Harlan Ellison sues CBS-Paramount, WGA over Star Trek royalties

 Correction — May 9, 2018 Contrary to this article, Ellison was credited for The City on the Edge of Forever under his own name rather than a pseudonym. (See collaboration discussion.)  Thursday, March 19, 2009 Science fiction author Harlan Ellison announced, in a press release dated March 13, 2009, that he is suing television company CBS…

German polar bear Knut turns one year old

Thursday, December 6, 2007 Knut, Germany’s famous polar bear, turned one at the Berlin Zoo yesterday. For the celebration he had a healthy cake with fruits and vegetables, fish and rice on lettuce topped with a candle-shaped rolling pin. The director of the zoo, Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, said: “I wish Knut that he will get as…

Cast of Bratz appears in Canada to promote film release

Saturday, July 28, 2007 The four stars of Bratz appeared Thursday in Toronto on the television series MuchOnDemand, to promote their new film. While a great deal of computer animated, direct-to-DVD Bratz films have been made, as has a relatively successful television series, Bratz: The Movie is the first time the characters have appeared in…

Five tourists die in car crash in South African park

Saturday, December 1, 2007 Five tourists including a child, have been killed in a car accident in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Four of the tourists were from Austria and one was from Germany. The driver survived the crash with minor injuries. On Thursday November 29, the tourists were traveling in a Mercedes-Benz 4×4,…

US plan for broadband Internet released

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 The United States Federal Communications Commission released a plan to provide broadband Internet access to at least 90% of the American population today, and sent a copy of the plan to Congress, which will consider whether to introduce legislation to enact portions of the proposal. Other parts will be decided on…

Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life

Saturday, October 27, 2007 Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards!…

68 pieces of luggage found behind Texas pet store

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 At least 68 different pieces of luggage has been found behind a pet store inside a garbage dumpster in Houston, Texas. The luggage came from several different international flights and authorities do not know how they got there or if the contents of the luggage have been stolen. “We’re going to…

G20 protests: Inside a labour march

Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London.…