Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out…
Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 An Australian munitions factory exploded in South Australia. Two people were killed, another two were injured and one is still missing. The factory produced explosives for quarrying, civil engineering and the military. The explosion leveled everything within 100 metres and could be heard from 70km away….
Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate James Burns
Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with James Burns, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Burns, the former chairman of the Nevada Libertarian Party, was asked if he thinks he has a good shot at winning the Libertarian…
Wikinews interviews 2020 US Libertarian Party presidential candidate Adam Kokesh
Saturday, September 7, 2019 Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War veteran, activist, radio show host, and currently a candidate for the US Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, spoke with Wikinews to discuss his background, political positions, and campaign for President of the United States. Kokesh, who hails from Arizona, has been…
Chemical plant fire decimates Danvers, Massachusetts neighboorhood
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 According to outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, an explosion that was “equivalent to a 2,000 lb. bomb” and registered 0.5 on the Richter scale decimated an area of Danvers and is also a “Thanksgiving miracle.” The explosion occurred around 2:45 am EST, this morning in the…
Reus to miss Euro 16 due to injury
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Today, Joachim Löw, manager of the German national football team, dropped Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus from the UEFA Euro 2016 squad. Marco Reus, who turned 27 years old today, is suffering from a groin injury. He also missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup with an…
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in…
Iraqi restaurant hit by suicide bomber
Thursday, December 11, 2008 A suicide bombing in Iraq has killed at least 55 people and injured at least 120 more, according to local police.The suicide bomber struck at a restaurant located about 2 miles north of the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Thursday morning. The Abdullah restaurant, where…
DNA tests confirm bones found are Steve Fossett’s
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 According to California’s Madera County Sheriff’s office, DNA tests performed on bones found at the site of a plane crash in October, are confirmed to be those of adventurer Steve Fossett. The last known whereabouts of Fossett was on September 3, 2007. He had taken a…
UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology ‘cult’ at protest
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 News media in the United Kingdom are reporting that a boy under the age of 18 was served with a court summons by City of London Police because he held a placard calling Scientology a “cult” at a peaceful protest on May 10. Human rights activists…