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Victoria Wyndham on Another World and another life

Thursday, December 13, 2007 Image: David Shankbone. Victoria Wyndham was one of the most seasoned and accomplished actresses in daytime soap opera television. She played Rachel Cory, the maven of Another World‘s fictional town, Bay City, from 1972 to 1999 when the show went off the air. Wyndham talks about how she was seen as…

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Annual rich list shows Ireland now has six billionaires

Sunday, April 3, 2005The annual Sunday Times Rich List published today showed that Ireland now has six euro billionaires, up from four last year. The combined wealth of Irelands 250 wealthiest is €42.3bn. Topping the list was the new entrant Hilary Weston with a fortune estimated at over €7.2bn. Weston was excluded in previous lists…

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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to run for governor of California

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 The mayor of San Francisco, California, Gavin Newsom, has announced via Twitter that he will be running for the state’s governor in the 2010 elections. He will be in the running to replace California’s current governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.File:MayorNewsom.jpg Gavis Newsom, 2008.(Image missing from Commons: image; log) “It’s official- running for Gov…

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Australian ministers lose veto power over territory laws

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Ministers in Australia’s federal government have lost the power to veto laws in the nation’s two mainland territories after legislation passed the national parliament. The legislation requires for both chambers of the parliament to strike down laws made in the Northern Territory (NT) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) parliaments. We’ve…

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Canada’s Etobicoke—Lakeshore (Ward 5) city council candidates speak

Wikinews This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Monday, October 30, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Etobicoke—Lakeshore (Ward 5). Two candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for…

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Nearly 25% of Iceland’s voters petition for veto of Icesave bill

Sunday, January 3, 2010 Nearly a quarter of Iceland’s voters have signed a petition calling for President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto the bill passed last week to pay €3.8 billion to the United Kingdom and The Netherlands to compensate depositors impacted when the Icesave online bank collapsed in 2008. President Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonImage: Ragimiri.…