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Lindsay Mills learned of Edward Snowden's leaks with the rest of the world. Her 'lost at sea' blog post, her wait — and the life she built after.

June 11, 2013 · 1 min read

Edward Snowden, 29, revealed himself as the source of the NSA leaks in a Guardian interview — then fled Hong Kong and was charged under the Espionage Act.

June 9, 2013 · 2 min read

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June 6, 2013 · 1 min read

The 'tongue patch' diet sews a mesh patch onto the tongue to make eating painful. Doctors called it dangerous — and it was never FDA approved.

June 6, 2013 · 1 min read

A first-person account from Istanbul of the 2013 Gezi Park protests — written by Turkish blogger Defne Suman as police cleared Taksim Square.

June 5, 2013 · 5 min read

Assisted Transition of Naperville is a free senior-care concierge — helping families find assisted living, independent living, nursing homes and home care.

June 5, 2013 · 1 min read

Eye on India's 2013 festival ran June 7-July 14 across Chicago — Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Shubha Mudgal, Amish Tripathi and 25+ events.

June 3, 2013 · 5 min read

Jiah Khan, 25, was found dead at her Juhu residence on June 3, 2013. The Bollywood fraternity mourned the Nishabd and Ghajini actor's death.

June 3, 2013 · 2 min read

Arvind Mahankali, 13, won the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee on 'knaidel' — the sixth straight Indian-American champion, after years lost on German words.

June 1, 2013 · 1 min read

Bolly Volley Vol 13 (May 2013): 22 Bollywood picks — Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dev D, Lagaan and more — plus how digital transformed Indian cinema.

May 31, 2013 · 5 min read

Tyler Deutsch of Washington put his 6-week-old daughter in a 10-degree freezer for an hour; bail was set at $1 million. She survived.

May 29, 2013 · 1 min read

Retro Reel Vol 19: a true 1996 Hyderabad story — a gun at a cinema ticket window, then 'based on a true story' flashes on screen. Guess the film!

May 28, 2013 · 7 min read

The family of 8-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal claimed she died after a mystery injection in Punjab in April 2013, and that her body returned to Britain

May 28, 2013 · 1 min read

A Charlotte mom called police on her own 13-year-old for stealing $5 worth of Pop-Tarts — and had him arrested for misdemeanor larceny to teach him a lesson.

May 24, 2013 · 1 min read

On May 23, 2013, the Boy Scouts of America voted 61% to admit openly gay youth — ending a century-old ban, while keeping the ban on gay adult leaders.

May 24, 2013 · 1 min read

In 2013, a white Virginia father was followed by police at a Woodbridge Walmart after security suspected him of kidnapping — his three daughters are biracial.

May 22, 2013 · 1 min read

Suchitra Sharma's 2013 review of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect' at Silk Road Rising — a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister, in Chicago.

May 21, 2013 · 2 min read

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi opened Chicago's Eye on India Festival 2013 at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace — on cinema's lost depth, Urdu, and art as

May 20, 2013 · 1 min read

India worships women as goddesses yet tolerates rape and blames victims. A 2013 op-ed on the hypocrisy — and who will fight for women's rights.

May 20, 2013 · 1 min read

Chicago's Silk Road Rising staged the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect,' a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister.

May 3, 2013 · 3 min read