London, Jan 28 : American singer Jessica Simpson was seen flaunting a fuller figure at her gig in Florida during the weekend.

Simpson, 28, who just three years ago sported a near size zero figure, performed at the Kiss Country Chili Cookout in Pembroke Pines singing songs from her album `Do You Know', reports the Daily Express.

She had lost most of her weight while playing the part of Daisy Duke for the Dukes Of Hazzard Hollywood remake in 2005, but she now seems to have put her dieting plans on hold as she concentrates on her career as a country singer.

Washington, Jan 28 : Scientists have developed a mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win a popular board game, which could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.

According to Duke University scientists, who developed the new algorithm, both activities are governed by the same principles at the simplest level.

A player, or robot, must move through an unknown space searching for clues.

London, Jan 28 : American comic book writer, editor Stan Lee has been sued for 528 million pounds by shareholders of a company that carries his name, over film and book profits.

Lee, who is behind the success of Spider-Man, Hulk and the X-Men, has along with Marvel been sued by the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI), which had been declared bankrupt in 2001.

The shareholders claimed in the lawsuit, filed at Manhattan''s U. S. District Court, that Lee had signed away all his interest in the Marvel brand and its characters over to them.

New Delhi, Jan 28: President Pratibha Patil today visited the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) to enquire about the health of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is recuperating after a coronary by-pass surgery.

According to sources, President Patil spent nearly 20 minutes with the Prime Minister''s family at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Dr. Singh has been shifted out of Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Melbourne, Jan. 28: Former Australian Test quick Rodney Hogg has pulled no punches as far as commenting on the performances of the current squad under Ricky Ponting.

He claims that Punter's men are living in a fool''s paradise and insists that they have been "strutting around like peacocks" all summer in the foolish belief they were still the world''s best cricket team.

Melbourne, jan. 28: Serena Williams came back from the brink to defeat Russia''s Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-finals, ensuring the women''s semis would not be an all-Russian affair.

The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova served for the match in the 10th game of the second set but was broken by Williams, who is chasing a fourth title at Melbourne Park.