Wikinews Shorts: December 9, 2008
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Contents 1 US media group Tribune files for bankruptcy protection 2 Quebec votes in general...
HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public...
Scottish judge criticises medical care of murdered baby
Saturday, November 27, 2010 A judge in the High Court in Aberdeen, Scotland has criticised the care doctors gave to baby Alexis Matheson. Lord Uist...
Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
Saturday, January 12, 2019 A United-States-based team of scientists released findings on Thursday about the large statues that dot the island of Rapa Nui, also...
Chopper knocks Austrian gondola off cables, killing nine
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 On Monday, a helicopter accidentally dropped a concrete block weighing nearly 1,500 pounds when it was flying it up to an...
Family of five killed in Staten Island, NY house fire
Friday, July 23, 2010 Five people were killed early Thursday morning in a three-alarm fire in the New York City borough of Staten Island. The...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a...
Man arrested in slaying of six-member family near Tel Aviv, Israel
Monday, November 2, 2009 Police have arrested a man in the murders of a family of six found stabbed to death in their burning apartment...
Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says...
Markets dragged down by credit crisis
Friday, August 10, 2007 Global stock markets fell today, in a mass sell-off stemming from the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States. The Dow...