New York  - US stocks tumbled Monday amid concerns over the fate of the struggling car industry, which will be given a last chance to restructure operations or lose government support.

President Barack Obama said that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC had so far failed to prove that they can survive. He called for a series of changes in the two companies' outdated business models and forced out long-time GM chief executive Rick Wagoner.

New York, Mar 30 : Madonna has arrived in Malawi and is expected to sign today adoption papers which will allow her to adopt a second child from the African nation.

The move, however, has been widely criticised by aid agencies as "exacerbating" the plight of children in impoverished countries.

The 50-year-old singer was accompanied by her oldest offspring, Lourdes Leon, 12. The pair strolled hand in hand through the village of Chinkhota, chatting with locals and soaking up the sun.

New York  - Frederick "Fritz" Henderson, second in command at beleaguered General Motors, is the likely candidate to take over the firm amidst reports that GM head Rick Wagoner has been asked to leave by the US government, media reports said Sunday.

Henderson, 50, the chief-operating-officer, is the likely replacement, at least on a temporary basis, The New York Times reported, citing people close to the situation. Henderson met with members of the government panel overseeing the car industry bailout.

New York, Mar. 29 : Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who is currently in jail for defrauding investors of millions of dollars, also cheated on his devoted wife Ruth

Madoff carried on at least one affair during the couple's 50-year marriage, the New York Daily News quotes two sources, as saying.

One insider tells us Bernie once had a thing with an executive assistant at a major media corporation.

"She was attractive and Jewish," says the source. "He was quite generous with her. He used to fly her around."

New York, March 29 : U. S. Vice-President Joe Biden may have to face shame after a video of his daughter allegedly snorting cocaine has been put for sale, according to online reports.

The footage was said to have been recorded by his daughter Ashley's friend and reportedly showed the social worker taking three lines of coke rolled in a dollar bill at a bash.

According to Radaronline. com, the alleged video of the 27-year-old has raked up offers up to as much as 250,000 dollars, reports the New York Daily News.

New York, Mar 28 : President Barack Obama Pak-Afghan policy, which could be his signature foreign policy effort, said that al Qaeda terrorists are hiding in Pakistan and Afghanistan and he wants them to defeat them in their safe havens to prevent their return in future.

Obama said he would increase aid to Pakistan and would, for the first time, set benchmarks for progress in fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban in both countries, the New York Times reported.