A mother in New York, admitted that she battered her 11 year old daughter with a mop handle and left her to die in bed.

According to detectives, the woman, Florenzia Vazquez, beat her daughter so hard that the handle of the mop was mangled.

According to the NY Times, it was "a thrashing so severe it left the girl listless, vomiting and confined to bed." The girl’s elder sister had been removed from the home earlier this year after she accused her mother of abuse.

The city's child welfare agency is investigating and authorities say charges against the woman and her boyfriend are pending.

New York - The world is witnessing a nuclear power renaissance at a time when demands for fossil fuel-based energy and its prices have increased, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday.

But the expected increase in civilian nuclear power plants is accompanied by the risk of mounting nuclear material being converted into weapons, IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei told the UN General Assembly, which met to discuss the work of the Vienna-based nuclear watchdog.

"Nuclear power is undergoing something of a renaissance," ElBaradei said, comparing the situation to 10 years ago when nuclear power had stopped growing in developed countries because of security and safety risks.

New York, Oct 27: It seems that actress Lindsay Lohan is still confused about her sexuality.

Friends of the 22-year-old star have revealed that she denies being a lesbian, and insists that she still loves men.

However, at the same time, Lohan also insists that Samantha Ronson is the only girl she would go for.

“She has been telling everyone over and over that she’s still into guys,” one friend spilled to us,” the New Daily News quoted one of her friends as saying.

Inside sources reveal that soon after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on 15th September, Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had approached Citigroup Inc. to discuss a possible merger of the two firms.  

However, the brief call made by Lloyd Blankfein (CEO - Goldman) to his Cititcorp counterpart - Vikram Pandit did not result in any serious discussion, with Pandit immediately rejecting the proposal.

New York, Oct 27 : Democratic presidential nominee is said to be way ahead of his Republican rival John McCain, by 162-62, even in Alaska, the hometown of McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin.

According to a report in the New York Daily News, Obama’s surge as compared to McCain is far better than 48-28 which President George Bush had against his rival in 2004.

New York, Oct 27 (ANI): American actress/singer Jennifer Hudson has offered a 100,000-dollar reward for the safe return of her seven-year-old nephew, who went missing after the brutal murder of her mother and brother on October 24.

Officials have issued an AMBER alert, and Hudson has also issued a plea for help in finding her nephew Julian King.

“Thank you for all your prayers and your calls. Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely,” the New York Post quoted Hudson, 27, as having written on her MySpace Web page.