Concord (New Hampshire, United States), Sept. 13 (ANI): Seeking to regain his footing amid faltering poll numbers in the run-up to the November 4 presidential elections, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launched a stinging counter-attack against his Republican presidential rival John McCain.

The Obama campaign launched its promised counterpunch against McCain on Friday, portraying him as an aging, out-of-touch politician who would cater to "fat-cat" lobbyists and continue President Bush''s economic policies.

Washington - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who would be the first female to hold that office if elected, said Democrat Barack Obama may now wish he had also chosen a woman to be his running mate.

In a broadcast interview with US network ABC, Palin was asked if Obama should have picked Hillary Clinton to be his party's vice presidential candidate.

Washington, Sept. 13: Employees at the Pentagon have reportedly reacted with anger to move to auction 9/11 memorabilia for hundreds, even thousands of dollars on eBay.

One angry Pentagon employee told FOX News that the sellers were "making money off the backs of the dead," and that the unveiling of the long-awaited memorial to the September 11, 2001 attacks was supposed to be a "sacred event."

It’s unclear whether the items are coming from different sellers, or from the same seller using different accounts.

Detroit - No one gets to choose their birthday. That goes for people as well as corporations. Next week, a US industrial giant will mark its centennial, but it couldn't be coming at a worse time.

General Motors, once the largest US corporation and the world's leading automaker, will turn 100 on Tuesday. CEO Rick Wagoner says GM will begin its second century in the midst of fundamental changes in the auto industry.

Houston - Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast late Friday with strong winds and heavy rains on Galveston, a barrier island of 60,000 residents.

Forecasters warned that residents in one or two-story buildings could face certain death from likely 8 metre storm surge flooding if they had followed evacuation orders.

Washington - The problem: The things people want to do on the Internet are growing by leaps and bounds, but Internet browsers have advanced at a snail's pace.

The solution, at least according to Google, is Google Chrome, a new browser from the Internet search giant that promises to shake up the Web browser market almost overnight.

Why would Google want to enter the browser market? The official line at Google is that today's major Web browsers were created at a time when their primary purpose was to display static pages of information.