Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant

Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. Two weeks ago Dr. Siemionow, […]

New York City Mass Transit facing service cuts

Friday, December 11, 2009 New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing to make service cuts to close its expected US$343 million (€234m, GBP £211m) budget deficit. The plan includes the elimination of multiple bus lines in The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, the elimination of the W (Astoria, Queens to Lower Manhattan) and the Z (Jamaica, Queens to Lower Manhattan […]

Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President

Saturday, March 1, 2008 While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has impartially reached out to these candidates, throughout […]

Leasing Vs. Buying Your Farm Equipment By Mike Shepard

If you own a small farm, or even a big one, you are no stranger to hard work. Running a farm takes a lot of strength and the willingness to keep a consistent schedule as well as ensure everything is running properly. If livestock are a part of your farm, you have to keep their well being in mind also. […]

Don’t Buy This Buffett Pick

Click Here To Know More About: Panel Beaters Artarmon Smash Repair Submitted by: Prince Damin Odds are that if you heard about a Warren Buffett pick trading near its 52-week low that had “amazed” Bill Gates, you’d be pretty interested in picking up shares for yourself. You might even rush out to do so once you got wind of the […]

Mexican police official, bodyguard shot dead at restaurant

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Gunmen today opened fire in a Mexico City restaurant, killing a top police official in charge of monitoring the country’s illegal drug trade, as well as one of his bodyguards, Mexican officials said. The attack is the latest waged against authorities attempting to fight Mexico’s powerful drug cartels. Security officials in Mexico City say the attack […]

Florida man accused of threatening to bomb animal shelter

Saturday, April 28, 2012 A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly left multiple phone messages with a local animal shelter in Brooksville, threatening to blow them up. Peter Dalessandro, 52, surrendered himself to authorities around 11:00 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday. Dalessandro has been charged with multiple counts of threatening to place or discharge an explosive device and multiple […]