Washington, Feb 14 : By tracking the migration of songbirds, scientists have found that they have, till now, underestimated the birds'' flight performance dramatically, and have determined that the species actually fly 3 times faster than expected.

Bridget Stutchbury, a professor of biology in University of York''s Faculty of Science and Engineering, and her team, fitted some songbirds with tiny geolocator backpacks, in order to track the migration route that the birds take.

"Never before has anyone been able to track songbirds for their entire migratory trip," said Stutchbury. "We''re excited to achieve this scientific first," she added.

Washington, Feb 14 : Brit singer M. I. A. has revealed that she is hoping to have her baby on St. Valentine''s Day, after she failed to go into labour at the Grammys.

The pop star had been performing at the Grammy Awards on February 8, along with Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T. I. and Kanye West, when she started having contractions backstage.

As her fiance Benjamin Brewer was timing her contractions with a stopwatch, M. I. A. said backstage at the Grammys that if the baby was not born then, it might be born on St. Valentine''s Day.

Washington, Feb 14 : American singer Mandy Moore has revealed that she is considering asking her ex-boyfriend Adam Goldstein to DJ at her wedding to rock singer Ryan Adams.

Moore had announced her engagement to Adams earlier this week, and on Los Angeles DJ Valentine''s morning show on February 13, she revealed her plans for the music for her big day.

"I could ask my friend Adam (Goldstein, aka DJ AM)... I have many options," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

She also revealed that the wedding day would not be a very big deal, as she has got married many times in the movies.

Washington, Feb 14 : Hollywood actress Naomi Watts hopes that late actor Heath Ledger will win the Oscar for his role as Joker in `The Dark Knight'.

Washington, Feb 14 : Country singer Carrie Underwood says that she doesn't like to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Washington, Feb 14 : Pop singer Jessica Simpson has urged women, who have been victims of domestic violence, to leave their partners and build new lives for themselves.

Simpson has previously spoken out about the subject, hinting that she had suffered at the hands of a former lover.

She has even penned a song for her latest album, titled Remember That, about her own experiences with violence in the home.

She brought up the topic once more during her performance at New York''s Madison Square Garden.