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Starbucks rolled out 'Starbucks Evenings' to 70 locations — wine and tapas after 4 PM. The early verdict from a New York Post tasting: not impressed.

Anjali Varghese performed a three-hour solo Bharatanatyam arangetram at The Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin — a visual feast of adavus, abhinaya, and rhythm.

The 2015 St. Paul's School trial exposed the 'Senior Salute' tradition. Owen Labrie was acquitted of felony rape but convicted on lesser charges.

Read an excerpt from Koral Dasgupta's novel Fall Winter Collections — a sculptor's journey in Santiniketan, carving Krishna's women in black stone.

In Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Anuradha Mishra Jain feeds 70 strays daily and runs 'Hope for the Speechless Soul' — a one-woman shelter for Delhi's injured dogs.

Crowds on Demand hires actors to pose as supporters at political rallies. Its founder admits the service is used by US candidates — mostly for Congress and

Roti Ghar in Hubballi serves a full north-Karnataka thali — rice, dal, vegetables and a sweet — for one rupee, with no cashier and no profit motive.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi Dialogue Commission's proposal for 'Aam Aadmi Canteens' — nutritious meals capped at Rs 10, a la Tamil

Ahead of Obama's first visit to Kenya as US president, a little-known party planned a 5,000-person nude march to protest his support for gay rights.

At their interfaith wedding in Baltimore, Canadian Frank Gregoire surprised his bride Simran Malhotra by singing 'Tum Hi Ho' — after six weeks of practice.

A 16-year-old in Mizoram confessed to killing his step-sister and her husband to steal Rs 36,000 for a mobile phone — a shocking reminder of what obsession

Through the federal community eligibility provision, Shelby County Schools in Memphis began serving every student three free meals a day — with no stigma

Sahil Patel, 36, of Pennsylvania was sentenced to 175 months in prison for organizing the U.S. side of an India-based call-center ring that impersonated IRS

After Kamal Haasan claimed his 1988 divorce from Vani Ganapathy left him bankrupt, his ex-wife hit back: 'Can alimony make a man bankrupt?'

When parents make every decision for the child — clothes, subjects, activities, friends — the child never learns to decide. College exposes the cost.

In 2015, Carnegie Corporation's 'Great Immigrants: The Pride of America' award honored 38 naturalized citizens — including four Indian-Americans.

Shahnawaz and Sofiya Patel of Preston took their sons to India to see their sick grandfather — and were prosecuted under the UK's term-time absence rules.

A 2015 interview with Shaan Patel — the Las Vegas teen who scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT, then built 2400 Expert into a test-prep company.

In 2015, New York City's consumer agency found Whole Foods stores routinely overstated package weights — overcharging from $0.80 for pecan panko to $14.84

WotNow, the local Naperville social-calendar app, was hiring summer interns for 2015 — info desks at Naperville libraries, five hours a week minimum.