June 18, 2012
A new book has traced First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestry to white slave-owners in Georgia, whose white descendants have mixed feelings about the revelation.
New York Times reporter Rachel L. Swarns has traced the ancestry in her new book 'American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama'.
June 18, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani took notice of load shedding protests across the country and convened energy conference on Tuesday.
PM Gilani, who is in Saudi Arabia to attend the funeral prayer of Crown Prince Naif, issued the instructions to ministries of Water and Power and Petroleum to resolve the matter.
June 18, 2012
Expanding its probe into the disproportionate assets against Jaganmohan Reddy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned BCCI president N Srinivasan on Monday.
June 17, 2012
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls, taking steady, measured steps Friday night for 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of the roaring falls separating the U.S. and Canada.
Nik Wallenda makes his historic walk on a wire across Niagara Falls.
June 17, 2012
Scorecard: Sri Lanka 243 for 8 (Sangakkara 97, Jayawardene 40, Hafeez 2-37, Tanvir 2-43) beat Pakistan 199 (Ali 81*, Misbah 57, Perera 4-42) by 44 runs
Thisara Perera took a hat-trick, as Pakistan lost 7 for 13 to collapse to defeat in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka
June 17, 2012
If USADA has goods on Armstrong, it turns him into one of the biggest liars in sports history.
Lance Armstrong is a world-class liar and cheat, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
June 17, 2012
Prize helped break opposition leader's isolation while she was under house arrest.
June 17, 2012
Shikha Bhatnagar moved to India in 2008 with the intention of making it home for at least two years. Armed with years of experience in the development world, including internships with NGOs in India, she was excited about the future.
June 16, 2012
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is convicted on securities fraud and conspiracy charges. He faces a maximum of 65 years in prison.
Rajat Gupta was found guilty on four of six counts of insider trading. The guilty verdict came after less than two days of deliberations.
June 16, 2012
Be consistent with the times you go to bed and wake up to create a regular sleep pattern.
It's being described as the next health hazard after junk food binging and sedentary living: chronic sleep deprivation.
