Washington, November 19 : Rapper Snoop Dogg has a great advice for U. S. President-elect Barack Obama that will increase the happiness of his family—learn how to bake.

The hip-hop star himself invites the friends of his three children to his home for sleepovers and other family events.

And he feels that Obama can win cool points with his daughters Sasha and Malia by becoming a good cook.

New York, Nov. 19 : Supporters of US President-elect Barack Obama don’t seem to be too happy over the prospect of a Cabinet post being offered to former US First Lady and now New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

According to Politico, there''s a sense of ambivalence about giving a top political plum to a woman they spent 18 months hammering as the compromised standard-bearer of an era that deserves to be forgotten.

Warsaw, Nov 19 : Following a wide coverage by the international media quoting Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski as jokingly saying that US President-elect Barack Obama’s grandpa was a cannibal, the country’s foreign minister has come to his rescue claiming that he never passed the racist jibe about Obama’s lineage.

The episode could potentially strain relations between Warsaw and Washington.

Los Angeles - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged urgent action to implement the climate and clean-energy policies he laid out in his campaign, telling a meeting of state governors that "delay is no longer an option."

Obama pledged to spend 15 billion dollars a year to help US industry develop clean energy technology and to institute a cap-and- trade system to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

Washington  - Barack Obama spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday as the president-elect continues to return phone calls from leaders congratulating him on winning the White House.

The Obama transition team did not disclose details of Obama's conversation with Abbas.

Obama has vowed that he will continue to work for Israeli- Palestinian peace. He telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert two days after the November 4 election.

Washington  - US president-elect Barack Obama has selected lawyer Eric Holder to become the top law enforcement officer in his administration, US media reported Tuesday.

Holder has accepted the offer to serve as attorney general and his final approval is pending a vetting process by the Obama transition team, CNN and Newsweek magazine reported.

Holder served as deputy attorney general in former president Bill Clinton's administration, the second highest position in the Justice Department.