TV news reports, which are online at their websites (same links as in the sources section).

Besides that, I don't know if I've listed too many sources, but I did use them all. Matthewedwards (talk) 21:44, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
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 * One more thing: I'm obviously not the Matthew Edwards mentioned in the article. Nor am I trying to be tasteless, although I do think it's a bit ironic. I'll be editing from my mobile phone for the rest of the day, too. Matthewedwards (talk) 21:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


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Man disguised as Darth Vader robs bank

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A man dressed as the  antagonist robbed a bank in, New York. The robber was dressed in a character themed mask and blue cape. Armed with a hand gun, the robber stole an undetermined amount of cash from the bank branch.

The robber entered the bank saying that he was robbing it. Customers initially thought it was a joke and began laughing. Detective William Lamb of the said that one customer attempted to tackle the robber and was attacked. He can be seen in the background of surveillance photographs. The robber then approached a teller and demanded cash while brandishing a weapon.

This robbery is the latest in a string of odd bank robberies in the. Yesterday the arrested a man who robbed banks while carrying flowers and potted plants. Police are also looking for an apparent robber who held up a bank in.

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Four earthquakes hit the Philippines in quick succession

July 24, 2010 Four earthquakes hit in quick succession the Moro Gulf, Mindanao area in the Philippines according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) early on Saturday. The first one, magnitude 7.3, took place on Friday at 22:08:11 UTC (Saturday 06:08:11 AM local time), at a depth of 604.5 kilometers (375.6 miles). The epicenter of this earthquake was located 102 kilometers southwest of, Mindanao; and 915 kilometers south-southeast of the capital city Manila, USGS reported.

The second earthquake reached a magnitude 5.4, and occurred on Friday 22:19:35 UTC (Saturday 06:19:35 AM local time) at a depth of 594.8 kilometers (369.6 miles). The epicenter was located 95 kilometers west-southwest of Cotabato.

The third earthquake, magnitude 7.6, took place on Friday at 22:51:11 UTC (Saturday 06:51:11 AM local time) at a depth of 576.3 kilometers (358.1 miles). Its epicenter was reported to be located 115 kilometers southwest of Cotabato; and 945 kilometers (580 miles) south-southeast of Manila.

The fourth and last earthquake, magnitude 7.4, occurred on Friday at 23:15:08 UTC (Saturday 07:15:08 AM local time) at a depth of 616.7 kilometers (383.2 miles); its epicenter was located 121 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of Cotabato; and 910 kilometers (566 miles) south-southeast of Manila.

No damage has been reported, reported Rona Faeldin of the Philippines Coast Guard to CNN.

The Hawaii-based has released notices in response to each of the four quakes, stating that no destructive force tsunami has been generated by the deep quakes.

The quake was reported felt in cities such as, and officials "were still determining if there were casualties or damages", Xinhua reported. A resident in the area, Yolly Andrias told Xinhua that "they were still sleeping when the strong quake awoke them."

An struck the region in 1976, generating a tsunami which devastated 700 kilometers of coastline in the Sulu Archipelago and southern Mindanao island. The region includes faults in the Sulu Trench in the Sulu Sea and the Cotabato Trench, a subduction zone crossing the Celebes Sea and the Moro Gulf.


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Minor aftershock hits Pichilemu, Chile area

July 24, 2010 A minor, low-intensity aftershock of the March 11 earthquake occurred last night in the Pichilemu area, reported. The seismic event took place at 21:34 local time on Friday night (01:34 UTC Saturday morning), and had an intensity of IV grades, in the, according to ONEMI.

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Wikinews:Briefs/July 23, 2010

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Today on Wikinews : Four earthquakes hit the Philippines in quick succession early this morning; former Illinois Governor Blagojevich rests in corruption trial; Darth Vader turns back to the dark side in, where else, New York and, in history, one of the most important Indian revolutionaries was born in 1906.

Today is Friday, July 23, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Four earthquakes hit the Philippines in quick succession (0:37)
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, four earthquakes have hit in quick succession in the Moro Gulf, located in the Mindanao area in the Philippines.

The first one, magnitude 7.3, took place on Saturday at 6:08am local time at a depth of 604.5 kilometers with the epicenter located 915 kilometers south-southeast of the capital city Manila.

The second earthquake reached a magnitude 5.4, and occurred at 6:19am at a depth of 594 kilometers and located about 7 kilometers further to the north.

A third earthquake, this one magnitude 7.6, struck at 6:51am 945 kilometers south-southeast of the capital.

The fourth and last earthquake, a magnitude 7.4, occurred at 7:15am, 35 kilometers closer to Manila.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has released notices in response to each of the four quakes, stating that no destructive force tsunami has been generated by the deep quakes. Rona Faeldin of the Philippines Coast Guard told CNN that no damage has been reported on the island though officials "were still determining if there were casualties or damages".

In 1976, an 8.0 earthquake struck the region generating a tsunami which devastated 700 kilometers of coastline in the Sulu Archipelago and southern Mindanao island. The region includes faults in the Sulu Trench, located in the Sulu Sea and the Cotabato Trench, a subduction zone crossing the Celebes Sea and the Moro Gulf.

Please visit Wikinews.org for the latest developments on this breaking story.

Tragedy occurred yesterday when

Family of five killed in house fire on Staten Island (2:22)
five people were killed early Thursday morning in a three-alarm fire in the New York City borough of Staten Island. The fire destroyed most of the home in the Port Richmond neighborhood. The five killed included four children and their mother 33-year-old Leisha Jones.

Neighbors said that the fire began at approximately 4 a.m. local time. Two New York Police Department officers noticed the fire and radioed for assistance at 4:10 a.m and rescue workers attempted to enter the building although they were deterred by heavy flames and smoke. Once the flames were doused, Fire Lieutenant Robert Strafer entered the building and found the youngest child, two-year-old Jermaine Sinclair. Upon further inspection, officers found the other four victims.

Witnesses reported hearing a loud popping sound before the building burst into flames. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, although it is not considered suspicious, however, the apartment which Jones and her children were living in did not have a smoke detector, as required by city law.

Jones mother, Martha Anderson, told the New York Daily News, "She was such a nice person and she was a really good mother," "She loved her kids...and I loved her."

Former Illinois Governor Blagojevich rests in corruption trial (3:39)
Despite promises he would testify in his own corruption trial, lawyers for former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich rested their case on Wednesday morning. His defense did not call a single witness, and apparently feels the prosecution has not proven their case. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday.

Speculation that Blagojevich would not testify began on Tuesday, when U.S. District Judge James Zagel adjourned 90 minutes early after a private meeting with the lawyers involved. Robert Blagojevich, the former governor's brother and co-defendant in the case, had already testified on his own behalf. Blagojevich's defense team apparently considered resting their case on Tuesday, but Zagel gave them an extra day to consider their decision more carefully.

When Zagel directly asked the former governor about his decision, he replied that he understood what he was doing. "It is my decision, under the advice of my attorneys. I make the decision fully and voluntarily," he said.

Blagojevich is charged with, among other crimes, trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat that had been vacated by Barack Obama when he won the 2008 presidential election. Robert Blagojevich testified that his brother was trying to manipulate the political situation to his advantage, but emphasized that he engaged in nothing illegal. According to some sources, Blagojevich was interested in leading the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Typhoon kills two in southern China (5:52)
Two people are dead and thousands of others have lost their homes in southern China after Typhoon Chanthu struck the region yesterday. The Typhoon made landfall in the Guangdong province with winds that reached 126 kilometers per hour and has caused approximately 2.2 billion yuan worth of damages.

Chanthu caused downpours in China's southern provinces, with central and western provinces expected to flood as well. The Typhoon prompted President Hu Jintao to call for increased flood control measures. Chanthu is the latest in a string of recent violent storms followed by massive floods.

So far this year 701 people have been killed by flooding, the highest since 1998. Along with that 347 people are missing and presumed dead. Storms have also destroyed 27,160 houses and 101,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of farmland.

Weather may also begin to play havoc in Australlia as

Weather bureau forecasts an early spring for Australia (6:50)
Australians have been shivering through one of the coldest winters in the country's history, but the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a nationwide forecast for the coming months which predicts warmer conditions in most parts of the country excluding Tasmania.

The southern hemisphere's Spring Equinox occurs in September, but the forecast suggests unseasonal weather conditions across the nation for August and September. Temperatures in Queensland and Western Australia are predicted to soar well above the average, with heavy, torrential springtime rains arriving well in advance, and is expected to have both negative and positive effects on the agricultural industries of the states.

The south of Australia is similarly anticipating warmer-than-average conditions with Victoria, South Australia, and southern Western Australia anticipating balmy to humid weather. This comes in contrast to parts of New South Wales, which experienced their coldest night on record, while Melbourne, Victoria dealt with its coldest morning in 15 months.

Forecasters hypothesize that warmer temperatures in the Indian and Pacific Oceans could be responsible for the onset of an "early spring".

Finally, in weird news of the day,

Man disguised as Darth Vader robs bank (8:03)
a man dressed as the Star Wars antagonist Darth Vader robbed a bank in Setauket, New York. The robber was dressed in a character themed mask and blue cape. Armed with a hand gun the robber stole an undetermined amount of cash from the Chase bank branch.

The robber entered the bank saying that he was robbing it. Customers initially thought it was a joke and began laughing. Detective William Lamb of the Suffolk County Police Department said that one customer attempted to tackle the robber and was attacked. The robber then approached a teller and demanded cash while brandishing a weapon.

This robbery is the latest in a string of odd bank robberies in the New York metropolitan area. Yesterday the New York Police Department arrested a man robbing banks carrying flowers and potted plants. Also police are looking for an apparent cross dressing robber who stuck up a bank in Long Island.

On this day in history (9:14)

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Chandrashekhar Sitaram Tiwari, better known as Chandrasekhar Azad, one of the most important Indian revolutionaries, was born in 1906 in Uttar Pradesh.

Azad was only 12 years old when, in 1919, the Amritsar massacre occurred, where fifty British Indian Army soldiers, under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men, women and children. The firing lasted for ten to fifteen minutes, until ammunition was running short leaving 379 dead and 1,100 wounded.

Though he was not involved in the massacre, he was deeply troubled by it and, in 1921, when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement, he actively participated in the protest movement. While only 15 years old, he was arrested for his first act of civil disobedience and when the magistrate asked him his name, he said "Azad" (meaning free).

For this, he was sentenced to fifteen lashes. With each stroke of the whip, young Chandrasekhar shouted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" ["Hail The Motherland!"]. From that point onwards, he became known as Chandrashekhar Azad and vowed never to be taken alive by the police again.

When Gandhi suspended the struggle in 1922 due to the Chauri Chaura massacre of 22 policemen as he was appalled by the brutal violence, Azad did not feel that violence was unacceptable in such a struggle and he soon became attracted to more aggressive and violent revolutionary ideals and thus committed himself to complete Indian independence by any means.

Towards this end, he formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, whose goal was full independence and he wanted to build a new India based on socialist principles. He became a mentor to a number of revolutionaries including Sukhdev Thapar, who once wrote a famous letter to Gandhi protesting against his disapproval of revolutionary tactics, and shedding light on the disparities between the two major schools of thought among Indian freedom fighters.

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Azad chose the city of Jhansi in northern India for his organization's hub. In the nearby forest of Orchha, he and his followers set up a shooting range from where they could practice and train and Azad established himself as an excellent marksman. Though he lived their under an alias, he established a good rapport with the local residents and even taught schoolchildren from another nearby village.

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From this base of operations, he and his compatriots planned and executed several acts of violence against the British. He was involved in numerous such activities like the Kakori Train Robbery in 1925, the attempt to blow up the Viceroy's train in 1926, as well as the assassinations of prominent figures.

The British soon clamped down on his revolutionary activities and rounded up many of the participants in the train robberies, sentencing them all to death, however Azad eluded capture.

Azad's end did eventually come in 1931, at the age of only 24. On February 27th, a Hindi writer/journalist spotted Azad and Sukhdev Thapar discussing some plans and reported their presence to the police. Within a few minutes policemen surrounded the entire park. During the initial encounter, Azad suffered a bullet wound in his thigh, making it difficult for him to escape but he made it possible for Sukhdev to escape by providing him covering fire.

After Sukhdev's escape, Azad managed to keep the police at bay for a long time but finally, with only one bullet left in his pistol and being completely surrounded and outnumbered, Chandrashekhar Azad shot himself, keeping his pledge to never be captured alive.

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Azad is today considered a hero in India. Alfred Park, where he died, was renamed Chandrashekhar Azad Park, as were scores of schools, colleges, roads and other public institutions across the now independent nation. Countless films have been made of his life and exploits, a secret file related to Azad is still kept in India's Criminal Investigation Department and the COLT pistol with which he shot himself with is still on display in the Allahabad Museum.

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North Korea warns of nuclear action

July 26, 2010 North Korea threatened "powerful nuclear deterrence" on Saturday in response to military drills supported by the U.S. and held by South Korea.

The National Defense Comission of North Korea, headed by their leader Kim Jong-il, declared that they would "counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence the largest-ever nuclear war exercises to be staged by the U.S. and the South Korean puppet forces" in a "retaliatory sacred war." Ri Tong-il, an official with North Korea’s delegation to the ASEAN security forum, had said earlier that they would show a "physical response" to the drills. Though Japan sent four military observers in apparent support of the drills, China criticized the plans.

Tensions had recently become especially high in both sides of Korea after the sinking of the warship in South Korean waters, killing over 40 people. An international investigation concluded that the warship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo. North Korea still strongly denies any involvement in the incident, calling the results "fabricated" and refusing to apologize. "If anyone should apologize," said Ri, "it should be South Korea, responsible for driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of an explosion."

Despite this, on 25 July 2010, the US and South Korea began their major military drills together in the Sea of Japan.

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Talk:Independent Wisconsin legislative candidate to sue over censorship of controversial description

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Would the board allow the words 'not the black man's bitch'? --92.25.213.145 (talk) 15:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)


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Your article about trout fishing was a copy and paste from another website. Unfortunately, Wikinews can't accept that - everything you submit to our site has to be your own work, and therefore that article has been deleted. You may wish to consider working on the story and resubmitting it when it is your original work. Please don't let this put you off the site, and continue contributing! --InfantGorilla (talk) 09:44, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Please don't put any type of advertising on your user page. You're free to put a short bit of info about yourself, but don't spam external sites.--InfantGorilla (talk) 10:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC) --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 05:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

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Venezuelan army on high alert after Chávez cuts diplomatic ties with Colombia

July 25, 2010

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has declared that the is on maximum alert along the Colombian border, after he broke relations with that country on Thursday. The declaration comes in the wake of the Colombian Secretary of State's claim before the (OAS) that the  has a "consolidated," "active" and "growing" presence in Venezuela, with some 1500 guerrilla fighters in 87 camps.

Venezuela's Secretary of Defense told the media that his forces have been mobilised since Thursday morning, and are awaiting the orders of their Commander in Chief, the President.

Chávez announced the breaking of diplomatic ties on behalf of the Venezuelan government after Colombia released documents allegedly showing the active presence of FARC on Venezuelan territory at the Washington headquarters of the OAS, demanding a special inquiry to investigate the matter. Relations between the two countries had previously been strained, after the Venezuelan government voiced its opposition to new US military bases being set up in Colombia.

The Colombian ambassador has been given 72 hours to vacate his offices in Caracas.


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Hong Kong teenager murders mother and sister

July 25, 2010 A 15-year-old boy from, Hong Kong murdered his mother and sister with a chopper in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police records show that the teenager had no record of drug abuse or mental illness, and was known by neighbours to be a well behaved, polite boy. The only clue to the motivation of the murder was when he told police "the world would be better with fewer people" during interrogation.

The teenager attacked his mother, 42, and 12-year-old sister in their flat while his father was working at the family-owned restaurant situated across the road. After killing them, he fled the scene and called police at approximately 3:30 a.m. (1930, July 21) from a telephone booth in a nearby park. As he was waiting for the police to arrive, he cut a wound in his own hand. When police found him, he was wearing black gloves and was covered in bloodstains, and carrying the chopper in his rucksack. They escorted him back to the family home and discovered his mother and sister's bodies which were inflicted with extensive knife wounds to their necks and abdomens. The boy's father temporarily shut down his restaurant as a result of the murder, and visited his son in hospital while he was receiving treatment for his hand laceration.

The boy, who studies at Po Leung Kuk Lee Shing Pik College, ranked first in class in Primary Six, and was known to be well behaved, friendly and hard-working. His principal, his father, an employee at the family's restaurant and a neighbour were said to be shocked at the news of the murders. The local newspaper vendor described him as "polite". There have been no record of any arguments among the family members; however, graffiti which is believed to have been written by the teenager was found on the walls of the block of flats where the boy lives. The graffiti includes foul language, including "shit" and "bitch", as well as "I love you" and "Happy birthday (little sister)". A psychiatrist told Hong Kong newspaper  that he may have committed the murder as a result of incubated mental illness that his family were not aware he was suffering from, or that he may have experienced a huge setback or terrible experience.


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Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez cuts relations with Colombia

July 25, 2010

President Hugo Chávez has temporarily suspended relations with the neighboring country of Colombia.

"I feel obliged for dignity's sake to suspend relations with the government of Colombia. It is the least we can do, and we will remain alert, as [President Álvaro] is a sick man, filled with hate," said Chávez during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace with the coach of the Argentinian national football team,, whom he was meeting during Maradona's visit to Venezuela.

The Venezuelan government has given Colombian diplomats 72 hours to leave the country.

"We have sent a message to the Colombian trade delegation in Caracas telling them to close their embassy and vacate the country," Venezuela's Foreign Minister,, informed the media.

In an extraordinary session at the headquarters of the (OAS) in Washington, DC, the Colombian ambassador, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, declared that Chávez's government was "harbouring  guerrillas"  on Venezuelan territory and requested the formation of an international committee of inquiry to verify FARC's presence in Venezuela within 30 days.

Venezuela's representative to the OAS, Roy Chaderton, advised the assembly to pay no attention to the Colombian "forgeries" and declared that there were thousands of Colombians living in Venezuela and that they were being treated with respect and equality.

"I warn the international community. We will brook no aggression, nor any violations of our national sovereignty," said Chávez, and added that any war with Colombia would "have to be fought with tears, but it would have to be fought."

For its part, the United States criticised Venezuela's decision to cut diplomatic ties.

"I don't believe that cutting relations is the right way to go [to resolve this problem]," said Philip Crowley, spokesperson for the.

The Secretary General of the OAS,, also asked both sides to "calm their passions."

"We have been able to resolve serious conflicts for many years. I hope that we will be able to do so again now, but both Venezuela and Colombia will have to concede ground," said Insulza.


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This article is not very thorough because I don't want to spend all my time translating when I can be reading that Archer novel. :)
 * http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100722/3/jaxd.html
 * The youth later went to the local seaside park and cut his right palm madly.
 * The mother and daughter were cut more than ten times on the neck and back. Blood and flesh mingled and the scene was horrifying. (That's very NPOV of them, but I shouldn't care. :P)
 * http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100722/4/jaef.html
 * ...then he went to the park, wounded. There was stains of blood along the way.
 * http://www.metrohk.com.hk/index.php?cmd=detail&id=139724
 * (found on one of those pics on the side):
 * Mr Tam (Restaurant employee): I was shocked to hear the news of the murder; it is impossible that such an event can happen among that family!
 * Mr Cheung (Newspaper vendor): The boy's parents are very hard-working. I've never heard quarrels among that family before. The boy is nice, only a bit on the quiet side.
 * Mr Tai (Neighbour): The boy and girl are really nice; I never thought this would happen to them.
 * http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100722/3/jaxf.html
 * ...Including the english words PX and SXXT, plus the Chinese words ***ch, s***head and (well, i cant really identify this swear word), and it appeared that he had to express his discontent in some way. Also, a heart shape was drawn and the words 'I love Chan (Placeholder) Ling' and 'Happy Birthday (the name of his late sister).'
 * Note that PX does not refer to P**s or P**i; it is the censored form of a minced oath, now widely considered offensive, of a Cantonese swear word. Apparently the reporter thought it was a swear word in English.
 * http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100722/4/jaef.html
 * A notice was put up on the boy's father's restaurant saying that the owner had a problem and the operation of the restaurant would be suspended.
 * http://news.hk.msn.com/local/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4188819
 * ...or he should have suffered from schizophrenia or delusional disorder. Neurologists should be required to assess his situation in order to come to a correct conclusion.

A chopper
What is a chopper? --12.31.160.200 (talk) 14:10, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Good question. He obviously didn't use a helicopter.  What is a chopper? 98.245.165.1 (talk) 15:22, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Some sort of blade used for food preparation, a bit like a cleaver or machete, I think. One dictionary says a short handled axe, though I think these pictures are what the article refers to: Hope that helps. --InfantGorilla (talk) 16:17, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.google.com/products?q=chopper+chinese&hl=en&aq=f

 * A chopper, at least here, is an instrument used for cutting your greens. 'Chopper' is seldom used as a slang for helicopter in HK. Mind you, HK people seldom talk about helicopters anyway. Kayau (talk · contribs) 02:00, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you. --InfantGorilla (talk) 05:50, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the responses. My imagination was going wild with ideas of a small child flying a helicopter and crashing... thus 'chopping' people around it.  Which is pretty gruesome.  However now rereading it with the idea of a vegetable knife doesn't seem as bad, yet still gruesome.--12.31.160.200 (talk) 13:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh...I was thinking of something ruder than a helicopter. -_- Rayboy8  ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 13:56, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Let's hope our readers aren't from the UK, because you-know-what. Kayau (talk · contribs) 14:43, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh heh heh heh Matthewedwards (talk) 20:07, 28 July 2010 (UTC)


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Two NATO soldiers captured in Afghanistan

July 24, 2010 The (ISAF), the NATO forces organization in Afghanistan, has announced two forces members have failed to return from a vehicle patrol to their  compound.

ISAF did not report the nationalities of the missing soldiers, but US officials have confirmed to the Associated Press the soldiers are United States military.

Sky News is reporting a Taliban spokesperson as saying three soldiers were captured, but one has since died.

A ground and air search is being conducted for the missing troops, who are believed to be in Logar province.

In June 2009 Pfc was captured by Taliban forces in Paktika province. His whereabouts are still unknown, though the Taliban have released three videos of him, most recently in April 2010.


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This is stupid, why are there so many articles on "minor aftershocks" and other random crap from some place in Chile no one cares about? Hey Wikinews, how about reporting on some real news now and again?


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Because there were major quakes there that leveled a good part of the country? Because "minor aftershocks" have a tendency to finish leveling what big quakes didn't complete? Because Wikinews is written by you? Now quit your bitching and go write something.

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Thanks people, you just proved my point precisely. You think anonymous editors are going to be inclined to write for us when they get insulted and sworn at? Your average reader is going to be turned off right fast when he's told to quit bitching; I think I'd rather shut up than write if taking the time to do anything, even as simple as write a comment, is responded to like that. (Incidentally, way to completely fail at "civil discussion and polite sparring.")


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Script writing is usually a pretty straight forward affair, but there are occasions where it can become fairly intensive.

First of all, let's look at an article as it was originally published here on Wikinews:

Original article Delta Air Lines flight 1457 departing from Atlanta made an emergency landing after it blew out a tire during take-off. The flight was destined to Portland, Oregon. There are no injuries reported at this time. The Boeing 737-800 departed from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Thursday afternoon. The flight was carrying approximately 160 passengers and six crew members. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said that the flight turned around when the flight crew noticed the blown out tire. The flight was forced to go into a holding pattern to burn off fuel for more than an hour before it landed. The 737 landed safely at around 1500 local time (2000 UTC). Delta did not immediately return calls inquiring about the flight. After some time Delta Spokesperson Anthony Black told the Associated Press that the 160 passengers on board would be put on a future flight to Portland.

While there is absolutely nothing wrong with this article as it is written, it does not read out loud very well. First of all we have a total of three, short sentences that while they convey all the necessary information, come across as short bursts of information with no narrative flow.

Narrative flow is very important for Audio Wikinews stories but it does differ from the guidelines set out in the Wikinews Style Guide for written articles.

First of all, written articles use the inverted pyramid layout where all the relevant information is at the very top of the story so a reader can quickly get what they need without having to dig through a few sentences or paragraphs to find the most important information. However, in the Audio Wikinews, we have to remember we are putting on a show - we are not only journalists and broadcasters, but also entertainers and our show needs to be listenable. To do this, it's important to "tease" the audience a little bit to keep them listening. Keeping your listener engaged is very important because you have a captive audience. Listeners can't just quickly scan your story like they can a written story. True, they can hit the fast forward button, but that only works if they have the script and know where to jump to. Otherwise, listeners need to stay engaged with you and the best way to do that is to tease them a little to keep their attention.

In the above example, you will notice that the original story mentions that "There are no injuries reported at this time". While that is very good news (especially for the passengers of the flight), it does deflate the drama of the story. Since we now know there was no fiery wreck or carnage, why keep listening? You have to remember that everyone loves a good train wreck and most people stare at accidents on the side of the highway - human beings just naturally have a morbid curiosity, especially when it comes to big disasters.

Now, in the edited version of the story, you'll notice that I did not include the safety of the passengers in the lede, but rather just mentioned how many people were on board (which came from the second paragraph of the original story). I did this to peak the listeners interest in the human drama involved by stating the lives of nearly 200 people were in jeopardy:

Edited article Delta Air Lines flight 1457, departing from Atlanta, made an emergency landing after it blew out a tire during take-off. The flight was carrying approximately 160 passengers and six crew members and was destined to Portland, Oregon. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said that the Boeing 737-800 turned around when the flight crew noticed the blown out tire. The flight was then forced to go into a holding pattern to burn off fuel for more than an hour before it safely landed back at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport at around 3:00pm local time with no injuries being reported at this time. Delta did not immediately return calls inquiring about the flight, however, Delta Spokesperson Anthony Black told the Associated Press that the 160 passengers on board would be put on a future flight to Portland.

When you listen to the edited version, all you know is that there was an airplane with 166 people on board and it made an emergency landing. We do not know if everyone survived, the fate of the plane or anything ... yet. What we have done is "hook" the listener into the story and we can no be sure we have their attention.

As we move to the second paragraph of the edited story, you can see that I've moved the FAA official to the beginning of the first sentence to introduce an authority figure who is speaking on behalf of the incident. We still have no idea as to the fate of the passengers and, in fact, we may be getting a little worried that there was some major drama if we have to bring in a government official to make a statement about the event.

At this point the official first describes the events of the incident (plane turns around, has to burn off fuel for an hour) and then, finally, we learn the plane "landed safely". However, we still don't know if everyone was alright because we get the added bit of information of where the plane safely landed and at what time it landed at. At the end of the second paragraph (and, thus, near the end of the entire story), we learn everyone was alright.

By this point, the audience will not feel like the drama has been deflated (as it is in the original story), but rather they will feel relived of the dramatic tension. We can "bring down" the listener and lead them out of the story with the final bit of information about what will now happen to the passengers. This last bit of "bringing down" is like a cooling off for the audience - sort of like at the end of a movie where the hero has saved the day, all the plot holes have been tied up and he gets to stand their on camera kissing the girl he fought all film to win.

Roll credits.


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Thread:Comments:Man disguised as Darth Vader robs bank/Money.

He needs it for another Deathstar.


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Its interesting


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Brush fire starts in Hawaii's Makua Valley

July 25, 2010 A wildfire rages along the mountainside of Makua Valley near Kaeana Point, on the Hawaiian island of. firefighters were called in at 2 pm yesterday (local time). A Wikinews contributor was on the scene with a camera.

Local and federal firefighters responded to the fire with trucks and helicopters. The website of a local TV news service reported this morning that 100 (40 ) had burned, but that no buildings were under threat.

Wikinews does not know how the fire started. The beach across the street is a popular camping area, so a campfire or cigarette may have set the mountainside ablaze.

Makua Valley is on the north western corner of Oahu, about 40  (65 ) by road from Honolulu, Hawaii's capital. The purchased three tracts of land for  emplacements in the 1920s, and has used Makua Valley as a live fire training range ever since (with some interruptions due to legal challenges.)


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User talk:Dun Beknownst

Replied to your concern
I've replied on the Water cooler to your concern. -  Amgine | t 03:34, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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