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In 2012, Singapore topped global health rankings and led the world in education — a case study in what sustained public investment can buy.

August 13, 2012 · 1 min read

An introductory pranic healing workshop with Chandan Parameswara was held in Oswego on August 29, 2012 — a look at the no-touch energy healing practice.

August 13, 2012 · 1 min read

Google announced 4,000 job cuts at Motorola Mobility in August 2012 — about 20% of the unit — just months after completing its $12.5 billion acquisition.

August 13, 2012 · 1 min read

In August 2012, an IIM-Ahmedabad professor's decision to renounce the material world made headlines — a reminder of what the rat race costs the soul.

August 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as his 2012 running mate — energizing the GOP base while handing Democrats the potent attack line of the Ryan Budget.

August 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Around 60 Hindu families from Pakistan's Balochistan and Sindh arrived in India in August 2012, fleeing violence, kidnappings and forced conversions.

August 10, 2012 · 1 min read

String theorist Ashoke Sen of Allahabad's HRI won the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize in 2012 — the richest prize in physics, ahead of even the Nobel.

August 10, 2012 · 1 min read

Russian police found 70 members of the Fayzarahmanist sect — including 20 children — living in an underground bunker near Kazan for nearly a decade.

August 9, 2012 · 1 min read

While shooting Ek Tha Tiger in Mardin, Turkey, Salman Khan revamped his crew hangout Café Del-Mar — and the grateful owner renamed it Salman Khan Café.

August 8, 2012 · 1 min read

Handwritten posters by Jharkhand Mukti Sangh in Ranchi threatened acid attacks on girls wearing jeans or without a dupatta from Aug 20, 2012.

August 7, 2012 · 1 min read

Anuradha Bali alias Fiza, the estranged second wife of former Haryana deputy CM Chander Mohan, was found dead in Mohali and cremated per Hindu rites.

August 7, 2012 · 2 min read

At least seven people, including the gunman, were killed in a shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5, 2012.

August 5, 2012 · 1 min read

Kodak's bankruptcy, RIM's collapse, J.C. Penney's tailspin — a look at once-great American companies in 2012 that may never come back.

August 5, 2012 · 2 min read

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak warned of 'horrible problems' as computing moves to the cloud: 'With the cloud, you don't own anything.

August 5, 2012 · 3 min read

An evening of Indian classical music comes to Naperville on Sunday, August 5 — a rare chance for Chicagoland listeners to hear a living tradition up close.

August 1, 2012 · 1 min read

After the July 18, 2012 Manesar violence that killed HR manager Awanish Kumar, Maruti Suzuki reportedly sought vaastu expert Daivajna K N Somayaji's advice.

July 31, 2012 · 2 min read

Grids supplying half of India collapsed on July 31, 2012 — the world's biggest blackout — even as Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was promoted to Home

July 31, 2012 · 4 min read

The Romney campaign launched the 'Mitt's VP' app on July 31, 2012, letting supporters be the first to learn his vice presidential pick via push notification.

July 31, 2012 · 1 min read

CFSL scientist BK Mahapatra told a Ghaziabad court that blood on Aarushi's clothes and mattress was her own, and fingerprints of both Aarushi and Hemraj

July 31, 2012 · 1 min read

Mark Zuckerberg's youngest sister Arielle became a Google employee in July 2012 when Google bought her employer, social marketing startup Wildfire.

July 31, 2012 · 1 min read