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Wes Leonard, a Michigan high school’s star basketball player collapsed on the court and later died after making a game-winning layup in overtime to cap his team’s perfect season. Wes Leonard of Fennville High died Thursday night, Holland Hospital spokeswoman Deb Patterson said. A cause of death has not yet been determined. Paramedics performed CPR on the 16-year-old before he ... Read More »

Actor Ravinder Kapoor, known as Goga Kapoor  passed away on Thursday morning. He was a veteran in Bollywood cinemas and probably the best villain in the film history. His death is probably due to prolonged illness. He died on March 3,2011 in Mumbai, India at the age of 70. Actor Gajendra Chauhan said, ” He was ailing for nearly six ... Read More »

Ireland defeated England in the group state match of the ICC World Cup 2011 held today in chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore, India. Ireland has scripted history by successfully chasing down 328 runs thereby becoming the first nation to make such run chase. Boy, i dont know where to start. I am thrilled to the core. Kevin O’Brien and Alex Cusack are ... Read More »

The Oscar’s are out.  The most anticipated 83rd Academy Award Oscar Awards 2011 had the results that was most expected of. ‘The King’s Speech’ bagged the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and the Best original Screenplay. Colin Firth and Natalie Portman were named the Best Actor and Actress Award respectively. The Best Director Award went to Tom ... Read More »

In a surprise and unexpected move the US Department of Commerce has cut its expected 4th-quarter growth from 3.2% to 2.8%. While the government is expecting a lower growth, analysts were having a different opinion. They estimated the growth to be 3.3%. Economic growth for the whole of 2010 was also revised down slightly, from 2.9% to 2.8%. As well ... Read More »

Anna University UG/PG examinations results written in Nov/Dec 2010 and Jan 2011  are out.  For those who are awaiting your result. Note: Thfire refers you to  the official Anna University Coimbatore website for your academics results. Thfire is not responsible for any errors or malfunctions in results coming from the external website (annauniv coimbatore website). We recommend you to reconfirm ... Read More »

With US unemployment rate over 9% a new disturbing trend seems to be followed among recruiters. Many recruiters make it clear that they do not want the unemployed to apply for a job opening. A New disturbing trend that is rise among US recruiters. If this continues we can only watch the unemployment rate continue to increase. In 2008, Michelle, ... Read More »