New York, Dec. 31 : Washington lobbyist Vikki Iseman is suing the New York Times for 27 million dollars for publishing an explosive story last February that suggested a romantic link between her and Senator John McCain in 1999.

Long Island Business News reports that "the suit, filed in U. S. District Court in Richmond on Tuesday, alleges the article falsely communicated that Iseman and McCain had an illicit ''''romantic'''' relationship in 1999 when he was chair of the Senate Commerce Committee and she was a lobbyist representing clients before Congress."

Washington, Dec 31 : US Senator John McCain has expressed his fears that India might be on the verge of launching an attack on Pakistan in the wake of last month's terror attacks on Mumbai.

"The Indians are on the verge of some kind of attack on Pakistan," the former Republican presidential candidate was quoted by The News, as saying.

McCain's statement comes after his early December visit to India and Pakistan as part of the US efforts to ease tensions between the two nations and avert any standoff.

According , Dec 15 : Senator John McCain has sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.

McCain surprised his supporters, who fought for him through tough times during the race for the White House, Politico reported.

On ABC's "This Week," host George Stephanopoulos asked: "The chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, were highly critical of the way President- elect Obama has dealt with the issue.

Washington, Dec. 15 : Defeated Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said that he is not sure whether he will be supporting Sarah Palin, if she runs for president in 2012.

"I can''t say something like that. We''ve got some great other young governors," McCain said.

Meanwhile, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who filed a lawsuit last week to force Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office, has said that she heard that the embattled governor could step aside.

Sarah Palin may have been on the losing end of the Republican ticket, yet she topped the web search chart, confirms Google’s list of the most popular searches in 2008, which the internet search giant released on Wednesday.

At the number two positions of ‘fastest-rising’ searches around the globe was Beijing Olympics 2008. Facebook login and Tuenti, a Spanish social networking website followed the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Washington, Dec. 11: Media networks in the United States spent over three million dollars more covering Barack Obama’s campaign than they did on his rival John McCain.

According to Politico, media outlets paid 8.5 million dollars to fly Air Obama compared to 5.8 million dollars to ride McCain’s Straight Talk Express during this year’s general election, a difference of 32 percent.