Washington  - US prosecutors intend to seize millions of dollars of homes, cars and other luxury items from disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty last week to operating a 50-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

A filing in US court shows prosecutors intend to go after four homes owned by Madoff and his wife, Ruth, including the property and contents of a 7-million-dollar Manhattan luxury apartment, a 3.4- million-dollar beachside home on Long Island, a 14-million-dollar waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and a home in the south of France.

Washington, Mar 16 : The Disney family adventure `Race to Witch Mountain' has topped the weekend box office after raking in 25 million dollars.

According to studio estimates, `Watchmen' landed the second spot with 18.1 million dollars, reports E! Online.

`The Last House on the Left' came third with 14.7 million dollars while `Taken' stood fourth after raking in 6.7 million dollars.

Tyler Perry''s 'Madea Goes to Jail' rounded off the top five with 5.1 million dollars.

The weekend''s top-grossing films are:

Washington, Mar 16 : Barbadian singer Rihanna has finally returned to the limelight after her squabble with Chris Brown. She was spotted partying with Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce Knowles in New York.

Rihanna, 21, was seen on March 13th night with the couple and a group of friends at The Spotted Pig, where they asked the staff to section off an entire floor for their use.

"People love the Spotted Pig because it''s super laid-back, but it was far from it last night," Contactmusic quoted a source as telling OK! magazine.

Washington, Mar 16 : Former Vice President Dick Cheney has said that the Obama Administration will "raise the risk" of a terrorist attack by overhauling his predecessor's approach to the War on Terror.

Cheney criticized President Barck Obama's decisions to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, limit the methods CIA officers use to interrogate terror suspects and suspend military tribunals for alleged terrorists, saying those decisions taken together will make Americans less safe.

Washington, Mar 16 : Veteran actor Ron Silver, best known for his role in the hit U. S. television drama `The West Wing', has died of oesophageal cancer. He was 62.

The American actor, who was also a well known political activist, is survived by two children, Adam and Alexandra, his parents and his two brothers, reports Fox News.

Silver rose to fame with Valerie Harper and Julie Kavner in "Rhoda", as their menschy neighbour, Gary.

He carved a niche for himself in the Hollywood with films like `Enemies: A Love Story' and `Reversal of Fortune'.

Washington, Mar 14: An American fighter jet has reportedly shot down an Iranian drone as it was flying over Iraq.

Details of the previously unreported shoot-down, which occurred last month, are still sketchy, but “we do know that American commanders have long accused Tehran of supplying weapons and training to all sorts of Iraqi militant groups, Wired News quoted a military source,” as saying.