Washington, Nov. 12: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul.

According to Politico, Obama is expected to escape that level of scrutiny mostly because he declined an 84 million dollar public grant for his campaign that automatically triggers an audit and because the sheer volume of cash he raised and spent minimizes the significance of his errors.

Washington, Nov 12: Making his first public comment a week after he lost the election to Barack Obama, John McCain joked with “The Tonight Show” host Jay Leno that his defeat was “all the press’ fault” and that he’s ready to go again in 2012.

McCain’s appearance, which was tied to Veteran’s Day and follows two days of televised interviews with his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, was aired on Tuesday night on NBC stations.

Washington, Nov 12: American actress Miley Cyrus has revealed that she once attempted an undercover outing by donning a wig, but her plan flopped after she set her hair on fire.

Cyrus, who is the Hannah Montana star, said that she wanted to disguise herself like her on onscreen alter ego had done, when she acted as a pop star who had to wear a wig onstage to conceal her true identity as school student Miley Stewart.

Washington, Nov 12: Hollywood actor Russell Crowe may replace late actor Heath Ledger in a movie adaptation of a Tim Winton novel.

Washington, Nov 12 : Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have revealed that they are keen to adopt a child from South America, but are being held back by the complicated adoption laws there.

They already — who already have three adopted children, Maddox, seven, from Cambodia, Pax, four, from Vietnam, and Zahara, three, from Ethiopia, and three biological children Shiloh, two, and baby twins Knox and Vivienne — are eager to add another child to their already huge brood.

Washington, Nov 12: Europe erupted in cheers to celebrate Barack Obama’s election as the 44th US President, but the continent is seeing its share of insensitive racial blunders, too.

Over the past week, a number of European lawmakers and journalists have made comments regarding America’s Black president-elect, suggesting that some otherwise respected public figures in Europe are far from enlightened on racial matters, The Washington Post reported.