New York  - As families mourned victims of the commercial airliner crash in New York state that killed 50 people, officials warned Saturday that it would take at least four days to recover the bodies.

Continental Express flight 3407 from Newark, New Jersey, burst into flames after crashing into a house outside Buffalo, New York, on Thursday night. The victims included all 49 passengers and crew as well as one person in the house, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.

New York, Feb 14 : Want to get hold of a personally autographed iPod loaded with your favourite star's most loved songs? Well, then log on to Tonic. com without thinking for a minute.

The e-commerce site is auctioning iPods autographed by celebrities, and pre-loaded with their favourite songs.

A total of 70 A-listers, from actors to models to politicians, have lended their ear for the auction, reports the New York Daily News.

The proceeds from sales will benefit music programs in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region.

New York, Feb 14 : American singer Jessica Simpson told a huge audience at Madison Square Garden on February 12 that she has split her pants in the past.

The 28-year-old appeared completely at ease when she took to the stage in what she calls as a "skort" outfit-a skirt and shorts in one-and a sparkly tie around her neck.

The reason for the skort, she revealed, was because of wardrobe malfunctions with pants in the past.

New York, Feb. 13: At least three Indians are feared to have been killed in an airline crash late on Thursday outside Buffalo, New York, early reports said.

The crash occurred after 10 p. m. New York Time in the rural village of Clarence Centre, and claimed forty-nine lives. News reports quoted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as saying that the plane was carrying 44 passengers and four crew on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, which is a route Indian travelers frequently take. The identity of the Indians onboard, if any, is yet to be revealed.

Authorities said that the Continental Airlines Flight 3407, operated by Manassas, Virginia-based Colgan Air, was heading towards the Niagara Falls

New York, February 12 : Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have reportedly shot down rumours of drifting away after the couple were spotted spending a cozy evening together.

The pair were recently seen thinning out the distance at the Great Dane Pub in Madison, after Simpson''s concert opening for the Rascal Flatts tour.

The New York Post quoted a witness telling Page Six that the duo looked "very much together".

New York - A group trying to stop the rape of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday launched a campaign to raise awareness in the United States, which it said could be critical in ending violence against women.

Eve Ensler, playwright and artistic director of the Broadway play The Vagina Monologues, said the campaign to stop the rape of women in Africa could become global if the American people take the issue in their hands.