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According to the media reports, New York officials say they are examining evidence to determine who was responsible for a suspected murder-suicide fire that wiped out a Staten Island family.

The New York Daily News reported on Monday that a charred diary and possible suicide note found in the home on Thursday may have been written by Leisha Jones, the mother of four children who died in the house fire, and not by her oldest son.

Officials have revealed that an Israeli military helicopter on a training exercise crashed in Romania Monday with no sign of survivors among the seven personnel on board.

The Israeli CH-53 helicopter, with a crew of six Israelis and one Romanian, was taking part in the Blue Sky 2010 joint Romanian-Israeli air exercise when it went down about 3:20 p. m. local time The Romanian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying search-and-rescue teams located the wreckage about 5:45 p. m. in the Fundata-Zarnesti area in central Romania, the Romanian news agency Agerpres has reported.

United States consistently opposed releasing Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi from prison for medical reasons, the White House said on Monday.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, responding to questions about a letter written by a U. S. Embassy official in London to Scottish officials eight days before al-Megrahi, suffering from prostate cancer, was released, said on Monday that the U. S. preference always was that the Lockerbie bomber not be released on humanitarian grounds.

The net profit of V-Guard Industries Limited grew by 46.85% to Rs 25.47 crore during the last fiscal (2009-10) as compared to Rs 17.35 crore during the previous fiscal.

During the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), the directors sanctioned 30% final dividend on the paid-up capital for the financial year 2009-10.

The profit before tax (PBT) of the leading electronic and electrical equipment maker surged 50.36% to Rs 39.51 crore for the period under review as against Rs 26.28 crore last year.

Jogging might not be the best form of work out, particularly if you wish to shed extra body weight.

Greg Brookes, a London-based personal trainer, said, "Lots of people start running to lose weight and it doesn't always work - and this is why."

Brookes said, "Fat is one of our body's favourite sources of energy. The more you run, the more your body prepares itself for your next run. You will actually start to hold on to more fat."

Experts have discovered that too much consumption of milk can raise the chance of developing prostate cancer.

The study was conducted by Canadian researchers.

The study, published in The Prostate journal, discovered that males who consumed four 200 ml milk glasses had double the chance of prostate cancer.

Milk has cow hormones, comprising insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1).

These hormones encourage growth and may help to feed prostate cancer and perhaps, to a lesser extent, ovarian cancer.