Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits

Monday, April 11, 2005 Anna Ayala, the Las Vegas woman who claims to have found the notorious “chili finger” at a Wendy’s outlet in San Jose, California, has filed lawsuits against other businesses, according to researchers at the Associated Press. Her previous court battles included the national El Pollo Loco chicken-chain, a previous employer, and…

Wikinews Shorts: December 14, 2008

A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, December 14, 2008. Contents 1 23 pirates captured by Indian navy in Gulf of Aden 2 Gunman in Mumbai attacks confesses 3 Fire burns Alaska Governor Palin’s church 4 Rallies held across Australia to protest against Internet filtering 5 Cabinet member breaks ranks over Heathrow expansion The Indian…

Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world’s fastest spinning manmade object

Friday, September 13, 2013 A study in Nature Communications last month reported the University of St Andrews near Edinburgh, Scotland was briefly home to the world’s fastest spinning manmade object. Physicists accelerated a microscopic sphere of atoms to 600 million revolutions per minute; it then, according to press coverage, disintegrated. Wikinews contacted the team to…

Armed gunmen attack cruise ship off Somali coast

Saturday, November 5, 2005 The Seabourn Spirit, a cruise ship sailing off the coast of Somalia, narrowly escaped an attack by gunmen believed to be pirates. The pirate attack occurred on Saturday, when two boats approached the ship and began firing automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, injuring one crew member. The crew took evasive…