Wife arrested after husband set on fire

Charged with arson and aggravated assault

AUSTIN (Courtesy KXAN) - A wife is charged with arson and aggravated assault after police said she set her husband on fire in North Austin, sending him to a San Antonio hospital with serious burns.

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04/21/12
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Mother Killed, Child and Adult Hurt In Crash on I-75 in North Kentucky

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Boone County deputies released details of a crash on I-75 north near Walton that claimed the life of a mother and injured two other people.

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04/20/12
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MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga Elected Chairman of U.S.-India Business Council

WASHINGTON--The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) Board of Directors announced that Mr. Ajay Banga, President & CEO of MasterCard Worldwide, has been elected as the organization’s next Chairman.

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04/17/12
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Panko-Topped Curried Eggs Breakfast Pizza by Mennon wins her finalist spot in Pillsbury Bake-Off

Although she did not win, Nalini Menon of Vista, Calif., was one of 100 finalists in the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off, held here on Mar. 27.

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04/17/12
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UAB student Amiya Ahmed named 2012 Goldwater scholar

University of Alabama at Birmingham student Amiya Ahmed of Homewood, Ala., was named 2012 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in Excellence in Education Foundation.

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04/16/12
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Makhija to serve as director of communications for National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

With the largest grant in the history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry researchers will lead an effort that not only could improve the nation’s dental health but its overall health as well.

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04/16/12
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Researcher Upender Manne helps UAB receive $19 million grant to reduce cancer disparities

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have received a five-year, $19 million National Cancer Institute renewal grant for the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Morehouse School of Medicine and Tuskegee University partnership to address cancer disparities among blacks.

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04/16/12
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UAB’s Uswatte, Sen receive honors

The UAB chapter of the National Society for Leadership and Success will honor six faculty members during a ceremony to be held April 20, 2012, in the Hill University Center. 

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04/16/12
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Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad

By Kirk Semple

Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine.

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04/16/12
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A New Bollywood Treasure: Paan Singh Tomar

Every once in a long while, the usual Bollywood rubbish is interrupted by a treasure. Do you know how long it’s been since I wrote a sentence similar to this one?  Exactly.

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04/10/12
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