New York, Sept. 18: Microsoft owner Bill Gates, with a net worth of 57 billion dollars, remains the richest man in America despite losing his crown to Warren Buffett for a few months this spring.

According to Forbes latest list of 400 of the richest Americans, Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet, whose shares have fallen 15 percent since February, follows Gates.

Newcomers to the list include fertilizer tycoon Alexander Rovt, car dealer and art collector Norman Braman and Patrón tequila founder John Paul DeJoria.

Mark Zuckerberg, the 24-year-old founder of social networking site Facebook, debuts on The Forbes 400 with an estimated net worth of 1.5 billion dollars.

New York, Sept. 18 : A CBS Evening News anchor will spend two days on the road with the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Tuesday.

K. Couric''s interview with Palin during the trip would be aired on September 29 and 30 on the CBS Evening News and The Early Show.

It has been timed for just before the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate between Palin and Democrat Joe Biden.

New York, Sept. 18: The two presidential candidates – John McCain (Republican) and Barack Obama (Democrat), it seems, have contrasting positions on how to deal with incidents like 9/11, should they occur again in the immediate future.

McCain told CBS News that as president, he would like to get both Republicans and Democrats on one platform to deal with a calamity of this nature in a unified way.

New York  - US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday amid fears that more major bank failures could be around the corner, despite the government rescue of struggling insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG).

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 449.36 points, or 4.06 per cent, to 10,609.66. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 57.20 points, or 4.71 per cent, to 1,156.39.

New York  - The UN Security Council on Wednesday faulted the Eritrean government for rejecting a UN team that sought to investigate border clashes between it and Djibouti.

The fighting in June resulted in the deaths of several soldiers from Djibouti. Djibouti said Eritrea invaded its border and complained to the council, which dispatched the team to the area to investigate.

New York/Taipei  - A committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday tossed out Taiwan's request to join UN specialized agencies, like the World Health Organization, even though the Taipei government has downgraded its global campaign to return to the world body.

The decision by the General Committee was made during a closed- door session to adopt the agenda of debate for the 192-nation assembly, which opened its 63rd session on Tuesday.