Washington, Mar 17: Over half of the youngsters in US feel that Rihanna is to blame for her alleged bust up with beau Chris Brown, for which the ‘Kiss Kiss’ hit-maker faces a five-year jail term.

The alleged assault on Rihanna left her with a black eye and swelling, and turned Brown into a media target.

A Boston Health Commission survey in Massachusetts asked the teenagers and 20-somethings for their opinion of what happened in Brown''s rented Lamborghini.

In a shocking development, 21 more cases of typhoid have come to light on Monday in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district.

With this the total number of people infected with typhoid has risen to 127.

According to reports, the new typhoid cases, all of them are children, from the three villages of Bhayla, Keirala and Kalyangadh in Bavla, which were registered at the Sola Civil Hospital today.

Washington, Mar 17: Salma Hayek is all set to venture into the beauty industry by launching a range of anti-ageing cosmetics.

The ‘Desperado’ actress is developing a new cosmetics line inspired by her maternal grandmother, former cosmetologist Maria Luisa, whose home-made potions kept her skin glowing well into her 90s.

Although the line is currently unnamed, the 42-year-old Mexican actress is planning to recreate the concoctions, which will be named in her grandmother''s honour.

Washington, Mar 17: British researchers claim that hormone kisspeptin shows promise as a potential new treatment for infertility.

The study, led by Dr Waljit Dhillo from Imperial College London, has shown that giving kisspeptin to women with infertility can activate the release of sex hormones, which control the menstrual cycle.

According to researchers, the study could lead to a new fertility therapy for women with low sex hormone levels.

Washington. Mar 16: A new study has revealed that people who have lost cells in the hippocampus area of the brain are more likely to develop dementia.

For the study, researchers involved 64 people with Alzheimer''s disease, 44 people with mild cognitive impairment, which is the stage of memory problems that precedes Alzheimer''s disease, and 34 people with no memory or thinking problems.

They performed MRI scans on all of the participants at the beginning of the study and again an average of a year and a half later.

Washington, Mar 17: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif that American lawmakers might balk at sending Pakistan more aid if the crisis over the reinstatement of the deposed Chief Justice persisted.

“She warned them that Congressional appropriations would be at risk,” said one US official, who asked not to be named.