Los Angeles - The family of the woman who gave birth to octuplets may soon find itself on the street after failing to pay the mortgage on its home for almost a year, according to a default notice filed with local authorities.
The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Angela Suleman, the grandmother of Nadya Suleman's 14 young children, was 23,324 dollars in arrears on the Los Angeles area home that the family lives in.
The default notice was filed on February 9. Suleman bought the house in March 2006 for 605,000 dollars with a loan of 453,750 dollars.
According to FDA statistics, about 2 million Americans take warfarin, also known as Coumadin, the top-used blood thinner. It helps in preventing potentially dangerous blood clots that can cause strokes. Proper dose of warfarin is estimated by trial and error method which is very risky because small dose will increase risk of stroke while high dose can lead to fatal bleeding. Recent study showed that a DNA test can help in determining proper dosage of warfarin for a patient. 
Washington - Leon Panetta pledged that US intelligence assessments will be independent of political influence after he was sworn in Thursday as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Washington - Renewable energy in the United States could get a significant cash boost by early summer after President Barack Obama signed a massive 
Washington - The search for extraterrestrial life will take another step in March, when NASA launches its Kepler satellite to systematically look for Earth-type planets orbiting other stars.
New York - A group of bondholders at the centre of General Motors Corp's struggle to survive have criticized the US carmaker's restructuring efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
