New York, Oct 29: Realising that the mobile phones text messages are the most apt medium to reach out to the GenNext, the Barack Obama camp is learnt to have devised a novel idea of sending across SMSs giving detailed programmes of the Democratic presidential nominees and their polling booths.

In the states going to early-voting, the messages have already gone out, reported the New York Daily News.

In August too, Obama had used the same medium to inform his supporters that Joe Biden was his running mate.

Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks end another day of volatile trading just in positive ground at 0.8 per cent higher Wednesday.

The blue-chip index closed 105 points up at 12,707 on a day which saw the index rise and fall like a rollercoaster.

At one point the index reached over 13,200 only to dip down below 12,400 and then climb back up again. Turnover was 59.2 billion Hong Kong dollars (7.6 billion US dollars).

This week has seen some of the most volatile trading in the last 10 years on the Hong Kong stock market with the index losing a huge 12.7 per cent Monday only to rebound 14.35 per cent Tuesday.

Frankfurt - European stocks stormed out of the gate Wednesday after hopes of lower interest rates led to a surge in shares across Asia and on Wall Street.

Amid expectations of the US Federal Reserve delivering another hefty cut in borrowing costs Wednesday, Europe's blue-chip Stoxx 50 rose 6.5 per cent to 2,191 in early trading.

This was reflected across national bourses with shares in London gaining more than 5 per cent and Paris jumping 6.5 per cent as the morning session got under way. Stocks in Zurich were up 4.4 per cent.

In addition the European Central Bank is expected to cut the cost of money at its meeting set down for next week.

Washington, Oct 29: Hollywood actor Justin Long, who’s well known as Drew Barrymore''s ex-boyfriend, has revealed that he was once arrested in the middle of the night by cops who mistook him for an Asian criminal.

The Hollywood hunk was only released when he convinced the officers he wasn''t the man they were looking for.

"There was banging on the door at one in the morning. I woke up and opened the door and there were three police officers on my doorstep. They grabbed me, put me in handcuffs and arrested me,” Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.

"They were shining a light back and forth from my face to an ID.

London, Oct 29: Loved up Cheryl and Ashley Cole are planning to renew their vows two years after their glossy wedding, according to reports.

The couple''s marriage was rocked when it was reported that Ashley, cheated on his 25-year-old wife with a blond hairdresser in January this year.

After a media frenzy the Girls Aloud star and the Chelsea defender patched up the cracks in their relationship to and finally put their marriage back on the tracks.