Manolo Blahnik Receives Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award

Manolo Blahnik was inducted to the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style on September 25, 2008 for his achievements as a luxury footwear designer.  Many celebrities joined the celebration, including Lucy Liu, Hilary Duff,...

Nobel physics award split three ways

"Two researchers from Japan and an American colleague have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics. Half of the award will go to Yoichiro Nambu from the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute “for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken...

Mumbai’s Chanda Asani Gets Neerja Bhanot Award-2008

"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): Mumbai based Chanda Asani will receive Neerja Bhanot Award-2008 in a function organize at Stephen’s School, Sector 45 on Monday."

Indians win 'alternative Nobel'

This is great news for all Indians who are constantly working for the upliftment of downtroden.India is a land of diversity,several languages , several casts,make it a unique cultural masterpiece.But along with these...

Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required.

"By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: September 17, 2008 Are you capable of taking a perfectly good 158-year-old company and turning it into dust? If so, then you may not be earning up to your full potential.You should...

Marine Wrongful Death Suit Won

" A Camp Pendleton Helicopter crash that killed three marines, initiated a wrongful death suit to be filed by the families in 2004. The wrongful death suit was won when the jury came back with the verdict that the San Diego Gas and Electric company was negligent for not...

DOD suggests Marine didn't know what he was doing as it denied Medal of Honor...

Did he throw himself on the grenade or unknowingly cover it with his body before it exploded?  That is at the heart of the matter."SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor...

UNICEF awards Iranian radio channel

" Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:14:16 GMT The United Nation's Children's Fund has crowned an Iranian radio channel to win the regional award for broadcasting a program on children.  The United Nations Children's Fund...

7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

Not only can 7th Graders play video games and skateboard better than me, they can invent better solar cells... 3 D ones, with as much as 500 times the light absorption of today's."Hugh Pickens writes "12-year-old William Yuan's invention of a highly-efficient,...

Sarah Silverman Wins Emmy For 'Matt Damon' Clip

Sarah Silverman's infamous "I'm F---- Matt Damon" music video, a hilarious and raunchy dedication to her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel, has not only been viewed almost 4.5 million times on YouTube, it has also racked up...

Dhoni delighted on winning top ODI award

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian to win the ICC ODI Player of the Year award and the star stumper-batsman is relishing it. “It feels great to know that I am the first Indian player to get this particular award and it’s very special because now I am in the...

Dhoni good, Sachin best: Adam Gilchrist

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have pipped Sachin Tendulkar to the ICC ODI Player of the Year award but Adam Gilchrist believes the Little Master is still the best batsman around. In India on a promotional tour, Gilchrist said he does not doubt Dhoni’s ability but Tendulkar is...

Yuvraj wins T20 Performance of the Year award

"Indian batsman, Yuvraj Singh, became the inaugural winner of the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award, in recognition of his amazing six sixes in one over during last September’s ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa."

MS Dhoni is ODI Player of the Year

"India’s one-day captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has won the ODI Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards ceremony in Dubai. Dhoni beat off tough competition from his India team-mate, Sachin Tendulkar, Australia’s fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan stalwart,...

Couple awarded $50,000 in vasectomy mishap

An Ontario Supreme Court judge has awarded $50,000 in damages after a doctor failed to properly advise his patient of the pregnancy risk after having a vasectomy.  44 year-old Gary Philion and his wife Kimberly,...

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