US Supreme Court doesn’t want to get involved in Eminem Royalty Suit
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Mar 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US Supreme Court won’t get involved in the suit involving Eminem and Universal Music Group. The suit has to do with royalty claim following downloads ... Read more...
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US life expectancy is at an all-time high
March 18th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Mar 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The life expectancy of Americans have reached all-time high at 78 years, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Wednesday.The infant mortality has also ... Read more...
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FTC releases list of top consumer complaints of 2010
March 10th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Mar 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Consumer complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission in 2010 have been ranked and released.The commission received a total of about 1,339,265 complaints in 2010. The ... Read more...
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Chris Christie aces the Quinnipac University poll
March 8th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Mar 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie has always felt that he could beat Barack Obama in the 2012 polls. That though seems to be true to ... Read more...
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Saudi student arrested in a plot to bomb George Bush’s home
February 25th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Saudi Arabian student has been arrested in the United States on suspicion of bomb plot.20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was arrested on Thursday by the FBI ... Read more...
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Rush Limbaugh targets Michelle Obama’s diet
February 22nd, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michelle Obama’s anti-child obesity campaign has got another critic. Sarah Palin was amongst the first group that criticized the campaign when she claimed that parents should ... Read more...
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National Christmas tree knocked over by wind
February 21st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The National Christmas Tree in Washington was knocked over on Saturday by a strong wind. The 42-foot plant came tumbling down on Saturday afternoon.The wind blew ... Read more...
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Facebook founder to meet Barack Obama
February 18th, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) President Barack Obama is on a mission to San Francisco on Thursday to meet the leaders of the top technological companies in the country.The President ... Read more...
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Usage of laughing gas during labor might soon make a comeback
February 14th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) American health officials are reconsidering the use of laughing gas during labor.Nitrous gas is used by just two hospitals in the United States currently. However several ... Read more...
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Barack Obama planning some changes in the Pell Grant program
February 14th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) President Barack Obama is desperately accessing how to cut expenses and keep the budget deficit down.The administration is reportedly considering cutting the Pell Grant program by ... Read more...
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2 million baby monitors recalled
February 12th, 2011 - 1:53 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that nearly 2 million Summer Infant video monitors have been recalled after it emerged they could cause strangulation in ... Read more...
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Huge Recall of Baby Video Monitors Linked to Two Deaths
February 12th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Almost two million Summer Infant baby video monitors are being recalled as due to the fact that the product was linked to the deaths of two babies by ... Read more...
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Dick Cheney heckled at CPAC
February 11th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, was heckled by some of the audience during his speech at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.Cheney ... Read more...
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‘Double-Dip’ recession 2011
February 11th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The world was hoping that the recession that did hit the world almost three years ago was slowly getting to an end.While the 2011 predictions were ... Read more...
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Now, foreign secretary Rao on Twitter
February 11th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Friday opened her Twitter account, becoming the first senior Indian bureaucrat to do so.Her first post went out from her account (www.twitter.com/forsecnrao) at ... Read more...
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Rep Julia Hurley attributes her success to hooters
February 10th, 2011 - 2:40 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A US lawmaker has credited “Hooters” for her success.Rep. Julia Hurley believes that her experience as a “Hooters’ Girl” was very instrumental in her winning the ... Read more...
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US First Lady: ‘No Facebook for Obama girls’
February 9th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Obama girls have restrictions on what they can do on the Internet and that includes making friends on Facebook.9-year-old Sasha and her elder sister, ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama has not smoked in a year
February 9th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US First Lady Michelle Obama has told reporters that she is proud of the President because he has not smoked cigarettes for almost a year now.During ... Read more...
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Scientologists outraged by defector’s claims
February 8th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The FBI initiated investigation into the activities of the Church of Scientology after a number of defectors made some serious allegations against the church.The church is ... Read more...
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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has Small Fire
February 8th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Monday a small fire which broke out in the Smithsonian museum located in Washington, DC, was quickly put out by the city;s fire department with no injuries ... Read more...
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Star Trek skin gun heals burn wounds
February 4th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Burn victims around the world have been handed hope after doctors invented a gun that can spray stem cells onto their burnt skin.The invention is most ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
FDA declines permission for diet drug
February 2nd, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Food and Drugs Administration has refused to give the approval for a diet drug claiming that more data is needed to determine its potential heart ... Read more...
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US pushes bill for ‘Internet Kill Switch’
February 1st, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) US politicians are trying to reintroduce a bill that will give the President an Internet “kill switch” to protect the country. The bill gives the President ... Read more...
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Speaker John Boehner sees no harm in smoking and crying
February 1st, 2011 - 3:04 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Speaker of the House, John Boehner seems content with the fact that he cannot stop smoking and crying.During an interview on FOX News Sunday, Boehner ... Read more...
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Dr. Vladimir Mironov wants to grow meat in labs
February 1st, 2011 - 2:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A scientist is determined to come up with something that most US agencies are running away from.Dr. Vladimir Mironov aims to grow meat in the lab. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
White House intern Molly DeWolf Swenson tries for American Idol
January 29th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Not so many people will be given an off to go and audition for American Idol from the White House.Molly DeWolf Swenson did not only get ... Read more...
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Rahm Emanuel Allowed To Run For Mayor Finally
January 28th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The former chief of staff of US president Barack Obama, namely Rahm Emanuel has been allowed to run for the post of Chicago mayor by the ... Read more...
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FDA explores link between breast implants & cancer
January 27th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Documents that have been made available to the Food and Drugs Administration in the United States since 1997 indicate that women with silicone gel-filled breast implants ... Read more...
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Arizona first state to ask for medicaid waiver
January 26th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Arizona became the first state in the United States to ask for Medicaid waiver.On Tuesday, the state made a request to the federal state in a ... Read more...
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Democratic Supreme Court puts Rahm Emanuel Back on Mayor Ballot
January 26th, 2011 - 2:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rahm Emanuel was removed from the mayoral ballot in Chicago yesterday after he failed to meet the eligibility requirements for the state of Illinois which would require that ... Read more...
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U.S. Postal Service eyes closing thousands of post offices
January 25th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States Postal Services has announced that it will be closing about 2,000 post offices throughout the country.The move is to ensure that the company’s ... Read more...
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Surgeon General advises more breastfeeding
January 24th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Surgeon General’s call for action to support breastfeeding has been upheld by The American Dietetic Association.Regina Benjamin urged American mothers to breastfeed their children more ... Read more...
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JFK inauguration was held 50 years ago, today
January 21st, 2011 - 1:45 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn into office about 50 years ago today.The day is a special day ... Read more...
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Unemployment rate drops to 9.4
January 14th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Data that was released by the US Labor Department revealed that the unemployment rate in the country dropped in the month of December.The 0.4 percent drop ... Read more...
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CDC: Seat belt usage is now around 85 percent
January 8th, 2011 - 1:45 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A lot of the Americans are now buckling up when they get into the cars.New survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ... Read more...
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