The Wrecking Crew music documentary hits cinemas

30 November, 2018

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Monday, March 16, 2015 Music documentary The Wrecking Crew received its commercial première Friday, screening in cinemas in Los Angeles and New York via Magnolia Pictures. Two decades in the making, Denny Tedesco’s documentary observes and honours a group of session musicians collectively known as “The Wrecking Crew”. Tedesco explained he was moved to begin […]

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Twelve injured in Washington after ride at fair topples over

29 November, 2018

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Sunday, April 19, 2009 At least twelve children have been injured after a swing ride at the Puyallup, Washington Spring Fair toppled over. The ride is called a ‘LollySwing’, which is located in Kiddyland, where the riders sit in swings while the machine spins them around. It is owned by Funtastic Traveling Shows which has […]

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Nine Peruvians rescued from collapsed mine

29 November, 2018

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Friday, April 13, 2012 Nine Peruvian miners were extracted from a collapsed copper mine Wednesday morning after spending six days underground. They were trapped under the Cabeza de Negro mine in Ica, Peru since the cave-in last Thursday. It’s pretty ugly inside. The rescue operation over the weekend was delayed by another cave-in. Workers used […]

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Panic-buying as petrol protests sweep Britain

29 November, 2018

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 Long queues are forming outside UK petrol stations as motorists rush to buy fuel ahead of protests against fuel tax. Consumer groups such as ‘The Fuel Lobby’, the group behind the fuel protests in 2000, have given conflicting reports on plans to blockade refineries to prevent supply of petrol stations. Action […]

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29 November, 2018

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Get More Information Here: Buy Tadalafil Online Best Sites To Purchase Sildenafil byAlma Abell Anyone who has been suffering with erectile dysfunction for any period of time can tell you that it is a very difficult way to live. Not only are they denied the kind of sex life that they would like to have, […]

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Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s Modern One

29 November, 2018

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Saturday, March 14, 2015 This weekend saw the opening of two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art. Wikinews attended Thursday’s press preview for the event where a full contingent of the capital’s press turned out to see the striking collection of paintings, photographs, and other works. Presented below are a selection of […]

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Podolski announces retirement from international football

28 November, 2018

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016 Yesterday, Poland-born German football player and Galatasaray S.K. forward Lukas Podolski announced retirement from international football. Debuting internationally in 2004, Podolski has won 129 international caps, Germany’s third all time most capped player after Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose. 31-year-old Lukas Podolski is the third top-scorer for Germany, netting 48 goals. […]

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Major snowstorm sweeps across Eastern US

28 November, 2018

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Sunday, February 7, 2010 A major winter storm, which has been nicknamed by some as “Snowmageddon“, has pummeled parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region, dumping up to 19 inches (50 centimeters) of snow in some parts of the Washington area. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 24 to 30 inches (60 […]

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Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo

28 November, 2018

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Thursday, March 31, 2005 Councillors at Dresden City Council in Germany would like to match doggy-doo left by pets on the sidewalk and in parks, against a DNA database storing profiles for all of the city’s 12,000 registered dogs. Karl Jobig, a Christian Democrat politician in Dresden, was surprised when his proposal received a majority […]

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Building partially collapses in New York City’s Upper West Side

28 November, 2018

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 A building being prepared for demolition collapsed this morning in New York‘s Upper West Side around 9 a.m. EDT. Five people are known to be injured from the accident, as well as one rescue worker who was injured in the aftermath. None of the injuries were life-threatening. The building was a […]

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