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According to the sponsor of an ad, U. S. TV networks CBS and NBC rejected their ad urging Americans to oppose the building of a mosque two blocks from New York's Ground Zero.

Sponsored by the National Republican Trust political action group, the 60-second spot, mixes video and still images from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including American Airlines Flight 11 hitting the World Trade Center and a man jumping from the building to his death, with sounds of Muslim prayer and images of presumed Muslim militants.

Two years in the making, Bipasha Basu's Lamhaa is finally up for release today. Though narrated as a thriller, at the core of it, the film carries an issue-based subject. Considering the fact that Kurbaan, which released last year, too was an issue-based film (despite the thriller treatment) and still didn't work at the box office, isn't Bipasha worried about the fate of Lamhaa?

A real estate data company said on Thursday that Banks repossessed a record number of U. S. homes in the second quarter, but defaults and auctions dropped.

RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine, Calif., said in its midyear 2010 foreclosure report that Banks took back control of 269,962 properties in this year's second quarter, a new quarterly high, up 5 percent from the previous quarter and 38 percent higher than last year's second quarter.

Rahul Dholakia is a National Award winning director but he is not wearing this as an ace up his sleeves. His Parzania was an issue-based film and so is Lamhaa. However, the filmmaker has no qualms in admitting that he wanted to tell this story in a hardcore commercial format so that it reaches out to a wider section of audience. Told in a thriller format, Lamhaa is now up for release and Rahul's `untold story' about Kashmir is all set to be unveiled. With confidence looming large in his voice, Rahul recollects the incidents during the pre-production that shaped up Lamhaa.

Officials have said that a statue stolen from Buffalo's replica of the Roman Trevi Fountain was returned intact in time for the city's annual Italian Heritage Festival.

The Buffalo N. Y. News has reported that pranksters took off with the 6-foot, 150-pound statue of Oceanus, the Titan god and king of the seas, but returned it on Wednesday.

It has been reported that a Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and severely beating a 61-year-old woman visiting a cemetery made an initial court appearance Thursday.

The Toronto Sun has reported that Russell Kirkpatrick, 44, is charged with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault in Monday's attack at Pine Hills Cemetery.