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India's federal Cabinet said Thursday it has appointed Nandan Nilekani as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.

Ford Motor vehicles won North American Car and Truck of the Year -- twin honors bestowed by a jury of 49 journalists representing dozens of newspapers, magazines, on-line publications as well as free-lance writers and editors. It was the first time in the award's 17 years that one company won both the car and truck awards. Fusion hybrid won car and Transit Connect, a Euro-designed small commercial van modified for the U.S. market, took top truck honors.

Drew Peterson, the brash, mustachioed former police sergeant who found tabloid fame after his fourth wife's disappearance more than 1 1/2 years ago, was indicted Thursday in the drowning of an ex-wife found dead in an empty bathtub in 2004.

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New York proposed cuts, which would include shutting down two subway lines and slashing night and weekend hours on a system that operates around the clock, will be aired at several public hearings this winter

Hundreds of people from across the globe gathered in Chicago on Thursday to spread the word about children's rights in Uganda, Africa.The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers event hosted by Invisible Children was held Saturday in 100 cities across the world, including Huntington. However, Chicago is the last city to be officially rescued, and Invisible Children supporters rallied to the city to help.

Michael Scott is the Chicago Board of Education President and a staunch advocate of upward mobility for the lower-class citizens of Chicago. A body has been found Monday morning in the Chicago River that authories believe belongs to Scott.

The man who allegedly shot Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman and former state Senator Bill Gwatney of Jacksonville at the party's headquarters on Wednesday has died, according to Little Rock Police Department spokesman Terry Hastings.

Interim pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) will take up with the new government the matter of tax exemption on withdrawal of money under the New Pension System (NPS).“We will take up (the issue of tax exemption for NPS) with the government when the new government is formed,” PFRDA Chairman D Swarup told PTI here.