X-Factor Season Premiere: Rachel Crow
September 22nd, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A record breaking twenty thousand people showed up in LA to try out for Simon Cowell's new singing reality competition show for the biggest prize in television history...a ... Read more...
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Sukanya Roy wins America’s coveted spelling bee crown (Lead)
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Spelling tongue twister "cymotrichous", Greek for having wavy hair, Indian American Sukanya Roy has won the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown to retain the coveted ... Read more...
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Trailer of ‘Waiting for Superman’ exposes the facade of the American education system
September 21st, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new documentary that depicts the challenges that public schools in the United States face and the need to save the schools will be released this week ... Read more...
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Trailer Of ‘Waiting For Superman’ Exposes The Truth Behind The American Education System
September 21st, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A new documentary, ‘Waiting for Superman' depicting the state of US public schools as well as the need to save them is about to ... Read more...
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Indian-origin NY boy enters Scripps National Spelling Bee final round
June 4th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 04 (ANI): Indian origin boy Arvind Mahankali, 10, of Queens, New York has entered the decisive round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.The fifth-grader from the Forest Hills ... Read more...
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California Teen Successfully Climbs Mount Everest
May 24th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): 13-year-old Jordon Romero from Big Bear, California, has become the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. The eighth-grader said that ... Read more...
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13-year-old American boy becomes youngest person to scale Mount Everest
May 22nd, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 22(ANI): A 13-year-old American boy, Jordan Romero, has become the youngest person to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak.A spokesman for Romero's climbing team, confirmed that the boy achieved ... Read more...
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Nepal school expels 29 girls for ‘being accursed’
April 25th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 25 (IANS) Less than a week after a religious leader in Iran said earthquakes were caused by women who were promiscuous and wore revealing clothes, a school in Nepal's west ... Read more...
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Condolence letters after JFK’s assassination published
March 10th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): Condolence letters sent to President John F. Kennedy's widow Jackie after his assassination in 1963 have been published in a new book.As many as 200 notes were ... Read more...
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13 yr Old Tavi Gevinson Reports On New York Fashion Week!
February 19th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
New York City, Feb 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tavi Gevinson is an extremely remarkable thirteen year old. She is the author of the well-known blog "Style Rookie" which has caught the eye of ... Read more...
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Eight grader Dustin Reader suspended for Bengals haircut
November 13th, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hamilton, Nov 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Eight grader Dustin Reader is a huge Cincinnati Bengals fan and he got a haircut according to his likeness. But apparently his haircut wasn’t liked by the ... Read more...
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Spencer Pratt’s musical video is not very popular
June 2nd, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by GD
Spencer Pratt has made an attempt to promote his stay in the reality show, "I'm a Celebrity.. Get me out of here!" This effort has led to the creation of a music ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar, Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 winner quits
May 29th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Kavya Shivashankar, the 13-year-old budding neurosurgeon from Kansas who took out last night’s championships in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 finals is hanging up her dictionaries and thesauruses.Shivashankar, an eighth-grader ... Read more...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final
May 29th, 2009 - 3:50 am ICT by John Le Fevre
The Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 finals will be on Thursday night, with the winner to receive more than $US40,000 in cash and prizes.Held in Washington DC in the ballroom of ... Read more...
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14yr-old Indian-origin boy bags second spot in National Geographic Bee contest
May 21st, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Arjun Kandaswamy, a 14-year-old boy of Indian origin in Oregon, has won second place in the annual National Geographic Bee geography contest, and bagged a 15,000-dollar college ... Read more...
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Indian American teen wins U.S. Spelling Bee contest
May 31st, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 31 (ANI): An Indian American teen Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest held here.
Mishra, 13, a resident of Lafayette, Indiana, sealed his victory by ... Read more...
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Indian American wins prestigious US spelling bee
May 31st, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 31 (IANS) Sameer Mishra, 13, an eighth grader Indian American from Indiana, has won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy in the United States by spelling right ... Read more...
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Indian American boy wins National Geographic contest
May 22nd, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 22 (IANS) An 11-year-old Indian American boy won the 2008 National Geographic Bee contest, taking home a $25,000 college scholarship and a lifetime membership. The contest was organised by ... Read more...
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Indian-American teen CEO seeks $500,000 for start-up
April 9th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by admin
New York, April 9 (IANS) Anshul Samar is not your average Indian-American teenager. Even as his peers spend time playing, 14-year-old Samar is out looking to raise half a million dollars to ... Read more...
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