Washington, Oct 24 : Doubts are being expressed about a McCain volunteer’s claim of being robbed in Pittsburgh by an attacker who cut a ''B'' in her face after noticing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.

According to the FOX news, within hours after the alleged assault was made public, doubts were expressed about her account. Police say Todd initially refused medical attention, though she later went to the hospital.

Washington, Oct 24 : With Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama all set to become the first ever African-American president in the Nov 4 polls, as suggested by various polls and surveys, his campaign managers are planning a grand party, setting up a huge stage at Chicago''s Grant Park, from where Obama would declare his victory, reported foxnews. com.

The victory celebration is expected to cost a whopping two million dollars (Rs 1000 lakhs)!

So far, Obama’s campaign is staying mum on the expected crowd count, but it is assumed that it would well cross 80,000 figure that congregated at the Democratic convention, added the report.

Washington, Oct 24 : Amid rumours that Democratic supporters might indulge in civil disobedience and protests in case their party candidate Barack Obama is defeated in the Nov 4 presidential polls, the Police here fear riots and are preparing to control the same.

“We always try to prepare for the worst,” said Oakland Police Separtment spokesman Jeff Thomason.

Washington, Oct 24 : Scientists have gained a deeper insight into the hot, dense matter found at the centre of planets and as a result, has provided further understanding into controlled thermonuclear fusion, which would pave the way for cleaner energy in the future.

The research was undertaken by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, working alongside researchers at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Central Laser Facility.

This deeper insight into planets could extend our comprehension of fusion energy – the same energy that powers the sun, and laser driven fusion as a future energy source.

Washington, Oct 24 : In a new study, scientists have established that hypnosis can trigger "synesthetic" experiences – where one sense triggers the involuntary use of another – within an average br

Washington, Oct 24 : A new study from the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine in the UK has found that people with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness.

"It was previously known that people with OSA severe enough to affect their daytime alertness and manifest in other ways are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but this finding suggests that many more people—some of whom may be completely unaware that they even have OSA—are at risk than previously thought," said lead author of the study, Malcolm Kohler, M. D.