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Tina Fey hopes Sarah Palin will be out of her life after the elections!

Sarah PalinWashington, Sept 23: Tina Fey has revealed that she hopes Republican
vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be out of her life very
soon.

Fey has received much attention for her impression of the Alaska governor on ‘Saturday Night Live.

But now, the ‘30 Rock’ star wants to be done portraying the vice presidential hopeful.

"I want to be done playing this lady Nov. 5, so if anyone could help me
be done playing her on Nov. 5, that would be good for me," FoxNews
quoted Fey, as saying.

NASA’s Mars Rover to head for much bigger crater

NASA’s Mars Rover to head for much bigger craterWashington, September 23 : Plans are all set for NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity to head towards a crater more than 20 times larger than the current crater in which it was recently housed.

To reach the crater the rover team calls Endeavour, Opportunity would need to drive approximately 7 miles to the southeast, matching the total distance it has traveled since landing on Mars in early 2004.

Bill Clinton set to hit Obama campaign trail next week

Washington, Sep 23 :Bill Clinton set to hit Obama campaign trail next week Former US president Bill Clinton today said that he would campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama beginning next week, once his annual philanthropy conference concludes

Clinton met with Obama in his Harlem office last week, and asked the candidate, “What do you guys want me to do?”

The answer appears to be to hold campaign events in Florida, Nevada and Ohio, as well as host fundraisers in New York, California and Ohio, the Washington Post reported.

Most net users fail to distinguish real popup warnings from fake ones

Washington, Sept 23 : Most net users fail to distinguish real popup warnings from fake onesMost Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine and false popup warnings messages, even after repeated mistakes, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.

Fake popup warnings are usually designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.

"This study demonstrates how easy it is to fool people on the Web," said study co-author Dr. Michael S. Wogalter, professor of psychology at NC State.

McCain, Palin disagree on causes of global warming

Washington, Sep 23 :McCain, Palin disagree on causes of global warming Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin disagree on the question of climate change, as the Alaska Governor has focused on how to adapt to global warming rather than how to combat it.

Palin has publicly questioned scientists’ near-consensus that human activity plays a role in the rising temperatures, the Washington Post reported.

She fought the administration’s listing of polar bears as threatened with extinction because of shrinking sea ice.

Pak says recent US raids from across Afghan border led to hotel bombing

PakistanLondon, Sept 23: The recent US’ raids inside Pakistani territory aimed at eliminating suspected terrorists but killed innocent civilians in the action, led to Saturday’s hotel blast in Islamabad killing 60 people, Pakistan's ambassador to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan, has said.

“We hope the US will change policy because this is what is needed,” The Independent quoted Hassan as saying.

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