Here’s An Opinion On: Real Estate Bald Hills By Simon Volkov Bank owned property refers to real estate that has been repossessed by lenders due to loan default. Bank repossessions can include residential homes, commercial properties, industrial parks, and undeveloped land parcels. Buying bank owned property can be a tedious process because the sale is…
Here’s An Opinion On: Retirement Villages Nsw Submitted by: Roni Weisberg-Ross While taken seriously enough to be a legally reportable offense categorized alongside child abuse as either a misdemeanor or a felony – elder abuse does not seem to be taken as seriously by the public. Perhaps elders do not appear to be as helpless…
Saturday, July 9, 2005 A Friday protest in downtown Richmond drew around 200 protesters to Virginia’s state capital to demonstrate against strip mining practices of Massey Energy Company. Demonstrators marched through town and gathered in front of the company’s office building where nearly 20 laid in the street of the city’s main thoroughfare, and were…
Sunday, December 13, 2015 This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information. Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Burke, an insurance…
Here’s An Opinion On: Live Dealer Blackjack Casinos By Raymond Blakney The Casa de la Zacatecana (House of the Zacatecana) is one of the hidden gems of Quertaro, Mexico. This stunning example of colonial architecture is located on the Avenue Independencia #59 in the historic downtown of Quertaro, Mexico (which is a UNESCO world heritage…
Saturday, March 28, 2009 Almost 100 cats and one dog were found living in a feces- and filth-ridden New Jersey house, in what local authorities are calling among the worst cases of animal cruelty they have ever seen. Authorities had to wear masks in order to help them breathe through the stench of urine as…
Saturday, April 3, 2010 Wonthaggi, Victoria — Wonthaggi defeated Leongatha at home in the opening game of the 2010 Gippsland Football League (officially the Gippsland League, GL) season this past Saturday. The match, unofficially dubbed “the South Gippsland derby”, was played a week prior to the other opening round matches. The three remaining matches of…
Here’s An Opinion On: Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings History of English Language in India by Eldath Nor is it the most commonly spoken language in the country. In fact, although it is widely spoken as a second or third language, only a tiny minority of the population has English as a first language or mother…
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The world’s least expensive car, the Tata Nano, has been launched in India. It will go on sale in April, and will start delivery in July. The automobile costs only 100,000 Indian rupees, or just under US$2,000. “We are at the gates offering a new form of transportation to the people…
Sunday, June 29, 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 prospects represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has reached out to…