Mark Muller, the owner of Max Motors near Kansas City that boasts the slogan 'God, Guns, Guts, and American Pick-Up Trucks', says that he had been overwhelmed by the response.
Jack Kemp, a star football quarterback who became a congressman, US Cabinet secretary and Republican vice presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 73. Kemp died of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, The New York Times said, quoting his son, Jimmy Kemp.
With better-paid, better-trained operators working for foreign call centers, Indian consumers are often frustrated by the service they get
All started their entrepreneurial careers by age 15, and one before he broke double digits.
Industrial policy isn't dead. It's thriving in the statesand may be the start of a U.S. comeback strategy
'There has been an almost palpable change in the black community. There is a energy in the air that wasn't there before; there's a spark and a light now that was previously missing. I look around and I see a change in the way we carry ourselves, the way we speak to each other and treat each other,' says Jann Marie Hodge, one of the thousands of African Americans who have arrived to witness the Barack Obama's historical swearing-in as America's first black president.
Slumdog Millionaire, which was orphaned a few months ago when distributor Warner Independent folded into the parent company, consolidated its Oscar nomination chances last week winning a slew of key awards and being nominated for four Golden Globes.
Travel pro Peter Greenberg makes sense of the airline mess and finds ways to make the most of a tangled travel situation.
After becoming the first ever Indian American to be elected Governor last year, Jindal has been given a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention at prime time, making him the first Indian American to speak at the political convention of a major party.Republican party sources told rediff.com that while it is unlikely that Jindal will be McCain's vice presidential nominee, he nonetheless remains "a strong voice on behalf of Senator McCain."
David Beckham is one of five players to make the Major League Soccer All-Stars for the first time after voting results were announced by the league on Thursday.
A Hanuman devotee plans to send a rare encyclopedia, articles and pictures of the Lord to Democratic party's presidential nominee Barack Obama, who keeps a Hanuman medallion among his good luck charms. Businessman Sunil Gomber would send an album of 'The visual encyclopedia of Lord Hanuman' along with 31 related articles and three rare laminated pictures to New York on Tuesday.
Wheat is among the planet's most important food crops, but it has a natural enemy that can turn the crop into a black tangle of broken stems. Cornell University hopes a new $26.8 million grant can help them combat the emergence of deadly new strains of rust disease and help avert a pandemic that could produce catastrophic wheat crop losses worldwide.
Indian-American scholar Tejinder Singh Sibia, who documented the arrival and struggles of pioneer Indians to the US and Canada, has died in California. He was 70. Sibia, who became an unofficial archivist of Indian pioneers to America by collecting rare historic photographs and documents and compiling them on his website, died of leukemia at his Sacramento home on Thursday.
A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.
Former Olympic and world 100 metres champion Maurice Greene announced his retirement from athletics on Monday. The 33-year-old American, who also held the 100 metres world record of 9.79 seconds for more than three years, said a calf injury he sustained in training last month had convinced him to end his career.
Forget shuffleboard and croquet. With Americans living longer, a growing number of people are embarking on entrepreneurial second careers -- well into their 80s. So what are the real secrets to longevity, in business and in life?
The city strummed its way into the Guinness Book of World Record on October 26 for the largest guitar ensemble.
The music capital of North East India, Shillong is all set to rock to the tune of the 'biggest ever guitar ensemble' on October 26 in an attempt to storm into the Guinness Book of World Record.
Coaches do it. Moms and dads do it. Why can't your boss? Mike Robbins discusses the importance of showing your employees how much you value them.
Even as the world's urban population explodes, these eight cities face potential extinction.
Nearly 100 public-company CEOs in the US are 40 or younger. Here they share war stories and tips on how to get to their position.
The US Department of Immigration will administer the pilot exam early next year.
A tour of India's most famous Krishna temples
e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.
"The world record is very possible this year. I just have to execute it," the Olympic 100 metres champion said.
The Sri Lankan company that made the personalised stationery for the US president from paper made of elephant dung is asking people to use its products to help the country's dwindling elephant population.
'Immigrants come with a dream but not everyone has achieved it,' S Mitra Kalita tells Arthur J Pais.
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