New York, Mar. 17: Moves by a German frozen food company to capitalize on President Obama''s popularity by marketing a new fried chicken product called "Obama Fingers," has sparking outrage from African-Americans.

"It''s racist and inappropriate," declared Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron.

Calling for a boycott of the company''s products, Barron said: "We should do all that we can to see to it that no [company] disrespects the first black President."

Judith Witting, a sales manager for the company, Sprehe, said the connection between Obama and fried chicken - a stereotype long associated with African-Americans - never occurred to her.

New York, Mar 17 : Ex-Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist, who is charged with conspiracy for allegedly funneling drugs to the actress, has turned herself in at the Los Angeles Police Department''s Van Nuys station.

Khristine Eroshevich surrendered to police for excessively prescribing drugs to Smith, which led to her 2007 fatal overdose death, according to media reports.

Eroshevich, who was Smith''s next-door neighbor, faces six felony counts. Bail was set at 20,000 dollars, reports The New York Daily News.

As per prosecutors, Eroshevich, Smith''s boyfriend Howard K. Stern, 40, and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, 40, gave Smith thousands of pills in the years before her overdose death.

New York  - US stocks closed slightly lower Monday, ending a four-day rally and erasing earlier gains after the world's governments promised more measures to stabilize their economies.

Major stock indices were led lower in the final two hours of trading after American Express Co reported rising credit-card delinquency rates in February.

The Federal Reserve said that industrial output fell for the fourth straight month in February and was down 11 per cent over the year, the worst annual decline since 1975.

New York, Mar 16: The former fiance of Bristol Palin has said that he and the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin''s daughter could reunite in the future but would remain apart for now.

In an interview to air on "Good Morning America," Levi Johnston said that he needs time to mature before getting married.

"It''s just us not - me not - being mature enough," the New York Daily News quoted Johnston, as telling Neal Karlinsky.

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New York, Mar 15 : The promotion company behind Michael Jackson's concerts at London's O2 arena is reportedly failing to line up an insurer to cover the seven-month run by the famously frail King of Pop.

According to the Daily Telegraph, promoter AEG Live has lined up insurance for the first 10 dates, but may be forced to self-insure the rest of the performances at the O2 arena between July and February.

Chief executive Randy Phillips said he isn''t worried.